So, what toys did you buy or get this week?

[jjreason]

I didn't even know that figure was available yet - I've still been waiting for the Ceremony Leia wave which I thought was next (& horribly delayed). I can't even find record of Mosep Bineed's wave on Rebels Cum to figure out what other figures are in it or where it fits into the larger Black Series.

[Diabolical]

I picked up Luke and Han in Stormtrooper disguise in the 6" black series already on clearance for $15.00 each.
They look pretty good. Han is essentially a head swap but Luke is actually a little bit shorter.
Luke comes with a tiny ass comlink I'm sure will fall off and get lost eventually.

[Slicker]

I seriously sat here and thought about the last figure I bought and couldn't think of it. But I'm sure it was better than this carp that they're offering.

[anarky]

Hot Spot.

And, by extension, the mighty Defensor. Who is approximately half assembled (I've not opened First Aid, Rook, or Streetwise yet), and who has a titty cannon if you mistransform him properly.

[Tom Foolery]

So who did this Rook character replace?
And why does Hasbro do that?
I saw that someone named Alpha Bravo replaced one of the original Aerialbots.

I don't like change!

[Ran]

Rook is next to Knight opposite Bishop. He usually hangs out in the corner and sometimes swaps position with King.

[anarky]

The Combiner Wars gestalts are all six figures (one large torso, four medium limbs, and a small weapon or chestplate).

Alpha Bravo replaced Slingshot. In-universe, Slingshot died when Devastator beat the shit out of Superion. Powerglide is now a (shitty-looking) gun.

Blackjack replaces the drone car that came with Motormaster to form Menasor's chestplate, so that worked out. Offroad replaces Wildrider, who left because he was embarrassed that Bumblebee beat the whole team.

Rumor is that Slingshot and Wildrider had names that couldn't be trademarked. They were both released in Japan, though, and rereleased as online exclusives here with new names.

Rook kinda replaces Groove. I say kinda because Groove is now a chestplate.

The Combaticons are the same (though Blast Off's now a jet), with Shockwave as Bruticus' gun.

Cyclonus is a Silverbolt repaint in purple who supposedly uses mind control to force others to merge with him. Viper is a Powerglide repaint, Rodimus is a Blackjack repaint (who was omitted from Optimus Maximus in the comic), and Wreck Gar will be a Groove repaint.

Sky Lynx is coming, forming a combiner with four more G1 cars, including the very dead Trailcutter. (I'll use his new name since it got a good in-universe explanation.)

Scattershot is also confirmed as a particularly lazy-looking Silverbolt repaint, but no other Technobots have even gotten to the "credible rumor" stage aside from the likely chance that Scattershot needs a team.

[anarky]

There's also Bombshell, who isn't technically on any team, but who was definitely designed to have a gun mode.

[Ran]

Not exactly a toy, but I got a Johnstown Chief's hockey puck today. A couple of you might get the significance.

[jjreason]

I'm assuming you'll take a Slapshot with it after you've had a root beer & foiled up your knuckles.

[Diabolical]

We're they out of Charlestown?

[Ran]

Yeah, the movie was based on the Johnstown Jets. The ECHL actually had a Johnstown Chiefs franchise between 1988 and 2010.

[Diabolical]

Ah. I love that flick and did not know that.

[Ran]

Grabbed a loose Martin Brodeur McFarlane figure for $2 at the flea market. I think he's missing a water bottle and one of the posts on his net is broken. I can live without the water bottle. A little glue fixed the post.

[Ran]

One of the local toy shops has a Trade Night once a month. I went to it Satruday and traded an 80% complete build-a-droid (some R2 unit) for the Black Series Imperial Navy Commander.