And she's pink

Yeah, I'm into Third-party (3P = unofficial "transforming figures" not licensed by Hasbro or Takara) "transformers"

Is anyone else here into the plastic crack as well?

So basically cheap chinese knockoff transformers? Where's the appeal in that? other than the savings on the same plastic of course.

Crack as in the drug or a woman's hooha?

From what I've seen some are very well made, but again other are not.

To be honest some of the official transformers are down right shoddy and poorly designed.

It allows you to get designs that are no longer made, or never made.

The only reason I don't follow it that much, is it would be an expensive abyss I'd not return from.

Note: I've got a box of G1 UK comic. Starting 138.

Actually not a "knock off" (it's not a copy or a slight tweak of an existing figure) & Iron factory figures are at least as good as the official figures assuming there was a direct comparison available So no it's not of "cheep" quality.

& the appeal? it's a unique & cute take on a character I like from a company that does good work.

Sorry if I sound "shilly" there. Typically the drug, but which ever one you're addicted to.

I thank you for leaving plumber's out ;P I am picky I about which company I'll buy from

No argument here, Official doesn't always mean better

yeah, 3P can be pricey, one reason I pay more attention to the small scale figures over the larger sized ones
It's too late for me.

Maybe it's just me, like, I get buying a figurine of a franchise you're invested in; but I'd never buy a random one just because it looks cool.

To me that's like saying "I would never buy a "random" game just because it looks good & fun.

I admit it, I like "pretty" (well cute in this case) plastic.

...but the actual real thing is 25 bucks http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS23994&mode=retail

if your gonna buy knock offs why not these
http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=10&t=Original.html so headmasters and ladies night then

yeah, that's how much I paid 1) I didn't know about that site, thank you. (some of the G1 figures bring back the warm & fuzzy memories)
2) I don't know the build quality of those figures or any company behind them.
3) I'm not after a knock-off, just a good high quality 3P figure

to put it in gaming terms
Knock off would most closely be related to piracy
3P (excluding knock-offs) would more akin to indies <-this is what I'm after

Impressed, been a while since I've read them. Can't remember if Scraplets and Goldbug are in the comics I've got.

I did read the entire lot from an online archive, if I remember correctly it didn't follow the UK divergence so I got to read stories I'd never seen before.

Oh yes, you wouldn't want those 14 year olds choking on those plastic bits -.-

This is aimed at people from the US, right?

no thats issues 123 and 124 crater critters
that story line got interrupted in the uk with issue 125 being an action force ( gi joe ) cross over )

but if you held in there till 332 you got more then half the run and some pretty damn solid stories
head hunt
legacy of unicron
space pirates
matrix quest
furmans US run come to mind now well there are a lot of weird originals on sirtoys

You really built up the hype with that title the wrong way.. :P