Hauling Away: Target Edition Update

So, after I posted that, on Saturday, TFormers (link on right), posted that Target is having a sale on Deluxe, Leaders, and Target Exclusive Combiners:

Free Scout- Purchase of the Nintendo DS version of Revenge of the Fallen video game
Deluxe-$8.99
Leader = $39.99
Exclusive Combiners = $27.99

There is also some coupons that give you 10% off if you buy 2 TFs, 15% if you buy 3, and 20% if you buy 4. I heard some people couldn't find them, but I went the day before the sale and found them at the end aisle behind a stack of voyager classes. I also read in the forums the Voyagers are on sale too, but that is just one person....

TRU is having a sale on Voyager Class only for $17.99. Spend $30 worth of TF stuff and get a $10 gift card. I guess general stuff, like toys, merchandise, games. Not totally sure on the limits of the purchase. They had a similar sale when TF 1 was released. Though I remember I bought the TRU Blackout and Skorponok two pack, for $25, and got a $10 gift card, they bumped it up this year...

So yeah, just an update. I'm going to Target tomorrow, and I'll try to confirm the Voyagers status of sale. DTM Outz..

Hauling Away: Target Edition

Recently I found out Target is clearing the GI Joe pegs for the soon to be released GI Joe movie figures. All basic carded figures are $4.88, Comic Packs are $9.08, and the Battle Packs, and Target Exclusive vehicles are around $17. I suggest you act quickly because not a lot of variety of figures to choose from. Mostly on the pegs were Pilot Scarlett (Glenda), Flint (Cobra Disguise), one Python Trooper, and that one dude part of Zartan's gang... The other stuff I just forgot what they were called, but the vehicles are the recent ones released from Target...

Target also seems to have stocked up on the weekdays. I went there on Tuesday or Wednesday. The RotF movie figures were crowding the pegs. I hid a Previews Soundwave behind some stuff, and wallah, he is still there when I checked today (scroll down for his status). They had ravages, the Twins, Chromia, etc. I saw the new Titanium exclusives too...

After that I skimmed around the store. Trying to find some decent DVDs to watch I looked around at the end of the aisle. There I saw the 25th Anniversary G1 Transformers Series 1, $20. Moving along to the other end aisle, I saw some clearanced games like Guitar Hero and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. Guitar Hero was the third version I believe for $8, and F.E.A.R. 2 was $35...

Next to them were comic books, the least I would think of Target having. I grabbed the Iron Man comic, also clearanced for A little less than $2. I don't know what kind of comic it is, maybe a kids version, or they call it giant-size comic? I just skimmed and saw cool armor designs and grabbed it...

I suggest you go visit Target to see what they have for clearance. Sometimes it won't be much, like all the other times I went, but I think the GI Joe is definitely on sale for the upcoming GI Joe movie figures. And now, here is my haul for today...

Pilot Scarlett (Glenda)
Flint (Cobra Disguise)
RotF Previews, Soundwave
Iron Man: Heart of Steel Comic
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin

Total: $57

I am now going to starve for that "massive" purchase...

Picture of the Day: Baroness

Sad day, true, but you gotta move on sometimes...

I found a picture of the upcoming GI Joe Movie Baroness (played by Sienna Miller). She's supposed to have black hair, but it's brunette in the movie, and hopefully you know, I love brunettes, so it's a two thumbs up for me..

Week of Deaths

This week we lost a lot of celebrities, most commonly impacted pop culture...

On Tuesday we lost Ed McMahon, the famous sidekick of Johnny Carson. He would introduce Johnny with his famous, "Heeeeeeeere's Johnny!" He will be missed by many, thanks for all the funny moments you brought us, RIP sir..

Yesterday, we lost Farrah Fawcett, one of the Charlie's Angel, who lost her battle with cancer. She was known for her looks that every teen in the 70s would go crazy over, even the poster everyone had. She's no longer suffering, rest in peace..

We though the news couldn't get anymore worse, but it could, Michael Jackson has also died yesterday. It's not yet known what he died from, but they speculate it may have been cardiac arrest. The King of Pop should only be known for the positive things he brought to us, not the bad. RIP Michael..

Evolution of Soundwave: Oh yeah, he's Superior...

The many incarnations of Soundwave we got, some are memorable, some are just silly, others are just cool...

First off, we got his "lamp post" mode, from the first episode of Transformers which aired September 17, 1984He eventually took the form of a micro cassette player...and a badass DJ...

You thought Soundwave was superior? So did I, but he got his ass whooped by Blaster, and had to be rebuilt. Soundblaster as they call him is now back in black...

We shall jump forward into the world of Beast Wars, where Alligators are now Superior...

We shall jump into the future one more time, where Soundwave is an actual DJ? He turns into a Cybetronian Jet and hexagonalprims and one transforms into Laserbeak, that's just beast...

This is Soundwave, after he was an actual toy in the animated series, and again he turns into Soundblaster. The figure of animated Soundwave is awesome though. He comes with a guitar that transforms into Laserbeak and actually fits in pegs in robot mode, and Soundwave is rocking the guitar.

Soundwave good, Autobots bad. They made a MP3 of this concept. Really intriguing concept, but I'd stick with the original color scheme.

The only cool images of Movie Soundwave is his figure. I can't find other full body shots. Supposedly he transformer into a satellite, cybertronian jet, and robot. He has a ravage missile that looks like reentry mode, and Soundwave shoots him down onto Earth. Pretty cool concept. I like it. I haven't gotten the toy yet, but maybe soon...

(All images were taken from the TF Wiki, not my images, all rights are theres...)

Picture of the Day: White Phoenix

It's like Femme Fatale this week. Hot comic chicks all over. Today is White Phoenix, pretty cool art here..

Picture of the Day: She-Hulk

Double posts today, yay! I had to post this picture when I first saw it:

Xorn

Don't even get me started on this mutant. I along with so many others, are confused with his story line. Supposedly he's a mutant from China with a "star as a brain" and wears a helmet to restrain the energy. If he takes off his helmet, well the whole world goes boom and everything as we know it gets sucked into his blackhole like brain, or something along those lines. Then it's revealed that Xorn is Magneto, but later we find out he's an imposter posing as Magneto. Then later we learn This Xorn has a twin in China, also named Xorn, wait TWO XORNS? It just gets confusing after that. I really didn't intend to actually do research before I began customizing, but it helps to know. I just liked the design, but both Xorns are a very interesting pair of mutants. Anyway, my nearly finished custom of Xorn is most likely the imposter Xorn disguised as Magneto and controlled by Sublime.

The recipe is basically the Hasbro Marvel Legends Xorn released in the second series. I tried to make him more accurate, but only ended up bulkier, but I like the effect. Added some MegaBlok chains, various clothing additions are foam. I resculpted the neck and added the key, where I heard that the helmet is locked to his head and when he take the key out he can remove his helmet? I maybe wrong... The Xorn head was left unpainted at all from the original release. The helmet is still removable. I replaced the neck joint with Gundam Model kit wrist balljoints. The alternate head can be easily swapped out:

The blackhole looks rather like a solar system to me. I was trying to go for the waves traveling outwards and engulfing as it surges throughout. The head is made of a black Symbiote Spiderman head and twisty ties glued to the back. I was trying to get a blackhole head like that, but it seemed rather hard to make. A ghost rider head with hot glue? I have an XMC Magneto head and I think it'd be perfect to have that head rather than the skinny little head inside the helmet. I'll see what I can do, or if I can get another head. This isn't completely finished though. Some parts aren't painted. Next is that rather cryptic chair. Don't know where to start with that though...Well, this custom began when the figure was released. So maybe 2-3 years? Who knows, I lost count...

Last day of School

Last day of school, summer break starts. I should be happy, but I'm kind of sad, since I probably won't see much of my friends during the summer, hence the slow/sad version. I dunno, thought it would fit in with the theme, enjoy, happy Friday, and enjoy your summer break all you hard working students! No kidding, enjoy, lol...

Update

Sup guys, well who ever is reading this... The new transformers came out last week, and it was a mass kill in TRU. I don't mean that in a good way. Looks like the economy is killing us slowly, along with our future collectors. I felt so out of place just plowing through peg fulls of figures. Looks like nothing was even touched and I walked in TRU at about 2 in the afternoon? I walked out with Sideways and Sideswipe, both excellent figures. Great transformation and the car modes are near flawless if it weren't for heavy paneling. I would very well like to call them Alternators, that's how cool they are.

I got some customs, as always. I never finished Madame Hydra Viper. She's way past my hopes on completing her. Still need a cape, guns, holsters... My War Machine is coming along slowly. I just added some exhaust to the armor pack. Still arranging more weapon layouts on him.

I really haven't been up to anything, so yeah....maybe I'll have some reviews up this week or something...