Current Ramblings
Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Woo! Energon!
So yeah, I found some Energon toys today. I wanted to stick a "finally" in there, but that seems a bit strong a word for something that only appeared at retail less than a week ago. I guess it's just that I've been seeing them since summer, so I've gotten really sick of waiting for them to come out already. This is why I don't like looking a toy pictures way in advance. But I think I've avoided stuff enough that I'm still really happy to find them for them, and not just because I'm sick of waiting. I found all the toys that have come out at Wal-Mart so far, which means Prime, Ironhide, and Treadbolt. I only got Ironhide because I can't afford Prime without another paycheck and I can't really afford redecos with everything else that's out now. Though I'll probably eventually get Treadbolt for his Rollout. Ironhide's great, though. I wasn't as enthusiastic about him as I am about some of the smaller toys because I had just sort of written him off in my mind as Red Alert 2.0, but I'm glad I'm getting to appreciate him before Hot Shot and Inferno show up. He's a really nice, solid toy, and I keep wanting to remix his turret sound. Though as soon as I opened him I felt an overwhelming need to give him a Mini-Con. I've assigned him Rod for the time being, with Atlas and the redeco Emergency Team for support. I'm really, really gonna miss Mini-Cons. I know there'll still be some, but it won't be the same.
Sorta on the subject, on my way home this dude got out of his car at a red light and asked me if I really liked Transformers (my plates say MINI CON), and I grinned and showed him my new acquisition. And he asked me who that big guy that all the Constructicons turned into was, and I answered "Devastator!" with a big, impressive voice, and we laughed and went about our business. I like my life. It's so weird and fun.
Oh my god, it's The Ant and the Aardvark figures!
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