You must tell where you found the oversized Dreadwing KO because that sounds like something that I may be willing to purchase. Which reminds me that I need to check out Big Lots again soon.

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Kmart. It was up high! They had just one, and it seems to come with a Zord or something.

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I've had those dinos for a couple years, they've been in K-Mart's Easter Basket rotation for a while. They're crotchmasters, mostly. Dino heads end up sticking out of the groin in robot mode. Here's a pic I took two years ago:

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Those guys are great.

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Yeah, I got my Ankyloguy in a bulk clearance warehouse chain here called "W.A. Salvage", which has now shut down. Of course, the back of the package showed all manner of dino-robots.. and all they had, en masse, was Ankylo. Mind you, I've since found both Megarex, and Minirex, so all is ok in the world.

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I think I've even seen knock-offs of GMs from Mobile Suit Gundam in some of those Easter baskets. It is most amusing :)

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Aw man, I'm a sucker for knock-offs. I dunno what it is about them. As it was stated above, Big Lots is the motherload. I check there on off days when I know I don't need to be spending a lot of money but I still want my fix. Nothing like a good knock-off to cheer you up! I'm always up for a Gundam knock-off myself (nothin' beats a GUDNAM).

My favorite TF knock-offs that I've seen were these HUGE mini-cons at Big Lots. They were great! Pretty much just the same as the regular minicons, only gigantic.

- Alexx

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It's the orange. Just admit it, man. We understand.

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At some BigLots, in their usual toy selection, I've seen KO versions of the Destiny Gundam and the Saviour Gundam from Gundam Seed Destiny. They're pretty big guys too. The stores are in the middle of a major stock rotation now, so some places have them and others don't at the moment.

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Oh crap you all look so young in those pics. Especially Trix. She was like 12 back then right? :)

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lemme guess.
this comic is a stab at lilformer's recent strip

lilformers is an incredibly shit comic that has none of the wit shortpacked has, and yet transfans seem to love it for some reason.

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is this an existential crisis?

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I remember seeing at Wal-Mart an Easter basket 6 years ago with a complete set of knockoff Combaticons. Had all the Bruticus parts and everything.

I love how you can still see the Decepticon imprint on pseudo-Dreadwing, but with a US flag on there instead.

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I wonder if that Dreadwind would combine with the Darkwing knockoff I have from a flea market many years ago.

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That Beast Wars fanfic was frickin' awesome. I mean wow.

((((
Mega-Rex's robot mode: He have a different head, He is big as Megatron is,
for
weapon, He have 2 guns like inferno and
another gun who contain venom "snake" and he can fly Beast and Robot mode
"like
Megatron" He have a shield, BUT he
cannot stay in robot form except if he is in the base cause his the energon
have

affected his body.))))

Pure, unadulterated genius.

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Dude, the Dinosaurs look a lot like a line of figures that were sold over here in the UK by a shop called 'Wilkinsons'...

They also sold a series of pretty awesome motorbikes, just a shame about the robot modes...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3196/2345532394_73fa8ae31f_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2100/2344704661_e463b12d4e_o.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/2345532734_91f832b0af_o.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3181/2345535766_24812f2050_o.jpg

You have to buy the Dinosaurs though...

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Thanks for the heads-up, I always ignore the K-mart when I shop, and I love knock-offs.

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The nearest K-mart being over 150 miles away has left me in despair!

And I live in the midle of the Dallaw/Fort Worth Metroplex. WTF K-Mart?

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This was from a discussion about the new Iron Man cartoon:
Seriously, do they really think that the only way to hit the children's market is to make the character a child?? What's next? "Transformers Babies"

Transformers Babies would be awesome!

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I keep seeing KO Superion gift sets for Walmart Easter Baskets, Half tempted to buy it myself

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Ya know, I've seen both the Dreadwind and Darkwing knockoffs quite a few times, not even just in these baskets. From my observations, they've removed the Powermaster dock port, but still package the Powermasters with them, painfully whited out the Decep logo to draw on American flags, and put weapons with them that couldn't possibly go with them. Anyone know why people would pick Powermasters to knock off? Gestalts, I understand. I've seen Superion, Bruticus (in and out of those Easter baskets, in G2 colors), Defensor, and Devestator (well, who HASN'T seen a knockoff Devy?)... I've even seen a knockoff that had three Aerialbots, two Combaticons, and a Stunticon (I'm actually suprised I've never seen a full Menasor knock). Powermasters, however, don't make sense to me. They seem like they'd be more trouble to knock than they're worth.

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Right, the only reason anyone could not like the new cartoon is retarded fanboyism, it couldn't possibly be that they simply don't find the art style or writing appealing. The ONLY explanation is fanboyism. Yeah...
Same with the live action movie, right?

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The red dude is definitely a Pachycephalosaur. The green one is obscured by the glare, but my guess would be Iguanadon

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I want one of those awesome "Kermit the Prime" t-shirts like that guy in the strip has.

--Obs, I did not ask for a Kermit the Mirpe t-shirt, I did not ask for a Kermit the Riemp t-shirt, I just want my Kermit the Prime t-shirt!... *flails arms*

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