Evil Ultra Magnus!

 

This year’s Botcon set is an eclectic set.  A bit of a mish mash ideas, it reeked of desperation and a lack of ideas.  It contains a mix of ‘classic’ (G1-ish normal) characters and some from the ‘Shattered Glass’ series, which was an opposite ‘universe.’  So the Autobots are the bad guys and the Decepticons are the good guys.  Shattered Glass was done a few years ago and I really liked the idea.  Seeing it again so soon though made me think, “Hmm, this is a bit sad.”

 

I thought that the set was going to be a bit lack-lustre this year and the figures a bit rubbish.  Well, the set is a tad lack-lustre, but the figures are surprisingly well done.  Well, the ones I have looked at so far anyway.

 

Ultra Magnus here is one I thought would be pretty good and was looking forward to, as he has an opaque head…

Tea, disco and c64

This is the creativity that happens when I drink a sugary can coffee, a good coffee and a cup of tea one after the other.

And a bit of boredom for good measure.  Actually I had a really fun time making this video and might consider doing some more is I get the inspiration again.  i.e, drink too much coffee/tea, which I do quite a bit really...






The music is from the Commodore 64 game Parrallax, a  snazzy little shooter game that I thought was (and still do) brilliant.  The title was really trippy with flicky lights and it really portrayed a sense of depth in the way it flowed.   This music is the title music and I loved it too.  Programmed by Martin Galway and released by Ocean Software in 1986.

BEHOLD THE GLORY OF SIDS MUSIC!

Sad fact of Botcon 2012 sets.

Hooray! I received my Botcon figure set today!!  I was surprised however to find I also got a Botcon First Day pin, which they usually give to people who order the box set on the first day (clever name hey?).  It’s not a bad looking pin to be honest.

 

What’s so sad about this though is I didn’t order my box set until the second week that they had been available.  I knew sales were slow this year because of the dubious figures, but crikey!  I was a bit taken aback by that.  I am pleased I got it though.

 

I did think they had messed things up though, as it has a picture of Zartan from G.I Joe on it and very little that seems to relate to Transformers.  It turns out that it’s the same picture that Soundwave has on his side, and says ‘Cold Slither.’  Erm , whatever that is.  Not too sure what to think of this to be honest, sure I know that GI Joe and Transformers have crossovers all the time, and that the TF Club also runs the GI Joe club and they did GI Joe before Transformers.

 

It seems incredibly out of the blue to link this, as it hasn’t been even slightly touched on in the Transformers club mags that I have received unless it was mentioned in one of the text works that they have done.  Which I haven’t gotten around to reading yet.  If they are anything like the club comic, they won’t be better than a fan made story…

 

Incidentally, the toys themselves actually look ok.  Pictures and reviews are in the works.

Chaos Emeralds? Lollies!

Oh No!  Robotnick has a Chaos Emerald, this can only mean two things!!

 

An adventure for Sonic.

 

or

 

Some lollies for meeeeeeee!

 

Pictures of a sunset

Taken from my car window, with my phone.  Not by me though!  Oh no no no!  Passenger snappy.

 

More follow.

Nendoroid Sonic The Hedgehog.

Here is my video review of Nendoriod Sonic.  SO cute. So awesome.  I have a heap of pictures after the jump thing under the video, please have a look!

A trip (or two) to the Peninsula Tea House.

On the Swan River in Maylands, there is this fantastic spot right next to the river.  There is a Tea house there.  There aren’t many tea houses around Perth at the moment, so after discovering the place, the better half and I went off to check it out.  It is placed next to a museum of sorts, Tranby House, which was an early WA settler.  Hmmm, Historic! I like it!!