Looky what I got! The Next Generation

[Beastbot]

Collection Update:
-TLK TRU exclusive Infernocus 5-pack
-TLK Flip 'n Change Bumblebee
-TLK Flip 'n Change Hot Rod
-TLK Tiny Turbo Changers Series 2 complete set (Hot Rod, Shockwave, Megatron, Cogman, Berserker, Drift, Chopter, Sky Camo Starscream, Barricade, & Sqweeks)
-TLK leader Megatron
-TLK Titan Changer Megatron
-TLK "Reveal the Shield" voyager Optimus Prime
-TLK "Reveal the Shield" 1-step changer 6-pack (Prime, Bee, Hound, Megatron, Grimlock, & Barricade)
-TLK Universal Studios exclusive "Black" Snarl
-SDCC Primitive Skateboard Optimus Prime w/ Shreddicus Maximus
-RID2 3-Step Changer Soundwave
-RID2 3-Step Changer Power Surge Bumblebee
-RID2 3-Step Changer Cybertron Strike Steeljaw

[Beastbot]

-AoE 1-step changer Silver Knight Optimus Prime (got it loose off eBay; when it was released at retail, it came with 5 unchanged 1-steps packed with it, which I didn't want)
-TLK Allspark Tech Hound
-TLK Allspark Tech Drift
-TLK Allspark Tech Barricade
-TLK Allspark Tech Bumblebee

Aaaand it's that time again! Here's my last mega Pile o' Loot from BBTS (on account of them changing their policy to only holding piles for 90 days now as opposed to 180 days, my piles will be more frequent but not as large in the future):

-TLK voyager Scorn
-TLK Nitro (Zeus)
-TLK Mega 1-Step Changer Dragonstorm
-TLK legion Megatron
-TLK legion Crosshairs
-TLK legion Drift
-MP Movie Bumblebee (technically not part of my POL, but I got it from TRU on the same day)
-Titans Return Krok w/ Gatorface
-TR Quake w/ Chasm
-TR Topspin w/ Freezeout
-TR Perceptor w/ Convex
-TR Sergeant Kup w/ Flintlock
-TR Twintwist w/ Flameout
-TR Windblade w/ Scorchfire
-TR Misfire w/ Aimless
-TR Trypticon w/ Full-Tilt & Necro (Grr, mine has the hip issue. Gonna have to do some surgery....)
-TR Shuffler
-TR Repugnus
-TR Ramhorn
-TR Blitzwing w/ Hazard
-TR Octone w/ Murk
-TR "Siege of Cybertron" set
-TT Unite Warriors Baldigus (RID Ruination) set
-TT Legends Black Convoy w/ Headmaster
-TT Legends Godbomber w/ Headmaster
-Garatron Thunderstorm (IDW Thunderwing)
-MMC Oberon (BM Obsidian-- FINALLY a good Obsidian toy that isn't a redeco!)
-MMC Dicamus (IDW-esque Roadbuster)
-MMC Calidus (IDW MTMTE Rodimus)
-MMC Turben (IDW-esque Whirl)
-TFC Perseus set (SG Devastator-- got this set on sale for 1/3rd of the original price! Now to get me some SG Decepticon stickers...)
-TFC Thousandkills (Tentakil-- my 3rd party Piranacon is now complete!)
-TFC Raging Bull (Laster w/ Brainmaster)
-Maketoys Despotron (MP Megatron-- this was only about 2/3rds the price of Takara's MP Megatron without all the insane number of extras-- only time yet that I've bought a 3rd party toy in place of the official version)
-Fanshobby Flypro (Grotusque)

[Transypoo]

Even so, still an impressive haul!

[Transypoo]

I got Infernocus! (because of course I did!) ...but did anyone else have trouble getting his arms off? I can't get Gorge (Blot/Blight) off. Feels like his back'll snap if I force it...

[Transypoo]

Never mind. I finally got him dislodged. But it was THOUGH!

I really like the simplicity of the primarily black figures with the bright orange highlights and the silver accents. And I like how the silver accents have those comic print dots.

[Beastbot]

Yeah, I've noticed that with my Infernocus set, too. I'm guessing it has something to do with Skulk, there seem to be no mold differences whatsoever with the Beast Hunters molds. I've never heard of any outright breakages, though.

[Transypoo]

Well, that's good. Works fine now too. Do you know if his weapon was recycled? I can't figure out what the tabs do.

[Beastbot]

No, his weapon's new. When in his regular robot form, at the back of his shoulder pieces (the parts which tab together to form Infernocus' waist), there's little slots for those tabs to go in for weapon storage. They don't look like regular slots-- more like open triangles from the back-- but the pieces fit.

[Transypoo]

Aha! Thanks!

Also! I fount that they tab into the lowest slots of his robot-mode forearms, and if you do that and turn him to torso-mode, turn the head around, and have the shoulder/legs pointing straight back, and bend the elbow/knees it makes a pretty good demon bull-mode.

[Beastbot]

Collection update:
-Target exclusive "Reveal the Shield" Tiny Turbo Changer OP/Bee/Steelbane 3-pack
-HasCon exclusive Power Bank Optimus Prime
-HasCon/TRU exclusive TR Arcee w/ Leinad & Ultra Magnus
-TR Slugslinger w/ Caliburst
-RID2 Thermidor
-RID2 Bludgeon
-RID2 warrior Twinferno
-RID2 Galvatronus combiner 5-pack
-RID2 Crash Combiner Lunar Force Strongarm & Optimus Prime
-RID2 Crash Combiner Dragstrip & Wildbreak
-RID2 Crash Combiner Shockdrive & Warnado
-TLK deluxe Cogman w/ mini Cogman
-TLK deluxe Bumblebee (new mold version)
-TLK deluxe Strafe
-TLK deluxe Crosshairs
-TLK deluxe Hot Rod
-TLK legion Hot Rod
-TLK leader Optimus Prime
-TLK leader Dragonstorm
-KRE-O Battlechanger Ironhide
-KRE-O Battlechanger Megatron (Prime-inspired version)

[Beastbot]

Monthly collection update:
-MP Movie Optimus Prime (absolutely incredible engineering-- and mine doesn't have all the tabbing issues, thank goodness)
-"Autobots Unite" Legion Optimus Prime & Ravenspar
-"Autobots Unite" Legion Bumblebee & Hot Rod
-"Autobots Unite" Legion Megatron & Berserker
-"Autobots Unite" 1-step Bumblebee & Hot Rod 2-pack
-Combiner Force Legion Cyclonus (from an Australian eBay seller-- looks like this wave's skipping the US)
-Combiner Force Legion Heatseeker
-TR Cloudraker & Wingspan
-TR Grotusque w/ Fengul & Scorponok
-Rescue Bots Chase (Truck)
-Rescue Bots Chase (Stegosaurus)
-Rescue Bots Optimus Prime (Hot Spot-colored truck)
-MMC TFCon USA exclusive Kultur Asterisk Mode (Tarn remold into Glitch)
-Unique Toys' Peru Kill (Movie Lockdown w/ Steeljaw)-- A-MAZING. Second only to Planet X's Apocalypse (WFC Trypticon) for 3rd party toy of the year.

[Beastbot]

Pre-Christmas collection update (including a small POL from BBTS):
-TLK Allspark Tech Megatron
-TLK legion Hound
-TLK legion Dragonstorm
-TLK Knight Armor Hound
-TLK 1-step changer Scorn
-TLK 1-step changer Cogman
-TLK 1-step changer Drift
-Combiner Force 1-step changer Soundwave
-Combiner Force legion Twinferno
-TFC Red Knight (Blacker w/ Brainmaster)
-MMC Tyrantron (IDW Miner/MTMTE Megatron)
-MMC Aero Alpha (IDW Wing)
-Titans Return Overlord w/ Dreadnaught
-Power of the Primes Micronus Prime
-PotP Vector Prime
-PotP Liege Maximo
-PotP Jazz
-PotP Dreadwind
-PotP Swoop
-PotP Slug
-PotP Windchanger
-PotP Beachcomber
-PotP Slash

[Beastbot]

Pretty light couple of months for me, which is probably a good thing:
-MMC Nitro (Nitro Convoy/Override)
-PotP Rodimus Unicronus
-Studio Series Ratchet
-Studio Series Bumblebee ('70s)
-Studio Series Crowbar
-Studio Series Stinger
-Optimus Prime & Grimlock Crash Combiner
-Bisk & Sabrehorn Crash Combiner

[Beastbot]

-PotP Elita-1
-PotP Hun-Gurrr
-Masterpiece Barricade
-Studio Series Thundercracker

And a POL from BBTS:
-PotP Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime
-PotP Orion Pax/Optimus Prime
-PotP Starscream
-PotP Grimlock
-PotP Alchemist Prime/Submarauder
-PotP Alpha Trion/Landmine
-PotP Snarl
-PotP Sludge
-PotP Rippersnapper
-PotP Blackwing
-PotP Moonracer
-Masterpiece Sunstreaker
-Legends G2 Megatron w/ Savage/Noble & Headmaster
-Alien Attack Toys' Firage (DotM Dino)
-GDWCreations' IDW Prowl (post-Constructicon makeover)
-Planet X Pluto (FoC Megatron)
-TFC Toys' Wildhunter w/ Brainmaster (Braver)

[Beastbot]

Collection Update:
-Studio Series leader Blackout w/ Scorponok
-SS Grimlock
-SS Optimus Prime
-SS Starscream
-All 11 of the new Tiny Turbo Changers figures (Evac, Dino, Phantom Strike Lockdown, Sky Rage Starscream, Silver Knight Optimus, Ironhide, Ratchet, Slug, Sentinel Prime, TF1-3 Barricade, Drift in TF4 colors)
-Cyber Battalion Shockwave
-Cyber Battalion Sideswipe
-Rescue Bots Knight Watch Optimus Prime (T-rex) w/ Ankylosaurus & Raptor Mini-Cons