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Post by ChrisL on Mar 20, 2004 1:16:58 GMT -5
I just ordered mine today and I've read other's desriptions of the sets, but does anyone have pics of the Grim Skull, Commando, or Bezerker promo packs? Thanks!
Chris L
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 20, 2004 14:06:39 GMT -5
Hey there, I was going to try to snap some pics for you today before I went to work but my batteries are dead. I was all set up for comparison pics between Grim Skull and Skull Jack actually because someone else had asked about that. Anyway the batteries are in the charger right now so hopefully I'll be able to get you some pics tomorrow. In the next week or so I actually plan to be opening up a basic Xevoz gallery on www.figurerealm.comIt'll have pics of all the Xevoz released so far both boxed/carded and loose along with descriptions of each character. Eventually I'll create a more detailed page but for now this'll work. While I'm at it would everyone rather see pics of the pieces all laid out kind of like the insert that shows you how to assemble the fig or would you rather see it assembled with it's basic pieces and the extra pieces just laying around it? |
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Post by ChrisL on Mar 20, 2004 21:23:53 GMT -5
Dude! What a huge service you'd be doing for this board. That is too cool of you. I'd like to see the basic figure with the extra's laying around. This is actually a very smart thing to start. Alot of lines start, get popular, and then people try to put together a "showcase" board after 3-4 assortments have past. Thanks again!!  |
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 20, 2004 23:31:34 GMT -5
Glad you like the idea!  I was in the process of reconstructing my web site but due to 2 jobs I was really lacking free time to work on it. Captain Coder of Figure Realm and I got talking and I've decided to team up with him to build up his site. I figure what better place to start then with my current obsession. Right now I'm only lacking loose examples of Omega Guard and Sledge Trooper but they're sitting in my "buy box" at work Ok so we have one vote for basic fig with extra's around, what does everyone else think? While we're at it, what else would you like to see on the site once I get that going? I've already thought about a table ranking of the power pieces and glyphs. Another thought that crossed my mind was some high res scans of the stickers as well as custom stickers that you could print out on some sticky back. Give me some thoughts and feedback everyone, I'm doing this for the community so I'd love to have some community input.  |
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 21, 2004 3:12:34 GMT -5
It seems you beat me to this idea, so I'll give you what I would have based my site on (without copying of course) www.tfu.infobasically a huge database for Trasnformers. Now the key here is to start the xevoz one early. like right away and if you don'T have all the figures, no worries, have others contribute by having take pics for you . |
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 22, 2004 0:06:20 GMT -5
DOH...I did this post before I left for work and I must have hit preview instead of post, I looked at it quick and thought "Looks good, I'm gonna be late for work." Anyway here it goes again  Grim Skull:  Skull Jack:  Inferno Fury:  The one thing that struck me as odd is the inclusion of Inferno Fury's projectile with Grim Skull. I guess he could use it as a staff or something but with out Inferno Fury's launcher it can never be used for it's real purpose. Another thing I noticed is that Grim Skull comes with different Power Glyphs then Skull Jack and Inferno Fury. Skull Jack comes with glyphs U-1 thru U-7, Grim Skull comes with U-8 thru U-13. Furthermore Inferno Fury comes with glyphs F-1 thru F-8, Grim Skull comes with F-9 and F-10. Some of them gold, some not, so the # of power parts are increasing quite rapidly. I'll definetly be doing a section of my page on the glyphs. As for the web site, I definetly will be starting on it soon. I already laid it all out on paper earlier today at work, now I just have to transfer it over to the web. If all goes as planned that could happen within the next couple of days or at least next weekend. I'll be opening up Omega Guard tonight before bed so I'll try to get pics of him up tomorrow. As well as Alpha Ranger and Sledge Trooper for the comparison. Currently I have all of what's available so pics aren't a problem in the least bit. I just need to get my scanner hooked up so I can do the decals and glyphs. |
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Post by ChrisL on Mar 22, 2004 9:45:00 GMT -5
Thanks for the pics!! Excellent job...clear pics and laid out very well. Thanks again!! |
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Post by Thread Jack on Mar 22, 2004 21:32:25 GMT -5
nice pics CJK Toy Bay... glad to see that someone wants to do this... i support ya on it...
and i'm going to have to agree with GrayFox on this whole thing... and i'd like to see someone go all out... tfu is a great site and think it's a great suggestion...
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 23, 2004 13:35:27 GMT -5
I'm glad you guys like the pics, I guess that answers my question on how to set them up Sorry I didn't get the rest of the pics done today like I said I would but I started throwing around ideas about the site and I'm trying to figure out exactly what direction I'm going with the pics before I take more. I would rather not end up retaking all the pics, I'd prefer just taking them once and getting it over with so I don't have to keep assembling and disassembling my figs. Not that I don't enjoy doing that but then I end up sitting there for hours mixing and matching, wasting time TFU is a nice site but I'm going to go for something a lil bit more fancy. Nothing that'll take hours to load or anything but just something that flows nicely and has a good mix of info and good looks |
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Post by extracrispy93 on Mar 23, 2004 15:46:43 GMT -5
I can't wait to see some of these websites that are gonna be popping up soon. It's cool to be apart of this toyline that has so much potential to blow up, and see everything coming to be of it.
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Post by Grayfox on Mar 23, 2004 16:11:05 GMT -5
I can't wait to see some of these websites that are gonna be popping up soon. It's cool to be apart of this toyline that has so much potential to blow up, and see everything coming to be of it. I was thinking the exact same thing! It's great to be a part of it all from the beginning. We get to see it shape up and all . |
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Post by Thread Jack on Mar 23, 2004 20:04:49 GMT -5
ran into this and that layout question came to mind... check it out if you get the chance... i'm kinda diggin the way this cat did the pictures... (sorta, but you get the point) www.ringofcollectors.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3066i don't know... just an idea... and no, i'm not that great with the link deal... so it's up to you to make it work... haha.. sorry... |
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 23, 2004 23:32:04 GMT -5
I was just talking to one of my coworkers today about being in on the ground level. This is the first time I've really been this involved with a line from the start, normally I don't get interested until the stuff starts to go on clearance and I piece together collections for half the cost off eBay. This really is a new territory for me so I'm really excited to see how things work out. Xevoz is definetly catching on though...when I first started buying them a search on google only popped up like 5 results. Just did a search now and we're up to 10 pages of results! I see a lot of potential here if Hasbro keeps at it ;D Ok, now that we seem to have more people here I'll ask again how do you guys think the pics would look better? Basic fig assembled like I did up above or all the pieces apart and laid out like they did on ROC? I'm gonna be getting to this point soon since I already have the basic site laid out so as soon as I get some feedback I can get this thing together faster. If everything works out I may even be able to have the basic site up and running this weekend or early next week! |
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Post by Omega8 on Mar 24, 2004 2:13:55 GMT -5
Ok, now that we seem to have more people here I'll ask again how do you guys think the pics would look better? Basic fig assembled like I did up above or all the pieces apart and laid out like they did on ROC? I say both ..... you should do 2 shots, 1 of the standard, or most common config and one of all the loose pieces. Just my $0.02 |
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Post by CJK Toy Bay on Mar 24, 2004 11:48:54 GMT -5
I say both ..... you should do 2 shots, 1 of the standard, or most common config and one of all the loose pieces. Just my $0.02 Believe me if I wasn't trying to keep the file size to a minimum I'd have pics of every possible combination but I already plan on doing 3 pics per fig. (loose, box front and box back) Depending on how big the line gets those 3 pics of each fig will suck up enough room the way it is. Maybe I should scrap the back of the package and do 1 pic of the basic figure and another of the accessories? Scraping the back pic all I would loose is the data file, which I already have plans for including anyway and the pic of the fig with the power glyphs, which I also plan on doing a seperate page on. So I really wouldn't be loosing any information. Especially since the bottem of the package is always the same. Or would you rather see all the pieces together in one pic like I did above and keep the back of the package pic? |
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I was in the process of reconstructing my web site but due to 2 jobs I was really lacking free time to work on it. Captain Coder of Figure Realm and I got talking and I've decided to team up with him to build up his site. I figure what better place to start then with my current obsession.
