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This past weekend I went to Atlanta, Georgia and ran a 5K offroad obstacle race in the mud and rain  with zombies! Sadly I died as zombies ripped into the last of my 3 life flags when I faceplanted in the mud. I had a blast!

Plus live entertainment and I met Irone Singleton from "The Walking Dead" show that runs on AMC.  

Go to RunForYourLives.com for details and sign up to do it when it comes close to your area.
Highly recommended if you want to have a fun weekend. Pictures are pending.

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The story Forgotten- The Fall of the Seekers focusing on Skywarp and Thundercracker now has a new preview pic illustrated by the very talented TheMinttu
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Combaticons.
Generations toyline.
May/June.
Be there.

Details and pics of all 5 'Fall of Cybertron' Combaticon toys and their combined form of Bruticus are at tformers.com among other sites I'm sure. I am so excited. Gotta get them. Also FOC Jazz, Prime and Shockwave to be released in the Generations line. Love the WFC/FOC Shockwave design, plus in all my years of TF collecting I have never had any version of Shockwave other than the little purple rubber 'decoy' version of him from the 80's. If that counts.....

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The Theme for the IDW Publishing/Cybertron's Core monthly Writing Comp is:
February- "My Brother Standing Beside Me."

In Sparta the shield you carried was not for you, but for the brother that stood beside you, and his shield for his brother and so on. It's a common belief that while a soldier holds his country in the highest honor and respect he does not fight for the country, but the brother fighting beside him.

Throughout history bonds deeper, and more intense than anyone could comprehend have been forged between warriors who haven't even known each other's names, and never had the chance to learn. Illustrate such a bond between beings, whether they've known each other for their whole lifetimes, have just met, or only heard of each other in passing.

Show me the bonds of brotherhood forged by fire.

Now go! We've provided the theme, you provide the rest!

Submit your 800 word entry to- idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

The current comp is posted at both IDW Publishing and Cybertron's Core!

2011 Themes
September- Cliffjumper (4) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
October- V is for Vendetta- (3) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
November- War's End- (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
December- Failure- (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…

2012 Themes
January 2012- Upgraded-  (2)
(CC) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
(IDW) forum.idwpublishing.com/viewto…

February- My Brother standing beside me- Taking submissions currently at idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

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Go check out MarkVPPhoto . Great photographer and made my day with this photo-
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The story Forgotten- The Fall of the Seekers focusing on Skywarp and Thundercracker now has a new preview pic illustrated by the very talented TheMinttu

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Well this year's assortment of BotCon figures sucks. Sorry, but I dont care for not a one of them and their gawdy colors.

However, there is hope for next time. This year of new TFPrime figures more than likely means repaints of that series' characters next year. That I can look forward to.   

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The Theme for the Cybertron's Core monthly Writing Comp is:
January- "Upgraded!"

In the spirit of the New Year, we're writing about new beginnings! Upgraded, reformatted, or refitted, write a story about a Transformer adjusting to a new, better body, and the new powers that come with it. From Headmasters to Transmetals to Powerlinxing to just taking a new body, have fun with this one!

Now go! We've provided the theme, you provide the rest!

Submit your 800 word entry to- idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

2011 Themes
August- Whispers of a Coming War- z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
September- Cliffjumper (4) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
October- V is for Vendetta- (3) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
November- War's End- (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
December- Failure- (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…

January 2012- Upgraded-  Taking submissions currently at idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

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Go check out MarkVPPhoto . Great photographer and made my day with this photo-
    :thumb208470615:   fav.me/d3g48yf

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The story Forgotten- The Fall of the Seekers focusing on Skywarp and Thundercracker now has a new preview pic illustrated by the very talented TheMinttu

fav.me/d34a9er

Free shipping at www.hasbrotoyshop.com
And the TF Prime figures are $2 less than they are at Toys R Us  

Also remember The TF Prime: Darkness Rising DVD came out this week  
$9.99 at Target

Season One of TFP comes out March 6, 2012.
No pricing that I have seen yet.

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I can easily recommend TFP Arcee and Starscream as figures to buy if you see them.
And I was hesitant because motorbikes have never been a transformer strong suit.

These are Deluxe figures but they are small. However the detailing is impressive and their complexity too, but seemingly no danger of parts snapping off later. Flawless paint applications and the plastic seems a higher quality than typical too. It really elevates these figures IMO.

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The Theme for the Cybertron's Core monthly Writing Comp is:
DECEMBER- Failure

Failure. Defeat. A story on a personal level or an epic scale about an event, a battle, a skirmish, or war, that ended in defeat for Autobots, Decepticons, Preds, Maxis, humans, individuals, etcetera.

Now go! We've provided the theme, you provide the rest!
Submit your 800 word entry to- idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

2011 Themes
July- The Meaning of Life (4)  z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
August- Whispers of a Coming War- z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
September- Cliffjumper (4) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
October- V is for Vendetta- (3) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
November- War's End- (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
December- Failure- Taking submissions currently at idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

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Go check out MarkVPPhoto . Great photographer and made my day with this photo-
    :thumb208470615:   fav.me/d3g48yf

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The story Forgotten- The Fall of the Seekers focusing on Skywarp and Thundercracker now has a new preview pic illustrated by the very talented TheMinttu

fav.me/d34a9er

I bought a new Bumblebee today. fav.me/d4es1ey
There is this Leader class Battle Ops Bumblebee with lights and sounds, cannons galore and it is pretty large, that has been in stores in what has become Standard Yellow Bumblebee Plastic (SYBP) that is like $60.00 over here in the USA.

Well I saw it this morning at Marshall's, that is a discount clothing store, but for whatever reason gets TFs sometimes at crazy low prices. Except this one was different. Instead of SYBP, it is all metallic gold paint apps, chrome on the wheels, and rubber tires! It also came with 2 Legends class figures for Bonus and was $34.99!!

I had never seen this gold version. Even the packaging showed it in the SYBP, but had a tidbit about "Limited Edition Metallic Accents". fav.me/d4es1ey
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WOW! This is what a leader class figure should look like. Detailed, articulated and chrome and rubber. It's the little things.
I have ROTF Leader class Optimus Prime and although a marvel of engineering, has very few paint apps, none on the front of the truck just gray plastic where silver paint or chrome would have made it shine and plastic tires.

Also they had Leader Class Movie Starscream that changes into the F-22 and instead of the regular $50 was 24.99. I got him too.

Kinda stupid probably considering that I just had the worst sales month that I have had in about 2 years. Nissan's October sales are up 22% over the same month last year and 17% for the year overall.
Somehow I failed to capture my fair share.

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This November the Theme for the Cybertron's Core monthly Wrting Comp is:
War's End
When war is all you know, what do you do when it's over? Some of the Transformers led regular civilian lives before war broke out, others came online sometime in the middle so they have known nothing else.
How will they cope? Can they return to a 'normal' life or will they succumb to the deafening silence of peace and find other 'unhealthy' outlets for their habits and feelings from a life of struggle?

Any continuity is open for example-The Great War/Unicron Battles/Beast Wars/etc. from the point of view of any character.

We've provided the theme, you provide the rest!
Submit your 800 word entry to- idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

Links to the 2011 Cybertron's Core Writing Comps:

2011 Themes
January- The End and the Beginning- (4 entries) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
February- Shortage- (6)  z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
March- Jazz Party! (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
April- Technology VS Nature (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
May- Mini-Mayhem (4)  z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
June- Romance (2) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
July- The Meaning of Life (4)  z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
August- Whispers of a Coming War- z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
September- Cliffjumper (4) z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
October- V is for Vendetta- (3)  z9.invisionfree.com/cybertrons…
November- War's End- Taking submissions currently at idwtf.writing.comp@gmail.com

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Go check out MarkVPPhoto . Great photographer and made my day with this photo-  fav.me/d3g48yf

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The story Forgotten- The Fall of the Seekers focusing on Skywarp and Thundercracker now has a new preview pic illustrated by the very talented TheMinttu

fav.me/d34a9er