Andraste

No matter what else is going on in my life, things are awesome because not only do I OWN CHINS!STARSCREAM IN TOY FORM, I have managed to turn him back into a jet without breaking him. (You have to twist his hips just the right way and ... yes, Starscream's transformation is distressingly appropriate.)

Now I just need to decide: do I hold out for a Voyager class Sentinel Prime, or buy the tiny Deluxe version that's slated for release? There's a certain comedy value in him being tiny next to Optimus, but I'd rather have something that at least makes a stab at show accuracy. C'mon, Hasbro, you can do it!

I've already decided that I'm not touching Lugnut until he's release in Leader size, so he's bigger than Blitzwing. Inter-faction scale is almost possible, although intra-faction scale is a distant dream ...

So, in addition to spring cleaning (I have conquered the wardrobe, and the desk is falling before me!) I have spent parts of the past week shopping. My spring wardrobe is now all up-to-date, with the addition of a couple of big tops and several pairs of brightly-coloured leggings. I loved this fashion trend when I was fifteen and love it even more at twenty-seven. Great legs + tummy means that this look really, really works for me. I've been getting compliments every time I go out in one of my new outfits.

I rarely wear make-up, which means I almost never buy it, but I've got a big event coming up in a few weeks and decided that this called for new foundation. So I was in the Body Shop getting goo all over my hand when an employee took pity on me. He quickly found me the right shade - I'd predictably managed to cover myself with the wrong one - and did an excellent job of applying it. If you're ever in the Bourke Street Mall in Melbourne, his name is Geoff, and he will do a great job of making you pretty. Tell him a crazy girl from the internets sent you.

In Very Expensive Plastic news, the movieverse Robot Heroes have finally been released in Australia, hooray! Or at least they have at Target, haven't seen them anywhere else. I am now the proud owner of Megatron, Ratchet, Jazz and Frenzy. I cannot decide if Frenzy is adorably terrifying or terrifyingly adorable.

After I'd bought them, I spent a good ten minutes in Comics 'R Us trying to talk myself out of buying three Doctor Who action figures. As I brought the Doomsday set up to the counter, the guy serving took one look at it and said "it's the 3D glasses, isn't it?" And it was indeed the 3D glasses that defeated me. The Doctor is currently being menaced by Dalek Sec, a Cyberman, and a Clockwork Man. But it's all right, because he has his little rubber sonic screwdriver and 3D glasses!

I just need to find him a companion now. Martha has tragically sold out around here, so it might take me a while to acquire her, but I've read that new series Sarah Jane should be out soon. I refuse to buy Jack until they produce a version wearing the coat. (OK, I would totally buy Defabricated!Jack. But somehow I don't think the BBC would authorize him.)

In other happy news, my laptop doesn't have a hardware problem at all. There's some kind of problem with my video drivers which has caused a couple of crashes as well as the wacky display errors. Reinstalling hasn't fixed it, so I've grumbled and paid for a registry cleaner to hopefully sort out whatever conflict is causing the problems. (I hadn't installed anything recently when it started giving me strife, so I wouldn't know where to start fixing it by hand.)

All of which brings me to the subject line: yesterday I was also looking for a geeky t-shirt for occasions when I want to proclaim my fangirliness to the world at large. Except it's almost impossible to buy geeky clothes in women's cuts around here - the only thing I found was a t-shirt with the Superman symbol on it. (The lable assured me it was a Supergirl t-shirt rather than a Superman t-shirt, too. Grrrrr.) Does anyone know a good place online to buy geeky clothes in women's styles? I take an Australian size 12, if that helps any.

I may have celebrated waking up early for the first time all week by going out and buying two packs of Robot Heroes Transformers figures. I had sworn off buying more action figures since I don't have any more space, but these are so tiny and adorable and will look so awesome on my desk at work I couldn't resist.

I have wanted the tiny Starscream ever since I saw pictures of him online; he's half way through blasting off and has the best evil smirk. I also got Optimus Prime and Ravage - chibi robot kitty! - and Mirage came packaged with Starscream.

The packages I didn't buy had Rodimus Prime & Insecticon (just a generic Insecticon, it seems, no mention of whether it's Kickback, Bombshell or Shrapnel) and Grimlock & Shockwave. Is it just me, or are those incredibly random pairings of characters? Optimus vs. Ravage seems like such an unfair fight, and why Mirage with Starscream? I understand the desire to have an Autobot and a Decepticon in each pack, but they could have at least put Starscream in with, say, Red Alert. At least Grimlock trod on Shockwave that one time.

Also, I feel the need to point out how awesome Teletraan 1, the Transformers Wiki, is. Here is their description of Robot Heroes Prime:

As with all Heroes figures, Optimus Prime is a simple, yet well-detailed two-inch tall figurine with exaggerated, cartoony proportions. He is sculpted holding his Ion Blaster rifle in his right fist and his left arm in a pointing pose. He is also love.