Think they’re playing Mario Kart?

Recon Ravage has arrived…

So I got some mail Saturday and it seems like Hasbro has beat Fun Publications in their mailings as Recon Ravage arrived neatly packed.

Oooo it's from N.E.S.T. !

Low and behold it’s merely a Canadian Peg Warmer with a nice little letter from Optimus Prime congratulating you on capturing the Decpticon Ravage and encouraging you to ‘capture them all’ if you will.

Hrm is he Canadian?

Honestly if hadn’t come in a nice printed box with a hand out it could have been from any eBay scalper! Kidding aside it was awesome to participate in a mail away for all the fond and not so fond memories of childhood past it brought back. Have you gotten your Recon Ravage yet?

For one of our own…

Today is Robert Springer’s birthday. Also known as Robo Rob, Rob, and well a few other choice words… regardless we love him!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROB!

Rob & Araon Archer, yes he got him to toss a shocker!

Did you mail send in your NEST form yet?

For those of you who are participating in the Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen NEST Recon Ravage promotion, don’t forget to mail your forms in soon! April 30th is the deadline and you want to get those forms in early as possible so you get your Ravage sooner than later when they ship out. I’ve been sitting on my completed form for a few weeks now, and finally remembered to grab a money order today. It’s easy to forget about, and I’d be kicking myself if I missed out on this!

Buy vs No Buy: N.E.S.T. Brawn

While out and about for Valentine’s Day the wife and I stopped into a Target way off our usual beaten path. However per the usual routine we ended up in the toy aisle and discovered a number of NEST figures, one of which was Brawn here.

Now in the packaging is plain ordinary brown, brown green-ish truck. Turn the package over and well your greeted with a rather awesome looking robot. I couldn’t resist picking him up, especially with the wifely encouragement.

Now the truck has a lil’turret on top and the green-brown paint job, plain styling with some various unpainted molded features like roll bars or bits of armor plating. However when you get to the alt-mode is where they really did Brawn sweet justice. He comes armored and armed to the teeth, I mean he’s the first transformer I’ve had that transformed with weapons in hand! Now while Brawn is fantastic he does have a bit of kibble hanging off the back that can make standing him up a bit of a challenge and does limit some of his pose ability. This doesn’t however undermine the overall awesomeness of this figure.

So don’t let the plain truck fool, this is a figure worth owning! This is a definite Buy.

At my local Walmart.

Was at the Walmart on Hudson Bridge road in Stockbridge and saw this. Returned later and it was still there, I’m assuming the owner works there.

Welcome to the GATF homepage!

Since 2003, Georgia Transformers Fans has operated solely on Yahoo Groups with the new Facebook group opening this past summer. Ever since 2003, however, the idea of a GATF web page has always around. Well, after a long time of sitting on the idea, here it is. The new GATF web page.

Right now, we are utilizing WordPress as the solution for our hosting needs now. GATF has always been a free fan group, and one way to make sure never asking for donations is to keep our operations as low-cost as possible. With that in mind, our new web page is on a free server for the time being. However as this is the year 2010, free web hosting isn’t a bad thing. Long gone are the days of Geo Cities (which I did originally plan on using for a group web page) style pages with their limited resources. With our new home here on WordPress, we have a bit of stuff for group use! Add that in with other dynamic free web resources and we’ve got the potential for something great!

The plans are to bring GATF back to its glory days again, and using this page as a hub for group activity is the general idea. I need to choose new group officers for help with managing the group. Anybody willing to volunteer, please comment or contact me through either the FB group or the mail list.

Also, if you have any fan works you’d like to show off here on the new fan page, please feel free to speak up! This new page needs some content, and the best way is for fans to send some!

In closing, thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see this site grow as part of the best regional Transformers fan club ever. GATF!