Itchin'

So I started re-reading HBP yesterday, am about 130 or so pages, and half a notebook page of notes, in.

And last night/this morning I came up with a decent opening for the story. So I think I'm gonna start writing tonight. How far I get, or how much I have to go back and edit, I don't know. But I do know this thing is going to be much longer than my first Harry Potter story.

Which I should still really find a place for someday, even though it's an obsolete storyline.

At work today we had our Holiday Luncheon. Pretty damn good food for free.

Today's Lego guy: Construction worker guy. Complete with Jackhammer and Porn 'Stache.

If one has anything to do with the other I REALLY don't wanna know.

Review #2:

Runamuck is the final remold I will be purchasing (again, skipping Blurr, of which I already have the original). I avoided the original Armada version, Side Swipe, like the plague, but a new head mold and paint scheme convinced me to give this new version a whirl.

Runamuck's vehicle is a very realistic-looking car, modeled after I believe a Honda. The original was a basic blue and gold, while the Cybertron edition features a black paintjob, complete with flame detailing. The darkened windows also improve the overall look, considering the character's head is much less visible than in the Armada version. The rear half of the car flips over, revealing a nice-looking gun where there was a Minicon in the Armada edition. Runamuck's Planet Key feature is contained within the new exposed engine, pushing the front bumper into a (albeit crappy) battering ram. The improved vehicle mode was the main... well... only reason I bought this toy.

That's because the robot mode is, um... *shudder* is a great way to summarize it. Even though the head mold is much improved from Sideswipe, the fact remains that this body is an abomination that never should have been produced. Where to begin? Is it the arms that can't go all the way down? The bowlegged legs with doors that wouldn't allow Runamuck to walk through the Lincoln Tunnel? The reverse loincloth in back? The massive arms that are produced by splitting the car's front end in half? Or the lack of any Planet Key feature? At least the gun looks nice in his hand.

As more and more of my expendible income goes into these figures, the more and more my Transformers collection goes to the completist end. This figure is a prime example of this, one that my brain wouldn't have let me buy two years ago. I need to stop. But, hey, again, it is a decent looking vehicle, and will probably sit along side such figures as Armada Thrust, Smokescreen, and Energon Cruellock in alt-mode.