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Post by Jim on May 8, 2024 13:00:07 GMT
These continue to look wonderful! Got my Amazon preorder in.
I don't find the prices too unreasonable tbh. As collector pieces produced by Takara they seem likely to have much smaller runs than, say, a core class mainline figure, on top of which they seem to have more articulation than many of those figures, vac-metalisation, and presumably rubber tires, and quite possibly are generally to a higher standard of finish and plastic. They probably come with nicer packaging, too.
I'd love for them to be cheaper, but I can see why they most likely aren't. I also think dropping 40 euros on one of these will bring me, personally, significantly more joy than the same amount on almost any Legacy voyager!
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Post by Dezzeh on May 8, 2024 13:28:10 GMT
Ordered mine, price seems fine. Shipping and taxes are sadly part of the deal.
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Post by legios on May 8, 2024 17:55:50 GMT
Pricewise I think these are fine. Bearing in mind that these are entirely new toolings, which also have design costs behind them... compared to other things of the same general size the price point seems pretty much what I would expect.
That said, like the Convoy, these aren't really doing anything for me to be honest. I'm not enthused enough by the idea of owning something that looks like a toy from decades ago, only with more joints. Especially when I've owned versions of the original toys for decades - four decades in one case. They just...don't have a Use Case for me.
Karl
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Post by that_bluestreak on May 8, 2024 18:53:20 GMT
Honestly dude, play with the OP. It's good enough to change your mind.
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Post by Toph on May 8, 2024 21:13:52 GMT
Aye, there is something about him that is magic.
He transcends simply being a good toy. I mean to be honest, there are better figures. But there's just something about him
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Post by legios on May 9, 2024 20:06:53 GMT
Honestly dude, play with the OP. It's good enough to change your mind. Maybe. It has a bit of an uphill struggle with me to overcome the fact that it is a redux of 1984 Convoy, and that feels like it is kinda looking back into the past to me. But who knows, perhaps it is good enough to overcome that. I suspect it'll be a little bit academic mind you - I'm not likely to see one in the plastic any time soon, so by the time I did it isn't likely it'd still be in stock anywhere!  Karl |
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Post by The Doctor on May 9, 2024 20:26:40 GMT
Oh, I would imagine a few will be kicking around at TF NATION.
-Ralph
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Post by Cullen on May 9, 2024 21:31:37 GMT
Late to the party but finally ordered Optimus. Will pre order the minibots too - love this line.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on May 12, 2024 11:32:37 GMT
Good lad!
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Post by Fortmax2020 on May 12, 2024 18:33:04 GMT
Late to the party but finally ordered Optimus. Will pre order the minibots too - love this line. Where did you order it from? |
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Post by Cullen on May 13, 2024 8:13:51 GMT
eBay. Ended up getting a G1 micromaster patrol and a bunch of the War for Cybertron micromasters at the same time - eBay is dangerous.
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Post by Toph on May 20, 2024 3:53:34 GMT
So, this Optimus is capable of replicating both of his original box art poses.
So what did Takara do? Give him a new box art piece that he is incapable of replicating.
I personally think it would be hilarious if they continue to do this with all future releases.
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 30, 2024 9:11:37 GMT
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Jim
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Post by Jim on May 30, 2024 10:00:49 GMT
They still look amazing!
Is that a rub-sign under Bumblebee's foot? Odd placement, but nice to see there's one somewhere
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Post by that_bluestreak on May 30, 2024 17:52:59 GMT
yes, no regrets on pre-ordering them.
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Post by The Doctor on May 30, 2024 21:06:21 GMT
I completely crumpled in putting an order in for the minibots when I saw the picture of them with ML Optimus.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on May 30, 2024 21:29:23 GMT
They are required.
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Post by Cullen on May 31, 2024 14:17:38 GMT
I needs them - where are people ordering from?
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 31, 2024 16:19:53 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on May 31, 2024 17:04:53 GMT
That price annoys me so much. At £25 I'd buy all future repaints instantly, but at £33 they are just .... ugh!
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Post by Toph on May 31, 2024 18:36:23 GMT
I genuinely feel Optimus is worth his price.
But these two? We get far more complex transformers made from the same materials (minibots had no diecast), that are original designs, for way less.
I feel like modern deluxe pricepoint is more than fair for a toy that doesn't hold up to a modern core.
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Post by Toph on May 31, 2024 18:36:55 GMT
I'm still buying them because I'm a whore, though.
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2024 18:39:54 GMT
Same.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on May 31, 2024 18:40:27 GMT
That price annoys me so much. At £25 I'd buy all future repaints instantly, but at £33 they are just .... ugh! But you will...you will... -Ralph |
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Post by The Huff on May 31, 2024 20:14:42 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 31, 2024 20:27:57 GMT
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Post by Toph on May 31, 2024 22:40:51 GMT
HA!!!! Box art poses the newly enhanced toys cannot replicate! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 3, 2024 14:05:33 GMT
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Jim
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Post by Jim on Jun 3, 2024 15:33:06 GMT
Stickers to replicate the original box art is a wonderful little touch. So much love is going into this line!
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Post by that_bluestreak on Jun 3, 2024 16:14:52 GMT
was there a collector's card in ML Op? I don;t remember seeing it but I was distracted by the amazing toy.
also, what was C-02? Maybe they're going to work their way through the toys in original number format *drools*
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