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Post by Hero on Dec 3, 2008 23:05:40 GMT
I think I am going to have to get an overdraft extension.  Grimlock is too good to pass up. I also hope the exchange rate is good come March. ===KEN |
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Post by Shockprowl on Dec 4, 2008 15:19:10 GMT
Wow!
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Post by Bogatan on Dec 4, 2008 23:20:54 GMT
Good lord the coloured pics of MP Grimlock look stunning. I suspect the raised shoulders may bug me as will the very stiff looking upper body of the trex mode.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 4, 2008 23:27:45 GMT
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Post by karla on Dec 4, 2008 23:40:24 GMT
ouch
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Post by legios on Dec 5, 2008 0:28:48 GMT
Not actually as bad as I feared. Although, by the time it comes out I wouldn't be surprised if it worked out a bit more to be honest. I've been watching the prices of some stuff of HLJ be driven steadily upward by the inexorable slide of the pound and become steadily more convinced they are moving swiftly beyond my price range. I have to say that I am tempted by Henkei! Ratchet though. He does look rather nice indeed. Much nicer than my Universe Ironhide, who is ok but the rather flat colour scheme doesn't really do much for the mold. Henkei! Ratchet is rather swish though. He also has that lovely shiny chrome.... Karl |
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Post by KoshNaranek on Dec 5, 2008 1:54:02 GMT
Grimlock definitely looks like the best Masterpiece yet. Let's hope that there's none of the quality control issues that plagued MP Megatron.
I think I'll have me one of those Henkei! Ratchet's as well.
- Tony
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2008 16:58:57 GMT
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Post by Dark Stranger on Jan 6, 2009 10:22:19 GMT
More pics up now, showing the gimmicks he has- changeable eyes!! CLICK |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jan 6, 2009 11:18:08 GMT
I could be tempted by this toy....
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 6, 2009 11:24:11 GMT
It looks really nice.
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Post by Cullen on Jan 6, 2009 14:33:53 GMT
Nice. What's Grimlock's ETA?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 6, 2009 14:44:17 GMT
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Post by Hero on Jan 8, 2009 22:51:17 GMT
More pics up now, showing the gimmicks he has- changeable eyes!! CLICKIn both modes  ===KEN |
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Post by Stomski on Jan 14, 2009 13:59:17 GMT
13000 yen is £100, ouch. Where's the 200 JPY = 1GBP I'm used too.
Also- from the pictures before I thought the head and neck of the t-rex folded up somehow in to the body in robot mode... turns out it just hangs down the back, which is a bit of a let down.
It's still awesome though and I'll still be importing.
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Post by kayevcee on Jan 14, 2009 19:24:49 GMT
I think I'll go for one four to six months after release when they're starting to crop up on Yahoo Japan for about half that.
-Nick
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 14, 2009 19:26:31 GMT
Indeed. £100 + postage + possible CUTA is too rich for my blood (income for a fortnight). I may call upon your Yahoo Japan-fu at a later time.
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Jan 14, 2009 19:40:33 GMT
I think I'll go for one four to six months after release when they're starting to crop up on Yahoo Japan for about half that. -Nick Thats only gonna work if the exchange rate doesnt continue to get worse. I might risk waiting till after Botcon. If I avoid having to post anything home it might be the cheapest place to pick it up. Andy |
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Post by legios on Jan 14, 2009 20:19:48 GMT
I have to say that £100 is a bit steep for MP Grimlock. I think that has moved much more towards the "skip" list in honesty. Not that it doesn't look good, but I'm not sure that it is a clear tons worth of good.
Karl
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Post by Stomski on Feb 25, 2009 10:01:15 GMT
Toyspark is offering £113 delivered. His packages normally escape customs rapeage too so that's probably the best deal we're gonna see.
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Post by dyrl on Feb 25, 2009 10:09:47 GMT
If the GBP to Polish currency exchange rate holds as favorable as it is now - maybe I'll be able to do better than 113 when our MP Grimlocks come in. But at this point I'm selling him for 113 PLUS roughly 15 Pounds SAL shipping to the UK (Polish people get him for 113 GBP plus 2 pounds shipping in Poland), so I guess I suck. In any event - if anybody doesn't manage to get a good deal on MP Grimlock or wants to wait a couple of months, I expect to have a good amount of them available by June/July. I'll put up a topic in stock exchange then. Sadly, can't make any promises in terms of GBP prices so far ahead Pete |
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Post by Dezzeh on Feb 25, 2009 11:53:47 GMT
I am actually rather upset about not being able to convince myself to part with over £100 of my hard earned pennies for this one  |
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Post by grahamthomson on Feb 26, 2009 10:19:10 GMT
I tired to convince myself too, but decided he wasn't worth the money.
Sure, I love Grimlock, and I generally like the Masterpieces (except Megatron), but, I dunno, something somehow just isn't clicking.
But, he's got a lot of coverage in the Generations 2009 book, so I don't feel like I'm missing out too much!
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2009 14:48:54 GMT
It looks splendid, but I still lack an original Grimlock so I'd rather get one of those first.
-Ralph
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Post by dyrl on Feb 26, 2009 15:06:54 GMT
The solution is easy guys - it's all a matter of psychology If you just started collecting Macross figures, you'd realize how good you have it as Transformers fans. Grimlock's price is very reasonable for a figure like that. I'm going to have to cut my leg off and sell it on the black market in order to afford a space ship that turns into an essentially non-poseable brick robot for what will most likely amount to 300 GBP... So - Transformers fans are lucky They have the cheapest robot hobby around. Pete |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2009 15:09:12 GMT
Yes, it's reasonably priced for the niche collector market item it is. If it were a regular line general release toy, then no.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Feb 26, 2009 15:16:18 GMT
I'm going to have to cut my leg off and sell it on the black market in order to afford a space ship that turns into an essentially non-poseable brick robot for what will most likely amount to 300 GBP... Pete I take it that would be the Quarter then? But yes indeed, Grimlock is very competitively priced for what he is - all of the Masterpiece line are in fact. Karl (I'd argue the point about the cheapest robot hobby around - I reckon that fans of recent Super Sentai robots probably get off more lightly :- ) ) |
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Post by grahamthomson on Feb 26, 2009 15:18:42 GMT
That's all I needed to hear!
Masterpiece Grimlock now ordered. Along with Alternity Convoy, Henkei Ratchet*, and Henkei Inferno.
*I know it's a rubbish mould, but the robot isn't too bad.
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Post by dyrl on Feb 26, 2009 16:36:37 GMT
Haven't you heard of Yamato's upcoming two-foot long 1:2000 scale SDF-1 Macross ? The Quarter will not be that expensive. But the Macross is likely to cost 50 or more thousand Yen Like I said - Transformers fans have it easy Pete |
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 26, 2009 16:39:35 GMT
WHAT?!
There's a 2-foot long SDF-1 coming out? Any pics on-line? I'm curious as to what it looks like.
-Ralph
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