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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 29, 2017 16:56:45 GMT
There wasn't but they did repaint an existing mold for Skateboardy Prime. It's a shame. I was enjoying the 'this year's super big mold gets blinged up a bit' that they'd been doing for the past few years. I guess SDCC Max did badly across the board last year! You can still get it for £100 in my local A1 Toys store. |
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 29, 2017 22:42:53 GMT
I saw that last week and almost bought it but there was a rainpocalypse on and it would have been waterlogged on the way home!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 21, 2017 21:24:09 GMT
Fortress Maximus finally purchased.
Andy
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Aug 21, 2017 22:09:16 GMT
Which version though?
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Aug 21, 2017 22:12:02 GMT
Fortress Maximus finally purchased. Andy You are too kind, dear and beloved friend. What a smashing gentleman you are! |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 21, 2017 22:15:07 GMT
I played with Phil's Japanese one. Fun sound box. Robot is great, space battleship mode is ok, city mode is...not good. A shame as the city mode on the original Max mould is utterly fabulous.
I still like TR Fort Max (good robot) but I will wait and see if A1 drops the price further...
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 21, 2017 22:25:23 GMT
I am still yet to be really enthused by him. He's going to go in the loft for a bit to think about what he's done when I eventually get Trypticon so Metroplex can come back down.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Aug 21, 2017 22:34:00 GMT
Fortress Maximus finally purchased. Andy Which version though? Hasbro one. Proper Cerebros head. None of this Fortress nonsense! Andy |
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 22, 2017 7:14:55 GMT
But the Japanese one plays the Headmasters theme!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 22, 2017 8:55:48 GMT
I saw Ralph dancing when the Headmasters theme was played!
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 22, 2017 9:16:31 GMT
HEAD ON!
Best Transformers theme ever.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 22, 2017 10:51:18 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Aug 22, 2017 10:59:59 GMT
I'll be interested to see what the end result looks like.
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Post by Llama God on Aug 22, 2017 18:57:48 GMT
Aye, that's not cheap. Still, I'll be interested to see how it turns out.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2017 4:18:23 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 11, 2017 4:43:29 GMT
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Post by Llama God on Oct 11, 2017 6:31:32 GMT
Nope. Nope. It's okay. If it was Brave Maximus, *then* I'd be in trouble...
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Post by Benn on Oct 11, 2017 10:14:44 GMT
Ya know, I think I like him better than Fort Max. And greatshot is super pretty. Huh.
I can see me going without food a few months now...
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2017 11:07:52 GMT
How will Phil get *another* giant Max past Mrs Phil?
-Ralph
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Oct 11, 2017 12:28:27 GMT
By sending it to live with me. Simple.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 11, 2017 17:25:01 GMT
Good point well made.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 12, 2017 14:17:53 GMT
Following on from my earlier price digging with Encore God Fire Convoy, I've been and looked at the Japanese prices for Grand Max and Greatshot. Legends at TTMall: takaratomymall.jp/shop/goods/search.aspx?search=true&category=TFlegendLegends at HLJ: hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SeriesID=6038&Sort=releaseDate+desc&qid=PCENNV3SO17V0A&DisplayMode=images&set=1&Dis=-2&Page=1So: Grand Max takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963691/ ￥27,000 So how does that equate to Fort Max? Annoyingly they don't have Fort's entry still up. But they do have Metroplex takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963714/Trypticon takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810887997/Both of which are ￥27,000 I switch to HLJ Trypticon hlj.com/product/TKT88799/Act £175.05 Fort Max hlj.com/product/TKT86857/Sci £175.05 So it's a pretty good assumption that Fort Max was also ￥27,000 when he came out. So the Grand version is the same price with an extra bit. It's terms of what it will likely cost us..... xe.com reckons ￥27,000 is 182.78. No discount because it's an exclusive so they'll have to go through TTMall to get them. Shipping & customs.... £230, £240? Interestingly the Metroplex reissue, also a TTMall exclusive also ￥27,000 is £225 at Kapow www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformers-legends-lg-ex-metroplex-reissue.html Expensive, but comforting to know my guess doesn't look too wrong. Moving on... Great Shot takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963752/ ￥9,180 Six Shot takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810963899/ ￥8,640 A small increase. New shoulders, new beast head which are differently coloured so on different sprues... Yeah I can see why that's a few quid more. ￥9,180 is £62.14 ..... call it £80-£90 after shipping and customs? Significantly more expensive than Japanese Sixshot who Kapow were estimating at £60 www.kapowtoys.co.uk/brand-new-transformers-legends-lg-50-sixshot.html But remember that's been obtained at wholesale so they'll be a cheaper base price per unit there. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 20, 2017 15:29:17 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2017 19:44:38 GMT
Hooray!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 27, 2017 13:03:03 GMT
Grand Max has reached the 2000 orders to be made
The Pretender suit needs 3000 orders
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 1, 2017 20:51:31 GMT
Grand Max and Greatshot preorders close at TTMall tomorrow.
Will Max pass the 3000 needed to make the Pretender shell?
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 1, 2017 22:20:45 GMT
I hope so!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 2, 2017 8:25:33 GMT
I'm reading not :-(
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
Posts: 4,888
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 2, 2017 9:03:25 GMT
Balls, slightly less interested in it now tbh
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 2, 2017 9:31:40 GMT
However ....
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