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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 6, 2017 15:14:26 GMT
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Post by Toph on Nov 6, 2017 15:35:56 GMT
If that ridiculous price *isn't* wrong, then I suppose no Dinobot for me.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 6, 2017 17:04:04 GMT
A bargain!
-Ralph
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 6, 2017 17:24:30 GMT
Yeah even I will pass at that price.. Still thinking thats price per case tbh.
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Post by Llama God on Nov 6, 2017 20:09:43 GMT
Yeah, that seems a lot more likely. Surprising though if it is indeed the case that there's been this much confusion. Very odd, however you look at it. I choose to use my eyes.
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Post by legios on Nov 6, 2017 20:36:41 GMT
[ObiWan] Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them. [/ObiWan]
Hmmm. That does seem rather out of whack with what the other MP Transformers go for. I mean, these are usually relatively affordable compared to the rest of the high-end collector-focused stuff in the Japanese Domestic market(I'm thinking Bandai's Soul of Chokogin, or most of Arcadia's output for comparison here). I'm inclined towards the view that this probably the case price rather than the retail pricing.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 6, 2017 21:48:33 GMT
It is almost certainly is the case that the list price is for a case rather than an individual item but it says a lot for how TF prices have now risen to high luxury item price-points that I really wouldn't be surprised it was $250 for one figure.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2017 9:32:26 GMT
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Post by Kingoji on Nov 7, 2017 10:30:02 GMT
and I've been putting off Megatron for less!
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2017 12:19:36 GMT
'Reduced' from £200!!!!!! Ahahahaahahahaha. No. -Ralph |
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 7, 2017 12:20:25 GMT
I'd already given up trying to keep up with MPs, Sunstreaker and Megatron had already reached the limits of what I'd pay (not hat Ive bought either). If this is the new normal Im out.
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Post by Toph on Nov 7, 2017 12:37:49 GMT
The only way they will learn they reach the limit of how high they can jack up prices, is of we stop paying.
This was the problem with FP's price gouging. They kept raising prices, raising production numbers (which they told us at the start, low production numbers=high prices. Troopbuilder packs were cheap because higher production numbers. But as soon as they realized those were hot ticket items, they started gouging the shit out of those), and we kept shelling out.
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Post by Benn on Nov 7, 2017 17:00:52 GMT
Do you remember when we all thought Sideswipe was overpriced?
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Post by Llama God on Nov 7, 2017 20:13:18 GMT
I'm surprised that this has not yet been debunked. This is actually going to be the final price..?
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 7, 2017 21:13:45 GMT
Bizarre. Don't get this. What can it have that makes it more expensive than Megatron?
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2017 21:27:38 GMT
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Post by Benn on Nov 7, 2017 21:36:55 GMT
GOLD DISH!
I love it
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2017 21:37:00 GMT
More strapping than King Kong!
-Ralph
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 7, 2017 21:40:08 GMT
I assume that means bigger than Primal as he was in the cartoon.
Still cant comprehend how that makes it work twicethe price of Primal which was already pushing it.
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Post by Jim on Nov 7, 2017 21:49:45 GMT
The red light stuff sounds like electric lighting rather than light-piping. He does sound like he might be kind of complex, but still...
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2017 21:55:15 GMT
If this price holds does this become the most expensive mass release single Transformer toy of all?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 7, 2017 22:20:30 GMT
Depends how you define it. TRU asking £200 for Trypticon was more, but in the real world he didn't actually cost that.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 7, 2017 22:37:41 GMT
I was thinking in terms of RRP what is the single most expensive mass retail Transformer ie not a con or club toy.
Phil must know. He has spreadsheets.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 7, 2017 22:58:50 GMT
Phil does not record those numbers but ¥28,000 for this might be it.
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Post by Shockprowl on Nov 8, 2017 0:18:59 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 9, 2017 22:52:20 GMT
So, ah, is the price accurate on this thing then?
-Ralph
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Post by Dezzeh on Nov 12, 2017 10:54:53 GMT
Pictures have started appearing. I would link but it's a total pain from mobile.
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 12, 2017 10:59:46 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Nov 12, 2017 11:04:15 GMT
I have to say, I think these Beast Wars characters lend themselves to masterpiece figures more than the original Transformers because they came from that bit later on in terms of design. These look like Masterpiece figures because they're spot on to the toon versions, whereas the hybrid 'is it an improved toy/is it supposed to look as plain as the cartoon' confusion with the G1 stuff means the style is all over the place. Put a load of G1 MPs together and they don't look like the same line - these really look good together.
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Post by Bogatan on Nov 12, 2017 11:11:20 GMT
I know thats cartoon accurate scale, but I'd probably have been more interested in a smaller Dinobot that was packed full of stuff to justify £180 rather than the cost largely being a result of it being big.
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