Now it begs the question, will MP Starscream have ANY Metal?

 

sorry, off topic, but i totally LOL'd @ your sig... 

 

since he's a Masterpiece, I'd honestly be flabbergasted if he didn't.

 

I would be pissed, but at this point not surprised, Tomy has so far left a lot to be desired.

 

exactly! and the special MP-4 Optimus will come with a paper trailer  

Oh well, at least they let us know a month or so before it is being released. Even though that's not a whole lot of time, it's still better than opening the brown shipping box just to be disappointed. I think Hasbro does a way better job of informing the collectors than Takara-Tomy. My feeling has always been that I don't care if they shit in a box and call it a transformer, I just want to know that it's shit in a box before I buy it!

Hey that's catchy, I think I might make that my signature!

 

Hasbro Cybertron Voyager on shelf in US = $20
Takara Galaxy Force Voyager online store = $40

Alternator on shelf in US = $20
Binaltech online store = $55

I've always heard that import costs was the biggest reason for price difference, where actual onshelf prices in Japan were similar to ours. If that's the case, I wouldn't expect Convoy to drop much. The extra accessories ( girl and surfboard ) would add at least $5 to the price. So I can't see online store prices dropping below $45.

 

Yes it will.

At least, according to one of the very first pics of MP03 prototype (Figure Oh?). It's written there in katakana: Diecast - ABS ... and then some kanjis. It's in the column next to the price.

That's on the same pic with the 220mm height in bot mode.

-airfox

 

Is this truly confirmed or still rumor?

 

What's odd to me is the BT Astericks had a pvc figure and were a little cheaper than this BT Convoy, and they were made with some diecast. This is just very dissapointing all around.

 

My thing in the pictures...it almost looks like die cast in some parts.

 

I'm glad I'm not the only one. The more I see images of the surfsword, the more I want one. At this price range, I'm not going to get the set now, but if Transrepro or some other place makes replicas of the sword, I'm buying a bunch of them. *Thinks about Alt. Nemesis Prime with twin surfswords*...

 

NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

This is the WORST!!!!

let's riot!! Come on men!!

(I love BT's, i got all of them...i was hoping for diecast prime...luckily i got the Alt Prime...i would never pay the "die-cast price" much for plastic BT prime.....heck,..it was tough buying them at the diecast price...my wallet ached...but deals helped)

 

Most import stores buy the toys at wholesale, the Japanese price for Binaltechs was usually a little under $40.00. IIRC Hasbro said adding diecast to Alts would add $5.00 to the price. On that basis, it seems we were being exploited to begin with.

If it's in Hyper Hobby, you can pretty much take it as fact.

Photoshop can make almost anything look better than it is.