25th Anniversary Prime. To open or not to open.

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Screamer52488, Jul 17, 2009.

  1. chrisr291

    chrisr291 Master of the Unknown

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    Yeah open it! Prime reissues are a dime a dozen and as like everyone else has said... Hasbro reissues kinda suck and not the figure everyone will be wanting for a couple of years. The only Prime I would advise not to open is New Years Convoy.... That one comes with the Matrix!
     
  2. Dran0n

    Dran0n miss me w/ that

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    Open him and keep the box is good condition. That's what I did. Great figure.
     
  3. KingGrimlock

    KingGrimlock Assuming Direct Control

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    open him
     
  4. frilly toothpick

    frilly toothpick Decepticrumb

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    open it up and save the box.
     
  5. AMG

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    At least get the voice box out and remove those batteries.
     
  6. marshall dusty

    marshall dusty Well-Known Member

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    funny, i just opened mine yesterday. the box was all fucked up so i just tore through it. i got it on clearance through a local member. 18 or 19 bucks. it was complete but the box looked like shit and wasn't worth keeping.

    anyway, as they mentioned above, this reissue is at the bottom of the reissue totem pole. there was a long thread in the toy discussion a while back how this optimus prime was really pink....and i kinda agree. it's not truly red on his chest/arm moving pieces, it's a lighter red. if you have encore (i do) and still have the box keep your encore in box for display if you want and have this 25th edition out for display.

    like you said, you dont care for the resale value but i doubt this piece will get rare, these were shelf warming at big lot stores and they went through clearance. a lot of folks bought them and were reselling them on ebay, bringing the price down.

    the packaging IS nice, when it's not fucked up. if you have other g1 molds already opened, then keep this prime sealed since the packaging is dope. i did my prime a favor by removing it from it's box i had. i swear it almost looked like the shipping box from ace ventura in the beginning.
     
  7. guard convoy

    guard convoy The Big Daddy

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    before i got my encore prime, this was going to be my g1 prime.....boy am i glad i got that encore, this thing is crap compared to it
     
  8. Screamer52488

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    Screw it he's being opened today. Thanks for all the feedback guys!