cloud rodimus sold for 250

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by victoryconvoy, Apr 26, 2015.

  1. grindcore138

    grindcore138 TIME TO DELIVER A PIZZA BALL!

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    As much as I would've loved a Cloud Rodimus even £75 was too steep for a straight up repaint, so $250/£164-ish seems just stupid to me. It'd be cheaper to just buy another Springer and paint it yourself.
     
  2. Primex15

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    Anyone have a decently priced Cloud Rodimus for sale or knop where to get one if possible?
     
  3. kibble

    kibble Seeker style, yo!

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    Don't understand the appeal of this figure. It's an okay mold, though overrated, but as Rodimus? Meh...
     
  4. Grimlockimus

    Grimlockimus Wot?

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    Right now Rodimus is a very popular character due to his character in the MTMTE comics and being Transformers fans generally if you like a character you want a toy of them. Problem is the only other Rodimus offering is the less than stellar Classics mold which reeeeally hasn't aged well, so naturally people would be going nuts for a new shiny Rodimus toy repaint or not.
     
  5. videriant

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    What's the current going rate for Springer? May need to stock up on one.
     
  6. Raiju

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    $250 is pretty crazy. Glad I got my order in from BBTS when I did. Cloud Hot Rodimus does a great job of evoking IDW Rodimus and I love the mold enough to spring the cash for it. A little DIY modding (see link in sig) and he looks great in my Lost Light display.

    I wouldn't hold my breath for an updated Classics Rodimus anytime soon either. I feel those folks who are may end up like the guys who swore up and down that an official Takara MP Shockwave would soon be revealed shortly after FansToys Quakewave was announced. Two-Three+ years and counting, nothing from Takara about Shockwave.

    As far as the Cloud line goes, Hot Rodimus was probably a hot item due to the popularity/visibility of the character in the IDW comics. The other Cloud character releases? Not so much. The only other Cloud character I'm even remotely interested in is Megatron and that's only because I want to use the spare samurai Bludgeon skull head that came with the recent Perfect Effect samurai upgrade kit.
     
  7. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    Ehh, I'll stick with my classics Hot Rod with FP Protector Armor for the time being. A new IDW-inspired CHUG Rodimus is long overdue, but the Cloud repaint never appealed to me.
     
  8. videriant

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    It's hard to predict what the heck HasTak is going to do anymore. I mean, why bother to release Cloud Megatron when they knew CW Megatron was coming down the pipe. Or Cloud Optimus. I mean, I can think of some reasons, but they're all goofy reasons.
     
  9. Bountyan

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    Good thing I don't want it!

    The 2006 figure + Protector armor is good enough until we actually get a real new Rodimus figure.
     
  10. mrdecepticon

    mrdecepticon Decepticon Leader

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    More money than sense....

    Or it would be cheaper to get one and comission someone to paint it up.
     
  11. CCress

    CCress Boy Who Loves Powerglide

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    As someone who has also watched a bunch of Chromedome auctions, I'm going to try really hard to believe you. I want this to be true so bad.

    As for Cloud Rodimus, I'm really close to cracking. The alt mode is dumb but bot mode is gorgeous. I'd pay a stupid amount...but not $250.
     
  12. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    Considering we're getting a Rewind in the pipeline...I'd be surprised if he doesn't happen in the next few years.

    also the ebay prices are whack.
     
  13. Basketball Jones

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    I can't get behind the idea of Hot Rod and Springer having the same mold.
     
  14. iacon45

    iacon45 Missing: One Custom Title

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    THIS. I cancelled my pre-order to help pay for something else and since other Cloud releases were not moving quick, I figured I had some time to go back and pick him up. Boy, was I wrong.
     
  15. GizmoTron

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    Really dumb spending so much, I guess if you squint hard enough he looks like IDW Rodimus, but really he's just a red and yellow Springer and not worth that kind of money.
     
  16. theestampede

    theestampede Wandering Artist

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    considering what we've already gotten, I could see them doing a voyager Hot Rod who's combiner torso mode is Rodimus Prime
     
  17. DoctorsTARDIS

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    o_O  people are paying HOW MUCH for a repaint of the springer mold?!
     
  18. thunder117

    thunder117 Magna Defender

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    The reason why we got Brainstorm is because they didn't make a Botcon-exclusive version of the character before.