Yeah, same. I tried ordering something from them yesterday but they replied back after I sent an email saying they're currently only shipping within Europe. Yet I know for sure people in NA have ordered from them before.

 

The US has a street date embargo for the 22nd of this month, Kapow's most likely not allowed to violate it. RobotKingdom, on the other hand is like the honeybadger and don't care.

There are eBay sellers from Taiwan that have them as well and they're shipping to the US.

Kapow will sell other items to the US, however. They currently have the CW sticker sheet from Asia, as well. It's like 10 GBP. (Don't know how much shipping would be, though.)

 

Just finished taking photos of Brake-neck, and I think I actually prefer Off Road as a Menasor leg. But I love Brake-Neck as his own figure.
Not sure which to use!

Toybox Soapbox: Combiner Wars Quickslinger and Brake-Neck Review

 

Give him the axe and one of the little swords, and make him Menasor's little ninja minion.  

 

Nice one Hulk!

I love this guy.

Kapow probably are honouring the U.S. Street date.

 

The thing I was trying to order was actually something else entirely (a third party item)

 

Then that seems strange because they aren't usually like that. Email and get a "why" perhaps? Their Customer Service is usually top-notch.

 

Cheers dude, I love him too! That mold is wicked, especially in car mode

 

Do his legs stay together any better than Deadend's?

 

Nope. I'd say that mine is worse overall. Plastic seems softer and things don't want to stay together.

 

Yep. His arms are a lot better too, and his head isn't loose unlike Dead Ends.

 

Repaint is a repaint. Yawn.

 

What repaint?

 

They might be repaints, but I'd happily buy all three of them. Between the different paint jobs on each, and the bits of remolding here and there, they're each unique enough to warrant buying I reckon

 

I'm sure Reprolabels will sort out that terrible red mismatch on the doors....like they did with Deadend.

 

In this picture, you can tell they're all the same base mold, but in person, Wildrider and Dead End look different enough to sell me on it. The only thing that really stands out as "Hey, this is a repaint!" is the vehicle mode. It's a perfect 1:1 copy of the other.

For some reason, Dead End, even in those gorgeous colors, mutes the mold and it's design, while Wildrider's chest and other pieces stand out so much that you can see the detail quite a bit. Cameras pick up that it's the same mold, but the human eye doesn't seem to at first. Even my wife said the same thing.

Because of this, I can forgive the repaint issue, and with a bit of mistransformation (I leave the hood up behind his head, or flip it backwards so the wheels rest on his shoulders) plus I gave him Offroad's weaponry, he stands out enough that he feels like a new figure without actually being one.

However, the mold degradation has already set in and it's only been used three times. I don't know how Streetwise will feel (I don't have him in hand yet), but Wildrider has issues with parts being too tight, others being too loose and panels and parts just not fitting snugly in vehicle mode. Kind of a pain in the ass, honestly. Oh and his ankle hole (combined mode)/exhaust port doesn't fit just right on Offroad's old foot. It makes him sit low and you have to adjust it, otherwise he stands kind of side saddle and wants to tip over. Wasn't expecting that, thought the feet and hands were universal, guess I was wrong.

 

I'm still amazed how different they look from each other. When Prowl comes we can make a combiner with limbs from one mold 

 

And since two of the limbs would be autobot police vehicles and two would be Decepticons thugs you could have a "cops and robbers" theme going. I wonder who the best torso would be?

 

At least they're good repaints.

I'm glad I got him, though I wish it didn't come with just the pipe.

Now my G1 Stunticons team is complete, along with Off-road and Blackjack.

 

Swap Wildrider's weapons with Offroad's. That's what I did. Feels like enough of a difference to sell the idea to me.