I wondered how long it would take for someone to correct that.


Thanks man.  

 

So these two are supposed to both be in the first wave of TR leaders?

Anyhow, I probably will grab the Optimus early on and wait for a sale (aka a decent HTS coupon) to get Blaster & Soundwave. Hasbro really should consider bringing back the Ultra size class, lots of characters would be good in it.

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Yeah I had to skip that Leader Class Megatron and those Seekers. Would a it have made sense if Hasbro had made a Thunderwing and/or Black Shadow retool out of Jetfire instead? I mean I would've grabbed them both.

 

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This. Sometimes Takara is a choice made not by me, but because $$$.

If it happends to have more bling as well?

Bring it.

And I have no desire to go hunting for figures when it can be ordered online, so...

To make it funnier, Polish import tax is paid only when shipment reaches a certain value. Below this treshold it's only VAT which is calculated as a percentage of product+shipment.
And obviously shipment from Japan is Yen, so it is cheaper than in $. And can be even cheaper than in UK Pounds, so a figure bought in Japan will end cheaper than a figure ordered from UK because if they're both below this import tax treshold it does not matter if both Poland and UK are EU countries... Because this time there won't be an import tax on a Japanese figure anyway. Cheaper overall product+shipment value = lover VAT to pay.

On a good day I can get Takara figures at the same or a very near price as some overpriced Polish importers ask for Hasbro figures. Lulz...

Still, I went with Hasbro on some figures because more cartoon accurate not always looks better executed in plastic. It was paing more for a figure only because Hasbro color choices looked nicer to me.

Yeah, it's usually retailers not Hasbro who's skipping waves or overpricing, but as an end customers many collectors may simply not care who's responsible... They just look for what's better priced or more available.
Looking for things in different stores also translates to either commuting or gas and time spent.

 

There is only 2 stores left which carry transformers here. It's most of the time wasted time checking what they've got.

 

This. Exactly this. Some Americans seem to think that the World begins and ends at their boarders and no-one else exists!

Since Hasbro picks and chooses what products it releases in the UK based seemingly on when God farts, it's often easier and cheaper to get Takara's products directly from Japan. If I also get a better product as well, then that's a bonus!

Frankly I'm sick of missing out on stuff just because Hasbro can't be arsed to release it outside of the USA. Honestly, you Americans don't know how easy you have it!

 

These two look pretty awesome.

 

Unless there's a God Bomber down the line, I'm not a bit interested in this mold after my disappointment with the cheap feel of Mangus.

 

I might be remembering wrong, but I think an Apex Armor/God Bomber was talked about among all of those toy rumors from the Transmissions podcast.

 

Yeah, there is supposed to be. Although how they would plan to attach something is a complete mystery to me. Especially over the already huge legs.

 

at this point i'm just disliking so much that i'd really just like to see more beast wars figures.. but i'm sure i'd wind up disappointed with those as well. beast wars designs seem like they'd be too complex for hasbro to waste the money creating.

hopefully takara will add a masterpiece beast wars megatron to go with primal, and maybe if a miracle happens we'd get a dinobot as well.

 

There's a 2 pack Optimus Primal vs Megatron boxset in repainting Mindwipe and Skullcruncher for a start.

Another of the same characters when they do Apeface and Snapdragon.

Weidwolf as K9.

There we go, most of the way there to next year's convention theme, Headmaster Beast Wars celebrating the 20th anniversary of the BW cartoon and the 30th anniversary of Headmasters.

 

Wow, except for literally a handful of figures, i have never seen you happy/content about any Transformer.

 

Why is it a bias to want the best looking version for a particular taste? I don't like unpainted rims and missing detail on a figure I don't plan to buy another of, not even a MP.

I want painted rims and cab stripes, not a version without, to me the extra money is worth it. And I have no issue paying it every so often. Mostly I buy Hasbro because I don't see a need to pay extra, but I'll be three Combiners into Takara when Computron and Bruticus are released, Hasbro's just didn't cut it from Defensor on for me.

Takara will get my money for Prime, not sure about the main Headmasters, I never cared about them so much in the toon, but I had the toys. So, not sure it's worth it for the new heads for them, and I want to see if they do a more toon colored Blurr instead of the almost monochromish Hasbro one.

Sometimes the Takara version is just worth it to some to pay a bit more for a less toyish look, sometimes its not because the look isn't that different.

 

Those boxes look pretty good, just like the current style, clear and shows the toy off nicely.

 

More photos, from UK distributor A.B.Gee:


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