Wow! so just to clarify, you are saying that if you own a trademark on a thought, an idea, or an item, but choose not to use it, it is perfectly acceptable for me to take your thoughts and ideas and make money off of them, and that was the founding priciples of our country? Seriously? That reasoning seems a little flawed.

And what is up with the personal attacks? Just because someone defends their opinion does not make them the same as a corrupt legislator, or greedy corporation.

 

Kinda nifty. It would be neat to repaint/ retool these as the Brave Yuusha series versions, in which they were bad guys.


and ooooh, shiney!
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~haoquan/transformers/Rare_cassettes.jpg

 

So, are the new Mirage's selling yet? Because I am watching an auction with a Mirage MIB. It looks damn near perfect except for it's been taken out of the insert bubble/cardboard. But the insert comes with it and has been opened carefully.

 

Back to the REALLY important questions. Anyone know exactly when these Mirage babies are coming out? I thought they were ready last month.

 

???

You just said yes to my question of "are they selling yet?". So, why would you ask when they're coming out?

 

Sorry, the YES was in excitement of someone (YOU) putting the topic back on track. Made the change to my post.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-G1...oryZ4696QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

I think Sludge is done already. Look at the auction above. This guy definitely sells KO's. Look at his history.

 

so is that auction a real one or a fake?

Heres an original



and here is the one in the auction



I can see that the one in the auction has a transformers logo above the name of the character, so fake??

 

I heard the box for Mirage was the holdup. The toy, bubble, stickers, etc were taken care of but I thought they still anticipated them out by the end of July. I think A3&U or toyvault said the boxes for these are gonna be better, sturdier, than the ones for Swoop.

 

Awesome news.

 

I'm getting ready to pull the trigger on a Swoop. Be my first KO purchase, hope they're gentle.

And if the initial reports on these guys turn out decent, I'll probably grab one of each also.

 

Yep. It's a rip off (for the record, I've decided to call them that instead of knock offs). And no surprise the seller is claiming it's original. When will it ever end?

 

Just be ready to do a lot of modifiying and repairing. I've had to take mine all apart, loosen some screws because they're too tight, modifiy the legs so it stands up without hunching over, realign the pins, and I've quickly learned that krazy glue is my best friend. Though I think Swoop is the exception since it has a lot of delicate parts. Overall, I hope Mirage will be a lot sturdier. At least the box is really nice.

 

I seem to recall talk of a real variant that had that text there, but I agree that it's probably a fake.

 

Here's one I saved from a few weeks ago. The box looks really close for the KO.

 

sweet!!! I like them all!!! any word on availability?

 

mirage box is done btw

 

I have an ORIGINAL G1 Sludge with the transformers logo above the character name, so this auction may be real. I can post a pic if you want one.
mike