oh my god

do you remember what it was going for at the time?

 

$19.99

 

I stand corrected.

 

get out....a dozen for $20? that's practically giving them away

 

Yep. $1.67 a piece.

 

i'm willing to bet there's like an ET the videogame type landfill somewhere with a mountain of rose tico figures....

 

It's been theorized 
The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi toylines were big losses for Disney and Hasbro, according to Ethan Van Sciver, Worldclass Bullshiters, and other sources.

 

Well, they had to get rid of them somehow.

 

I'd imagine they make perfect custom fodder for the sandbags in war/foxhole dioramas.

 

You know I had convinced myself that I was fine with HS Bumblebee but now that I have seen the new age scale for the mini bots with prime I'm going to have to switch over. They look so good as a figure and at that scale.

 

You're not alone. I was all set to finish up the Minibots with Mft's Gears and Swerve, but their Huffer has such a huge head that it completely ruined the look of the whole thing for me. He just looks awkward if I place him next to Reflector or the Insecticons.

 

The first Rose figure I got was near the RRP, but when I started finding them heavily discounted I started to get more and more, till one time I bought about 8 at once. I also have every other rose tico figure that exists, Lego, Die-cast, tiny blindbag, etc.

Seems he stole my idea.

I quite liked her in the movie , but did hate other elements of it, Rey's acting in particular was abysmal and Luke wasn't Luke, he wasa grumpy Mark Hammil.

 

See I actually liked grumpy Mark Hamill. The way I see it, Luke was pretty much handed a destiny. Strong with the force simply by birth, and his first time leaving home, he ends up easily taking out the Death Star - I say easily because, rather than relying on the targeting computer or skill, he relies on the force and gets it right the first time. Sure, he loses to Vader the first time they meet and he loses a hand, which has got to be sobering, but he's in a pickle for all of five minutes before he's able to magic the Millennium Falcon to come rescue him and he gets a new hand right away. He's never experienced true defeat or failed. Despite literally everybody's objections, he's vindicated in his belief that Vader will turn - he can do no wrong. His Jedi training seems to take all of a few days given how it lines up with the events in Cloud City and, despite both his wise mentors' objections, he doesn't really seem to suffer all that much from lack of training.

What happens to a whiny privileged kid like that, who's never had to really work for anything when he fails for the first time and in a spectacular way? He crumbles. He's the boy of destiny, so obviously if he couldn't get it right, then it can't be done. Add in a healthy dose of shame for igniting his saber at Ben and kicking off the destruction and yeah, I think what we saw in the movie is exactly what the Luke we saw in the original trilogy would do. I have complaints about the movie but I think Luke was handled perfectly.

Now if it had been Optimus Prime - he's been at war for millions of years and the only time he lost his resolve was after his bff Ratchet died (and Ratchet was just the most recent - they'd lost a freakin' metric ton of Autobots just a few issues earlier) in the Marvel comic (not counting anything in IDW - don't know idw stories and don't particularly want to) and that lasted all of five minutes. Optimus has always been the unfaltering pillar that props the Autobots up. In the ...sky? apparently (wtf is with HS Prime's name?) See how I brought that around to Optimus and this figure in particular. My post was totally on topic  

Oh and I also liked Rose. She was a delight even if the side quest they gave her was kinda dumb.

 

Can anyone take a picture of this figure with Iron Factory’s Megatron? Thanks in advance!

 

I just read your entire post in Jim Jefferies' voice, with that perpetually drunken, australian stupor of his. It was hillarious. 

 

(from L to R: PapaToys' PPT-05, Mech Planet/Hot Soldiers' HS02, Jinbao's DF04B Optimum Warrior (OS DX9 Dutch), DCP/First Gear's diecast 1:64 Peterbilt 352 COE Sleeper Cab, MagicSquare Toys' Light of Justice)
While not a Freightliner 4000, the Peterbilt 352 CoE is very close to the same dimensions; looks like the first three are very close to 1:64.)

 

I noticed that HS-02B the Nemesis Prime version has appeared on eBay. Ordered one, as I've been anticipating this black repaint for a long time. Still my favorite Legends or Legends+ Prime. Will try to post pics when I have him.

 

The new star wars force and last are dead to me. Complete rubbish. Cant even watch them, they make me want to break my tv... they make1,2,3 seem good.

There maybe some tiny threads of decent story but as movies they are rotten tomato.

 

Got my Nemesis Prime. He's gorgeous. Joints are tighter overall than the original release. Slightly more paint apps too. I am pleased.

 

Does anyone have a pic of prime with a NA Datsun? I'm debating between this and Dutch.