Locked in! Cheers!

 

I have never been to this site before. How do you change to English?

 

I use it with Chrome browser on my desktop. You have to change your browser settings to auto translate foreign text to English.
Lots of support on this thread: Buying Transformers on Taobao

 

Confusing the issue, there are three prices.

First is the pre-order price. It is the cheapest, of course. Second is the excess stock from preorder. Third is regular price.

For FT-31A, they are 723 yuan (including preorder deposit; US$105), 880 yuan ($127.50) and 998 yuan ($145) at LBP.

 

I don’t Pre-order. It was about a week or two after Western retailers released that TaoBao started shipping and another two weeks till the second batch came in.

 

You're confusing it. The second and third prices are LBP's regular in-stock prices. The lesser of the higher of the two is the price if you pay using your Alipay account and the higher of the two is if you pay with direct credit card without Alipay. In any case those two prices are are 1009 yuan and 998 yuan.

 

That’s a pre-order for the reissue, no?

Or is that the second batch that will come a couple of weeks after the first batch?

 

It's the preorder deposit for the second batch.

 

Nope.

998 yuan is the current price. When the first batch arrived, he listed it at 880 yuan. If you had preordered, he would reduce the price to 693 yuan.

So, no mistake.

 

Nah, you're still mistaken alright. The prices shown are the prices current prices for Alipay vs non Alipay/direct credit card. Excess stock has absolutely nothing to do with it.

 

Are we all pretty confident that Maverick will be the first release? Could you see FT releasing Goose first despite the indication that Maverick was most ready?

 

I would expect Maverick first.

But Jabber might be next, then Mav, then Spoiler, then Goose?

 

Maverick will likely be first but I hope we get Jabber out of the way first and then get some other individual figure after Maverick and between each of the other combiner team bots. It'd be great to see FT make progress on their back catalog of announced individual figures.

 

I feel confident about Maverick. Overall, FT has a pretty solid track record for Season 1 & 2 characters. Season 3 & 4 characters are like 50/50.

 

Maybe they can step up production but I suppose they don’t want to saturate their market! (Release more figures, more often)

Personally I’m ready to fully pay preorders on both the combiners!! Spoiler and Goose look sooooo good! Can’t wait

 

My biggest hope is for Chomp this year. However, I am seeing several painted bots right now and I have to think the order is Maverick, Jabber, Spoiler, Iceman, Sheridan, and Hunk. I would not be surprised if Magnum, Goose, and Dunerider are also in painted form as well.

 

I expect at TFCon FT may announce their next two combiners and probably will release the remainder of Superion and Menasor next year with Chomp and the rest of the figures. That makes me believe Thomas may run into 2021.

 

Can silverbolt carry one of the others in his fuselage? If not, Fantoys missed the mark and I'll be the only one not to buy this set.

 

I think that makes a lot of sense.
Maverick 100 percent is the next release, I’d put money on that. I believe FT wants to continue the momentum of their combiners by releasing the Aerialbots big bot and one of each limb Bot for Menasor and Superion won’t be far behind.

I won’t want another FT until DragStrip, BlitZwing and AstroTrain.

 

I will buy doubles of the Combaticons. No questions asked. They are the best team.