I was going to order MP-44 but after hearing reports on MP Hound and Takara's poor QC lately, I might jump on this instead. I have already ordered the IT Megatron, so I might as well get an Optimus Prime to go with it.
So, are the eyes going to be light piping and not painted? Bummer if so because that gimmick makes the eyes look dead unless the light is used...
Yeah we need to end light piping, nobody is storing these characters on a windowsill and if it’s displayed with lighting in a cabinet, the light is aimed down on the front of them. There’s no good display scenario with light piping. I think FT pheonix has a light pipe option, how many people are using that? 0.002% of displays I’ve seen. I don’t think I’ve even seen someone put it on in a review as a joke.
Preordered this. After nuking my collection over the past 4 years, I only have MP-9, MP-9B, and MP Bumblebee for G1 figures. $90 is an insane price compared to the monstrous $450 of the official.
Does the deposit lock in the price at ShowZ? I remember in the past I went to order a bot and the price had increased during the pre-order period.
Yes. Just make sure you keep your eyes open for the email from ShowZ around the time they anticipate to receive their stock. The email will let you know that you can pay the remaining balance. Just be mindful that once you receive that email, you have 1 or 2 weeks to pay that balance or your pre-order reservation gets cancelled. Plus showz has been known at times (not always but sometimes) to raise the price before the item comes into stock. When you preorder, the $89.99 shipped price tag is guaranteed for you even if the price increases afterwards. [Pre-Order] 4th Party Masterpiece MP-44 Optimus Prime Version 3.0
I really wish baba would start offering deposits under $5 on preorders like ShowZ does. I would certainly purchase from his website more since I know since I know his stuff isn't shipped via FedEx Smartpost. Yep. That's exactly what it is. I've noticed baba doing that as well.
Yeah, not a big fan of the pretend discount price, the discount always matches everyone else’s price. Yeah, I’d order from Baba more if he had the same preorder situation, his shipping works better for me
I really don't understand the meaning of pre-ordering a ko. As far as I remember I've never seen on ebay shortage of KOs. Probably some of them have been stopped considering lack of requests... But here we are speaking about Optimus prime, there will be a ko until the next v4...
I duno about the rest but i usually get my 3rd party stuff from Taobao direct and pre-orders usually given a lower price than the actual release price.
If they can get alt mode lined up and tabbing better round the gas tank area I'll be down for a copy for a realistic paintjob alt mode custom a la the Bumblebee movie Freightliner. 'Improvements' like the raised autobot logo areas can go to hell though! Please dont! MP-44's beautiful deep glossy paintjob is one of the best things about it visually. Clear coated or just shiny bare plastic aint fooling anyone that it is paint. Never. XTB Crackup unpainted vs painted versions case in point.