I love the look of this guy, have been following his progress since day one, and Astrotrain is my all-time fave Decepticon. But there's absolutely no way I'm paying double or more the asking price to make some scalper bastard rich.

 

I'm finding it so hard to pay these ebay prices. Seems like I'd have to order from China. Least they are selling it for much cheaper then everyone in the US. Why the hell are people in the US trying to charge such outrageous prices? I mean, Chosen Prime sold their extra batch at 375 which is crazy but I would have been willing to pay that because they are a legit retailer and they paid crazy prices but if I trust/order from someone in China, I could be paying 369 which is even cheaper then that. So all these people going 400 and up are just fucking ridiculous. Anyone willing to even pay those prices are just crazy or money is just no object to them. In that case, lucky you. If you really wanna sell it, sell it for more than he was originally sold for but lets not get fucking stingy and crazy about it. Good grief!

Fans Toys isn't going to do a second run so even if they do decide to in the far future, whose to say they won't jack the prices up then? I get I'm screwed because I showed up to the game too late and all but I don't feel it's fair to have to pay these super high crazy prices either.

 

i find that a lot of the higher prices on ebay are from usa sellers and some prices are so high it's like they don't actually want to sell said figure(s)

 

Open a petition. I'll sign it.

 

They will reissue thomas. This is only a initial relesease, following the pattern a metallic one will probably happen and a releae of that one. Tcp had a limited stock he probably acquired from another seller so its listed as aftermarket prices. Calm down its a toy. Fans toys aren't dumb, they see a chance to make money. They are probably trying to get logistics to meet demand. Why sell less copies for more when you can sell more copies for more? Let the scalpers buy 15 copies and let them sit on it while selling even more copies to everyone else. curious if hasbro or takara have reached out to them yet for official work.

 

Well I don't have 15 of them but I have 10 and I doubt I'll be sitting on them.

 

Should have gone for twenty like I did. Triple changers, more like triple my investments!

 

And here's why some of us can't even buy one. Congrats, fellas.

 

Anybody had iissues with him coming out the box with his legs mistransformed?

my legs seem mistransformed in the groin area so that hipjoints are showing when he is standing up, also he cant put his leg straight
i've lifted up the hipskirts the assembly that from his codpiece is made up of two pieces onee for each leg both sitting at 30 degrees and dnt seem to go anywhere


Solved it had the press that button down to push them tabs in

Also anybody else have a wonky left chest panel?

 

A more reasonable situation is the designer reaching out to big companies. What can 3rd parties do that official companies can't do?

 

It’s more than one single designer.

And for 3P as whole... the quality is better generally, more designs brought to market faster, better/more variety of characters.

 

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaaa...

But, seriously, I will sell you mine for... $800.

 

I just wanted to chime in and mention that they didn't actually buy ten and twenty copies. Blue text is... sarcasm, I think? Or a "just kidding"? But either way they're not being serious.

 

Now how are the buyers on eBay going to take my inventory seriously if you give away the secrets? Now they'll never believe I have seventeen Sovereigns and two dozen Unicrons on order.

 

We should band together and form a "retailer" called tfw2005ft, and then we'll just buy cases straight from dalianjj for way cheaper prices.

 

It's a good idea is theory but there will be too many variables to be a reasonable venture.

 

Only guesswork as you have not included photo(s), you probably dont have the chest panel tabbed in at the bottom as well as at the top - there is a tab down low that has to locate as well as the main tab at the top. You need to look from the back to see it.

 

yes this is in my signature.

Seriously this was an option at one point many years back but this is no longer an option. Also the purchase to do this is VERY LARGE and I will say that nothing good would come from this. I’ve seen first hand how this had ruined friendships.

 

Its mainly that 3rd party don't have the constraints official hasbro/takara does. Design limits and target selling threshold, they also appeal to a wide crowd not just MP. But recently they really push out alot of MP lets see how they do.

 

Scalper buddies