MS-Toys legend scale not Menasor / Stunticons

Discussion in 'Transformers 3rd Party Discussion' started by Cheem The Rup, Oct 21, 2017.

  1. jimmyh

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    I was trying to find a thread for the KO of the Magic Square Dead End and Breakdown - but I couldn't find it. So has anyonr got any side by side picks - I can tell the Magic square is made in the muted Nylon look - but I would like to see both side by side - if anyone has both can they post a pic - or direct me to the proper thread (assuming one exists).
     
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    Thanks that enabled me to find what I wanted to know - basically it turns out the overscales are now Deluxe size. #16
     
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    Anyone knows any shop with stock for B14 & B15?

    Willing to pick this up but man the aftermarket prices are plain crazy. Same with the recent Deadly release people asking over 100$

    This one seems strange, looks like most shops have the other two sets widely available but not Breakdown & Wildrider.
     
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    I just ordered mine from INS Hobby, but don't know how legit they are, so it's a bit of an experiment. I'll let you know if everything goes smoothly.
     
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    HanDy You have been deceived

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    That would be very kind of you. I just take a look on the site and I am afraid is one of those cases "too good to be true".. hope I'm wrong.
     
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    Probably so, but figured it was worth a shot since I wasn't finding anything negative about them, or much at all.
     
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    Looks like @PlatypusRhyme got the last one. I have the full set already, but just looked out of curiosity and is says "out stock"
     
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    I checked not to long after this link was posted and it was in stock, so someone jumped on that last 1 :D 
    MS is not something you should sleep on to long, learned that after Soundwave, glad I got this set complete + Perceptor and the re issue of prime.
    Slept way to long on some others and now they are out of stock or high priced, even in stores.
     
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  11. HanDy

    HanDy You have been deceived

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    Damn this legends games is ruthless..

    Hope it turns well for the fortunated that got one.

    But that is clearly a symptom of desperation, I mean order from an unknown retailer. MS should reissue this assap it will be like printing money.
     
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    Maybe they're legit, since they're updating stock…I can hope. I accidentally had bought the Fast Pioneer legends+ KO (BW-001 002) of Wildrider and Breakdown , thinking it was MS…Then I scrambled to find the actual MS version. If this doesn't work out, I guess I'll be back on the hunt.
     
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    What's shipping like from that store? Are you in the USA? Is it the free economy shipping like ShowZ, terrytf and baba or is it like a $15 additional ship charge?

    Not vouching for this place since I never heard of it before this, but they have magic square deadly Perceptor in stock for $50
     
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    I'm in the US, shipping was $8.06, no idea where the store is located though, I'm assuming not in US,.
     
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    FYI, i checked the website out of curiosity and i couldn't find any details on where the shop is located. only indication is their service hours are 9:00~21:00 (GMT+8.00) in the footer. which makes it CTT time zone and somewhere in Asia or Australia, so most likely a store in China.

    What countries are in GMT+8 timezone? - Quora
     
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    it's not really printing money if most of your small fanbase already picked up the set originally. it ends up being a really bad choice at that point. once market saturation hits these things just sit there collecting dust at retailers. these are legend figs not FT bots.

    next time i swing by the dojo i will ask if they might have any more of these left in the warehouse or something.
     
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    I just posted in another thread that I paid way over the odds for black MS Trailblazer from a small merchant on Aliexpress and it came without feet. I've also been desperately hunting the light blue Soundwave with Rumble but I think I'll just have to make peace with that one lest I do something very stupid again.
     
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  18. HanDy

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    Not at the moment maybe but time will tell. Just go and check for MS Deadly prices, a figure that originally retailed for 35$ (a month ago?) aftermarket begins to be quite crazy. Maybe not FT Insecticons / Shockwave crazy.

    What still I can't figure out is how it's possible that seems to be plenty of stock of Dragstrip, Deadend and Motormaster. I mean why would people buy the first set only, make no sense. That would mean that MS produced more of the others sets but why would they do that?
     
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    There must have been a lot of people who bought the first set then decided not to go all in for some reason. Probably dabblers who are more Stunticon fans than legends collectors.
     
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    MS did exact equal runs of all their stunticons. the reason you still see the others left out in the wild is because there were shipping issues with the last two sets. some of them got trapped in cargo containers for many months.

    while others made it out into the world almost immediately.

    but like what @Phase Sixer just said. some folks grabbed them just to check them out and passed. just like many other bots.

    also, as far as deadly goes i think what is going on is fair. it really is a great fig and deserves a little bit of shine.
     
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