Not sure if this is "news" per say given that RobotKingdom already listed these last week, but this is the first listing in the North American market.

(Mods, feel free to move this if it isn't.)

Release date = end of January 2013. In other words, nigh-perfect timing to stick an Omega in a PoL with the TakaraTomy FOC Combaticons.

BBTS Shared Exclusive - Year of the Snake - Platinum Series at BigBadToyStore

 

Boom, preordered, thanks.

 

Preordered but in hope for a better price on Amazon.

 

My questions:

Where do you put the new head in alt mode? And does it do anything?

 

Snagged the Omega Supreme. No problem paying $100 for that figure.

 

I'm assuming it's no longer a Headmaster, but I could be wrong.

Did you have to remove the head on the original toy for transformation? Never owned it.

 

Pre-ordered! touch more than I was hoping for, but no biggie!

 

Gonna wait for Amazon since I have a gift card. Too bad they ditched the head master gimmick. My only gripe with this guy is that his head looks just bit small for that body.

 

Yes, the pilot could sit on the train/boat thing or be stored in the clear compartment on the right shoulder when combined with Prime.

 

$100?  

Gonna hold out hope for Amazon. Although they have been around the same price for their exclusives in the past.

Little unclear why precisely this blasts Unicron out of the water price-wise.

 

That's the price I expected.

This is coming to TRU too right? So it will even be cheaper.  

 

I'm gonna need more G1 Legends figures now. 

 

IIRC, not TRU, it's supposed to be a BBTS and Amazon shared exclusive.

 

...that's a good question. IS TRU Canada getting this like how we've gotten several of the other Amazon exclusives?

After all, we got Unicron and YOTD Prime, but we haven't gotten the Amazon Jetwing Prime. And for that matter, all those exclusives were Amazon-only in the US, NOT shared exclusives with BBTS.

He's asking because TRU Canada's gotten a number of Amazon exclusives.

 

new molding, Unicron was a straight repaint.

 

Well, Unicron was a retool, but I assume that the new mold costs had already been recouped by TakaraTomy with the 2010 release.

Omega though has the new head AND arm. That arm isn't a small piece of plastic by any means; I can see that justifying the cost increase.

 

Ordered. Thanks for the link.

 

who'd even bother to order the 174$ with optimus =.= so instead of the 350$ from third party I can pay 100$ and get a decent Omega Supreme.

 

I'm fine with $100, but if amazon orders go up for less I'm dropping it. Just security to make sure I actually get it  

 

That's exactly what I'm doing.