Hasbro and Takara would disagree with that statement.

 

They own the brand and the characters, they can price them whatever they want.

 

Haven't checked this thread for a few days and I'm about 10 pages behind. Is it just 10 pages of more people arguing about tailfins, whether it's the same designer, BMB or TE, and discussing the probability of FT's Blitzwing? Or did I miss something more significant?

 

Pretty much the former... possibly a bit about price and release dates. But nothing significant

 

Price on Taobao is about $85, Bombusbee has it listed at "Full Price: $100.99 + shipping, PO Price: $93.99 + shipping". ShowZ has it dated at January next year, but possibly not shipping till after CNY (mid Feb).
That's all the significant info we have.

 

ShowZ posted a 15% off coupon a few pages back. I don’t remember exactly where so you’ll have to scroll through and look for it.

 

Really hoping they find a way not to make this heavy, I think I see a little diecast in the back, but I could be wrong, but yeah we all remember KFC ditka week knees and heavy backpack

 

It can be heavy if necessary, as long as the center of gravity remains low enough to allow the figure to stand in a stable position.

 

Same here. I just hope that my reaction after seeing the pictures wouldn't be like this…

 

Diaclone colors!!!

 

Hooray, more pointless diecast to paint chip!
Other than that, looks good. Best Blitzwing I've seen so far.

 

I think for a lot of collectors, they are going to need a bit more than another render of Berserk in order to pass on this one.

 

Also, actual question, when has FT ever cockblocked someone other that XTB? I can''t think of an example.

 

Badcube tried to do their minibots on reissue and FT renders appeared immediately. When Gears etc. dropped.

Pretty sure dx9 have been on the receiving end too

 

I think Recorder was the only thing they showed at one of the shows fresh off of DS Blaster dropping. For as much as people pump them up the lion seems awfully concerned with the sheep

 

GigaPower  

 

Ah, Gigapower and DX9 must have been before my time. Badcube at the time seemed to be trying to make a quick last cash grab before the building burned down, but looking back, it probably qualifies.

 

Maketoys. To the point that FT leaked the existence of MP-36 before Takara announced it just to torpedo MT's Despotron, and FT wasn't even doing a Megatron (allegedly).