What is your grail piece?

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  1. G1 Mirage Owner

    G1 Mirage Owner My alt. mode is an Antikythera Device.

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    I can't explain why, but ever since I found out that this was a thing, I've want one (Fire Guts God Ginrai).

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    Brave max or UW EX Baldigus, Passed on a brave max at a hobby shop cause I was on my way to buy the last ER Scorponok at target.

    any of the Brave Yuusha line specially J decker and Might gaine
     
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    Purple Heart Some other time..

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    Hey man I have a UW Baldigus for sale if you want it. PM me if your interested. I want him to go to a good home.
     
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    It's a toss up between earthrise Optimus and studio series 86 hotrod now
     
  5. Rodimus_Prime

    Rodimus_Prime Until all are one!

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    There have been so many great Transformers toys official and third parties in recent years worthy of this honor, that it's getting tougher and tougher with each passing year to pick one. I'll always have an affinity for C-78C Crystal Rodimus, that I bought two ions ago and had it AFA graded. Something that I wanted but even back then didn't have any luck, was the Lucky Draw God Primus, which is basically a shiny gold version of G1 Rodimus Prime. I wonder if somebody in the TFW2005 community have it and kept it MISB. Then comes Studio Series 86 Hot Rod, which IMO blows previous G1 reiteration of the character [Masterpiece(s), FanToys, etc...]

    After going on a tangent, the answer to that would have to go to HasLab Unicron. I'm a prisoner of the moment, and the combination of absolute sheer size, and Unicron's place in TF lore makes it a great candidate to be the "Grail".
     
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    Milton Bradley g1 carded Laserbeak
     
  7. atomD21

    atomD21 Not made of sterner stuff...

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    That's awesome that you kept yours in such great shape! He is a magnificent piece!
     
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    My grail is an Onyx Primal
     
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    How could I forget about Botcon Transmetal 2 Megatatron, THAT is my unattainable holy grail
     
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    Thundershot Ratchet Fanatic

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    Really? He’s rust hard to get? I see several on eBay right now...

    *looks at the prices*

    Hmm... that’s more than I paid for my Botcon 2006 BW Megatron a couple years ago!
     
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    Hmmm... A Holy Grail...

    I'd say... Official TF Cybertron Optimus Prime... and Takara Generations Metroplex (With Upgrade Kit)
     
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    Blot The most disgusting of all Transformers.

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    One grail down! Found the weird DQ Optimus--actually got the whole wave, also shown is his GI Joe counterpart (not pictured the Kitty Surprise and Puppy In My Pocket toys). This guy is more hard to find than pricy, but still costs too much for what he is lol.

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    I have a few that I consider rare

    Rotf Evac
    Earthrise Thrust
    Studio Series Scrapmetal
     
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    The 'Holy Grails' for me are ones that are virtually unobtainable at any price. That being said, my Holy Grails would be the Takara Block Town recolors or the armored Cyberjets

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    More different coloured Bumpers. So far I've only got yellow and blue (Malignus Sedan, but missing his sticker, as they do).

    My other grail is another Robot Heroes Prowl. I've got the hardcopy proto, beautiful piece, unfortunately the gun is broken, but I'd like a carded sample too.

    Edit: I can add one more to the list: the Botcon 2001 comic book: Departure. First book in the Wreckers series. Only one I'm missing. Frustrating.
     
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    Probably my masterpiece lio convoy and freedom leader.
     
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    For me it's the Protector Parallax Armor from Fansproject for Classics Rodimus.

    While I dig the new Kingdom Rodimus Prime I want my Hot Rod to be able to "evolve" into his higher form, & I'm not that interested in paying aftermarket prices for the POTP one cause I didn't even think that it was worth retail.

    Alas, I can't find the armor for a decent price. T_T
     
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    Pretenders Splashdown and Groundbreaker.
     
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    At the moment I’m chasing g1 star saber and unicron (but hopefully this one ships soon).