Zeta Toys ZV-02 Core Star / 1Studio Cell (G1 Unicron)

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  1. Treadshot 2.0

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    Well...

    1) there ARE two in ALL the new pictures ... it would be pretty misleading if he only came with one. If anybody on the boards is affiliated with 1Studio, can we get some clarification on this please?
    2) you'd kind of NEED two if you want to actually be able to display him with the opening maw, right?
     
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  2. Wh33ls

    Wh33ls Original G1 kid, and loves Beasties as much, eh!

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    SPACE KITAH IS HUGE!
    I'm actually hoping that somebody would make a smaller version of Haslab Unicron. I'd buy the shit out of that.
    There's not enough toilet paper in the universe to service that guy.
     
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    Any word on electronics or gimmicks on this guy?

    Would love to get some led lights or pulsating lights that shine thru some panel lines in robot mode. Zeta did some cool small led lights in their Bumblebee that could be cool. I'm always a fan of figures with light up eyes and sound clips.

    I'm sure there will be those that grumpily say, "forget the frills to keep the cost down" but hey, if we are going to shell out $300 for this figure, why not swing for the fences. It's not like making a premium vs. basic version is out of reason for Zeta.

    Would be cool too to get some small tiny mini fig of Galvatron (sort of like the one that came with XTB Eligos?) to show scale or for Unicron to hold in his hand.

    I'm excited for this (whatever the scale) and can't wait for it's release.
     
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    Yes but the same pictures show him head/wing less and we know that's not the case so I wouldn't take them at face value.

    Early proto pics showed a battery compartment in the head so light up eyes seem likely.
     
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  6. Treadshot 2.0

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    From a marketing standpoint, it's way worse to show pics of things that AREN'T included than to not show pics of things that ARE. I think it's safe to assume that everything we see in those pics will be included... plus things we don't see.
     
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    True, such as Lio Convoy and Artemis. TT had to publicly announce that Artemis was not part of this particular Lio Convoy figure, after the first public official pics showing off Artemis.
     
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    Magic Square could probably make a Prime at that scale if we asked nicely...
     
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    I enjoyed this size comparison, thanks
     
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    What's this thing show z is doing where they match your deposit? So if I throw 140 down they'll throw 140 down and pay for half of the item?
     
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    No. There is a max deposit for any item and that's what they match.
     
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    Their explanation is a little clumsy.
    Basically, if you deposit a pre-order down-payment with them (1-2 usd for most items, at most 5 usd for very expensive items) they'll reward that by substracting twice that amount from the total. So, as they explain: if you for example deposit a pre-order down payment for an item of 25 usd with a down payment of 1usd they'll substract 2 usd and when the item is in stock you'll only have to pay 23 usd.
     
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    What makes you think they haven't already? It's just your fault for not noticing the 1.128 nanometer Optimus in every picture.
     
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    But you don't have to only pay the deposit. It's just the deposit is all they'll match. So continuing the $25 toy with a $1 deposit example, you can go ahead and pay the full amount up front but your full amount is now $24 cuz they matched the $1 deposit.
     
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    Oh? I didn't know that. So if when they post the total amount of a pre-order on the page you pay in full they also substract the double deposit?
    But how does that work?
    In the example, how does that work? Do you pay 24 then?
     
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    You can only place deposits on pre-orders.

    It's rare that they have the full price for pre-order items, but they do for Iron Factory's upcoming Bludgeon. Here you can see that making the $1 deposit to pre-order, or paying the full price in advance, they will take $1 off of the total price of $36.99.

    I don't believe they ever discount more than $1 for pre-ordering. In fact, if you look at MST's upcoming Megatron he's a $3 deposit, but when it come time to pay off you will only get the $1 discount off of the remaining balance as thanks for pre-ordering.

    So, unless they state otherwise (which I've never seen in my dozens of pre-orders), you only get a $1 discount off of the final price for pre-ordering. If you make a $1 deposit on a $25 item, they will discount $1, so your remaining balance will be $23.
     
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    But how does that work if you pay the full price on a pre-order? Do you only pay 24 usd out of the 25 at checkout in the 25 usd example?
     
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    This
     
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    If u dont get the deposit matched email john. There's a link in the showz website to do so
     
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    Thank ya so much
     
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