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Mkall wrote:Not for me. I actually handled this guy at Botcon and I still cannot stand the arms/wrists.

For me the figure is just too awesome to care about the wrists. While it would be nice, it's not an issue for me. It a voyager Galvatron and now they even got the colors right and added an LED light. Maybe somebody might come out with some new arms. If not, oh well.

Rated X wrote:

Mkall wrote:Not for me. I actually handled this guy at Botcon and I still cannot stand the arms/wrists.

For me the figure is just too awesome to care about the wrists. While it would be nice, it's not an issue for me. It a voyager Galvatron and now they even got the colors right and added an LED light. Maybe somebody might come out with some new arms. If not, oh well.

When I took a good look at how I display my figures, I have a habit of posing most of my deluxe and smaller figures with a straight standing, weapon drawn. It is relatively straight forward and boring, but achievable for most of them.

As the scales get bigger, I tend to pose them a little more. This includes wrist action, especially when I pay over $100 per figure.

Mkall wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Mkall wrote:Not for me. I actually handled this guy at Botcon and I still cannot stand the arms/wrists.

For me the figure is just too awesome to care about the wrists. While it would be nice, it's not an issue for me. It a voyager Galvatron and now they even got the colors right and added an LED light. Maybe somebody might come out with some new arms. If not, oh well.

When I took a good look at how I display my figures, I have a habit of posing most of my deluxe and smaller figures with a straight standing, weapon drawn. It is relatively straight forward and boring, but achievable for most of them.

As the scales get bigger, I tend to pose them a little more. This includes wrist action, especially when I pay over $100 per figure.

Yep, pretty much the same here. My Voyagers almost always get posed, and all of my MPs do. That's why this is bugging me so much because the exact pose I want for Galvatron, I just can't get with this figure because of the stupid wrists.

So... I'd love to see comparison shots between this new Mania King and the Hasbro Asia Specialist Galvatron

I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Mkall wrote:

Rated X wrote:

Mkall wrote:Not for me. I actually handled this guy at Botcon and I still cannot stand the arms/wrists.

For me the figure is just too awesome to care about the wrists. While it would be nice, it's not an issue for me. It a voyager Galvatron and now they even got the colors right and added an LED light. Maybe somebody might come out with some new arms. If not, oh well.

When I took a good look at how I display my figures, I have a habit of posing most of my deluxe and smaller figures with a straight standing, weapon drawn. It is relatively straight forward and boring, but achievable for most of them.

As the scales get bigger, I tend to pose them a little more. This includes wrist action, especially when I pay over $100 per figure.

I'm the same, barring certain very poseable deluxes like the Straxus/Skullgrin mold.

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Where did you preorder at? I didn't know it was up for preorder. gotta get me one !

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Where did you preorder at? I didn't know it was up for preorder. gotta get me one !

At Kapow but it's only for a £6 deposit the release date is november .

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformers ... posit.html

Autobot Genocide wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Where did you preorder at? I didn't know it was up for preorder. gotta get me one !

At Kapow but it's only for a £6 deposit the release date is november .

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformers ... posit.html

WOW 74gbp ouch! you know these are retailing for 5400 yen right? Hoping I can score it for something close to that.

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Where did you preorder at? I didn't know it was up for preorder. gotta get me one !

At Kapow but it's only for a £6 deposit the release date is november .

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformers ... posit.html

WOW 74gbp ouch! you know these are retailing for 5400 yen right? Hoping I can score it for something close to that.

Damn which works out at £30! gonna send Kapow a inbox about that .

Autobot Genocide wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:

mooncake623 wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:I just pre-ordered Cloud Rodimus to face off against this guy .

Thought they would look good together . I know Rodimus is an repaint but i'm expecting some 3rdp upgrades down the line new head weapons and reprolabels should help him out .

Where did you preorder at? I didn't know it was up for preorder. gotta get me one !

At Kapow but it's only for a £6 deposit the release date is november .

http://www.kapowtoys.co.uk/transformers ... posit.html

WOW 74gbp ouch! you know these are retailing for 5400 yen right? Hoping I can score it for something close to that.

Damn which works out at £30! gonna send Kapow a inbox about that .

This us what I don't get about this toy, why is he so expensive? I got UT's Sound mixer (which is also Voyeger scale) for £40, yet this guy is going for twice that! It's clear to me that sellers are taking advantage of the fact that this is Galvatron. The only good thing about this revised release is that I might be able to pick up the original version for a more reasonable price.

I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

Isn't this version an exclusive?
That would increase the price a bit, plus this version comes with a light up canon.
Still a lot of dough though.

Dead Metal wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

Isn't this version an exclusive?
That would increase the price a bit, plus this version comes with a light up canon.
Still a lot of dough though.

That's all well and good, but my argument is that the original version which wasn't an exclusive and didn't feature electronics was selling for around the same if not more.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

Oh - you're in the UK. Sound Mixer retails for $75 here, and Mania King retails for $115. Hence the equation above.

If the price is too high for you, just... don't buy it. I'm not sure why you want us to justify your purchasing this.

That said, Mania King is bigger than Sound Mixer, in both height and (a little) bulk:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

Oh - you're in the UK. Sound Mixer retails for $75 here, and Mania King retails for $115. Hence the equation above.

If the price is too high for you, just... don't buy it. I'm not sure why you want us to justify your purchasing this.

That said, Mania King is bigger than Sound Mixer, in both height and (a little) bulk:

Thanks for that comparison shot, puts things a little more into perspective.
The thing is I really like this figure and am desperately looking for reasons to justify dropping that amount of money on him, the comments around his complexity and your comparison photo shows that he is worth more that Soundmixer, if I can grab him (either variant) for around £60 then I'll be a happy bunny.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

megatronus wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Agamemnon wrote:I think Mania King's transformation is a little more complex than Sound Mixer. That could account for more parts tooling, increased engineering/design costs, etc.

And yes, the market forces of a popular character like Galvy can boost prices too...

That may be true, and I do get that but seriously twice as much?

Twice as much = exaggeration.

115/75 = 1.5333

He's retailing for £30 according to a previous poster, and Kapow are asking for £75, now I figure £10-£20 accounts for shipping so I'm paying so I'm paying £25-£35 for what exactly? How much did Sound mixer retail for?

Oh - you're in the UK. Sound Mixer retails for $75 here, and Mania King retails for $115. Hence the equation above.

If the price is too high for you, just... don't buy it. I'm not sure why you want us to justify your purchasing this.

That said, Mania King is bigger than Sound Mixer, in both height and (a little) bulk:

Thanks for that comparison shot, puts things a little more into perspective.
The thing is I really like this figure and am desperately looking for reasons to justify dropping that amount of money on him, the comments around his complexity and your comparison photo shows that he is worth more that Soundmixer, if I can grab him (either variant) for around £60 then I'll be a happy bunny.

There's also the fact that Soundmixer has some competition, even in the same size class or larger, both official and third party. The only other version of a CHUG style Galvatron currently available is this:


I still can't figure out why such a wildly popular character hasn't been done by more third parties. It's a weird one for sure, but Toyworld will probably get to him eventually, and when they do, I bet the wrists are either articulated, or at least in the proper/standard position in relation to his elbows.

leakin' lubricant wrote:if I can grab him (either variant) for around £60 then I'll be a happy bunny.

I believe that thats been trademarked by JelZe GoldRabbit!

Finally caved in on this guy, pre-ordered him for £70 shipped from here.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/index.php

leakin' lubricant wrote:Finally caved in on this guy, pre-ordered him for £70 shipped from here.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/index.php

Thanks LL just pre ordered one myself from here , Finally got round to doing it today and Kapow had dropped there PO .

I always forget about Omegalock with been recently new to them plus it was a couple of £ cheaper

Autobot Genocide wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Finally caved in on this guy, pre-ordered him for £70 shipped from here.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/index.php

Thanks LL just pre ordered one myself from here , Finally got round to doing it today and Kapow had dropped there PO .

I always forget about Omegalock with been recently new to them plus it was a couple of £ cheaper

Yeah I was gonna use Kapow and saw he was out of stock, I was unaware of Omegalock until I found them yesterday whilst googleing Mania King. They have some pretty good 3rd party prices, may end up using them more what with Kapow reducing their 3rd party service.

leakin' lubricant wrote:

Autobot Genocide wrote:

leakin' lubricant wrote:Finally caved in on this guy, pre-ordered him for £70 shipped from here.

http://www.omegalock.co.uk/index.php

Thanks LL just pre ordered one myself from here , Finally got round to doing it today and Kapow had dropped there PO .

I always forget about Omegalock with been recently new to them plus it was a couple of £ cheaper

Yeah I was gonna use Kapow and saw he was out of stock, I was unaware of Omegalock until I found them yesterday whilst googleing Mania King. They have some pretty good 3rd party prices, may end up using them more what with Kapow reducing their 3rd party service.

Yeah all there early bird prices seem to be cheaper then Kapows and even with there p&p it works out a couple of quid cheaper .

I'm not sure what the customer service is like over there but i guess we will find out .