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"To wet your appetite for the pending release..."
I hate to sound overly picky about spelling and grammar, but the correct word is whet. "Jimmy wet the bed." "His pants are wet." My appetite is whet."

Wolf-Spider

I DO NOT LIKE THIS FIGURE ................. and that's because I LOVE IT lol I can't wait to have him and soundwave

Ravage XK wrote:I wonder if the high price is a reflection of having to pay for a license for a real car likeness?

I've wondered that also I can't see Lamborghini just saying ya it's no problem using our name and likeness maybe it will boost sales lol. I doubt many TF collectors can afford a Lamborghini even if it is an older one

Sexy.

I actually like the size and don't mind the cutbacks. The fact is that we've in a global depression and so cost cutting is going to be a factor. TBH while a BT/ALT scale might have been nice, I have to say that to me this isactually great overall.

Yes rubber tires and die cast would have been nice, but considering that the other choice would have been reduced tooling, I'm fine with foregoing both.

What is blowing me away though is that the new MP scale seems to be roughly in line with the original G1 scale, meaning that we're essentially getting what MP figures were meant to be about (super detailed, super articulated G1 toys) in the truest sense of the word.

Considering how much we pay for reissues, I'm fine with paying what we are for the new MPs - especially with what I get them for on early bird discount on HLJ.

My only dilemma is going to be whether I can hold out with it being in my private warehouse on HLJ to save on shipping for 6 weeks. I hope I can, but it's not looking good.

RodimalToyota wrote:for 90$ it should have at least metal feet, and rubber tires.
With that and the bad door lines, I'm canceling the PO.
What horsecrap, a large Deluxe figure for 90$, NO THANKS.

How do you go from MP-10 to this?

Except it's not rec. retailing for $90 in Japan or on Japanese online stores. Anyone paying that much is going through an importer and so they can't really be surprised when there's such a discrepancy between what they're paying and Japanese RRP.

With online import retailers like BBTS, you're effectively paying Japanese retail or close to it plus an importer's markup (nothing against them for doing that, just that these days it's often cheaper to get Japanese stuff from Japanese online retailers than it is from US importers).

Even if they're getting it at Japanese wholesale, meaning there's no double markup; you're still paying for their shipping to get it from Japan, plus a markup on that as a part of their costings. Ultimately you're paying for convenience and quite a premium for it too I might add.

Rec retail on these when you import them yourself is $70 and if you'd gotten in with a preorder on HLJ.com for example, you'd only be paying $59 +shipping which is about half of what BBTS and other US online retailers are going to want to charge you.

My advice to anyone caught out by this is next time a MP like this or any other Japanese figure shows up- check out Japanese online retailers and get in early. Otherwise you'll wind up paying a premium for them.

WolfSpider1979 wrote:"To wet your appetite for the pending release..."
I hate to sound overly picky about spelling and grammar, but the correct word is whet. "Jimmy wet the bed." "His pants are wet." My appetite is whet."

Wolf-Spider

My apologies. Perhaps I was confusing "wet your whistle" and "whet your appetite".

El Duque wrote:

WolfSpider1979 wrote:"To wet your appetite for the pending release..."
I hate to sound overly picky about spelling and grammar, but the correct word is whet. "Jimmy wet the bed." "His pants are wet." My appetite is whet."

Wolf-Spider

My apologies. Perhaps I was confusing "wet your whistle" and "whet your appetite".

It sure looks like it. It's very easy to confuse the two, since a lot of people haven't realized that there was a homonym for dampness.