shajaki wrote:RhA wrote:shajaki wrote:oh man. ohh man!
having passed on all ROTF/DOTM figures and the first APS prime (see the price of him now?!) i will be alllllll over this guy.
Passed on ROTF Prime? Is that humanly possible? That mold is SWEET.
trust me, i know that NOW
after buying the first movie leader prime 3 times (hasbro, hasbro premium, takara premium) i was all but done with movie toys and wrote them off.
DUUUUUUDE!!!!! You have to get this mold one way or another. I only started collecting last year and made my list based on what were the must experience figures of the past 30 years. This guy was always there. And I think he's the only mold to appear twice on the best 30 figures of the past 30 years list. I am not saying he is the best figure ever (he isnt, not even top 10) but he is a must in a transformers collection. Just to see how intense and detailed a transformation can be.
But I do get your point. I only bought a few transformers here and there in the 2000s and since I already had the 2007 leader, I really didnt care to own the ROTF one. Good thing I didnt have to look too far to hunt him down when I got back into collecting.
And man, even if it has been years sicne his release and there have been a bunch of rereleases of the mold in different ways, there is still not enough to meet the demand. Since i now have the ROTF Leader mold, I decided to sell my 2007 leader for super cheap due to lack of space. Even though I was clear on my listing and had the photos there, all I kept being asked was if it was the ROTF one. Hasbro could rerelease the original one now and it would still sell out, I am sure.