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I guess I need to cheer more for Hauler then. That would tie Prime!

gothsaurus wrote:I guess I need to cheer more for Hauler then. That would tie Prime!

I'd be right there with you. I want Hauler pretty badly. Seems like it would be a perfect figure for the club to do. Not only has he had a profile in the club magazine but he's in the last storyline as a background bot. Specifically issues 41 and 42. I'd happily pay out for him.

Wow didn't know Takara would pull a Hasbro and release an "exclusive" repainted figure in the main line. It is a huge price difference as well. I do like the extra Targetmaster but for that huge of a price gap i am not sure. I'll wait till i see pictures and then i will decide whether i change my pre-order or not.

Although is this a huge price difference over there? It's not costing them $140 if they order it directly...

gothsaurus wrote:If I were MP, and Takara released nearly the identical exclusive... I'd switch it TOOOOooooo.....

HAULER.

Odd that we're suddenly getting THREE new retool/redecos of this toy. Will that set a record for this size class? That will be six. Trying to think if anyone else in the "classics" lines has gotten that many in this size class.

Seven. Don't forget Asia Hasbro is releasing a blue version as Hotspot.

Kibble wrote:Although is this a huge price difference over there? It's not costing them $140 if they order it directly...

It's about 2000 yen difference ($25) and it is more difficult to obtain the MP version. You have to buy the MP magazine, cut out the coupon and then mail it in with 6000 Yen. I agree with everyone else, this seems very strange for Takara to do.

Stormrider wrote:

Kibble wrote:Although is this a huge price difference over there? It's not costing them $140 if they order it directly...

It's about 2000 yen difference ($25) and it is more difficult to obtain the MP version. You have to buy the MP magazine, cut out the coupon and then mail it in with 6000 Yen. I agree with everyone else, this seems very strange for Takara to do.

I agree it's still strange, but if the difference was only $25 I'd probably opt for the fancier exclusive with extra buddies.

I'm holding on to my preorder. I display my exclusive figs seperately so I need an exclusive Artfire to go with my exclusive Stepper. I was willing to pay the initial price 2 months ago and still am.

Am I the only one smelling Arms Micron here?

Maybe the new takara version will have the panels on the back painted red instead of white and maybe finally we will get the ladder instead of the water gun/crane.

In our second piece of Artfire news for the day, it sounds like UN-32 Artfire may not be happening.

If you thought Takara offering a non-exclusive version of Artifre was too good too be true you may have been right! Last week pre-orders started appearing at on-line retailers for UN-32 Artfire, which was followed by news of what differences we could expect between the Takara and Million Publishing versions. This all seemed a bit odd since a Takara general release would step on the toes of the Million Publishing exclusive.

Now word is reaching us that UN-32 Artfire may not exist. Takara has denied the release via their twitter account, and Allspark member (and e-Hobby employee) Hydra had this to say:

I don't know who decided that the supposed regular release of Artfire would only have one Targetmaster, but there is no regular release of Artfire coming. Million posted it on their Twitter account on the 21st, calling it out as a false rumor. I heard the same thing directly from TT staff, so you can safely assume that there is no normal version of Artfire on the way.

-Hydra

It sounds like the Million Publishing exclusive Artfire may be the only game in town.