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[LOST Cybertronian]

Of course, you also get the book, but personally, I'd rather spend it on a new masterpiece figure.

Actually, the $150 is for the figure alone. Book sold seperately.

[phase]

Ah, the manga. I know more than most about the Japanese series' and characters but those manga and magazine only characters are just a huge black hole! I think the only manga I ever read is Kiss Players and even that was just random pages with no real order. I deleted it from my hard drive afterwards!

I'm not sure whether to applaud your bravery or shoot you and burn down everything you've touched.

[Rijie]

So stoked for this one. The mold itself still reigns supreme as a favorite Voyager. Add the TargetMaster dyad, obscure characterization, and overall obtuse badassery...SOLD.

Preordered before pics were even released. He'll act as a workplace desktop avatar until he's in hand.

Bravo Million Publishing!

(As discussed with fellow plastic lovers, a Stepper/Artfire TRU Exclusive set would reduce fan froth-mouth, Hasbro! Keep it in mind when rolling out the next incarnation of Classics/Universe/Generations/etc...free idea for the taking.)

[President-prime]

150 just for the toy and no book. Easy pass for 'me', thank you

[RhA]

Hasbro! Do Stepper and Artfire, you've got the touch! You've got the power! We've got the money!

[Gauntlet101010]

BBTS has mor eup for preorder .... nad I got one. Screw it, who am i kidding? I'm a sucker for well done exclucive TFs.

Time to bone up on just who Artfire is ...

I'll get Stepper too in all likelyhood. But with so many still up it seems like it can still wait, while the sell out on Artfire makes me want to put a preorder down now.

Amazing business move on the part of BBTS? If it was, I guess it worke don me.

[Breakdown 2099]

$150?

You're really only paying for the exclusivity of the item. Lets not pretend otherwise. Ask the casual fan who Artfire was and they'll stare at you blankly. What's the cost of repainting 3 existing molds? they could easily mass release the figure, but then the basic marketing concept of increasing the value of any item by creating the sense of urgency (limited numbers etc) would be diminished.

50/50 for me. I like the figure, nice colours, another repaint of Nightstick (joy) and some crappy micro-dude. Vehicle mode's Weapons combined looks, well, for lack of a better term, s**t. But i won't be paying $150. I could leave it in the box and eBay it 5 years later for $1000, who knows, I just might.

[Counterpunch]

$150?

You're really only paying for the exclusivity of the item. Lets not pretend otherwise.

Not in this instance.

Here you are paying $50 for a Japanese voyager sized figure, plus $15 or so for them to purchase the book, and then the rest of the cost is having someone in Japan order the figure. These must be delivered to a Japanese address. Then the figure is shipped to the US.

That's the cost of the figure.

Ask the casual fan who Artfire was and they'll stare at you blankly.

So what?

There's "casual" fans out there who still think that anything after the 86' movie is considered to be G2.

But i won't be paying $150. I could leave it in the box and eBay it 5 years later for $1000, who knows, I just might.

A 600% increase on a 5 year investment would make my bond purchases look outright stupid...

[Breakdown 2099]

$150?

You're really only paying for the exclusivity of the item. Lets not pretend otherwise.

Not in this instance.

It's an "exclusive" figure. You've obviously missed the whole point of what I meant. If that fails, read my post again.

Here you are paying $50 for a Japanese voyager sized figure, plus $15 or so for them to purchase the book, and then the rest of the cost is having someone in Japan order the figure. These must be delivered to a Japanese address. Then the figure is shipped to the US. That's the cost of the figure.
Not an ounce of chrome on this puppy like Henkei's. So the figure you really want to compare it to is this one:
http://www.robotkingdom.com/services/es ... =us&CatID=
$30 for figure + $15 for book. $105 to order a figure? That's not ripping people off, nooooo.... because it's really difficult for them to mass produce it. Oh, wait, then you've got to pay to have it shipped to your US address. You're on to a winner!

Ask the casual fan who Artfire was and they'll stare at you blankly.

So what?
There's "casual" fans out there who still think that anything after the 86' movie is considered to be G2.
Forgive me, my mind was blown by Artfire's awesomeness, I completely forgot who he was. Apparently, he has this affect on a lot of people...

But i won't be paying $150. I could leave it in the box and eBay it 5 years later for $1000, who knows, I just might.

A 600% increase on a 5 year investment would make my bond purchases look outright stupid...

Henkei Wildrider, I'll sell it to you for $600 with free shipping! Not quite 600% but 200% isn't chump change either can your Bonds do that?

[gavinfuzzy]

Inferno himself is real expensive now... Bah, i'll just have to wait for the Hotspot repaint late this year, and get a 2nd one to paint as inferno.