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[gunman_sr5]

You guys do realize that Porsche, Lamborghini, and VW are all the same company now right. Lambo giving up Sideswipe gives us hope for jazz and Bee.

[Transhunter]

Give Me Your Rocket Pack!!!!!!!!!! Awesome I love masterpiece Tformers I just hope its in scale with hotrod car mode they can have a race futurist vs the past all I need myself a MP9 anyone can help me have a look at this auction and tell me if this it worth bidding or if there is a better deal somewhere.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300720256746? ... 616wt_1401

it seems to be the only one in the UK and i don't want to get done for customs, if anyone can advise that would be great!!!

[Seibertron]

You guys do realize that Porsche, Lamborghini, and VW are all the same company now right. Lambo giving up Sideswipe gives us hope for jazz and Bee.

I did not realize that. That is good news indeed!

Call me a naysayer, but I still don't buy into the ol' "they didn't want their products associated with war products" bit. If someone can show me where Hasbro stated that as a fact or where they said it in one of those old Q&A's (and not through word of mouth), I'd be happy to eat my own words and put my foot in my mouth. I'm pretty sure that's one of those rumors that gained so much traction that people assumed it was fact. And even if Hasbro did say it, I'd fall back on it sounding like a marketing or sales rep at Hasbro didn't pitch the concept properly to VW/Porsche, nor did they fight hard enough ... or VW/Porsche wanted a licensing fee which Hasbro/Takara didn't want to pay. Any of those theories make more sense than "we don't want our products associated with war products."

[Rated X]

Give Me Your Rocket Pack!!!!!!!!!! Awesome I love masterpiece Tformers I just hope its in scale with hotrod car mode they can have a race futurist vs the past all I need myself a MP9 anyone can help me have a look at this auction and tell me if this it worth bidding or if there is a better deal somewhere.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300720256746? ... 616wt_1401

it seems to be the only one in the UK and i don't want to get done for customs, if anyone can advise that would be great!!!

Here you go buddy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MP-09-Masterpiece-Rodimus-Prime-Rodimus-Convoy-Version-One-/230801381896?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item35bcd59a08

70 bucks 20 shipping 3 days and no bids yet. A much better price for MP-09 than that other dealer you posted. His prices are a rip-off.

[Transhunter]

Give Me Your Rocket Pack!!!!!!!!!! Awesome I love masterpiece Tformers I just hope its in scale with hotrod car mode they can have a race futurist vs the past all I need myself a MP9 anyone can help me have a look at this auction and tell me if this it worth bidding or if there is a better deal somewhere.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300720256746? ... 616wt_1401

it seems to be the only one in the UK and i don't want to get done for customs, if anyone can advise that would be great!!!

Here you go buddy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MP-09-Masterpiece-Rodimus-Prime-Rodimus-Convoy-Version-One-/230801381896?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item35bcd59a08

70 bucks 20 shipping 3 days and no bids yet. A much better price for MP-09 than that other dealer you posted. His prices are a rip-off.

Thanks mate for the help but that bid is in the US and when ships i always pay a heavy custom tax which can be more expensive then that UK seller and to be fair there was a guy selling his for 249.99 in the UK Crazy huh!!! cheers anyway

[padfoo]

Transformers got me into cars, when I grew up I got back into Transformers because the Alternator line had great car replicas. Great news for car and Transformers fans like me. This will allow it to fit into my Alternator collection even better.

[JelZe GoldRabbit]

You guys do realize that Porsche, Lamborghini, and VW are all the same company now right. Lambo giving up Sideswipe gives us hope for jazz and Bee.

Not quite. They're still all separate companies, however they all fall under the Volkswagen Group. That's not the same as being a single company, rather they are all subsidiaries of Volkswagen Group, including Volkswagen itself:

Volkswagen Group on Wikipedia.

Lamborghini may have yielded the rights, but Porsche and Volkswagen can still decline the licenses.

[craggy]

Give Me Your Rocket Pack!!!!!!!!!! Awesome I love masterpiece Tformers I just hope its in scale with hotrod car mode they can have a race futurist vs the past all I need myself a MP9 anyone can help me have a look at this auction and tell me if this it worth bidding or if there is a better deal somewhere.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/300720256746? ... 616wt_1401

it seems to be the only one in the UK and i don't want to get done for customs, if anyone can advise that would be great!!!

Here you go buddy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MP-09-Masterpiece-Rodimus-Prime-Rodimus-Convoy-Version-One-/230801381896?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item35bcd59a08

70 bucks 20 shipping 3 days and no bids yet. A much better price for MP-09 than that other dealer you posted. His prices are a rip-off.

Thanks mate for the help but that bid is in the US and when ships i always pay a heavy custom tax which can be more expensive then that UK seller and to be fair there was a guy selling his for 249.99 in the UK Crazy huh!!! cheers anyway

in the US and with no shipping prices for the UK. Sucks, as I'd have taken the $20-40 hit on shipping for that price/size of TF.

[Seibertron]

You guys do realize that Porsche, Lamborghini, and VW are all the same company now right. Lambo giving up Sideswipe gives us hope for jazz and Bee.

Not quite. They're still all separate companies, however they all fall under the Volkswagen Group. That's not the same as being a single company, rather they are all subsidiaries of Volkswagen Group, including Volkswagen itself:

Volkswagen Group on Wikipedia.

Lamborghini may have yielded the rights, but Porsche and Volkswagen can still decline the licenses.

They're still all part of the same parent company (Volkswagen Group, which would be equivalent to General Motors, who owns its subsidiaries of Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, and Buick (... and previously Saturn, Pontiac, Oldsmobile, Hummer, Saab, etc). According to Wikipedia, Volkswagen Group owns Audi who owns Lamborghini.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamborghini (lists Volkswagen as its parent company)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiary

[craggy]

yes, but just as a DVD publisher might get the rights to release DVDs and Blu-rays of Beast Wars, that doesn't necessarily equate to them being able to reproduce the GI Joe Valor Vs Venom film.