iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO

Monday, April 2nd, 2012 3:29AM CDT

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Have you been waiting eagerly and hungrily for news on iGear's upcoming Brawn and Cosmos homages, did you want to know just how much they will cost you?
Well, now you get both at the same time, iGear have updated their store with pre-order pages on both figures.
Both cost US$ 33.99 and are slated to be available on the 15.07.2012. Click the following links and or images to get to their respective pre-order pages for more information.

MW-03 Hench (Brawn)
This is 12 cm high in robot mode, which translates to 4.75 inches

MW-04 UFO (Cosmos)
This is 10 cm high in robot-mode which translates to 3.95 inches.

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Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364962)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:32am CDT

Awesome, they're also just in my "still OK to buy" pricing, but I won't pre-order them now, that still has time.

I wonder what the stand for Cosmos will look like?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364969)
Posted by Sodan-1 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 4:24am CDT

Not impressed by the new price. Does a couple extra inches really justify a 120% price increase?

Dead Metal wrote:I wonder what the stand for Cosmos will look like?

I'm assuming it's the black hexagonal base with clear arm shown in the last photo on the product listing. It looks more compact than the all black one partially shown in the first few photos.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364975)
Posted by Flux Convoy on April 2nd, 2012 @ 4:55am CDT

Those prices are absurd. Gimme a break.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364983)
Posted by KnightStrike on April 2nd, 2012 @ 5:33am CDT

Okay I haven't had my coffee yet, so at first I thought, since the previous minis have been $15 pre-orders from iGear, that $33.99 for both meant you got both for that price. After clicking the links to pre-order I came to the dawning realization that these guys just took a huge price jump. I had been waiting for these to be on order for ages, but now I don't know if I will be getting them. Their Seaspray and Huffer were great and all, but they are Legends class at best, not sure I want to pay $34 bucks a pop for figures where one is a tad over Legends and one is a tad under Scout. I know they are third party and all and have to recoup costs, but is the amount of extra plastic used really going to cause that much price increase? I assumed these would be more expensive than the previous two, but I was thinking $20-22 pre-order price range max.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364989)
Posted by Ravage XK on April 2nd, 2012 @ 6:10am CDT

Sorry, that's too expensive for such tiny figures.

I was thinking about only collecting 3rd party figures as they have been so good of late but if the prices are going to be stupid high then I think my collecting days are over until we start seeing some new Generations/Universe stuff.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364995)
Posted by Swindle01 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 6:27am CDT

why are these so exepensive when compared to seaspray and huffer?

did i miss something or what?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364996)
Posted by rpetras on April 2nd, 2012 @ 6:28am CDT

My guess is they probably lost money on the first two, hence the radical price jump to make up for it.

Unfortunately, it is a bit jarring for the customer to go from $18 to $34.

I'll still be getting these, but they are no longer the value they were.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1364998)
Posted by combiner711 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 6:33am CDT

What in the name of #@%K!!!! :BANG_HEAD:

33$ each figure?!! Mr.Wallet will be damn dead! :BANG_HEAD:

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365009)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on April 2nd, 2012 @ 7:25am CDT

Wow.. If they are trying to make up for Seaspray and Huffer then they will most definitely will take a hit by raising the prices like this.. I do still plan on picking up Brawn though.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365013)
Posted by GuyIncognito on April 2nd, 2012 @ 7:50am CDT

$34 each? Sorry, iGear, you lost this customer.

rpetras wrote:Unfortunately, it is a bit jarring for the customer to go from $18 to $34.

If you preordered from iGear, the first two were $15, not $18, which makes this even harder to swallow.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365017)
Posted by Matty327 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:08am CDT

Way too expensive, no sale.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365020)
Posted by Requiem Prime on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:25am CDT

This forum seems to be living in an alternate reality where Perfect Effect never existed. Outside of the $30 standard they've set, most other 3P small toys compromise complexity, sculpting, and additions to make a lower price work.

I'll never know if iGear sold the first two at a loss. But I wouldn't be surprised if they raised an eyebrow when we (me and people like me) paid $5+ship more than Spray and Rager for Maketoys' 1st minibot wave, whose toys were smaller and even more limited. Is it hard not to believe they saw that and realized they could not only push a larger price they already know we'll pay, but up the scale and quality to really deserve it?

To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365022)
Posted by GuyIncognito on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:33am CDT

Requiem Prime wrote:To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

Nobody suggested that. We're just saying it's too much of a price jump from $15 to $34.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365023)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:36am CDT

These are going to be scout sized, aren't they? That helps explain the larger price.

But, yeah. It's quite the jump from $15 for guys we already have decent official versions of. But as much as I said I wasn't going to get ay of them, I did wind up getting "Huffer" and "Seaspray", so I might get these tw as well. We'll see.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365025)
Posted by Ravage XK on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:37am CDT

Requiem Prime wrote:To say you aren't going to commit is fine, but don't pretend this is a new and horrible trend that must be expunged.

Prices rise but there comes a point where they get to a tipping point where people say no more. You can have your say with your wallet.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365027)
Posted by Rated X on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:44am CDT

Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room. :HEADHURTS:

On a better note, the figures look great and Im waiting for BBTS to put their pre-order us no matter what the price, Im all in.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365031)
Posted by GuyIncognito on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:18am CDT

Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

MANY of us DO NO go to Botcon every year. Some of us never go.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365036)
Posted by Flux Convoy on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:44am CDT

Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

Don't be a tool. These are nearly twice the price of the previous two figures. You can't debate that. I buy third party stuff pretty often too but the precedence was set by the previous figures. These are hardly marvels of engineering. So why the price hike? It can not possibly cost twice as much to produce these as before. That price is absurd.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365038)
Posted by Mkall on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:48am CDT

I honestly don't know right now if I'll be buying these at this price. Hopefully iGear will see fit to lower the price after all of our feedback.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365039)
Posted by Rated X on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:48am CDT

GuyIncognito wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

MANY of us DO NO go to Botcon every year. Some of us never go.

Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of. :-?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365040)
Posted by Prime Evil on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:49am CDT

I'm in on these guys. I won't rush to preorder, but we have all paid more for less.

Beezelboss/Renderform Goldbug kits cost $30 just for a head and guns. That's without the shipping cost. With this, we are getting a larger size figure from the last two mini's, and very good updated representations of these guys. I will place preorders on them after botcon, let my wallet breath for a lil.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365075)
Posted by Oilspill on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:17pm CDT

Does anyone know if they have plans to upsize the previous 2 releases (Rager and Spray I think they were called)?

I may get these two releases, but I don't think I'll get the last two as the scale will be quite weird (I know, scale is always screwed for TFs, but the minibots should be around the same size if possible).

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365090)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:46pm CDT

Oilspill wrote:Does anyone know if they have plans to upsize the previous 2 releases (Rager and Spray I think they were called)?

I may get these two releases, but I don't think I'll get the last two as the scale will be quite weird (I know, scale is always screwed for TFs, but the minibots should be around the same size if possible).

Haven't heard anything like that anywhere .... but I tend to doubt it. I heard they planned to release these at various sizes, so we may get more smaller ones in
the future too (the old promo image seems to show Pipes).

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365092)
Posted by Mkall on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:47pm CDT

Rated X wrote:Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of.

I don't think it's so much the issue of each being 34 bucks, but rather people were hoping and ready to pay about 20-25 given the precedent set by the previous two minibots.

I'll probably go for both of these.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365095)
Posted by wolverinetodd on April 2nd, 2012 @ 12:55pm CDT

At this point, the cost is all relative. Sure, I don't want to pay $34.00 for a 3rd party toy that falls into the Scout class size no more than the next collector, but I probably will anyway just to get a cool looking not-Brawn and not-Cosmos.

Look at it this way... how many of us paid $50.00+ a piece for FansProject not-Blast Off and not-Swindle, both of which were Scout size too? Sure, they had all those weapons and accessories to help build Bruticus, but the lack of those weapons and accessories didn't stop some of us from paying basically the same price for them when they were re-released as repaints as Flameblast and Warcry.

Then there were those of us that complained of the $100.00 price point of each of TFC's not-Constructicons, that if you wanted to build not-Devastator, you had to come up with $600.00. We bitched and complained and yet, I've seen online that there are those out there that bought not one, but two and three sets. A cost of up to $1800.00! I myself bought only one set, but kudos to the hardcore fans that came up with $1800.00 for three sets.

We bitch and complain because HasTak turns out a toy that doesn't pay homage to the Gen 1 form, that is, when they actually do turn out a toy to pay homage to the Gen 1 form. So we turn our trust towards the 3rd party groups, knowing that one of them will come to our rescue when they hear our cries. Then we bitch and complain about the price, yet the toy is so cool that even the Gen 1 character itself would be proud. So we buy it anyway, hating to pass it up for fear of waiting too long for them to sell out at the current price, only to be double that price months later on ebay.

Some of you are even hoping they re-release the not-Seaspray and not-Huffer in Scout size, accepting the fact that the price may be equal to this not-Brawn's or not-Cosmos' and are willing to pay the price as well. Kudos to you as I stand with you in hopes of that Scout sized not-Huffer and hopefully later a repaint/remold of not-Pipes.

Though we bitch and complain now about the price of the not-Brawn and the not-Cosmos, over the next four months, we will rearrange budgets and take a sandwich for lunch instead of ordering out just to be able to have these guys stand alongside our other Generations/Classics figures by August.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365133)
Posted by Doctor McGrath on April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:29pm CDT

Prime Evil wrote:I'm in on these guys. I won't rush to preorder, but we have all paid more for less.

Beezelboss/Renderform Goldbug kits cost $30 just for a head and guns. That's without the shipping cost. With this, we are getting a larger size figure from the last two mini's, and very good updated representations of these guys. I will place preorders on them after botcon, let my wallet breath for a lil.

I agree Prime Evil. The price jump is a little more than I expected/wanted but they are still well within the boundaries of third party price points. I'm excited for these two and their new scale. Preordered at BBTS.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365143)
Posted by Son of Primus on April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:46pm CDT

amcgrath929 wrote:
Prime Evil wrote:I'm in on these guys. I won't rush to preorder, but we have all paid more for less.

Beezelboss/Renderform Goldbug kits cost $30 just for a head and guns. That's without the shipping cost. With this, we are getting a larger size figure from the last two mini's, and very good updated representations of these guys. I will place preorders on them after botcon, let my wallet breath for a lil.

I agree Prime Evil. The price jump is a little more than I expected/wanted but they are still well within the boundaries of third party price points. I'm excited for these two and their new scale. Preordered at BBTS.

Agreed, and also pre-ordered from BBTS. I know I have paid more for third party scout sized figures in that past and honestly "Hench" is about the size of Classics Bumblebee, which to me is a wonderful size/price ratio. Yes "UFO" is a tad shorter, but I don't mind it ... in fact I like it.

On an unrelated note, I did not purchase the first two iGear mini-warriors as I did not like them ... they just didn't seem worth it, even for the $15-18 prices when BotCon Huffer and the Voyager Seaspray were already on my shelf.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365147)
Posted by GuyIncognito on April 2nd, 2012 @ 3:54pm CDT

Rated X wrote:Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of.

Why do you insist on setting up this straw man argument? :BANG_HEAD:

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365192)
Posted by craggy on April 2nd, 2012 @ 6:04pm CDT

GuyIncognito wrote:
Rated X wrote:Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of.

Why do you insist on setting up this straw man argument?

It's the subtle (?) swipe at people who go to Botcon, and the page-long sig that amuse me most.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365220)
Posted by Stormrider on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:33pm CDT

The price does seem steeper than I was expecting. But overall the upscaled size is the most important aspect. I am willing to let $10 slide as long as these remain as scout size and not smaller.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365228)
Posted by Kibble on April 2nd, 2012 @ 8:57pm CDT

While these are still 'reasonably' priced for 3rd Party figures, I've been growing tired as shit with 3rd Party because of the prices (and 2 year teases, and overlap, and etc, etc.) The last couple mini-bots were actually a breath of fresh air being damn nice figs and wonderfully priced, though...it actually changed my opinion of iGear. I only bought Seaspay because the price was so nice. But now it's back to the same old shit. Think I'll just wait for the inevitable Hasbro release of a scout or deluxe class Classics Brawn and be happy with my legends Cosmos...which is a shame because these looked really good.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365243)
Posted by TransformersEmporium on April 2nd, 2012 @ 9:48pm CDT

Wow.... Like I said on Facebook, when you can offer both for $50 or less, send me a message. Until then, thanks for making us believe you were by fans for fans..
This price is almost as crazy as what you want for Weapons and Medical Specialist.
$110.00 Seriously, Thats Masterpice Pricing! Pass..

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365290)
Posted by Rated X on April 3rd, 2012 @ 2:37am CDT

craggy wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Rated X wrote:Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of.

Why do you insist on setting up this straw man argument?

It's the subtle (?) swipe at people who go to Botcon, and the page-long sig that amuse me most.

To the first guy:

I didnt set up any argument. Just like Jermaine Dupri said, "Money aint a Thang" you feel me ??? But I found it quite annoying to see people whining over 34 bucks like it's their life savings.

To the second guy:

Sorry you dont like my sig. But like it reads at the bottom, you should have been there. Were all TF fans, but the way people fluant non-TF related stuff in their sigs, I had to show yall how we do it big in the MIA...

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365293)
Posted by Dead Metal on April 3rd, 2012 @ 3:07am CDT

Rated X wrote:
craggy wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Rated X wrote:Botcon or not, the long list of people complaining about spending 34 bucks is ridiculous. I could understand if we were talking about a $120 Stepper or a $600 Hercules, but 34 bucks ??? That's the price of a Takara United figure new, which Im sure most of the people on here complaining have a couple of.

Why do you insist on setting up this straw man argument?

It's the subtle (?) swipe at people who go to Botcon, and the page-long sig that amuse me most.

To the first guy:

I didnt set up any argument. Just like Jermaine Dupri said, "Money aint a Thang" you feel me ??? But I found it quite annoying to see people whining over 34 bucks like it's their life savings.

To the second guy:

Sorry you dont like my sig. But like it reads at the bottom, you should have been there. Were all TF fans, but the way people fluant non-TF related stuff in their sigs, I had to show yall how we do it big in the MIA...

No, the point is the sig is too large and in violation of the rues. You can have one image in your sig, you have three which makes reading the forums a pain, having to scroll past it.
Choose your favourite pic and remove the rest.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365332)
Posted by GuyIncognito on April 3rd, 2012 @ 9:01am CDT

Rated X wrote:
GuyIncognito wrote:
Why do you insist on setting up this straw man argument?

I didnt set up any argument. Just like Jermaine Dupri said, "Money aint a Thang" you feel me ??? But I found it quite annoying to see people whining over 34 bucks like it's their life savings.

This is what you're doing:

"Inventing a fictitious persona with actions or beliefs which are then criticized, implying that the person represents a group of whom the speaker is critical."

You've invented a fictitious person who both goes to Botcon every year (or imports Takara figures) AND is complaining about the price of these figures, and implying that everyone who complains about the prices of these figures is part of that fictitious group. That's a straw man argument.

Dead Metal wrote:No, the point is the sig is too large and in violation of the rules. You can have one image in your sig, you have three which makes reading the forums a pain, having to scroll past it.
Choose your favourite pic and remove the rest.

That's why I have sigs turned off in my options - people like him who feel the need to turn a signature line into their own MySpace page. It's ridiculous to scroll through threads where 90% of the page content is signatures.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365360)
Posted by Motorthing on April 3rd, 2012 @ 11:11am CDT

And in the meantime I ordered one of each.

I could care less what anyone thinks of what I think of pricing but at $34 my gut-instinct isnt to reward IGear for the upswing from the last two minis (which were gorgeous and keenly priced) hence one Brawn and not two.

As to Medic and Weapons-guy.....are they ever actually going to tuen up?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365527)
Posted by TransformersEmporium on April 3rd, 2012 @ 5:10pm CDT

Flux Convoy wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

Don't be a tool. These are nearly twice the price of the previous two figures. You can't debate that. I buy third party stuff pretty often too but the precedence was set by the previous figures. These are hardly marvels of engineering. So why the price hike? It can not possibly cost twice as much to produce these as before. That price is absurd.

Amen Brother!! :BOWDOWN:

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365544)
Posted by Blurrz on April 3rd, 2012 @ 5:50pm CDT

Play nice guys, not in the mood for bickering.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365601)
Posted by Rated X on April 3rd, 2012 @ 8:54pm CDT

TransformersEmporium wrote:
Flux Convoy wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

Don't be a tool. These are nearly twice the price of the previous two figures. You can't debate that. I buy third party stuff pretty often too but the precedence was set by the previous figures. These are hardly marvels of engineering. So why the price hike? It can not possibly cost twice as much to produce these as before. That price is absurd.

Amen Brother!!

As far as the whole “felicitous person” argument, I think some people are trying to read between the lines of my statement because they got offended. I mean no disrespect to anyone, but people who complain about spending $34 are cheap in my opinion. As pointed out earlier, 30 bucks is the going rate for an upgrade set that consists of a head and 2 guns. So $34 is not a bad price for a nearly scout sized figure. What did many people pay for RTS Windcharger when it was scarce? $40-60, right? Third party collecting is an expensive part of this hobby, and those who legitimately can’t afford it should stick to buying Hasbro products and refrain from complaining about 3rd party prices. I’m not saying that all I-Gear items are fairly priced. But I do believe these are. Don’t get mad because Huffer and Seaspray were cheaper. We just got lucky with the first two. That’s the bottom line.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365612)
Posted by TransformersEmporium on April 3rd, 2012 @ 9:22pm CDT

Talk about about being judgemental and full of yourself.
You don't mean to offend anyone but then go on to say anyone that doesnt agree with the price are cheap and should shut up and go play with Hasbro's garbage.
I don't appreciate being called cheap after I just spent 1400.00 on a MISB Optimus Prime.
When was the last time you can say you spent that much on a figure?
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and the buttheads on here that get their self worth by bad mouthing those that are just expressing themselfs seem to make up to large a percentage of this site lately. (Hence why I rarely pay it any mind..)
"My opinion", is they should have left the size alone", and because they make them an half inch taller doesn't justify increasing the price 120%.
Thats my 2 cents... Take it or leave it, either way..
"Can't we all just get along??" :michaelbay:

Rated X wrote:
TransformersEmporium wrote:
Flux Convoy wrote:
Rated X wrote:Oh horrors the price went up 14 bucks so now I cant afford them even though I take a plane to botcon every year and blow 500 on a hotel room.

Don't be a tool. These are nearly twice the price of the previous two figures. You can't debate that. I buy third party stuff pretty often too but the precedence was set by the previous figures. These are hardly marvels of engineering. So why the price hike? It can not possibly cost twice as much to produce these as before. That price is absurd.

Amen Brother!!

As far as the whole “felicitous person” argument, I think some people are trying to read between the lines of my statement because they got offended. I mean no disrespect to anyone, but people who complain about spending $34 are cheap in my opinion. As pointed out earlier, 30 bucks is the going rate for an upgrade set that consists of a head and 2 guns. So $34 is not a bad price for a nearly scout sized figure. What did many people pay for RTS Windcharger when it was scarce? $40-60, right? Third party collecting is an expensive part of this hobby, and those who legitimately can’t afford it should stick to buying Hasbro products and refrain from complaining about 3rd party prices. I’m not saying that all I-Gear items are fairly priced. But I do believe these are. Don’t get mad because Huffer and Seaspray were cheaper. We just got lucky with the first two. That’s the bottom line.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365642)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on April 3rd, 2012 @ 11:03pm CDT

Wanting to get your money's worth isn't being cheap. And it's not like people are wrong in saying these are very expencive for what they are. People would be idiots if they just threw their money at something without taking a pause to consider if it's really worth the price. A little here and there really adds up in this hobby.

That said, I don't think these guys are overpriced. The Legends class figures were $15. Munitioner and Explorer (and their repaints that came without any accessories) were $49. I'm not going to break those guys out of my collection, but these guys seem to be somewhere in the middle of that size wise and price wise they fit in there too. But I won't disagree with someone that says these guys are pricey. Like most 3rd party products, they certainly are.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365657)
Posted by Blurrz on April 3rd, 2012 @ 11:51pm CDT

I said stop pointing fingers and arguing. Don't like the price? Move along.

Some of you are skirting on possible forum vacations and I am this close to pulling the trigger.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1365736)
Posted by zodconvoy on April 4th, 2012 @ 11:18am CDT

I factor other things into the price. Like the fact that the shipping is free (yes, I know it's free on nearly everything) so I grabbed a MGT-01 since it's the first item I found that didn't have free shipping and went to checkout with it. Shipping on that alone came to $18 to the States and she's not much bigger than the not-so-minibots are. $18 for her alone. If you factor in the shipping savings, the price is pretty damn good all of the sudden! :lol:

I still have to order mine but I'm waiting until I get a new job.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1368168)
Posted by Stormrider on April 11th, 2012 @ 8:41pm CDT

I am really looking forward to Hench.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1368221)
Posted by Vicalliose on April 12th, 2012 @ 1:09am CDT

Most of the arguments I've seen about the price are relatively fair (the ones I've read anyway). The price increase feels as if it has a tad unwarranted boost from previous figures, which were actually kinda cheap from a 3rd party standpoint. On the other hand, if you pay close enough attention, there's about twice as much plastic in these guys and clearly more engineering went in to them. Double the content, double the price.

Though admittedly I don't like dealing with iGear for numerous reasons. The one item I ordered from them (the Kup head set) had a flaw, and the replacement that was sent to me had a different problem. Not only that, but all the obvious issues that many have with the company, like the fact that they sell knockoff masterpiece figures. Oh and Hench's gun was stolen from Warbot Defendor. Keeping it classy iGear.

I would like a good classics Brawn though. I might consider it but I'll wait for BBTS to get it in, since they actually have customer service. If I'd ordered the Kup head from iGear directly I would have never gotten a replacement at all.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1400386)
Posted by Wh33l Jck on July 13th, 2012 @ 7:55pm CDT

Shouldn't these guys be shipping soon?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1400411)
Posted by craggy on July 13th, 2012 @ 8:18pm CDT

warzon3 wrote:Shouldn't these guys be shipping soon?

weren't they advertised as being due sometime this year? if that's right, then you're about 18months too early in your shipping date expectations.

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1400453)
Posted by Wh33l Jck on July 13th, 2012 @ 9:57pm CDT

HA HA! I know your kidding, but July 15th is the date on their site.

I guess you just need to add 2 months to that then?

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1400899)
Posted by necr0blivion on July 15th, 2012 @ 12:36am CDT

warzon3 wrote:HA HA! I know your kidding, but July 15th is the date on their site.

I guess you just need to add 2 months to that then?

I hate you for being right...

iGear just updated the release date for both to 8/20/12. Was really hoping these figures and PP-05M/PP-05W would ship at the same time, but there may still be "hope" for that, as those figures got pushed back to 7/30.

I'm gonna go rearrange my shelves while I'm waiting... :BANG_HEAD:

Re: iGear Pre-orders For MW-03 Hench and MW-04 UFO (1401200)
Posted by Wh33l Jck on July 15th, 2012 @ 11:14pm CDT

hmmm....

They have to be close. I'm hoping that they made it late August for pad room, and really the date is sooner....

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