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Tue Dec 11, 2012 9:53 pm

Check out this Jetfire I just snatched at goodwill, has his gun too, I swear some 8 year old brat was about to grab him, he would have been broken into pieces! One question does anyone know why he is stamped Bandai and not Hasbro/Takara?

News Credits: 1 · Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:16 pm

I'm jelly! I never find Transformers at Goodwill >.<

Guess I can't complain too much though since I found a great peasant dress there the other day, for only $5 too. The thing would have cost like $100 at a Renn Faire O.o

Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:27 pm

Here he is rescued and on the kitchen table... anyone on the Bandai thing?

Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:28 pm

As for the Bandai / HasbroTakara thing, that's because the mold itself was copyrighted by Bandai. It's a Macross Valkyrie (Robotech Veritech for most Americans), and was liscensed as Jetfire, not ooutright purchased.

News Credits: 1235 · Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:38 pm

Way to make an 8 year old cry, great job :APPLAUSE:

Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:44 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Way to make an 8 year old cry, great job

Meh- He was happy with some other piece of junk toy he grabbed up. Even worse is a 37 year old crying.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:21 pm

ToyResurrection wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Way to make an 8 year old cry, great job

Meh- He was happy with some other piece of junk toy he grabbed up. Even worse is a 37 year old crying.

True, very true. lol, awesome find.

Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:36 am

nice find. never find anything good at goodwill.

Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:46 am

Wow, awesome find! Normally I wouldn't approve of snaking things from 8 year olds...but I think I'll make an exception for this gem! I would love to have one of those, that mold is simply spectacular, a masterpiece of engineering, especially when you consider the toys it sat besides on shelves!

Wed Dec 12, 2012 1:14 am

nice find. awhile ago i found a huge plastic bag full of transformers and parts and when i got home i had to put together the transformers and i ended up with 5 complete transformers with some scrap parts. one of them i gave to my fiancee because i already had it. it was animated bumblebee.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:14 am

ToyResurrection wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Way to make an 8 year old cry, great job

Meh- He was happy with some other piece of junk toy he grabbed up. Even worse is a 37 year old crying.

Congratulations on the find, it is awesome. However, your comment about the kid makes this 30 year old cry.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:13 am

No kid would appreciate this as much as an adult collector. Buy him a cyberverse that he can break and lose.

Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:14 am

Mykltron wrote:No kid would appreciate this as much as an adult collector. Buy him a cyberverse that he can break and lose.

I, personally, find that rather rude. For most kids, you'd be right, but when I was a kid I took good care of my stuff. That's why I still have all of my transformers and power ranger stuff in solid condition, beyond the ones I played with so much they wore of course; and even those are still in good condition, just loose joints.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:20 pm

RAcast wrote:
Mykltron wrote:No kid would appreciate this as much as an adult collector. Buy him a cyberverse that he can break and lose.

I, personally, find that rather rude. For most kids, you'd be right, but when I was a kid I took good care of my stuff. That's why I still have all of my transformers and power ranger stuff in solid condition, beyond the ones I played with so much they wore of course; and even those are still in good condition, just loose joints.

The sentimental value for an adult collector would be a lot bigger indeed, I'm not debating who Jetfire would find better housing with. It's the attitude towards an 8-year old which makes this a sad thing, IMO.