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Sat Sep 19, 2009 12:56 am

the jappanese buster prime has become available for preorder on bbts
here is the link http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK10944&mode=retail&picture=out

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 19, 2009 1:49 am

Was the preorders sold out before? Bc this has been on BBTS for a long time.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:09 am

I thought I saw this at a lower price before on BBTS. Or maybe it was somewhere else.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:21 am

Convotron wrote:I thought I saw this at a lower price before on BBTS. Or maybe it was somewhere else.

maybe BBTS is able to acquire more cases of Buster Prime.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:44 pm

Hmm, I thought it used to be 85 or so as well. I'd have paid that probably because this figure is just...worth it, but 95 seems a little much now.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Sep 19, 2009 3:31 pm

Pontimax 01 wrote:Hmm, I thought it used to be 85 or so as well. I'd have paid that probably because this figure is just...worth it, but 95 seems a little much now.

I believe you can still preorder Buster Prime from other sites, so there's still cheaper alternatives.

News Credits: 20 · Sun Sep 20, 2009 4:39 am

I'd really like to see a close up of the head already. This one looks great. Not good, not slightly better the current Hasbro version but great. I'm pretty swayed to get this guy. Hopefully Hasbro releases him too, $95 for a figure who SHOULD be $40 is a bit much. How did leaders jump to $55 in less than a year domestically?
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Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:15 am

Do we know if Hasbro is going to release their own version of this?

News Credits: 2 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:47 am

009* wrote:Do we know if Hasbro is going to release their own version of this?

I don't believe Hasbro has confirmed or denied this.

They've said that they do not have plans for a Premium line for the RotF toyline but seeing as Buster OP is not only a repaint but also a retooling, this could be a possible future Hasbro release.

There's a black repaint of RotF Leader OP in Japan, an exclusive, so here's hoping that and/or Buster OP get a Hasbro release outside of Japan.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:07 am

Convotron wrote:
009* wrote:Do we know if Hasbro is going to release their own version of this?

I don't believe Hasbro has confirmed or denied this.

They've said that they do not have plans for a Premium line for the RotF toyline but seeing as Buster OP is not only a repaint but also a retooling, this could be a possible future Hasbro release.

There's a black repaint of RotF Leader OP in Japan, an exclusive, so here's hoping that and/or Buster OP get a Hasbro release outside of Japan.

I've alrdy preordered both alrdy, so let's hope if Hasbro do release these they aren't so expensive. B-)

News Credits: 2 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:11 am

RotF Leader OP is such a good mold in my opinion, it would be a shame to have to rely upon foreign exclusives to get variations of the figure. If there's a figure that I think is worthy of repaints, it's Leader OP.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:21 am

Convotron wrote:RotF Leader OP is such a good mold in my opinion, it would be a shame to have to rely upon foreign exclusives to get variations of the figure. If there's a figure that I think is worthy of repaints, it's Leader OP.

While I don't complain about the various repaints we're getting of ROTF Leader Prime, it sure would be great to see some repaints for ROTF Leader Megatron.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 2:57 am

Yeah, Leader Megatron couldn't hurt from a makeover, though I just want a more screen accurate Voyager Megatron.

News Credits: 6 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:27 pm

I doubt Hasbro will release this to the US seeing how they said no to the Premium line and I swear I remember someone saying in a Japanese forum that Buster Prime is an exclusive just through Takara.

I remember when Buster Prime was first available for Preorder through BBTS it started out at $89.99 then it went down to $84.99 and now it's up to $94.99. I don't remember ever seeing this product say preorder sold out since I was planning on purchasing it through them and just recently I decided to order through TFSource since they are better to deal with well except for they seem to have a hard time replying to e-mails.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 1:32 pm

Convotron wrote:Yeah, Leader Megatron couldn't hurt from a makeover, though I just want a more screen accurate Voyager Megatron.

I agree, I could care less about the light and sounds of Leader Meg if they could make a screen-accurate one. How about one with actually 3 modes?

News Credits: 2 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 4:30 pm

shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:Yeah, Leader Megatron couldn't hurt from a makeover, though I just want a more screen accurate Voyager Megatron.

I agree, I could care less about the light and sounds of Leader Meg if they could make a screen-accurate one. How about one with actually 3 modes?

That would be cool but since triple changers aren't that easy to design well for all modes, I'd be happy with an upscaled Voyager Megatron in silver/metallic grey.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Sep 21, 2009 11:36 pm

Convotron wrote:
shonenfan4 wrote:
Convotron wrote:Yeah, Leader Megatron couldn't hurt from a makeover, though I just want a more screen accurate Voyager Megatron.

I agree, I could care less about the light and sounds of Leader Meg if they could make a screen-accurate one. How about one with actually 3 modes?

That would be cool but since triple changers aren't that easy to design well for all modes, I'd be happy with an upscaled Voyager Megatron in silver/metallic grey.

There's supposedly a hidden jettank mode in Voyager Megatron, so bascially Hasbro just need new paintjob and instructions for it.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:56 am

shonenfan4 wrote:There's supposedly a hidden jettank mode in Voyager Megatron, so bascially Hasbro just need new paintjob and instructions for it.

Cool. Sounds good to me! Come on, Hasbro, give us what we want.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Sep 25, 2009 1:59 pm

Would anyone possible be interested in trading a RA-24 Buster Prime for a MISB MA-21 Battle-Mode Prime?

I can provide pics if necessary.

News Credits: 12 · Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:45 pm

I know BBTS is always overpriced, but $95? Seriously?

News Credits: 198 · Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:55 pm

GuyIncognito wrote:I know BBTS is always overpriced, but $95? Seriously?

It was 85 but went up. I had it preordered at 85, cancelled my preorder, and then reordered it from BBTS. Imagine my surprise to see it had gone up. Might just cancel again and either go with TFSource or just not buy him at all.