Kibble wrote:Scaleface wrote:No one is selling them in English yet. They just arrived on a Chinese site. I HIGHLY doubt anyone would attempt to sell them as Henkei or Botcon Thundercrackers. They are just generic seeker knockoffs in white, blue and black. It's just that someone custom hand painted one to look like Thundercracker and people got worried about their expensive Botcon exclusives were being threatened! The horror!
Funny how everyone seems to only care about Thundercracker. They made KOs of Starscream, Skywarp, Magnus, Optimus and Nemesis Prime too in this set (none of them look much like the real toys!) No one cares about them, as the real toys available for reasonable prices. It's dear-old Thundercracker anyone seems to worry about having a KO!
Quoted for lulz!
I don't get why everyone has to White Knight for Botcon Thundercracker. It's pretty retarded when you think about it. First everyone got butthurt over the mere existence of Henkei Thundercracker. I'm sure you remember the dramafests. Personally for $75 each I was all over him and Henkei Skywarp. I even had Target Skywarp. You know. The exclusive from the Skywarp vs. Ultra Magnus two-pack. The exclusive that no one bitches about being made as a Henkei or being knocked off.
I don't really understand why people are so up in arms over him. The whole "same name it's not exclusive anymore" is retarded to me too. Here's a small list of not only characters with the same name as Botcon exclusives, but in some cases the same name
and mold that have been released that no one gives a crap about being rereleased, knocked off, or put into a new mold.
Skywarp
Ironhide
Ratchet
Elita-One (the E-Arcee repaint came out after '07 but before her '09 Botcon toy. Still counts)
Skyfall (TFCC)
Razorclaw (Legends class came out after Dawns of Future past, used the legends version of the intended mold, yet predates the real Botcon toy. Again. It still counts. Oh and there's also the Shattered Glass Razorclaw.)
Optimus Prime (Shattered Glass)
Jazz (Shattered Glass)
Rodimus (Shattered Glass)
Megatron (Shattered Glass)
Starscream
etc. (Shattered Glass)
Dude. There were toys that had their names man! They're no longer exclusive! ZOMFG!
Nekoman wrote:Scaleface wrote:Razorclaw0000 wrote:GetterDragun wrote:This does not get you a Thundercracker for your collection. It would be the equivalent of saying you had a Ferrari because you put a prancing horse on a Hyundai.
QFT.
I will be patient and pick up the Games of Deception set when I can afford it. I'm prepared to pay what it's worth.
No need to put down someone for not wanting to pay a rediculous price.
Luckily I don't suffer from the lack of creativity and imagination that you do. I'd gladly pay $20-30 to import a nice generic "blue Seeker" who will stand in for the $300+ Botcon Thundercracker toy. Don't even try to argue that I'm fooling myself, I know exactly what it is, and I'm fine with that. It's a toy, and I'd be happy with it.
I hope we see KO Thrust and Dirge too. I bet they are Henkei mold, not Botcon.
That's a cute way to try to make this personal. Razorclaw's comment was completely innocent, if I were him, I'd be mildly offended.
So like most of the internet you're far too easily insulted? Telling someone that they don't have much of an imagination or creativity when you're talking about toys isn't an insult man. We're talking about toys here. Sure some are collectibles but they're always intended as children's playthings.
I really wish people would stop taking Transformers in general so seriously. Especially the toys. I'm sick of always seeing people react like this all the damn time: