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News Credits: 7 · by **waaaaghlord** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:41 am

skidflap wrote:SAW IT. LIKE IT LOVE IT. TOO BAD I CAN'T GO THIS YEAR. MAYBE IF IT SHOWS UP ON EBAY I JUST MIGHT GET LUCKY.

Just remember there's something of a science to getting hold of Botcon toys on ebay. During the con start watching every auction on items you're interested in. Don't bid on lots for the first week or two, prices will initially be artificially high as everybody scrambles for the same figs. What you are watching for is prices starting to level off and find their own level. There's generally then a two week window where there are still a relatively large number of figures being listed but the demand is no longer quite so high and the folks who were dropping silly money have got themselves sorted and are thusly out of the game. About a month after the con supply really drops off and demand becomes the enemy again, prices will start to steadily rise again and deals will then be a lot harder to come by. 2-4 weeks after the con is the golden number.

by **skidflap** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:03 am

waaaaghlord wrote:
skidflap wrote:SAW IT. LIKE IT LOVE IT. TOO BAD I CAN'T GO THIS YEAR. MAYBE IF IT SHOWS UP ON EBAY I JUST MIGHT GET LUCKY.

Just remember there's something of a science to getting hold of Botcon toys on ebay. During the con start watching every auction on items you're interested in. Don't bid on lots for the first week or two, prices will initially be artificially high as everybody scrambles for the same figs. What you are watching for is prices starting to level off and find their own level. There's generally then a two week window where there are still a relatively large number of figures being listed but the demand is no longer quite so high and the folks who were dropping silly money have got themselves sorted and are thusly out of the game. About a month after the con supply really drops off and demand becomes the enemy again, prices will start to steadily rise again and deals will then be a lot harder to come by. 2-4 weeks after the con is the golden number.

thanks for the advice.

News Credits: 1 · by **mattwhite924** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:16 am

I would absolutely love a Masterpiece Dinobot. Throw in the golden disks and maybe a non-transforming Rattrap for him to ride on and they could have all my money.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:55 am

mattwhite924 wrote:I would absolutely love a Masterpiece Dinobot. Throw in the golden disks and maybe a non-transforming Rattrap for him to ride on and they could have all my money.

This. Oh so this.

Also, more than 20 pages and more than 200 replies!
Time to celebrate, WOO-HOO!

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 2:07 am

A gatling gun for Prime Skyquake instead of a sword. I'm going to try to make one whenever I get him.

For some reason he has the voice of Heavy Weapons Guy in my head.

by **felicibusbrevis** » Wed Jan 11, 2012 4:32 pm

I think a few of the old japanese villains would be cool with the masterpiece treatment.

A masterpiece liokaiser, with small masterpiece size components and detailed chest transformations.

A masterpiece deszaras.

a masterpiece BWII galvatron would probably be pretty sweet too, I like his aesthetics.

and finish out at least sludge and slag for the mps, too. Grimlock turned out really well.

News Credits: 3 · by **metaphorge** » Wed Jan 18, 2012 8:04 am

Masterpiece Star Convoy and Super Megatron, both with excellent articulation. I'd be willing to compromise with them on a Masterpiece Super Ginrai.

For that matter, it would be nice to see some Leader Class-sized 'bots intended to go with Cyberverse. You could work Star Convoy and Super Megs into that range, along with new versions of Star Saber, Victory Leo, Metroplex and Trypticon....

The rest of the Autobot cars as WSTs. (Do you notice a theme here?)

News Credits: 1 · by **datguy86** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:44 pm

Someone much earlier in thread made the comment of a new combiner set for Monstructor. I'd love to see a six piece scout release with hawt combination action in the Generations/Whatev line for Monstructor. The original toys weren't all that big so a scout release would make the most sense in terms of scale. Since the toys aren't much bigger than the PCC line, such a release may be the most feasible way to pass the wonky QA stuff NA toys have to go through.

I recently combined my G1 Monstructor one last time after the painstaking removal of his two GPS candidates from their Pretender shells. Every creak of plastic made me wince, but I was able to combine him without damage. This has lead to a desire for a toy I can freaking touch without worry, Hasbro. Do Eet.

by **ausbot** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 5:09 pm

I'd like a G1 colour repaint of energon Scorponok and a Fortress Maximus repaint and head remold of Armada Overload!

News Credits: 1 · by **Erailea** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:13 pm

Random thought of the day:

Leader class Knock Out :lol:

The guy is so full of himself it would be rather fitting, but really I just love his character... though a leader class wouldn't be as fun if Adam Baldwin or someone with a similarly charming voice didn't do the vocals. Kind like how Cullen's voice (or at least someone who sounds like him) caught me for the Leader and Ultimate toys I have for Prime :3

Always a little sad when the voice you know and recognize isn't used for the toys

Cost more, I'm sure, but it just makes the toy 100x better for me xP

Knock Out and Ratchet (if deco'd nicely cause that deluxe version is rather unimpressive) would be the only Leader figures I'd be interested in for the Prime line, but they'll never get made T_T

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 3:29 pm

I'd like to see some of the PCC figures redecoed into varying "Masters"

by **quickmixed** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:48 am

Transformers Prime FE Cliffjumper. If Hasbro could make these that would be great.

I know its Takara who produce the MP figs and not Hasbro but my dream TFs would be the remaining four dinobots in MP scale. Imagine it people. But now they are rehashing already done characters it looks unlikely.

News Credits: 6 · by **BeastProwl** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 1:46 am

quickmixed wrote:Transformers Prime FE Cliffjumper. If Hasbro could make these that would be great.

The ARE, they're just poorly destributed.

by **quickmixed** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 3:20 am

BeastProwl wrote:
quickmixed wrote:Transformers Prime FE Cliffjumper. If Hasbro could make these that would be great.

The ARE, they're just poorly destributed.

I know. sarcasm.

by **ausbot** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:24 am

Energon Tidal wave + New head = Perfect Broadside!

by **Hiboman** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:47 pm

Generations/Reveal the Shield/Universe/Classics Liokaisar, each component a deluxe with a Minicon sized breast animal. Retail price the same as a voyager for the extra engineering and the companion figure.

(Prime Soundwave comes so close!)

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:28 am

metaphorge wrote:Masterpiece Star Convoy and Super Megatron, both with excellent articulation. I'd be willing to compromise with them on a Masterpiece Super Ginrai.

Yes on Star Convoy and Super Ginrai! those two are some of my favorite Japanese Optimie. (Though I say that about almost every Japanese Optimus

)

Erailea wrote:Leader class Knock Out The guy is so full of himself it would be rather fitting, but really I just love his character... though a leader class wouldn't be as fun if Adam Baldwin or someone with a similarly charming voice didn't do the vocals.

Actually Knock Out's voiced by Daran Norris (Same dude who did RID Heavyload and Dad from Fairly Oddparents believe it or not!), Baldwin's the dude who does Breakdown's voice. :-B

News Credits: 1 · by **Erailea** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 9:56 am

cannonfodder4000 wrote:
Erailea wrote:Leader class Knock Out The guy is so full of himself it would be rather fitting, but really I just love his character... though a leader class wouldn't be as fun if Adam Baldwin or someone with a similarly charming voice didn't do the vocals.

Actually Knock Out's voiced by Daran Norris (Same dude who did RID Heavyload and Dad from Fairly Oddparents believe it or not!), Baldwin's the dude who does Breakdown's voice.

lmao. Got the names mixed up in my head it seems. I knew he did a few characters in Fairly Oddparents xP

by **pWEN** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 4:58 pm

A Generations/Classics revision of Blitzwing. Hell, do all of the triple-changers. The only proper Blitzwing toy was the G1 figure, and they haven't done another since! (Animated doesn't count, in my opinion.)

I'd also like to see a G/C redo of the Insecticons, including the large G1 figures. Those FansProject ninja ones are amazing, but currently out of my price range...

You know, Hasbro should just officially license the third-party figures for distribution to retailers.

by **Lord Manhammer '74** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:07 pm

Nightbird.The robot ninja from the classic G1 episode Enter The Nightbird. Although I think she was once offered as a BotCon Exclusive awhile back. But I'd snap a figure up faster than sushi through a sumo if I spotted one on the store shelves.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbird

by **pWEN** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:13 pm

Lord Manhammer '74 wrote:Nightbird.The robot ninja from the classic G1 episode Enter The Nightbird. Although I think she was once offered as a BotCon Exclusive awhile back. But I'd snap a figure up faster than sushi through a sumo if I spotted one on the store shelves.
http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightbird

Oh yeah! Funny thing, my friend was just saying to me the other night how he'd like a Nightbird figure. After seeing your post, I looked around a little, and found these:

TFcon 2010 exclusive
Impossible Toys figure
Someone repainted TFP Arcee to look like Nightbird

by **Lord Manhammer '74** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:33 pm

^The custom Nightbird looks like she'd be perfect for an episode of TRANSFORMERS PRIME.

by **Godzillabot Primal** » Sat Feb 04, 2012 11:12 am

A Metal Hawk from Prime Starscream. He is thin enough to invoke the new NAIL version but with a new head he could be really pefect.

Instant idea: They should've repainted SG Magnus in a RID Scourge deco. It would give the hungry fans their deepest desire and give us a SG Magnus