TransformersEmporium wrote:Actually, the last reissue sold for $125-$150 I believe, and the Milinnium Falcon was put out by walmart and it initially came out for $180 then to $165. Either way you are not losing anything, not when you have half the overhead costs cut when your not even shipping anything until its sold. Right? And they can always make it a 30th Ann special with only 1000 made. Hughh? Ya like that? But unlike Bays Sig DVD's these will be numbered.. They could give us a heads up on the date they 'll be available and where, and bam! But even if say it does cost $250, its the holy grail for all TF fans, $250 compared to $900 plus for a complete one.. I know I would be buying at least 2.. Come on alldarker, tell me you wouldn't want one!!!
I'd LOVE one! But I'm afraid I'm just being rational... Like, a limited production run of 1000 would be very expensive to produce. And while the prices for these 1000 items would shoot up in the aftermarket, Hasbro would probably get a lot of negative publicity and flak if they would sell these at those aftermarket prices in the first place.
I think the problem for a US rerelease of FM is that there is no viable 'sweet spot' as far as profitabily and keeping to regulations is concerned. Back in the '80's, there was a place for toys this size. Plastic was relatively cheap, as was the fuel to transport these. There were a lot less strick regulations as far as toys were concerned, and there were a LOT less contenders for distraction. Whereas back in the '80's the giant playsets were the epitomy of what money could buy for a kid, nowadays this would have to contend for the consumers budget and attention with Playstations and X-Box, Blackberry's, iPhones and iPads, the internet, and the like.
