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Did I let the Big One get away?

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Did I let the Big One get away?

Posted by hellsing_mongrel Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:06 am

This is something that's amused me and intrigued me since I found it in a Target a couple of years ago.

One of the TF:A Jazz toys, the one that spoke and transformed when you pushed a button, that had the wrong voice chip inside of him.

When I was pushing the buttons in the store and being a general derpy, nerdy me, I realized that he didn't sound quite like Jazz. And then I heard him say something along the lines of "My Name's Ratchet!" and it hit me why he sounded off! He had Ratchet's voice chip instead of Jazz's! I was so tempted to get him just because it was so off-the-wall and random, it amused me!

I decided against it, though, since I don't really collect the transformers meant for younger children much, and I didn't really have much money to spend. So even though he was $9, I decided it was better to let him slip through my fingers.

However; at the time, it occurred to me that something like that might be valuable on the collector's market. In the TF hobby, is there a market for people who collect the defective toys that have some amusingly silly error like that, or are they all just worthless scrap? I've been pondering it ever since. :P

Looking back on it, I really wish I'd gotten him. :-(
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Re: Did I let the Big One get away?

Posted by --B-- Fri Oct 01, 2010 5:17 am

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Honestly, there really isn't a big market for that, at least there hasn't been. I am sure you could have re-sold it, but I doubt that you would have really made a profit.
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Re: Did I let the Big One get away?

Posted by El Duque Fri Oct 01, 2010 6:45 am

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Just a production error. I don't think you missed out on anything.
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