tigertracks 24 wrote:It is a good mold though. Still would make sense for HASBRO to do this exclusive as a two-pack with Artfire Inferno.
HoosierDaddy wrote:Forgive my ignorance but who is Stepper? I've never heard of the character before. i see he is a mold of RTS Jazz but his decals look like G1 Tracks. So, who is he?
tigertracks 24 wrote:RhA wrote:Sweet. A great mold deserves to be on my shelves a second time.
What shelves will we see this on? Only collectors shelves in their homes who are willing to pay $xxx for the exclusive.
Seibertron wrote:HoosierDaddy wrote:Forgive my ignorance but who is Stepper? I've never heard of the character before. i see he is a mold of RTS Jazz but his decals look like G1 Tracks. So, who is he?
Way back in 1987, Takara gave Japan "Stepper" and "Artfire" who were repaints of Jazz and Inferno respectively. These repaints came equipped with the Targetmaster guns that were included with Targetmaster Scourge and Cyclonus. Japan got Stepper and Artfire instead of Targetmaster versions of Cyclonus, Scourge, Hot Rod, Kup, and Blurr. For years, Stepper commanded extremely high after market prices and was considered a holy grail in the collections of collectors lucky enough to afford one. In 2003 or 2004, Takara decided to reissue Stepper and Hasbro followed suit by releasing the figure as "Ricochet" in their markets. I'm not sure what the original Stepper goes for nowadays, but I would imagine that it doesn't go for anywhere near what it used to.
I would consider the reissue to be a better toy because it comes with Jazz's other weapons (albeit gold plated), whereas the original Stepper figure was only equipped with the Targetmaster weapon.
Now if we could only get a Classics Artfire and a reissue Artfire. One day!
Mkall wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:RhA wrote:Sweet. A great mold deserves to be on my shelves a second time.
What shelves will we see this on? Only collectors shelves in their homes who are willing to pay $xxx for the exclusive.
You'll see him on mine!
Though I'm only paying $XX for him.
Cyber Bishop wrote:Mkall wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:RhA wrote:Sweet. A great mold deserves to be on my shelves a second time.
What shelves will we see this on? Only collectors shelves in their homes who are willing to pay $xxx for the exclusive.
You'll see him on mine!
Though I'm only paying $XX for him.
So lucky..
alldarker wrote:I do hope this will turn into some good news for all those pre-orders. I think this is the first time that you can get TWO exclusive TF's per book: previously it was always one book - one TF, right? I can imagine that with Million Publishing's previous lack of additional information, this might have caused some confusion with the go-to sites.
I really do like Stepper's color scheme, I've got him on pre-order and would actually buy him whatever the cost, but any drop in the original pricing would be greatly appreciated!
Mkall wrote:Cyber Bishop wrote:Mkall wrote:tigertracks 24 wrote:RhA wrote:Sweet. A great mold deserves to be on my shelves a second time.
What shelves will we see this on? Only collectors shelves in their homes who are willing to pay $xxx for the exclusive.
You'll see him on mine!
Though I'm only paying $XX for him.
So lucky..
well, to be fair, it's still 95 bucks, but that's still better than BBTS's offering.
Kibble wrote:Question is will this one eventually see a deep discount like the last few? I want this thing, but I'd want it that much more if it were to drop to half the price. BBTS currently has nearly 250 available for preorder still...
Cybershark wrote:Kibble wrote:Question is will this one eventually see a deep discount like the last few? I want this thing, but I'd want it that much more if it were to drop to half the price. BBTS currently has nearly 250 available for preorder still...
how are you able to tell how many BBTS still has of a certain item? Do you you use a certain browser or what? i use google chrome and do not see anything anywhere.
lmk
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Such a cool looking figure but if BBTS doesn't come down in price from where they are I'll have to pass. Any idea if this Stepper is the same as the G1 version and a "rebirth" of Jazz?
Flux Convoy wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Such a cool looking figure but if BBTS doesn't come down in price from where they are I'll have to pass. Any idea if this Stepper is the same as the G1 version and a "rebirth" of Jazz?
I'm not sure if you know this, Stepper and Jazz are different dudes altogether. The G1 and "Classics" toys share the same molds though.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Flux Convoy wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Such a cool looking figure but if BBTS doesn't come down in price from where they are I'll have to pass. Any idea if this Stepper is the same as the G1 version and a "rebirth" of Jazz?
I'm not sure if you know this, Stepper and Jazz are different dudes altogether. The G1 and "Classics" toys share the same molds though.
I thought in Japan Jazz got "killed" and reborn as Stepper, no?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Flux Convoy wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Such a cool looking figure but if BBTS doesn't come down in price from where they are I'll have to pass. Any idea if this Stepper is the same as the G1 version and a "rebirth" of Jazz?
I'm not sure if you know this, Stepper and Jazz are different dudes altogether. The G1 and "Classics" toys share the same molds though.
I thought in Japan Jazz got "killed" and reborn as Stepper, no?
Nope. Nor is Artfire a reborn version of Inferno.
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