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william-james88 wrote:Woah, I cant find that perceptor and blaster set on target's site. Has it sold out?

Are there no Forbidden Planet, A1 Toys or TRU stores near you? Coz you may have found that there, instead of having to wait til it arrives through the post

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Woah, I cant find that perceptor and blaster set on target's site. Has it sold out?

Are there no Forbidden Planet, A1 Toys or TRU stores near you? Coz you may have found that there, instead of having to wait til it arrives through the post

I dont know about those stores (aside from TRU), I am in canada. So far this has not been released anywhere at canadian retail. But its fine, I just couldnt find the product because there was a mistake in the spelling. I wonder how much this error is costing them

Are they even shipping to Canada?

-Kanrabat- wrote:Are they even shipping to Canada?

No, but I have some american friends. If this goes 30% off, I would ask them to be a middleman and it would come out to about what it would cost me here with taxes.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Are they even shipping to Canada?

No, but I have some american friends. If this goes 30% off, I would ask them to be a middleman and it would come out to about what it would cost me here with taxes.

Good luck.

Let's hope for everyone that this set will finally come to Canada somehow.

Stuartmaximus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Woah, I cant find that perceptor and blaster set on target's site. Has it sold out?

Are there no Forbidden Planet, A1 Toys or TRU stores near you? Coz you may have found that there, instead of having to wait til it arrives through the post

As far as I can tell, there are no A1 Toys stores in North America, and the sole Forbidden Planet store located in North America is in New York. Neither is ubiquitous outside of the UK and Ireland.

I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

Ages ago, huh? Like during the age of the dinosaurs? Surprised I don't remember it.

Cobotron wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

Ages ago, huh? Like during the age of the dinosaurs? Surprised I don't remember it.

2012. One year before the Platinum Edition line became a thing.

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

Ages ago, huh? Like during the age of the dinosaurs? Surprised I don't remember it.

2012. One year before the Platinum Edition line became a thing.

'cause the idjots at Hasbro miscalculated the nostalgia trumping over practicality. Despite Asia/China being gaga over G1, you can only push the price so much before you reach the "I no buy this"

Example, Platinum Laser Optimus Prime. Expensive sheeet! I'd buy it in an instant if he came in default colors. Black and gold? Wtfrack?!

Is my memory fuzzy, or was Trypticon supposed to hit Target?

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

Ages ago, huh? Like during the age of the dinosaurs? Surprised I don't remember it.

2012. One year before the Platinum Edition line became a thing.

'cause the idjots at Hasbro miscalculated the nostalgia trumping over practicality. Despite Asia/China being gaga over G1, you can only push the price so much before you reach the "I no buy this"

Example, Platinum Laser Optimus Prime. Expensive sheeet! I'd buy it in an instant if he came in default colors. Black and gold? Wtfrack?!

I'd buy that iced butterscotch Prime if he cost $60.

It Is Him wrote:Is my memory fuzzy, or was Trypticon supposed to hit Target?

Yeah, I think any day now. I've been checking Target's site almost daily. In fact...

Nope, no Trypticon yet...

It Is Him wrote:Is my memory fuzzy, or was Trypticon supposed to hit Target?

Yup it was supposed to hit a month ago. There might be a problem with the shipment.

william-james88 wrote:

It Is Him wrote:Is my memory fuzzy, or was Trypticon supposed to hit Target?

Yup it was supposed to hit a month ago. There might be a problem with the shipment.

o_O Problem, you say? Any info to share, please?

Agamemnon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

It Is Him wrote:Is my memory fuzzy, or was Trypticon supposed to hit Target?

Yup it was supposed to hit a month ago. There might be a problem with the shipment.

o_O Problem, you say? Any info to share, please?

It was just something inferred through logic by a fan. They showed both the Blaster and PREceptor set at SDCC (or was it Botcon, I forget) and said they were both releasing end of august. August came, the Autobot Intel set showed up but Trypticon didnt. Hence, their planning and scheduling was correct but it is lacking one of the two sets. Ergo, there must be some kind of distribution conflict happening somewhere. It could be customs due to this being a higher priced collectable than Target ever had of this kind. We dont know, but it is odd that one set made it and the other didnt.

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

I paid the $185

The Snakas blog has gathered up some in hand images from TFND of the two Dinobots Grimlock and Slog, which are part of the upcoming Platinum Edition Generations Dinobots set. They compare these two to their other toys, giving you an idea of how well they may fare in a specific collection. I have also included an image of their SDCC 2014 counterparts for comparisons.

Platinum Edition Dinobots Grimlock
















SDCC 2014 Grimlock






Platinum Edition Dinobots Slog














Amazon Generations Slog

Well, they still have monkey arms (not to mention the atrocity that is the stegos' arms) so I've gotta say no even if they were a good price - which they won't be, I'm sure...

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

RAcast wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I can't tell if this is a Platinum/Gen release, but I don't recall hearing anything about an Asian market exclusive re-release of G1 Sixshot. Do you?
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=TAK11521&mode=retail&utm_source=retail_news&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=BigBadToyStore-Retail&utm_content=

That was released...ages ago. Before Thrilling 30 ages ago. Looks like the price on it is finally something reasonable at least.

Shockingly, G1 Sixshot didn't sell well for $200+

I paid the $185

That same feel when I paid 230$+ for MP-11.

The irony is, you can get a loose but complete and perfect mint looking G1 6shot for less than 100$ shipped. That's the price I paid and that's the price I sold it when I realised I didnt liked him.

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, they still have monkey arms (not to mention the atrocity that is the stegos' arms) so I've gotta say no even if they were a good price - which they won't be, I'm sure...

They are priced at 109 on Robot Kingdom, not bad for 2 voyagers and 3 deluxes: http://www.robotkingdom.com/a91850000g1.html. And with the SDCC vesions already being available, I dont see that much demand for these, so a slightly lower price will be inevitable.

Also, while I spy some small differences on Grimlock (besides the head of course), the deco on both slogs appear to be the same.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, they still have monkey arms (not to mention the atrocity that is the stegos' arms) so I've gotta say no even if they were a good price - which they won't be, I'm sure...

They are priced at 109 on Robot Kingdom, not bad for 2 voyagers and 3 deluxes: http://www.robotkingdom.com/a91850000g1.html. And with the SDCC vesions already being available, I dont see that much demand for these, so a slightly lower price will be inevitable.

Also, while I spy some small differences on Grimlock (besides the head of course), the deco on both slogs appear to be the same.

The lack of the additional paint apps/stickers on his shoulders and legs? Yeah, less value for our money; not missing the apparent chromed-out crotch though

But I gotta say, I always imagined Grimlock would look the way he did in aoe, I was impressed

-Kanrabat- wrote:
The irony is, you can get a loose but complete and perfect mint looking G1 6shot for less than 100$ shipped. That's the price I paid and that's the price I sold it when I realised I didnt liked him.

You didnt like him? I was close to buying that edition above for 100$ at comiccon this year but stopped when I realized he was selling for less on e-bay. I was still curious though, care to tell me (either here or in a pm), what you didnt like of sixshot?

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:
The irony is, you can get a loose but complete and perfect mint looking G1 6shot for less than 100$ shipped. That's the price I paid and that's the price I sold it when I realised I didnt liked him.

You didnt like him? I was close to buying that edition above for 100$ at comiccon this year but stopped when I realized he was selling for less on e-bay. I was still curious though, care to tell me (either here or in a pm), what you didnt like of sixshot?

Appart for G1 Galvatron (because I care too much for the character), I love my G1 toys to have realistic vehicle altmodes. Insecticons and dinobots excluded, of course. Sixshot is just... too many random things thrown together. It's a very solid toy and it's fun to fiddle with. I would highly recomend him. However, it didnt pleased me as much as I tought it would and I knew I would be able to easely sell him back. Also, there was some other TFs that need funding.

Will, if you don't care about yellowing or missing guns, you should buy 6shot. You'll have fun with it for sure.
Cheapest gunless:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Original ... 1c59bc258d
Cheapest complete (Not the greatest deal):
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Vintage-Transfor ... 54247465e0