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juxtapose519 wrote:

metaphorge wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Of all... WHY HOt ROD?

You priced out a Classics or Henkei Roddy lately? From the aftermarket prices it's pretty obvious there's a lot of demand for Henkei Rodimus, driven by the release of FansProject's Protector armor/trailer set and the absence of a recently available at retail "normal" deco'ed version of the character.

I'm with gavinfuzzy here. I don't care how "rare" a particular deco of Rodimus is. The fact of the matter is that there are already a dozen redecos of this mould and it needs to stop.

It's not a matter of rarity. It's a matter of UGLY.

Counterpunch wrote:I don't really get this unless they are trying to capitalize on the FansProject trailer.

Henkei Rodimus went on Clearance on two different occasions on BBTS. They really should get on re-releasing some of the ones that went straight to sell out like Smokescreen, Skyfire, Astrotrain, and Inferno.

Agreed. I never got my hands on Ratchet or Ironhide because the Universe line was cut short here when ROTF released. Now they're $60+ on ebay. Where are those re-releases?

Counterpunch wrote:I don't really get this unless they are trying to capitalize on the FansProject trailer.

Henkei Rodimus went on Clearance on two different occasions on BBTS. They really should get on re-releasing some of the ones that went straight to sell out like Smokescreen, Skyfire, Astrotrain, and Inferno.

You know, that kind of reminds me of the Stepper reissue. Everyone was under the impression that Stepper was the rarer of the two G1 Targetmaster retools, with Artfire being the other. But it was Artfire who was rarer, but Takara still reissued Stepper instead. The biggest irony is that it sold pretty badly.

Wasn't Henkei Astrotrain already re-released recently? I know I bought one from RobotKingdom a few months ago for only $20 and the online stores all seemed to have stock of him for a while there.

Anyhow, I'll probably bite on this and use one (this or the Classics) as Hot Rod and retire the BiS version.

Counterpunch wrote:They really should get on re-releasing some of the ones that went straight to sell out like Smokescreen, Skyfire, Astrotrain, and Inferno.

I seem to remember Skyfire and Astrotrain hanging around for quite some time, but Henkei Smokescreen and Alert were gone in the blink of an eye pretty much everywhere; they probably could sell quite a few Henkei Ironhide and Ratchets.

I'm guessing Takara is using aftermarket sales price to gauge demand, as they pulled this with Henkei Hound once he shot up on the secondary market. With Henkei Rodimus consistently going for three figures on auction sites, and even the Classics version being pretty pricey, doing a second run seems like a no-brainer.

LMFAO !!! The only thing that makes me wanna comment on this topic is because of the news line xD. "Now you can call and cancel on your surgery appointment" LOL !!! That literally is one of the top 5 most funniest line in Transformers news lol xP.

On topic...Reissuing something that have been repainted like cats making babies(What I'm trying to say is ALOT)...That's really weird...BTW I think the RTS two-pack Rodimus is the best cause the paint apps look so G1-ish .

Of course you also have to figure in that this is aimed at the Japanese market, where the Henkei Rodimus mold has not been available outside of a two or three pack since its original release....

Glad for all you guys who were thinking about getting the Protector set or just wanted to add a version of him to your collections that didn't look like it was painted by a five year old.

I was lucky enough to get mine over a year after he came out but a few months before the crazy price hike kicked in.

As for anyone hoping for a Wildrider reissue, Vince McMahon says it best; NO CHANCE IN HELL unfortunately.

Jazz-1982 wrote:Glad for all you guys who were thinking about getting the Protector set or just wanted to add a version of him to your collections that didn't look like it was painted by a five year old.

See, you get it.

Ok people... i was just making a comment earlier... Stop all flame wars! I see that null ray behind your back!

Lets al be civil like ... civil people...

This is great news for anyone who wasn't able to get it before and wanted one to match the Protector armor. I personally already have Classics Hot Rod, so I'm good.

gavinfuzzy wrote:We got him released in the battle in space, sons of cybertron... and even a KOLD is comming out. Man i would have loved a reissue of astrotrain or hound!

Hound was reissued and is still in stock at most online stores... I think Astrotrain was reissued a few months back as well.

metaphorge wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:They really should get on re-releasing some of the ones that went straight to sell out like Smokescreen, Skyfire, Astrotrain, and Inferno.

I seem to remember Skyfire and Astrotrain hanging around for quite some time, but Henkei Smokescreen and Alert were gone in the blink of an eye pretty much everywhere; they probably could sell quite a few Henkei Ironhide and Ratchets.

I'm guessing Takara is using aftermarket sales price to gauge demand, as they pulled this with Henkei Hound once he shot up on the secondary market. With Henkei Rodimus consistently going for three figures on auction sites, and even the Classics version being pretty pricey, doing a second run seems like a no-brainer.

It is an interesting thing. I wonder if Takara is paying close attention to fan sites and secondary markets, or if retailers are requesting a reissue to fill their needs. The latter would be ironic because since he was pretty much a shelf warmer until Fansproject came along.

Dammit! I just bought that Reveal the Shield pack a few months back, figuring they wouldn't release him again.

gavinfuzzy wrote:Ok people... i was just making a comment earlier... Stop all flame wars! I see that null ray behind your back!

Lets al be civil like ... civil people...

Have you been to a Transformers forum before?

Kibble wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:We got him released in the battle in space, sons of cybertron... and even a KOLD is comming out. Man i would have loved a reissue of astrotrain or hound!

Hound was reissued and is still in stock at most online stores... I think Astrotrain was reissued a few months back as well.

I had no problem picking up an Astrotrain for regular price. I'm surprised he's mentioned as 'rare' at all. Same for Skyfire.

craggy wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Ok people... i was just making a comment earlier... Stop all flame wars! I see that null ray behind your back!

Lets al be civil like ... civil people...

Have you been to a Transformers forum before?

I don't know if I should cry or laugh.

Both!

Blackstreak wrote:Nice. Hopefully the prices will go down on this particular mold. I want to see a re-release of Wildrider myself so I can get my hands on one.

Freakin' A

I've been pleased at how relatively civil this discussion has been. The only thing drawing actual insults is BiS Rodimus, and that is okay because BiS Rodimus is horrible and deserves to be consumed by Unicron, then rebuilt only to be consumed again the next day, ad infinitum (never trust a robot with a robin's egg blue windshield). ;D

craggy wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:Ok people... i was just making a comment earlier... Stop all flame wars! I see that null ray behind your back!

Lets al be civil like ... civil people...

Have you been to a Transformers forum before?

if you see my post count... you realised... no.

well as much as i dig the gold, and the blue flame my regular classics is good enough for me

BBTS has it up for pre-order now. The listing can be found here. I already got mine on pre-order. I missed the Henkei the first time around and ebay has proven to be quite unreasonable in pricing and there is no other version that stacks up for me aside from the Wildrider recolor, which hopefully we'll be getting in a later reissue.

I'm not getting it for the Protector armor, I just like the figure, particularly in vehicle mode (in which he'll be displayed) so $40 is a done deal for me .