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News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Wed Apr 02, 2014 10:28 pm

shockblast2 wrote:
welcometothedarksyde wrote:So what's different about this one?

The same characteristic all repaints like this share.
An inflated price equal to highway robbery.

an exclusive thats expensive? shocking!

anyways... back to the TOY... i like him but wish his head wasnt blue. ill probably buy one if its on sale.

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:22 am

The Hobby Ark Toy Store Facebook page has shared a couple of images of the recently released Million Publishing mail-away exclusive Infiltrator Starscream. The figure is a translucent redeco of the Transformers Generations Fall of Cybertron Deluxe mold with Neutron Assault Rifle, plus Sideswipe's Pathblaster and Shockwave's Photon Burst Rifle. We've mirrored their images below:

Website · by **STngAR** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 9:57 am

Im usually down for some clear plastic but just not this one so much

:MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 10:21 am

This thing look GLORIOUS!

But not 151$ glorious.
(110$ for the toy + 14$ shipping + 27$ custom fees for sure because order worth more than 100$ from the USA)

So, I'll wait for it to be on clearance in a year.
And it will.

by **Rated X** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:16 am

First time ill be passing on a seeker. 2nd if you count cloud starscream.

Like Nerv103 on Facebook · by **Nerv103** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:14 pm

Love the mold, but definitely not at this price. I will wait and see if I can get it cheaper later on!!!

News Credits: 13 · by **OptimalOptimus2** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 4:12 pm

Another ugly Starscream. Have I seen this before?

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:37 pm

I actually sort of wanted this because the color scheme struck me as making for a decent FOC Thrust, but I must've only seen him in jet mode before, because one look at the way the light shines though that blue noggin just says "no".

This mold always looks more fun from afar than it actually is once I get it in-hand anyway. Getting Generations Skywarp a few weeks ago killed my usual desire to army-build, and there's BotCon exclusives I actually feel like saving up for this year.

Maybe I'd feel different if I'd played the game, but I'll go back and catch up on MP Seekers before I get what's essentially another ghost-Starscream homage (in that he's getting this sort of toy before other characters with cloaking abilities in the games whose G1 counterparts didn't have a history of noncorporeal resurrection), awesome though those extra weapons look.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 1:26 pm

If they'd done the whole thing in translucent plastic I'd say yes. Keeping the opaque plastic in bits just doesn't work.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:03 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:If they'd done the whole thing in translucent plastic I'd say yes. Keeping the opaque plastic in bits just doesn't work.

it's either that, or risk breaking joints every time you transform him. Take your pick.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:08 pm

Ah, yes. I'd almost forgotten how goddamn fragile clear plastic can be (which I really shouldn't given how careful I have to be with my Tamashii Stages). It just looks rather unsightly... Maybe there's a slightly less clear but still mostly translucent plastic that isn't as fragile?

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Apr 09, 2014 5:16 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Ah, yes. I'd almost forgotten how goddamn fragile clear plastic can be (which I really shouldn't given how careful I have to be with my Tamashii Stages). It just looks rather unsightly... Maybe there's a slightly less clear but still mostly translucent plastic that isn't as fragile?

What is really ugly looking and even fear inducing is the goddamn pricetag that is slapped onto it.