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News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:44 pm

Great.

I've been meaning to pick the movie bots up, since I only have Longarm and BB 08.

So I'll defo be getting these.

by **woosh** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:44 pm

Stormrider wrote:I think it's time for the South Park creators to write a story about the ridiculous amount of repaints that Hasbro spits out for the movie line.

i think exactly the same.
the amount of repaints is painful, i must say.

News Credits: 4 · by **Fireblast** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:46 pm

Yet these toys still sit on shelves. Sorry Hasbro, I don't like crap quality Transformers.

by **Dr. Z** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:53 pm

I have a feeling that several fans with play the toy-swapping game when they get released....

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:02 pm

Somehow I can't use the links, can someone mirror them for me please?

Don't bother too do so, I found it on the 5th page.

Wow those are nice, I won't have to buy the normal ones then.

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:06 pm

Mark94 wrote:I'm alittle angry as most are here as I have doubles and in some case triples of some of these figures and now I'll probably be picking up a fourth or fifth.

I do feel like it is a slap for us true fans and collectors. Hasbro knows they have us by the B@lls and will probably be releasing them in smaller quantities like the Robo-vision prime, BB megs and Ratchet because the audience to buy multiples is much smaller.

I just took most of my figures out the boxes a few weeks ago to finally display - damn! I could have returned them since I have all the receipts too

My biggest gripe is that these will probably be exclusives and I won't be able to find them due to the scalpers. I actually met a scalper on Friday night and wanted to kick him in the face. I was just in Target looking through all the deluxes for something I didn't have and I hear a voice "Looking for Bumblebees?" I said no and he said they go for a fortune on eBay, yada yada. I could tell he wasn't a fan and just looking to make some loot so I was like whatever.

Mark

dude to b approached by a scalper in the store and be offered to buy a Bumblebee is like the rudest thing ever!! You should have kicked him, but not in the teeth!!!

anyways, to come up to you, and blatantly say are you looking for 08 Bumblebees is like, oh man.. what a Jerk!!! Okay, so he probably even picked them up from there, frequents some transformers sights that tell of the wanted needs of the BB 08 toy, but here is a moment of grace for you to ease your anger...

that scalper doesn't realize that 08 BB is saturated in the 2nd market by s calpers just like him, 08 Bumblebee is everywhere, and not selling anymore, either cause the kid interest has wanned or the adult collector already has his..

so i bet that scalper, is trying o sell them off, becuase he did what all the other scalpers did, and bought them all from the shelves, not realizing that every other jerky scalper a$$whole was doing the same!! serves them right.. greedy little Bast$%%!!!! :grin:

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:07 pm

Dead Metal wrote:Somehow I can't use the links, can someone mirror them for me please?

look on page 5, 3rd post down.. that's all it was so far.. :grin:

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:14 pm

skywarp-2 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Somehow I can't use the links, can someone mirror them for me please?

look on page 5, 3rd post down.. that's all it was so far..

Thanks, I really hope those make it over here, even if they don't make it to the shops, I found a online store in germany that sells nothing els but TF! :grin:

And it's quite cheap.

by **Mark94** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:22 pm

[/quote]so i bet that scalper, is trying o sell them off, becuase he did what all the other scalpers did, and bought them all from the shelves, not realizing that every other jerky scalper a$$whole was doing the same!! serves them right.. greedy little Bast$%%!!!! :grin:

[/quote]

I don't think he was offering me one, he just assumed that because I was looking through all the deluxes that I was looking for concept BB. I decided to test him to see if he was just a fan (since he said he had 5 at home and they go for a fortune on eBay) or if he was a scalper.

He knew nothing of the G1 redeco starscream, had no idea what the classics line was and asked how I knew so much stuff but I didn't want to contribute to scalper knowledge so I didn't mention web forums and just said eBay. As I was leaving, he saw a Bumblebee FAB and picked it off the shelf quickly and said to me, these also go for a fortune on eBay and I think he walked off with it.

by **massmachine** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:36 pm

ILl probably get another leader prime.The others i dont know.Inm probably one of the rare members with 2 leader megs lol. Maybe another barricade.

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:45 pm

Mark94 wrote:
so i bet that scalper, is trying o sell them off, becuase he did what all the other scalpers did, and bought them all from the shelves, not realizing that every other jerky scalper a$$whole was doing the same!! serves them right.. greedy little Bast$%%!!!!

I don't think he was offering me one, he just assumed that because I was looking through all the deluxes that I was looking for concept BB. I decided to test him to see if he was just a fan (since he said he had 5 at home and they go for a fortune on eBay) or if he was a scalper.

He knew nothing of the G1 redeco starscream, had no idea what the classics line was and asked how I knew so much stuff but I didn't want to contribute to scalper knowledge so I didn't mention web forums and just said eBay. As I was leaving, he saw a Bumblebee FAB and picked it off the shelf quickly and said to me, these also go for a fortune on eBay and I think he walked off with it.

geez....

oh well, can't stop scalpers.. but if they end up with lots of stock and loose money on it, because of board discussions like these, then it's nice and comforting to know that good Karma exists in the universe..

by **MegaDave** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:49 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
skywarp-2 wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:Somehow I can't use the links, can someone mirror them for me please?

look on page 5, 3rd post down.. that's all it was so far..

Thanks, I really hope those make it over here, even if they don't make it to the shops, I found a online store in germany that sells nothing els but TF!
And it's quite cheap.

Whats the store and does it deliver to the UK? If not ive got family in germany anyway if it ha anything interesting

by **dabattousai** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 1:55 pm

I'm interested in the Leader Class figures, Jazz and Bumblebee. Maybe Blackout if it's the movie accurate one Japan is getting.

by **Maximum Burn** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:05 pm

Are they remolds or repaints?

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:11 pm

Maximum Burn wrote:Are they remolds or repaints?

A little of both on most, some just repaints.

News Credits: 8 · by **NuclearConvoy** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:28 pm

....jeez, this is getting excessive, isn't it?

News Credits: 2 · by **I_AM... MEGATRON!** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 2:34 pm

Cant ell from the pics, but I hope Leader Meg has new head sculpt to allow head turning. I choped a piece below my Original Leader meg's head to allow head turning, and now he wont transform properly! :sad:

(I'm porobably the only one that actually LIKES his alt mode too)

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:11 pm

I'll probably be getting some of these.

I was thinking about getting a spare leader prime, Blackout and Ironhide for repaints anyway.

If I snag these instead, the existing ones can get repainted.

Not sure if I'll be getting any of the others though. Maybe Barricade ... maybe. I like the leader megs, and agree this is what should have come out instead of the fairy princess Mageatron we got. But I may just do the repaint myself and save the $$. I dunno.

Kinda glad I skipped the BB megs now.

by **doomseer** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:11 pm

I think the p**s is being taken here. How many repaints of the same figures do they expect us to buy? plus its a bit of a rip off to sell the original figs as they were if they were capable of bringing them up to this level 5 months down the line. I'm really not impressed at all. I know they want to make a profit but they are pushing it to ridiculous levels of profiteering now. They've switched from supplying a demand to flooding the market with as much as they can possibly get out to capitalize on the film.

News Credits: 4 · by **Megazarak** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:34 pm

Wow, as bad as it is that they keep dishing out repaints, these are pretty cool, especially Megatron and Optimus.

A quick question to Canadians or anyone who may know, are these figures available in all Best Buys or just the US ones? I'm wondering cause I never even saw the Voyager Megatron or Ratchet.

News Credits: 10 · by **JazZeke** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 3:39 pm

Aw MAN... now I wish I had waited to get Ironhide. Aside from the big Autobot symbol on the front, this new version looks MUCH better. Oh well, at least I don't yet have Supreme Prime!

Starscream looks pretty sweet too, but I'm gonna wait til TF2 comes out before I get him...

News Credits: 1 · by **Neo Challenger** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:00 pm

I KNEW I should have waited to buy a leader-class Megatron, but noooo, I had to feed the need...

I want the Starscream, and I'll prolly pick up Ironhide and Blackout too. Think I'll pass on Barricade tho, and I'll have to see the Bumblebee.

@&$%$@#&%$$@ Hasbro.

by **StryderPrime** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:00 pm

Wat The Hell!!!!!?????!!!!!!!!

You mean 2 tell me that Animated TF's got push back because of some REPAINTS????!?!?!?

Hasbro,
Hasbro, Hasbro, Hasbro,.........Why??

Why now Hasbro? Why did you released these the 1st time around or lets said like in wave 3 back in August or something??

Ya gotten jealous over the fact that the fans was puttin better paints apps on them themselves.

This is "FUNNY" 2 me Hasbro that you can repaint a whole line which i can needlessly 2 said that only Collectors and Compeleteist wit money galore will get............

But......

Refuse 2 repaint and sightly remold 3 extra seekers in the CLASSIC Line...

Excuse me while i Laugh and Punch the wall repeatly

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:05 pm

Neo Challenger wrote:I KNEW I should have waited to buy a leader-class Megatron, but noooo, I had to feed the need...

I want the Starscream, and I'll prolly pick up Ironhide and Blackout too. Think I'll pass on Barricade tho, and I'll have to see the Bumblebee.

@&$%$@#&%$$@ Hasbro.

Akodo? Matsu? Ikoma? Kitsu?

by **StryderPrime** » Mon Dec 03, 2007 4:06 pm

It it was Prime and Megs only then i can accept that and maybe get them since i didnt like them the 1st time around but a whole freakin LINE!!!!!

That Madness........And we still havent seen the Allspark line on the shelves Yet and we already in DECEMBER?!?!?!?!?

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