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by **gothsaurus** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:38 pm

Wow, those wing-nipples are really distracting... and the wings were already a bit distracting to an old G1er like me. Definitely keeps either of these from being a clearly superior figure. Bummer.

Was there another version of this coming to accompany the Takara FOC lineup? If so, maybe it won't have the wing-tumors/dew claws/phantom limbs.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:00 pm

gothsaurus wrote:Wow, those wing-nipples are really distracting... and the wings were already a bit distracting to an old G1er like me. Definitely keeps either of these from being a clearly superior figure. Bummer.

Was there another version of this coming to accompany the Takara FOC lineup? If so, maybe it won't have the wing-tumors/dew claws/phantom limbs.

United, Deluxe scale, disappointment is yours.

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:21 pm

So it is coming with United, but does have the wing-micron-ports? Confused... :???:

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:00 pm

gothsaurus wrote:So it is coming with United, but does have the wing-micron-ports? Confused...

I suspect it's the pure FoC mold, so no wing ports.

News Credits: 15 · by **PrymeStriker** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:04 pm

The AM ports are just that...AM ports. They shouldn't affect the United line considering they don't include the AM gimmick.

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:07 pm

Good! I'll continue to have my hopes up for a third "perfect" release. Mind you, I DO lurve that micron. I could do with a good dozen of those lil guys, though my wallet says otherwise.

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:58 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Things are NOT looking too good for AM Shockwave. The owner of my local hobby store told me there was a new shipment of Shockwaves coming, and I had him reverse one for me. Hopefully it's not the Takara version.
If it's the Hasbro one you want, he's still shelfwarming at every Target/Wal-Mart/TRU I've been to.

Thing is, I don't live in America, and over here we get most all of our TF's (Hasbro or Takara) from hobby stores.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:39 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Things are NOT looking too good for AM Shockwave. The owner of my local hobby store told me there was a new shipment of Shockwaves coming, and I had him reverse one for me. Hopefully it's not the Takara version.
If it's the Hasbro one you want, he's still shelfwarming at every Target/Wal-Mart/TRU I've been to.

Thing is, I don't live in America, and over here we get most all of our TF's (Hasbro or Takara) from hobby stores.

Ah, okay. Tried to see what your location was, but it wasn't listed so I couldn't find it. :oops:

News Credits: 1 · by **SKYWARPED_128** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:59 am

Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:Things are NOT looking too good for AM Shockwave. The owner of my local hobby store told me there was a new shipment of Shockwaves coming, and I had him reverse one for me. Hopefully it's not the Takara version.
If it's the Hasbro one you want, he's still shelfwarming at every Target/Wal-Mart/TRU I've been to.

Thing is, I don't live in America, and over here we get most all of our TF's (Hasbro or Takara) from hobby stores.
Ah, okay. Tried to see what your location was, but it wasn't listed so I couldn't find it.

I live in Malaysia, where it's probably easier to get a Takara TF than a Hasbro one, for better of worse. :grin:

On the one hand, we never lack for affordable Japan exclusives at hobby stores, since Japan's much closer to Malaysia than the US. One the other hand, import taxes and currency exchange rates makes Hasbro TF's almost twice as expensive for us than the average American collector.

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 10:14 am

That's a really interesting detail that I hadn't heard — about the import taxes making Hasbro bots so expensive for you guys. While we experience some serious markup, I don't think it's twice as much.

Given, there is a lot to take into consideration: cost of living/value of currency/exchange rate/shipping/import taxes/online store resale costs.

Maybe some marketing major or economics professional wants to step in to do a comparison of import toy prices and value? Ha ha.