The Energon Pub

Sabrblade wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?

Nik Hero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?

He's not as purple-y as Batora:




Plus, Batora's bird mode brings to mind Megatron's Transmetal 2 red dragon form.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nik Hero wrote:Thank you. Note I can save some money on this.

However, that also means Megalligator wouldn't get to use the purple tyrannosaur Partner Drone that comes with Takara Skullcruncher.

I mean you could just buy Crashbash

Does his pink and purple match Skullcruncher and Megalligator?

He's not as purple-y as Batora:




Plus, Batora's bird mode brings to mind Megatron's Transmetal 2 red dragon form.

Looks like Takara is the way to go for this then. I wish HLJ had him.

Ahhh! Why do I want this so bad? I didn't even have the Bat Optimus in my Beast Wars heyday...

Thanks for the infos on where to find him. I pulled the trigger and preordered at HLJ

Ordered one off HLJ, but I might cancel it and see if I can get one direct from e-Hobby through a proxy and save a few more dollars (I think it'll run about $75 total that way).

Emerje

Mr Skram wrote:Ahhh! Why do I want this so bad? I didn't even have the Bat Optimus in my Beast Wars heyday...

I didnt have it either but I do want this too

Ultra Mad wrote:Thanks for the infos on where to find him. I pulled the trigger and preordered at HLJ

I will be doing that too!

Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

Dude, these don't make it to sale's

(except for the one's that fall flat, but they tend not too)

Got mine reserved, a bit expensive, but, I feel it's worth it, and I'll have a bit of wiggle room since I'm basically skipping this line

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

Only wait for a sale if you are comfortable with the idea of not getting him. This could easily sell out. That recent exclusive two pack of dogfight and runamuckwas insanely expensive but sold out really quickly: http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

SureShot18 wrote:Oh, I forgot how expensive E-hobby figures were. I dunno now. I think I'll try and wait for a sale.

It's very rare that a Tokyo Toyshow exclusive or E-Hobby toy survives in stock long enough to go on sale - it happened with some of the cloud toys or Clear Prime Optimus First Edition Voyager but it's more common for them to sell out. Sometime they vanish so completely they are barely on sale anywhere after a while.

You can sometimes pick up the older ones - but only if you think you are still going to want this toy in say 2024. as it's only when something is irrelevant to the contemporary gloss of the new that they get cheap - an example being some Animated toys now.

Things seem to go in cycles though as I notice a lot of people have -restarted Movie Collections lately, which is a pain if like me you are still looking for a Human Alliance Mudflap.

Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

SureShot18 wrote:Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

I agree on that cheetor part. And isnt it cool how MP cheetor is cheaper than this toy?

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

I agree on that cheetor part. And isnt it cool how MP cheetor is cheaper than this toy?

Which is... really kind of insane when you think about it.

I mean I love this set but jesus.

Ages 3 and Up has it available for preorder now too: http://www.agesthreeandup.com/takara-tr ... a4bb06656e

Nik Hero wrote:Ages 3 and Up has it available for preorder now too:
https://ci5.googleusercontent.com/proxy ... fb77d4.jpg

What's with the download link?

Oops, http://www.agesthreeandup.com/takara-tr ... a4bb06656e

Sabrblade wrote:What's with the download link?

I fixed it. Sorry about that. I tried copying and pasting from my mobile app.

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

I agree on that cheetor part. And isnt it cool how MP cheetor is cheaper than this toy?

Only because HLJ is basically reselling Convobat from e-Hobby. e-Hobby is only asking ¥5,000 for Convobat and ¥5,460 for Cheetor.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

I agree on that cheetor part. And isnt it cool how MP cheetor is cheaper than this toy?

Only because HLJ is basically reselling Convobat from e-Hobby. e-Hobby is only asking ¥5,000 for Convobat and ¥5,460 for Cheetor.

Emerje

But cheetor is only 4900 at Anime export: http://www.anime-export.com/product/32786

So still cheaper than if you get Convobat from e-hobby directly. Speaking of doing so, have you chosen who you will go with yet to forward him to you? Do you know what options are out there? Does e-hobby charge shipping to a japan adress?

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Yeah I realize they barely make it to sales and they often sell out fast but there's a chance. I'll be fine if I never get it. Plus I already have MP Cheetor on preorder and I'd like to make only one expensive commitment at the start of the year. And Cheetor is on a much higher level of want than this.

I agree on that cheetor part. And isnt it cool how MP cheetor is cheaper than this toy?

Only because HLJ is basically reselling Convobat from e-Hobby. e-Hobby is only asking ¥5,000 for Convobat and ¥5,460 for Cheetor.

Emerje

But cheetor is only 4900 at Anime export: http://www.anime-export.com/product/32786

I was thinking more along the lines of Japanese retailers where you can buy both.

So still cheaper than if you get Convobat from e-hobby directly. Speaking of doing so, have you chosen who you will go with yet to forward him to you? Do you know what options are out there? Does e-hobby charge shipping to a japan adress?

I'm still trying to figure it out, but I do have my HLJ pre-order just in case. Right now I'm looking at either Tenso or Big in Japan for forwarding services. Based on the weight given at BBTS both should be the same rate, but Tenso requires ID before they'll ship, BiJ doesn't which makes them seem like a better bet.

e-Hobby does charge shipping as well as sales tax so the total on ConvoBat is ￥5,940 within Japan after ￥400 tax and ￥540 shipping. For me both Tenso and BiJ will charge around ￥1,400 to ship SAL after a ￥500 handling fee (BiJ is a fixed rate, Tenso's is based on weight, but both should be the same in this case). The total works out to a little less than what HLJ is asking before shipping. These seem to be the two best options, others seem to charge quite a bit more. For example, CDJapan has a special shopping service where you give them the link and they do all the work, but they'd charge ￥2,000 for the service before EMS-only shipping so that's not an option, it'd be more expensive than most resellers.

I'm really leaning towards BiJ on this.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:e-Hobby does charge shipping as well as sales tax so the total on ConvoBat is ￥5,940 within Japan after ￥400 tax and ￥540 shipping. For me both Tenso and BiJ will charge around ￥1,400 to ship SAL after a ￥500 handling fee (BiJ is a fixed rate, Tenso's is based on weight, but both should be the same in this case). The total works out to a little less than what HLJ is asking before shipping.

Do you count the 500 handling fee in that 1,400 to ship SAL? I didnt quite understand that part.

Convobat shipped from EHobby with Tax: 5,940

Add 1,400 for SAL shipping : 7,340

If handling fee isnt included, it comes out to 7,840

Also, BIJ charges an extra paypal fee. Its not much but I thought it was worth mentionning so no one gets an added surprise fee when trying to order.

E-Hobby has released the first page from their 16 page comic book which will come with Convobat. This is in a very different style than the usual Legends comics. Some easter eggs include Megalligator's head shouting "D-6" which was the ID name on the original Beast Wars toy's box and the inclusion of familiar toys like RobotMasters Wrecker Hook.