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News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Tue May 07, 2013 8:54 am

wow! that looks pretty good. will be keeping an eye out for the Magnus Armor. Hope they do it in Takara colors though.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue May 07, 2013 1:56 pm

hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:24 pm

hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Tue May 07, 2013 2:25 pm

hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Wed May 08, 2013 2:43 am

News Credits: 1 · by **rpetras** » Wed May 08, 2013 9:54 am

craggy wrote:hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

Don't know for sure, but my guess would be 2 color variants.

by **hpfabe** » Thu May 09, 2013 10:25 am

Ok, I'm sold on the Ultra Magnus one; once I see it in full color... take my money.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Thu May 09, 2013 11:16 am

rpetras wrote:
craggy wrote:hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

Don't know for sure, but my guess would be 2 color variants.

Standard and Silver. I got informed that it's up for pre-order from the site below. Starting @ $75USD.

http://www.lunartoystore.com/

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu May 09, 2013 11:42 am

daimchoc wrote:
rpetras wrote:
craggy wrote:hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

Don't know for sure, but my guess would be 2 color variants.

Standard and Silver. I got informed that it's up for pre-order from the site below. Starting @ $75USD.

http://www.lunartoystore.com/

Is it? I can't seem to find it. :-?

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Thu May 09, 2013 12:00 pm

Va'al wrote:
daimchoc wrote:
rpetras wrote:
craggy wrote:hmmm interesting. glad to see some pictures of it at long last. are there two or is it one kit that's interchangeable?

Don't know for sure, but my guess would be 2 color variants.

Standard and Silver. I got informed that it's up for pre-order from the site below. Starting @ $75USD.

http://www.lunartoystore.com/

Is it? I can't seem to find it.

Whoops... I thought I was in the other thread for Leader OP Trailer. Sorry about that.

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Fri May 17, 2013 9:03 am

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Sun May 19, 2013 5:44 am

daimchoc wrote:

Wow! That is one giant trailer for mini-Prime/Magnus to lug!!

Guess the proper proto pics in armor mode should be along shortly?

Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves... :-?

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Sun May 19, 2013 6:57 am

robotmel wrote:Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves...

No

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Sun May 19, 2013 7:30 am

Arctorro wrote:
robotmel wrote:Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves...
No

Ah, but is it?

News Credits: 8 · by **Forgotten** » Sun May 19, 2013 7:57 am

I will buy. I need a Cybertronian Armada Overload.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Sun May 19, 2013 8:04 am

robotmel wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
robotmel wrote:Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves...
No

Ah, but is it?

No

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Sun May 19, 2013 10:03 am

robotmel wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
robotmel wrote:Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves...
No

Ah, but is it?

No.

But that's only because:

Forgotten wrote::APPLAUSE: I will buy. I need a Cybertronian Armada Overload.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Mon May 20, 2013 12:08 am

Agamemnon wrote:
robotmel wrote:
Arctorro wrote:
robotmel wrote:Could this turn out to be the replacement for FP City commander on our Neo-Classics shelves...
No

Ah, but is it?

No.

But that's only because:
Forgotten wrote::APPLAUSE: I will buy. I need a Cybertronian Armada Overload.

That's not a bad idea, still not for me though

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Mon May 20, 2013 8:29 am

In case you didn't know, RK has the set named PB-01 Pandora's Box for basically $140USD (shipping not included). To me, that price is just too high. If you agree, please post on their facebook page and let them know. This is their first offering and they are already pricing their product to be too high.

News Credits: 10 · by **Arctorro** » Mon May 20, 2013 9:45 am

$140 is bloody insane! Glad I was never interested in this. These guys will probably disappear fairly quickly if they don't wake up and smell reality.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Mon May 20, 2013 10:37 am

Hahaha $140? serious?

News Credits: 119 · by **daimchoc** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:16 am

If you folks think that's laughable, check out the price at BBTS... Now, that's just plain crazy.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:21 am

daimchoc wrote:If you folks think that's laughable, check out the price at BBTS... Now, that's just plain crazy.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Wow! I wonder how many people pre-ordered that at BBTS without any info besides that one picture. who knows maybe it'll be the definitive Ultra Magnus for Classics. But the price of this is downright insane. Maybe they saw what Maketoys Charged for their Limited Crystal City Chronicles upgrade set and wanted to one up them... in price!!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon May 20, 2013 11:51 am

If I wasn't out before I definitely am now.

by **necr0blivion** » Mon May 20, 2013 12:03 pm

To be fair regarding the price, we still don't know the actual dimensions yet and we haven't seen any comparison shots of the upgraded figure next to established characters like City Commander or Battle Tanker. Also, unknown how many extra pieces are included (we did see a roller, didn't we).

Otherwise, I'm not willing to pay either RK or BBTS prices for this. Move it down under $100 and let's get some product samples/reviews out before I even give it any more thought.

I don't know how much weight people will have by posting to say they will not buy at the current price point, but if this thing doesn't do well enough at the pre-order level we might see some decreasing in price. From my perspective, there's simply too many projects coming out soon that I'm more interested in that I'd rather invest my money in. Companies need to make money, but consumers need to purchase at levels they are comfortable at. Best of luck to this new brand, but I'll be sitting out for the foreseeable future.