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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby plusapopsicle » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:55 am

Send them to the states...please Primus...
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Sunstar » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:04 am

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the mold degredation is noticable in acid storm, but not nearly as pronounced. However, I'd rather pay 100 bucks for the pair rather than 600 that the botcon pair cost.

Now I just need Sunstorm
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Dead Metal » Thu Oct 30, 2008 9:36 am

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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Sunstar » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:27 am

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Lapse Of Reason wrote:The original price Botcon set was still a better deal (assuming Thrust and Dirge will be exclusives like Thundercracker and Skywarp). $60 x 4 = $240 while the Botcon set was about $250 and Target Skywarp would have added $20. You also got two other figures (including Dreadwind!), a nice box, and the whole Botcon experience.


the botcon set had a few figures that I wasn't even interested. I would not be able to attend such an even as the cost would be extremely prohibative. (luck of being in canada) and the box is just extra packaging.

I admit I have the ultra magnust from the skywarp target set, but he's....hell I don't know where hte heck I stuffed it.

Anyway, its easier for me to spend 40 or 60 dollars every now and again than 325 dollars.

In the end, I paid 36 canadianfor my henkei thundercracker. So, it was not all that bad for me. I may not beable to get the other two so easily, but I can see.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby dragons » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:32 am

awsome good thing i ddint buy them yet
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby JaZzTaStIc » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:33 am

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hmm, now i have both botcon thrust and dirge but am still lookin forward to these. i need to see proper colour pics first tho to be sure. if i like them that much i may even consider selling my botcon pair, who knows....
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby HighPrime » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:43 am

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I'm glad Thrust is getting the set of missiles similar to SS, TC, and SW. More G1-like that way. Nice to see the wing remolds. I do hope the QC is better, though. Henkei SW was fine, but TC has loose wings and launchers that don't stay mounted in the shoulder. I resolved that though with a drop of Super-Glue on each side.

Guess I won't need my extra Thrust and Dirge from Botcon, and I can keep the box set untouched.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Down_Shift » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:54 am

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Well I'm one of the ones who said "it would never happen"

Here I stand corrected and I look forward to these new figures!
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Point » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:12 am

El Duque wrote:As someone who has the Games of Deception set, I would be upset if Dirge, Thrust, and TC ended up getting a mass retail release. Then again I've been able to enjoy all my seekers for almost two years now. Guess it's a wash.


Sounds more like sour grapes... :-P

Ya gotta love all these folks who were just sooooo positive we would never see these released now eating cyber-crowacon. I think this proves that with TakaraTomy, ANYTHING is possible. Hell, we could see evil Prime and good Megatron at some point over there. The bottom line is TakaraTomy OWNS the Transformers and will do whatever the hell they want with them and all the cybergeeks in the world saying stuff like, "Well Botcon owns those Thrust wings outright so we will never see Thrust," is asinine. Granted, they have a healthy respect for fandom, putting these last 4 Seekers out proves that. And having said that, I don't think they would ever license regular, popular characters to be Botcon exclusives. It's just insane. Now if only they would reign in the increasingly large sets being sold at Botcon. At this rate, by 2010 the sets will be up to 100 figures.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby DoubleOScorpio » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:27 am

I have the Botcon set, but I'm still stoked that we're getting a G1-accurate Dirge and that others have a chance to get Thrust too. I'll probably buy both as long as they don't do anything wonky with the colors.

Now the dilemma. I'm low on cash at the moment and could use the flow. Do I sell the seekers from my Botcon set, as well as the box with pin? Hmmm....this won't be a snap decision b/c I don't want to regret it later.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby rhinox555 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:24 pm

Ooh, wing placement on Thrust is not so great.
Dirge shouldn't be too bad though.
I feel a wave of whining botcon customers coming though. Hey, at least you got them two and a half years early.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby decepticonjon » Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:48 pm

meh, i hear waves of fanboy's complaining about other fanboy's complaining.
don't really care either way about the topic, saw it comming, (as i have both henkei and classix), i just wanna say i'll punch the next person that whines about whining. there's two sides to every story, so knock off the "hah, you stupid botcon people rar, know i kan have them all seekers toos!!!" ****.
:APPLAUSE: you'll get them, for quite a price, and most likely poopy qc.
just heard from my asian source = 150 give or take for the two.
i say bbts marks that up to close to 200 for both
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Prowl1529 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:23 pm

More two Henkeis to my collection. Takara is the best. I just eard from my suplier from Singapure that he has a pre-order for Henkei D-07 Cyclonus another one for my collection.
This is great i will put it next to Galvatron.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Powersa » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:38 pm

I have 5-6 seekers including Henkei SW & TC. I don't mind getting a couple of more, but these new Henkei Coneheads are not must buy for me. On a related note, if these are getting new wings under Tomy, then they probably can be released at any place, including the US. But why sell them for $10 or $7.77 if they can be sold for $50 or more...
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Sledge » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:41 pm

The price they're selling for in Japan is normal Japanese retail. No reason to think they'd sell for more if Hasbro released them as... I dunno, Target exclusives.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Hyper-Chicken » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:31 pm

After picking up Thundercracker and Dirge off Ebay prices for reasonable deal (compared to what the go for now) I will finally have my missing piece - Thrust!
Since this announcement I have visited a few other boards where members have stated they will now sell off their Botcon sets. If you are someone who is interested in doing that let me know as I would love to buy your Botcon Thrust!
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Rijie » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:38 pm

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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Iron Prime » Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:44 pm

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Personally I'm glad to hear this - I've been wanting a classics Thrust since SS and SW came out! If nothing else maybe it will drive botcon prices down so I can get that one... 8)
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby BlackMagnus » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:53 pm

Preorder now up at BBTS- http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby SentinelA » Thu Oct 30, 2008 5:30 pm

Hello seekers, good-bye cash!
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby El Duque » Thu Oct 30, 2008 6:43 pm

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El Duque wrote:As someone who has the Games of Deception set, I would be upset if Dirge, Thrust, and TC ended up getting a mass retail release. Then again I've been able to enjoy all my seekers for almost two years now. Guess it's a wash.


Sounds more like sour grapes... :-P

Ya gotta love all these folks who were just sooooo positive we would never see these released now eating cyber-crowacon. I think this proves that with TakaraTomy, ANYTHING is possible. Hell, we could see evil Prime and good Megatron at some point over there. The bottom line is TakaraTomy OWNS the Transformers and will do whatever the hell they want with them and all the cybergeeks in the world saying stuff like, "Well Botcon owns those Thrust wings outright so we will never see Thrust," is asinine. Granted, they have a healthy respect for fandom, putting these last 4 Seekers out proves that. And having said that, I don't think they would ever license regular, popular characters to be Botcon exclusives. It's just insane. Now if only they would reign in the increasingly large sets being sold at Botcon. At this rate, by 2010 the sets will be up to 100 figures.


Actually it's not sour grapes at all. Like I said I've got to enjoy these guys for two years now, and in the end I will have paid less and got more with the Botcon set.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby El Duque » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:16 pm

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It would be nice if Tak/Tom would release some of the older Botcon figures as exclusives in Japan. For example I would love to get the Ironhide and Rachet that were repainted from Energon Towline. I still prefer those to the TFU/Henkei versions of those two characters that are currently available. I don't see why this wouldn't be possible considering what is happening with the Botcon seekers.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby Primacron's Little Helper » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:34 pm

I bought the games of deception set on ebay almost immediately after Botcon last year and I paid a fortune. More than that, I went overseas before the package arrived and so it's still sitting in my parents house waiting for my return.

I guess what it comes down to is I paid a vast amount to guarantee myself ownership of those figures. I'm the sort of collector who if I sense I might only have one chance to get a figure that I really want, I'll take it, and I'd do it again because I knew that whenever I looked at Starscream, Skywarp and Ramjet I'd have regretted not getting them.

As it turned out I would have had no reason to regret it but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby chuckdawg1999 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 8:42 pm

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I had just finished paying off my 2007 Bot-Con set when I made the down payment for TC and SW. I'm not opening them and I'm tempted to send them off for AFA grading. I'll probably do the same for Dirge and Thrust. I really can't complain about pricing since I paid extra for the set to begin with. I might get an extra of Dirge since he was the only cone head I owned and that was the reissue.
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Re: Japan to get Remolded Henkei Dirge and Thrust!

Postby DeadPool69 » Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:33 pm

You know, I have Skywarp, Starscream, and Thundercracker from Henkai, and I haven't had Any notable C issues. Hell, my Club Nightbeat was worse of on QC than any of those...I've got mine preordered. and looking for a Henkai Ramjet to finish the deal...I only hope they give them Jet's missiles instead of the null style ones. They really should be matched to him more than Starscream.

As a side issue, I think people need to stop bashing Botcon people on this...I've seen a Very reasonable response from most posters, and this 'sour grapes' crap just hasn't happened that I can see.

Any Ya! I'm gonna have all my seeker squad....we just need 'Jetstorm'.
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