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Only reason I havent gotten Autorooper is my 'only one of each car' rule. I cant aford to go completeist, so until I have at one of every alt car, I wont get ones using the same care for another charecter. Still got a spot open for the Ford GT though.

I saw Kiss Prime in FP once for £65 and FP has a habit of overpricing. Don't know if that helps, but thought it worth mentioning (I haven't read through the whole thread so don't shoot me if he has already ordered it.)

$130.00 is highway robbery. Tops around $60, not including shipping.

Ravage XK wrote:When Kiss Hot Rod first came out I think I managed to get 6 of them. I havent been able to get any since. I wish I had got more but I didnt think they would be so darn rare. Mind you, he is a great looking figure.

And here we are, wondering where all the KISS Hot Rods went...

Did you buy that many for resale or are you constructing a shrine?

he's not worth it, but I am glad for this thread cause if I can get him at $77 I will be supremely happy.. but then it comes to obtaining the others, autolooper and Optimus.. argghhh!!!

Big Grim wrote:I'm afraid you'd be wrong. I own both Mirage and Rodimus. The paint apps on Rodimus blow Mirage away. All Takara BT paint jobs piss on the Hasbro version from a great height. I know as I have both BT and alt for several figures.

thank you for clarifying that. i have just read that somewhere (i can`t remember where now..) its nice to get first hand information.

do u guys think hot rodimus will be reissued by takara? what do you think the chances of hasbro doing a rodimus version?

You'd be suprised what some Future Floor Wax can do for an Alt. I haven't personally used it on mine but I have seen some Alts after the wax treatment and they look really good.

I personally like the blue on Mirage but Hot Rod looks good too and the GT look seems to fit him as well.

Swerve wrote:You'd be suprised what some Future Floor Wax can do for an Alt. I haven't personally used it on mine but I have seen some Alts after the wax treatment and they look really good.

I personally like the blue on Mirage but Hot Rod looks good too and the GT look seems to fit him as well.

wow. that i`d like to see.
wouldn`t it just make the toys slippery?

Unplugged_boy wrote:

Big Grim wrote:I'm afraid you'd be wrong. I own both Mirage and Rodimus. The paint apps on Rodimus blow Mirage away. All Takara BT paint jobs piss on the Hasbro version from a great height. I know as I have both BT and alt for several figures.

thank you for clarifying that. i have just read that somewhere (i can`t remember where now..) its nice to get first hand information.

do u guys think hot rodimus will be reissued by takara? what do you think the chances of hasbro doing a rodimus version?

If the Alt line is continued at all after the movie, I'd be incredibly surprised if Hotrod will see the light of day again.... as much as it pains me to admit it.

Swerve wrote:

Prime Evil wrote:$130!! That's kinda ridiculous!! I'd say wait for him to come down, but I didn't even know he was in demand. Kinda hard to gauge. I thought I saw him everywhere at one point, thought he was the internet "shelfwarmer".

I doubt Kiss Rodimus will go down in price at any point unless they start mass producing him again. He's been the hardest of the three to find. You'll see Convoy and Autolooper, but almost never Rodimus.

Man, makes me feel better that I ordered him when he first came out. I kept on seeing him at all the online stores however. Thinking that I just over paid for him when he was $70 some dollars.

I still want to pick up that Autolooper though. I kinda like his head mold. Not only that, but I do like the RX-7 design. Glad to hear that he won't be so hard to come by.

transmetropolitan wrote:Hey Prime Evil, doesn't Bam and friends/family live in Westchester? You really live their?

Yeah. Bam's around a lot. I don't really think to much of it, but I understand that is the only claim to fame West Chester has. They actually shot a scene in front of my place during the first season of Jackass. (Man that was looong ago)

I have both Rodimus and Mirage and both are good but Rodimus is better hands down. The paint apps are better, the weapons are better and the visor on Rodimus is just that little extra dash of spice. I'm eager to see what BT-18 Mirage will look like though. Well BT-18 e-hobby Mirage Clear ver.

Unplugged_boy wrote:

Swerve wrote:You'd be suprised what some Future Floor Wax can do for an Alt. I haven't personally used it on mine but I have seen some Alts after the wax treatment and they look really good.

I personally like the blue on Mirage but Hot Rod looks good too and the GT look seems to fit him as well.

wow. that i`d like to see.
wouldn`t it just make the toys slippery?

I don't know, I haven't tried it myself but it did make a difference in the appearance.

Down_Shift wrote:I'm eager to see what BT-18 Mirage will look like though. Well BT-18 e-hobby Mirage Clear ver.

Yeah, me too. I pretty much know I want one but I wanna see pics.

Did anyone get their Rodimus in yet? I was wondering if it was the Kiss version or some Binaltech version I wasn't aware of yet. Toywiz listed it as a BT but I think that is just a mistake.

Big Grim wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:I'm eager to see what BT-18 Mirage will look like though. Well BT-18 e-hobby Mirage Clear ver.

Yeah, me too. I pretty much know I want one but I wanna see pics.

You do know it will be just an empty box. When they say "clear" they mean "clear".

I was looking at the gallery for the Kiss Players when I suddenly discovered that Convoy had a little known secondary transformation. Apparently his face transforms into a seat for Melissa.

Swerve wrote:I was looking at the gallery for the Kiss Players when I suddenly discovered that Convoy had a little known secondary transformation. Apparently his face transforms into a seat for Melissa.

Whatever works.