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News Credits: 5749 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 4:30 pm

Bummed that you didn't get those cool Amazon Japan exclusive chrome piledrivers with your MP-12 Lambor? Site sponsor BigBadToyStore has listed an individual pre-order for the set! They're priced at $15.99 and scheduled to arrive in December. Best of all, these aren't knocks, they're from Takara.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:08 pm

Well that's nice of them.. pre-ordered!

News Credits: 1 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:28 pm

And now you know why they were not included to begin with: to make more money off the consumers. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 20 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:46 pm

15 Bucks? Don't need'em I say!

News Credits: 10 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:10 pm

It's been a while since I've watched G1, but did we see SS using those in the cartoon?

Not that it matters, I'm not spending any more on MP-12.

News Credits: 5 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:44 pm

This is the last Sideswipe I'm buying, might as well do it like a Boss.

Pre-ordered.

Mon Nov 12, 2012 6:51 pm

Eight bucks each for a two one inch long pieces of plastic? I don't think so.

Mon Nov 12, 2012 7:18 pm

Considering what some of us pay for a crazy devy set of "foot extensions" or head 15 isn't all that bad.
Buti do agree though it would have been nice to have them uncluded. >:oP

News Credits: 409 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:10 pm

Does Red Alert come with pile drives. If so, which ones?

Mon Nov 12, 2012 9:38 pm

Weren't these piledrivers Amazon exclusives if you preordered? I may be wrong, but having them available as an afterthought tends to undermine the whole point of them being so

News Credits: 1 · Mon Nov 12, 2012 10:33 pm

15 USD for a pair of miniature dog-poop scoopers? Pass.

Doesn't really add the the display value of the toy. The black pile-driver things that came with SS are good enough for me.

Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:52 pm

Arctorro wrote:It's been a while since I've watched G1, but did we see SS using those in the cartoon?

Not that it matters, I'm not spending any more on MP-12.

I think he used them for about half a second while he dug Skyfire out of the ice. They were mentioned in his tech specs which also adds a tad more validity to these otherwise useless accessories .

Mon Nov 12, 2012 11:55 pm

There is a $15 price difference between the amazon and regular Mp-12.... >:oP

Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:56 am

I'm holding off on these. I feel a jetpack is in the works and may be bundled with these piledrivers (3rd party or not).
Besides, I'm not going to be displaying Sideswipe with these attachments anyway.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:40 am

Think of it as a business investment. $15 enables Sideswipe to get a job flipping burgers or pancakes.

Winning.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Nov 13, 2012 7:35 am

Mykltron wrote:Think of it as a business investment. $15 enables Sideswipe to get a job flipping burgers or pancakes.

Winning.

I think Sideswipe might have more of a career as a professional dog walker; those things would make really good poop scoopers.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:28 am

Breakdown 2099 wrote:
Arctorro wrote:It's been a while since I've watched G1, but did we see SS using those in the cartoon?

Not that it matters, I'm not spending any more on MP-12.

I think he used them for about half a second while he dug Skyfire out of the ice. They were mentioned in his tech specs which also adds a tad more validity to these otherwise useless accessories .

He also used them, as they appear in this set, in Dinobot Island pt.2. He dug Bumblebee out of some rubble. Unfortunately he also saved Spike in the process.

Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:51 am

And they're gone....already sold out on BBTS. Guess I'll pick them up on eBay for $50 in January from someone who bought 20 of them.

Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:26 am

I'll pass. I like what he got already.

Tue Nov 13, 2012 11:32 am

Having bought from Kapow i was pleasently surprised to have these and the even more pointless coin thing ih the shipping box anyway.

Otherwise no deal.

News Credits: 10 · Tue Nov 13, 2012 5:30 pm

AdamPrime wrote:
Breakdown 2099 wrote:
Arctorro wrote:It's been a while since I've watched G1, but did we see SS using those in the cartoon?

Not that it matters, I'm not spending any more on MP-12.

I think he used them for about half a second while he dug Skyfire out of the ice. They were mentioned in his tech specs which also adds a tad more validity to these otherwise useless accessories .

He also used them, as they appear in this set, in Dinobot Island pt.2. He dug Bumblebee out of some rubble. Unfortunately he also saved Spike in the process.

Thanks guys, only remembered the black ones from the episode that introduced the Insecticons (I think). Still not worth it though.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:49 pm

Motorthing wrote:Having bought from Kapow i was pleasently surprised to have these and the even more pointless coin thing ih the shipping box anyway.

Otherwise no deal.

You got a coin with it? The store I bought from always includes a coin, up until Lambor. Maybe I should ask the store owner if he forgot to include one.

Doesn't really matter to me, TBH, but if the coin's free, I'll take it.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Nov 14, 2012 5:31 am

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:
Mykltron wrote:Think of it as a business investment. $15 enables Sideswipe to get a job flipping burgers or pancakes.

Winning.

I think Sideswipe might have more of a career as a professional dog walker; those things would make really good poop scoopers.

Nah, the poop would roll off. He'd need a spoon like accessory, or something with a bag.