Hellscream9999 wrote:And yet, people will buy it (problems and all) because => G1
Look at all them G1'ers letting has/tak steal their money, if G1 weren't such a thing, I'm sure we would've gotten these years ago for the same price as Acidstorm
As with Skywarp, I believe the cost (combined with lack of accessories) will be prehibitive enough that fewer will buy him than bought the original MP 11.
Also, Has/tak is not to blame for this entirely, at least not this time. Hasbro's Masterpiece Seekers are practically the same cost as their Leader figures (thanks to my rain check, they are exactly the same cost) and Takara is not making any extra money on the premium BBTS is charging. The premium goes to second or third party distributors since BBTS cannot buy this directly from Takara since Takara is only ditributing this in southeast Asia and only at one retailer in Japan. Takara is getting as much money from this 200$ Seeker as it would get if you buy it for 125$ and lived in Japan (which I am assuming to be max 60$ in both cases).
wilcosu35 wrote: He's one of the well-known decepticons which is why i think he should get a regular release, not this limited ****.
Thats almost as insane as making one of the standard Combiners exclusive, oh wait!