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Stormrider wrote:

Blurrz wrote:

robofreak wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Yes, you have to have a quick trigger finger on the non-incentive figures. They tend to sell out in the first... hour.

Can we start an angry mob that will force FP to start producing more? I mean, it clear that there is a demand so why not fill it?

One of the reasons, I think why they limit the number of the figures is because of the fiasco with the TCC Astrotrain(actually good figure) and Airazor(good homage) that never sold well, and have been on discount so many time it's not even funny. I'm guessing they mass produced the two as much as they would on a retail toy, and it just did not bring in the numbers. Current TCC toys are somewhat selling well now with generally most of their exclusives tying in to previous year's BotCon sets, seeing as Shattered Glass is being continued, as well as the Elite Guard.

Anyways, since the past tends to repeat itself, and after seeing '10 Counterpunch and '11 G2 Ramjet get snatched up like crazy I feel that.

...we're going to get a lot of angry and pissed off ClassicsUniverseGenerationsRTS fans with a Runabout but no Runamuck.

I could be wrong. Hopefully I am.

Thanks for the info. The past preorders sound sucky. Do you preorder right from the club's website with a quick finger? Reading the posts last week that figures at Botcon sold out quickly got me confused with the ordering process. I wasn't sure if the ordering processes were releated. (I feel like a 4 year old right now).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As molds are made by TakaraTomy, and the fact that TakaraTomy owns the franchise as a whole, Hasbro indeed needs to ask TakaraTomy for permission.

Counterpunch wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:As molds are made by TakaraTomy, and the fact that TakaraTomy owns the franchise as a whole, Hasbro indeed needs to ask TakaraTomy for permission.

That's not correct.

Hasbro owns Transformers in nearly all markets with the exception of Japan. Takara does the engineering work for most of the toys, this is true, but the brand is owned with majority share by Hasbro.

It's a partnership to be sure.

Since its an international conglomerate thing, it's easiest to think of it in terms of Hasbro owning the IP with Japan having the ability to do what they like story-wise in Japan. Elsewhere, Hasbro tells the story and sets the franchise theme.

Takara does the engineering of the toys, however in recent times, even this is a partnership.

alldarker wrote:

g60force wrote:

RhA wrote:

g60force wrote:IIIII SSSOOOOO WWAAAANNNTT those classics R&R figures... but how can I obtain them...
I'm from the Netherlands

Yep. Yes. I feel that pain.

Hasbro is een stom, stom bedrijf.

ken jij nog iemand in nederland die al is ingeschreven?
do you know anyone in Holland already registered?

Seriously, what is the problem here, really? Membership of the OTCC is open to the whole world. And the Euro to Dollar exchange rate hasn't been this good in a long time. The over-seas cost of membership is $78.00, which is around €53,25. Seems to me like a pretty good deal for the 6 magazines and a free exclusive (and desirable) toy, INCLUDING shipping! Still, if that's too expensive for you, good luck in finding a better deal to get these.
Living in the Netherlands is often/always a good reason to be disgruntled with Hasbro, true (considering even the damn DotM deluxes cost €19,99~$30.00 in our 'lovely' Dutch toy stores!!!), so this seems a pretty fair deal to me.

I've often considered it, but I've never really felt the earlier OTCC figures were worth becoming a member for. But the chance to get R & R is definitely worth buying an overseas membership to me (and a whole lot more value for money that Takara's Million Publishing exclusive United Stepper which I'm also expecting)!

robofreak wrote:

Blurrz wrote:Yes, you have to have a quick trigger finger on the non-incentive figures. They tend to sell out in the first... hour.

Can we start an angry mob that will force FP to start producing more? I mean, it clear that there is a demand so why not fill it?