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News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:28 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...

Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:33 am

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.

Remember those score of Platinum Edition that are STILL clogging store shelves to these very days? Retailers certainly do. So it's no wonder.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:41 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Remember those score of Platinum Edition that are STILL clogging store shelves to these very days?

Nope. The U.S. is Platinum-less by now.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:50 am

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Remember those score of Platinum Edition that are STILL clogging store shelves to these very days?
Nope. The U.S. is Platinum-less by now.

Jesus.
In Canada, I can still see that damn Platinum Optimus Primal on Toy's R Us shelves. He's on clearance since forever and no one is buying. Also, that Rooster Optimus is still available on Walmart.ca for one million dollars. #-o

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:55 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Remember those score of Platinum Edition that are STILL clogging store shelves to these very days?
Nope. The U.S. is Platinum-less by now.

Jesus.
In Canada, I can still see that damn Platinum Optimus Primal on Toy's R Us shelves. He's on clearance since forever and no one is buying. Also, that Rooster Optimus is still available on Walmart.ca for one million dollars.

The retailers in the states are really good about cutting their loses and sending merchandise to discount or salvage stores.

I picked up that Platty Primal at Ross for $6.

I was excited for Cocktimus Prime when it was announced, but I'm going skip or wait for a big discount.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 8:58 am

carytheone wrote:I picked up that Platty Primal at Ross for $6.

GODDAMMIT YOU 'MURRICANS! :BOOM:

And I thought 86$CAN shipped from Amazon at the time was a good deal...

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:00 am

If it makes you feel any better, I don't think I ever saw that Primal at any of my local stores at all.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 9:03 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
carytheone wrote:I picked up that Platty Primal at Ross for $6.
GODDAMMIT YOU 'MURRICANS!

Don't give me that ****

, WillyJ murders the deals we never see, especially the thrift store finds.

Anyway, that was a one off lucky find and severely clearance from the already discounted Ross price of around $40.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:02 am

I've only ever seen four Platinum Editions in stores:

-YOT Snake Optimus Prime
-YOT Snake Omega Supreme
-YOT Horse Starscream
-AoE Silver Knight Optimus Prime

That's it. Even when people were finding the G1 reissues flooding Kmart stores at a big discount they never showed up at any of my local stores. Sucks because I really wanted the Insecticon set.

The only PE I own is YOT Monkey Optimus Primal and only because he was around $30 on Amazon.

Emerje

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:08 am

I only ever saw maybe 4 different kinds of Platinum sets, but that was probably because I was living abroad for a while, so we didn't get anything nearly as fast as you guys did

I only found:

- The Coneheads reissue 3 pack
- The Blaster and Perceptor reissue 2 pack
- The Insecticons reissue 3 pack
- The First Edition AOE Prime that comes with MP10's trailer and a metallic red ROTF Swerve that sort of represents G1 Sideswipe

None were discounted except the last one, where I found that set for 50$. Also noteworthy is that we didn't get these sets until 3 years after they released in the States

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 2:13 pm

Do you remember the Chinese Zodiac figures. They consisted of an redeco of an Optimus figure of some sort released every year (sometimes with another character) to commemorate the new lunar year. The final release was the Year of the Rooster Optimus Prime figure. While it was released in Asia and Canada, where it can still be found on Walmart.ca, it was never released in the US. However, Bigbadtoystore seems to finally have it in stock. This is probably overstock from asia, since the price is heavily discounted to $75. This toy is indeed two years late (we are the year of the pig now), but better late than never. This was told to us by fellow Seibertronian Carytheone:

carytheone wrote:This fool has finally showed up stateside.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/91434

Product description:

In celebration of the Chinese New Year, we are proud to present Year of the Rooster Optimus Prime!

This Platinum Edition figure features a high level of detail, as well as premium features and packaging. The Year of the Rooster Optimus Prime showcasies the Autobot Leader with special edition deco and die-cast parts.

This Platinum Edition figure features die-cast parts and a converting trailer. It comes with an Autobot Roller vehicle, 6 additional figure hands, converting blaster, Matrix of Leadership, jetpack, and Energon axe accessories, plus a figure stand.

News Credits: 3 · by **Decepticon Stryker** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 3:53 pm

I might pick this up cause I'm a sucker for little Transformers and it's been hard finding a good Legends-ish Optimus to go against my Iron Factory Tyrant.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 4:11 pm

Decepticon Stryker wrote:I might pick this up cause I'm a sucker for little Transformers and it's been hard finding a good Legends-ish Optimus to go against my Iron Factory Tyrant.

It will be just perfect for this match-up. And 75$US is perfectly reasonable, especially if you are American.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 6:30 pm

I forgot I had the orig Hybrid Optimus figure, havent seen it in a looong while so I'm guessing it's in storage with my G1 stuff. Thought this listing might have been an early April fools rather than a real thing.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:50 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.

Did HasTak give a reason for this? It's not like they ran out of Primes to repaint. :lol:

It would have been nice to get 12 of them.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 9:53 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.
Did HasTak give a reason for this?

Not to my awareness.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 10:25 pm

I was always kinda disappointed that the Year of the Rooster was the last one, because the Year of the dog, which is my Chinese zodiac sign, would have been next.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 4:31 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.
Did HasTak give a reason for this? It's not like they ran out of Primes to repaint.

It would have been nice to get 12 of them.

They don't have to give a official reason. Platinums were always hard to sell and the last ones are still clogging some store shelves two freaking YEARS later. So it's no wonder they pulled the plug from this unprofitable line.

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:13 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.
Did HasTak give a reason for this? It's not like they ran out of Primes to repaint.

It would have been nice to get 12 of them.

They don't have to give a official reason. Platinums were always hard to sell and the last ones are still clogging some store shelves two freaking YEARS later. So it's no wonder they pulled the plug from this unprofitable line.

So can't they just make the figure in a smaller quantity? Look at the average sales for the previous figures and go by that.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 7:47 am

Rodimus Prime wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Rodimus Prime wrote:Was C**k Prime the last of these released? I don't remember seeing a Dog Prime or a Pig Prime anywhere...
Nothing came after Rooster Prime, yes.
Did HasTak give a reason for this? It's not like they ran out of Primes to repaint.

It would have been nice to get 12 of them.

They don't have to give a official reason. Platinums were always hard to sell and the last ones are still clogging some store shelves two freaking YEARS later. So it's no wonder they pulled the plug from this unprofitable line.
So can't they just make the figure in a smaller quantity? Look at the average sales for the previous figures and go by that.

Entirely possible a piece like this and that last Unicron repaint before it were already close to the "minimum" run of what was at one point rumored to be ~10,000 pieces.

I'm ok with them stopping. Already skipped year of the sheep as they went.

News Credits: 7 · by **Zeedust** » Mon Apr 01, 2019 5:15 pm

ScottyP wrote:I'm ok with them stopping. Already skipped year of the sheep as they went.

They actually did that one, but they referred to it as "Year of the Goat", which is apparently an alternate name for the sign.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 2:49 pm

Zeedust wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I'm ok with them stopping. Already skipped year of the sheep as they went.

They actually did that one, but they referred to it as "Year of the Goat", which is apparently an alternate name for the sign.

It is, due to them sharing a character:

羊: Sheep
山羊: Goat (lit. "mountain sheep")

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 7:12 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Zeedust wrote:
ScottyP wrote:I'm ok with them stopping. Already skipped year of the sheep as they went.

They actually did that one, but they referred to it as "Year of the Goat", which is apparently an alternate name for the sign.

It is, due to them sharing a character:

羊: Sheep
山羊: Goat (lit. "mountain sheep")

Comes to show how much older the chinese language is to western taxonomy.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Apr 03, 2019 11:39 pm

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Apr 04, 2019 7:17 am

I always thought Soundwave was the Greatest of All Time... :-s

I am severely tempted by Rooster Cogburn err Optimus. However, I believe there is some resistance to get him because of the alt mode. Bot looks fantastic, especially in such a small package, but I think the truck looks worse than Generations Deluxe Prime (that came with G2 megs way back when...)