The Energon Pub

So I was just browsing Robot Kingdom, having just missed the Bulkhead sale (crying) and noticed that they have a lot more information than Big Bad Toy Store on the new Arms Microns Listings! First off, the first six (AMW-01 to AMW-06) have been given names. Specifically, the japanese names. Through just a bit of research, I was able to find the translations for each name. Here are the listings with translations. Also, Robotkingdom.com sells them for $3.99 versus the Bigbadtoystore.com price of $7.99!

Takara TF Prime AMW-01 Arms Micron Combine Sword A
(O.P. Optimus Prime's Micron {?})
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

Takara TF Prime AMW-02 Arms Micron Combine Sword B
(B.2 Bumblebee's Micron {?})
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

Takara TF Prime AMW-03 Arms Micron Combine Sword C
(R.A. - Ratchet's Micron {?})
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

Takara TF Prime AMW-04 Arms Micron Shieru
(C.L. - Cliffjumper's Micron)
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

Takara TF Prime AMW-05 Arms Micron Baro
(Bulo - Skywarp's Micron)
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

Takara TF Prime AMW-06 Arms Micron Tsuda 2
(Gora - Deluxe Megatron's Micron)
http://robotkingdom.com/services/eshop/ ... s&CatID=91

I placed question marks on the first three, since I don't know which order they placed the members of the "Combine Sword" (Star Saber) in their listings. Also, these are listed for a release date of "28 July 2012

There were listings for A LOT of other Microns as well, but there were less details on them:

Takara TF Prime AMW-07 Arms Micron Combine Shield A
Takara TF Prime AMW-08 Arms Micron Combine Shield B
Takara TF Prime AMW-09 Arms Micron Combine Shield C
Takara TF Prime AMW-10 Arms Micron G
Takara TF Prime AMW-11 Arms Micron H
Takara TF Prime AMW-12 Arms Micron I

How come they are so much cheaper then Bigbadtoystore.com? Even the difference in shipping is insignificant with these prices.

It's around $65.00 if you buy all 12 from Robotkingdom.com (including average shipping) and just over $100.00 from Bigbadtoystore for the same items!

So what you're saying is that I can buy figures at the cheaper US price but still get the Microns for those characters and it comes out cheaper than the import price on the TT versions?

Sold!

Midnight_Fox wrote:So what you're saying is that I can buy figures at the cheaper US price but still get the Microns for those characters and it comes out cheaper than the import price on the TT versions?

Sold!

Yeah, but then you miss out on the horrendous 5mm ports molded into the figures, and the bland unpainted designs that rely on Stickers for the majority of color.



Wait...

thanks for the info. saw these listings around the web, but didn't want to spend the cash without any info on what was what. Going to treat myself to a fair few come pay-day I think.

there are more possibilities than simply getting the microns without having to get the import figures, it also opens up opportunities for dual weilding, and custom weapon sets like takara showed off on thier youtube channel this morning