william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Not when Taobao is a C2C site rather than a B2C site. It's like if some Joe Shmoe were to have put up those same listings on eBay, and we'd certainly know better than to view something like that as truth.
Thanks for clearing that up, I thought it was a legit retail site.
It's legit, but it's like Amazon in that anyone can sell anything on there so if a seller hears a rumor and wants to get the jump on others incase they're real they list them.
There are a few problems with the listing that I posted here, but I'll summarize:
- Price - They list them at 8,400jpy when until the highest price of cars have been about 7,000jpy. Maybe a bigger figure like Ironhide would cost that, but not Tracks and Road Rage.
- Release order - Takara Tomy now staggers similar molds. Wheeljack -> Bumblebee -> Exhaust -> G2 Bumblebee.
- Numbers - Even when Takara Tomy does announce figures they don't always announce their number until later in production. It's not normal to give them numbers this early.
- Fembot - Road Rage might work as an exclusive repaint, but as a Masterpiece she'll look mighty funny in a masculine body. This isn't Binaltech. And really, Road Rage before Arcee? I don't know about that.
Now, that's not to say we won't get Tracks and Ironhide, but the listing has too many issues.
Emerje