Siger wrote:I think he meant $37 Euros? It's $47 USD on HLJ. Plus shipping, it'll still come out to $60.
Rated X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You mean like how that old cartoon you hold to such a high regard was?Rated X wrote: Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.
For the most part, Bumblebee and the rest of the minibots came up to Primes waist level in the cartoon. (yes I know there were some anomalies)
But that vintage toy scale where the mini bots only come up to Primes kneecaps is just stupid.
I hate the toy scale, always did, always will. While the cartoon was far from perfect, it attempted to correct a lot of things that looked bad in the toy line.
The season 1 lineup was mashed together from a bunch of different Japanese toy lines of different sizes. So tweaking the scale in the cartoon made sense. It gave it a more realistic vibe.
GuyIncognito wrote:Siger wrote:I think he meant $37 Euros? It's $47 USD on HLJ. Plus shipping, it'll still come out to $60.
HLJ isn't taking any more preorders, but it was priced at $55.60. Int'l shipping would cost at least $15, so it would be $70 shipped.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318
The only way anyone is getting this for $39 is if it's a knock-off. Even in Japan it costs more than that.
Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.
GuyIncognito wrote:Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318
I see $55.60
The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40
https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen
Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
GuyIncognito wrote:Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318
I see $55.60
The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40
https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen
Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.
Dead Metal wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318
I see $55.60
The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40
https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen
Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.
We got it at pre-order prices. HLJ, like most Japanese based retailers have "early bird" pre-order prices that are below actual retail.
Just checked, BB cost me 5,100 yen, which according to current conversion is 47.11 USD, add 18 USD for fast shipping and you get 65.11 USD. Other places have even lower early bird specials, but I used hlj because they let me pay once it's there, and over pay-pal while the others use credit cards only.
For me this is the cheapest way of getting these, local hoby stores want like 80 USD for the figure alone, plus shipping. On top of that I get it the same time it arrives at their store.
Amiami, goes even lower, Star Saber for instance is currently 32% of.
Siger wrote:GuyIncognito wrote:Siger wrote:No, if you highlight the price it's 47.26, shipping in my experience was about $12 for 1/100 Hi Nu Gundam. So Bumblebee can't be heavier than that huge box. It should come out to about $60.
http://www.hlj.com/product/TKT80318
I see $55.60
The price is 6000 Yen. At the current exchange rate, that's about $55.40
https://www.google.com/search?q=6000+yen
Regarless, the point remains the same: you can't get it for less than $40.
They sold it at 15% off.
http://www.hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?Genr ... 21&x=0&y=0
Yes the other guy's high or have memory problems.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
autobot1979 wrote:How is it possible BBB as a camaro be close of Optimus chest? The worst was Lockdown a Lambo almoost the same size of Prime?
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
LOST Cybertronian wrote:Sonavabitch, just checked my HLJ pre-orders and while I have Ultra Magnus and Star Saber pre-ordered, I must have flaked out on Bumblebee. I could have sworn I pre-ordered him.
GuyIncognito wrote:Kibble wrote:
Me either...I ordered mine from Japan for like $39 instead.
From where, and how much was shipping?
I preordered from BBTS, but if there's a cheaper option, I'd love to know.
GuyIncognito wrote:Some people are so determined to find things to complain about they don't even realize they're contradicting themselves.
Delta Magnus wrote:I'm sorry, X, but you aren't getting away with this one.Rated X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:You mean like how that old cartoon you hold to such a high regard was?Rated X wrote: Unless of course youre into that silly vintage toy scale penny racer crap. Just my opinion.
Sabrblade, you hit the nail on the head. Also, X, is EVERYTHING that doesn't conform to your extremely narrow view "silly crap"?For the most part, Bumblebee and the rest of the minibots came up to Primes waist level in the cartoon. (yes I know there were some anomalies)
SOME anomalies? The minibot's heights were completely all over the place. They NEVER stayed consistent- ever. Sometimes Bumblebee came up to Prime's chest, sometimes he came up to his knees. And whenever he transformed he seemed to go to "normal" car size (albeit with penny-racer proportions) despite being only slightly taller than a human normally. Seaspray was often depicted as the same height as Bumblebee in robot mode...and then the size of a normal hovercraft in vehicle mode. Sometimes. Warpath meanwhile seems to go from a decidedly non-Mini robot mode to a normal sized (and thus very large) tank.
But focusing on Bumblebee...
...Seen here barely bigger than a guy in a wheelchair...
...And here only somewhat larger than Ravage...
...And yet here roughly the size of an actual VW Beetle.But that vintage toy scale where the mini bots only come up to Primes kneecaps is just stupid.
You mean the scale the cartoon actually used (most of the time)?I hate the toy scale, always did, always will. While the cartoon was far from perfect, it attempted to correct a lot of things that looked bad in the toy line.
And yet whenever anyone tries to correct anything that looked bad in the cartoon (like Megatron turning into a goddamn handgun, the equivalent of Darth Vader turning into his own lightsaber for a Storm Trooper to hold) then you call it "silly crap".
By your logic, G1 is a horrible, heretical work that ruined Diaclone and Microman forever, changing Cosmo Countach's iconic red deco, giving Cherry Vanette a head instead of the COMPULSORY chair, and totally taking a dump over the source material by making them sentient robots instead of piloted mecha. G1 ruined Diaclone and Microman forever and raped thousands of Japanese children's childhoods forever.The season 1 lineup was mashed together from a bunch of different Japanese toy lines of different sizes. So tweaking the scale in the cartoon made sense. It gave it a more realistic vibe.
>G1 cartoon
>Realistic
I do not have a laughing image macro mocking enough for this.
But damnit I'm going to try.
...Ahem.
Anyways, this guy looks great. I'd actually love him for my "normal" collection as he looks pretty good next to deluxe cars. I kinda wish they gave him his penny racer proportions, but saying that, the Choro-Q look probably doensn't look quite as good at that size as it does on a penny-sized figure. Also engineering and all.
In any case, I love 'im.
MegaDump wrote:God, I hate Bumblebee. Just throwing it out there. Again.
Siger wrote:I'm not paying $70+ bucks for a barely 5 inch figure.
Correction, 4 inch figure...
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