The Energon Pub

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat Lockdown!
Man, I LOVE it! I already own Animated Stealth Lockdown and I think this is a fantastic mold. I'll keep an eye open for Amiami's pre-orders on that one. If it sell at normal Takara TAV deluxe price, I'm buying!

Sorry to burst your bubble but it was confirmed a while back that Takara Tomy will be releasing this at a higher price range than a deluxe figure. The cheapest pre-order is already sold out.

The official price since then has gone up a little bit (now 3,780 yen) so Amiami will probably be 30% off that when it comes out. So in between voyager and deluxe prices.

Too bad. So, I'll pass I guess. If it's a repaint/remold of a mold I already have , I must buy it as cheaply as possible. Budjet and mostly, SPACE restrictions...

-Kanrabat- wrote:Too bad. So, I'll pass I guess. If it's a repaint/remold of a mold I already have , I must buy it as cheaply as possible. Budjet and mostly, SPACE restrictions...

I am passing too. But I do hold out hope for something similar to what we recently found with the older Transformers Go! toys in about a year and a half.

Also I am guessing Space restirctions is why you arent dead set on getting all of this year's combiners right?

Rated X wrote:
By then Bad Cube and that other company will have released their MP Insecticons.

Also, for the Hasbro versions, Shrapnel was released under Thrilling 30 and Bombshell was released under Combiner Wars. And you got two totally different shades of purple which really ruin the G1 team look in my opinion. Or if you go Takara, you get stuck with a grey Bombshell and those ugly RID faction circles. So even if they do a Kickback, having a perfect trio was already screwed from day one.

First of all not everyone is fortunate enough to buy third party figures hell I'm not even allowed to buy anything from the internet at all despite the fact that I'm 17 and am old enough to make those choices myself.


My Mother wont pay online either even if I give her money from my job to do so she distrusts buying things from the internet unless its furniture from Sears.



Second: Not everyone wants third party figures or Masterpiece figures (including myself)



Third: You can peel the damn stickers off you don't need to complain



Lastly: Do you complain for the sake of complaining cause that's all I see you do?

shajaki wrote:

Rated X wrote:Lockdown is whatever. Should have used the ROTF mold.

That needed repeating?

Don't forget that these still have to fit the aesthetic of the Adventure series. Animated figures work well, Generations figures fit well enough, but no way any movie molds would be convincing.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat Lockdown!
Man, I LOVE it! I already own Animated Stealth Lockdown and I think this is a fantastic mold. I'll keep an eye open for Amiami's pre-orders on that one. If it sell at normal Takara TAV deluxe price, I'm buying!

Sorry to burst your bubble but it was confirmed a while back that Takara Tomy will be releasing this at a higher price range than a deluxe figure. The cheapest pre-order is already sold out.

The official price since then has gone up a little bit (now 3,780 yen) so Amiami will probably be 30% off that when it comes out. So in between voyager and deluxe prices.

The price is still 3,500JPY, the 3,780JPY is with Japan's 8% sales tax. Most manufacturers list the total price on their sites because Japanese buyers are going to have to pay it regardless (sort of like how gas, at least in the USA, has tax included). Web shops aren't required to include the sales tax and most don't collect it on purchases made outside of Japan (us).

Emerje

I agree, these Takara Insecticons are wonderful: cartoon accurate and color coordinating decos! Win win! But, yes, the RID mobile game QR code stickers have to go, but that's not a reason to pass these up. Don't people realize that replacement faction stickers are pretty easy to come by?

Also, I assume since Shrapnel and Bombshell have gotten some kind of a "Aligned Universe" bio along with Lockdown that the rest of the Generations Legends figures appearing in this line will similarly represent new Aligned versions of these characters, despite mostly looking like G1-styled "Classics" updates.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Rated X wrote:
By then Bad Cube and that other company will have released their MP Insecticons.

Also, for the Hasbro versions, Shrapnel was released under Thrilling 30 and Bombshell was released under Combiner Wars. And you got two totally different shades of purple which really ruin the G1 team look in my opinion. Or if you go Takara, you get stuck with a grey Bombshell and those ugly RID faction circles. So even if they do a Kickback, having a perfect trio was already screwed from day one.

First of all not everyone is fortunate enough to buy third party figures hell I'm not even allowed to buy anything from the internet at all despite the fact that I'm 17 and am old enough to make those choices myself.


My Mother wont pay online either even if I give her money from my job to do so she distrusts buying things from the internet unless its furniture from Sears.



Second: Not everyone wants third party figures or Masterpiece figures (including myself)



Third: You can peel the damn stickers off you don't need to complain



Lastly: Do you complain for the sake of complaining cause that's all I see you do?

Yup. That's X alright. Anything otherwise would be "unnatural"

william-james88 wrote:Here's another picture of Lockdown along with the robot modes of Bombshell and Shrapnel.

Instant buy!

At amiami already!FIGURE-009959-and FIGURE-009960

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

TAV 16-17 Late May 2015.At discounted Y 980 each.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

First of all not everyone is fortunate enough to buy third party figures hell I'm not even allowed to buy anything from the internet at all despite the fact that I'm 17 and am old enough to make those choices myself.

Sorry to hear that. But doesnt that mean that you cant get these either then? Unless you live in Japan, of course, or have access to a specialty store (but those might have third party toys as well, no?).

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:First of all not everyone is fortunate enough to buy third party figures hell I'm not even allowed to buy anything from the internet at all despite the fact that I'm 17 and am old enough to make those choices myself.


My Mother wont pay online either even if I give her money from my job to do so she distrusts buying things from the internet unless its furniture from Sears.

Only one more year to go, kid. Then, you can register to Paypal and link a bank account to it. This will finally give you total freedom!

Friendly word of advice: Be very, VERY wary of credit cards. These will dig you a hole faster than you can blink! Trust me. I speak from experience...

william-james88 wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

First of all not everyone is fortunate enough to buy third party figures hell I'm not even allowed to buy anything from the internet at all despite the fact that I'm 17 and am old enough to make those choices myself.

Sorry to hear that. But doesnt that mean that you cant get these either then? Unless you live in Japan, of course, or have access to a specialty store (but those might have third party toys as well, no?).

Yeah I can't get anything from Japan the only opportunity I have had was the following two things.




1: The Calgary comic convention which by the way Peter Cullen was at this years and I was surprised since it wasn't reported on this site although the price to meet him was atrocious so I sadly never got to meet him although I have met Tony Todd when I was younger a few years ago.



2: Second hand stores since most people dump their unwanted items there the best thing I got so far was a RID Scourge without the sword and a broken missile pump.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Sorry to hear that. But doesnt that mean that you cant get these either then? Unless you live in Japan, of course, or have access to a specialty store (but those might have third party toys as well, no?).

1: The Calgary comic convention which by the way Peter Cullen was at this years and I was surprised since it wasn't reported on this site although the price to meet him was atrocious so I sadly never got to meet him although I have met Tony Todd when I was younger a few years ago.

2: Second hand stores since most people dump their unwanted items there the best thing I got so far was a RID Scourge without the sword and a broken missile pump.

That RID Scourge is a pretty amazing find, good job! Did it come with his trailer? (I dont even know if the toy originally came with a trailer). But you wont find japan exclusive stuff in those second hand shops though. I still like going to those though, they are a lot of fun. Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

I actually started a thread about my visits to those shops here. I hope I find some fun stuff to share soon.

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

You have my attention.

Could that be the volcano base that came with the frog?

william-james88 wrote:
That RID Scourge is a pretty amazing find, good job! Did it come with his trailer? (I dont even know if the toy originally came with a trailer). But you wont find japan exclusive stuff in those second hand shops though. I still like going to those though, they are a lot of fun. Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

I actually started a thread about my visits to those shops here. I hope I find some fun stuff to share soon.

Yup Scourge came with the trailer and the missles although the cord for the pump that makes the missile fire was cut so not perfect condition but its still in great shape.





Same store also had G1 Rewind (pretty much perfect), Bombshell (The paint is scratched but pliability is great for its age) and a broken G1 Kickback so I bought those too.


Edit: thanks for the link its interesting to see what you have found and I'm also happy to see Bionicle in there as well (Bionicle was my childhood before Transformers)

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

You have my attention.

Could that be the volcany base that came with the frog?

That was regular Beast Wars instead of BWNeo.

This is what I was talking about. Its actually Beast Wars II, not Beast Wars Neo. But it still stands that no one else has this thing (or wants it). I wrote this in the toy haul thread:

I cam across this today at a similar thrift store:





And those spaceships were in the hidden compartment (please dont cry).

I guess this thing is not rare at all in the end (in Quebec).

For those who don't know, its the Beast Wars II Maximal base by Blue Box (officially licensed from takara).

Cobotron, if you thought Kanrabat finding this was crazy, 2 people finding it within 30 days is even more insane.

Notice how the two ships hidden inside are the Maximal and Predacon ships that crash landed.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

You have my attention.

Could that be the volcany base that came with the frog?

That was regular Beast Wars instead of BWNeo.

The only playset I can think of in Neo is the unreleased Unicron.

At wj88, anychance to confirm, is it Beastwars II or Neo?

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

You have my attention.

Could that be the volcany base that came with the frog?

That was regular Beast Wars instead of BWNeo.

The only playset I can think of in Neo is the unreleased Unicron.

At wj88, anychance to confirm, is it Beastwars II or Neo?

My mistake, it was Beast Wars II. I posted it above.

william-james88 wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Kanrabat and I both found this Beast Wars Neo playset that no one else seems to own. Its so unknown that there is no demand for it though, so its not worth anything.

You have my attention.

Could that be the volcany base that came with the frog?

That was regular Beast Wars instead of BWNeo.

The only playset I can think of in Neo is the unreleased Unicron.

At wj88, anychance to confirm, is it Beastwars II or Neo?

My mistake, it was Beast Wars II. I posted it above.

Called it! Thanks for the clarification. Beast Wars Neo didn't have any playsets based on my old catalogs.

Congrats for scoring those two diamonds in the rough.

fenrir72 wrote:Instant buy!

At amiami already!FIGURE-009959-and FIGURE-009960

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

TAV 16-17 Late May 2015.At discounted Y 980 each.

Sold out in less than 2 hours. But Lockdown is still available.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Instant buy!

At amiami already!FIGURE-009959-and FIGURE-009960

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

TAV 16-17 Late May 2015.At discounted Y 980 each.

Sold out in less than 2 hours. But Lockdown is still available.

Emerje

That was frickin FAST! Managed to squeeze single orders for the two (Lockdown and BB are still soliciting)

Yeah, and HLJ sold out just as fast which is rare since they typically buy in larger volume. I know beetles are a popular thing in Japan, but I had no idea the Insecticons were this popular.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:But Lockdown is still available.

I said I was gonna pass. But DAMN YOU, Emerje, for dangling that 2600JPY carrot in front of my nose!

AAAAAaaaaaaaannnnndddddddd preordered.