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william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.
william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.
Seibertron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.
Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.
In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43
Seibertron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.
Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.
In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43
william-james88 wrote:Seibertron wrote:william-james88 wrote:Fenrir, please quit it with the misinformation. as many said, only amiami has a full price of 27000 yen because they charge tax upfront for everyone.
As your photos proved, everybody else shows a full msrp of 25000 yen, which is the official price confirmed by Takara.
Does it really matter what they're showing as the "original" price? Isn't it all about what the end price is? It seems that AmiAmi, at least for us importers in the US, has the least inexpensive price.
In AmiAmi's defense, Amazon.co.jp also shows the 27,000 price: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B06XCRLR15/ ... words=lg43
Now I wonder if Amazon also charges taxes upfront in the listing.
But you are right, its the final price that matters and Amiami is not the cheapest. Anime Export has it beat by quite a bit. Instead of the amiami 19,590 JPY, anime export offer him for 17500 yen since they are applying their discount on the MSRP not including taxes: http://www.anime-export.com/product/35111
So you are saving 2000 yen by going with Anime Export.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!
Well, none of the other new Headmasters (save for Leo Prime) got explanations for why they all look the way they do. Blurr looks like Chromedome in Blurr colors, Astrotrain has a mouthplate, Megatron and Twincast and Soundblaster look like mini-mes of their previous larger bodies while no one else does, and Scourge and the Sweeps have the same body-type (minus their head) as Highbrow.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
In the 20th century of the G1 world, Galvatron leads the new Decepticon weapon, Trypticon, into battle with Metroplex. Trypticon bites into his enemy, ripping out his transformation cog, and Metroplex counters with an antimatter projector beam that destroys Trypticon and Galvatron at the cost of damaging his own body. From the wreckage, the Decepticons recover Trypticon's "black box", Full-Tilt, who contains backup data of Trypticon's life functions that will allow them to recreate the cityformer.
In 2010, the Constructicons rebuild a human city into a new Trypticon, with Full-Tilt completing the resurrection by interfacing with the beast to upload his data. Trypticon goes on to battle the Autobots on Earth until he's brought down by Swerve and Tailgate in 2015, though Full-Tilt is again recovered and fully integrated into Trypticon's third, smaller body. While fighting as one of Violen Jiger's Nine Great Demon Generals, Trypticon ends up obliterated by Dai Atlas, but the Race Track Patrol is able to find Full-Tilt's personality component among the wreckage and brings it to the Metrosquad. Metrobomb has the component modified to give it its own robot mode, restoring Full-Tilt in a diminutive body until such a time he can be used to rebuild Trypticon again.
Meanwhile in the Legends Universe, Weirdwolf concludes that his faction needs Trypticon to counter Metroplex, being unable to rebel against Megatron and exact Scorponok's will as long as Megatron is in control of a cityformer of his own. He recruits fugitive Tarantulas and pressures him into contributing his robotics skills in exchange for shelter, then summons Full-Tilt to the Legends world. A Decepticon civil war is near...
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:So no explanation is given on why Full-Tilt resembles Wipe-Out, or even Tailgate? Plot hole!
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.
fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.
At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:FWIW, this time the little Headmaster dude is Full-Tilt himself proper, rather than Hasbro's all new Titan Master character Necro.
At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?
Never: in fact he was stomped on in his first of only 2 appearances.
The Legends comics that focused on Swerve and Tailgate featured a story with them two, their Microns, and Legends-world Rattrap (displaced to the cartoon universe via his dreaming while sleeping) all teaming up to fight Trypticon in the year 2015. Apparently, this new comic shows that Trypticon was destroyed in that conflict when the comics that detailed it only showed Trypticon to just be incapacitated but not outright destroyed.fenrir72 wrote:At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?
Rattrap is jealous of how everyone else at his job is bigger and stronger than him. One night he dreams of appearing in the middle of Swerve and Tailgate's battle against the giant Trypticon, which ends poorly as Tailgate is just kicked aside and Swerve is stomped into the ground (but left mostly unharmed). As Tailgate plucks his buddy out using Groundshaker, Rattrap asks the duo why they'd take on such an enemy so much larger than they are, but Swerve just grins and retorts that size has nothing to do with it: as long as you've got guts and smarts, you can win against anyone! The two then introduce Rattrap to their Mini-Con partners, Phaser and Groundshaker, who are just as small as Rattrap but still valued members of the team. As the Autobots leave, an uplifted Rattrap cheers them on and promises he'll work hard too, causing him to mumble encouragingly in his sleep next to his Swerve and Tailgate toys.
In Rattrap's dream, he meets Swerve. Rattrap notes that he made barely any appearances in the original cartoon, but Swerve doesn't mind being noticed or not, preferring to focus on his work, which causes an easily impressed Rattrap to call him cool. Swerve is then asked why his name was "Werve" (ウェーブ) in 2010 instead of Swerve (スワーブ). Swerve again brushes off the question, saying that you can call him whatever you want, baby. Rattrap is again impressed.
The topic moves on to Swerve's bad marksmanship, to which Phaser reveals that he transforms into My First Blaster to aid his partner. The two demonstrate the First Blaster in battle with Trypticon, with all of the assorted sound effects. Rattrap says that the sound effects would just help the enemy know when to move out of the way, a revelation which alarms Phaser.
Still in Rattrap's dream, Tailgate introduces himself and his partner, Groundshaker. It is explained that Micro Transformers came to Earth in the 1980s in search of Optimus Prime and the Matrix. Due to a dimensional shockwave, they evolved and became Micromasters, able to transform and combine. Later in the war, most of the Micro Transformers fell under the command of Hot Rod, who led them in creating the planet Micro.
Further, a Micron is a Micro Transformer with the ability to transform into another mode and provide their larger partners with a power up. Rattrap asks Tailgate if he could be a Micron as well, since he is also small. This proves to be strangely successful, as he incapacitates Trypticon with his ribbon bomb.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:The Legends comics that focused on Swerve and Tailgate featured a story with them two, their Microns, and Legends-world Rattrap (displaced to the cartoon universe via his dreaming while sleeping) all teaming up to fight Trypticon in the year 2015. Apparently, this new comic shows that Trypticon was destroyed in that conflict when the comics that detailed it only showed Trypticon to just be incapacitated but not outright destroyed.fenrir72 wrote:At what point of the JP continuity did Swerve knock down Dinoser II?
Here are the comics in question (click on each image for full size):Rattrap is jealous of how everyone else at his job is bigger and stronger than him. One night he dreams of appearing in the middle of Swerve and Tailgate's battle against the giant Trypticon, which ends poorly as Tailgate is just kicked aside and Swerve is stomped into the ground (but left mostly unharmed). As Tailgate plucks his buddy out using Groundshaker, Rattrap asks the duo why they'd take on such an enemy so much larger than they are, but Swerve just grins and retorts that size has nothing to do with it: as long as you've got guts and smarts, you can win against anyone! The two then introduce Rattrap to their Mini-Con partners, Phaser and Groundshaker, who are just as small as Rattrap but still valued members of the team. As the Autobots leave, an uplifted Rattrap cheers them on and promises he'll work hard too, causing him to mumble encouragingly in his sleep next to his Swerve and Tailgate toys.In Rattrap's dream, he meets Swerve. Rattrap notes that he made barely any appearances in the original cartoon, but Swerve doesn't mind being noticed or not, preferring to focus on his work, which causes an easily impressed Rattrap to call him cool. Swerve is then asked why his name was "Werve" (ウェーブ) in 2010 instead of Swerve (スワーブ). Swerve again brushes off the question, saying that you can call him whatever you want, baby. Rattrap is again impressed.
The topic moves on to Swerve's bad marksmanship, to which Phaser reveals that he transforms into My First Blaster to aid his partner. The two demonstrate the First Blaster in battle with Trypticon, with all of the assorted sound effects. Rattrap says that the sound effects would just help the enemy know when to move out of the way, a revelation which alarms Phaser.Still in Rattrap's dream, Tailgate introduces himself and his partner, Groundshaker. It is explained that Micro Transformers came to Earth in the 1980s in search of Optimus Prime and the Matrix. Due to a dimensional shockwave, they evolved and became Micromasters, able to transform and combine. Later in the war, most of the Micro Transformers fell under the command of Hot Rod, who led them in creating the planet Micro.
Further, a Micron is a Micro Transformer with the ability to transform into another mode and provide their larger partners with a power up. Rattrap asks Tailgate if he could be a Micron as well, since he is also small. This proves to be strangely successful, as he incapacitates Trypticon with his ribbon bomb.
RAR wrote:Couple of questions/comments.
Isn't Trypticon to large or two heavy for SAL ? or is there a Parcel rate i'm unfamiliar with as often I've been told there is no SAL option on larger parcels when importing... I realise we are talking about Japan here but a cheaper large parcel rate for chine would be super useful for me to know about if there is one be it for china post or Japan... I was going to buy one of those giant Scorponok/Mega Zarak but could find a suitable postage option so if there is one - i'd really like to know.
Also is it being stated that individual states can charge a sales tax on imports on toys when they are zero rated item in America ?
(We are not talking about Canada now are we?)
It's after The Headmasters. This is 2015 while The Headmasters was in 2011.fenrir72 wrote:So those events should happen between TF 2010 and THM. As Dinoser made several appearances in THM, this might be just before the final episode or during the battle itself?
'cause Dinoser II never showed up in Masterforce again (back then we all assumed that he just left with the other)s.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Is his lion mode eyeless?
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.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Cobotron wrote:This figure is great! I ain't lion.![]()
Pretty amazing how some new paint and a different head can transform this toy into a whole new character.
The figure is solid and the paint is top notch. The perfect reuse of this mold.
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