Autobot032 wrote:That's incredibly hilarious.
All these people complaining about the US version and scrambling to get the Japanese version...ridiculous.
Other than the nosecone, the Decepticon symbol on the nose, and the body weathering removed...there's no reason to spend that kind of dough on something that's sitting at your local Wal-Mart (or soon will be) for $48.88 compared to $99.99+
I'm sorry, but that's friggin' ridiculous and a bad joke.
1.) You can remove the weathering with rubbing alcohol and a paper towel.
2.) You can paint the nosecone black, if you must.
3.) You can put a Decepticon symbol on the nosecone via Reprolabels.
So, let's add that up for a second...
Rubbing Alcohol: $.75 (max)
Black Paint: $1.75 (Wal-Mart, might even be less)
Reprolabels: $5-7.00 shipped
Masterpiece Starscream: $48.88
Total: $58.38
Or...you can pay Takara to do all of it and they'll charge you a cool $99.99
Yeah...that makes a lot, lot, lot of sense.
skywarp-2 wrote:Sooooo the only difference that we get is that the nose cone is black, the scoring marks on the back of the jet are gone... but everything else is pretty much the same...
and you have to pay double for it??
I'm sticking to the Wal-Mart version, which with a little patience I know will soon show up...
Autobot032 wrote:Oh and one more thing folks...
There's no guarantee that he'll have different packaging just because he's being released in the Japanese market.
1.) Armada Red Thrust (US packaging, Toys Dream sticker slapped on)
2.) Movie figures (US packaging, Japanese TF logo sticker applied somewhere. Only difference are the F.A.B.s they have their own packaging that differs from the rest.)
So, you'll most likely end up with the same packaging, and the same figure, minus some paint changes.
Again, I ask...why spend more when you can do it all at home, for a little over half of what this one will cost you?
And you can have it now! Not next year, but now!
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