But I was agreeing with you.Insurgent wrote:I was just going to ignore that. But no. I won't.
And I was trying to make my point build upon your point, as G1's longer run gave it a longer window of opportunity to gather up more followers than Beast Wars's shorter-by-comparison run did.Insurgent wrote:My point is, the other series have just as much dedicated fans being nostalgic over it. But G1 overrides everything, especially lately with this new design team.
You mean in points besides the two "brand anniversary"-themed years of 2009 and 2014? Cuz outside of those two years, all the Classics-style lines have been predominately themed around 1980s G1 reimaginings, WFC, FOC, or IDW G1.Insurgent wrote:Before, we got a nice mix of all series in generations. Cybertron re-releases. New BW guys. New Armada Hot shot. But now it's all G1.
Erm, I was a talking about the G1 toyline, not the media.Insurgent wrote:I really don't give a flying monkeys backside (pun intended) if G1 had twice as many years of running. What? Because they made the comics run longer, we're suppossed to ignore all other series in favour of it?
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.'
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:But I was agreeing with you.Insurgent wrote:I was just going to ignore that. But no. I won't.And I was trying to make my point build upon your point, as G1's longer run gave it a longer window of opportunity to gather up more followers than Beast Wars's shorter-by-comparison run did.Insurgent wrote:My point is, the other series have just as much dedicated fans being nostalgic over it. But G1 overrides everything, especially lately with this new design team.You mean in points besides the two "brand anniversary"-themed years of 2009 and 2014? Cuz outside of those two years, all the Classics-style lines have been predominately themed around 1980s G1 reimaginings, WFC, FOC, or IDW G1.Insurgent wrote:Before, we got a nice mix of all series in generations. Cybertron re-releases. New BW guys. New Armada Hot shot. But now it's all G1.Erm, I was a talking about the G1 toyline, not the media.Insurgent wrote:I really don't give a flying monkeys backside (pun intended) if G1 had twice as many years of running. What? Because they made the comics run longer, we're suppossed to ignore all other series in favour of it?
fenrir72 wrote: Primal looks to have sold out online wise (Japan retailers)
And from Amazon Japan, which can now, shock of all shocks, finally ship toys directly to the U.S.!!!william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote: Primal looks to have sold out online wise (Japan retailers)
How many did you check? He is still readily available at HLJ and Nippon Yassan, maybe more but those are the only ones I checked so far.
http://hlj.com/product/TKT86177
https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/16 ... -wars.html
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.'
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote: Primal looks to have sold out online wise (Japan retailers)
How many did you check? He is still readily available at HLJ and Nippon Yassan, maybe more but those are the only ones I checked so far.
http://hlj.com/product/TKT86177
https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/16 ... -wars.html
fenrir72 wrote:At hlj, a good place to search as a last resort, despite their SRP being a bit lower than hobbysearch, doesn't always sell out.......must be the name of the store that also factors in.
Sabrblade wrote:And from Amazon Japan, which can now, shock of all shocks, finally ship toys directly to the U.S.!!!
I just found out today.triKlops wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And from Amazon Japan, which can now, shock of all shocks, finally ship toys directly to the U.S.!!!
Whoa Sabr, when did this happen?
This legit across the board on imports??
If so, this opens up a lot of doors.
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.'
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:At hlj, a good place to search as a last resort, despite their SRP being a bit lower than hobbysearch, doesn't always sell out.......must be the name of the store that also factors in.
Now you've got me curious, what does HLJ's name (or repuration) have going against it? I thought they were one fo the most trusted places in Japan and have an excellent track record. They've been around for a longtime too.
william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:At hlj, a good place to search as a last resort, despite their SRP being a bit lower than hobbysearch, doesn't always sell out.......must be the name of the store that also factors in.
Now you've got me curious, what does HLJ's name (or repuration) have going against it? I thought they were one fo the most trusted places in Japan and have an excellent track record. They've been around for a longtime too.
wilcosu35 wrote:william-james88 wrote:fenrir72 wrote:At hlj, a good place to search as a last resort, despite their SRP being a bit lower than hobbysearch, doesn't always sell out.......must be the name of the store that also factors in.
Now you've got me curious, what does HLJ's name (or repuration) have going against it? I thought they were one fo the most trusted places in Japan and have an excellent track record. They've been around for a longtime too.
I don't get this either. They've also got a bad rep on Rangerboard for some reason.
I've been buying stuff from them for more than 10 years now, and i've never had any problems with them.
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Sabrblade wrote:I just found out today.triKlops wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And from Amazon Japan, which can now, shock of all shocks, finally ship toys directly to the U.S.!!!
Whoa Sabr, when did this happen?
This legit across the board on imports??
If so, this opens up a lot of doors.
2004 also had the first "modern G1" and "collector-oriented" line in Binaltech/Alternators, as well as a ton of G1 homage toy designs in the Energon toyline.Emerje wrote:About Beast Wars nostalgia, keep in mind that 20 years means that the kids watching this back then are only in their mid-20s now so they aren't quite financially established just yet. The 20th anniversary of G1 wasn't exactly stellar either, it was basically MP-01 Optimus Prime and a bunch of reissues, not much more than that. It wasn't until the following years that we started to get a true G1 celebration from things like Classics which was an accidental hit.
Didn't Hasbro say they didn't feel the need to celebrate on the actual 20th anniversary year and that 2017 would be fine? Personally I think the 25th anniversary makes more sense.
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.'
Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I just found out today.triKlops wrote:Sabrblade wrote:And from Amazon Japan, which can now, shock of all shocks, finally ship toys directly to the U.S.!!!
Whoa Sabr, when did this happen?
This legit across the board on imports??
If so, this opens up a lot of doors.
I made some posts about this months ago. Just keep in mind that it's only good on items sold directly by Amazon and their discounts aren't usually as good as the more popular exporters. Pretty sure they only ship EMS as well.
One nice thing: Being Amazon they too do the incremental price drops on some figures. MP-31 Delta Magnus had slipped down as far as 9,400JPY before settling back at its current price of 10,563JPY. The other nice thing is they don't charge tax on exports so the price is really 9,781. Shame they only seem to ship EMS. Still, even with shipping the total price is only slightly more than AmiAmi before shipping.
Emerje
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