JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Maybe Metalhawk?
Because the original is IMPOSSIBLE to get, even if I was a millionaire, I'd preorder that so hard!
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Maybe Metalhawk?
-Kanrabat- wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Maybe Metalhawk?
Because the original is IMPOSSIBLE to get, even if I was a millionaire, I'd preorder that so hard!
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Maybe Metalhawk?
Because the original is IMPOSSIBLE to get, even if I was a millionaire, I'd preorder that so hard!
Unfamiliar with the Japanese characters, I had to search him out on eBay. Initially I was confused as they listed him as about £44 (including postage). Which I thought was really cheap for G1. Then I saw that was for just the shell [front] (unboxed)
The immediate next listing was a MISB AFA graded one for £295 (free postage, I should think so too for that price). Which to be fair, is bloody cheap for AFA. I saw G1 Soundwave AFA for $2500 once
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AllNewSuperRobot wrote::oops: Ohh...
In my defence, I've never seen what a G1 Pretender in a box looked like.
My G1 knowledge is a fraction of my Beast Era knowhow, to be honest.
-Kanrabat- wrote:AllNewSuperRobot wrote::oops: Ohh...
In my defence, I've never seen what a G1 Pretender in a box looked like.
My G1 knowledge is a fraction of my Beast Era knowhow, to be honest.
They come in box or on cards, depending of the release.
Also, if you have taken a look at all the pictures of the listing you have shown, you'd have noticed that something was off.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:To me, G1 boxes always look off. I thought that Metalhawk was just a normal 80's release.
When I started collecting on my own in the Beast Era, everything was nice and uniform. G1 was fractured and splintered between the various lines as well as country to country variants. I have a couple friends that talk to me about G1 boxes etc and it's all very confusing.
ZeroWolf wrote:The other reason the price for Metal Hawk is do high is sadly because of what he was made of. Him and Black Zarak may have been mass produced back in the day but GPS is fatal to them.
-Kanrabat- wrote:The listing did show the content inside and you can see the unpainted parts on the unused sprue, still sealed in baggies.
Also, G1 lasted for 10 years and was released on 3 main continents. To make matter less confusing, "G1" should be split in at least 4 eras:
-- Diaclone repaints and re-releases (the true origins)
-- 1986 movie and Season 3 of the series
-- Victory Era
-- The "dying phase" that led to G2.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:
See, four eras is very confusing. But thanks for the clarification on that.
ZeroWolf wrote:Does anyone ever use G3 or G4 though if one was to use that system M, I'd feel like the number would be higher
-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:Does anyone ever use G3 or G4 though if one was to use that system M, I'd feel like the number would be higher
Looking how much the styles and engineering change so fast, I think we could call that there's a new "generation" every 3 years.
It's not just that only the initial wave of Pretenders featured in the cartoon. It's that only the initial wave of 1988 Pretenders was released in Japan at all. The concept obviously was not a big hit, despite initial high hopes (as seen from Metalhawk existing and Grand Max getting a suit). And the 1989 toys that got imported, were retooled to remove their human bits and not treated as Pretenders at all. That said, Metalhawk still has a chance.ZeroWolf wrote:They probably would, it's a matter of if the Japanese designers want to even do them. Afterall it was only the initial wave of Pretenders that featured in the cartoon (and then the pretender combiner and mega pretenders in the following years Victory anime) but if its a matter of popularity... That still leaves us with Metal Hawk.
Skritz wrote:Honestly I'd like to see them attempt Pretenders proper with CHUG before ever even trying with Masterpiece. Not that MP will ever go as far as to make Pretenders because those are bottom of the barrel, with only a few fans of Masterforce and weirdoes-who-like-obscure-characters like me who genuinely like their design. I think they'd better off doing their inner robot at about the scale of a micro or battle master with a deluxe or voyager articulate shell.
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