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If you have Million Publishing's exclusive United Stepper with Nightstick on pre-order the wait is almost over. According to Million Publishing's new blog the figure will start shipping December 27th.

It's BEAUTIFUL!

Sabrblade wrote:It's BEAUTIFUL!

Agreed...I can't wait for this thing to go on clearance!

Kibble wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:It's BEAUTIFUL!

Agreed...I can't wait for this thing to go on clearance!

You and me both. I'm also waiting on the G1 reissue to go down, again.

...waiting for the price drop...

...go on clearance...

It's not gonna happen, guys. These had to be pre-ordered months and months in advance, so they're made-to-order, thus avoiding overstock and the need to reduce the price. Plus, you needed to remove the postcard from the book in order to place your order, and only two orders could be placed per card, thus anyone stocking up on these would have to buy multiple books as well, further pushing up the cost...

If you want to add this holy grail to your collection -- and what self-respecting collector wouldn't? -- then suck it up and pay BBTS prices (while you still can!), or check eBay around New Year's... you might be able to score one *slightly* cheaper.

These will only go up in price. The gold-plated ones always do!

tekering wrote:These will only go up in price. The gold-plated ones always do!

Gold has nothing to do with it. Look at Henkei Strafe. Nose dived like a boss.

tekering wrote:It's not gonna happen, guys. These had to be pre-ordered months and months in advance, so they're made-to-order, thus avoiding overstock and the need to reduce the price. Plus, you needed to remove the postcard from the book in order to place your order, and only two orders could be placed per card, thus anyone stocking up on these would have to buy multiple books as well, further pushing up the cost...

If you want to add this holy grail to your collection -- and what self-respecting collector wouldn't? -- then suck it up and pay BBTS prices (while you still can!), or check eBay around New Year's... you might be able to score one *slightly* cheaper.

These will only go up in price. The gold-plated ones always do!

Previous figures of similar exclusivity would beg to differ with your assessment...not to mention the large quantity still available for pre-order, whose numbers just so happen to be increasing over the past few weeks.

I also cancelled my preorder.

With 300+ "in stock" for preorder at BBTS I think I'll wait it out.

If I miss it, that will be a shame, but the buy in price is just too rich for me at the moment.

There is just too much other cool stuff at the moment.

Oh hell yes can't wait to get mine come on united repaint inferno into steppers partner (Can't remember the name)

tekering wrote:

...waiting for the price drop...

...go on clearance...

It's not gonna happen, guys. These had to be pre-ordered months and months in advance, so they're made-to-order, thus avoiding overstock and the need to reduce the price. Plus, you needed to remove the postcard from the book in order to place your order, and only two orders could be placed per card, thus anyone stocking up on these would have to buy multiple books as well, further pushing up the cost...

If you want to add this holy grail to your collection -- and what self-respecting collector wouldn't? -- then suck it up and pay BBTS prices (while you still can!), or check eBay around New Year's... you might be able to score one *slightly* cheaper.

These will only go up in price. The gold-plated ones always do!

I assume you read Japanese to know this ???

Well if you are indeed right, this will open up another great opportunity for CHMS.

They could make great use of the Jazz mold:

1. Stepper
2. G2 Jazz
3. Dead End

Rodimus Minor wrote:Oh hell yes can't wait to get mine come on united repaint inferno into steppers partner (Can't remember the name)

Artfire with that PCC Pinpoint repaint sounds nice, but probably ain't gonna happen.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rodimus Minor wrote:Oh hell yes can't wait to get mine come on united repaint inferno into steppers partner (Can't remember the name)

Artfire with that PCC Pinpoint repaint sounds nice, but probably ain't gonna happen.

Yeah, they said they have no plans to make Artfire and Nightstick. Guido Guidi said that he just made up that design for them on his own, using those existing toy molds as inspiration.

Ill just wait for KOTOYS to pop this baby up n hopefully artfire

JERRYUS PRIME wrote:Ill just wait for KOTOYS to pop this baby up n hopefully artfire

Unfortunatally KO toys has been banned from selling anything that comes from a KOed Hasbro mold. Hasbro used a low blow by crying to the internet server. However the CHMS factory is doing great and preparing to release another run of figures from the Sideswipe mold. There are other places to get CHMS stuff so it's all good. Dont be suprised if CHMS brings out Stepper next.

Rated X wrote:Dont be suprised if CHMS brings out Stepper next.

Now if only there was some way of going after the factories...

LOST Cybertronian wrote:

Rated X wrote:Dont be suprised if CHMS brings out Stepper next.

Now if only there was some way of going after the factories...

Why in the blue hell would you want to do that ????

CHMS:






Hasbro:



I would rather shut down Hasbro and have Botcon contract CHMS to make the convention sets every year.

CHMS: The Peoples Champ.

Rated X wrote:I would rather shut down Hasbro and have Botcon contract CHMS to make the convention sets every year.

CHMS: The Peoples Champ.

Why would you want to do that?
CHMS would have less toy designs to steel then.

Hasbro usually takes opportunities to re-deco a mold. I'm hanging on to a small amount of hope that we get an American release, or at least FunPub taking a swing at it. If it comes down in price though I'll bite.

Dead Metal wrote:

Rated X wrote:I would rather shut down Hasbro and have Botcon contract CHMS to make the convention sets every year.

CHMS: The Peoples Champ.

Why would you want to do that?
CHMS would have less toy designs to steel then.

You got a good point. But actually they need each other. CHMS needs the molds. Hasbro needs someone to knock out all the repaints they will never do because little kids wont buy them. CHMS doesnt hurt Hasbro's profits. CHMS only KO's figures that are either no longer available through retail or never were. CHMS doesnt KO figures that Hasbro is currently selling. The only people who's profits get hurt by CHMS are e-bay dealers. And that helps us collectors because it forces them to bring down their outrageous prices if you prefer the original.

Rated X wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Rated X wrote:I would rather shut down Hasbro and have Botcon contract CHMS to make the convention sets every year.

CHMS: The Peoples Champ.

Why would you want to do that?
CHMS would have less toy designs to steel then.

You got a good point. But actually they need each other. CHMS needs the molds. Hasbro needs someone to knock out all the repaints they will never do because little kids wont buy them. CHMS doesnt hurt Hasbro's profits. CHMS only KO's figures that are either no longer available through retail or never were. CHMS doesnt KO figures that Hasbro is currently selling. The only people who's profits get hurt by CHMS are e-bay dealers. And that helps us collectors because it forces them to bring down their outrageous prices if you prefer the original.

That's the only good thing out of being a cheap copy cat. Hasbro does all the Research & Development, and CHMS gets all the dough and credit from merely copying Hasbro's homework. Can we please stop talking about that now, I feel so dirty having spoken my mind and further derailing the thread.

I like dirty talk

fenrir72 wrote:I like dirty talk

I was thinking, somebody had to say it.

fenrir72 wrote:I like dirty talk

I like dirty talk about Stepper, that sexy black, white, gold son of a ...
Aaaaaaaaand we're back on topic, kinda.

I'm pretty excited for this one still. I want Artfire too, and Hauler.

Flux Convoy wrote:I'm pretty excited for this one still. I want Artfire too, and Hauler.

I wonder if Hauler will be a Botcon figure this year.