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:Y'all remember that BotCon 2000 Apelinq I mention a local collectibles store having awhile back?
I got 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.'
Sabrblade wrote:Y'all remember that BotCon 2000 Apelinq I mention a local collectibles store having awhile back?
I got it.
Sabrblade wrote:Y'all remember that BotCon 2000 Apelinq I mention a local collectibles store having awhile back?
I got it.
He and Apelinq were limited to 1200 pieces.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:RE: Botcon 2000 Shokaract and Apelinq, concerning their pricing today. A line from the Wiki:He and Apelinq were limited to 1200 pieces.
To me that reads 'Expensive'. I saw one Apelinq on sale for about $280.
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The pricing and availability of Botcon stuff is just insane. At one point, I was interested in collecting the mold variants of Car Robots Gigatron. The White "Galvatron" redeco isn't really an issue, relatively easy to source. The cost for BC '05 Deathsaurus and BC '16 Megatron made it not worthwhile.
Yeah, I got my CR Baldigus giftset last year (replacing my old stolen one) mint in box for a mere $100, one-fifth the cost I paid for Apelinq earlier this week. Vintage Car Robots are nothing compared to pre-2002 3H BotCon exclusives nowadays, mainly since Car Robots was mass retail on both sides of the Atlantic.o.supreme wrote:Just Curious, because I actually attended Botcon 2000. How much did Apelinq set you back? (you can PM if that is best). I prepaid for both Apelinq and Shokaract, got them at the door, and probably didn't have them for more than an hour or so. I was super excited for all things Car Robots at the time (the return to Vehicles was amazing to me, and I had no idea the show was going to receive a dub via Fox Kids). I was able to get 2 bootleg VHS of the first 8 episodes obviously in raw Japanese. Also I straight up traded Apelinq and Shockaract for JRX and Baldigus (The latter of which had Just been released). I have no regrets, and would probably do it again, although I'm sure MISB Botcon exclusives are worth more now almost 21 years later than Car Robots MISB. But different strokes for different folks and all that...
Man, that would have been a steal! I'd love to have found one for that price.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I saw one Apelinq on sale for about $280.
Here you go.o.supreme wrote:I may just be looking in the wrong place, but after 2001, I'm not sure if there are solid numbers of the # of produced toys for each Botcon, other than the Golden Ticket Flash Sentry from Botcon 2016 which was limited to 100.
Yeah, I was able to get that Megatron when I was at BotCon 2016, but then when it was among the ones that were later stolen from me, I was lucky to have tracked down who it had been sold to and got it back. Phew! I did not wanna have to go through eBay to recover it.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:The pricing and availability of Botcon stuff is just insane. At one point, I was interested in collecting the mold variants of Car Robots Gigatron. The White "Galvatron" redeco isn't really an issue, relatively easy to source. The cost for BC '05 Deathsaurus and BC '16 Megatron made it not worthwhile.
You can thank Hasbro for that one. They're the ones who told Fun Pub to use CW molds that year since they wanted Fun Pub's exclusive to better reflect what was being sold at mass retail at the time, for greater brand consistency.o.supreme wrote:Yeah BC 16, not only being the last Botcon, but heavily CW themed has been rough.
Test shot versions of Flash Sentry have been for sale at the previous three RoboCons (not counting last year since it was virtual), and didn't sell out last I recall. Maybe there'll be more later at this year's convention, if you wanna check it out.o.supreme wrote:Flash Sentry is a pipe dream, but It's on my list,
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.'
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Every time I see CR Galvatron pop up on eBay, Transformerland etc I really have to resist the urge to buy him. He does look really good in the white deco. The problem is if I buy him, then I will have to track down BC '16 Megs and especially BC'05 Deathsaurus. Who only comes in a boxset called: Descent into Evil. The "cheapest" one I found was $500...
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.'
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.'
At the time, fans in the West were begging for Kenner, Hasbro, anybody to bring the elusive Metals Jaguar mold over to the US, so 3H fulfilled their request by using it for Transmetal Tigatron. Doing so also helped to distinguish Tigatron from Transmetal Cheetor, as Tigatron would have otherwise been a straight redeco of the Cheetor mold (this was in the days before head retools were really a thing).AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I never understood the logic of the Cat Head for TM Tigatron. Obviously it made sense as the basis for the Ravage design (nice pun, BTW Sabr!). But aesthetically, TM Tigatron would have been much as he was before IE a bigger TM Cheetor. His Fang Blaster would have looked a lot cooler than Cheetor's too.
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:That's more morphing than a Beast Machines Maximal!
Would've had the G1 theme song play too (dunno which version, though), but copyright issues prevented it.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Sabrblade wrote:That's more morphing than a Beast Machines Maximal!
I like how both the original transformation sound effect and Mass Displacement made a return in this scene
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.'
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