Rated X wrote:Tsutsukakushi wrote:I don't like this one bit. It seems overly low quality & ugly. Parts of the sculpting makes it resemble those Transforming cap-formers toys.
This figure is awesome. I love anything ancient cybertronian that pays homage to the G1 cartoon. And GRR is a cool guy who is very down to earth. I support all his projects.
Ofcause you'd be a top buyer for this. As you prefer the tiny TF toys over the bigger ones.
If I had to guess,This is going to cost around $50. on the lowest side this will cost around $30. These two prices will makes some in this thread bow out & not want to spend this much for this. It's doubtful the price will be low as this is going to be a limited low volume run.
I simply refuse to buy any 3rd party legends or commander scaled toys.
Because they cost much more than the bigger scale 3rd party TF toys. X,allow me to explain this one to you. If a Hasbro USA legends scale TF toy cost $4-$5 & a 3rd party TF legends scale toy cost $29.99. Then this is roughly Seven times the price. 3rd party commander scale TF toys being sold at the $40-$50 price means they cost more than Six to Seven times more than the Hasbro USA $7 commander price minus the minicon 2 pack prices.
Buying the bigger scale 3rd party TF toys are simply the better value. As most 3rd party companies are only charging Three to Four times the Price of the current Hasbro USA toy price for that particular scale. X,Allow me to explain this one to you. Hasbro's current TF leader scale price is $45. Hexatron & Quakewave cost $130,This means they were slightly less than Three times the price of a Hasbro USA leader scale toy. Some 3rd party voyager scale toys cost around $70-$80. Hasbro's current USA price for TF voyagers is $24.Three times 24 makes this $72,a bit less but close to the $70-$80 3rd party price.
While I dislike Kronos,It's simply a steal of a deal low price at around $140. The current Hasbro USA price for a 14 inch ultimate TF toy is well over $70 now. So this is only paying double the price.
I'd rather pay 2 to 3 times more instead of paying 5 to 6 times more for a 3rd party TF toys. Compared to the Hasbro USA scaled comparisions versions. Right now the bigger scale 3rd party toys offer the best bargain prices than the tiny scaller scale 3rd party TF toy prices.
Even Ignoring prices. What makes most bigger scale 3rd party TF toys superior than the tiny scaled 3rd party toys like legends & commanders. Is that most voyagers,ultra & Leader scale 3rd party toys are MP quality or very close. While most 3rd party tiny scale TF toys like legends & basics are barely Classics quality as far as high sculpt,articulations,engineering,plastic,details,colors,accessories & more parts on the mold are concerned.