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Prime looks glorious, and I love the new tooling they have given him. Roller as a trap is perfect

and he is far more affordable than I thought he would be. He is a definite get now!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Prime looks glorious, and I love the new tooling they have given him. Roller as a trap is perfect

and he is far more affordable than I thought he would be. He is a definite get now!

That's no BAPE for sure. However, as a SDCC exclusive, the ressellers will take their cut, putting them to BAPE level of pricing. That is, for international buyers at the very least.

frogbat wrote:Not to shabby... kinda works. The head kinda reminds me of dead prime from the movie. Got me thinking... have they ever done a dead or zombie prime from dark awakenings? Maybe a dawn of the dead crossover...

I think Siege Prime works reasonably well for that, actually.

He could stand to show a bit more damage and the effect is lessened the more Siege figures you have on the same shelf.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Prime looks glorious, and I love the new tooling they have given him. Roller as a trap is perfect

and he is far more affordable than I thought he would be. He is a definite get now!

That's no BAPE for sure. However, as a SDCC exclusive, the ressellers will take their cut, putting them to BAPE level of pricing. That is, for international buyers at the very least.

We should have a chance to get it from Hasbro directly after the SDCC. I actually talked to someone from Pulse to find out if Pulse Premium Members would get an early chance at the leftover SDCC stuff. She told me, they didn't know if they were doing anything like that yet.

Pretty sad for them to put together a Premium service and not know what they plan to do with it except for the free shipping on all orders. Considering it's pretty easy to hit Free Shipping Price point when ordering, it's not much of a boon.

Rodimus Knight wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Prime looks glorious, and I love the new tooling they have given him. Roller as a trap is perfect

and he is far more affordable than I thought he would be. He is a definite get now!

That's no BAPE for sure. However, as a SDCC exclusive, the ressellers will take their cut, putting them to BAPE level of pricing. That is, for international buyers at the very least.

We should have a chance to get it from Hasbro directly after the SDCC. I actually talked to someone from Pulse to find out if Pulse Premium Members would get an early chance at the leftover SDCC stuff. She told me, they didn't know if they were doing anything like that yet.

Pretty sad for them to put together a Premium service and not know what they plan to do with it except for the free shipping on all orders. Considering it's pretty easy to hit Free Shipping Price point when ordering, it's not much of a boon.

The annual free shipping fee would make more sense for consumers if the site was targeted at small kids toys.

Since it is more of an adult collector site, they really need to focus on clearing out overstock that might do better with collectors than retailers (ie. deep discounts on leftover POTP. MPs, etc.) and/or improved access to things like Selects and store exclusives.

As it stands, the one area I'll give them credit is a moderately good level of inventory stock before selling out.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Pretty sad for them to put together a Premium service and not know what they plan to do with it except for the free shipping on all orders. Considering it's pretty easy to hit Free Shipping Price point when ordering, it's not much of a boon.

That's why the premium option was free at first.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Pretty sad for them to put together a Premium service and not know what they plan to do with it except for the free shipping on all orders. Considering it's pretty easy to hit Free Shipping Price point when ordering, it's not much of a boon.

That's why the premium option was free at first.

I'm pretty sure that Hasbro Premium shop will be irrelevant for people outside the USA. Either we just can't subscribe, or it will cost a zillion dollars to ship a paper clip.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Pretty sad for them to put together a Premium service and not know what they plan to do with it except for the free shipping on all orders. Considering it's pretty easy to hit Free Shipping Price point when ordering, it's not much of a boon.

That's why the premium option was free at first.

I'm pretty sure that Hasbro Premium shop will be irrelevant for people outside the USA. Either we just can't subscribe, or it will cost a zillion dollars to ship a paper clip.

Between exchange rate and shipping, we're screwed, my fellow Quebecer. Still, man, I really like the effort put into these two Ghostbusters versions. Way better than half-assed repaints. These feel full-assed or better, I'd say.

1337W422102 wrote:Between exchange rate and shipping, we're screwed, my fellow Quebecer. Still, man, I really like the effort put into these two Ghostbusters versions. Way better than half-assed repaints. These feel full-assed or better, I'd say.

Yup, those are quality stuff. Way better than the overpriced ones we got so far. But it's the accessibility that make me in (the-letters-of-my-user-name-in-reverse-order).

-Kanrabat- wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:Between exchange rate and shipping, we're screwed, my fellow Quebecer. Still, man, I really like the effort put into these two Ghostbusters versions. Way better than half-assed repaints. These feel full-assed or better, I'd say.

Yup, those are quality stuff. Way better than the overpriced ones we got so far. But it's the accessibility that make me in (the-letters-of-my-user-name-in-reverse-order).

...I didn't even take that into consideration. Well, crap!

Wow this is going to be so cool!

If we're talking titan class / city bot figures I think we're missing the ultimate crossover character.







Just sayin

carytheone wrote:If we're talking titan class / city bot figures I think we're missing the ultimate crossover character.







Just sayin

Don't start giving them ideas like this!

Well, who has the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters? I'm fairly certain Ectotron and MP10GB will work well there!!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

carytheone wrote:If we're talking titan class / city bot figures I think we're missing the ultimate crossover character.
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Just sayin

Don't start giving them ideas like this!

Why not, that's what HasLab is for. you know, if they ever get off of Star War's jock

Scramjet wrote:Well, who has the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters?

Crazy people Actually all the Lego GB stuff is pretty sweet.


I just want a Bill "****" Murray crossover Transformer figure. but which Bill Murray?

The Lego Ecto is pretty small; smaller than an MP car. So you might be onto something.
I'll let you guys know.

Huzzah!! Great to know!! I checked the dimensions of the LEGO Creators Ecto-1 and I think the length was 7 inches or so, Ectotron should be shorter.

Scramjet wrote:Well, who has the LEGO Ghostbusters Headquarters? I'm fairly certain Ectotron and MP10GB will work well there!!

I don't have the Lego set but I do have the Playmobil version and I've already had that idea kicking around my brain.

I'm pretty sure Optobotomus compared the Lego and Ectotron in his video.

The lego ecto is pretty bad anyways (regarding the seating for the figures inside), the playmobil version is so much better (and a lot larger). Only problem with the playmobil firestation is the receptionsnot on the ground floor. Still have to pick it up at some point, but not sure how many gb hqs I can justify or have the space for.

blackeyedprime wrote:The lego ecto is pretty bad anyways (regarding the seating for the figures inside), the playmobil version is so much better (and a lot larger). Only problem with the playmobil firestation is the receptionsnot on the ground floor. Still have to pick it up at some point, but not sure how many gb hqs I can justify or have the space for.

The Lego and Playmobil stuff cannot be directly compared. The Playmobil stuff is closer in spirit (pun intended) to the original Kenner GBHQ, to the point that it's just two walls of the building and the scaling/proportions are all messed-up. And yeah, Janine's office on top is... something strange. (See what I did there?)

The Lego stuff is closer in scale to other Lego minifig-scaled cars (such as the Speed Champions cars and that hideous Cuusoo DeLorean), and the building is much more plausibly-scaled compared to minifigs (and looks outstanding; a definite worthwhile addition to your Creator city).

That being said, the Legcto-1 can only seat three 'Busters and a few packs in the back, but the Playmobil is the first Ecto-1 toy I can think of that can seat all four 'Busters AND store their packs and traps. Outstanding.

Both are worthwhile for different reasons.

I've heard good things about the extreme ghost busters ecto 1 but sadly I missed it at retail as the line didn't stick around that long (despite the cartoon being good, usually the way tho). Not sure how many figures it sat and I can't imagine the extreme ghost buster figures being sitting pose friendly (tho using orig kenner gbs might work for it).
The playmobil ones cheapest option and might be able to fit mp ecto op {or have some legend class deceptions running around it causing trouble) not sure how good the ko lego hq is as I usually stick to genuine lego but it's another display option. I still need a few 80s tmnt megabloks to go with the lego gb hq, using playmobil staypuft with the lego but diamond selects rgb staypuft may replace it.

blackeyedprime wrote:I've heard good things about the extreme ghost busters ecto 1 but sadly I missed it at retail as the line didn't stick around that long (despite the cartoon being good, usually the way tho). Not sure how many figures it sat and I can't imagine the extreme ghost buster figures being sitting pose friendly (tho using orig kenner gbs might work for it).
The playmobil ones cheapest option and might be able to fit mp ecto op {or have some legend class deceptions running around it causing trouble) not sure how good the ko lego hq is as I usually stick to genuine lego but it's another display option. I still need a few 80s tmnt megabloks to go with the lego gb hq, using playmobil staypuft with the lego but diamond selects rgb staypuft may replace it.

Extreme was better than it had any right to be, and it was made by the same studio that did the Men In Black, Big Guy & Rusty, and Godzilla cartoons -- all of which are outstanding and surprisingly dark, with more accuracy to the source material than you'd expect.

The Extreme Ectomobile toy was a heavy retool of the Kenner RGB vehicle, and only sat two figures. (Hell, the Kenner one only sat three due to that roof-mounted chair thing!) Forget trying to find one now, though. Its prices on the secondary market are astronomical and ridiculous. Besides, the Playmobusters version is much more screen-accurate to the movie one and still looks like a toy, in a good way. If you want, there's a Playmobil Ghostbusters II version coming soon, and it ships with all four 'Busters! Now that's a deal.

Speaking of deals, I have the Bootlego GB HQ and it's outstanding. Obviously not quite up to Lego standards and you'll really need to set aside some time to put it together because you'll have to sort out all the parts, first! They're not bagged in a logical step-by-step way like the Lego one. That being said, if you're willing to put up with its crap and the risk of some pieces being missing or wrong (but if you're interested in buying a bootlego set of that size, you're obviously in deep enough to have enough spare parts in your collection and/or savvy enough to use BrickLink that it's not an issue), you can really make some big savings. My KO GB HQ cost less than half the price of the official one, allowing me to fill it up with other bootlego minifigs of characters that won't ever get official Lego versions (as well as some MOCs like Faith from Mirror's Edge and Deckard from Blade Runner, both on the roof in the photo below) and the damn-near-mandatory LED kits. Not quite up to the high standards of KO Figma, KO Figuarts, or even better, KO Masterpiece Transformers, but still!

I'm more worried about toxicity of ko lego bricks than I am ko transformers :p will look out for the gb2 playmobil ecto, the rgb figs with vehicles seemed a bit over priced. Doubt we will get a transforming ecto 2 but it would be nice, and if it could form a back/rotor pack for transformers ecto 1 then even better.

Who are you gonna call Seibertronians? Thanks to Site Sponsors, TFSource (via their twitter account), we have brand new official images of Hasbro's San Diego Comic Con exclusive, Transformers x Ghostbusters MP-10G Optimus Prime Ecto 35 Edition!

As you can see from the images, Hasbro have given MP-10 a paint job worthy of the crossover, giving Prime the colours of the Ghostbusters trusty Ecto 1, but that's not all. Primes blaster has been slightly retooled to work with a new back piece that, of course, resembles the iconic proton pack. To trap the ghosts, Roller has been retooled, making him into a ghost trap on wheels. For target practise, there's also a Slimer figure included.








If that wasn't enough, the box that MP-10G comes in, also doubles as a proton pack for you to wear!



MP-10G will be on sale at this years San Diego Comic Con.

What do you think of this version of the iconic MP-10 mold? Will you be catching ghosts with him? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!