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Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:58 amby william-james88
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 10:41 amby Fires_Of_Inferno
For $4500 he better transform, be made of metal, walk around, talk, fly, be bullet proof, clean my floors, act like a star trek communicator badge, and scan for life forms for four thousand and five hundred goddamn dollars.
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 2:01 pmby TulioDude
These colors remind me more of Optimus Primal
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 3:24 pmby Fires_Of_Inferno
I could buy 3 Robosen Optimus Primes with the trailer add-on for the price of one of these things!
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:49 pmby Emerje
For the price you'd think they'd at least flip out the hands for the promo pictures. (The traditional ones are more like a stopper than a button, they're on the opposite end of a cord that's pushed up under a belt to fasten a small box or pouch.)
And Rody aren't lamas, they're horses.
They're riding toys for little kids to bounce on. I know I've explained them here before, I feel like this isn't their first collaboration but I can't find info on a previous one.
Emerje
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sat Aug 31, 2024 8:58 pmby Dino-Snarl
Easy pass. Strictly a cultural based release outside of the price point. Ouch.
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Sun Sep 01, 2024 4:15 pmby DeathReviews
Wow - wotta bargain! /sarc
I predict an eventual report that 'sales were lower than expected'...
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Mon Sep 02, 2024 2:32 pmby Jelze Bunnycat
DeathReviews wrote:Wow - wotta bargain! /sarc
I predict an eventual report that 'sales were lower than expected'...
Made to order or not, there's gotta be some expectation here...
It's actually less of a toy and more of a status symbol, really. Something to show off to one's rich peers, like those sports cars or noisy trucks I see on my job as a Crossing Guard, but much less obnoxious
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Tue Sep 03, 2024 7:12 amby D-Maximal_Primal
Really cool, but really ouch
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Tue Sep 03, 2024 3:28 pmby o.supreme
you can get an actual car for that much. Granted, not a great car, but at least something. I know, both my kids are looking for their first car, and they have *in the neighborhood" of that much money. I told them to save a little more, hopefully they can get something that will get them to work and back, then finance a car for the first time when their first ones dies.
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Tue Sep 03, 2024 4:23 pmby D-Maximal_Primal
Just saw a snippet where it is said that the figure is made of actual silver, so I guess that helps the price tag
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Tue Sep 03, 2024 5:31 pmby Jelze Bunnycat
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Just saw a snippet where it is said that the figure is made of actual silver, so I guess that helps the price tag
Like sterling silver?
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:07 pmby D-Maximal_Primal
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Just saw a snippet where it is said that the figure is made of actual silver, so I guess that helps the price tag
Like sterling silver?
It’s made by famous Japanese artisan Yuki Tsuboshima.
The figure is made of silver and made-to-order, which explains the high price.
The artist has previously made other transforming netsuke píeces. Very detailed and impressive. You can check some of their works via his Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube accounts.
This “figure” is considered more like a fine hi-end handicraft item, specifically made for the Japanese market.
Re: Takara is Releasing a new Unique Optimus Prime Toy for $4500 USD
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Wed Sep 04, 2024 3:06 pmby Emerje
Just imagine people in Japan passing down an Optimus Prime figure as a family heirloom for generations to come.
Emerje
