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Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:32 pm**

Really dig the look of this figure. Is it worth trying to get for $130? Is it metal or diecast?

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:34 pm**

Yikes! $130! So is there nowhere else that is still stocking this thing? I've been searching for it recently myself (being an Alt completist and liking the look/color of the figure), and everyone is out of stock right now....but is e-bay the only choice now?

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:39 pm**

Thats why I'm hesitant to pick him up right now, maybe some store will get a restock of him for cheaper. On ebay he goes for more in the $150 range. Wonder how much he was when he came out initially, both in Japan and US?

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:40 pm**

No! Lord no, it's cool but not $130 worth of cool! I got it for $50 on eBay with $30 shipping from Fukuoka, Japan from a guy who said he bought it at 7-11 down the street from his apartment.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:46 pm**

Oh, yeah, no diecast. It's (for lack of a better term) a Japanese Alternator with a pvc of a loli girl and a DVD. But it comes with a fishing pole that becomes forearm spokes and that's hard to top.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 1:49 pm**

Wonder how much he was when he came out initially, both in Japan and US?

It never came out here, that's why people are asking stupid money for it. In Japan I think they're like $25-$30.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:04 pm**

Yea, he's worth it.

Mine was $85, bought here in the States.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:09 pm**

I'd pay max 60 for him. Not worth any more imo.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:09 pm**

You can always try contacting: http://www.toywiz.com/hotrodimusbta.html

Supposedly they were on Pre-Order for release in April. It does allow you to add it to the cart but it does warn you that if it still says pre-order they may not have shipped from the manufacturer. The other thing I noticed is that it says BTA and not Kiss but it does have a black and white pic of Xiao Xiao.

I think $130 is a bit steep but it's all up to the collector and how much ou value it.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:14 pm**

$130!! That's kinda ridiculous!! I'd say wait for him to come down, but I didn't even know he was in demand. Kinda hard to gauge. I thought I saw him everywhere at one point, thought he was the internet "shelfwarmer". :???:

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:20 pm**

THANKS SWERVE! Just put in order for one at ToyWiz. Came to $77 with shipping. Now all I gotta do is :PRAY:

I get it.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 2:23 pm**

Hey Prime Evil, doesn't Bam and friends/family live in Westchester? You really live their?

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:21 pm**

Prime Evil wrote:$130!! That's kinda ridiculous!! I'd say wait for him to come down, but I didn't even know he was in demand. Kinda hard to gauge. I thought I saw him everywhere at one point, thought he was the internet "shelfwarmer".

I doubt Kiss Rodimus will go down in price at any point unless they start mass producing him again. He's been the hardest of the three to find. You'll see Convoy and Autolooper, but almost never Rodimus.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:22 pm**

transmetropolitan wrote:;)^ THANKS SWERVE! Just put in order for one at ToyWiz. Came to $77 with shipping. Now all I gotta do is I get it.

I guess they did have some available after all. Let me know when it comes in. I was interested to see if it was a BTA or a KISS.

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:32 pm**

Honestly (Even though I don't have them and someone can correct me otherwise) based on pictures prime is the worst of the 3. Autorooper is super badass and Hotrod is hot... So I'd go with an Autorooper if a Hotrod doesn't open up for a while. (This is for anyone else, who is wondering) Isn't Prime just a little bigger and have a different paint scheme and a surfboard?

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:43 pm**

Good God! I thought it was bad that I paid £45 for mine. $130? No way!

He is cool but not that cool!

Posted: **Thu Apr 05, 2007 3:44 pm**

DestronPrime wrote:Honestly (Even though I don't have them and someone can correct me otherwise) based on pictures prime is the worst of the 3. Autorooper is super badass and Hotrod is hot... So I'd go with an Autorooper if a Hotrod doesn't open up for a while. (This is for anyone else, who is wondering) Isn't Prime just a little bigger and have a different paint scheme and a surfboard?

Prime isn't any bigger. He has a few more paint apps, the surfboard/knife, and Melissa.

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:21 pm**

thanks for the heads up swerve! i do think its worth it. i just got my order in. i live overseas so it came just under a $100 with shipping. now.. watch me shoot myself in the foot when hasbro restarts the alts line with an identical rodimus after the movie... :lol:

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:25 pm**

Unplugged_boy wrote:thanks for the heads up swerve! i do think its worth it. i just got my order in. i live overseas so it came just under a $100 with shipping. now.. watch me shoot myself in the foot when hasbro restarts the alts line with an identical rodimus after the movie...

Short of a mirracle, the Kiss one would still be better, Hasbro just dont do paint apps the way Takara do.

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2007 3:48 pm**

Redimus wrote:
Unplugged_boy wrote:thanks for the heads up swerve! i do think its worth it. i just got my order in. i live overseas so it came just under a $100 with shipping. now.. watch me shoot myself in the foot when hasbro restarts the alts line with an identical rodimus after the movie...

Short of a mirracle, the Kiss one would still be better, Hasbro just dont do paint apps the way Takara do.

thats quite true for earlier binaltechs. but looking at comparisions between the hasbro mirage and takara rodimus pictures... both look outstanding. and since rodimus uses more plastic than the earlier binaltechs.. i would consider hasbro would have a very similar product to the takara one.

Posted: **Sat Apr 07, 2007 6:30 pm**

I'm afraid you'd be wrong. I own both Mirage and Rodimus. The paint apps on Rodimus blow Mirage away. All Takara BT paint jobs piss on the Hasbro version from a great height. I know as I have both BT and alt for several figures.

Posted: **Sun Apr 08, 2007 2:57 am**

For 130 dollars, hell no, but I have it and I love the figure, he's good looking, great paint job, but no or very little metal parts, but you can't tell. It's not heavy or anything unlike Black Convoy for 200$ or so, which I also have, now that's heavy, mostly all metal and nice detail.

Shop around, he's worth getting, but not for so much.

Posted: **Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:45 am**

When Kiss Hot Rod first came out I think I managed to get 6 of them. I havent been able to get any since. I wish I had got more but I didnt think they would be so darn rare. Mind you, he is a great looking figure.

Posted: **Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:47 am**

Autorooper is a shelfwarmer in Japan but not Hot Rodimus. He disappeared from the shelves in about a month. I can't imagine that his price is going to improve unless they re-issue him.

Posted: **Sun Apr 08, 2007 7:49 am**

Stormrider wrote:Autorooper is a shelfwarmer in Japan

The only reason I can think of for this is that he is a new character. Shame really cos he is pretty smart. I thought they really liked the police cars out in Japan.

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