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So, Classics screamer is now worth mega bux eh

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:14 am
by Bonger
http://cgi.ebay.com/G1-TRANSFORMERS-STA ... dZViewItem


Well ****, if a loose classics is 36 bucks with hours left....


My local walmart and target have tons of these....

Or are people really thinking this is a reissue?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:12 am
by Leonardo
The description suggests to me it's the G1 reissue, though I haven't measured either toy to know its exact length or height.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:21 am
by Bonger
That pic is no reissue.

No wonder TF prices are through the roof. Look at the numbner of bids by people who can't tell the defference. :sad:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:17 am
by Leonardo
I know. Do you think the bidders have assumed the picture is a mistake and that they are actually bidding on a reissue, or are they just stupid?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:22 am
by Bonger
Could there be THAT many stupid people. I am utterly confused. I'm gonna ask the seller if its a reissue or classics and I'll keep you posted.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:25 am
by Leonardo
Bonger wrote:Could there be THAT many stupid people.


This is Planet Earth.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:26 am
by Bonger
Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:Could there be THAT many stupid people.


This is Planet Earth.


LMAO

I want o just email all of them and tell them I'll send em each a classics "reissue" screamer for 30 ;-)

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:30 am
by Leonardo
Bonger wrote:
Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:Could there be THAT many stupid people.


This is Planet Earth.


LMAO

I want o just email all of them and tell them I'll send em each a classics "reissue" screamer for 30 ;-)


Do it. What have you got to lose? The meek may inherit the Earth, but the bold will inherit all their money.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:32 am
by Bonger
lol. See, this is why I have to pay 30 dollars for Galvatron's orange cannon. If they cannot tell the diff. between a classics and a G1, why the hell are they buying TFs?

I'm just confused.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:38 am
by Leonardo
There is a small possibility that the receipt from whichever store they bought the product says "reissue" on it and the seller is just going off that. Maybe. Possibly.

What? I'm just trying to give them some credit, okay?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:44 am
by Bonger
Leonardo wrote:There is a small possibility that the receipt from whichever store they bought the product says "reissue" on it and the seller is just going off that. Maybe. Possibly.

What? I'm just trying to give them some credit, okay?



Mmm, I can't eait to get their response to my question. I am all set to report him to ebay. ;-)

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:51 am
by Rainbow Starscream
Looks like a bidding war to me. I laugh at these type of auctions. People are idiots.I could have hooked the high bidder up with one MOC for $10. There's a million of C-Screamers in my hometown.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:06 am
by Leonardo
Agreed, there's plenty of them over here, too!

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 9:16 am
by Dagon
Leonardo wrote:
Bonger wrote:Could there be THAT many stupid people.


This is Planet Earth.


True that. And truth to the comment about people not knowing what they're bidding on. That's why that one seller had the KO Devastator for $200 when it's $1 of cheap plastic. I would wonder if there's a bunch of people out there who know nothing about these toys trying to stockpile them and sell for even more after the movie comes out. Like a clueless person would buy that KO Devastator and then in July try to sell it for $400 as some kind of flawed investment.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:56 am
by SauronTD
Looking at completed auctions he is going for more than I would have thought. MOC seems to be 20-25 bucks. He never seemed that rare to me.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:04 pm
by Prime Evil
Serves them right for being stupid. It's not that hard to find out pricing on these things. :roll:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:22 pm
by Overcracker
Bonger wrote:
Leonardo wrote:There is a small possibility that the receipt from whichever store they bought the product says "reissue" on it and the seller is just going off that. Maybe. Possibly.

What? I'm just trying to give them some credit, okay?



Mmm, I can't eait to get their response to my question. I am all set to report him to ebay. ;-)


What did you ask him, if you don't mind my asking?

In any case, My walmart has like 10 of these on clearance for like 5 bucks, no way he is worth $41.00

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:27 pm
by Dr. Caelus
I haven't seen a CL-Screamer in a long while, which is ashame, b/c I'd like to get one to repaint into Thundercracker.

So, Classics screamer is now worth mega bux eh

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:40 pm
by Repair Bay
Caelus wrote:I haven't seen a CL-Screamer in a long while, which is ashame, b/c I'd like to get one to repaint into Thundercracker.


what? repaint? why don't you just wait for the enormously overpriced Botcon figure? :lol:

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 12:48 pm
by Agamemnon
Caelus wrote:I haven't seen a CL-Screamer in a long while, which is ashame, b/c I'd like to get one to repaint into Thundercracker.


Yup, me too! I have enough Ramjets and Skywarps to do a Dirge and either Thundercracker or Thrust. I have an extra Screamer, but I was hoping to keep him mint on the card. I also have an extra Magnus/Skywarp, but again, I want to keep one mint in box.

If I do Thrust, I'll have one custom delta wing non-cone-head figure to make... :-?

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:35 pm
by pittsburg_22_m
I paid $12 for a MIB (YES MIB, NOT MINT WITHOUT STUFF...haha) from BBTS. A friend bought me a MISB one the other day at walmart and is sending it. There are like 10 on the shelf so I told him to send me more but he don't want to send em all....bastard! lol

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:01 pm
by Gutter Bunny
i almost feel sorry for the person that paid $41 for one. almost.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 3:05 pm
by Exulted Unicron
classic idiot bidding on eBay of a shelf warmer

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 4:37 pm
by DISCHARGE
Anybody who sees these still in the stores and doesn't buy them
and sell them on ebay is, well, I don't know.
I found one in a Walmart recently and sold it on ebay for over 20 dollars in sealed package. If I could find more I would definatley do it more often. It's like getting 10 for virtually no work,just waiting.
Buy them up, sell them on ebay and finance your desired purchases with them. It's just smart.
These have been around long enough that you can't consider it scalping. Maybe nobody in your area wants it, but somebody does. Don't feel bad about taking somebodies money either.
If they didn't want it that bad they wouldn't bid that high.

PostPosted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:04 pm
by Lapse Of Reason
DISCHARGE wrote:Anybody who sees these still in the stores and doesn't buy them
and sell them on ebay is, well, I don't know.
I found one in a Walmart recently and sold it on ebay for over 20 dollars in sealed package. If I could find more I would definatley do it more often. It's like getting 10 for virtually no work,just waiting.
Buy them up, sell them on ebay and finance your desired purchases with them. It's just smart.
These have been around long enough that you can't consider it scalping. Maybe nobody in your area wants it, but somebody does. Don't feel bad about taking somebodies money either.
If they didn't want it that bad they wouldn't bid that high.


I sgree completely.