The Energon Pub

Remember when the Legends figures came out,(Wheelie,warpath,Beachcomber,Brawn,Cosmos), and the scalpers grabbed every figure and re-sold them for the price of a used car? Well,now the same thing is happening all over again with the RTS Windcharger and I say to all collectors:BE PATIENT AND WAIT!!!!! I like to buy the newer figures when they are released but I've learned through the years of collecting that most of the time,buying a figure right away isnt the best course of action.Remember Beanie Babies and the chaos people put themselves through to buy the whole collection and ending up paying at least 5 times what they were worth.I recently stopped at a local flea market and saw the same BB's being sold for $1.50 per figure that went for as high as $25.00 per figure.I will admit its nice to be able to buy a new figure before they are gone but sometimes its better to be a little patient and wait for it because it doesnt make sense to me to pay a wad of cash for a piece of plastic that might end up being a shelf-warmer later on(Skullgrin,Darkmount,WFC Megatron).Sometimes,the longer you wait to get the figure you really want,the sweeter it is when you finally have it as part of your collection(I recently aquired a GN.1 Octane with all the accessories and got a great deal on it and I've been trying to get one for 6 years!).

Wheelie was hard to find? I didn't know that. Never had a problem finding that one, it was Brawn I never could find from that Legends era.

When was Legends Wheelie hard to find? I had no trouble finding one.

i can confirm i NEVER saw those legends at retail anywhere in the tristate area and i refuse to pay aftermarket prices for them.

I believe in the pay now or pay more later philosophy. I'd rather spend about $40 to import an RTS Windcharger figure now rather than take the chance and wait for it. Too much going against it: rare, short packed, at the end of the line and now canceled in the USA. Sure, it may come out somewhere down the line but I don't want to wait. Knowing it exists but is not in my classics collection just won't do.

I think its a bad sign the listings for RTS Windcharger and Chopsaw have disappeared from Hasbro toyshop.com
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/SearchResults.htm?SWD=reveal+the+shield&CDT=1303356804
I don't think I would pay exorbitant prices for them on e-bay, but I do want a Windcharger and a Frenzy (or Rumble?) I also wanted a Wheelie and a Cosmos but never managed to pick either one up. oh, well.