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i wish they would have painted the leader class starscream mold in G1 colors.

along with a skywarp and thundercracker repaint.

why do they always make one seeker an exclusive!!

The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, figures and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

Tekka wrote:The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, games and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

BS they have. Outside of America you can't get Transformers from normal Amazon. Suck it up.

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Tekka wrote:The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, games and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

BS they have. Outside of America you can't get Transformers from normal Amazon. Suck it up.

Incorrect. I just ordered and received Kreo Optimus Prime from amazon.com so check your facts before you run your mouth.

Tekka wrote:

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Tekka wrote:The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, games and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

BS they have. Outside of America you can't get Transformers from normal Amazon. Suck it up.

Incorrect. I just ordered and received Kreo Optimus Prime from amazon.com so check your facts before you run your mouth.

I assure you, no Amazon ship any form of toy or model to Australia.

I can't speak for somewhere I don't live, that's for Australians to sort out.

And oh my, lookie here! Not only are you wrong, but you are DOUBLE wrong!

This looks pretty cool! Too bad it isn't released domestically.

Why must this be exclusive? Why must Hasbro s#!t on our dreams constantly?

Geez, don't be so dramatic. It's still available to you if you want it.

great. i might end up getting him.

Megatronsdemise666 wrote:i wish they would have painted the leader class starscream mold in G1 colors.

along with a skywarp and thundercracker repaint.

why do they always make one seeker an exclusive!!

I don't think movie Starscream looks good at all in G1 colors.

I can't help but think that Hasbro will release it eventually.

Did Japan get Thundercracker?

i can imagine hasbro releasing this in a multipack (probably with another bumblebee) for the dotm subline that is surely coming

Tekka wrote:

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Tekka wrote:The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, games and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

BS they have. Outside of America you can't get Transformers from normal Amazon. Suck it up.

Incorrect. I just ordered and received Kreo Optimus Prime from amazon.com so check your facts before you run your mouth.

It depends on who you're buying from. If it's a seller selling something through Amazon, it's up to them. If it's Amazon themselves, as far as I know they don't ship outside USA.

So is this just a regular Takara release? I'd like to get it if possible. I like that it comes with the proper Mechtech weapons, unlike Thundercracker.

kirbenvost wrote:

Tekka wrote:

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Tekka wrote:The bigger question is, why will Amazon Japan ship CDs, DVDs, games and books direct to me, but not Transformers? It just doesn't make any sense.

Even amazon.com has abolished their international shipping restrictions but amazon.co.jp still makes things difficult for us international buyers.

BS they have. Outside of America you can't get Transformers from normal Amazon. Suck it up.

Incorrect. I just ordered and received Kreo Optimus Prime from amazon.com so check your facts before you run your mouth.

It depends on who you're buying from. If it's a seller selling something through Amazon, it's up to them. If it's Amazon themselves, as far as I know they don't ship outside USA.

They do. I've even posted a screenshot of an Amazon sold figure getting by the address selection screen where it used to fail. I even got the Kreo set direct from Amazon. How much more proof do I have to provide? Buy somebody a figure? =(

on what NovaSentinel said.
I mean, Hasbro has given us 2 seekers, why not a third?

On the subline comment, good god I know, It's on it's way!
But hey, sublines arnt always repaints and re-issues,(At least not a good 5 or 6 percent of it), we usually get new molds, or creatively retooled older molds. if only we could get a GOOD Jazz figure outside the human alliance size range.
My question is,
Where's Mirage/Dino?
Where's Wheeljack/Que?
Where's Soundwave?
Wheelie Re-issue?
Brains?
Why the hell havn't we seen deluxe leadfoot yet?
Seriously, We usually have seen all the movie figures that were in the movie to come by this point in time. why havn't we?
Has hasbro all the sudden decided to become good at keeping secrets?
Mirage and soundwave better look GOOD.

Well, maybe we'll get it here as a regular release in the US, just many, many years in the future.

Here's a question for knowledgeable Seibertron historians: How many years was it between the first release (anywhere, like Botcon or Japan) of the first version of Classics/Henkei style Thundercracker and the Generations Thundercracker that we recently got in the US?
(I don't know the answer myself)

My face when I found this was a JP exclusive.

Tekka wrote:Geez, don't be so dramatic. It's still available to you if you want it.

Face it Tekka. Hasbro's been sh!tting on us for a while now. They give us all of the figures we don't want (countless Bumblebees), and always give us two of the three figures in a subgroup. Why is there no deluxe Leadfoot? And now, they give us two of the three deluxe Seekers, and the third ends up being a Japan exclusive. Also, they gave us two leader class figures we don't want. I can understand Sentinel Prime, but why do we need a Leader Bumblebee and Ironhide? I don't know about you, but I would have much preferred to have an improved Leader Optimus Prime (if that's possibe) and a good Megatron figure. There hasn't been one good Leader Megs in the MBay franchise.

And yeah, I know it's available.

In all honesty I think you're looking at this all wrong. I know there have been debates about it before and I'm sure there was a consensus that having too many of the same mold on sale at the same time is detrimental to overall sales, which explains why they don't show up at the same time. Further to what you said, I find it amazing that you can believe Hasbro are treating us badly. From what I've seen they go out of their way to provide homages and little nods for collectors when they don't have to.

Even then, we got all the classics Seekers didn't we? We even got the complete Bayverse Seeker trio in the original Voyager class. They didn't all arrive at the same time but they all made it here against all the odds. Cut them some slack... It's not immpossible for Hasbro to release missing characters at a later date when the mold is no longer in heavy supply. Just be patient and keep the hope alive.

Alright guysm but hold on. You all just posted Hasbro product coming from Amazon.com. But is Takara supplying Amazon.com? And more realistically, are they supplying Amazon.jp? I seem to recall something that said Takara was trying to go heavier on exporting exclusives, though that may hev been store exclusives and not Japan exclusives.

Seekers. One is always an exclusive.... That's why I never bite! Then I end up with NO Seekers! look, I Just want a leader megatron, equipped with cowl and shotgun, is that to much? I mean, they can make a perfect optimus, but not a megatron to match? Come on! We don't need leader bumblebee. Sentinel and Ironhide are understandable. Ironhide gets a leader figure because he was destroyed by sentinel prime, it's like a homage to the hero.
but not bumblebee. you know what? Give me a leader class Barricade Before Bumblebee! Honestly! Bumblebee has had so many giant re-incarnations, and they've all been made of fail.
Bonecrusher, Blackout, Any of the Constructicons, Breakaway (That one's more of a childish fantasy) Or that giant four legged dude that looked like a new constructicon mixed with a praying mantis, thingy, whoever he was, Those are all candidates for a leader class. Bumblebee, In my mind, Isn't fit for a leader slot. He's a waiste of a slot. Just like I always thought they Should have come out with a human alliance sideways, or a voyager jetfire, Or an ultra class Blackout/Grindor. Ironhide makes a little sense, but bumblebee? Hell no! Sorry about the off topic rant, but I'm just tired of that black and yellow eyesore! He was an honest to god hero in the movies, but the toys just bastardise him!

Anyways, I'm happy with my leader Starscream. 'Nuff said about the seekers.

Where's Mirage/Dino?
Coming
Where's Wheeljack/Que?
Coming
Where's Soundwave?
Coming
Wheelie Re-issue?
Buy it on the secondary market
Brains?
And what would he exactly transform into?
Why the hell havn't we seen deluxe leadfoot yet?
'Cause that's a new mold entirely. Would you rather have your beloved Soundwave, Wheeljack and Mirage or Leadfoot? Would you rather wait a few months for a Leadfoot mold or have Hasbro repaint Roadbuster orange and call him Leadfoot?
Seriously, We usually have seen all the movie figures that were in the movie to come by this point in time. why havn't we?
No, we haven't. 2007 happened a smidgen early because the cast was so small. ROTF took forever because of Elita-1.
Has hasbro all the sudden decided to become good at keeping secrets?
They already did a fantastic job with the Botcon exclusives this year. Security is tight in their factories right now and I don't mind that whatsoever.


Leader Bumblebee? Get over it. It happened. Hasbro's going to sell more Leader Bumblebees than Leader whatevers and everyone knows that.


The simple lack of patience and inability for some to adapt to buying Takara exclusives is foul. For the love of god, if you want this figure, it's freaking out there. Takara's been doing this for ages. F***, Animated doesn't even have their complete seekers.

MagnaBlade wrote:Here's a question for knowledgeable Seibertron historians: How many years was it between the first release (anywhere, like Botcon or Japan) of the first version of Classics/Henkei style Thundercracker and the Generations Thundercracker that we recently got in the US?
(I don't know the answer myself)

4 years.

Blurrz wrote:Where's Mirage/Dino?
Coming
Where's Wheeljack/Que?
Coming
Where's Soundwave?
Coming
Wheelie Re-issue?
Buy it on the secondary market
Brains?
And what would he exactly transform into?
Why the hell havn't we seen deluxe leadfoot yet?
'Cause that's a new mold entirely. Would you rather have your beloved Soundwave, Wheeljack and Mirage or Leadfoot? Would you rather wait a few months for a Leadfoot mold or have Hasbro repaint Roadbuster orange and call him Leadfoot?
Seriously, We usually have seen all the movie figures that were in the movie to come by this point in time. why havn't we?
No, we haven't. 2007 happened a smidgen early because the cast was so small. ROTF took forever because of Elita-1.
Has hasbro all the sudden decided to become good at keeping secrets?
They already did a fantastic job with the Botcon exclusives this year. Security is tight in their factories right now and I don't mind that whatsoever.


Leader Bumblebee? Get over it. It happened. Hasbro's going to sell more Leader Bumblebees than Leader whatevers and everyone knows that.


The simple lack of patience and inability for some to adapt to buying Takara exclusives is foul. For the love of god, if you want this figure, it's freaking out there. Takara's been doing this for ages. F***, Animated doesn't even have their complete seekers.

MagnaBlade wrote:Here's a question for knowledgeable Seibertron historians: How many years was it between the first release (anywhere, like Botcon or Japan) of the first version of Classics/Henkei style Thundercracker and the Generations Thundercracker that we recently got in the US?
(I don't know the answer myself)

4 years.

Brains turns into a computer remember?
and I cant buy online, I can't get a paypall or nuthin... yet, but i'll buy him. I just wanted some closure. Animated seekers are just missing slipstream now to my knowledge, still, animated wasn't even finished at all. so yeah.