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All these guys are like cluttering a flea market in my country. They are btw the korean versions and retailing at would you believe...............US$ 5.00 each?

They aren't particularly valuable, just a cheap way of getting officially released molds of them. BBTS has quite a few of those too.

The Korean versions are just as good as the Japanese versions, but they are cheaper because of the Korean Packaging.

i like to grab these at a good price whenever i see them
at that pricepoint, grab what interests you

If i get a Korean version of Beast Wars neo Galvatron then it's gonna be just as good as the Jap version?
Cause i really want that figure and the Korean always seems to be cheaper on Ebay.

yes, go for it if you get a good price

i got a few korean boxed takara TF Bw2nd & neo toys.

I don't collect TF toys for future value profits. I collect e'm because i love the molds & want to own them.

i actually like some of the boxes the korean takara TF toys uses. because the boxes are bigger thus have bigger TF art images on them. MORE IMPORTANTLY the card board the korean Takara boxes use is stronger,thicker & more dense. thus the odds of finding more C-10 conditions boxes is much higher.

the inner package trays on the korean TF toys are much more stronger & look better in design than the flimsy cheap thin clear plastic inner trays takara uses for their japanese TF toys.

I own a mixture of both. Both my Lio Convoys', Galvatron, and two packs are Takara packaging. The only Sonokong one I have is Starscream and BB. The box is bigger but I hate the trays they come in.

If you are a package freak, then you will pay though the nose for the BWII/BW Neo Takara packaging. If you want the same toy at a much economical price then get the Sonokong box.

When I was a Brave Transformer collector the packaging mattered because of the knock-offs out there. Most of the Brave collectors were adamant that the Takara boxed Barve series toys were the best. They would scoff at Sonokong packaging but try to find Brave TF's in Korean boxes and now you'll pay just as much as Takara boxed Brave TF's.

So if you want those BWII toys get them anyway you can before they start to go up in value as well.

Those particular ones aren't the more desired BWII figures. The auto-"transformers" were intended to be G2 toys. Some how they ended up in the BWII line. They're not very popular, or for that matter, very good figures. They're not hard figures to get either, because they often go for so cheap. The actual beast transformers from BWII will go for me.