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Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 12:45 am
by El Duque
Great news for those of you who missed out on Takara's Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime the first time around, it appears the figure is getting a second release! Site sponsors BigBadToyStore, TFsource, Robotkingdom, and Kapow Toys have all relisted the figure for pre-order with an expected release date this month.

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Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 1:45 pm
by Jelze Bunnycat
Hah, YES! Just in time for my birthday! :DANCE:

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 1:46 pm
by Grahf_
Well at least TT knows how to take advantage of the ko battle tankers that have been flooding the market.

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 2:08 pm
by xyl360
Alpha Weltall wrote:Well at least TT knows how to take advantage of the ko battle tankers that have been flooding the market.

Hehe, yes. It seems that Takara understands the principle of supply and demand. They did the same with Henkei Hot Rod/Rodimus a while back due to the existing demand (thank you FansProject :D!) and now they've done a second run of G2 Laser Prime from United.

Hasbro needs to pay attention to the actions and market reactions of their collector-centric overseas counterpart, yeesssss! :D

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:10 pm
by deaduniverse
Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:50 pm
by gavinfuzzy
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:


Yes, I would like a single pack classics Skywarp... :-(

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:27 pm
by xyl360
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:

That 2-pack was Hasbro-only. The only Skywarp I know of was Henkei, which sadly had no re-release (great figure though, although the Hasbro version has its merits as well :) ).

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:08 am
by RhA
gavinfuzzy wrote:
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:


Yes, I would like a single pack classics Skywarp... :-(


Come on Hasbro, milk us with easy repaints. We're asking for this one.

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:18 am
by Dead Metal
xyl360 wrote:
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:

That 2-pack was Hasbro-only. The only Skywarp I know of was Henkei, which sadly had no re-release (great figure though, although the Hasbro version has its merits as well :) ).

It doesn't need a re-release, it was made to order. The pre-order counter only went up to 99999, which was reached within 2 days, and more where pre-ordered after that plus extras. There are more Henkei Skywarps and Thundercrackers than Henkei Starscreams. And Starscream was the mass released one. :lol:

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:27 am
by Jelze Bunnycat
Dead Metal wrote:
xyl360 wrote:
deaduniverse wrote:Now, if they only re-release classics magnus and skywarp :grin:

That 2-pack was Hasbro-only. The only Skywarp I know of was Henkei, which sadly had no re-release (great figure though, although the Hasbro version has its merits as well :) ).

It doesn't need a re-release, it was made to order. The pre-order counter only went up to 99999, which was reached within 2 days, and more where pre-ordered after that plus extras. There are more Henkei Skywarps and Thundercrackers than Henkei Starscreams. And Starscream was the mass released one. :lol:


Now that's irony :lol:

Re: Second Chance to Own Takara Transformers United UN-22 G2 Optimus Prime

PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 9:58 am
by fenrir72
8-} henkei Starscream is much more rare than the Ganbo(iirc) exclusives Sw and TC? Irony indeed! Good thing I managed to snag one waaaay back. If only Hasbro releases Sw as a single fig then all my seekers would be complete(except for Acidstorm)