Emerje wrote:Tranzilla wrote:As soon as I saw blue Chopshop I immediately thought of this...
It would seem we think alike. But now that we know the body is silver instead of a lighter blue it very likely will be named for Vice Grip and the fact that the original Chop Shop from Beetras was blue is just a coincidence. Maybe he'll come with a white Legends Bumblbee as Bugbite.
Rodimus Prime wrote:You can't make me disappear. I am not feet.
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
Looks like a knight to me.
Vicegrip sounds familiar. I can not put my finger on it.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Emerje wrote:Tranzilla wrote:As soon as I saw blue Chopshop I immediately thought of this...
It would seem we think alike. But now that we know the body is silver instead of a lighter blue it very likely will be named for Vice Grip and the fact that the original Chop Shop from Beetras was blue is just a coincidence. Maybe he'll come with a white Legends Bumblbee as Bugbite.
That clear Beet Chop a few pages back was blue as well and came from the same source. I should note that only the packaging art has Beet Gugal in blue: the figure itself is more grey than blue:
Beet Gugal on the Pre Transformers Page.
Lucky Logician wrote:At about 45 minutes in, I really just wanted to punch that one guy in the throat. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT EXCLUSIVITY. WE CARE ABOUT GETTING THE THINGS WE WANT, NOT ABOUT AFTER-MARKET VALUE. Deluxes cost three times as much for Botcon because of the small run and FunPub's need to make a huge profit to pay for all the stuff at Botcon.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Consider those gains 'profit'? - I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Are you saying that a person selling a Botcon set for double what he paid is 'profit' to Funpub?megatronus wrote:Lucky Logician wrote:At about 45 minutes in, I really just wanted to punch that one guy in the throat. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT EXCLUSIVITY. WE CARE ABOUT GETTING THE THINGS WE WANT, NOT ABOUT AFTER-MARKET VALUE. Deluxes cost three times as much for Botcon because of the small run and FunPub's need to make a huge profit to pay for all the stuff at Botcon.
Some people care about exclusivity.
Also, if they're using profits from figures to pay for Botcon stuff, in the long run, or even just from an overall Botcon perspective, would you even consider those gains 'profit'?
Lucky Logician wrote:Consider those gains 'profit'? - I'm sorry, I don't understand the question. Are you saying that a person selling a Botcon set for double what he paid is 'profit' to Funpub?megatronus wrote:Lucky Logician wrote:At about 45 minutes in, I really just wanted to punch that one guy in the throat. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT EXCLUSIVITY. WE CARE ABOUT GETTING THE THINGS WE WANT, NOT ABOUT AFTER-MARKET VALUE. Deluxes cost three times as much for Botcon because of the small run and FunPub's need to make a huge profit to pay for all the stuff at Botcon.
Some people care about exclusivity.
Also, if they're using profits from figures to pay for Botcon stuff, in the long run, or even just from an overall Botcon perspective, would you even consider those gains 'profit'?
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
megatronus wrote:Lucky Logician wrote:At about 45 minutes in, I really just wanted to punch that one guy in the throat. WE DO NOT CARE ABOUT EXCLUSIVITY. WE CARE ABOUT GETTING THE THINGS WE WANT, NOT ABOUT AFTER-MARKET VALUE. Deluxes cost three times as much for Botcon because of the small run and FunPub's need to make a huge profit to pay for all the stuff at Botcon.
Some people care about exclusivity.
Rated X wrote:I didnt know Bandai did a blue version of that mold. Are there any pics of it out the box ? I owned a Bandai version of Ransack for a few days as a kid. but it cracked and my mom returned it and got me a different robot. I recall it being purple and gold but i cant remember for sure...
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Rated X wrote:I didnt know Bandai did a blue version of that mold. Are there any pics of it out the box ? I owned a Bandai version of Ransack for a few days as a kid. but it cracked and my mom returned it and got me a different robot. I recall it being purple and gold but i cant remember for sure...
I think you're misremembering a few things, as Ransack (or Beet Vadam) was never released by Bandai or Takatoku Toys. Generally speaking, all of the Beetras figures were redecoed for the Deluxe Insecticons. Here's a link for you to check out:
Kikou Chutai Beetras on the Pre Transformers Page
A similar line called Zectron was produced by Mark and released in Select's Convertors line as the Insectors. Two of them are effectively downsized versions of two Beetras figures (Beet Gadol/Barrage, and Beet Zeguna/Venom). Here's a link:
Convertors Insectors on Super Toy Archive.
Rated X wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Rated X wrote:I didnt know Bandai did a blue version of that mold. Are there any pics of it out the box ? I owned a Bandai version of Ransack for a few days as a kid. but it cracked and my mom returned it and got me a different robot. I recall it being purple and gold but i cant remember for sure...
I think you're misremembering a few things, as Ransack (or Beet Vadam) was never released by Bandai or Takatoku Toys. Generally speaking, all of the Beetras figures were redecoed for the Deluxe Insecticons. Here's a link for you to check out:
Kikou Chutai Beetras on the Pre Transformers Page
A similar line called Zectron was produced by Mark and released in Select's Convertors line as the Insectors. Two of them are effectively downsized versions of two Beetras figures (Beet Gadol/Barrage, and Beet Zeguna/Venom). Here's a link:
Convertors Insectors on Super Toy Archive.
I believe that brown ransack in the link was indeed the figure I had as a kid. Only had it for a couple days though so I dont remember the lines name or company. Always assumed it was bandai. I thought they were the originators of the deluxe insecticon molds.
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Well, some people like rare figures because of the gratifying nature of finally having a holy grail. It also makes them more special to the owner, and some of my most cherished figures are exclusives... if they were mass market retail I would probably not think that much more about them then anything else I can purchase at the store. I collect for myself, not for what others think of my collections.
You can personally not like exclusives, but to project you opinion that everything should be MMR is fairly dismissive of other people's interests... also, most of what 3H/FunPup have done Hasbro would never do for retail, so without the exclusives we wouldn't have those guys and gals at all.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Rated X wrote:I believe that brown ransack in the link was indeed the figure I had as a kid. Only had it for a couple days though so I dont remember the lines name or company. Always assumed it was bandai. I thought they were the originators of the deluxe insecticon molds.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm surprised they're doing a Waspinator - especially since we got a really, really nice Generations version that both homages Beast Wars and ties into the IDW comics. I guess I'll have to listen in to see how Pete justifies this guy...
No they aren't releasing the waspinator. He's somewhere with fem fatale Cy-kill and FOC ransack.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm surprised they're doing a Waspinator - especially since we got a really, really nice Generations version that both homages Beast Wars and ties into the IDW comics. I guess I'll have to listen in to see how Pete justifies this guy...
No they aren't releasing the waspinator. He's somewhere with fem fatale Cy-kill and FOC ransack.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm surprised they're doing a Waspinator - especially since we got a really, really nice Generations version that both homages Beast Wars and ties into the IDW comics. I guess I'll have to listen in to see how Pete justifies this guy...
No they aren't releasing the waspinator. He's somewhere with fem fatale Cy-kill and FOC ransack.
Not specifically.Genericon #378 wrote:SW's SilverHammer wrote:megatronus wrote:I'm surprised they're doing a Waspinator - especially since we got a really, really nice Generations version that both homages Beast Wars and ties into the IDW comics. I guess I'll have to listen in to see how Pete justifies this guy...
No they aren't releasing the waspinator. He's somewhere with fem fatale Cy-kill and FOC ransack.
Wait, there was going to be a FOC Ransack?!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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