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News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:38 am

check this out: http://www.actoys.net/bbs/read.php?tid-421756.html

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 12:54 am

It's the figure all you Exclusive maniacs, Gentei maniacs, and Takara maniacs have been waiting for! It's Gentai Ghost Starscream! Redrom over at ACToys.net was kind enough to open up the figure and take a handful of pictures of it. We get some comparisons in box and out of box, but mostly just zoom-ins of Ghost Starscream in alternate mode. You can check out the picture below. Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

You can check out the original post here. Ghost Starscream is an exclusive to Million Publishing - you can check out their website here. For those who have been living under rocks the past few months, there's pre-orders at sponsors BigBadToyStore, RobotKingdom, and TFSource.

Keep it at Seibertron.com, for the fastest Transformers news on the net!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:23 am

seXXXy

by **JRFitzpatrick7** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:13 am

Blurrz wrote:Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

News Credits: 3 · by **Torneira** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:54 am

I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy... Too bad they didn't add a photo of him in robotmode though.
Wonder if they ever will bring out a golden repaint or even black & grey repaint?

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:56 am

Torneira wrote:I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy...

Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:27 am

Blurrz wrote:
Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

Yeah, All Hail Clear Plastics!!!

How gorgeous when they stand together!!!

News Credits: 6 · by **City Commander** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:33 am

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

+1 internets

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 7:44 am

Again, love it. Can't get to TFSource soon enough.

by **SJ21** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:11 am

That is a cool looking figure. I can't justify the kind of money they are asking for another version of a figure I already have.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:22 am

Man...that looks like delicious candy.

I wonder...

News Credits: 609 · by **Razorclaw0000** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 9:25 am

Blurrz wrote:

Money shot? :mrgreen:

News Credits: 23 · by **Prime Evil** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:45 am

1 self bought Xmas present for me...check!

News Credits: 217 · by **Diem** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:07 am

Meh. I'll never understand Seekerlust.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:15 am

This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

News Credits: 23 · by **Prime Evil** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:28 am

Counterpunch wrote:This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

He should be the top ornament on your Xmas tree!! Like a shiny shiny bright star!!

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 11:41 am

Very cool to see the toy in and out of the packaging!

This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I'm curious...I've read in the past that clear plastics are more brittle. Does anyone know if modern plastic technology has nullified that weakness?

by **Naked Magnus** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:51 pm

OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

Convotron wrote:This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

by **Screamfleet** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:02 pm

Really going to have to debate if I'll need this guy.

News Credits: 3 · by **Kibble** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:07 pm

revengeofstarscream wrote:OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

IMO they just look cool...I don't find them worth the price, however. But if they were near retail prices, I'd be all over them.

News Credits: 2 · by **Convotron** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 5:05 pm

revengeofstarscream wrote:OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

Convotron wrote:This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

I think a large part of the appeal is the rarity of transparent plastic figures. They're usually limited release figures so the whole "only so many of these are made" appeal is certainly hefty for collectors who must have every version of particular characters.

I personally think clear figures are neat but not neat enough to make them worth their high pricing. Now if a clear figure had internal mechanisms to show off like the inner frames of Master Grade and Perfect Grade Gundam model kits, then I can really see some value in the figure to have in my collection aside from the rarity factor.

Like I said earlier, Ghost Starscream and ED Ligier work for me due to the reasoning behind the fiction of the characters but all the other clear version figures just seem to be straight up ploys for inflating prices.

News Credits: 905 · by **Mach** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:07 pm

Japanese blogger 生存者 has posted the new images of Gentei Ghost Starscream. These new images are included the robot mode of Ghost Starscream.

To check out Ghost Starscream alternate mode images, refer to our previos news here: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... eam/17433/

To view all images from 生存者, click here: http://ameblo.jp/transform123/entry-10401571869.html

by **Rated X** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 10:31 pm

Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

And yes Im sure the mold will be used plenty more times as long as it can be marketable. We just gotta clean out the bad apples in the Hasbro marketing dept. It's too bad the fans cant elect the Hasbro president. Maybe then we can see Thrust, Dirge, and a Rain Maker 3 pack right in your local Wal-Mart.