Potential First Look at Missing Link C-03 Bumblebee and C-04 Cliffjumper

I kinda wish they offered a second version of Bee with his retooled cartoon-based head to go with the cartoon-colored Optimus toy.

And if Cliffjumper needs second version, his could have been Hubcap.

Glad they're doing this, but I have the equivalents that my favorite 3P Impossible Toys went out of business to produce, so these aren't quite as tempting as they should be.

(I.T. brought it on themselves by not doing every last Quint design in the cartoon)

And while they should do a 2nd 'toon-head Bee, as these are priced better for double-dipping than M.L. Convoy, it's more important to do the toy head, as I've had one argument too many with fans who don't remember Bumblebee's 1st toy having a plate-mouth, and the awesome Takara retool probably muddied the issue when it hit the pegs at WalMart.

Mostly, I hope they repaint them into missing links to all those South American variants. Those I'll buy the bejeezus out of, and send on international missions with all my Funskool Joe homage toys. To take on Roboskull MKII, you need a Supercop, Superhero, Street Hawk, Rednok, Canary Ann, and a great-white-Bumblebee that may or may not be Bug Bite! And blue Snake Eyes to match M.L. Glyph, as she deciphers the lawsuit-dodging names.

Emerje wrote:

Bumblevivisector wrote:Mostly, I hope they repaint them into missing links to all those South American variants. Those I'll buy the bejeezus out of, and send on international missions with all my Funskool Joe homage toys. To take on Roboskull MKII, you need a Supercop, Superhero, Street Hawk, Rednok, Canary Ann, and a great-white-Bumblebee that may or may not be Bug Bite! And blue Snake Eyes to match M.L. Glyph, as she deciphers the lawsuit-dodging names.

Depending on the price I could see them getting a lot of milage out of them. I'd personally love some chromed out G2 repaints, but that might be outside the scope of Missing Link and its G1 mission.

My fingers are crossed that these end up around $25-$30 USD considering how Prime's prices ended up. Doubt I'd buy them from Amazon Japan since the shipping price would probably be $20+, save that and go with Hasbro, I can't imagine their final price would be more than importing.

Emerje

I have always found getting figures from Amazon Japan to be cheaper than getting them from domestic retailers. You might think the shipping cost is expensive but when you compare to domestic options for the same time frame it's not.

I love these guys, Bee here will look great next to my original G1 Bee, I can’t believe they haven’t made these sooner (sorry 3P). All that being said, anyone else sad that we’ll probably never get a G1 Megatron in this line? Not unless he’s ungodly amalgamation of safety colors, which, pass.

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I have always found getting figures from Amazon Japan to be cheaper than getting them from domestic retailers. You might think the shipping cost is expensive but when you compare to domestic options for the same time frame it's not.

Normally I would agree, but that's when dealing with larger $100+ figures. These are going to come in tiny boxes most likely but we wont save anything in shipping since the minimum cost from Amazon Japan is pretty high.

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Emerje

AJ fast shipping is three days, compare that to what BBTS charges and the cost is roughly the same.

Yeah, I'll wait months if it means saving money. I only import when it saves me money, three day shipping is just a perk but not a guarantee (my last order for Riggorus took two weeks, they don't always ship DHL).

Emerje

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:Yeah, I'll wait months if it means saving money. I only import when it saves me money, three day shipping is just a perk but not a guarantee (my last order for Riggorus took two weeks, they don't always ship DHL).

Emerje

Also depends entirely on the figure. I usually go Amazon JP for MPs, but the funny thing is, the recent MPs after shipping were the same cost at BBTS basically, and BBTS has $4 shipping, so hardly a big difference. Also, most of the recent MPs were available at BBTS within 2 weeks of Amazon JP shipping, so the gap has narrowed significantly there.

Indeed, I think Riggorus at Amazon Japan only saved me like $10 over Hasbro Pulse once factoring in tax, and Pulse had it in stock remarkably fast compared to other recent releases. Hasbro used to price figures by taking the Japanese MSRP and just moving the decimal point over, but now they seem to be using real conversion prices so once you factor in the extra Japanese discounts but add back the increased shipping prices the prices are pretty close. We're really only saving anything because the conversion gap continues to widen between pre-order and release.

Emerje

Sabrblade wrote:Amazon Japan listings with official images of Missing Link C-03 Bumble and C-04 Cliff.

Nice, but almost 60$CAN plus taxes, plus almost 40$CAN of shipping for around 100$CAN EACH is a big fat NOPE.

I'll wait for them to be in store (not as pre-order) at A3&U or something.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Ordered both at the same time but it looks like it'll be two separate shipments. I like how they look but I really, really hope we don't get a Bumblebee with a toon head down the line.

At nearly 40$CAN each shipments, that's the dealbreaker for me.

They look great, but I'm definitely waiting to see what Hasbro prices them at. They're $30 on AmiAmi and have cheaper shipping options if you don't mind waiting (or want to bundle with other things to absorb some of the cost like I would). Amazon Japan will probably eventually reduce the price to $30, but that's still a lot for shipping, $18 which isn't going to change, meaning currently they're $55 each, and if they come down to $30 you're still paying $48 each.

Don't disappoint us, Hasbro, you've been doing a great job with import prices lately!

Emerje