First Pictures of Henkei Thrust
Posted by Counterpunch
Feb 27, 2009 at 7:39am CST
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http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/6d/7a/10145834456.jpg
http://stat.ameba.jp/user_images/e3/60/10145834466.jpg
Ganbo store exclusive.
It looks as though the release of this toy is sooner than expected.
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Comment by DevastaTTor
Feb 27, 2009
Thanks for the post. Glad to see confirmation that the thrusters are detatchable. I'm looking forward to Dirge and Thrust being released and being able to complete my seekers set.
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Comment by Oilspill
Feb 27, 2009
Hah. Have we seen ANY pics with the thrusters positioned correctly in alt mode yet?
Back to the Team Fortress Scout update for me
Back to the Team Fortress Scout update for me
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Comment by Counterpunch
Feb 27, 2009
I think the BotCon one looks genuinely better, but this is an interesting variation.
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Comment by Rated X
Feb 27, 2009
Nice ! I really hope Hasbro sees an oppurtunity to cash in and relesse Thrust and Dirge in the USA retail market. For every person willing to spend fifty bucks online there will be 100 guys like me who would love to snag him at Wal-Mart for $12.99 !
Common Sense = MAJOR PROFIT !!!
Hasbro Im begging you not to make the same mistake you did with Thundercracker...
Peace
Common Sense = MAJOR PROFIT !!!
Hasbro Im begging you not to make the same mistake you did with Thundercracker...
Peace
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Comment by rpetras
Feb 27, 2009
I Agree, the botcon one is much nicer.
I don't have the botcon version, but I'm glad I skipped on this one, I'd be disappointed at that price.
If it was a general JP release or even a US store exclusive for maybe $20, then OK, but it's not worth that $$$ for me.
Yea, except he was more like $90 here in the US.
I don't have the botcon version, but I'm glad I skipped on this one, I'd be disappointed at that price.
If it was a general JP release or even a US store exclusive for maybe $20, then OK, but it's not worth that $$$ for me.
Rated X wrote:Nice ! I really hope Hasbro sees an oppurtunity to cash in and relesse Thrust and Dirge in the USA retail market. For every person willing to spend fifty bucks online there will be 100 guys like me who would love to snag him at Wal-Mart for $12.99 !
Common Sense = MAJOR PROFIT !!!
Hasbro Im begging you not to make the same mistake you did with Thundercracker...
Peace
Yea, except he was more like $90 here in the US.
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Seconded, if the botcon seekers were available at retail, I dont think anyone would touch Henkei Dirge
I kick myself for only ordering one set of 'games of deception'
Comment by Sid Burn
Feb 27, 2009
Counterpunch wrote:I think the BotCon one loos genuinely better, but this is an interesting variation.
Seconded, if the botcon seekers were available at retail, I dont think anyone would touch Henkei Dirge
I kick myself for only ordering one set of 'games of deception'
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Actually, Thundercracker, Dirge and Thrust were all part of the botcon boxset so you are out of luck on seeing those three at retail.
Comment by Sid Burn
Feb 27, 2009
Rated X wrote:Nice ! I really hope Hasbro sees an oppurtunity to cash in and relesse Thrust and Dirge in the USA retail market. For every person willing to spend fifty bucks online there will be 100 guys like me who would love to snag him at Wal-Mart for $12.99 !
Common Sense = MAJOR PROFIT !!!
Hasbro Im begging you not to make the same mistake you did with Thundercracker...
Peace
Actually, Thundercracker, Dirge and Thrust were all part of the botcon boxset so you are out of luck on seeing those three at retail.
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Let's break that down a little using your math.
Let's say there are 500 people in the US who are shelling out for the JP limited release. That's an estimate but it's probably a fair (if not high) estimate for really serious US collectors who are aware of this figure's pending release and buying it. If we use your math, we'd have 50,000 people willing to buy this figure as a Hasbro release. If Hasbro makes 8 dollars per figure that it sells, which is probably a very high estimate, that's only $400,000.
If we multiply that times 2 for both figures, that's still less than 1 million dollars.
That's not major profit in my book (thinking corporately) and probably not for Hasbro either.
Common sense right now means limiting repaints that need additional molds and just do straight repaints like Acid Storm and Universe SS.
Comment by DevastaTTor
Feb 27, 2009
Rated X wrote:Nice ! I really hope Hasbro sees an oppurtunity to cash in and relesse Thrust and Dirge in the USA retail market. For every person willing to spend fifty bucks online there will be 100 guys like me who would love to snag him at Wal-Mart for $12.99 !
Common Sense = MAJOR PROFIT !!!
Let's break that down a little using your math.
Let's say there are 500 people in the US who are shelling out for the JP limited release. That's an estimate but it's probably a fair (if not high) estimate for really serious US collectors who are aware of this figure's pending release and buying it. If we use your math, we'd have 50,000 people willing to buy this figure as a Hasbro release. If Hasbro makes 8 dollars per figure that it sells, which is probably a very high estimate, that's only $400,000.
If we multiply that times 2 for both figures, that's still less than 1 million dollars.
That's not major profit in my book (thinking corporately) and probably not for Hasbro either.
Common sense right now means limiting repaints that need additional molds and just do straight repaints like Acid Storm and Universe SS.
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Comment by Dead Metal
Feb 27, 2009
awesome although looking at the pannels of the toy I kinda fear that the quality of this guy will be bad.
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Yeah, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my set will have good paint apps. I was pretty lucky with TC-he looked really good.
Comment by DevastaTTor
Feb 27, 2009
Dead Metal wrote:awesome although looking at the pannels of the toy I kinda fear that the quality of this guy will be bad.
Yeah, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my set will have good paint apps. I was pretty lucky with TC-he looked really good.
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agreed are there any---- really lookin forward to those pics. thanks again
Comment by glazer
Feb 27, 2009
Oilspill wrote:Hah. Have we seen ANY pics with the thrusters positioned correctly in alt mode yet?
Back to the Team Fortress Scout update for me
agreed are there any---- really lookin forward to those pics. thanks again
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Comment by typh0id
Feb 27, 2009
I surely wish these guys weren't so pricey...I'd snap them up in a jiffy if they were a bit more reasonable...
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Comment by dragons
Feb 27, 2009
well since ebay seases to surprise so far i checked to see how much botcon version its almost 300 forbot con version so ill be getting this version instead.
but by looking at the pictures lokos like you can put the engines on top of the wings to have more of a g1 look to it instead of the tail wings they have it in the images as shown there.
but by looking at the pictures lokos like you can put the engines on top of the wings to have more of a g1 look to it instead of the tail wings they have it in the images as shown there.
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It's not the paint that concerns me I love the paint on my Henkei Seekers it's the flopyness and mould deterioration I'm afraid off.
Comment by Dead Metal
Feb 27, 2009
DevastaTTor wrote:Dead Metal wrote:awesome although looking at the pannels of the toy I kinda fear that the quality of this guy will be bad.
Yeah, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that my set will have good paint apps. I was pretty lucky with TC-he looked really good.
It's not the paint that concerns me I love the paint on my Henkei Seekers it's the flopyness and mould deterioration I'm afraid off.
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Comment by NuclearConvoy
Feb 27, 2009
I like the way his face was painted, but, all in all, I'm happy I have my BotCon set. I prefer the wings on the Boton set imensely.
Also, I have very little compunction to ever buy a "complete" set of seekers again, now that I have all the Classics styled seekers.
I'd have gotten Acid Storm (or whatever his name was) if it weren't for the army camo-stylings, if he had just been a green styled seeker.
And I'd still get a Sunstorm...
Also, I have very little compunction to ever buy a "complete" set of seekers again, now that I have all the Classics styled seekers.
I'd have gotten Acid Storm (or whatever his name was) if it weren't for the army camo-stylings, if he had just been a green styled seeker.
And I'd still get a Sunstorm...
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Comment by Megatron Wolf
Feb 27, 2009
I normally dont buy henkei but this may be an exception.
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I don't normally buy henkei either, but this'll be the second figure I've ever seriously even thought about (the other being megatron, which I did buy). I hope places like action hq or bbts carry it, because i want it.
Comment by ShGarland_1383
Feb 27, 2009
Megatron_Wolf wrote:I normally dont buy henkei but this may be an exception.
I don't normally buy henkei either, but this'll be the second figure I've ever seriously even thought about (the other being megatron, which I did buy). I hope places like action hq or bbts carry it, because i want it.
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Comment by Hyper-Chicken
Feb 27, 2009
Thrust is the only seeker I don't have. I paid what I thought was a fair price for Botcon Thundercracker and Dirge on ebay and am still happy with my purchase. When the news of Henkei Thrust came out I was initially excited and blindly pre-ordered one but after seeing more pics I just can't get past the coloring on the wings and have since cancelled my pre-order. I figure that one day I will get lucky on ebay with the superior Botcon version.
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Feb 27, 2009
I like the idea of the fans being able to attach to both front and back wings, but I still find the BotCon one superior. All these different versions of the Seekers get confusing for me as a collector, I don't know which exclusive version I wanna get 
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Comment by munkimus prime
Feb 27, 2009
He looks nice but he's a bit expensive, so I may need to think about getting him.
