Gentei Strafe In-Package Images

Real Devastator wrote:.... Henkei Strafe is an exclusive for members of the Transformers Basecamp web site in Japan, which is itself exclusive to those who own a Transformers-themed Visa credit card....

now thats an exclusive!

shonenfan4 wrote:I'm actually interested in seeing what this Transformers-theme Visa card look like now.

Check this out: http://www.transformers-card.com/

magnusalpha wrote:It's kinda silly that some people are actually *complaining* that this is "just a recolor." How many TFs out there that are widely accepted as great figures, and are simple recolors? Lots.

personally i like this better than cyclonus.... the colors seem to fit this one real well

Bio translation from BraveMax at TFW:

Anyways, the full bio's rough translation is below. Minor artistic license taken, of course:

"Even now, the Cybertrons' new weapon, the Techbot Corps, is throwing itself into battle with the Destron Army. Suddenly, their sniper Strafe takes the full brunt of an attack and something extraordinary occurs.

The whole corps had maintained the coloration from their original forms, but their outer appearance was completely different. Every member of the Techbot Corps had long ago been reborn from the wreckage of Transformers who had fallen prey to the destroyer of space (uchuu no hakaisha), the Space Emperor (Seikanteiou) Unicron.

Now, according to the research of the Cybertrons' base computer, Teletraan 2, it seems Strafe has somehow returned to his original form. To a worried Supreme Commander Convoy and the rest of his fellow Techbot Corps members, Strafe says merely, "I feel younger than ever, and I'm aching to fight!".

Strafe has now regained the aerial speed of youth, clocking in at almost 1.8 times as fast as his old body! Let us follow the courageous Strafe's example and sortie!"

Full Metal wrote:TFU Classics/Henkei Cyclonus is one of the best figures I have seen in my opinion and to see the mold used again is nice. Strafe looks awesome and I wouldn't mind having him myself, what's the price tag on that?

robotkingdom.com has it for presale at about $90.00
bbts.com used to have it for about the same price, but they've raised it to $109.00 since I last looked.

Can't wait. This and Electro Ligier are going to be first crazy-expensive Japan-exclusive figures. And here's hoping Ghost Starscream preorders actually get filled.

Real Devastator wrote:

shonenfan4 wrote:I'm actually interested in seeing what this Transformers-theme Visa card look like now.

Check this out: http://www.transformers-card.com/

wow, those VISA cards looks pretty sweet, G1 ftw.

the preordered on BBTS is in-stock, just got the e-mail from them.

magnusalpha wrote:Hm. I got the email from BBTS for my Electro Disruptor Ligier, but not for my Strafe. I wonder what's up?

They had different release dates.

magnusalpha wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:

magnusalpha wrote:Hm. I got the email from BBTS for my Electro Disruptor Ligier, but not for my Strafe. I wonder what's up?

They had different release dates.

Uh, I realize that. The poster I quoted stated that he just got an email from BBTS telling him that Strafe was in-stock. As I also have a pre-order for that item, from that seller, I was curious why I didn't receive the same email.

yea, I screwed up on that post, I meant to post that in the Ligier thread.

So, I've currently got Strafe on pre-order at BBTS, for $109.99. How is Robot Kingdom's shipping? Strafe's shipping at BBTS should be negligible since he's just going into my Pile Of Loot. Will it cost me less than $20 to ship from Robot Kingdom? Is it worth losing out on the convenience of Pile of Loot?