Takara Tomy Transformers Legends Grand Maximus Did Not Reach 3000 Limit for Pretender Shell

Or just get one of the other shells and stuff Grand in one of those.

Insurgent wrote:Or just get one of the other shells and stuff Grand in one of those.

Nah, not the same. I was on for the cool exclusive translucent pretender shell.

Maannnn...

That's too bad, I couldn't justify getting Grand Max, but the Pretender Shell was who he was and I know a lot of folks were poking forward to him having that. And since it served as an extra gun, all the more loss

Relic0037 wrote:

Insurgent wrote:Or just get one of the other shells and stuff Grand in one of those.

Pretty much what I will eventually do. Between whatever Hasbro & Takara release, I'm sure there will be a suitable substitute. It won't be quite the same as the one in the picture, but if I find a decent POTP shell for $10 (or whatever the retail price will be... I forget) I can make it work. Losing out on the shell isn't enough to make me cancel my preorder for a figure I thought would be a long shot to ever be produced.

Should be like $6. Shells will be the same price as the Titan Master accessories like Shuffler and Repugnus.

With all of the little giveaway figures that Takara does at retail chains in Japan where you spend X amount of money and get a little free Micron or whatever the promotion is at the time, I would be absolutely shocked if this wasn't released at some point in Japan.

Hopefully they paint it properly. A translucent Grand shell is not what I would want, but a cartoon accurate colored one would be fine.

SG Roadbuster wrote:i wonder how many pre-orders are being cancelled now since the shell goal wasnt hit.

TakaraTomy Mall doesn't cancel preorders, so any canceled preorders on places like BBTS won't affect the figure's production.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:i wonder how many pre-orders are being cancelled now since the shell goal wasnt hit.

TakaraTomy Mall doesn't cancel preorders, so any canceled preorders on places like BBTS won't affect the figure's production.

So basically we are not really preordering ourselves but BBTS and other places are and they just resell them to us right?

Right. Only preorders made directly to TTM by those with Japanese addresses mattered for the 2000 and 3000 marks.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:i wonder how many pre-orders are being cancelled now since the shell goal wasnt hit.

TakaraTomy Mall doesn't cancel preorders, so any canceled preorders on places like BBTS won't affect the figure's production.

So basically we are not really preordering ourselves but BBTS and other places are and they just resell them to us right?

Right. Only preorders made directly to TTM by those with Japanese addresses mattered for the 2000 and 3000 marks.

Should of just did a bunch of preorders and then cancel after the 3000 line was made ha ha.

Again, preorders made directly to TTM can't be canceled.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:i wonder how many pre-orders are being cancelled now since the shell goal wasnt hit.

TakaraTomy Mall doesn't cancel preorders, so any canceled preorders on places like BBTS won't affect the figure's production.

So basically we are not really preordering ourselves but BBTS and other places are and they just resell them to us right?

Right. Only preorders made directly to TTM by those with Japanese addresses mattered for the 2000 and 3000 marks.

Should of just did a bunch of preorders and then cancel after the 3000 line was made ha ha.

Again, preorders made directly to TTM can't be canceled.

I meant that we preorder through BBTS and other places and then cancel when they order the ammount, it was also a joke too.

But what if a store like BBTS needs to cancel 50 pre-orders of the figure, does that mean their middle man is stuck with 50 extra copies of Grand Max? What if someone in Japan just doesn't pay?

By the way, Great Shot is a TTM exclusive too?

For a mold that was widely vilified for the recycled parts (around 30%), add a different color and a weeeeeeeeeeeeee armor and suddenly its a must have? Now if that shell was more anime accurate Jan Coogo style,,,,,,,,,,,

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SG Roadbuster wrote:i wonder how many pre-orders are being cancelled now since the shell goal wasnt hit.

TakaraTomy Mall doesn't cancel preorders, so any canceled preorders on places like BBTS won't affect the figure's production.

So basically we are not really preordering ourselves but BBTS and other places are and they just resell them to us right?

I think we have it all wrong. The price BBTS is selling it at is not enough of a markup for them buying it from TTMall, shipping it and then reselling it. If it were the case, the markup would look more like th markup for last years Legends 2 pack with Dogfight which was triple the actual price in japan.
Like most Takara products, they are getting it through another channel. I have no clue how it works, I am just saying I am pretty sure how it doesnt work.

And this proves what I was saying to Sebertron and Megatronus, our orders, unless done through TTMall directly, have 0 impact. This was entirely dependent on the Japanese market.