Boy those TT Animated Exclusives are getting expensive.

[jaydisc]

Great tally of the cost of keeping up with TT's Animated Exclusives:

http://www.collecticon.org/2010/09/attack-of-the-takaratomy-animated-exclusives/

Spoiler alert: USD 1870!

[Golden Phoenix]

Soon there will be more exclusives than normal figures. The weird world we live in!

[gekisou]

Its looking to go that way. If you give each fig a 'Super Mode' and then add the bajillion versions of the SS mold, the possible exclusives will surpass the normal stuff.

[Paulbot]

Boy those TT Animated Exclusives are getting expensive
Don't worry they'll reciprocate.

Is the easier option to just not get any? Or just one or two?

Is there a difference between completist (just getting the regularly released figures) and being ultra-completist (getting absolutely everything)

[Bartrim]

Don't worry they'll reciprocate.

Ha ha.. Gold:D

[Paulbot]

What's funny is that it seemed like Takara would never release Animated figures... now they've got more figures than Hasbro ever did.

[tinyJazz]

Patience! Space it out and you'll get through it. ;) So far I've knocked eight off that list, and I've got another on pre-order.
I'm not up to date with the regular releases either, but if they sell out it's not like they won't be on ebay at some point.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

I would just like TT to release repaints of characters that Hasbro didnt release

Thundercracker (voyager) (did he ever make it)
Ramjet (voyager)
Dirge (voyager)
Thrust (voyager)
Wasp (deluxe)
Cliffjumper (deluxe)

I'd buy these exclusives

[LordCyrusOmega]

I would just like TT to release repaints of characters that Hasbro didnt release

Thundercracker (voyager) (did he ever make it)
Ramjet (voyager)
Dirge (voyager)
Thrust (voyager)
Wasp (deluxe)
Cliffjumper (deluxe)

I'd buy these exclusives

I'd love to see these as well. Are the exclusives really worth it though?

[GoktimusPrime]

They all sound and look like rather forgettable repaints, except for Activator Ramjet - which I would pay AU$30 for, but not US$30. And why are there price estimates on LUCKY DRAW prize toys?? Those toys aren't meant to have RRPs or meant to be even available for retail sale... aren't they supposed to be given away free as ... ya know... lucky draw prizes?!?

I'm delighted to receive lucky draw toys if I win them, but I'd never pay for one. Kinda defeats the whole point of it IMHO

[jaydisc]

... which I would pay AU$30 for, but not US$30.

That extra A$0.86 is a deal breaker, eh?


And why are there price estimates on LUCKY DRAW prize toys?? Those toys aren't meant to have RRPs or meant to be even available for retail sale... aren't they supposed to be given away free as ... ya know... lucky draw prizes?!?

I'm delighted to receive lucky draw toys if I win them, but I'd never pay for one. Kinda defeats the whole point of it IMHO

Because that's the estimated cost for a collector to collect them.

Refusing to pay aftermarket prices for any item (regardless of whether the seller acquired it for free or as a prize), seems to me to defeat the whole point of collecting. I understand your own choice to not want, but to insinuate that it "defeats the whole point of it" bewilders me greatly. Would that also mean that:


Importing toys to Australia that are meant for the Japanese market defeats the whole point of it?
Buying G1 Reflector with money instead of robot points defeats the whole point of it?
Buying toys in 2010 made to be sold in 1984 defeats the whole point of it?

It seems to be a very basic tenet of collecting anything that people will buy things they want, regardless of its original purpose and price, without defeating the point of anything. :confused:

[GoktimusPrime]

That extra A$0.86 is a deal breaker, eh?
Damn straight. For an extra 14c I can go to the Dollar store buy myself somefing.

Yeah already, I got pwned there. :p
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y227/goktimusprime/avatars/nigahiga_pwned.jpg

I've replied to the rest of your post here (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?p=196767) :)