We also have mortgages or rent, insurance, rates, car rego, groceries, doctors bills and various other expensive needs that take priority over purchasing such precious tf's.Quote:
Originally Posted by benben2142
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We also have mortgages or rent, insurance, rates, car rego, groceries, doctors bills and various other expensive needs that take priority over purchasing such precious tf's.Quote:
Originally Posted by benben2142
LOL no wonder why everyone buys tf's with no papperwork.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
Life's financial matters have much greater importance over toys.
I know I'd much rather live in a house with no TF's than live on the street with every G1 ever made.
It comes down to Needs Vs Wants (Highschool Commerce actually came in useful for once :D).
Discussions on how and why much you spend what you do on TFs are not appropriate here, there's separate threads on those topics.
Let's keep this to questions and answers please.
I cannot seem to find a reference for takara reissue collection price figures and quantity availability.
It seem mini-bots, insecticons and blitzwing sell higher than other TFC. Is this something to do with availability, popularity or something else.
The price variations differ so dramatically, i was wondering if people can help provide reasonale estimates on the TFC range in general.
thank you
I've been surprised myself. I have a few but don't have a few so I have been looking to get them myself. The prices are astounding and given I have all of them from other reissues or original versions in good nick, I'm only after TFC b/c of the quality of the packaging.Quote:
Originally Posted by autobreadticon
Based on what i've seen for several months now (Original approx RRP in brackets converted from yen):
TFC-00 Prime: $350 ($70)
TFC-01 Jazz: $45-55 ($35)
TFC-02 Prowl $60-70 ()
TFC-03 Skids $50 ($35)
TFC-04 Tracks $55-65 ($35)
TFC-05 Smokescreen $55-65 ($35)
TFC-06 Megatron $70-80 ($65) (good luck getting him into the country though)
TFC-07 Sideswipe $55-65 ($35)
TFC-08 Inferno $60-70 ($35)
TFC-09 Starscream $120 ($40)
TFC-10 Soundwave $150 ($55)
TFC-11 Astrotrain $60-$70 ($35)
TFC-12 Mini-Bots $150 ($35)
TFC-13 Hot Rod $60-$70 ($35)
TFC-14 Hound $55-70 ($35)
TFC-15 Ricochet/Stepper $40 ($35)
TFC-16 Insecticons $125 ($40)
TFC-17 Blitzwing $140 ($35)
TFC-18 Soundblaster w/ Ravage and Laserbeak $130 (65)
TFC-19 Perceptor $110 ($40)
TFC-20 Kup (targetmaster)/Wheelie $50 ($44)
TFC-21 Blaster w/ Steeljaw $110 ($50)
I'm surprised TFC-00 Prime is still so expensive despite the recent Encore re-issue. I'd been holding out for the price to drop b/c of the Encore but that unfortunately didn't happen. :(
there are a few kup/wheelie boxes in perth right now for $65
thanks STL, also wow to the soundblaster price
Optimus has always been an odd one. No matter how many times it is reissued, it is just that one figure that everyone has to have. I would guess that it would have to be the toy design most produced out of all TFs, and yet prior releases seem to increase and hold their value after each new release. Megatron on the other hand did seem to go down after they did a second release of the TCF version, which diluted the demand for that version. The later ones probably have higher prices as they were probably released in lesser quantities as the sales started drying up and they were more obscure figures.
I was very disappointed that that series ended, because not only were they in a collectable, displayable packaging, but they had filecards in checklist pages included with each one.
mou dare ni mo tomerarenai inochi kaketa TRANSFORM kizu tsuite moyaru shika nai aoi chikyuu mamoru no wa dare da shounen wa ima senshi ni kawaru GO AND FIGHT tachi agaru n da MASTERFORCE! tatakau tabi ni MASTERFORCE! tsuyoku naru no sa MASTERFORCE! ima koso susume
GET ON, GO ON, HEAD ON choujin MASTERFORCE Super- God Masterforce.
That's not a question, those are lyrics. :confused:
GET SET START
CHANGING CHANGING sakebu chihesen kimi no kitto nani ka ga okiru BURING BURING moedaru sora ikari o komete zenkai HERO (HERO) HERO honoo no BATTLE kinou no kimi o koete yuke sou sa HERO (HERO) HERO MASTERFORCE de kimi mo kimi mo TRANSFORMER
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what is afa graded? Also who grades them? Where do you buy those plastic case?
[QUOTE=benben2142;17366]GET SET START
CHANGING CHANGING sakebu chihesen kimi no kitto nani ka ga okiru BURING BURING moedaru sora ikari o komete zenkai HERO (HERO) HERO honoo no BATTLE kinou no kimi o koete yuke sou sa HERO (HERO) HERO MASTERFORCE de kimi mo kimi mo TRANSFORMER
um what benben said
AFA graded is as far as i know, some official thingy that classifies toys according to their condition. They lock some tfs in carbonite to preserve them forever, but why preserve it forever if you can only look at it and not play with it ? ! I like cheese
AFA stands for Action Figure Authority which is a company that grades toys based on their quality. They also seal the toy in those plastics cases once graded to protect them.
As Roller says the toy is locked away so it can't be touched or played with as that would decrease the grade.
Well how come they sell them for sooo much on ebay?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Because the toy has been graded by a neutral company the buyer knows they are going to get something that is in good condition, and it's not just the seller saying "yeah it's in good condition" when it isn't.
The sellers who have graded items also think there toys are worth much more because they are of a high grade and better than random second hand toys.
Benben, please think before you post!!Quote:
Originally Posted by benben2142
Paulbot's answer should explain it!
Does any1 know the offical series name for G1 legends?
Classics Legends
or
Legends Series 5 & Series 6
interesting because i have never seen these figures before
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...TODAY.m238.lVI
i cant seem to find these galleries from the major TF websites
Oh, those are a different sort of Legends to the current type (which is what I thought you meant). They are the robot only versions of the Pretender Classics (Jazz, Grimlock, Bumblebee, Starscream) from around 1989/1990 and weren't sold in Australia (as far as I know)
I have a question about the Quintessons.
What role(s) did they, and their planet play (if any) in the comics continuity?
Please enlighten me with your knowledge. Thanks!
They only appeared in the UK story, Space Pirates. Their planet was being destroyed so they were making plans to conquer another metallic world to make their homeworld. Cybertron was top of their list and they attacked Transformers there and on Earth but were eventually beaten by an Autobot-Decepticon alliance and exiled to space with their planet destroyed.
They do appear in the US comic in a straight adapation of the cartoon episode Big Broadcast of 2006.
In the Dreamwave comics it was looking like they were involved in some mysterious events in Cybertron history, and responsible for all female Autobots, but the story never got completed.
I always thought that was because the TFC Prime came with the Collector's Album (which everyone wants/needs). I may be wrong tho...:confused::)Quote:
Originally Posted by STL
Here's the "Jazz" one on Seibertron...Quote:
Originally Posted by autobreadticon
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/galle...size=0&start=0
Screamer, Bumblebee and Grimlock are on there too :)
I'm pretty sure they were sold in Australia - well, at least I definitely know Grimlock was... cos my best friend in Primary School had him...Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
http://www.seibertron.com/toys/galle...size=0&start=0
I remember this figure specifically cos he was really cool! :)
I meant the non-Pretender versions. I still have all the Classic Pretender versions. :)
Oh... in the words of Optimus Prime... "My bad"! :D
I had Classic Pretender w/out shell Jazz. I always thought I was missing parts but never realised till now it was packaged singularly as part of a "classic" line
The only difference between the Pretender and non-Pretender Legend version of Jazz (other than lack of shell) was that Legend Jazz had Pretender Bumblebee's gun (and non-Pretender Bumblebee has Pretender Jazz's gun).Quote:
Originally Posted by STL
I have it (the book) but I don't really want/need it and it has a few books in there from various figures.Quote:
I always thought that was because the TFC Prime came with the Collector's Album (which everyone wants/needs). I may be wrong tho...
What would anyone be willing to pay for it?
thanks every1 for answering my question, guess i will be just collecting the robots and not the shells :D
Hi All,
I'm trying to find a transformer which I had when I was a kid but for the life of me I can't remember the name of it.
I know its a bit vague, but all I can remember is that it transforms into a spaceship and is maroon/redish in colour. I think it was an autobot.
Any ideas people?
Scattorshot?
Try this:
http://www.tfu.info/ID/index.htm
here is what I got based on your description:
http://www.tfu.info/ID/redplanes.htm
I want the box. I don't care too much about the book, just the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDirtyDigger
Haha...no I want the box. It displays well and is a neat lttle storage compartment for all those Primey goodies.Quote:
Originally Posted by STL
i just realised the movie scouts are repaints of older transformer molds..:eek:
which line are they from ?
Which one are new molds?
What repaints of characters are they?
thanks
They are repaints of Energon and Cybertron Scouts. If they come with a key they are from the Cybertron line, if they don't they are from Energon.
Here's who's who:
http://transformers.wikia.com/wiki/M...clusive_Scouts
Have the Universe Branded Cybertron figs been released in Australia? I want the deluxe two packs!
Nope unfortunately. I waited and waited but recently grabbed them for about $27 each off eBay from the US shipping included. I don't think we'll get them but if we do, they'll likely be in TRU like Snowcat ended up being.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutsman Heavy
thanks STL, eBay it is then,
What about the Movie Deluxe Cybertron repaints (Big Daddy etc) and Scouts (Warpath)? I really like the look of some of those, Big Daddy, Grindcore and Warpath are win!