Titan Class METROPLEX

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Originally Posted by Trent

It cost Hasbro $400K to produce. So they are gonna milk this mould for all it's worth you can count on that.

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Where did you get that number? just out of curiosity.

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Originally Posted by Sinnertwin

Where'd all that money go? Design's worth about $400 including the lunch tab, so that leaves $399,600 for manufacturing and packaging costs?

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you're joking right:confused:

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

Where did you get that number? just out of curiosity.

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Somewhere here I think. Az said the same thing here so at least I know I didn't dream it, but I can't seem to find exactly where it stated it. :o

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

you're joking right:confused:

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Yes, albeit sarcastically, i was. Im not a fan of this figure, but each to their own :)

Did the HK version get cancelled? Robot Kingdom no longer have it available for pre-order/sale.

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Originally Posted by Kazza

Did the HK version get cancelled? Robot Kingdom no longer have it available for pre-order/sale.

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Maybe they weren't able to get a hold of any stock.

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

Where did you get that number? just out of curiosity.

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Originally Posted by Trent

Somewhere here I think. Az said the same thing here so at least I know I didn't dream it, but I can't seem to find exactly where it stated it. :o

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That quote was derived from an on-floor Hasbro Rep at the Toyfair; a pair of blokes I follow on twitter were present as Press, providing live information for a couple of International sites (TFW2005) and they heard the Rep mentioning said figure to a suit, or so he was described :p, as he is thus far the most expensive tooling they invested in for the line. :)

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

That quote was derived from an on-floor Hasbro Rep at the Toyfair; a pair of blokes I follow on twitter were present as Press, providing live information for a couple of International sites (TFW2005) and they heard the Rep mentioning said figure to a suit, or so he was described :p, as he is thus far the most expensive tooling they invested in for the line. :)

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So it'd be a fair bet that that they'll be repainting this till the cows come home to recoup their costs :)

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Originally Posted by Trent

So it'd be a fair bet that that they'll be repainting this till the cows come home to recoup their costs :)

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Metrotitan!! The Decepticons need a base too :D. If they can't produce Trypticon coz it's another huge production due to another mold altogether then might as well make use of this and sell thru retail, instead of going to E hobby where i'ts gonna be cost prohibitive and therefore non profitable for HasTakTom.

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Originally Posted by liegeprime

Metrotitan!! The Decepticons need a base too :D. If they can't produce Trypticon coz it's another huge production due to another mold altogether then might as well make use of this and sell thru retail, instead of going to E hobby where i'ts gonna be cost prohibitive and therefore non profitable for HasTakTom.

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I concur with everything you've brought up here Liege, I reckon Metrotitan would be an awesome addition; for me personally though, it'd be a BIG ask to try & find room for three 2ft tall robots. :o
That said if there were to be a 2ft tall Trypticon produced?, there'd be no justification required for me in such an event - I would simply find/make the room for the giant kaiju bot! :D

Read the thread but I cant confirm whether this is coming to Aus retail? Since TRU US and Canada has confirmed them. Shipping alone on RK for this huge toy is about $70+ :eek: