Preorders are now up on Zing Popculture.
I have started a news thread with the link in the Australian News section here: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...eOrder-on-Zing
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Preorders are now up on Zing Popculture.
I have started a news thread with the link in the Australian News section here: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...eOrder-on-Zing
Good news that there is a local option. For those happy to import, Robot Kingdom has it for $170 (US$109) shipped by Registered Air Mail small packet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim Prime
https://www.robotkingdom.com/mp39plus.html
Works out much cheaper than Zing (or Takara Tomy Mall) and you will get it far quicker assuming air freight has returned to more normal levels by November. RK usually keeps their pre-orders open till release so I'm just going to wait to order it rather than pay it all upfront now.
SGD$130 (~AU$143) before shipping at Oh My Primus right now. https://ohmyprimus.com/tmp39p.html Savier's Toys also has it up for pre-order, but no estimated final price. https://www.tftoys.com.au/shop/takar...mp-39-spinout/
EB Games have always been hit and miss with the pricing... after we had a great price for Super Megatron, this one is on the expensive side.
The price in Japan is 13,200yen (about AU$205, depending on your bank's exchange rate), so if RK is selling it for AU$170 (would be closer to $180 at the bank/paypal exchange rate) including shipping, that's very cheap.
Just looking at OMP, they have it for AU$141 plus postage... which would easily be less than AU$100, making it also cheaper than EB.
AU$240 at EB Games is a bit high, but people should go with the source they trust, if they prefer to import to save money, or prefer to buy locally to make it easier to get a refund or exchange.
By sharing shipping with two friends and applying a 7% discount I was able to get mine for $162aud from Robotoyz. I'm happy with that.
I still haven't found where it was noted (at one of the BotCons I think) by someone official about the colours of Sideswipe and Sunstreaker being swapped late, but I did manage to find the Bob Budiansky panel at BotCon 2010 that noted the original names of various first year toys, including Sunstreaker originally being called Spinout...
Stalker was changed to Ravage
Fireball was changed to Jetfire
Blowout was changed to Cliffjumper
Guzzle was changed to Trailbreaker
Sprint was changed to Windcharger
Spinout was changed to Sunstreaker
Slazer was changed to Laserbeak
Jazzz was modified to Jazz
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/bc10/p22.jpg
There's not one name there I wish wasn't changed.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I'm pulling together some content trying to get as possible a best guess as to what happened back in 1984 and this is another piece of the puzzle.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Of all the name changes Spinout seems to be one of the very late ones, I believe it was printed in more materials than any of the other abandoned names.
I just found this one on ebay, with Sunstreaker being called Sideswipe...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/f648.jpg
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/f649.jpg
Yes I have the book those pages are from and took similar photos for my case file. :)
On another page Buster says “Spin-out” has been hit but pages later says they’ve finished fixing “Sunstreaker” and another puzzle calls Sunstreaker by that name.
https://imgur.com/a/qHfrOak
The cover above is a different book. The pages are from The Deadly Fuel Shortage. Decepticon Patrol is the book where nearly everyone is off model to a ridiculous degree.