I at least wanna see a retool for the Coneheads before they retire the MP Seeker mould
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I at least wanna see a retool for the Coneheads before they retire the MP Seeker mould
Don't mind that but that means is just more coneheads mp for decepticon for the next 5 years, nothing new like galvertron or insecticons or reflector etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
Something that Takara keeps doing. There seems to be nothing exciting about decepticon since sound wave. The excitement is solely autobot cars.
Can't wait for the next two years to pass to end the entire seekers line, it been a boring trip.
Hasbro Thundercracker cost me $80. With a stand :cool: I can't remember if it was reduced from $100 but even then, that's a good price for a MP seeker.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Who seriously gives a damn about the new box sequence? If you do your in for a disappointment at some stage if you expect Hasbro to be consistent with anything over a period of time anything longer than a few years.Quote:
Originally Posted by drifand
Wait and see? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
How the arse did you think I could predicted starscream mp release?
And oh hasbro do care about the damn box not that I give two shits about it
I be extremely happy to be wrong though, if next year 0 seekers are released by hasbro. Mp-11 skywarp by hasbro is probably next.
If we want a chat about prices, coffee only cost $2.50 few years back, it is now $4.50
^Best. :cool: :D I honestly hadn't even noticed, as with the sole exception of Acid Storm, I haven't collected any Hasbro-boxed MPs after Acid Storm. And even if I did, what Trent said. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trent
So, do you honestly want HasTak to reissue almost every MP in the new Generations style box and MP numbering, just so that collectors can purchase them all over again with a more consistent Hasbro box style? :eek: IMO, if having consistent looking boxes is your thing, just pre-order all the Takara(TOMY) versions. Advantages include:
* Absolutely more consistent box style. They haven't changed it since they released MP-1 in 2004 (well, Xmas of 2003, but it's effectively an '04 release; most people didn't receive theirs until Jan/Feb of '04 anyway :p) and are unlikely to change it in future.
* Smaller boxes. If you're going to be collecting boxes, then space is an issue (even if you flatten them!), and it's no secret that Hasbro's boxes are big space-wasters. Their MP Prowl & Bluestreak boxes are ridiculously huge, nearly double the volume of TakTOM's.
* No great loss if you can't read Japanese. TakTOM's boxes have all logos and names printed in English as well (unless you're a stickler for the Anglophone names, e.g. "Bluestreak" instead of "Streak"). Yes, the various blurbs on the back are in Japanese, but Hasbro's boxes don't really have much in the way of blurbs anyway, there's just a lot of blanks spaces. The Hasbro boxes won't translate any of that stuff anyway.
* You'll get the toys sooner. Hasbro's versions come out years (months at best) after TakaraTOMY's. At times not at all (e.g. Sideswipe, Ultra Magnus, Bumblebee, Wheeljack etc.); this is why Hasbro AU have resorted to directly importing Japanese MPs for our market, because they cbb to wait and see if Hasbro USA are going to do it. The sole exception to this is Acid Storm (who is the only Generations style boxed MP that I own).
* You'll probably get the toy cheaper. Especially if you pre-order and get an earlybird discount. The only exception has been Soundwave, whose AU RRP worked out even cheaper than discounted Japanese RRPs! And maybe Sunstorm too -- the TakTOM version was initially sold without any preorder discount (13650JPY/$151); how much is our local one again? :confused:
I suspect that only a small minority of collectors would honestly be willing to re-collect every MP re-issued with a new box. I don't think that the numbers would make it feasible for Hasbro to do it all again.
Up to you, man. If you want to sit around and wait and see if Hasbro releases all the MPs you want in that new Generations TRU style box, then go nuts. I'll stick with TakTOM. :)
Have preorders started?
If Hasbro had not re-released Starscream in the MP-11 mould I would say there was no chance of an MP-11 based Skywarp but now it must at least be some kind of possibility. However I don't see them re-releasing Thundercracker since they already did him in the MP-11 Mould. I am really hoping to pick Takara MP-11T but not sure if we will see a Takara MP-11SW any time soon since they probably wont have the extra head count from Hasbro Asia considering they already released MP-11SW as an exclusive. Mind you, Sideswipe seems to be getting another run...
yes, they haveQuote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Beats me, it felt overly predictable and came to me as a no surprise when starscream mp was released this year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kranix
Those here who are just thinking in terms of hasbro has done it before and won't be reissue the MPs again really need to look at the bigger picture.
I can guarantee an Optimus is bound to show up in hasbro new box line up and is no surprises there either. The so called Asia exclusive means exactly nothing in the transformers mp context as grimlock was a good example it reissued regardless. And yes wait for it, hasbro may decide to do a rodimus instead of hot rod. With a reboot of numbering people do care and do buy despite I wouldn't care about it.
I guess next year will be interesting as if my prediction is wrong I be most happy that hasbro had finally had enough of releasing a seeker each year since acid storm.
So technically if They are correct there is 0 seekers left to be released in the coming years! We can finally get a new decepticon but where do I have this feeling this isn't so?
And goki this isn't about you, or me want. Is more like how hasbro is rebooting the mp products line. If you are saying it's been done before why bother to do a grimlock?
On a side note, is there any word on Takara doing an MP-11 reissue? I thought I saw a post a while back that indicated that MP-11 was being reissued along with MP-10 (which has occurred), MP-12 and MP-14.