Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

More torn than I have ever been about whether to open a MISB figure or not. :rolleyes:


Managed to finally pick up a Titanium Grimlock. Been after him at a decent price for years (I still paid over $50 in the end) and got him MISB off eBay. :D

Now I REALLY want to play with this figure, and usually I would have him out of the box in 2 secs flat! But as a MISB of a figure that didn't get a particularly wide release (TRU in the USA) he's pretty rare to find in this state, and his bio on the back of the box is fricken awesome! So the temptation to keep him as is, with the box on display as well to read is very strong.


So what do folk think I should do? Pretty conflicted here. Oh the weakness of character I am showing by being unable to make an independent decision :p

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

More torn than I have ever been about whether to open a MISB figure or not. :rolleyes:


Managed to finally pick up a Titanium Grimlock. Been after him at a decent price for years (I still paid over $50 in the end) and got him MISB off eBay. :D

Now I REALLY want to play with this figure, and usually I would have him out of the box in 2 secs flat! But as a MISB of a figure that didn't get a particularly wide release (TRU in the USA) he's pretty rare to find in this state, and his bio on the back of the box is fricken awesome! So the temptation to keep him as is, with the box on display as well to read is very strong.


So what do folk think I should do? Pretty conflicted here. Oh the weakness of character I am showing by being unable to make an independent decision :p

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Set him free!!!

I see it that you've got two options, leave it seeled and get a loose one for 70% of what you've already paid.

crack it but keep the box, you can display it back in the box any time you want. the Titanium boxes are good for that.

Open him up Trev; TFs were made to be manipulated, if they were designed to be displayed in a box, HasTak would be in the statue business. ;):cool:

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Originally Posted by DELTAprime

Set him free!!!

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Originally Posted by Hursticon

Open him up Trev; TFs were made to be manipulated, if they were designed to be displayed in a box, HasTak would be in the statue business. ;):cool:

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Originally Posted by UltraMarginal

I see it that you've got two options, leave it seeled and get a loose one for 70% of what you've already paid.

crack it but keep the box, you can display it back in the box any time you want. the Titanium boxes are good for that.

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This figure was actually cheaper than any of the loose ones I could find on eBay or Amazon, otherwise I prob would have just gotten a loose one. But really glad I got the box now. If I can find the box bio online somewhere will post it up here (it's at home so cant copy it out).

Heh - you know when you ask for people's advice when you've pretty much made up your mind on a course of action but want other folk to tell you to do that same thing? Well cheers guys, you've fufilled that role nicely. :D

Gonna go home tonight and play with my Dinobot Commander, but when I get the Transformatorium shed built will put the box up on display somewhere :)


Edit: Can't find a place to copy it from, but Titanium Grimmy's bio can be found here: http://tformers.com/transformers_dat...ts_6-Inch.html

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

More torn than I have ever been about whether to open a MISB figure or not. :rolleyes:

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I stopped reading right there. Open it!!!!!! :D

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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev

Managed to finally pick up a Titanium Grimlock. Been after him at a decent price for years (I still paid over $50 in the end) and got him MISB off eBay. :D

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Wow you scored yourself a real bargain! It deserves to be opened by your hands ;)

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Originally Posted by klystron

Chromedome hacked that junk in less than a breem.

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Operation ADV*: Download Successful.

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*Autobot Disabling Virus

I LOVE those Titanium boxes... they are one of the few Hasbro post-Gen1 boxes that I keep intact (not flattened) because they are one of the few lines that Hasbro didn't use generic packaging for.

(this is all but the last three, which are on a different shelf, because I ran out of room at this spot)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c09.jpg

It's a shame that the toys themselves were a flawed by the "gimmick" of die-cast needing to make up a minimum amount of the figure, forcing parts to be resized to bear the weight-load (and even still, many would be quite floppy from the poorly distributed weight). If they were part of the Classics/Generations lines, with less or no die-cast, I think they would have done a lot better (and be a lot cheaper).

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c23s1.jpg

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Originally Posted by griffin

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/collection/c23s1.jpg

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Beautiful shot Griff! Wants me the Jetfire, Prowl and G1 Ultra Magnus from this pic badly! But all are fairly expensive to get these days - especially Magnus - he is ruinously expensive :eek:!

Would be nice to pick up Thrust, Thundercracker and Skywarp too, but I can live with just having Starscream and Sunstorm from the seekers (for now ;))