Will Metroplex be available for Christmas?
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Will Metroplex be available for Christmas?
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Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
I gather this would mean yes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Blairimus2563
My Metroplex was posted on friday. Wonder how long it will take to arrive. :D
Anyone else thinking of trying to get a SDCC Metroplex instead of standard retail? I'm so conflicted as to if I should keep my retail version preordered at Amazon or if I should hope BBTS gets some SDCC copies in.
cool vert ...where you order it from?...Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
Not really, I've never been a fan, but from a dollars and cents point of view, is the SDCC version really worth the extra that you'll be paying? Ultimately, if the SDCC's going.to make you happier & you won't regret it later, why not do it?Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Found an okay price with postage on ebay :DQuote:
Originally Posted by lancalot
Robot Kingdom had a few preorders for the SDCC Metroplex... I was lucky enough to get one! It won't be released until August.Quote:
Originally Posted by DELTAprime
I will be buying a retail Hasbro version as well... SDCC version will be displayed MSIB while I play with the Hasbro version.
Target. $179.
Possibly on sale if they have their Sept/Oct toy sale again.
Come on Big W $150! btw great work SinnertwinQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
You sure it was from RK or if it was actually the Takara version? Cause I've been looking through their database at metroplex for the past few weeks and not seen SDCC metroplex listed anywhere, it should still show even if sold out.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
Maybe it was the Asian Hong Kong comic convention?
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Originally Posted by Kazza
Some time ago RK had all 4 versions listed, then the ACG version disappeared, then the SDCC version disappeared.Quote:
Originally Posted by nexusnixx
the idea of the sdcc version with the extra gun and little figures is great but the chrome face is really not appealing to me, and the chrome stickers don't look as nice as the normal non-chrome stickers. Landing strip highlights should stand out like dogs balls in the moonlight.
I think if I am getting Metroplex I'll just go with whatever version gets released locally.
I wouldn't mind doing a black wash on him, like what someone did at one of the toy shows. He looked good with the black highlights.
Foolish me pulled the trigger on eBay and got it for $380 shipped. :mad:
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Originally Posted by DELTAprime
Wow thats a lot! Mine from ebay was 220aud shipped!
I think he's talking about the SDCC version.Quote:
Originally Posted by VERT
A great pictorial review of SDCC Metroplex. The photo with the dog is brilliant.
Just WOW!!!!!!
That pic with Unicron has really put the size of the figure in perspective for me - damn :D!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
The box is Freakin EPIC!
Am so tempted to get another to keep as a spare :p
Finally a proper size comparison for me! And damn does it look epic.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
LOOK WHO ARRIVED TODAY!! :D
Look who just knocked on my door :eek:
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Wow. I can't believe how crappily they packed him in the box. The complete opposite of the SDCC version.
Awesome that you have him though. The test for me will be if I find it at retail. :o
Yep, I payed an extra $100 or so for a nice box and chrome. Money poorly spent.:oQuote:
Originally Posted by Trent
What a crappy box.
Cannot wait for the first Australian to present his/her sdcc version of fort max
I certainly hope that Takara's version is packed a little better, that's for sure! :oQuote:
Originally Posted by Trent
(For a total end cost of $250 it would bloody-well want to! :cool:)
OMG that packaging of Metroplex really is terrible - glad that he's arrived unharmed .... - I do think that the SDCC do add the necessary additional detailing to Metroplex - he looks kind of bare otherwise ....
I guess by packing it that way Hasbro can save on the cost :confused:
Pathetic packaging Hasbro:rolleyes:......
I'm not really bothered by it. It does the job - keeping the parts from excessively banging against each other and rattling around too much in the box. It's not as if it's a window box where you can see the actual toy inside, anyway.
Ditto, otherwise we pay another $100 just for the box if you want better packing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magnus
The way it's packaged is horrible, but they released pics of it a while ago, so I'm not sure why people are surprised by it. :o But I agree that it should have been packaged better considering how f'expensive this toy is. I don't see why they couldn't have packaged it more like Brave Maximus -- a few more bits of cardboard and a truckload of twist ties! :D (it may not look like much in that photo, but as anyone who owns a Brave Max will agree, that toy is like twist-tie king!) -- and Metroplex could still have just as many twist ties too... it's hard to judge from a simple photo (you don't really know until you start liberating the toy ;)). A few extra bits of cardboard and bunch of twist ties isn't gonna blow the freakin' roof off the budget! :rolleyes:
It only took about 5min to get him out of the box. Not much holding him in. But it did its job.
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Originally Posted by VERT
I know it's not "environmentally friendly" but what was wrong with how Encore Fort Max was packaged? It took me seconds to get him out of the packaging and he was well protected.
I suspect it may cost more to make a foam tray too. Even in G1 only really big toys like Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Megatron etc. came with foam trays - most boxed toys like the Autobot cars, Decepticon Seekers etc came with cardboard trays attached by blisters.
And HasTak are trying to go for a more enviro-friendly packaging. If you look at TakTOM's TF Go! packaging, the windows now all have the recycling number on it so that waste management centres know how to sort it (Hasbro says they're going to do this too), and for quite some time now they've stopped using plastic coated metal twist ties in favour of bio-degradable twist ties (which are also MUCH easier to cut through with tin snips, yay! :)).
I hadn't seen it in packaging before this. So I was suprised it was so… poor.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
In my point of view, the toy is cheap for such a size and magnitude. If anything, I would have expected $400 and nothing less, thus why I am not complaining about the packaging. In fact I was surprised that is affordable unlike Fortress Max when it first released back in the days, I am pretty sure $360+ dollars was the price?
Don't get me wrong, I agree is poor packaging, is also made in China. But it is ok for me. If I am collecting though SDCC would be the way to go.