This reissue looks in golden colour with clear trailer.
http://pic1.actoys.net/attachment/ph...cca2f747a5.jpg
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This reissue looks in golden colour with clear trailer.
http://pic1.actoys.net/attachment/ph...cca2f747a5.jpg
^ source of the picture?
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Apparently the source is an ebay auction from a Taiwanese seller.
This is a link to the TFW article about it - but BE AWARE - each time I click on the link to the ebay auction it has a pop-up activated.
Yuk. Shouldn't that trailer be a 'horse trailer' being a Year Of The Horse thing?.....to carry certain Hasbro Ponies?:D
Hmm... not terribly sure on that gold, eh? - looks rather detracting to say the least. :o
Since this person is selling boxed versions, it might be coming out sooner than the Chinese New Year... and we should be seeing galleries posted up on fansites within the week, as people rush to buy it so that they can be the first to reveal it to the world.
I haven't been keeping up with this one, is it going to be sold in Australia? Is it as limited as the recent Mp's? And, is it TRU exclusive (please no)?
If this pops up at local retail like the year of the snake toys then I'll grab it otherwise I can live without it.
Arise Bling Convoy!
My supplier says it's out in dec (end) way before Chinese New Year.
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Originally Posted by griffin
Ugh, would have been nicer if they'd done something a little more subtle, maybe a slightly different deco than previously but still a version of G1 - I was hoping this might be another chance to pick up MP10. But this just looks gaudy and ugly. Easy pass for me!
Looks alright, really my only problem is the red crotch pieces. Otherwise, it looks fine. (that trailer could use a paint though :))
Hmmm. Not feeling the need to get this.
It'd be nicer if they actually redecoed Mach Kick for the Year of the Horse toy. I'm quite disappointed that NONE of the Lunar New Year Transformers are based on Transformers that transform into that Year's patron animal. The only one that lacks a direct animal counterpart is the Rooster/Chicken (there is no chicken Transformer). But there are Transformers for all the other animals.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sutton
Now I can't decide if I want this or MP10 Nemesis Prime
Nice. I'll be picking one up
At least it a little different and not a repacked figure ...and I like the gold :)
The convoy looks pretty good. But the 'ghost' trailer is a let down. Looks like a mismatch of convoy & trailer. I would have liked for the trailer to have some gold colour for continuity.
At US$130 (excluding shipping) at RK, that's quite attractive price. MP-10B Black Convoy is going for the same price minus the trailer.
Is available on Ebay at $189 delivered.
Wished it wasn't gold.
In their minds, Optimus Prime sells better than Mach Kick would :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I would have also preferred Mach Kick as a more fitting character and I am sure any reasonable person would. However they are not thinking on what would be appropriate but what would appeal to retailers and sell the most units.
Even though this article explains why comics and cartoons are often "corrupted" to help Hasbro sell certain toys... it is worth noting that this overriding element by Hasbro (and TakaraTomy) to keep their business as profitable as possible, is still about selling the most toys possible, and as noted above, a collector-focused figure is always going to be pushed aside for a retailer-focused figure... if they can't generate a compromise (a fanboy's dream that the retailers see has profit potential from the general masses - like the Masterpiece figures).
It's up to sources of collector exclusives (like Ehobby, SDCC, Hasbro HK, and FunPub) to generate these specialty, "fanboy" figures, as they only need a few thousand units, rather than 10s or 100s of thousands that the Retailers need to sell to make it worth soliciting.
Perhaps its worth bugging Ehobby, Hasbro HK, and/or FunPub (depending on your location or language skills), to investigate a properly themed "Chinese New Year" figures that utilise (surviving) animal moulds.
(and Beast Machines Skydive or Airraptor could represent the bird/chicken year, as they are both suppose to be dino-birds... and I had heard a rumour that Skydive was originally meant to be a pelican, which is like a giant aquatic chicken :p - but I can't prove that).
You would get Year of the Horse to complete the list of MP-10 molds or to help complete the 'Year of..' series.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
You would get MP-10B because it looks rrreeeealllly good :cool: and want different characters.
You would get one of the stock Optimus Prime versions (Takara, Hasbro or Asian exclusive) if you want a version with the trailer.
I see MP-10B becoming harder to get sooner than the Year of Horse version that isn't released yet. If previous 'Year of..'s are anything to go by some even get on store sales.
Year of the horse Optimus Prime
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6f8bad...20aw0hq0wo.jpg
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/6f8bad...20ao0i2dju.jpg
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/406c26...20go0gcmzk.jpg
http://ww1.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/406c26...20dh0fctbb.jpg
Source from ---> http://www.weibo.com/u/3478082731
Year of the horse Starscream
http://ww4.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/725a9e...20hs0jb76a.jpg
http://ww2.sinaimg.cn/bmiddle/725a9e...20ea0fzmxu.jpg
Source from ---> http://www.weibo.com/TFFPC
Hot damn, me want!
Yep, me want. May have to skip Grimlock for this. :)
Looks superb in package and the art is delicious.
That packaging looks fantastic :D
Pretty sweet looking, I just find the gold a bit different rather than detracting.
I am sold!!! Hopefully big w brings them in
Still think that this Prime's a mish-mash of colours...
think the gold would've worked better if all silver bits were coloured gold instead of only some.
It looks like that nasty KO version of G1 Prime with the chromed gold bits but silver stickers and all... not me cuppa tea! :rolleyes:
I personally see Laserbeak as the nearest equivalent to a "chicken" Transformer. He's a robotic condor (type of bird) and his Courage is 2. ;)
"What's the matter Colonel Sanders? Chicken?!" :p
Awesome, another two i can save my money on. Not interested in these in the slightest!!
There is a picture for real product.
http://pic1.actoys.net/attachment/ph...7427e3aba7.jpg
Loving Starscreams G1 inspired colours - but I already have the Cybertron version of this toy so wont be picking it up.
I wonder how long in IDW it takes for Starscreams Armada body to get trashed and get rebuilt into his YOTH one :rolleyes:
Absolutely wonderful. Getting this.Quote:
Originally Posted by pw_sd
Wow! That looks alot better than I thought :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by pw_sd
Looking good considering I do not have mp10 mould.
You guys reckon big w, Kmart or target will bring them in?
I too do not have the mould. I sent an email on Friday IIRC to Hasbro Australia, hope I get a reply. (chances are they'll go on about YOTS, but I was VERY specific...);)Quote:
Originally Posted by nexusnixx
Hopefully you get a good reply you can share with us all anxiously waiting for these figures.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bidoofdude
Looking at the picture second time round makes me think YOTH Optimus is missing something. Perhaps he needs more gold bling. Gold rings on his fingers, gold chains around his neck, golden axe (rather than translucent blue) and gold matrix of leadership. Oh yeah....... :cool: