if hasbro/takara released it...

[kristofferrer]

Ermm.. Tough question.
...completionist in me.

I'm with you there - I'm a completist myself.

[Golden Phoenix]

It depends on how good it is.

That being said, already having a similar figure isn't an issue. I treat a figure as if it will be the only one of that character I will have.
So it wouldn't really matter.

[KillinSpoon]

It depends on how good it is.

That being said, already having a similar figure isn't an issue. I treat a figure as if it will be the only one of that character I will have.
So it wouldn't really matter.

I understand that, but what if Hasbro/TT released an inferior classics Magnus(with armour), would you buy it? Knowing that you already have the bees knees of Magnus'(or is that Magnii?)?

Obviously if you don't have the sets you would grab them in a heartbeat.
I honestly don't know what I would do in this situation though. If I had a considerable amount of cash I would probably drop it and get him.
Though it is really situational as to whether I would pass or not. :/

[kristofferrer]

I understand that, but what if Hasbro/TT released an inferior classics Magnus(with armour), would you buy it? Knowing that you already have the bees knees of Magnus'(or is that Magnii?)?

Obviously if you don't have the sets you would grab them in a heartbeat.
I honestly don't know what I would do in this situation though. If I had a considerable amount of cash I would probably drop it and get him.
Though it is really situational as to whether I would pass or not. :/

an example could be the fansproject defender warbot vs Botcon/Classics springer.

[Hursticon]

For me personally, the Official HasTakTom Version would have to be significantly superior to the 3rd Party Release.

[SharkyMcShark]

I'm not a character man, I'm a mold man.

So if its an entertaining mold I'll get it, character regardless.

[Vector Prime]

I don't buy third party releases (and choose to ignore their existence) - what option do I select then?

[Lint]

I'm not a character man, I'm a mold man.

So if its an entertaining mold I'll get it, character regardless.

Agreed

[Golden Phoenix]

I understand that, but what if Hasbro/TT released an inferior classics Magnus(with armour), would you buy it? Knowing that you already have the bees knees of Magnus'(or is that Magnii?)?

Obviously if you don't have the sets you would grab them in a heartbeat.
I honestly don't know what I would do in this situation though. If I had a considerable amount of cash I would probably drop it and get him.
Though it is really situational as to whether I would pass or not. :/

It is sort of like what SharkyMcShark said: if it is a new mould then I will treat it as if I didn't have the FP one.
If the mould is bad, then I will skip it. If it was good in its own right (but not as good as the FP one) then I would consider getting it.

I look at it as if they were from different series. So while I have ROTF Leader Optimus Prime, that wouldn't stop me getting DOTM Prime if I thought DOTM Prime was good enough on its own.
(For the record, I don't think it's good enough on its own, but its just an exampe)

[jaydisc]

an example could be the fansproject defender warbot vs Botcon/Classics springer.

This is an interesting one. I bought the Botcon first, as it was my only option at the time. I was happy to get the Universe one because I felt it was an improvement. Lastly, Defender came out and I got that.

If HasTak came out with a new, non-repaint Springer, it would have to suck pretty bad for me to not get it, and based on the last few generations of Classics designs, I don't think that's possible.