The 3rd party acquisitions thread!

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

You got the upgrade kit before the figures?? That's interesting... never done that myself!

The short explanation is that used/resealed stuff tends to be way cheaper than buying new here in Japan (loose stuff even more so), so for mass-retail stuff I usually pass on it until I can find it second-hand. Masterpiece TFs and most 3PP stuff tends to go the opposite way and get more expensive over time, though you do find the occasional used 3PP bargain.

In this case, all the TT Hoist-&-Trailbreaker sets I can find right now are a bit more pricey than I'd like. I'm pretty sure one of them will show up used (and therefore cheaper) at Mandarake or Jungle sooner or later, or even on clearance price at my closest Toys R Us, but by then the upgrade kits will probably be gone. I checked the online prices for the kits and it worked out more or less the same after postage, so it seemed worth getting it now and waiting on a cheaper base figure set than the other way around.
The end result should be the same, but a little easier on my wallet.

[kaiden]

Just got mmc razorclaw & headstrong, FP notormaster, roadbuster and brainstorm.

[Hursticon]

Whoa! - Nice haul there Kaiden!

[kaiden]

Whoa! - Nice haul there Kaiden!

thanks, the Oppenheimer sword is beautiful

its quite frustrating having to wait for rampage and divebomb

[Hursticon]

thanks, the Oppenheimer sword is beautiful

its quite frustrating having to wait for rampage and divebomb

Yeah that sword & it's name are just things of beauty IMO, would love to own all 6 of MMC's offering one day - one day...

I hear your frustration man, waiting for FP's Motormaster was rather teeth-grindingly bothersome also.

[SuspectimusPrime]

thanks, the Oppenheimer sword is beautiful

its quite frustrating having to wait for rampage and divebomb

I hear your frustration man, waiting for FP's Motormaster was rather teeth-grindingly bothersome also.

At least their pre-orders are finally all out!

[Hursticon]

At least their pre-orders are finally all out!

True - but I think in MMC's case, to be fair, their holding them back & releasing 'em slowly seems to be definitely paying-off in the QC and overall delivery departments, from what I can see.

[crankcase76]

These also arrived today from TFSource .


These upgrades are worth every penny as they just complete hoist and trailbreaker.






Also this came for Grimlock, really happy with the sword and shield and the head upgrade for him, just the only let down would be the chest filler as it could have been a bit bigger to make the Alt mode look more defined. But over all not a bad upgrade kit.

[Gofigure]

They are great upgrades

Particularly like hoist and trail enhanced! I need to get those now

[crankcase76]

Got these as well from TFSource today.