Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
Meh... I personally don't see the appeal in buying lucky draw prizes. I mean, aside from their rarity, what makes them so special? I can understand the few that have some canonical significance/meaning, like Unicron of Light or G1 Primus, or even if they were a new character like a lot of eHobby exclusives are, but most of them look like complete random or otherwise meaningless repaints... almost as if Takara just spun some "Wheel O' Colour" -- tak-tak-tak-tak-tak-tak-tak... black! Makes me wonder if all of Hasbro's random Bumblebee repaints would be highly sought after and valued by collectors if Hasbro made them über-rare draw prizes instead of flooding them in the regular retail market.

Also for me personally - and this is only my opinion - the core appeal of having any lucky draw prizes is as a souvenir/memento of winning a lucky draw. Buying one feels like "cheating" to me. <---JMHO
The rarity is probably the main (lucky) drawcard, for me anyway.
I would love to buy that green Unicron if it was a standard release but knowing there's only 10 makes me want it more.i mean, i don't know anyone that has a grail that's really common.

I think bumblebee repaints would certainly be highly sought after if they were limited to 10 or 50 (probably not by me though)

I can understand buying lucky draws as cheating a bit, but unless they were won through some kind of effort, like writing a story or drawing something for the comp or whatever, i don't really see the problem with buying or selling something gained purely by chance. I would have no attachment to a figure gained that way.
(back to that collection^)Funny thing is, after seeing all those rare, near unattainable
figures, the one that stands out most for me is Trailbreaker. Am i missing something?. Is Trailbreaker right up there on the super-rare list?