Encore 23 Fort Max

[liegeprime]

I guess people would need to pair up. $52 shipping for two toys that size coming from the US isn't bad.

Also there is the POL system with them so it'll be alright you can still squeeze a couple more small ones in there heheheh

BUT wait... you sure this isnt... a prank? or a prophecy fulfilled... Does Gok know something we don't???

http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com...-fortress.html

but then I checked out BBTS

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...78&mode=retail

IT IS REAL WOhoooo!!!!!

[fatbot]

Also there is the POL system with them so it'll be alright you can still squeeze a couple more small ones in there heheheh

BUT wait... you sure this isnt... a prank? or a prophecy fulfilled... Does Gok know something we don't???

http://heroicdecepticon.blogspot.com...-fortress.html

but then I checked out BBTS

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...78&mode=retail

IT IS REAL WOhoooo!!!!!

you should trust me more, would I lie to you?

[liegeprime]

you should trust me more, would I lie to you?

I just didn't wanna get my hopes up to quickly, once bitten twice shy ;P

[gdmetro]

Wow...I must be dreaming.

Guess this makes me happy for a little while!

Wonder if RK will be cheaper

Wonder if they'll do grand max?

[drahsrebu]

Wow.

[kup]

Wow...I must be dreaming.

Guess this makes me happy for a little while!

Wonder if RK will be cheaper

Wonder if they'll do grand max?

I already have a Max but it required considerably restoration to make him look mint on my shelf so he isn't exactly 'C9'. As a result I am torn on the actual 'need' to buy a new Max when my restored one will probably look just a as good (and with better plastic/material quality) and buying an 'untouched' Encore Max but with likely lesser material quality.

Plus there is also the almost guaranteed factor that there will be a Grand Max repaint which I will also want to get. Three Maxes seem too much, specially when two would be somewhat the same...

[GoktimusPrime]

Looks like I already know what I'll be saving up for next after I get MP10 TRU OP!! Hmmm... I paid $300 for MISB Brave Maximus and $100 for insured postage... so $400 for toy + postage isn't too bad I suppose. Maybe we should organise a Sydney group order in pairs? i.e. people interested can post and "pair up" with a partner? <shrugs> Or maybe I should wait for the Yen price... might be cheaper to get it direct from Japan.

There goes one of your April fools Jokes Gok.

Not the first time too! I made an April Fools Joke about Masterpiece Grimlock, and then that came true! I was secretly hoping that lightning might strike twice and another one of my April Fools jokes would come true too. Yay! (still no sign of MP Jetfire though )

[valkyrie_76]

All I have to say is.......

TOLD YOU SO!!!!!

During the Cybertron-con at Singapore in March, TakaraTomy never denied the question when we asked if there rumour was true about the Encore Fort Max.

.......I paid $300 for MISB Brave Maximus and $100 for insured postage... so $400 for toy + postage isn't too bad I suppose.......

The Brave Max I recently got was 30000yen plus 11000yen EMS postage which worked out to be $525 total with PayPal.

[UltraMagnus]

.... *pats himself on the back after telling this very website more than a year ago this would happen*....

Yes.... I told you so.

[Tober]

So what was all that stuff about Fort Max failing the "drop test"? Was that just for the USA?

Anyway, this will be a Japanese mass release, so wait for Amiami etc to list competitively. That should be considerably cheaper than BBTS, although they may not let you order more than one.

As far as customs goes, personally I wasn't charged for a few orders that were a few hundred over the $1K limit. Although they were declared in JPY, so maybe they just didn't want to do any math...