Masterpiece Grimlock to be re-released by Hasbro Asia

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm another one who could not afford the original and slightly more reasonable $150 for this figure who won't be parting with $220 to get a re-release version.

I'd love an MP Grimlock after finally getting a decent quality G1 version, but that price is still too rich.

^This!

If I were in your position i_amtrunks, that's precisely what I'd do. And I have been in a similar position before. MP-08 Grimlock was released in Japan 3 months before my wife was due to give birth, so I wasn't in a position to make a big expensive purchase. I called Hasbro who then told me that they would not be releasing an MP Grimlock and advised me to import the Japanese version. Their information has since turned out to be inaccurate, but at that time it seemed true to me, so I simply resigned myself as not getting an MP Grimlock. As fortune would have it, Hasbro did release their own MP Grimlock, which sold here for $150 (about $5 above TakTOM's price, but worked out cheaper since I didn't have to pay for postage), and best for me as a G1 comic > cartoon fan, it came with the crown instead of the brain scanner and butler accessories. But in that case, I got the toy because it was re-released at about the same price as TakTOM's version... if it'd been substantially above TaKTOM's price, then I wouldn't have paid it and just skipped it again. And I'm sure if this Asian exclusive version were closer to $150 then more people would be willing to get it.

But there are plenty who will see the price as reasonable or worthwhile who will purchase it, making Hasbro Asia very happy.

Yeah, I suppose it all depends on how desperately you want this toy MISB. If you really want it, then you have 2 options:
1. Bite the bullet and pay $220 for this overpriced reissue that's cheaper than the aftermarket prices for the previous versions. Not the best price, but cheaper than current alternatives.
2. Skip and see if HasTak releases it again at a better price.

Option 2 is a gamble... and while Option 1 is dearer, at least it's a sure bet.

I don't think those of us who will pay it should be made to feel stupid which is how some of the comments on here are coming off

I don't think that's been anyone's intention, merely that our hobby^lifestyle choice is jolly expensive at the best of times, let alone when paying increased prices. I'm more frustrated about Hasbro Asia trying to gouge collectors with their inflated price point. If TakaraTOMY can release Encore Fort Max at about the same RRP as Brave Max from 13 years ago, I don't see why Hasbro Asia couldn't re-release MP Grimlock at its original RRP too.