So true! I missed out on reissue Ultra Magnus because the Aussie Dollar was at record lows in 2000-2001 (I'd already spent my monies on reissue Convoy, Megatron and of course, some Car Robot figures) so I ended up getting the crappy Hasbro reissue with the f***ed up missiles (which I've since replaced with originals).

What really hurt was when I bought a spare Super Fire Convoy & God Magnus (actually the God Fire Convoy gift set) to trade with someone in Canada - which I sent to him with a MISB Machine Wars Optimus Prime and bunch of loose G1 figures... and the S.O.B. didn't fulfill his end of the bargain (so I got squat). I felt safe sending him the toys first because he gave me his name, address and phone number which I confirmed with because I called him and also spoke with his partner - who had kids. But the S.O.B. left them leaving the poor woman with a massive financial debt... so considering that the partner and children would've been shafted way worse than I did, I just had to let it go. (-_-) I hope they managed to find him and get some compensation from that c***.