Collector Club Animated toys - recommendations?

[DELTAprime]

I recommend reading the comic, but it's pretty hard to find, I've just checked ebay, amaxon, the book depository, abe books, kings comics, my comicshop.com, just one listing came up and it's not even for the diamond edition thought the extra pages from that are probably in the complete release of the allspark almanac. Phantom zone and the Liverpool comic shop don't have search engines.

It's the only fiction available for these characters so it might help you with picking favorites. the jackpot figure from the subscription service is nice but it has no associated fiction that I'm aware of.

I like the 5 stunticons myself, they are all different in appearance to the original toy design, the new heads help really well but they also have great paint jobs. the ones without new heads are painted differently enough to make them look very distinct.

I think the autotroopers are a cool idea and I like the design of that mold. but as a set of 3 there's a lot of white.

the attendee figure Fisitron is very nice but I have a soft spot for that character ever since I got the G1 version as a kid.

The Toxitron is just a repaint but the character is kind of entertaining, super gaudy colours that somehow work.

the sideswipe is probably the least interesting to me, my only attachment to G2 sideswipe is the super sexy vehicle mode of the masterpiece. the character in the comic though is pretty cool and plays a fairly major role.

Minerva is pretty awesome but I'm biased again because I made her myself.

edit > oh and the cheetor is pretty neat, a great concept that translates pretty well.

I hope that's some help. if you want any clarification let me know, I have some of them on display at the moment so I should be easily able to take a few photos if you would like to see something particular.

I'm glad you said the Stunticons hold up well in person as those guys are in the lead for my dollars even tho it's about $500 for the set ATM if you find a good price. I'm guessing she might be hard to find since she was the custom class figure but I might also try to get Minerva cause we have so few fem-bots in general.

[Trent]

I'm glad you said the Stunticons hold up well in person as those guys are in the lead for my dollars even tho it's about $500 for the set ATM if you find a good price. I'm guessing she might be hard to find since she was the custom class figure but I might also try to get Minerva cause we have so few fem-bots in general.

I second the Stunticons. Most of the characters are a better use of the mould than the original and they look so cool. But $500!!! that's almost twice as much as what I paid for mine about 18 months ago!!

[Sinnertwin]

is $500 the asking price for the stunticons or completed listing prices?

[griffin]

is $500 the asking price for the stunticons or completed listing prices?

Yes, some asking prices were US$500, but selling price at auction and BIN is between US$275-400.
One boxset sold as BIN for US$455, but then, there was another auction that went for the same amount that had all the at-show toys with it.

Oddly enough, two bagged sets sold for more as BIN, than two boxed sets that sold at auction.

Kinda shows that if you are desperate and can't wait for an auction, or can't bid on an auction in America, people are willing to pay $100 more for a BIN.

[DELTAprime]

I was talking $500AUD (dam exchange rate). But they do seem overpriced right now at around $650 after shipping. Still good to know that a full set went so cheap, that puts the full set in my price range.

[UltraMarginal]

quickly took these before work this morning




not the best lighting I'm afraid. I don't have Minerva on show at the moment. and I forgot to remove Alpha Trion.

[DELTAprime]

Wow, the Rodimus Minor mould doesn't work as well as you would think it would for Sideswipe. Jackpot looks sweet, I see I can get him cheap on BBTS.