MP Thrust revealed

[Borgeman]

Also, see my comment here regarding the possible justification for these higher prices

So sell 10000 toys instead of 2000?
Ive never understood limited exclusives. Its the same with nike and adidas shoes. If you were a minor player in the industry, i can see limited releases driving up interest. But when the interest already exists, all youre doing by selling a small number of an item is causing frustration in the collector community

[Kranix]

As long as I manage to score this via PC this is so bought!

[Ralph Wiggum]

2000 piece limit?

/sigh. These toys sell damn well. Why unnecessarily create a scalpers market and make it difficult people who just want a piece of Transformers nostalgia.

[ampoldj]

2000 piece limit?

/sigh. These toys sell damn well. Why unnecessarily create a scalpers market and make it difficult people who just want a piece of Transformers nostalgia.

2000 pcs is for Japan only (through Takara Tomy Mall), hope we can have an idea how many Hasbro Asia is supplying for this what they call limited releases which i believe is more than that 2000 japan allocation

[griffin]

The Hasbro HK units are never known but seems to be much larger than the Japanese production run.

[Ralph Wiggum]

2000 pcs is for Japan only (through Takara Tomy Mall), hope we can have an idea how many Hasbro Asia is supplying for this what they call limited releases which i believe is more than that 2000 japan allocation

Ah ok then. In that case, anyone know how Ramjet ended up in terms of availability / production numbers, notwithstanding product recalls? He was also a 2000 piece TT mall exclusive and if it wasn't for OTCA members I would have been unlikely to have nabbed him without paying something exorbitant.

[GoktimusPrime]

So sell 10000 toys instead of 2000?
Ive never understood limited exclusives.

It depends. Original G1 characters like Ramjet, Thrust and Dirge should be regular releases whereas more obscure characters like Road Rage should've been a limited exclusive.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Exactly. As it happens, I believe Road Rage is shelf warming and massively discounted. And for Thrust who is a significant character (selling at a high price too!) who appears in the cartoons and movie, we're getting a limited run. There just seems to be limited consistency in their business model.