Buyer beware: KO MP Ironhide incoming

[BruiseLee]

Noticed a post on TFW by TFW board member JPrime that there are preorders going up for a KO MP Ironhide. Not sure if it's going to be an easily identifiable Takasa Tony but if you're in the market for an official version be careful as these are supposed to be released around Nov this year.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

TF Direct has the listing up at US$35.

[Megatran]

Reissue MP Ironhide is scheduled for release later this month. Interesting ....

[GoktimusPrime]

People pre-order counterfeits?? Are they that determined not to miss out on a fake? #idonteven

[drifand]

People pre-order counterfeits?? Are they that determined not to miss out on a fake? #idonteven

Don't be surprised that there are insane people that deliberately buy them. I don't . It's just the way it is unfortunately unless TT does something. I am sure ratchet will be Ko as well if this is the case.

[Borgeman]

People pre-order counterfeits?? Are they that determined not to miss out on a fake? #idonteven

You have to understand that there are plenty of people who love TFs as much as we, but without the means to spend more lavishly on the top end gear like masterpiece. These knockoffs could be their outlet, so they preorder to secure it in much the same way we would preorder to secure the official release.

Its the same with any product, like buying a cheapo beanie/scarf of your beloved sporting team for you/your kids/etc from the local two dollar store because you can't afford to spend $30 on the real thing.

Unfortunately life revolves around money, and for many, you take what you can get.

[GoktimusPrime]

The other alternative is to skip that toy and move on to purchasing something more affordable. And if they love Transformers and want the toy that badly, then surely they'd find a way... like pre-ordering from an online store (thus getting pre-order discount) that only charges you when the toy is shipped (thus giving you months to start saving for the toy). So let's say that the cost of pre-ordering and shipping an MP Ironhide comes around to be about $100. Let's say that this toy was ordered on the 1st of September but is shipped on the 1st of February. That basically gives the person five months (or 153 days to be exact) to set aside $100. That's roughly 65c a day. At the risk of sounding like a World Vision ad, that is literally less than the cost of a coffee a day. If you did save a dollar a day, you would have saved up for the toy in 3.3 months. If you can't afford to be saving 65c~$1 a day, then perhaps you should rethink your priorities and stop collecting until you're more financially stable!