Surprises and Collecting

[BigTransformerTrev]

The internet ruined it for me. I just used to go round all the different Melbourne stores and see what new stuff had arrived so thrill of the hunt and all that. No similar option in the bush so I rely on the net to see what's being made.

I remember getting a G1 inspired double bedspread from the wife for Xmas one year that i never knew existed - that was an awesome surprise!

[GoktimusPrime]

I was actually surprised just last Wednesday. I was shopping in Kyoto and found Transformers Adventures Nemesis Prime, which is a pretty sweet redeco of RiD Warrior Class Optimus Prime. I also found Warrior Class Scorponok - didn't even know this character existed, let alone the toy (I'm very behind on RiD ). Also saw Warrior Class Windblade - I have the local Legion Class figure, but the Warrior looked nice (but not nice enough for me to want to buy it as I already have Generations Windblade). So I bought Nemesis Prime and Scorponok though. My students said that Scorponok reminded them of Evangelion Unit 1 and would look good repainted in those colours (probably better than MP10 ). They were also really impressed with the look of Nemesis Prime, one was so impressed that he later bought one for himself (so we had two Nemesis Primes accompanying us on the rest of our Japan trip ). I also later found Legends Weirdwolf - I had no idea that the head was retooled to be more G1 accurate or that it came with a repaint of Apeface's gorilla unit. I honestly don't care about the gorilla thing, but the retooled head looks quite nice. I don't have TR Weirdwolf so I grabbed it straight away.

I also found an Animated Activator Ramjet in Japan, and I had completely forgotten that this rather obscure toy existed!

I haven't been paying much attention to news about TakaraTOMY redecoes of Hasbro moulds, and I'm massively behind on all things RiD (haven't even watched S2 yet ), so this all came as a surprise to me.

[jazzcomp]

Gok, how much was activator ramjet? Been after one for awhile.

[GoktimusPrime]

Gok, how much was activator ramjet? Been after one for awhile.

2000JPY MOSC. Cheaper than its original RRP. Seems that this toy has depreciated, although 2000JPY is still a lot to pay for an Activator IMO. I did check on Amazon JP and saw that the cheapest Activator Ramjet there was 2000JPY, so it seems that this is the cheapest aftermarket price that you can get for it.

[jazzcomp]

2000JPY MOSC. Cheaper than its original RRP. Seems that this toy has depreciated, although 2000JPY is still a lot to pay for an Activator IMO. I did check on Amazon JP and saw that the cheapest Activator Ramjet there was 2000JPY, so it seems that this is the cheapest aftermarket price that you can get for it.

Certainly more affordable Thanks, Gok!