It's Official - MP-36 is a new Megatron

[nsm034]

plus out of the US you get that gumby orange barrel tip.

[hYpNoS]

I can't make out all the price differences, where skywarp is an exclusive and is sky high and starscream is at 9,000jpy at ny.

I hope the qc is better with this piece.

Online exclusives on the consumer side outside of japan would also include the shipping paid by the retailer, cost of the item plus profit (and being an exclusive this can fluctuate) where's general retail is more direct.

They seem similar but after years with bandai gunpla plamo it made more sense, still annoying as always.

I hope the qc is good, my ramjet's chipped nose still haunts me

[GoktimusPrime]

Yes, this toy is very expensive - no doubt's there. Even with PC's good discount price and added with discounted code, I paid $198, which is still very expensive. If the rumour about MP36's 23000JPY RRP is true, then this will be the second most expensive MP to date (the dearest is still MP10 at 23100JPY (AU$288). Actually, even at discounted price it's already the second most expensive, so yeah, that's a definite. But at full RRP it's almost the same price as MP10 (MP10 beats it by just $1.25 ).

But here's the thing... look at the level of design and engineering behind this toy. MP5 cost 10290JPY ($130), but we know that the design wasn't the greatest (for reasons which aren't the designers fault considering that he was literally rushed). Fans have complained about MP5 for years and wished that TakaraTOMY would make a whole new better one. They have now. And yeah, this improved engineering obviously costs more. 2.2 times more to be exact. But doesn't MP36 look twice as good as MP5? Would the difference between MP5 and MP36 be comparable with say the difference in design/engineering quality between a Deluxe and Voyager figure? Because a Voyager costs about twice the price of a Deluxe.

Now to put things in perspective, rather than paying 220% the cost of MP5, PC are instead allowing us to pay 52% more. Okay, a 52% price hike is still significant, let's not ignore that elephant in the room, but if TakaraTOMY's asking price is 220% greater, then it's actually a really good deal.

I hope my maths is right. I woke up in the middle of the night because I got a massive mozzie bite on my right thumb and was having trouble getting back to sleep. Good night, folks.

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

If the rumour about MP36's 23000JPY RRP is true...

The Robot Kingdom listing mentions 23,000 yen so i'd say it's true.

Plus the MP-10 reissue's RRP is 22,000 yen, so it was never going to be below that.

[sifun]

won't let me preorder!!!

[MayzaPrime]

won't let me preorder!!!

It might have sold out and they just haven't removed the link to order. I saw a PC tweet last night that said there was only 83 left and that was about 1030pm

[VERT]

Snagged mine at 5.45am today.

[1AZRAEL1]

I managed to nab one at about 1.30am. Probably one of the last. Tried a couple times before it relented and put me through to payments haha

[MayzaPrime]

I jagged mine at 1030pm. I am so glad that I jumped on Twitter, I was staying off cause of the whole US election.

[1AZRAEL1]

I jagged mine at 1030pm. I am so glad that I jumped on Twitter, I was staying off cause of the whole US election.

Hang on, there was an election?