#firstworldproblems
see if you can find any online reviews of them. they look like a significant size operation but it's always hard to tell from the website. they have some photos of other stuff. I'm guessing they do some transformers related product on the side as a result of a staff member being interested. i'd look at 'local' Japanese distributors first you're likely to get an OK deal somewhere and the shipping will be less.
The mythical FT-07x Stomp is up for auction from Toy Dojo via ebay.
https://m.ebay.com.au/itm/Transforme...343a%7Ciid%3A1
Still has seven days to run and it's already up to US$500! Was thinking about bidding at the end but it looks like it will be well out of my range before then.
Another FT-07x Stomp up for auction.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Fans-Toy...gAAOSwyt9eyOwE
Bidding already at around $1,000 shipped (incl GST) from the UK with 4 days remaining. I saw a previous one sold for about $1,400 shipped in March from Germany.
Would be nice to eventually complete this set, perhaps if I sold all my regular versions that could fund this one lol.
What was the price of the initial release?
Yeh I know. I don't regret a few years back getting the Gigapower chrome version of Sludge as a stand-in. The paint is more gun-metal grey but it still kind of fits in with the rest in dino mode, which is how I display them.
I got all of the other X versions for about $200-$250 shipped each a few years ago around the time Grinder (Grimlock) was released. The problem was even at that point Stomp was impossible to find for a reasonable price. Someone on TFW in Canada agreed to sell me one for about $500 delivered from memory but then went quiet before the deal was finalised. Then Sarah Yang from Facebook (now has her e-you collection site) offered me a used one three years ago for about $850 - couldn't justify it but maybe I should have gone for it given what they go for today!
so i guess i should sell off one of my dibot sets