Transformer Statues

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Apparently this has been a thing in Japan, from Prime-1 Studios...
Soundwave bag (from November last year), and Blaster bag (not yet out).

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More images of the two carry bags and passcases (for holding cards like ID, transport or credit cards).
Only in Japan...

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An unusual licensed item is this Megatron bust, holding two spray cans... apparently related to a previous Bumblebee bust that was blinged up.
They say it ships internationally, and costs us$249.

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ThreeZero have revealed a redeco of their Movie Soundwave figure (with Ravage), in a white Shattered Glass colour... as an exclusive through BBTS, for us$250 in the second half of this year.

Meanwhile, Yolopark have shown off their Earth Mode Optimus Prime figure from the Bumblebee Movie, for a very hefty us$2750, in early 2022.

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A convention in Shanghai has just been showing off a lot of licensed items (mostly statues) - including Yolopark, Azure Sea, Prime 1, and Three Zero... and the Robosen Optimus Prime.

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Another event in Asia showing off various Transformers statues and licensed action figures, in Hong Kong... including Yolopark, Flame Toys, and Action Toys.

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A couple more new reveals - a diorama of Grimlock from Premium Collectables, and a very artistic version of Cyclonus from Flame Toys.

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Not sure if these have been seen in Australia yet, but I saw them tonight in a Toyworld for $25 each.

I just saw them on the Mackay Toyworld site for $20 each, and they have the image of Skywarp, which is one of the two chase figures... so not sure if they actually have it, or have both chase figures.
I was really hoping that they would at least show up at BigW, as they had the other series for $16 each and likely to have sales... but the other series have been on clearance for a while now, so still no sign of the Transformers ones after about 9 months of the other two series.

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A Grimlock Diorama statue (with both modes), for release late 2022, standing at an impressive 75cm tall... for a hefty us$1850 (about au$2500).

It looks nice, but who is buying all of these thousand-dollar statues, and affording all of the expensive collector-focussed toys.

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Meanwhile, Yolopark have shown off their Earth Mode Optimus Prime figure from the Bumblebee Movie, for a very hefty us$2750, in early 2022.

I think the Cybertronian mode Optimus would have been released by now, so now we are getting some good looks at the Earth mode variant that comes out early next year.
The price is the same as the first version, which equates to about au$4000... each!
That's 8 Grand if you wanted both forms of Optimus Prime from the Bumblebee Movie.