Japanese crowd-funding project for gold Optimus and STARS set

[DELTAprime]

Interesting. It's not something I want, but I find this a particularly interesting thing none the less.

[Sinnertwin]

I'm down.
Now, will I be needing a Phillips head or pliers to seperate the Prime from the base?

[reillyd]

I would kill for a clean (unsullied, unsoiled) STARS kit from my childhood, and never knew there was a Japanese specific version. But are these official and licensed, or some fanboys dream? Especially the Optimus Prime.... given there are so many KO variants, were they thinking of using that or an actual Optimus release from Takara?

Hasbro did something recently for GI Joe with the Cobra Missile Base (a paper display), so I would hope they follow suit with the US version of Stars. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

[Tha_Phantom]

are these official and licensed, or some fanboys dream? Especially the Optimus Prime.... given there are so many KO variants, were they thinking of using that or an actual Optimus release from Takara?

Yes they are licensed, by the same company that did these clear figures.

[griffin]

I would kill for a clean (unsullied, unsoiled) STARS kit from my childhood, and never knew there was a Japanese specific version. But are these official and licensed, or some fanboys dream? Especially the Optimus Prime.... given there are so many KO variants, were they thinking of using that or an actual Optimus release from Takara?

Hasbro did something recently for GI Joe with the Cobra Missile Base (a paper display), so I would hope they follow suit with the US version of Stars. I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

I'd say that these are official, as it looks to be promoted through a source that has had a lot of promotions and exclusive (redeco) Transformers toys in the past.
I don't think I was aware of a difference either... unless this one is not an exact replica, and the original Japanese one was indeed the same as the Hasbro version.
I too would love to have that Hasbro one, as I had it as a kid, but it went missing during one of the moves in the late 80s. It can go for a lot of money on ebay now.

[gamblor916]

It looks like a mix of gold paint and vac plating, but still I wants it!

[Sinnertwin]

Up for order at Omocha Café
$500

https://www.omochacafe.com.au/PreOrd...q5WrtC1x4rY3gM

[Tha_Phantom]

It looks like a mix of gold paint and vac plating, but still I wants it!

Yeah it's like MP10G, which I'm sure isn't coincidental.

[KELPIE]

In my sleep deprived state I thought the subject read Gold Optimus and Star Wars....

I was also pondering about, is this the future of collectables by toy companies, who don't seem to know or trust their customers to take the risk of producing these things without it being pre-paid first by the customers.

That's basically how the board game industry works now and Statue companies have been operating under this model since forever. Then there's the whole Matty Collector thing where they'd need to hit a certain number of pre-orders before they would go into production for MotU/PoP items.