Interesting, rare and sometimes cheap ebay items.

[Vector Prime]

Cybertron Metroplex for $20
Generations Thrust or Drift for $50 Buy It Now! Damn toy scalpers!

[5FDP]

Generations Thrust or Drift for $50 Buy It Now! Damn toy scalpers!

That was always going to happen. I hope someone wins them with the one bid and this doosh paid $30 for 'em.

[fatbot]

Damn they are some expensive toys.



Did you end up getting him?

nah lost out by .50c

[Eruntalon]

Landcross giftset with box in C5 condition. Reserve price is somewhere under 200 GBP - http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI....=STRK:MEWAX:IT

[heroic_decepticon]

And for even rarer finds

MOSC AM Omega Spreem

MOSC AM Windmill

MOSC Double Punch

MOSC AM Turbo Master

MISB AM Thundercracker

What I wouldn't give to be rich and buy these.

Azrael, fatbot, just how rare are these? Are they rare because they are EU only releases or is there just a demand for these because they are nice figures?

I've seen hardcore G1 ppl salivate over an MOSC AM Sideswipe and was puzzling as to why.

[fatbot]

Azrael, fatbot, just how rare are these? Are they rare because they are EU only releases or is there just a demand for these because they are nice figures?

I've seen hardcore G1 ppl salivate over an MOSC AM Sideswipe and was puzzling as to why.

It's because they didn't get released in the states only europe, Australia, Canada and New Zealand - Back when our local Transformers were sourced thru hasbro uk. - hence high prices. I may be wrong however and will most likely stand corrected when someone else reads this.

[Sky Shadow]

Azrael, fatbot, just how rare are these? Are they rare because they are EU only releases or is there just a demand for these because they are nice figures?

I've seen hardcore G1 ppl salivate over an MOSC AM Sideswipe and was puzzling as to why.

I've owned all the 'Euro' Action Masters at one point or another. Since they were released here, I had Sideswipe, Tracks, Bombshell, Powerflash, Charger, Take-Off, Windmill, Double Punch and Circuit as a teenager, and I've accumulated all the others since then (and subsequently bought and sold them in ebbs and flows countless times. I keep buying and selling Action Master Thundercrackers in particular for some reason.)

Yes, the main reason for their inflated prices is that these are G1 toys (and in Sideswipe's case, 'Geewun' G1 toys) that were released in relatively limited numbers. If people want to 'complete' their G1 collection (which many more collectors are doing now than ever before) then they're competing for toys that don't exist in the numbers of the regular US G1 toys. On the other hand, in my opinion, all the 1991 Action Masters are great toys, and the Exo-Suit/Elite gimmicks are better than those of all the previous Action Masters. So it's a bit of Column A, a but of Column B.

[liegeprime]

Weeeee Im having a field day of links and watchlist is filling up. just need the cash though, sigh

[heroic_decepticon]

I've owned all the 'Euro' Action Masters at one point or another. Since they were released here, I had Sideswipe, Tracks, Bombshell, Powerflash, Charger, Take-Off, Windmill, Double Punch and Circuit as a teenager, and I've accumulated all the others since then (and subsequently bought and sold them in ebbs and flows countless times. I keep buying and selling Action Master Thundercrackers in particular for some reason.)

Yes, the main reason for their inflated prices is that these are G1 toys (and in Sideswipe's case, 'Geewun' G1 toys) that were released in relatively limited numbers. If people want to 'complete' their G1 collection (which many more collectors are doing now than ever before) then they're competing for toys that don't exist in the numbers of the regular US G1 toys. On the other hand, in my opinion, all the 1991 Action Masters are great toys, and the Exo-Suit/Elite gimmicks are better than those of all the previous Action Masters. So it's a bit of Column A, a but of Column B.

Thanks for that explanation. So they're expensive because they were exclusive to EU in the same way the Jap exclusives are expensive because they were only available in a few countries.

[jaydisc]

Arcee and Cyb Ratchet for A$81 shipped. This is roughly equal to the A$70ish ones I've posted occasionally. The difference is the drop in the dollar.