April Acquisitions

[griffin]

And after a few hours:

[Doubledealer]

Verrry pleased with this latest acquisition: complete G1 Octopunch. I wish I could have taken a photo but the 'rechargable' batts for my gf's DSLR are all but fubar'd. Damn good toy though, and a great time to hit the ol' collection whilst playin Bioshock 2 on PS3.

[dirge]

Stepper is an unknown character to new collectors who are looking for a reissue of a toy they know or recognise. Even to long time Western fans, Stepper isn't even a Hasbro character, so would be a 'novelty' if bought, and only after higher priority, known characters.

Granted he's lesser known. But he's not totally unwanted. I once saw an original Stepper sell for $US900 (this is when the dollar was at $0.50) - from a seller in Melbourne. I'm not surprised that he's in lesser demand, but he just seems unwanted, which surprises me.

[SharkyMcShark]

Pre reissue I think the fuss was regarding the rarity. Once the figure itself became more commonplace the interest died because he was never a popular character, and thus without the draw of rarity or being a popular character demand plummeted.

[GoktimusPrime]

Don't forget that Stepper was (re)issued in Hasbro markets as Ricochet, which would possibly drive down demand for Stepper even further - unlike other reissues of Japanese-exclusive toys like say Star Convoy, Landcross etc.

[liegeprime]

They should reissue Artfire as well, The mold is there anyways just a difference in color scheme.. that'll drive down that "rare price tag" it has in ebay et al...

[dirge]

Don't forget that Stepper was (re)issued in Hasbro markets as Ricochet, which would possibly drive down demand for Stepper even further - unlike other reissues of Japanese-exclusive toys like say Star Convoy, Landcross etc.

Ah yes, this I didn't think of. And it explains it

[kup]

I think that everyone who wanted a Stepper now has one. There has been both a Hasbro and Takara mass releases of the toy in recent years. TFC Stepper is so common that several can be found at any given time.

I suspect that it was over produced as well as being bought by everyone who wanted one.

[5FDP]

TFC Stepper is so common that several can be found at any given time.

Yeah, I just found one between the couch cushions the other day. Weird....

[1AZRAEL1]

I think that everyone who wanted a Stepper now has one.

I don't I hope to get one eventually.