Unicron remold and MP Rodimus??

[Lord_Zed]

Meh... I paid $145 for Unicron on the first day he came out -- I remember rushing to David Jones and grabbing him, then rushing to the food court to open him (I couldn't wait!). Any regrets? Hell no. If the repaint/retool devalues my Armada Unicron -- so what? I have no intention of selling this toy, so it makes no lick of difference if the toy goes up or down in value to me. I don't buy toys for investment purposes.

I don't agree. I had a fiddle with gamblor916's MP Grimlock and I found it to be the most simplistically engineered MP toy. It's like half the toy is engineered like an MP, but the other half is like an oversized G1 toy. The scale doesn't bother me, but for that price coupled with price of importing... no thanks.

You make a good point about the "value" of toys, particularly when most collectors on this board are not exactly planning to keep there toys mint and resell them later. While I understand there's some frustration when Hasbro re-release an old toy that was hard to get, or in limited release I wonder if that means people are just buying things because they are limited or rare. If you truly wanted a toy in the first place you shouldn't be to unhappy when it gets re-released or sold cheaper. Hasbro and TakTommy are a businesses there always going to be re-releasing old classics if they think there's money in it, or refining their toys or giving them more G1 paint jobs.

Of course it's all intensely personal what is worth what to who, on the two you mention above I'm of the complete reverse opinion, I wanted MP Grimlock and thought he was totally worth importing so I did, where as Unicrom I thought wasn't worth his $145 price tag, so I waited months till Armada died down and got him for less than half the original price. Now Grimlock has been announced as being releases by Hasbro, hopefully locally for those who didn't import him. Does that bother me? Not really I bought him then and there because I wanted him then and there and thought he looked awesome.

So... the rumours about MP Rodimus... is it Hot Rodimus or Rodimus Convoy?? Or maybe both -- i.e. the car mode can slot inside a trailer, and the robot mode can slightly transform and have a changeable face to switch between Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime! Oooohhh!

Hah you(we) wish!

I wonder what scale he will be too, I now prefer the Gimlock/Seeker scale as those releases have more detail and display better in my mind, however I do admit big MP's like Prime have a certain appeal too.

[MV75]

I remember TakTom saying 2010 was going to be a huge year for them. We're 5 months in and we're only now hearing some news, though granted it's all speculation at this stage.

I don't care who the next MP is just so long as he isn't shrimpy and overpriced... Yes I mean you Grimmy old pal. I may love you but you're still too expensive considering how small you are in comparison to Prime and Megs.

Yea, it's been dead on all fronts. Where/what is the next encore? That just stopped.

I think I've only bought like 2 toys so far this year.

[Sky Shadow]

Meh... I paid $145 for Unicron on the first day he came out

This I can remember too - it was THE TOY long-time fans had been waiting 15 years for.

Ditto. (Tritto?) I also remember attempting to avoid being murdered by hiding him in my car boot until I could smuggle him into my study without my girlfriend at the time catching me spending money on a $100+ toy.

[1AZRAEL1]

From TFSource

We have put up a preorder for the upcoming Unicron Reissue from Takara/Tomy. Not much is known about this piece, but it will be an online exclusive, limited edition figure, and is rumored to have a new head sculpt and possibly new colors. We'll update the site more as more information becomes available, pictures for now are for reference only.

Bummer if it is an exclusive, but if it is, I want it somehow.

[5FDP]

Having new colors is expected really... but I didn't see this being an online exclusive.

It shouldn't really matter anyway as it would never see retail here in Oz meaning if anyone wanted one, online would be the only way. The only downer would be a limited production run which would jack prices up considerably.

[jaydisc]

It's not an exclusive. It's available through most Hong Kong wholesalers/retailers.

[Vector Prime]

It's not an exclusive. It's available through most Hong Kong wholesalers/retailers.

Yeah, I noticed that RK has placed a pre-order listing for it on their website.

[5FDP]

Yeah, I noticed that RK has placed a pre-order listing for it on their website.

Cool. At least now I know where I will be ordering mine from Wondering if they'll sell them loose as well