It's handy tht it's come up, I'm not particularly experienced in bidding for vintage stuff online, I generally bid what I'm willining to spend and then miss out. If the guy has agreed to pay for it, maybe you could afford to bid a little higher than you might normally to be confidant in getting it. of course if you're not satisfied with the quality don't bid.
My good friend Nathan who runs roboticplanet just got a complete G1 Octane set in stock.
http://roboticplanet.com/store/index...oducts_id=4614
It might be worth mentioning me (canofwhoopass) too, he might even throw in free first class shipping if you buy a few items
Anyway hope it helps
thanks man!!does he run it from overhere does he?
Nah man he's in America. Great guy though, I prob bought 1/3 of my G1's from him.
Ok i thought i'd update and post some picsMan i ended up with 3 Octanes and 2.5 sets of the Clones. I don't know about you guys but having incomplete bots annoys me and i go and a frenzy trying to complete them. 1 Octane turned out to have very little chrome wear as you can see!
Octanes
Hardly any chrome wear
This guy is in really good condition I bought him only with his chrome cover along with another TF. I have compared this with my 2 other Octanes to make sure he is not a knock off and it is identical in every way to the other 2 only thing is that is has 2L and 2R on the rudder instead of 1L and 1R. Also the metal on it is tarnished so I'm hoping that its also a sign that it is legit.
Clones
After all this I'm happy Ive been table to complete these guys would have preferred to not have to go through it as it cost me a little more money even with the money that was paid back to me. but I did end up with one major good looking Octane and the Clones are in pristine condition too
If you don't want the spare clones...
Good to see that you ended up getting some after all the trouble you went through.