Grimlock's transforming crown coin?

[evandouglas86]

http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...e-sword/28569/
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...-sword-178583/

"This figure includes a bonus coin that converts to a crown and flame cover that goes on his sword. The box will be the same as the original MP-08 box."

Yes, that is right, and was on the original email that bbts sent me lol

[evandouglas86]

They called it a crown coin (as in a coin with a crown embossed on it), they never said it transformed.

This is a direct copy and paste from the bbts email-



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MP-08 MASTERPIECE GRIMLOCK REISSUE WITH CROWN COIN AND FLAME SWORD
This Takara reissue will include two bonus items - a coin that converts into a crown for Grimlock, and a flame sheath to enhance his sword. He is priced at $199.99.
:-/

[evandouglas86]

I was so surprised also ..I first thou that I was dooped out of a coin! thinking they took the coin and place the crown in there for postage and forgot to put a coin back in! .. I wanted a coin !!.... but at least it a diecast crown which is cool...

Lol yer man, I'm hearing ya. Exactly how I felt. I opened the crown packet, then starred at it for a sec then re-searched the whole pack twice haha

[DELTAprime]

This is a direct copy and paste from the bbts email-



| BigBadToyStore Newsletter | Oct 11, 2013 |


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MP-08 MASTERPIECE GRIMLOCK REISSUE WITH CROWN COIN AND FLAME SWORD
This Takara reissue will include two bonus items - a coin that converts into a crown for Grimlock, and a flame sheath to enhance his sword. He is priced at $199.99.
:-/

So BBTS also made shit up also. As I said, Hasbro never said it transforms.

[Seraphim Prime]

Could the "transforming coin" description been a mistranslation that all the stores then carried the ball with?

[drifand]

So BBTS also made shit up also. As I said, Hasbro never said it transforms.

I didn't know Hasbro has any say in it, I thought this was a Takara re-issue and that was it.

But anyway.....I want the crown not the coin.

[DELTAprime]

It was reissued by Hasbro HK in Hong Kong, not Takara in Japan. Hasbro HK sells both Hasbro and Takara product.

[evandouglas86]

Lol well sounds like a bit of faulse advertising to me for their 'converting' coin. I gues I would have appreciated them letting me know. Maybe that is me being too not picky...but still

[drifand]

Lol well sounds like a bit of faulse advertising to me for their 'converting' coin. I gues I would have appreciated them letting me know. Maybe that is me being too not picky...but still

Well...I would have gone by pics not just what they say.
But like what it was said, the ad had nothing to do with the manufacturer's claims or anything to indicate a transforming crown.

[griffin]

Problem was, the crown/coin debacle was not known until AFTER it was released, and people had already had it ordered/paid for.

And even now, months later, the truth hasn't circulated enough through the fandom to counter-act all the false reports of the initial listing.... so it's not the fault of buyers to believe that they are getting a "transforming crown/coin" if news sites and the three biggest fandom toy dealers claim it.

It's hardly the first time a toy dealer has just run with what other dealers have posted, just to get a pre-order listing out there to compete... but is their fault so many fans thought they were getting a convertible crown, or at the very least, a coin - neither of which proved to be true. Even the photos of the "coin" look like a regular TFs coin.

Buyers should be careful, but sellers need to inform customers as soon as the product "changes" from the original listing.