Transformers questions by newbies, and not-so-newbies

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

What, Starbucks is still a thing???

A horrible thing, yes....

Animated Blitzwing: is it a forgone conclusion that buying the Hasbro version will result in owning a floppy mess? Is the Takara version better?

I thought part of the flppiness was due to the shoulders being the wrong way round.

MAN do I love his dumpy little "Metal Slug"-esque Tank mode!

That times 100000000000

Thanks.

Considering they are such tiny simple toys, I wonder if the delay is due to lack of retailer demand, rather than issues with production.

From what I've seen in the local shops, they aren't doing too badly. Like a lot better than the AOE stinkbombs that are still hanging around, but looking at them and for and average price of ~900yen, and comparing them with other toys, they don't look to provide good value for money.