MP-35 Grapple

[Krayt]

I would say your browser flicked to the USD price, which is 104. So no claim to be made

[1AZRAEL1]

I would say your browser flicked to the USD price, which is 104. So no claim to be made

What he said. If you change it to US you'll notice it is 104.

[GoktimusPrime]

Then by law, if they choose to proceed with the sale, then they must charge you US$104. Which would be AU$139. You save a whole dollar!

"Then you take your dollar you go to the dollar store you buy something else!" #beaman

[megatren]

Now they put it back to $140. I should have ordered heeps while at $104 😀

By the way, here is the previous post:

[1AZRAEL1]

Your picture is missing it, but you'll find it is inadvertently in USD rather than AUD

[DaptoDog]

Your picture is missing it, but you'll find it is inadvertently in USD rather than AUD

Yep this exactly, just tested it out myself.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I haven't understood so many people on various TF boards going 'Grapple? Meh' even though they seem to like the look of the toy.

I mean, I know he was a b or c-list character but is he really that unpopular? I always liked him well enough. But then I can't think of any season 2 characters I didn't like so maybe that doesn't say much

[GoktimusPrime]

A great toy is still a great toy, regardless of how well or poorly writers have written that character. Thundercracker was a B or C list character for decades until IDW writers finally tapped into the true potential of his character (as originally described in his original 1984 tech specs bio) and made him an interesting character! With a pet dog! And conversely you can have a really interesting character based off a pretty ordinary toy. G1 Thunderwing comes to mind.

Many of us original G1 fans saw and collected Transformers toys before they ever appeared in media and we would've already formed opinions on these toys before they ever graced our TV screens or comic books. Often by the time they showed up it was like, "Oh right, there's that toy that I own!" I mean, many of us aren't terribly fond of Machinima's Combiner Wars mini-series, but does that mean that we've suddenly changed our minds about the CW toys and are suddenly hating on them? I love my CW toys but I can't stand the show. I really don't see the logic in confusing one's opinion about a toy with one's opinion about a cartoon. I don't need a show to tell me what I think about a toy.

P.S.: Most of the more popular characters from the cartoon have already been done as MPs now anyway. What's left are the less prominent characters. And this trend will continue as TakaraTOMY work their way down the "popularity ladder" in selecting characters to adapt as MPs. Meister is probably the one prominent character who's surprisingly not been done as an MP yet, but I reckon because that it may be because Jazz has less redeco potential; you've got Stepper or G2 Jazz, both obscure repaints of the original. It's difficult to determine how well the obscure repaints will sell. Exhaust seemed to have sold like hotcakes, but Road Rage is still a terrible shelfwarmer. So I think that TakaraTOMY are playing it safe for now by going with developing moulds with stronger sales potential. But I reckon that they'll come around to more prominent characters with lesser redeco potential later on - Jazz, Hound, Mirage, Sunstreaker...
And some people need to remember that TakaraTOMY are now pumping out more MPs a year than they ever did before! And these are the same designers which also work on other Transformers lines, including the upcoming Last Knight movie toys, Robots In Disguise, Titans Return etc. We've got things pretty darn good now compared to the early years of MP!

[BigTransformerTrev]

P.S.: Most of the more popular characters from the cartoon have already been done as MPs now anyway. What's left are the less prominent characters. And this trend will continue as TakaraTOMY work their way down the "popularity ladder" in selecting characters to adapt as MPs.

I dunno, maybe amend that to 'more popular characters that have an earth mode'. Blurr, Kup, Arcee, Springer, Wreck-Gar, Galvatron, Cyclonus & Scourge were all pretty popular from being in the movie, and then (for those that watched it) S3 of the cartoon. Since they have done Shockwave and Star Sabre they should be up for joining the list. Jetfire too.

Also off the top of my head Blitzwing, Astrotrain & Blaster were pretty popular and they had Terran modes. Brawn was a fairly stand-out character as well.

But yeah, back to my original point. I didn't find Grapple particularly offensive and liked him enough in the show. Why so many people are going 'Meh' about the character (not the MP toy) on all the boards when I didn't hear people saying similar about Acid Storm, Sunstorm & Inferno is a bit of a surprise is all. But then as I said ealier, I tend to look at S1 & 2 through rose-tinted optics so maybe I'm not as critical of the character as I should be

Edit: one thing I guess about the characters I just listed is there isn't a lot of repaint options, but then neither was Shockwave

[MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!!]

Now they put it back to $140. I should have ordered heeps while at $104 😀

By the way, here is the previous post:

Your picture is missing it, but you'll find it is inadvertently in USD rather than AUD

Yep this exactly, just tested it out myself.

Like the other guys have noted, AUD prices will have the "AUD" appear behind the price: