e-Hobby update: e-Hobby exclusive Galvatron in original toy colors

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:28 am

GC-23 Megalo Convoy

GD-14 Master Galvatron

GX-02 Soundwave

Reissue Star Convoy

BTA-01 Alert feat. Subaru Impreza WRX meets AI

BTA-02 Sunstreaker feat. Dodge Viper meets Junko

UPDATE:

Reissue Galvatron

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:05 am

Soundwave's link is not working man. Had to correct it on the address bar. You accidentaly linked it to Megalo Convoy's page.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:31 am

Fixed.

Lord Zarak · Post by **Lord Zarak** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:17 am

I take it that the third Megalo Convoy pic uses a bog standard Optimus/ whatever his name is in GF, and he is really that big?

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:22 pm

I don't know what bog means, but that's a small Galaxy Convoy figure with metallic paint. It's the size of LOC figures...

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:36 pm

Originally posted by Knightdramon
I don't know what bog means, but that's a small Galaxy Convoy figure with metallic paint. It's the size of LOC figures...

It is LoC Prime with metallic paint.

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:19 pm

Wasn't sure if it was a LOC one or one of the kabaya things or a newest tiny figure.

BTW Nev, any news at all on THS Master Megatron?

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 4:56 pm

Originally posted by Knightdramon
Wasn't sure if it was a LOC one or one of the kabaya things or a newest tiny figure.

F2F revealed a long tome ago that he'll come with a metallic red EZ Galaxy Convoy, and since the EZ Colection things are Takara's version of LoC...

BTW Nev, any news at all on THS Master Megatron?

Nope, and since DragonX76 never credits his sources, it'll be hard to track this one down.

Post by **Clay** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:39 pm

Soundwave's jet mode looks kind of blocky in that picture. I hope it isn't permanent.

EDIT: Not as blocky as Star Convoy, though. Bleh

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 3:57 am

Is it just me or does Galvatron look like the Batmobile?

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 7:42 am

Originally posted by Kaiser
Is it just me or does Galvatron look like the Batmobile?

Is it just me, or has everyone and their mother already pointed this out when Megatron, whom Galvatron is a repaint of, came out?

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:03 am

e-Hobby updated their website again, this time with the Binaltech Asterisk redecos:

BTA-01 Alert feat. Subaru Impreza WRX meets AI

BTA-02 Sunstreaker feat. Dodge Viper meets Junko

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:11 pm

You know, I keep looking at the BTA girls and wondering how they bend their legs to fit in the car. Are they like rubber bendy figures, or something? They don't seem to have any joints, but they can bend to sit in the car fine. Such an odd choice for the company that brought microman to the world.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 5:35 pm

Originally posted by RID Scourge
You know, I keep looking at the BTA girls and wondering how they bend their legs to fit in the car. Are they like rubber bendy figures, or something? They don't seem to have any joints, but they can bend to sit in the car fine. Such an odd choice for the company that brought microman to the world.

http://www.tfans.com/talk/index.php?sho ... t&p=592995

The driver figure will come with interchangable body parts so you can fit them in the car since the driver figure itself is not poseable or lacks articulation. Like gashapons...

I've said it before, and I say it again: These things are just cheap additions to justify the jacked up price.

Post by **Clay** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:42 pm

Originally posted by Nevermore
[url]I've said it before, and I say it again: These things are just cheap additions to justify the jacked up price.

I would have thought that they would just include two figures: one sitting, one standing.

Well, regardless, they'll be going to "The Bucket" of crappy toys, and away from the BTs...

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 8:57 pm

Originally posted by Clay

Well, regardless, they'll be going to "The Bucket" of crappy toys, and away from the BTs...

Then why buy them in the first place? It's not as if they're dirt cheap.

Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 9:04 pm

Takara's marketing logic:

Binaltechs don't sell well enough for 4,980 Yen, so why don't we just add some cheap, unarticulated anime girl figures and offer them for 5,500 Yen? That way we're gonna make them more attractive for a wider audience which previously steered away from our expensive toys. :rolleyes:

Post by **Clay** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:13 pm

Originally posted by Knightdramon
Then why buy them in the first place? It's not as if they're dirt cheap.

I'm talking about the little anime figures, not the cars

EDIT: Nevermore: how well do Binaltechs sell within Japan, anyway?

Koolbeans X-treme · Post by **Koolbeans X-treme** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:06 am

wair, are these actual binatechs? or are they e-hobby repaints??

Post by **Clay** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 12:23 am

Originally posted by Koolbeans X-treme
wair, are these actual binatechs? or are they e-hobby repaints??

They're a Binaltech sub-line, called Binaltech* (binaltech asterik).

They're general release.

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