New Encore: Combaticons box set
New Encore: Combaticons box set
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Bah, do Menasor!
If these use the die cast metal parts, they might actually be worth getting even with the myriad knock offs floating around. Or not.
Interesting nonetheless.
Bah, do Menasor!
If these use the die cast metal parts, they might actually be worth getting even with the myriad knock offs floating around. Or not.
Interesting nonetheless.
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I'm surprised that the molds for the Combaticons hasn't crumbled into dust yet, considering that there's been about a zillion different re releases of them, in legitimate versions alone!:eek:Clay wrote:http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Bah, do Menasor!
If these use the die cast metal parts, they might actually be worth getting even with the myriad knock offs floating around. Or not.
Interesting nonetheless.
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Well, Henkei most likely isn't using the random Energon recolours, whereas Universe shows no sign of releasing the originals... both markets have just got a different set of old Combaticons that look nothing like the show counterpartsganon578 wrote:Holy Transformers love for the Combaticons!!! How many versions of these guys/Onslaught are we getting lately?
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Nice to see them in the old colors. Can't say I'd like them enough to pay that much for them though. Especially since I have both RID releases and I ended up with 1-2 sets of knockoffs in a lot once . . .
I'd love to see them do Swindle and Blastoff as new molds that were compatible with the Energon Conbaticons and give them propper hands. That'd be sweet, but I guess that's only a dream.
I'd love to see them do Swindle and Blastoff as new molds that were compatible with the Energon Conbaticons and give them propper hands. That'd be sweet, but I guess that's only a dream.
I'm sadly fanboyish when it comes to the Combaticons but, yeah, it's getting a bit much. Bring on someone else! And I agree with Menasor.
Incidentally, I recently picked up a G1 Brawl from ebay. (My old one suffered a coffee spill and I'd never been able to get that sludge from between his flabby arms.) Very decent shape, 5.50 USD. Bidding simultaneously on a similarly conditioned G1 Dead End from the same seller which eventually went for much more, 34.00, IIRC. This tells me that you could probably get a complete Bruticus- original and in decent shape- for less than BBTS is asking for this reissue which may(or may not, to be fair) suffer from an overused mold; for Menasor, good luck on that!
Incidentally, I recently picked up a G1 Brawl from ebay. (My old one suffered a coffee spill and I'd never been able to get that sludge from between his flabby arms.) Very decent shape, 5.50 USD. Bidding simultaneously on a similarly conditioned G1 Dead End from the same seller which eventually went for much more, 34.00, IIRC. This tells me that you could probably get a complete Bruticus- original and in decent shape- for less than BBTS is asking for this reissue which may(or may not, to be fair) suffer from an overused mold; for Menasor, good luck on that!
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$94.00, naww I will pass. Didnt a repaint of these guys come out a while back in camo colors and it was available at wal=mart for $50 ? And I think that is to much to for these guys to. Yeah they are one of the first combiner teams, but they cant really do to much but that, and I dont think they are worth $50, let alone almost $100 now. I will pass.
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The last Fortress Maximus was with RID, and that was very hard or impossible to find.wolfbolt86 wrote:Great, now if they will only releasse the Stunticons and Trypticon. At least they are continuing the line. Think we might get a Fort. Max at some point?
I like the original colors, but I have my RiD combaticons, and sadly, I just want either a Superion, Menasor, Computron, or Defensor, or just a Devastator (since my Hook's legs crumbled basically from cheap chromed plastic).
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I know that was the last time that mold came out, but I was wondering if there is a chance for it to come out in the encore line. I wonder if it does come out, how much are they going to charge for the thing. Aren't unopen Fort. Max's around $1,000?Springer007 wrote:The last Fortress Maximus was with RID, and that was very hard or impossible to find.
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They won't be if there's an encore one!
I'm guessing with Fort max being 2 feet tall, and a Leader class (bout a foot or so, rounded up) being round 50 USD, that the price would be bout 250 - 300 USD (Twice the height, bout twice the width, plus possible mould repairs, and low amounts produced, etc. etc.)
I'm guessing with Fort max being 2 feet tall, and a Leader class (bout a foot or so, rounded up) being round 50 USD, that the price would be bout 250 - 300 USD (Twice the height, bout twice the width, plus possible mould repairs, and low amounts produced, etc. etc.)
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That doesn't seem unrealistic, no. What does seem unrealistic, to me, is the concept of it happening, at least outside of Japan. Available as an import again, sure!Treadshot A1 wrote:They won't be if there's an encore one!
I'm guessing with Fort max being 2 feet tall, and a Leader class (bout a foot or so, rounded up) being round 50 USD, that the price would be bout 250 - 300 USD (Twice the height, bout twice the width, plus possible mould repairs, and low amounts produced, etc. etc.)
I am in the US, btw. I may be biased because of my local market, but Leader class toys are shelf warmers here. And then you get into the Supreme class. I can't think of a single Supreme class TF that didn't end up on clearance. If this is true overall, a $200+ TF probably isn't the best move for Hasbro. (And then there's the drop test to get around, which prevents Maximus from being here in the first place...)
There were no less than four repaints of this mold around 2000-2002. Car Robot, RID(which was different enough from the CR version to warrant both, for me at least), the urban camo and desert camo. The two latters were Wa-Mart exclusives, IIRC, but I remember them running only around $25 at my locals. (And the desert camo I saw on clearance for roughly half that after I'd already gotten it...)BlacknRedTed wrote:$94.00, naww I will pass. Didnt a repaint of these guys come out a while back in camo colors and it was available at wal=mart for $50 ? And I think that is to much to for these guys to. Yeah they are one of the first combiner teams, but they cant really do to much but that, and I dont think they are worth $50, let alone almost $100 now. I will pass.
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Agreed. It probably wouldn't be a good move for Hasbro or Takara to release outside of Jap, especially after Ultimate Bumblebee & Rollout Prime.
I know there's a die hard group of Ult. BB fans. I won't forget that time in the reviews section for a while, ut it just seemed to shelfwarm here.
Though, i doubt it would be possible to get F.Max out of Jap anyway, thx to that awful drop test.
I know there's a die hard group of Ult. BB fans. I won't forget that time in the reviews section for a while, ut it just seemed to shelfwarm here.
Though, i doubt it would be possible to get F.Max out of Jap anyway, thx to that awful drop test.
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Man I wish they where that price at my wal-mart when they where out. I didnt pick up the urban camo set because it was $50, and I never saw the desert camo set. I picked up 2 of the RID combaticons(onslaught and movor), but I couldnt never find the rest in stores for some reason. I wish this set would come out again, and at a good price, because $94.00 is just to much for me to pay for a brick basically. He looks cool, but that is about it.S_Windell wrote:That doesn't seem unrealistic, no. What does seem unrealistic, to me, is the concept of it happening, at least outside of Japan. Available as an import again, sure!
I am in the US, btw. I may be biased because of my local market, but Leader class toys are shelf warmers here. And then you get into the Supreme class. I can't think of a single Supreme class TF that didn't end up on clearance. If this is true overall, a $200+ TF probably isn't the best move for Hasbro. (And then there's the drop test to get around, which prevents Maximus from being here in the first place...)
There were no less than four repaints of this mold around 2000-2002. Car Robot, RID(which was different enough from the CR version to warrant both, for me at least), the urban camo and desert camo. The two latters were Wa-Mart exclusives, IIRC, but I remember them running only around $25 at my locals. (And the desert camo I saw on clearance for roughly half that after I'd already gotten it...)
That toy will never be released in the United States again because it can't pass the safety test of not shattering when dropped.S_Windell wrote:That doesn't seem unrealistic, no. What does seem unrealistic, to me, is the concept of it happening, at least outside of Japan. Available as an import again, sure!