Insurgent wrote:I hope this guy drops to £20. I'd happily get him to lead my headmasters, then the hasbro one can go cuddle Rewind, as he rightfully should be. I think he might, as a lot of people will want the IDW version.
Black Hat wrote:It really is sad that now we're having to import and pay ridiculous fees to get figures with more than the bare minimum of paint. Hasbro Blurr is just inexcusably awful looking. Remember when the difference between Hasbro and Takara paintjobs was purely stylistic?
I'm probably gonna get Animated Blurr to be honest. Sure he's far less G1 accurate but AFAIK he's a superb toy and he looks cool.
Randomhero wrote:Insurgent wrote:I hope this guy drops to £20. I'd happily get him to lead my headmasters, then the hasbro one can go cuddle Rewind, as he rightfully should be. I think he might, as a lot of people will want the IDW version.
I wouldn't put too much hope on the price dropping. Hardhead is going for like $70 now at BBTS(only place I can find instock) and skullcruncher is $50. I'm good with the hasbro releases. Only one I've been tempted is Blurr but the import mailing alone was $25 at robotKingdom and sorry, but I'm not spending $70 on a deluxe for fancy paint. Hasbro one is just fine and if I get tired of it I still got the original 2010 generations one
Randomhero wrote:I wouldn't put too much hope on the price dropping. Hardhead is going for like $70 now at BBTS(only place I can find instock) and skullcruncher is $50. I'm good with the hasbro releases. Only one I've been tempted is Blurr but the import mailing alone was $25 at robotKingdom and sorry, but I'm not spending $70 on a deluxe for fancy paint. Hasbro one is just fine and if I get tired of it I still got the original 2010 generations one
Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:Randomhero wrote:I wouldn't put too much hope on the price dropping. Hardhead is going for like $70 now at BBTS(only place I can find instock) and skullcruncher is $50. I'm good with the hasbro releases. Only one I've been tempted is Blurr but the import mailing alone was $25 at robotKingdom and sorry, but I'm not spending $70 on a deluxe for fancy paint. Hasbro one is just fine and if I get tired of it I still got the original 2010 generations one
$70? That's MP prices! I got him from HLJ for about $30 when he was released.
Cyberpath wrote:
$70? That's MP prices! I got him from HLJ for about $30 when he was released.
He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
william-james88 wrote:Cyberpath wrote:
$70? That's MP prices! I got him from HLJ for about $30 when he was released.
Yeah, I got him for that too from Anime Export ($30 shipped). As a deal hunter, I have found that the best deal for Takara toys (when you live outside Japan) is simply to preorder them off japanese sites.
Also, it was discussed to death already that Hasbro Blurr's dull scheme isn't really the G1 toy, unlike the idea behind Blaster, for instance, which is a love letter to that toy. Its more of a coincidence since the G1 toy was also kind of dull in colour, but it still had way more colour variation. Compred to Scourge and Blaster, there are far less toy specific details on Blurr to say its an outright homage to the toy (he only has the red triangles). I mean come on, take a look, no one can refute that it could be a much better homage than what we got. Saying its supposed to look like this because its like the G1 toy is not only a lame excuse, but its flat out wrong at this point:
For those who want Takara's Blurr, don't despair, there are ways to still eventually get him for non ass rape prices. Get aquainted with the Japanese secondary market (like Mandarake, the Jungle or even Amazon sellers) and you could get him for a better price in due time.
Sabrblade wrote:He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:
Sabrblade wrote:He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:
He went through all of season 2 without any cassettes of his own and still had a blastin' good time.Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:
He's grumpy because we'll (probably) never get Steeljaw, Ramhorn, Eject or Rosanna, and most of the other "cassette" molds kinda suck.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:He went through all of season 2 without any cassettes of his own and still had a blastin' good time.Black Hat wrote:Sabrblade wrote:He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.Cyberpath wrote:Someone made a custom show-accurate head for LG27 (for personal use I think.) Thought it was worth sharing:
He's grumpy because we'll (probably) never get Steeljaw, Ramhorn, Eject or Rosanna, and most of the other "cassette" molds kinda suck.
He was in the final Devil's Due "G.I. Joe vs. the Transformers" crossover, in which there was a scene where he actually got to watch some TV.Black Hat wrote:From what I know, Eject has almost no fiction beyond his toy bio. (FOOTBALL!)
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Black Hat wrote:Also, am I the only one who wishes poor Eject would get some more love? Rewind's become a fan favourite thanks to IDW and at least the other Autobot cassettes got to do some stuff in the cartoon (and the Headmasters). From what I know, Eject has almost no fiction beyond his toy bio. (FOOTBALL!)
william-james88 wrote:Saying its supposed to look like this because its like the G1 toy is not only a lame excuse, but its flat out wrong at this point:
Sabrblade wrote:He sure looks mean/grumpy. Were it a Marvel Comics Blaster-based face, a serious-looking face would suit him just fine, but a cartoon Blaster face needs to smile.
Insurgent wrote:Seems I missed the boat at Kapow. Anyone know of somewhere (preferabbly uk) where I can still order the takara Chromedome? Looks like trying to custom one from hasbro and a new face would end up costing pretty much the same.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
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