videriant wrote:For the record, most owners of Games of Deception were not pissed about the rerelease. They were pissed about people going to them, pointing, and saying "ha-ha, idiot, sucker, scalper, ..."
1) Retail cost of the seekers were $180 each ($60 for three, $300 for the boxset).
2) Right after botcon they shot up to a value of $400 ($200 Thundercracker, $100 Thrust, $100 Dirge)
3) Right after Henkei Thundercracker was announced the value of Thundercracker dropped to ~$75. This was followed by Thrust price increasing to $200 and Dirge $125. Seekers = $400
4) To get Thundercracker & Skywarp shipped to the US cost about $65 each or more so $130 for both.
5) Henkei Thundercracker was QC nightmare
6) Takara announces Dirge and Thrust and the values of the Botcon seekers drop to about $100
7) People see pictures of Henkei Dirge and Thrust and the Botcon seeker values start moving back up.
To get Henkei Thrust & Dirge shipped to the US would cost about $65 each or more.
9) People receive the Henkei Thrust and Dirge and realize the wings on Thrust look odd and Dirge paint job is not very classic.
10) I believe the Botcon seekers are now sitting at $100-$125 Thundercracker, $150-$200 Thrust, $100-$125 Dirge, Total = $350-$450
So, nothing much has changed except for the value of Dreadwind doubling. Also, some people say that Thundercracker and Thrust were going for $300 each but that was only for a very short amount of time and a handful of auctions.
Powered commander should see similar results. I was told by my supplier that they had cutoff the ordering date as of May 25th or June 4th (today). At least that what he keeps telling me to get me to pay him. ROFL. If that's true and nobody else has any news then it'll be a very limited run and not that easy to get.
1) TFCon Powered Commander = $120 preregisterd + expenses, $160 buy on-site.
2) The secondary market drove the price to over $300 on ebay but people were still getting deals off the thread for $200-$250.
3) D.I.A edition will cost $120-$180 to import. The latest pictures has it more blue in trailer mode but looks similar in robot mode. If it doesn't come with the briefcase that's another plus for TFCon
4) Unless I'm completely wrong, once people realize that they're not going to get a powered commander for $90, the prices of TFCon will shoot back to $250-$300, so you got a good deal at $200.
Counterpunch wrote:Hey all!
To help add some ole' bullshit to this whole mess, apparently there was a chromed-out version of Powered Convoy!
Neat hunh?
Now, everyone feel miserable about the version you don't have!
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:BBTS has the D.I.A. Commander up for preorder.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
$119.99. Not a bad price at all!
Counterpunch wrote:RodimusConvoy13 wrote:BBTS has the D.I.A. Commander up for preorder.
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
$119.99. Not a bad price at all!
BBTS has 995 of them for Pre-Order.
Lesson learned: Don't believe anything FansProject has to say.
videriant wrote:Guess I was wrong about this being limited.
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
Burn wrote:robofreak doesn't joke. He's all about the serious business of the internet.
ItIsHim wrote:My closet is filled to the brim with plastic children's toys. For myself
skywarp-2 wrote:LOL.. nice scenario! city commander set this Friday..yeah it's expensive.. but It's limited and it's Ultra Magnus, and not prime.. the DIA version for the Henkei is nice and all, but it's the same one I bought for 200.00 and is just in chrome.. so I would rather have another Armor upgrade that matched the TFCON version I bought.. so i can pose them together as Brothers in arms..which I like..
I just did this drawing.. I hope you guys like it..
Jeep! wrote:Why do I imagine Dead Metal sounding exactly like Arnie?
Intah-wib-buls?
Blurrz wrote:10/10
Leave it to Dead Metal to have the word 'Pronz' in his signature.
skywarp-2 wrote:I just did this drawing.. I hope you guys like it..
DevastaTTor wrote:skywarp-2 wrote:I just did this drawing.. I hope you guys like it..
That's pretty sharp. We all need to color one in and submit them to FP. Perhaps we can all have a hand in designing the next dozen or so "exclusive" armor sets.
I've ordered one... but I feel dirty doing so. I hate that there's so much controversy swirling around about this set and FP right now. They do such great work but really screwed the pooch here IMO.
I'm also really surprised that they're making so many. Seems like too much of a good thing.
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