Star Wars Transformers Death Star out at US retail!
Saturday, September 29th, 2007 4:08PM CDT
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Posted by Air Commander Starscream on September 29th, 2007 @ 4:10pm CDT
Posted by Death-Ray Charles on September 29th, 2007 @ 4:40pm CDT
Posted by phantomfish on September 29th, 2007 @ 4:42pm CDT
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 4:49pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 29th, 2007 @ 4:58pm CDT
phantomfish wrote:An excellent figure and he is about the same size as Primus.
That would explain the price: $ 55.99! I'm not a typical Star Wars fan, but he's a planet former, I'm a sucker for those...
Posted by Wheeljack35 on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:07pm CDT
But from past experiance other Targets don't follow the rules and put them out anyways
Posted by iron maniac on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:10pm CDT
I bought one Thursday from Hasbro Toy Shop with the Discount Code. Mine was only $37.50 with the discount.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:15pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:19pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:20pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:20pm CDT
Posted by DeathNoble on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:36pm CDT
And now... In planet mode!
*Pokes GetterDragun*
<.<
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 5:57pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Darn!
Still, good find, enjoy!
PS, I'm digging the pics, some planet modes would be cool
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:03pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Darn!
Still, good find, enjoy!
PS, I'm digging the pics, some planet modes would be cool
Just finished his planet mode. What a bitch! It actually is fun, but it is the supreme puzzle former! Basically you fold his legs up and try to align the shell, but it is almost like a game that if you let one piece slipp out, you have to start over. I'll take pics of it next to the other planet formers, but I got to go pick up dinner first.
Posted by zatara1701 on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:06pm CDT
I love Vader, I love Transformers, but he looks kinda small for the $50 price tag. Looks like he's at least 3-5 inches shorter than Primus... LOL... I bought my Primus for $25 on Hasbro.com, so I am not about to shell out $50 for something smaller than him.
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:11pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Darn!
Still, good find, enjoy!
PS, I'm digging the pics, some planet modes would be cool
Just finished his planet mode. What a bitch! It actually is fun, but it is the supreme puzzle former! Basically you fold his legs up and try to align the shell, but it is almost like a game that if you let one piece slipp out, you have to start over. I'll take pics of it next to the other planet formers, but I got to go pick up dinner first.
A complex transformation, and more pics, cool 2 things to look forward to!
That is unless it has the same type of defects as Leader Brawl
Anyhow, I still look forward to the comparison shot, and if you wouldn't mind, could you also toss one of the insert in as well? I've been real curious about the box size of this figure. I trust you when you said nothing special is going on in there, but it would just shut my stupid brain up
Enjoy your eats
Posted by kitonight on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:13pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:17pm CDT
zatara1701 wrote:Damn...I almost bought this on the Hasbro site with the discount code, but I am glad I didnt.
I love Vader, I love Transformers, but he looks kinda small for the $50 price tag. Looks like he's at least 3-5 inches shorter than Primus... LOL... I bought my Primus for $25 on Hasbro.com, so I am not about to shell out $50 for something smaller than him.
Agreed, I realy want to ad this to my collective, but I might have to wait for a deal.
That is unless impulse once again gets the better of me
Posted by Creature SH on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:21pm CDT
Posted by abwolfman on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:25pm CDT
Posted by Thanatos Prime on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:29pm CDT
Posted by Redimus on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:49pm CDT
Posted by omegaprimussupermode on September 29th, 2007 @ 6:56pm CDT
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Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:04pm CDT
abwolfman wrote:bought this at target on addison in chicago a week ago......this is old news
Maybe if you had made a post then, it would be. But no one has posted about it yet.
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:07pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Darn!
Still, good find, enjoy!
PS, I'm digging the pics, some planet modes would be cool
Just finished his planet mode. What a bitch! It actually is fun, but it is the supreme puzzle former! Basically you fold his legs up and try to align the shell, but it is almost like a game that if you let one piece slipp out, you have to start over. I'll take pics of it next to the other planet formers, but I got to go pick up dinner first.
A complex transformation, and more pics, cool 2 things to look forward to!
That is unless it has the same type of defects as Leader Brawl
Anyhow, I still look forward to the comparison shot, and if you wouldn't mind, could you also toss one of the insert in as well? I've been real curious about the box size of this figure. I trust you when you said nothing special is going on in there, but it would just shut my stupid brain up
Enjoy your eats
Here you go!
Posted by Sledge on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:09pm CDT
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:11pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:24pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Liege Evilmus wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here are the pics:
The box looks to be alot bigger than need be, any suprizes in there?
Nope.
Darn!
Still, good find, enjoy!
PS, I'm digging the pics, some planet modes would be cool
Just finished his planet mode. What a bitch! It actually is fun, but it is the supreme puzzle former! Basically you fold his legs up and try to align the shell, but it is almost like a game that if you let one piece slipp out, you have to start over. I'll take pics of it next to the other planet formers, but I got to go pick up dinner first.
A complex transformation, and more pics, cool 2 things to look forward to!
That is unless it has the same type of defects as Leader Brawl
Anyhow, I still look forward to the comparison shot, and if you wouldn't mind, could you also toss one of the insert in as well? I've been real curious about the box size of this figure. I trust you when you said nothing special is going on in there, but it would just shut my stupid brain up
Enjoy your eats
Here you go!
Thanks, you are a God Among Insects for that
I like the light up pic, and the alt mode is very reputable. That is about the best thing about this line. The ships are dead on!
Also thanks for throwing in a pick of the insert. I was hoping it would be used better, but it looks like they did it just to expand the package to make it seem bigger and help people rationalize the cost
Enjoy the toy, if it be sooner or later, I still look forward to getting this one myself!
Have my own back story and everything for it
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:28pm CDT
Posted by toxicity on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:35pm CDT
Posted by Bumblebee-otch on September 29th, 2007 @ 7:41pm CDT
is he going to be available everywhere?
Posted by Noisemaze on September 29th, 2007 @ 8:04pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Here's a comparison pic:
Jeez, he is tiny! Look at those 3 figures, they're all the same price point! They're all supreme class. What a crock! I was hoping the Death Star would at least be the same size as Primus but they just keep getting smaller & smaller for the same damn price! I was upset when Primus was smaller than Unicron, now try to imagine how I feel. They made a tiny figure & added a ton of dead space in the box so they can still charge $50.00. And they're probably hoping nobody would notice!
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 8:13pm CDT
Noisemaze wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here's a comparison pic:
Jeez, he is tiny! Look at those 3 figures, they're all the same price point! They're all supreme class. What a crock! I was hoping the Death Star would at least be the same size as Primus but they just keep getting smaller & smaller for the same damn price! I was upset when Primus was smaller than Unicron, now try to imagine how I feel. They made a tiny figure & added a ton of dead space in the box so they can still charge $50.00. And they're probably hoping nobody would notice!
actualy he's $6 more
Posted by Venom Phoenix on September 29th, 2007 @ 9:33pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on September 29th, 2007 @ 10:29pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 10:33pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:Damn...I'm still paying off my MP Skywarp...couldn't it have waiting another couple weeks?
Think thats bad, I just got hit with all my bills(hence being home this weekend), and I don't get paid again till the day AFTER the good HTS code expires
stupid math
Posted by GetterDragun on September 29th, 2007 @ 10:53pm CDT
Posted by Anonymous on September 29th, 2007 @ 11:25pm CDT
Noisemaze wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here's a comparison pic:
Jeez, he is tiny! Look at those 3 figures, they're all the same price point! They're all supreme class. What a crock! I was hoping the Death Star would at least be the same size as Primus but they just keep getting smaller & smaller for the same damn price! I was upset when Primus was smaller than Unicron, now try to imagine how I feel. They made a tiny figure & added a ton of dead space in the box so they can still charge $50.00. And they're probably hoping nobody would notice!
Vader has more gimmicks than Primus and Unicron together, hence the price tag.
Can you describe the sounds and lights? Any phrases?
Posted by Bumblebee-otch on September 29th, 2007 @ 11:27pm CDT
megatroptimus wrote:Noisemaze wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here's a comparison pic:
Jeez, he is tiny! Look at those 3 figures, they're all the same price point! They're all supreme class. What a crock! I was hoping the Death Star would at least be the same size as Primus but they just keep getting smaller & smaller for the same damn price! I was upset when Primus was smaller than Unicron, now try to imagine how I feel. They made a tiny figure & added a ton of dead space in the box so they can still charge $50.00. And they're probably hoping nobody would notice!
Vader has more gimmicks than Primus and Unicron together, hence the price tag.
Can you describe the sounds and lights? Any phrases?
i think he say: "all your moneys are belong to us"
Posted by Liege Evilmus on September 29th, 2007 @ 11:38pm CDT
GetterDragun wrote:Hey the little Tie Fighters sort of Transform. You can flip open their canopies for a "Mech Mode".
are they like little folded over bots
Posted by tom brokaw on September 29th, 2007 @ 11:57pm CDT
Posted by Anonymous on September 30th, 2007 @ 12:53am CDT
tom brokaw wrote:seen him today.... but he isnt worth 50$ imo, 29.99$ is more reasonable.
So DLX '09 Bumblebee is worth about $2 according to your scale of value.
Posted by GetterDragun on September 30th, 2007 @ 1:53am CDT
megatroptimus wrote:Noisemaze wrote:GetterDragun wrote:Here's a comparison pic:
Jeez, he is tiny! Look at those 3 figures, they're all the same price point! They're all supreme class. What a crock! I was hoping the Death Star would at least be the same size as Primus but they just keep getting smaller & smaller for the same damn price! I was upset when Primus was smaller than Unicron, now try to imagine how I feel. They made a tiny figure & added a ton of dead space in the box so they can still charge $50.00. And they're probably hoping nobody would notice!
Vader has more gimmicks than Primus and Unicron together, hence the price tag.
Can you describe the sounds and lights? Any phrases?
Yea, his lights and sounds are awesome.
In Robot mode, his lightsaber hand has a seperate light and sound to activate the lightsaber. Also you can press his front button to make him say his phrases and light up his chest, there are a couple of vader originals there. In ship mode (or by pressing the back button, his lights and sounds are not mode dependent), he does two phrases (I think, he's not in front of me now) and the Death Sta cannon does like a countdown thing with the lights, then does all lights like it's firing...but after it fires, it does the Darth Vader breathing noise, which I think could have been left out of vehicle mode.
One thing that I noticed is that it is hard to transform back to robot becase once it's in a ball, I could find where to crack the shell, it is that tight! I did figure it out, and got him back. Then I looked at the instructions and see they actually do include seperate "back to robot mode" instructions for that reason. The instructions are the biggest I've seen in a long time. Which is how I found ot that the Tie Fighters have "functionality".
Posted by PrimulArchangel on September 30th, 2007 @ 2:38am CDT
He is a cool looking figure though.
Posted by jgilkinson on September 30th, 2007 @ 9:53am CDT
Posted by Malikon on September 30th, 2007 @ 10:45am CDT
Posted by opjet on September 30th, 2007 @ 10:54am CDT
god dam it i love big fing toys whoooooooooooo
its gonna a be on like donkey kong
in the 80's dude my collectio0n gonna be even bigger
note the reason why im in a crazy mood cause i counted
all the transformer in collection and ive got in total
1075 whooooooooooooooo
Posted by Lefthand convoy on September 30th, 2007 @ 1:34pm CDT
Posted by barricade2218 on September 30th, 2007 @ 4:02pm CDT