Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream

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It's the figure all you Exclusive maniacs, Gentei maniacs, and Takara maniacs have been waiting for! It's Gentai Ghost Starscream! Redrom over at ACToys.net was kind enough to open up the figure and take a handful of pictures of it. We get some comparisons in box and out of box, but mostly just zoom-ins of Ghost Starscream in alternate mode. You can check out the picture below. Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream

Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream

You can check out the original post here. Ghost Starscream is an exclusive to Million Publishing - you can check out their website here. For those who have been living under rocks the past few months, there's pre-orders at sponsors BigBadToyStore, RobotKingdom, and TFSource.

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Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024008)
Posted by Mkall on December 1st, 2009 @ 12:23am CST

seXXXy

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024039)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on December 1st, 2009 @ 2:13am CST

Blurrz wrote:Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024046)
Posted by Torneira on December 1st, 2009 @ 2:54am CST

I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy... Too bad they didn't add a photo of him in robotmode though.
Wonder if they ever will bring out a golden repaint or even black & grey repaint?

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024047)
Posted by Blurrz on December 1st, 2009 @ 2:56am CST

Torneira wrote:I object your honor! This is just another sleazy way to make me skip this month rent and spend it all out on this guy...

Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024052)
Posted by Mach on December 1st, 2009 @ 3:27am CST

Blurrz wrote:
Oh please.. there's so many other Transformers, old or new, that can do the same to your month's rent! Give in to the shiny, clear merchandise! Bwahahaahahaha

Yeah, All Hail Clear Plastics!!!

How gorgeous when they stand together!!!

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024055)
Posted by City Commander on December 1st, 2009 @ 3:33am CST

JRFitzpatrick7 wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Be wary of the last one, it may break you.

s'all good, it's in that box because he's about to ship it to my house! Where I will pour the box out onto my bed and roll around naked, rubbing seekers on my face.

+1 internets

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024072)
Posted by DevastaTTor on December 1st, 2009 @ 6:44am CST

Again, love it. Can't get to TFSource soon enough.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024080)
Posted by SJ21 on December 1st, 2009 @ 7:11am CST

That is a cool looking figure. I can't justify the kind of money they are asking for another version of a figure I already have.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024086)
Posted by Counterpunch on December 1st, 2009 @ 7:22am CST

Man...that looks like delicious candy.

I wonder...

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024117)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 1st, 2009 @ 8:25am CST

Blurrz wrote:

Money shot? :mrgreen:

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024128)
Posted by Prime Evil on December 1st, 2009 @ 9:45am CST

1 self bought Xmas present for me...check!

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024131)
Posted by Diem on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:07am CST

Meh. I'll never understand Seekerlust.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024135)
Posted by Counterpunch on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:15am CST

This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024141)
Posted by Prime Evil on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:28am CST

Counterpunch wrote:This toy gets hung from my ceiling.

Big Fun.

He should be the top ornament on your Xmas tree!! Like a shiny shiny bright star!!

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024146)
Posted by Convotron on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:41am CST

Very cool to see the toy in and out of the packaging!

This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I'm curious...I've read in the past that clear plastics are more brittle. Does anyone know if modern plastic technology has nullified that weakness?

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024165)
Posted by Naked Magnus on December 1st, 2009 @ 12:51pm CST

OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

Convotron wrote:This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024167)
Posted by Screamfleet on December 1st, 2009 @ 1:02pm CST

Really going to have to debate if I'll need this guy.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024183)
Posted by Kibble on December 1st, 2009 @ 3:07pm CST

revengeofstarscream wrote:OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

IMO they just look cool...I don't find them worth the price, however. But if they were near retail prices, I'd be all over them.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024193)
Posted by Convotron on December 1st, 2009 @ 4:05pm CST

revengeofstarscream wrote:OK, I seriously do not intend to be condescending, but I am having trouble understanding the appeal of these transparent versions. Don't get me wrong, I have amassed a crap ton of transformers myself and am addicted to this plastic crack.

Convotron wrote:This and Electro Disruptor Ligier are the only two clear version figures that make sense on a conceptual level to me so that gives these figures bonus points in my book.

I can sorta see the appeal with these two figures as Mirage could turn invisible and Starscream was a ghost, but clear Optimus/Convoy? What is the appeal there?

I think a large part of the appeal is the rarity of transparent plastic figures. They're usually limited release figures so the whole "only so many of these are made" appeal is certainly hefty for collectors who must have every version of particular characters.

I personally think clear figures are neat but not neat enough to make them worth their high pricing. Now if a clear figure had internal mechanisms to show off like the inner frames of Master Grade and Perfect Grade Gundam model kits, then I can really see some value in the figure to have in my collection aside from the rarity factor.

Like I said earlier, Ghost Starscream and ED Ligier work for me due to the reasoning behind the fiction of the characters but all the other clear version figures just seem to be straight up ploys for inflating prices.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024275)
Posted by Mach on December 1st, 2009 @ 9:07pm CST

Japanese blogger 生存者 has posted the new images of Gentei Ghost Starscream. These new images are included the robot mode of Ghost Starscream.

To check out Ghost Starscream alternate mode images, refer to our previos news here: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... eam/17433/

To view all images from 生存者, click here: http://ameblo.jp/transform123/entry-10401571869.html

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024278)
Posted by Rated X on December 1st, 2009 @ 9:31pm CST

Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

And yes Im sure the mold will be used plenty more times as long as it can be marketable. We just gotta clean out the bad apples in the Hasbro marketing dept. It's too bad the fans cant elect the Hasbro president. Maybe then we can see Thrust, Dirge, and a Rain Maker 3 pack right in your local Wal-Mart.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024291)
Posted by Geekee1 on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:21pm CST

This figure is one of the only pre-orders that survived my purging. Very excited to get him soon.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024297)
Posted by Blurrz on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:33pm CST

Damn. Those last 2 pictures broke me.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024298)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 1st, 2009 @ 10:38pm CST

Blurrz wrote:Damn. Those last 2 pictures broke me.

That's what she said? ;-)

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024302)
Posted by NormT81 on December 1st, 2009 @ 11:19pm CST

approx how big is this guy?

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024305)
Posted by Blurrz on December 1st, 2009 @ 11:40pm CST

NormT81 wrote:approx how big is this guy?

It's a deluxe class figure;

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024307)
Posted by Forgotten on December 1st, 2009 @ 11:54pm CST

it's just so damn beautiful. I literally shed a tear. and that pic with him coming up behind Waspinator with that little "i'm gonna get inside you" smirk is a great kickback to Beast Wars but it make me think of Old Gregg(Mighty Boosh). Just a lil' bit creepy.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024354)
Posted by Mykltron on December 2nd, 2009 @ 6:51am CST

I think it would look good if the thighs and shoulder parts were also transparent.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024357)
Posted by Counterpunch on December 2nd, 2009 @ 7:16am CST

Mykltron wrote:I think it would look good if the thighs and shoulder parts were also transparent.

Not if you want the toy to last at all. Those are the ball socket joints.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024370)
Posted by --B-- on December 2nd, 2009 @ 8:12am CST

Price: $12.99 = BUY

Price: $89.99 = PASS

If I had unlimited funds I would snag it in a heartbeat, even for the $89.99. Such a nice figure that would look great on my shelf, but alas it's a mega pass since it is an exclusive.

Very nice.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024411)
Posted by First-Aid on December 2nd, 2009 @ 12:54pm CST

That is just insanely awesome....too bad it's like $5 trillion dollars...

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024416)
Posted by Mkall on December 2nd, 2009 @ 1:04pm CST

Rated X wrote:Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

No, it's TRANSPARENT plastic, which equates to gold in the eyes of many of us

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024434)
Posted by Rated X on December 2nd, 2009 @ 2:37pm CST

Mkall wrote:
Rated X wrote:Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

No, it's TRANSPARENT plastic, which equates to gold in the eyes of many of us

I see your point my friend. I just dont count figures as being the same calibur as antiques which have a genuine reason to be in limited quantity. Creating a mold and holding it hostage is just dishonorble. It was greed that saw the demise of baseball cards and comic books after their value skyrocketed in the late 1980's. Now those books and cards you "had to have" for 100 bucks are selling for 10 bucks on e-bay. In 10 years, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, and Dirge will join them.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024438)
Posted by Blurrz on December 2nd, 2009 @ 2:44pm CST

There isn't a depreciation of the value of plastic. Baseball Cards - you can understand because regardless of the run, well, c'mon, it's Baseball Cards. I'm not trying to knack on the hobby of card collecting, I did it myself with Hockey cards a few years back, I just don't see a titanic collapse in that hobby with Transformers. Especially not a fan favourite like the seekers.

Transformers don't depreciate as time goes on. The prices increase because the toy becomes rarer. This will NOT be $10 in the future. Why? It's limited. It's from Takara. People in North America could try their dardest to somehow find it in America, and it just won't happen. Look at G1! While some figures have been reduced with cost, that has happened because they were mass released. The ones that haven't, well they're the figures that everyone generally likes.

Even if Hasbro, several years down the lines releases Thrust and Dirge and etc, the value of the Henkei versions of 2008 will still be of value. There's just the appreciation of something being limited. It's the way collectors' treasure toys.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024440)
Posted by Mkall on December 2nd, 2009 @ 2:45pm CST

Rated X wrote:
Mkall wrote:
Rated X wrote:Nice...put it out in the USA for $12.99. It's only plastic...not gold.

No, it's TRANSPARENT plastic, which equates to gold in the eyes of many of us

I see your point my friend. I just dont count figures as being the same calibur as antiques which have a genuine reason to be in limited quantity. Creating a mold and holding it hostage is just dishonorble. It was greed that saw the demise of baseball cards and comic books after their value skyrocketed in the late 1980's. Now those books and cards you "had to have" for 100 bucks are selling for 10 bucks on e-bay. In 10 years, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, and Dirge will join them.

Maybe, maybe not. We will have to wait and see.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024446)
Posted by Counterpunch on December 2nd, 2009 @ 3:01pm CST

Rated X wrote:In 10 years, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, and Dirge will join them.

Victory Leo was a mass-produced toy from a major line in Japan in 1989.

Cost? Somewhere between $30-50.

In America, he didn't exist and no one cared.

Today, Victory Leo costs approximately $250-300 out of the box, more for quality vintage.

Victory Leo was a rare mass-produced nobody from Japan. Clear Starscream is a limited run, special edition of a popular character, from a popular line, of a popular mold.

$10 in 10 years?

Don't bet it.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024447)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on December 2nd, 2009 @ 3:05pm CST

Counterpunch wrote:
Rated X wrote:In 10 years, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, and Dirge will join them.

Victory Leo was a mass-produced toy from a major line in Japan in 1989.

Cost? Somewhere between $30-50.

In America, he didn't exist and no one cared.

Today, Victory Leo costs approximately $250-300 out of the box, more for quality vintage.

Victory Leo was a rare mass-produced nobody from Japan. Clear Starscream is a limited run, special edition of a popular character, from a popular line, of a popular mold.

$10 in 10 years?

Don't bet it.

It wouldn't surprise me to see Games of Deception selling for $2500 in 10 years, nor would $400 for Ghost Starscream.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024510)
Posted by Kibble on December 2nd, 2009 @ 6:55pm CST

Rated X wrote:I see your point my friend. I just dont count figures as being the same calibur as antiques which have a genuine reason to be in limited quantity. Creating a mold and holding it hostage is just dishonorble. It was greed that saw the demise of baseball cards and comic books after their value skyrocketed in the late 1980's. Now those books and cards you "had to have" for 100 bucks are selling for 10 bucks on e-bay. In 10 years, Ghost Starscream, Thrust, and Dirge will join them.

I think there are a number of factors that play into that, one of which was that the comic or card was probably never legitimately “worth” $100, it just so happens in the late 80s your only means of acquiring said item was usually at that specialty store that inflated the price to make their profit as well as the supply seemingly much more limited as any schmo that had said item sitting around that he no longer cared about couldn’t easily just throw it up for sale for millions of people to see. Supply and demand. A lot of the stuff I collected once upon a time can be found on eBay now for a good deal cheaper than the price I paid for it back in the day at record conventions and the like...but those were about the only places I could find that sort of thing at the time and those were the prices the dealers were charging.

As well as there probably is less interest in card and comic collecting nowadays...I'm guessing a lot of that has been taken over by the internet. A card is basically a picture with stats, both can be found on the internet at the click of a button. So less people to buy more easily obtainable items = lower price.

Back to the point, I don't really think these limited edition figures will be available for peanuts 10 years for now. Maybe the movie figs because there are so many and so many people buy them and keep them MISB in hopes of them being valuable someday, but that's a whole ‘nother thing.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024548)
Posted by El Duque on December 2nd, 2009 @ 9:40pm CST

$10.00 in 10 years, not likely. I'll go ahead and pay full price now and enjoy him for the next 10 years.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024640)
Posted by Prime Evil on December 3rd, 2009 @ 10:03am CST

Lets not forget the popularity of the character here for both Japanese markets and the domestic markets. He's an extremely popular figure, with a limited run, done in a clear plastic, that also has a reasonable reference to be clear in the first place...unlike clear Henkei Prime. (which I do want BTW)

Will his price go up, most definitely. Will it go up a lot? Who knows. But again, I'm not buying this guy for an investment. I'm buying him because I like the "off the beaten path" figure that he is. I don't see the US market doing something like this. I'd like to have a collection that separates me from a 10 year old's toy room, hence exclusives and other odd repaints and rareities that some of us like to collect.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024646)
Posted by Convotron on December 3rd, 2009 @ 10:32am CST

Hmm, it's odd to think that a limited run Transformers figure would not go up in value in time when the trend shows that to be unlikely. My question is, has there been a limited run Transformers figure that hasn't appreciated in value after time?

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024650)
Posted by Prime Evil on December 3rd, 2009 @ 10:48am CST

Botcon 2005 Fallback is usually really cheap. Um TFCC Airrazor. Stuff like that hasn't really been going up. But I think that's because the club has a hard time getting a pulse on the fandom.

Re: Alternate Mode Gallery of Gentei Ghost Starscream (1024705)
Posted by Convotron on December 3rd, 2009 @ 2:38pm CST

Hehe, alright, there's two figures that haven't skyrocketed in value.

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