Henkei Thundercracker Exclusive - Released

Nice... I'll just go check my email, I think.

Mine are supposed to be sent here by Friday next week, and then some ship time, and bang! The goodness is here.

Now the only thing you need to worry about is disgruntled botconners working for the postal service.

Now to wait for Sunstar to tell me "I have your Thundercracker. Pay me X ammount of Canadian dollars or I'm selling him on eBay."

Tekka wrote:Now the only thing you need to worry about is disgruntled botconners working for the postal service.

Awesome to see TC has now been released as it means my bidding agent should soon get the 2 I asked him to get me and ship them along with Skywarp
Come on Takara,give us Henkei Thrust and Dirge so we can complete the set!

bcm77 wrote:Awesome to see TC has now been released as it means my bidding agent should soon get the 2 I asked him to get me and ship them along with Skywarp
Come on Takara,give us Henkei Thrust and Dirge so we can complete the set!

If they do release them (which I highly doubt, but if they do), I had better find out about it first so I can unload my Botcon exclusives on eBay for crazy money

Maybe they'll do a Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp.

omega666 wrote:Maybe they'll do a Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp.

At this point I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Fingers still crossed for Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp!

So within two weeks we should have him...
Is it kinda sad that I'm this excited for a toy???

Someone needs to step up and make Thrust and Dirge exclusives as well...
Why keep these characters/figures from so many people?
Not to mention, the company would probably make a decent amount of money.

Mirage22 wrote:Fingers still crossed for Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp!

NO way.. NO way would Hasbro do this to the TF fan club... Overseas, Takara, yeah, i can buy that (particularly because Hasbro does it to them).. but I would not believe for a second that Hasbro would release any TF club or Botcon exclusive.


EDIT: I suppose it's possible for a re-deco universe Skywarp, though, since Hasbro previously released it in the USA as a Target Exclusive.

Exciting.

Holy cow! Thundercracker is finally out! Time to go hunting.

The chrome, it burns my eyes!

Honestly, this figure isn't all that spectacular. I can't say I really see the need for people to buy six of the same mold.

Crosscheck wrote:The chrome, it burns my eyes!

Honestly, this figure isn't all that spectacular. I can't say I really see the need for people to buy six of the same mold.

Right?

I dislike chrome too.

I can't wait!

My Skywarp's been with my shipper for a while now, I just want them on their way!

Geekee1 wrote:

omega666 wrote:Maybe they'll do a Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp.

At this point I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Don’t count on it.

Keep in mind though, the previously released Seekers would still be better and exclusive. The exclusive part would be that you’d own the rare decent quality ones that don’t completely fall apart in your hands.

Seriously, counting Henkei as a separate release, that’d be the thirteenth and fourteenth use of that mold. The Classics seeker mold may be just about degraded beyond use here soon.

I think that’s the most repaints any single mold has gotten. We’ll be noticing problems when Universe Starscream comes out.

Nekoman wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:

omega666 wrote:Maybe they'll do a Universe Thundercracker and Skywarp.

At this point I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Don’t count on it.

Keep in mind though, the previously released Seekers would still be better and exclusive. The exclusive part would be that you’d own the rare decent quality ones that don’t completely fall apart in your hands.

Seriously, counting Henkei as a separate release, that’d be the thirteenth and fourteenth use of that mold. The Classics seeker mold may be just about degraded beyond use here soon.

I think that’s the most repaints any single mold has gotten. We’ll be noticing problems when Universe Starscream comes out.

I don't buy that. How many times have the G1 seekers been issued and reissued and issued once again over the years? From the early Japan releases, Diaclone, to G1-wave1, G1-wave2, G2, E-hobby, Convention exclusives, Takara reissues, Hasbro reissues, and now Encore? We're looking at almost 30 years...

Besides, Sunstorm and "ghost/dead" starscream haven't been released yet

The casts will continue to be retooled just as they've always been. No, I think these "classic" molds have a lot of life in them, still.

A lot of people sure gonna get pissed getting stuck with an overpriced TC. BTW nekoman, I wouldn't worry about mold degradation, I'm more worried about is the two left leg syndrome that was prevalent in the Henkei Starscream release.

Auto Bot wrote:Holy cow! Thundercracker is finally out! Time to go hunting.

Only if you live in Japan, or are looking on eBay.

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Holy cow! Thundercracker is finally out! Time to go hunting.

Only if you live in Japan, or are looking on eBay.

None of the above. I've seen other Henkeis all around. Maybe imported privately. I guess Thundercracker can go the same way?

Auto Bot wrote:

tigertracks 24 wrote:

Auto Bot wrote:Holy cow! Thundercracker is finally out! Time to go hunting.

Only if you live in Japan, or are looking on eBay.

None of the above. I've seen other Henkeis all around. Maybe imported privately. I guess Thundercracker can go the same way?

Em you had to preorder him in June.

Funny how that little fact has sailed over people's heads. I've seen someone else saying they might pick TC up "if they see him cheap." Hmm, methinks not, somehow.

There are loads of Henkei Thundercrackers on Yahoo Japan all going for about 4,000 yen ($40) each, minus shipping of course. I'd say that's as good a price as you're going to find now.

HighPrime wrote:

Nekoman wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:At this point I wouldn't be at all surprised.

Don’t count on it.

Keep in mind though, the previously released Seekers would still be better and exclusive. The exclusive part would be that you’d own the rare decent quality ones that don’t completely fall apart in your hands.

Seriously, counting Henkei as a separate release, that’d be the thirteenth and fourteenth use of that mold. The Classics seeker mold may be just about degraded beyond use here soon.

I think that’s the most repaints any single mold has gotten. We’ll be noticing problems when Universe Starscream comes out.

I don't buy that. How many times have the G1 seekers been issued and reissued and issued once again over the years? From the early Japan releases, Diaclone, to G1-wave1, G1-wave2, G2, E-hobby, Convention exclusives, Takara reissues, Hasbro reissues, and now Encore? We're looking at almost 30 years...

Besides, Sunstorm and "ghost/dead" starscream haven't been released yet

The casts will continue to be retooled just as they've always been. No, I think these "classic" molds have a lot of life in them, still.

I wonder if mold making has improved over the years. My Henkei Skywarp and Thundercracker don't have any flaws.

Just ordered my Skywarp/Thundercracker set from ebay. Expensive but worth it!

It's not for me =(

Stormrider wrote:I wonder if mold making has improved over the years. My Henkei Skywarp and Thundercracker don't have any flaws.

Hmm, I didn’t think of that, you may be onto something. Although I have heard reports of some having loose fitting cannons, which does sound like a sign mold wear, it is possible they’ve found techniques that help preserve the molds.

It also varies from figure to figure and is mostly a quality control thing, which is why some figures have floppy limbs and some don't even though the stiff ones may have been made after the floppy ones.

Sweet, anyone heard from FantoFan yet?

I have. But I didn't buy a Thundercracker.

Just got one Skywarp on the way. Thanks F2F!

Nekoman wrote:

Stormrider wrote:I wonder if mold making has improved over the years. My Henkei Skywarp and Thundercracker don't have any flaws.

Hmm, I didn’t think of that, you may be onto something. Although I have heard reports of some having loose fitting cannons, which does sound like a sign mold wear, it is possible they’ve found techniques that help preserve the molds.

Same prob as with my Classics Ramjet, it's got nothing to do with the mold, just that the guy who put the parts together broke the shoulder.

My set just shipped from Japan!!!

Soon my pretties, soon!

Tekka wrote:I have. But I didn't buy a Thundercracker.

Just got one Skywarp on the way. Thanks F2F!

Hmm, well hopefully they'll be contacting me soon.

Just got my confirmation of shipping costs through. Just gotta get the request for payment in Paypal and we're ready to rock.

No word from F2F in my mail yet, no shipping info and no paypal money request... shouldnt they contact everyone at the same time? (same day at least)

Dude, you could email them and ask. I mean, we can guess if you want, but actually asking the guy will get you a more useful answer.

horus wrote:No word from F2F in my mail yet, no shipping info and no paypal money request... shouldnt they contact everyone at the same time? (same day at least)

Yeah, email Ryan. He operates Fan2Fan by himself so he may be backed logged with completing other orders. But I have found that whenever I email him, he responds.

Bugger, is it Fan2Fan I ordered through? Can't remember, but I dropped whoever it was an email after not hearing anything. Dude is doing more work than a one-armed wallpaper hanger with an itchy arse at the moment. Seems Henkei Thundercracker is quite popular. Who'd have guessed?

Yep, just email him, going by previous transactions i had with i'll get an answer anytime now

Thunderscream wrote:Now to wait for Sunstar to tell me "I have your Thundercracker. Pay me X ammount of Canadian dollars or I'm selling him on eBay."

HAHA! you know my Sister in law's sent the goods.


And it is a lot cheaper in canadian than I had actually expected. But that's always good. Lets just hope it gets over the border without any surprises, but even if there were "surprises" it should not affect the price too much.

Tekka wrote:There are loads of Henkei Thundercrackers on Yahoo Japan all going for about 4,000 yen ($40) each, minus shipping of course. I'd say that's as good a price as you're going to find now.

The one that's being shipped is about 35 cdn each including shipping. So yeah, 40 is pretty good because they're getting about 10 dollars profit. Hey...did my SIL charge me shipping to her? I hope she didn't short herself.

I GOT MINE!!!!!!!!


Thunderscream.... here's looking at you, yours is coming soon too!

I got my set from Bodhar this morning. Picked'em up from the post office near me on my way to work.