Imaginarium Art Licensed Transformers Devastator Renders

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Just out of curiosity does anyone on this forum buy these statues or any of the other expensive TF statues around? I'm wondering how profitable they actually are cos they do seem a very niche item.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Just out of curiosity does anyone on this forum buy these statues or any of the other expensive TF statues around? I'm wondering how profitable they actually are cos they do seem a very niche item.

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Microraptor wrote:I'm sure they mean RUMBLE giveaway.

Stormshot_Prime wrote:For how much this'll cost and what it comes with, you may as well buy Takara's MP-10

Emerje wrote:A person that can afford one of these most certainly would already have MP-10 or at least have passed over that option. People don't usually buy statues as an alternative to figures (though the opposite may be true doe to the price). They usually buy them as a display piece with better detailing and paint.

Emerje

Starscream Coronation on Throne Statue
Cartoon
1:4 Statues

Item Code : 4587788431121
License : Hasbro
Weight : 26 KG
Retail Price : SG$ 1,380.00
Preorder Price : SG$ 1,380.00
Deposit : SG$ 400.00
Item Status : Preorder
Closing Date : 10/12/2017
Release Date : Nov 2017

Starscream is the treacherous Decepticon Air Commander and the deadliest of the Seekers. The self-proclaimed pride of the Cybertron War Academy, he's famous not only for his incredible skill, but also for his limitless (and troublesome) ambition. Starscream believes that he is more suited for command than Decepticon leader Megatron. Thankfully for Megatron, Starscream's mutinous, power-grabbing plots are almost always transparent, and he can never muster up enough patience to complete a grandiose power play. Even on the few times he has taken command of the Decepticons, he quickly loses control of a situation, but is too arrogant to realize when he's in over his head. He never learns from his mistakes, but then again, Megatron doesn't either, seeing as how he's never turned Starscream into slag. Despite his constant failures, Starscream believes it is only a matter of time before he prevails—his destiny is inevitable.
Starscream's never-give-up attitude extends even to the afterlife: unlike most Transformers, he has a mutant, indestructible spark. His life-force cannot be destroyed and can persist even without a body to contain it. However, there is no indication that Starscream (or anybody else) was aware of this fact prior to his destruction.




L.E.D. Lightings: Eyes
Soft Touch On/Off
Material: PU, PP, Polyresin
In the Package
13 Missiles, Cape, Left & Right wings, Tail Fins, Left & Right Arm Laser Guns, Crown portrait, Left and Right Hand

Measurement: 50cm(W) x 80cm(H) x 50cm(D)
Measurement Wing Span: Tip to Tip 45cm
Weight: 26kg
Scale : Non scale, refer to measurement
Edition Size Build to Order, Maximum 400pcs Worldwide
Actual product Color may vary from pictures on website
Note: Suitable for Ages 14 and Above

Sunstar wrote:Rather pricey, but I preordered it. I want a centre piece.

thedistinctroom wrote:Hilarious how it's essentially Giant Type-61. People always say Hasbro should just use the 3rd party molds to recoup lost income. And lo and behold... they finally did it. In yo face Maketoys.

Black Hat wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Hilarious how it's essentially Giant Type-61. People always say Hasbro should just use the 3rd party molds to recoup lost income. And lo and behold... they finally did it. In yo face Maketoys.

Actually, they didn't use the molds. They used the base design but the tooling is 100% original. If they HAD used the molds and reproduced Maketoys' Giant wholesale, then A: that would be seriously scummy of them, and B: it could land them in hot water.

Octobotimus wrote:

Black Hat wrote:

thedistinctroom wrote:Hilarious how it's essentially Giant Type-61. People always say Hasbro should just use the 3rd party molds to recoup lost income. And lo and behold... they finally did it. In yo face Maketoys.

Actually, they didn't use the molds. They used the base design but the tooling is 100% original. If they HAD used the molds and reproduced Maketoys' Giant wholesale, then A: that would be seriously scummy of them, and B: it could land them in hot water.

also not sure how that would land em in hot water..... they own devastator. that would be like "you copied our design !" hasbro: "ya, and we copied a design you made of a character we made,and your design isn't even licensed"

Octobotimus wrote:still, if they did happen to fall into hot water, i'm pretty sure the large toy company would win...... i mean if they REALLY wanted to they could probably sue most third party companies out of existence....

Black Hat wrote:3: Maketoys, like many 3P countries, operates out of China, and as such is basically immune from HasTak's lawyers. If they even tried to go after the 3P market, they'd not only most likely lose, but they'd probably lose exclusive rights to the Transformers brand. Whether or not you agree with that being a good thing is up to you, but I would just like to point out that the US copyright system is only in the ridiculous state it is today because a certain mouse-loving corporation refuses to allow a nearly hundred-year-old cartoon to go into the public domain.

Now I doubt that HasTak and Maketoys will come to blows because again, it's a known fact that HasTak and 3Ps are fairly chill with each other and have numerous "gentlemen's agreements" but if sparks DID fly it wouldn't be that cut and dried.