Maybe Spin-Out will be a later release like how Sentinel was.
The "Pokemon Red and Blue followed by Yellow" pattern.
Takara Missing Link G1 Series
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The "Pokemon Red and Blue followed by Yellow" pattern.
I hope so. Spin-Out was based off of the deco that was the first ever Diaclone Car Robots toy. He's the origin point for so much of this... he needs some rep here.
Maybe that's why they'd be saving him for a special release to come later.
Spin-Out should be first, but the police deco has always been my favorite so I am not complaining.
Cordon coming first probably because his mold has some tooling differences, giving us two different options tooling-wise right out of the gate, just like with the tooling differences between Bumblebee and Cliffjumper.
If Takara were smart, they'd give us either Bumper or Hubcap (more likely the latter) as the third release version of Bumble and Cliff's assortment.
If Takara were smart, they'd give us either Bumper or Hubcap (more likely the latter) as the third release version of Bumble and Cliff's assortment.
i was gonna say the amazon japan price is like $72 but then the shipping brings up to like $95
damn you overseas shipping costs.
damn you overseas shipping costs.
The obvious solution here is to move to Japan and save on those shipping costs.
Is it more than I want to pay? Yeah.
Is it more than I think it's worth or am willing to pay. No.
I mean it's a complete G1 mold remake with extensive and intricate added articulation, die cast metal parts, and diaclone driver Spike. Anything sub $100 is reasonable imo.
That said, at that price it may be Sunstreaker only for me, cool as Cordon looks.
-ZacWilliam, what I really want is Spin Out since Diakron Red was the toy I had as a kid...
Is it more than I think it's worth or am willing to pay. No.
I mean it's a complete G1 mold remake with extensive and intricate added articulation, die cast metal parts, and diaclone driver Spike. Anything sub $100 is reasonable imo.
That said, at that price it may be Sunstreaker only for me, cool as Cordon looks.
-ZacWilliam, what I really want is Spin Out since Diakron Red was the toy I had as a kid...
Missing Link's pricing is nuts, but not that nuts. Early G1 toys tend to be more densely constructed than modern toys of similar size, even with the lack of articulation. It took time for the designers to learn to be more efficient with the parts count.
Now add articulation to that. And so far Missing Link is doing a good job of making that articulation blend in. The designers are ignoring decades of experience in order to make that articulation as clunky and inefficient as the surrounding engineering. It's probably a fun line to work on but very challenging.
Now add articulation to that. And so far Missing Link is doing a good job of making that articulation blend in. The designers are ignoring decades of experience in order to make that articulation as clunky and inefficient as the surrounding engineering. It's probably a fun line to work on but very challenging.
Unfortunately, as the Yen is weak, you would need to infer that ¥1,000 = $10, so it's still rather expensive for us over here as the "average" job for foreigners (with a degree) would be an English conversation "teacher" (sic), which parts around ¥250,000 per month (before tax)...
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i still think that and then it's always a surprise when i remember the yen is so weak now that the old ¥100 = ~US$1 isn't true anymore so jive I import is cheaper than I expected it to be lol.
Sucks for people living in Japan of course.