ALL THINGS TRANSFORMERS!!!!

[Levit05]

so BBTS has despotron already?

 

[BurningRage]

so BBTS has despotron already?

Yup I just got charged email from them.

 

[EndoSickness]

Stoked to have him too.
But german sellers prolly have him in october.
But can't wait to do photos of that guy...

 

[EndoSickness]

My photo review of Wheeljack is up. Check the link in my sig for more:

 

[Pro Design]

those are some nice pics you took!

 

[karamazov80]

While I do feel Takara is getting greedy, I don't think this is a fair comparison. Takara has artists, designers, engineers, sculpters, illustrators, painters & photographers to pay: the KO's don't. They just take all of Takara's hard work and clone it; their only costs are materials & manufacturing.

A more fair comparison would be the 3rd party companies; while they're stealing the IP, they're still doing all of the same work as Takara-Tomy. If Mastermind Creations can sell their great-looking Inferno for $99, Takara can too.

Even there I'm not sure it is a fair comparison, as Takara has to deal with a much more extensive administrative overhead, with management, marketing, distribution, adherence to various national and possibly international quality control requirements, etc. Now they also get a benefit from the economy of scale. But it's impossible to know how much profit Takara is really seeing vis-a-vis your typical 3rd party company/recaster, etc. If I were a betting man, though, I would guess that the 3rd party guys can make much more in terms of net profit than Takara, because there are so many fewer people getting their cut.

 

[Reinhardt]

But they are also only making 2000 or so units, as opposed to 50,000 or so.

 

[karamazov80]

That's the economy of scale question. One factor among many.

 

[Misterscruff]

Could this be Takara's 2.0 Megatron? It does have similar legs and feet to their Shockwave.

 

[MxBxM]

Could this be Takara's 2.0 Megatron? It does have similar legs and feet to their Shockwave.

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This looks really good and looks very clean. Could be...

 

[Furyan]

Oh boy please be true! See some spare faces down there too, a trend Takara has been doing lately

 

[Reinhardt]

Looks good - would be nice if the feet were a bit bigger though - same comment for their Shockwave.

 

[thecorsair]

If that's genuinely Takara's 2nd attempt it's the best looking G1 character they've released since Bumblebee.

It's great news for those that have been waiting so long for it.

 

[karamazov80]

That Megs looks great!

 

[franpincho]

Mightron and Despotron are now cancelled preorders.

This looks too real not to be true.

 

[Spanbauer]

Could this be Takara's 2.0 Megatron? It does have similar legs and feet to their Shockwave.

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This was a crazy surprise to wake up to. After reading the commentary on TFW2005, I would be shocked if this isn't Takara's work. It's the most screen-accurate Megatron we've seen, with the best-looking alt mode, and includes the gun attachments (which transform into a stand for the figure).

 

[BurningRage]

Ordered Grapple at amiami.

 

[Gambus Kahn]

I still think that the Maketoys Despotron looks great, I don't mind the slightly stylized look. I like how the Maketoys version looks like he hit the weights, and multiple faces are a welcoming addition.

 

[franpincho]

Ordered Grapple at amiami.

Once shipped, does the price difference really make a difference anymore? Considering EMS is now through the roof and so is the Yen....

 

[BurningRage]

Once shipped, does the price difference really make a difference anymore? Considering EMS is now through the roof and so is the Yen....

I have stuff ordered there already for the month so it gets added to that shipment. You could also ship stuff small air packet to save on shipping and get it in a week depending on how big the shipping box would be.