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 Oct 16 2008, 01:45 PM
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 How much wood could a 50 ft Woodchuck chuck? Group: Citizen Posts: 667 Joined: 16-July 03 Member No.: 3,191  |
That's right, we are now down to under 100 Seacon sets for sale. If you have been waiting, wait no longer! Order now and of course, be sure to pick up a Nightbeat while you are at it...
Also, we will be releasing the Nightbeat profile art and a couple other cool images via our Deviant Art page later today. |
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Oct 16 2008, 01:53 PM
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 I am Babushka Sky Lynx. I come from Russia. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,510 Joined: 11-February 02 From: Memphis, TN Member No.: 641 |
They sold much better than I expected for the price. Which is good for the club, but not so good for the customers, since the higher prices were proved justified.
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Oct 16 2008, 01:56 PM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 14,991 Joined: 27-March 02 Member No.: 759 |
whose to say how many they started with.
-------------------- Former TF Collector
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Oct 16 2008, 01:58 PM
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 The evil empire is remarkably user-friendly. Group: Public Relations Posts: 23,288 Joined: 24-February 04 From: Central Illinois Member No.: 4,293 Faction: Autobot |
I know I'm still very torn on this.
It's a very cool looking set. VERY cool. But that is a pretty high price in the end for an old toy, many of which I've been scaling back on. By the time I decide, they'll probably be sold out. Which is probably better with everything else I need to be paying for these days... -------------------- |
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Oct 16 2008, 01:59 PM
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 It burns sooo good! Group: News Manager Posts: 18,033 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: Free Agent |
QUOTE(Jesse (M_P) @ Oct 16 2008, 02:56 PM)  whose to say how many they started with. They are. They've said that they had 1500 made. --------------------  |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:15 PM
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 G3 Cindersaur, or lazy avatar repurposing? Group: Citizen Posts: 5,337 Joined: 3-December 05 Member No.: 7,611 Faction: Decepticon |
I'd like to have these, but for me the price is not justified. I'm glad they are available for those who want them, though.
I have a feeling that these may have sold even better a few years back - there's just so much product available now that it's hard to financially make room for the high-end stuff, especially when it's just late G1 repaints. -------------------- |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:16 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,633 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 2,165 |
Considering how much the God Neptune repaint goes for, which was a regular release in Japan under their BW era, I'm thinking the club repaint is going to trump that in terms of rarity and price down the line. 1500 sets really isn't that much when you think about it.
And speaking as someone who owns the set, it's worth every penny. |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:23 PM
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 Minor? Major? Prime? ANIMATED, BABY!!! Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 4,337 Joined: 8-July 03 From: Tyrone (Thír Eoghain in the old tongue), Pa. Member No.: 3,138 Faction: Maximal |
I really want to get this badly. But I absolutely can't justify this amount of money. I barely got away with getting the City Commander set.
*sigh* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif) -------------------- Avatar image by Derrick Wyatt.
----------------------------------------------------------------------  I have a Deviantart page as well. Have a look. :) |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:30 PM
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 All Hail God Neptune And His Water Breathers Group: Community Manager Posts: 16,864 Joined: 13-January 02 From: Indiana Member No.: 304 Faction: Autobot |
Congrats Pete! If you're down to 100/1500 you've done exceptionally well and certainly proved my know it all ass wrong. I really thought with the price you all would have a hard time moving them.
Sadly I'll be missing out on them, darn it, forget about a Middle Class Taxcut. We need a Transformers Fan Taxcut so I can afford all the crap I want. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) --------------------  WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE PLASTIC BEACH |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:34 PM
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How much wood could a 50 ft Woodchuck chuck? Group: Citizen Posts: 667 Joined: 16-July 03 Member No.: 3,191 |
QUOTE(Wheelimus @ Oct 16 2008, 03:30 PM) Congrats Pete! If you're down to 100/1500 you've done exceptionally well and certainly proved my know it all ass wrong. I really thought with the price you all would have a hard time moving them. Sadly I'll be missing out on them, darn it, forget about a Middle Class Taxcut. We need a Transformers Fan Taxcut so I can afford all the crap I want. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) Yeah, I keep wondering why I won't be seeing a piece of that 700 billion... |
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Oct 16 2008, 02:37 PM
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All Hail God Neptune And His Water Breathers Group: Community Manager Posts: 16,864 Joined: 13-January 02 From: Indiana Member No.: 304 Faction: Autobot |
QUOTE(Pete@BotCon @ Oct 16 2008, 03:34 PM) QUOTE(Wheelimus @ Oct 16 2008, 03:30 PM) Congrats Pete! If you're down to 100/1500 you've done exceptionally well and certainly proved my know it all ass wrong. I really thought with the price you all would have a hard time moving them. Sadly I'll be missing out on them, darn it, forget about a Middle Class Taxcut. We need a Transformers Fan Taxcut so I can afford all the crap I want. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) Yeah, I keep wondering why I won't be seeing a piece of that 700 billion... Perhaps we can pass it off as a handout to Hasbro. They seem to not mind welfare when it's Corporate! -------------------- WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF THE PLASTIC BEACH |
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Oct 16 2008, 03:24 PM
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 Where is the seal? Group: Citizen Posts: 2,958 Joined: 14-June 02 Member No.: 1,104 |
I absolutely, honestly thought the Seacons would not sell in those numbers at that price, and that they'd fill up the warehouse and keep us from getting more new Club exclusives later. I'm pretty happy to have been completely wrong. Congrats, Pete!
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Oct 16 2008, 03:27 PM
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 "And they thought Inferno was bad..." Group: Citizen Posts: 11,867 Joined: 8-February 03 From: Cybertron Member No.: 2,250 Faction: Decepticon |
Well this kinda sucks. I was hoping to be able to afford them for christmas or birthday after joining the club and making the price more reasonable. But now, they might be gone before I can get them... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif)
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Oct 16 2008, 03:49 PM
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 Full of it. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,901 Joined: 10-October 05 From: The shores of Lake Eerie Member No.: 7,425 Faction: Autobot |
Folks:
I went over and searched completed Ebay listings for complete G1 Seacon sets, and after that the club's price didn't seem so high. Still more than I am willing to pay, so no sale, but if you want Seacons and all their little kibble bits, they don't seem to come cheap. The appeal seems understandable, anyway. They're cool little monsters. I have a battered thrift-store Tentakil on my monitor at work. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) It's nice that people can get Seacons at the same time Galvatron is available, or at least one of the Galvatrons. This post has been edited by Autobus Prime: Oct 16 2008, 03:51 PM --------------------  See the Blurry Robot Theater at its new home! Updates M-F. Chapter 9 PDF is now available: No Matter the Cost. Click here for the JaAmin' Transformers wiki! Looks like the Takaratomy was a failure. - Nevermore maybe ozzy osburn bit the bat head off your keytar ratbat. - deathy You know, we're probably the only fandom on Earth who, when we see an expensive car, first think "I wonder who that is" instead of "I wonder who that belongs to." - Cybersnark |
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Oct 16 2008, 04:14 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,566 Joined: 8-July 06 Member No.: 8,456 Faction: Decepticon |
but why are they still listed as a pre-order if they've already started shipping and are almost gone? i want to order these with nightbeat and 2 other things from the store, but i don't want to have to pay for separate shipping if something gets screwed up cause they're listed as pre-orders
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Oct 16 2008, 05:46 PM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 21,498 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 |
QUOTE(Octavius Prime @ Oct 16 2008, 03:15 PM) I have a feeling that these may have sold even better a few years back - there's just so much product available now that it's hard to financially make room for the high-end stuff, especially when it's just late G1 repaints. You may have a point but the God Neptune set would have been more recent (rather than 10 years ago) and people might not have been as interested. Plus there are more fans than ever now. QUOTE(AireCoos @ Oct 16 2008, 03:16 PM) Considering how much the God Neptune repaint goes for, which was a regular release in Japan under their BW era, I'm thinking the club repaint is going to trump that in terms of rarity and price down the line. 1500 sets really isn't that much when you think about it. And speaking as someone who owns the set, it's worth every penny. There is only about 1500 of the Games of Deception figures too, and they're very rare. I think the set is great as well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-hotrod.gif) Randy --------------------  |
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Oct 16 2008, 07:30 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 2,423 Joined: 13-April 06 Member No.: 8,112 |
QUOTE(Ursa Magnus @ Oct 16 2008, 12:23 PM) I really want to get this badly. But I absolutely can't justify this amount of money. I barely got away with getting the City Commander set. *sigh* (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif) Same here. But its good that they've far exceeded expectations and are selling quite well... more for us to buy in the future. (Maybe, if we can afford it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-waspy.gif) ) |
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Oct 16 2008, 08:46 PM
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 Prime WISHES he was this sexy Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 21,052 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Sanghelios Member No.: 244 Faction: Decepticon |
I am glad this exclusive did so well for the club. I think it was great of the club to take an exclusive that stores had passed on and make it a club exclusive so that fans would have a chance to own it, instead of letting it be relegated to the endless purgatory of "might've been."
(For the record: I didn't buy it. I'm not that interested in the Seacons. But Fun Pub has done other stuff that I was all over, so it's good for there to be different things to appeal to different people.) --------------------  |
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Oct 16 2008, 10:35 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 2,803 Joined: 20-October 03 Member No.: 3,731 |
way to go fanclub (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-ironhide.gif)
I got mine in mail last friday. They are worth every penny of what i paid. Its been since RID that we've a had a g1 combiner mold pulled back out. I hope we can get more like these guys out of the club in future. The only downside is that when Bruticus was pulled back out the Chinese ko companies went to town spitting out every form of a g1 combiner they could. I want to know how long before we start seeing low quality KO's of these guys everywhere |
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Oct 16 2008, 10:47 PM
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 DC Fanbot Group: Citizen Posts: 2,445 Joined: 14-March 02 From: Tinsel Town Member No.: 671 |
I was going to wait a few weeks to purchase this, but the less than 100 thing spooked me. If it's a marketing ploy, you got me... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif)
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*BW Lazorbeak gun and lower jaw *BWN Break's missile *Armada Rhinox Beast Left side panel *Galaxy Force Starscream Key, Gun, Wing flaps *Music Label Soundwave closed right fist |
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