 No Voyager Breakdown from Hasbro, It's in "No Man's Land" cost wise |
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 Jul 13 2012, 06:34 PM
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http://tformers.com/transformers-sdcc-2012...17901/news.html
Aaron Archer has confirmed that Hasbro has no current plans to release the TF: Prime Voyager Breakdown mold, as it was not made to the same standards as the American PRID toys, and is thus in a "No Man's Land" cost wise. -------------------- "When there's gold feathers, punch behind you!!"
. "Critics who treat 'adult' as a term of approval, instead of as a merely descriptive term, cannot be adult themselves. To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence. And in childhood and adolescence they are, in moderation, healthy symptoms. Young things ought to want to grow. But to carry on into middle life or even into early manhood this concern about being adult is a mark of really arrested development. When I was ten, I read fairy tales in secret and would have been ashamed if I had been found doing so. Now that I am fifty I read them openly. When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." -- C.S. Lewis |
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Jul 13 2012, 06:36 PM
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Group: Retired Staff Posts: 2,226 Joined: 25-November 02 Member No.: 1,755 |
Well thank Primus I've got one sitting in my pile of loot.
TFSource and Toyarena still have some I believe. GO! -------------------- "I am stronger than you know."
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Jul 13 2012, 06:44 PM
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 a harmless earth creature... Group: Citizen Posts: 1,979 Joined: 13-May 05 From: The Mesozoic era Member No.: 6,511 Faction: Free Agent |
Unfortunate, lucky I have one then.
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Jul 13 2012, 06:47 PM
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 Tinja Nurtles. Group: Citizen Posts: 10,084 Joined: 26-June 02 Member No.: 1,143 |
"He did not elaborate on this, but he claims that the figure is in "no man's land" cost-wise, so it may be that converting the Arms Micron ports may be too costly for the company."
... Uh... what? What is this bizarre notion supposed to mean? "converting the Arms Micron ports"? What the hell? Why would they need to convert anything? Why wouldn't they just leave them alone? The simpler answer for the statement would be that it was likely made with more parts and mass than they could properly budget into a wave of Voyagers. M "Convert The Arms Mi-... WHAT?" Sipher -------------------- The ISLE OF RANGOON - Advantures in Learning and Sarcasm!
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Jul 13 2012, 06:51 PM
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Might just mean that he's too big to sell as a deluxe but undervalued at the current Voyager price because he lacks electronics. I guess they could have squeezed him into the TRU exclusive line if that was the case, though.
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Jul 13 2012, 06:53 PM
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 Dinobot died for your sins. Group: Citizen Posts: 12,047 Joined: 8-September 08 Member No.: 11,979 Faction: Maximal |
... Yeah, after FE Bulkhead comes out, I think I'm gonna quite collecting TFP until they make a new Breakdown or stop putting in buttloads of transparent plastic and crappy electronic MechTech weapons.
Transformers Prime seems to be built on shattered dreams and unfulfilled expectations. This post has been edited by Eelektross: Jul 13 2012, 07:04 PM -------------------- The best shark around
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Jul 13 2012, 06:57 PM
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Tinja Nurtles. Group: Citizen Posts: 10,084 Joined: 26-June 02 Member No.: 1,143 |
I'm more inclined to believe that he's more than Voyager price to manufacture, since we know Hasbro will just add in weapons and stuff to fill out a toy that's under-budget.
M "And Without The Arms Micron... What Could They Cut?" Sipher -------------------- The ISLE OF RANGOON - Advantures in Learning and Sarcasm!
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Jul 13 2012, 06:58 PM
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 Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 30,304 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
I shall hug my Takara Tomy Breakdown twice as hard tonight.
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Jul 13 2012, 07:02 PM
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 Frater Group: Citizen Posts: 4,173 Joined: 15-September 08 Member No.: 11,989 Faction: Maximal |
Welp. Guess I should look into what Cheets might charge to paint up a Takara Breakdown all nicey-nice.
How much of his deco is from the stickers? I'm still waiting on mine to arrive. --------------------  |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:03 PM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 789 Joined: 10-January 12 From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Member No.: 15,105 Faction: RIBFIR |
Hmmmmm.... Should I wait for TFcon in 2 weeks or add one to my pile of loot now... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-wildride.gif)
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Jul 13 2012, 07:06 PM
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Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 30,304 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(Rosicrucian @ Jul 13 2012, 08:02 PM)  Welp. Guess I should look into what Cheets might charge to paint up a Takara Breakdown all nicey-nice. How much of his deco is from the stickers? I'm still waiting on mine to arrive. Knees, blue stripe on feet, rear bumper, headlights, fender stripes. Really the only ones that I'm even tempted to put on him are the fender stripes. Otherwise, he doesn't look too naked compared to Hasbro's standard TF Prime releases. -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(Dave Zero1 @ Jul 13 2012, 08:03 PM) Hmmmmm.... Should I wait for TFcon in 2 weeks or add one to my pile of loot now... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-wildride.gif) Considering he's sold out at BBTS, that may be hard! -------------------- "I am stronger than you know."
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Jul 13 2012, 07:10 PM
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 The original darkstream since 2003!  Group: Supporter Posts: 19,678 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Aka K.I.R.A. Member No.: 3,718 Faction: Minicon |
well thats lame....but whatever i wasnt buying the hasbro version anyways.
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Jul 13 2012, 07:11 PM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,936 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
QUOTE(NightViper @ Jul 14 2012, 12:58 AM) I shall hug my Takara Tomy Breakdown twice as hard tonight. I'm glad that was censored; there was me thinking that Knock Out was the ambigiously gay one. He's probably jealous now. This post has been edited by Bass X0: Jul 13 2012, 07:12 PM |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:15 PM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 41,390 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
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I've been saying for weeks he wasn't coming and no one believed me. It's nice to feel vindicated.
I mean what more did people need. And it's too bad if people are going to miss out on him (I mean there are 3 versions coming out so planning accordingly shouldn't be hard). As he's easily as good as the First Edition Voyagers. I'd put him as better than Optimus and probably as good as Bulkhead. He's really great. QUOTE(NightViper @ Jul 13 2012, 07:58 PM) I shall hug my Takara Tomy Breakdown twice as hard tonight. I'm going to do the same, except mine is swear filtered. Randy --------------------  |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:29 PM
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Tinja Nurtles. Group: Citizen Posts: 10,084 Joined: 26-June 02 Member No.: 1,143 |
QUOTE(Powered Convoy @ Jul 13 2012, 08:15 PM) I've been saying for weeks he wasn't coming and no one believed me. Or they were not willing to make declarative statements based on incomplete information, because I don't recall ANYONE stating definitively that he WAS coming out in the US. M "Bit Of A Difference" Sipher -------------------- The ISLE OF RANGOON - Advantures in Learning and Sarcasm!
Holy crap Sipher has a Tumblr apparently! http://www.tfwiki.net - We left Wikia before it was cool to do so! "I don't know whether it's a new thing, but it's certainly a current thing, in that it doesn't seem to matter what facts are. It used to be, everyone was entitled to their own opinion, but not their own facts." - Stephen Colbert |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:29 PM
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 Local Dinosaur Enthusiast Group: Citizen Posts: 6,454 Joined: 24-October 07 From: Dinotopia Member No.: 10,981 Faction: Autobot |
I guess I don't need a Breakdown then.
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Jul 13 2012, 07:34 PM
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President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 41,390 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(M Sipher @ Jul 13 2012, 08:29 PM) QUOTE(Powered Convoy @ Jul 13 2012, 08:15 PM) I've been saying for weeks he wasn't coming and no one believed me. Or they were not willing to make declarative statements based on incomplete information, because I don't recall ANYONE stating definitively that he WAS coming out in the US. M "Bit Of A Difference" Sipher I'm not going to quote anyone specifically to point them out, but there were people stating he was going to come to the US regardless of the evidence pointing towards such (and I had been stating he wasn't for some time now). Even when the release galleries were rolling in, you could find people on other sites going "I'll wait for the US release." Whether or not they were definitely stating he was, they believed such to be true. So are people still counting on the Jet Vehicon getting released here? Randy -------------------- |
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Jul 13 2012, 07:48 PM
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 super-duper spikey-pokey Group: Citizen Posts: 3,765 Joined: 10-July 06 From: pittsburgh, pa Member No.: 8,464 Faction: Maximal |
Are TakaraTomy's price / intricacy points different from Hasbro's then? Well I guess so.
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Jul 13 2012, 07:53 PM
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QUOTE(gargunkle @ Jul 13 2012, 08:48 PM) Are TakaraTomy's price / intricacy points different from Hasbro's then? Well I guess so. For the longest time TakaraTomy didn't even have set price points the way we've come to define them in US retail. I'm not sure if that's changed.-------------------- |
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