And yet the Human Alliance versions became incredibly sought after.
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They were hard to find. Rarity tends to beget coveting.
I did get HA Skids, never found Mudflap. Skids was actually a really good toy. The head was hideous, so I always planned to replace it with a different one, bit never did get around to it.
I think I got this one...
I don't remember how or why, but I think it might have been a combination of being cheap and liking MightyGodKing's portrayal of them at the time.
(I'm not sure if that comic holds up, though...)
I don't remember how or why, but I think it might have been a combination of being cheap and liking MightyGodKing's portrayal of them at the time.
(I'm not sure if that comic holds up, though...)
The ONLY reason Human Alliance didn’t join the pile was because Mudflap got caught in the back end and transition to the gold box Transformers interstitial line.
I maintain, to this day, that the name “Mudflap” is a cursed name, between the Cybertron version and the film version.
My clearest memory of HA Mudflap is seeing a pallet full of them at the Amazon warehouse I worked at. God only knows how much the price was.
Shelfwarmer or no, I personally think the Cybertron toy was a solid figure.
An epic one, even.
I want to say it was also included in the big golden Battle Ops redeco that was Costco exclusive, but eventually found its way to the usual closeout retailers later.
Pretty sure mine was solo.
It's not that they don't look good (they do! They really hugging do!) it's that they cost half the price of a real f-15.
If I could get Sunstorm alone, I would probably bite. But I don't need the rest and that's a lot to cough up for nobody repaints all at once.
$200 USD for a four pack of a mould I don't even like is a no-go for me. Decos are nice and I'd have been screwed if this was the ER mould, but SS '86? Pass.
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I like them! I don't know if I will spend the cash to pick them up, but I like them.
They are very pretty. I have the old Siege Rainmakers, so I didn't want to want this set, but those earth-jet modes and multi-hued paint jobs really do appeal to me. I would have preferred that they kept using the Earthrise mold, but I've accepted that the SS mold will be the Seeker base for the foreseeable future.
Man, I miss when Deluxes were like $9.97 at Walmart.
This is where I'm at. I really really hope the single-pack one is the Earthrise mold and not an alternate color scheme on this one, or the Siege one.
Edit: and $200?! I am well past the age of being limber enough to dodge most things, but this was definitely a dodged bullet. Holy crap.
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