Transformers Legacy toyline

[The Predaking]

Transformers: Legacy Evolution Commander Armada Universe Optimus Prime Now Available To Preorder!

This amazing update of the now classic Armada toy is available to preorder! Read on for more details!

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Yup! And I got him preordered! Now I need to preorder that Armada Megatron to go with him....

 

[Sciflyer]

I preordered the big fella too. He looks like a really well-engineered update, so I am all in.

 

[Darth_Prime]

WTF. $104 after shipping and taxes. I got him pre ordered but yikes.

 

[The Predaking]

He is a pricey toy! Considering I just Preordered a $40 deluxe though, I think that this hobby is getting a bit expensive.


Cue Hotrod quote......

 

[Gizmoboy]

I'm ordered

 

[The Mighty Mollusk]

This thing costs almost as much as the first couple of Titans. Really starting to feel priced out of the hobby.

 

[Maximal_Arachknight]

This thing costs almost as much as the first couple of Titans. Really starting to feel priced out of the hobby.

I was pretty much priced out of the hobby awhile ago. I will still purchase something from time to time, but really just learning to enjoy new releases without purchasing them.

 

[TheSupernova]

Yeah, 'tis getting tough out there. I'm currently looking at paying $50 each for Beachcomber and Axlegrease as major retailers in Canada aren't getting that wave, and I'm wondering if it's really worth it...

 

[Dekafox]

I looked at my pile of figures a while ago(as I don't have the space yet to do what I really want) and realized most of what I had was already "good enough" so I've only really picked up things here and there that are something actually new(like Jhiaxus or Tarn) or things that are too much of an upgrade to pass on(LIke Ironhide, when my previous one was the Universe mold)

 

[Superomegaprime]

I'm getting a bit picky about the figures I buy, I chosen to skip the core class Dinobots, of the reveals last week, Armada Megatron was a buy along with Beachcomber but the others weren't worth it, I'm not keen on the Nemesis Leo Prime, I have no attachment to Devcon, the Decepticon Junkion, simply doesn't fit in with the other Junkions I have, so I try to be choosy, thou I guess I need to have a good purge at some point

 

[Haze Arquebus]

Wough, that is a tough one to swallow, but Ima do it.

 

[Undead Scottsman]

Decepticon Junkion gets to hang out with RotB Scourge and Freezer on the right side of my Junkion shelf.

 

[Donocropolis]

Decepticon Junkion gets to hang out with RotB Scourge and Freezer on the right side of my Junkion shelf.

This is the correct answer. I was trying to come up with good "Evil Junkion Warlord" names for RotB Scourge last night (since I already have too many dudes named Scourge as it is.) Thinking of maybe Despoil. Good combo of something trash/pollution themed along with being reminiscent of "despot."

 

[wonko the sane?]

Yeah, 'tis getting tough out there. I'm currently looking at paying $50 each for Beachcomber and Axlegrease as major retailers in Canada aren't getting that wave, and I'm wondering if it's really worth it...

When I saw TRU had deluxes priced at 49.99, I re-evaluated my purchasing requirements to be much, much stricter. I don't want to stop: but it's very quickly getting priced out of my budget.

 

[Platypus Prime]

That happened to me a while back. Between wanting to eventually get a replacement truck (the current one is about to collapse) and other issues, a Transformer has to really wow me to get me to jump. I just got Origins Jazz, the only other one I have preordered right now is Deathsaurus which, the way prices are climbing, will be a real deal by the time he shows up.

Edit: Just saw that original Armada Prime with all the gimmicks like electronic remote autotransform, minicon compatibility, etc was $38.88, according to Dave's review. I know it's not a 1:1 comparison at all, and 20 years have passed, but...erg...

 

[Undead Scottsman]

My shelves are getting pretty full; I have most of the characters I want and now it's basically a case of if a character catches my eye, or if they're just so obscure I gotta go "Well, that's never happening again, onto the shelf you go."

Honestly, I'm basically just waiting for them to get to the handful of IDW characters they haven't done yet and I might be ready to punch out of the collecting aspect of the hobby entirely and just retire to enjoying the fiction. However long that lasts. Given they gave up on the collector oriented cartoon and the comics are in limbo, who knows what that's going to look like over the next few years.

 

[Princess Viola]

At this point, unless it's my birthday or Christmas (where I have decided I'm allowed to splurge a bit) or if they're on sale, I literally only buy a Transformer if I absolutely 100% want it and not just 'well, this figure looks pretty cool and I got enough money with me, so I'll buy it'.

 

[Echowarrior]

And I've preordered the new Armada Prime. Yes, the new one is more than twice the cost of the original...but even accounting for inflation, I think greater poseability is a fair tradeoff for higher prices.

 

[ZacWilliam1]

I have definitely cut back. I'm pretty much "G1 Character that hasn't had a modern update" and "significantly improved G1 updates." On paper at least, I did buy all the BW S1 updates so I'm not hard and fast with it. I don't dislike things outside of G1 I just have to limit things somehow and those are the ones that matter to me the most.

So I'm caught between wanting more tail end of G1 Characters: Pretenders, Post-87 Masters, Firecons and Throttlebots and the like to get more focus but I also fear that if they'd really really cause me a crisis of Budget.

-ZacWilliam, the fact that a 3rd to a Half of new toys are outside my loose mandate is pretty much the only thing keeping me in the game.

 

[Sabrblade]

Pretty much the only time I splurge nowadays is when I'm at BotCon. And it's mainly on items in the dealer room from years past that are harder to come by these days.

At normal retail, I'm more picky. And for Titans and Commanders, I usually wait for a sale.