Japan to get Exclusive Bumblebee figure with Movie Tickets?
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 5:39AM CDT
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Posted by Anonymous on May 1st, 2007 @ 5:46am CDT
Good times. Good times...
Posted by Dead Metal on May 1st, 2007 @ 6:32am CDT
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/de_D ... t_id=19697
by the way Hi I'm new and this is my first comment
Posted by jdre_124 on May 1st, 2007 @ 6:35am CDT
Dead Metal wrote:Coll idea! But I dont like the mold so much, but I've got some news Movie leader class Megatron pics!! I surft the net as Istumbled over Megs on the german Transformers.com site! past the link in the browser and take a look!
GREAT FIND!!!!!!! Though Megs looks......meh
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/de_D ... t_id=19697
by the way Hi I'm new and this is my first comment
Posted by Leonardo on May 1st, 2007 @ 6:39am CDT
jdre_124 wrote:Dead Metal wrote:Coll idea! But I dont like the mold so much, but I've got some news Movie leader class Megatron pics!! I surft the net as Istumbled over Megs on the german Transformers.com site! past the link in the browser and take a look!
GREAT FIND!!!!!!! Though Megs looks......meh
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/de_D ... t_id=19697
by the way Hi I'm new and this is my first comment
Easy for you to say.
I love that car mode but hate the robot mode!
Posted by Noisemaze on May 1st, 2007 @ 7:50am CDT
Posted by Leonardo on May 1st, 2007 @ 7:50am CDT
scythafixion wrote:WTF? What do Americans get with their tickets?
A Michael Bay film.
Posted by Noisemaze on May 1st, 2007 @ 7:53am CDT
Posted by Exulted Unicron on May 1st, 2007 @ 8:11am CDT
Posted by skript on May 1st, 2007 @ 8:18am CDT
but lawsons is more akin to 7-11 than a wal-mart
Posted by Swerve on May 1st, 2007 @ 8:24am CDT
Posted by Dead Metal on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:23am CDT
Posted by TheMuffin on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:28am CDT
skript wrote:yay i live in japan!!!
but lawsons is more akin to 7-11 than a wal-mart
So you're saying it's better than a Wal-Mart?
Posted by jgilkinson on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:41am CDT
Posted by TheMuffin on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:43am CDT
Posted by Leonardo on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:43am CDT
Posted by Swerve on May 1st, 2007 @ 10:54am CDT
Posted by Windracer on May 1st, 2007 @ 12:14pm CDT
Posted by Robinson on May 1st, 2007 @ 12:34pm CDT
Noisemaze wrote:I want an exclusive figure in the USA!!! It's our damn movie, why does Japan always get cool exclusives. I never got a Cybertron Thunderblast or Sideways repaint but Japan sure as hell did!
They did create the transformers after all, so its their movie a little bit moreso.
Posted by Basketball Jones on May 1st, 2007 @ 12:43pm CDT
You're paying to see a film that is a celebration of the revival of your hobby. Does this community need a cheap plastic toy as an incentive to get them to do anything?
Posted by Robinson on May 1st, 2007 @ 12:56pm CDT
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on May 1st, 2007 @ 2:22pm CDT
Nightwatcher wrote:skript wrote:yay i live in japan!!!
but lawsons is more akin to 7-11 than a wal-mart
So you're saying it's better than a Wal-Mart?
Anything is better than a Wal-Mart.
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on May 1st, 2007 @ 2:28pm CDT
Basketball Jones wrote:How? It's a film made by an American company in America.
You're paying to see a film that is a celebration of the revival of your hobby. Does this community need a cheap plastic toy as an incentive to get them to do anything?
Well, it is a bay film. With a stinker like Armageddon, might as well offer something.
Like raisen bran.....they could have just sold that as bran flakes, but they got an idea of putting a bunch of raisens in it too, and it worked.
Posted by Roboto750 on May 1st, 2007 @ 2:48pm CDT
jgilkinson wrote:they get a toy, were lucky if we get a tf popcorn bag
Yay popcorn bag!
Posted by Kayevcee on May 1st, 2007 @ 3:52pm CDT
-Nick
Posted by AbsumZer0 on May 1st, 2007 @ 4:26pm CDT
Kayevcee wrote:I believe this is a toy that will be available for purchase with movie tickets in Japanese cinemas. It's not unusual- they do it for Godzilla films as well. In fact, they did it with the last TF theatrical release. Anybody remember Flash Lioconvoy?
-Nick
Yeah, it's pretty standard for big films marketed primarily towards minors (such as Pokemon, Godzilla, and Gamera), although if I remember right in most cases the figure is pretty small and more like a figurine, with larger exclusives available for purchase at the souvenier booth. The exception would be in cases where the tickets are at a premium so the 'free collectible' isn't really free and the lines are huge.
1Big\"F\"ingRayOfSunshine wrote:Its a film made by an american company that is based on a property that has its roots in japan. Thats like saying that the "new" godzilla was an our movie
Or like if they made an Action Man film in the U.K. and say it's their movie, in spite of the original Action Man toys being G.I. Joe! Or like making a Jenny film in Japan and saying it's Japan's film!
Also, I believe the good folks at Toho prefer to think of Tristar's Godzilla as 100% American (assuming by "new" you meant the film 7 installments back).
Posted by Roboto750 on May 1st, 2007 @ 5:02pm CDT
Kayevcee wrote:I believe this is a toy that will be available for purchase with movie tickets in Japanese cinemas. It's not unusual- they do it for Godzilla films as well. In fact, they did it with the last TF theatrical release. Anybody remember Flash Lioconvoy?
-Nick
I had a Flash Lioconvoy! It was a nice figure altogehter. Hopefully this Bumblebee will be just as nice!
Posted by Liege Evilmus on May 1st, 2007 @ 5:27pm CDT
Posted by Professor Smooth on May 1st, 2007 @ 7:20pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on May 1st, 2007 @ 9:53pm CDT
Leonardo wrote:scythafixion wrote:WTF? What do Americans get with their tickets?
A Michael Bay film.
*chuckles* pure gold. Thank you, I needed that laugh.
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on May 1st, 2007 @ 11:02pm CDT
Roboto750 wrote:jgilkinson wrote:they get a toy, were lucky if we get a tf popcorn bag
Yay popcorn bag!
We'd be lucky if the smegging popcorn don't cost 5 or 7 dollars, and covered in the stuff plastic surgeons suck outta fat peoples' asses.
Posted by skywarp-2 on May 1st, 2007 @ 11:23pm CDT
Posted by Professor Smooth on May 1st, 2007 @ 11:28pm CDT
skywarp-2 wrote:wow, just another reason for some japanese group of collectors to buy lots of tickets get the free toy and hike up the price and sell it on ebay..yay capitalism..
At more than twice the normal ticket price, I'd hardly call it a free toy.
In Japan, movie tickets are usually between 1,300 and 1,800 yen. The ticket/Bumblebee combo is 3,999 yen.
Posted by Gutter Bunny on May 1st, 2007 @ 11:39pm CDT
Professor Smooth wrote:skywarp-2 wrote:wow, just another reason for some japanese group of collectors to buy lots of tickets get the free toy and hike up the price and sell it on ebay..yay capitalism..
At more than twice the normal ticket price, I'd hardly call it a free toy.
In Japan, movie tickets are usually between 1,300 and 1,800 yen. The ticket/Bumblebee combo is 3,999 yen.
Ok you keep that up and people will run out of things to complain about...wait, no i wont.
Posted by Professor Smooth on May 2nd, 2007 @ 12:05am CDT
Gutter Bunny wrote:Professor Smooth wrote:skywarp-2 wrote:wow, just another reason for some japanese group of collectors to buy lots of tickets get the free toy and hike up the price and sell it on ebay..yay capitalism..
At more than twice the normal ticket price, I'd hardly call it a free toy.
In Japan, movie tickets are usually between 1,300 and 1,800 yen. The ticket/Bumblebee combo is 3,999 yen.
Ok you keep that up and people will run out of things to complain about...wait, no i wont.
You could complain about fans in Japan having to pay 4,000 yen for a mold that people in the US are paying 10 bucks for. That sounds fair.
Posted by Gutter Bunny on May 2nd, 2007 @ 12:34am CDT
Professor Smooth wrote:Gutter Bunny wrote:Professor Smooth wrote:skywarp-2 wrote:wow, just another reason for some japanese group of collectors to buy lots of tickets get the free toy and hike up the price and sell it on ebay..yay capitalism..
At more than twice the normal ticket price, I'd hardly call it a free toy.
In Japan, movie tickets are usually between 1,300 and 1,800 yen. The ticket/Bumblebee combo is 3,999 yen.
Ok you keep that up and people will run out of things to complain about...wait, no i wont.
You could complain about fans in Japan having to pay 4,000 yen for a mold that people in the US are paying 10 bucks for. That sounds fair.
I prefer not to think in yen...it only depresses me further.
although in this case...thats one expensive $10 figure correct?
Posted by Professor Smooth on May 2nd, 2007 @ 11:41am CDT
Posted by Joking Saint on May 2nd, 2007 @ 11:50am CDT
skywarp-2 wrote:wow, just another reason for some japanese group of collectors to buy lots of tickets get the free toy and hike up the price and sell it on ebay..yay capitalism..
The first commandment of capitalism is "carpe diem". But the second is "scratch thy friend's back lest ye go unscratched."
Maybe you could make friends with some of those dastardly collectors in Japan and get them to offer you a deal?
Posted by Emperor Primacron the 1st on May 2nd, 2007 @ 4:29pm CDT
Joking Saint wrote:The first commandment of capitalism is "carpe diem". But the second is "scratch thy friend's back lest ye go unscratched."
Thought the first commandment of capitolism was "Have your friend scratch your back, and then stab their's."?
Posted by Stormrider on May 8th, 2007 @ 6:04am CDT
Professor Smooth wrote:Damn. I only pass 7 Lawson locations on my to and from work every day. What if I can't find one?
So true, so true...