New Star Wars Transformers on display at the Celebration IV
Friday, May 25th, 2007 10:52AM CDT
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"It's a celebration of galactic proportions going down in downtown Los Angeles from May 24th through May28th. We've got almost the entire Rebelscum team on hand to provide the best possible coverage you'll find anywhere - from exclusive collectibles to collector panels, it's gonna be a blast! Stay tuned to this very page for constant updates throughout the show."
RebelScum.com has posted some pictures of the upcoming Star Wars Transformers figures which you can view at http://www.rebelscum.com/c4/c4transformers/.
Some of the upcoming Star Wars Transformers figures pictured are:
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Posted by jaws on May 25th, 2007 @ 10:55am CDT
Posted by 1337W422102 on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:05am CDT
Posted by Darth Bombshell on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:05am CDT
Exulted Unicron wrote:the deluxe death star kicks all amounts of unholy ass and will perhaps be the jewel in SWTFs crown
No, it won't. It'll end up following in the wake of Supreme Cheetor, Air Attack Optimus Primal, Unicron, Cybertron Starscream and Primus as being the biggest shelf warmer in the history of Transformers.
Why?
Because it'll sell at $75 a head. And no fan in his right mind is gonna buy it at that price. Which means that six months down the line the genius will finally lower its price to a more managable level, by which time nobody'll care anymore.
What? You think I'm wrong? OK, then. Go into the nearest toy store and count how many Primus and Starscream figures there are, then get back to me.
Posted by Seibertron on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:09am CDT
Darth Bombshell wrote:Exulted Unicron wrote:the deluxe death star kicks all amounts of unholy ass and will perhaps be the jewel in SWTFs crown
No, it won't. It'll end up following in the wake of Supreme Cheetor, Air Attack Optimus Primal, Unicron, Cybertron Starscream and Primus as being the biggest shelf warmer in the history of Transformers.
Why?
Because it'll sell at $75 a head. And no fan in his right mind is gonna buy it at that price. Which means that six months down the line the genius will finally lower its price to a more managable level, by which time nobody'll care anymore.
What? You think I'm wrong? OK, then. Go into the nearest toy store and count how many Primus and Starscream figures there are, then get back to me.
I disagree. The figure looks awesome! I also think you're being a little harsh with your stats. Maybe Transformers just don't sell that well in your area.
Posted by Exulted Unicron on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:12am CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:15am CDT
Seibertron wrote:Darth Bombshell wrote:Exulted Unicron wrote:the deluxe death star kicks all amounts of unholy ass and will perhaps be the jewel in SWTFs crown
No, it won't. It'll end up following in the wake of Supreme Cheetor, Air Attack Optimus Primal, Unicron, Cybertron Starscream and Primus as being the biggest shelf warmer in the history of Transformers.
Why?
Because it'll sell at $75 a head. And no fan in his right mind is gonna buy it at that price. Which means that six months down the line the genius will finally lower its price to a more managable level, by which time nobody'll care anymore.
What? You think I'm wrong? OK, then. Go into the nearest toy store and count how many Primus and Starscream figures there are, then get back to me.
I disagree. The figure looks awesome! I also think you're being a little harsh with your stats. Maybe Transformers just don't sell that well in your area.
Agreed. Near me there haven't been any Primus' since last summer or Starscreams since Christmas. If you are a collector and you won't shell out the money, do you think a herd of random moms are going to?
And the tag on it says $49.99, genius.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:28am CDT
Seibertron wrote:I also think you're being a little harsh with your stats.
Maybe so, but I'm just going on the information I see. And what I saw was every single one of those figures costing in the upwards of the high sixties when they were first released, only dropping down to the thirties and forties when they were on the shelf for months and didn't sell.
I always saw Unicron at Zellers for nearly $80, but found a whole shelf full of them a year later for less than $25. You would think that they would have moved at that price. Well, maybe they would have, if they had been released at that price to start off with.
It's the same for Starscream and Primus. Whenever I first saw them, they were exactly like Unicron: a big hunk of plastic going for more than it really should. (This sort of thing is more annoying since they released the smaller version in a two pack with Vector Prime months later, it in itself annoying since it had the ever irksome "Exclusive" word tacked onto it.) Of course, they marked it down later on, but it didn't really seem to work all that well. Prime and Megs/Galvatron suffer this, too, costing in the upwards of sixty bucks a pop. (I won't even tell you how much the 20th Anniversary Prime rerelease was.)
zodconvoy wrote:If you are a collector and you won't shell out the money, do you think a herd of random moms are going to?
Never underestimate the power of a child to coerce their parents into getting them something they want.
zodconvoy wrote:And the tag on it says $49.99, genius.
Um, I have no clue where you live, but I live in Canada, a country that regularly overinflates its prices for no good reason. So if it costs less down there, you can bet it'll cost more up here.
Posted by Megatron Wolf on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:47am CDT
Posted by Darth Bombshell on May 25th, 2007 @ 11:55am CDT
Megatron_Wolf wrote:An AT-AT? Thats awsome. Even if the bot mode looks like crap im getting it. I think commander Cody is one of the best ones. Both the bot ant alt mode kick ass. Anyone have any idea when these are coming out?
http://www.rebelscum.com/c4/c4transformers/image7.asp
http://www.rebelscum.com/c4/c4transformers/image9.asp
Posted by Asderiphel on May 25th, 2007 @ 12:29pm CDT
Megatron_Wolf wrote:An AT-AT? Thats awsome. Even if the bot mode looks like crap im getting it. I think commander Cody is one of the best ones. Both the bot ant alt mode kick ass. Anyone have any idea when these are coming out?
The Vader Death Star says October 07, so probably around then.
My only wish for the AT-AT is that they'd produce it a little more in scale.
Posted by Methusalen on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:00pm CDT
Posted by zodconvoy on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:03pm CDT
My only wish for the AT-AT is that they'd produce it a little more in scale.
How about a Snowspeeder/Luke Minicon and the AT-ATs port is in the bottom of the foot?
Oh, and Bombshell, I live in Philadelphia, where the Transformers sell very well and at affordable prices. But there's no Dr. Who on TV so pros and cons I guess.
Posted by Darth Bombshell on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:06pm CDT
zodconvoy wrote:Oh, and Bombshell, I live in Philadelphia, where the Transformers sell very well and at affordable prices. But there's no Dr. Who on TV so pros and cons I guess.
Well, that explains it. Usually stuff in America costs less than it does up here.
Posted by dj_funk_gut on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:35pm CDT
Posted by Fireblast on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:55pm CDT
Posted by tacogrande on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:58pm CDT
Hell the nail in the coffin is the han solo chewy swtf 2 pack that got clearanced at all the stores here too.
I also know this is nationwide since threads always pop up saying I scored so and so at this price and the posts soon follow. I live in an area (close to seibs actually) where tfs sell well, but supremes always rot on shelves.
This will be no different, not matter how "cool". People just don't want $50 transformers. Kids can't handle them well, they take up too much space, and they're expensive.
Posted by Wheeljack35 on May 25th, 2007 @ 1:59pm CDT
Posted by Asderiphel on May 25th, 2007 @ 2:33pm CDT
Wheeljack35 wrote:Damn they still haven't bought a transformed Imperial Walker
Or they haven't fixed it yet. It sure doesn't scream 'quality production' when the first time it shows up (Toy Fair, February) it can't be TF'd cause it's broken...and 3 months later, nobody seems to have fixed their one display model.
Hope it's a problem with the display crew laziness, and not a problem with the mold itself.
Posted by Senor Hugo on May 25th, 2007 @ 2:34pm CDT
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