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Re: If I wanted to get into the MP line, big time...
MP10 - Optimus Prime with trailer - consider the upcoming Toys R Us exclusive "Year of the Horse" (YOTH) edition if you don't mind the gold color chrome, as he will be ~$130-$150 if you can find him. Otherwise, Hasbro or Takara MP10 will run you $200-$300 on the secondary market.
Mp11 Starscream (improved version) is being re-issued and can be pre-ordered for $199.99.
Hasbro MP Thundercracker is also the newer seeker mold and can be had for $100. Acid Storm too, slightly cheaper.
Takara MP Soundwave will run you $150 or so, and the Hasbro version is going at $180-$200 on the secondary market right now. The Hasbro one comes with all 5 MP tapes, the Takara only comes with Lazerbeak so I'd go Hasbro.
Lambor (Sideswipe) and Red Alert are being re-issued by Takara too and can be pre-ordered for $70-$80. Sideswipe goes for that on the secondary market too. Tigertrack is a little harder to find, but not bad... And G2 Sideswipe can be pre-ordered.
Prowl, Smokescreen, and Bluestreak (the Fairlady Z cars) are easily obtained now for ~$70-$80 each, but note that we have a listing from Toys R Us USA of MP Prowl for $69.99 coming this year. If true, we don't know yet if/how it may be different from Takara. And of course, getting one from TRU can be a challenge sometimes. There's also maybe-evidence of a Sideswipe TRU release too, but that's more "iffy". One last thing about the Fairlady Z cars: a mysterious "special" Bluestreak is coming (BBTS has pre-orders up for him) and *might* be a blue Bluestreak (if speculation is right).
Then there's Wheeljack in August and Bumblebee and Ultra Magnus (with trailer/armor, not just a white Prime) later on (maybe into 2015).
A simple approach for on-screen characters would be:
- Find MP10 on the secondary market: $250
- pre-order MP11 Starscream re-issue: $200
- buy MP Sideswipe on secondary market: $80
- Pre-order MP Red Alert: $80
- buy MP Prowl, Smokescreen, Bluestreak: $80 ea = $240
- find and buy Hasbro MP Soundwave with 5 tapes on the secondary market: $200
- Find Hasbro MP Thundercracker on secondary market: $100
~$1200 (depending on exact prices, shipping, etc).
You may also want to consider Grimlock ($200 reissue available now) and MP09 Rodimus ($150 or so secondary market for the Hasbro one) as they are close to scale with the newer ones (depending on your tolerance).
You mentioned maybe getting ALL the "new scale" ones, which would be:
- MP10 Optimus (variants/re-issues: YOTH, black, Rebirth)
- MP11 Starscream (note: he's the same basic size as the original MP seekers)
- Hasbro Soundwave with 5 tapes OR Takara Soundwave plus both MP tape sets (2 tapes per set, sets are MP15 and MP16).
- Lamborghinis: Sideswipe, Red Alert, Tigertrack, G2 Sideswipe
- Fairlady Z's: Prowl, Bluestreak, Smokescreen, "special" Bluestreak
- Hasbro MP Thundercracker (newer seeker mold) --NOTE: Takara MP Thundercracker is the old seeker mold--
- Hasbro MP Acid Storm (newer seeker mold)
- Takara MP11S Sunstorm (newer seeker mold)
Then maybe:
- MP Grimlock (reissue available)
- MP Rodimus (Hasbro version has no trailer, Takara does. Alternate: MP09B "Black Rodimus")
- MP Skywarp (old seeker mold, but in scale with newer seeker mold)
Last edited by Goaliebot; 01-30-2014 at 02:23 AM.
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