Question about jizaitoys customs

[Jonnydark]

Here is the home page:

http://jizaitoys.seesaa.net/

How much do these toys go for? How much did they get sold for? Do they show up on ebay much?

Cheers TFANS

Jonnydark

[Jonnydark]

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Jizaitoys-Transfo...item2eabd9c9b3

hmm that answers one question...

how much did they cost initially?

[Aernaroth]

A lot. The production runs are so small they're almost customs.

[Pascal]

Only Wheelie, Cyclonus and Powerglide have been offered for sale I believe. I got the first two for around $200 USD each a couple years ago.

[Echotransformer]

^^ That's actually a good price...what are they now, $500 or so? Would really like to see that Ironhide finished. This toymaker is beyond amazing.

[Jonnydark]

thanks guys! you're a big help. I think they're amazing too.

See you all at TFcon!

[Retread]

Someone should correct me if I'm wrong, but basically there's an event called Wonderfest in Japan where Takara gives free license to any hobby/garage kit makers to sell product based on their characters. I believe this is where the bulk of the Jizaitoys product were originally sold. I also think Powerglide is due for another small run re-issue, either the past wonderfest or the upcoming one. Remember seeing a news post about it on their site somewhere recently.

He's had pics of early stage ironhide and octane proto's up for quite awhile. I believe they were started before the universe versions were announced, so I don't know if that affected their developement or if they'll still see release or not at some point.

[Jonnydark]

Thank you very much Retread. That's helpful.

I'm considering basing my degree thesis on a transformer toy. I just wanted to know what the rules were.

[Jonnydark]

maybe i'll just email hasbro!

[Aernaroth]

So long as it falls under fair use laws, I'm sure you'd be fine. Hasbro can hold trademarks and copyrights on characters and specific designs, but they can't claim ownership of a certain type of joint or movement sequence.