kanata67 Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 I was at the local used toy store looking for whatever today and while getting current pricing for my jetfires [i like to know how much I can pawn stuff for LOL] the store owner [ie head geek] mentioned that jetfire was going to be re-released later this year and that HG worked something out with whom-ever so it could happen. Is this true??????? Does this mean HG is starting to accept the fact that competition is good? Was the guy just bullsh1tting me to get a MIB matsu for $400? Anybody hear any rhumors? Quote
Agent ONE Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Well if they do reissue it I hope it doesn't have that dildo nose. If it has the regular VF nose I might get one or two. Quote
eriku Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 I would guess that he's BSing you. A lot of people that work in that line of business are filled with BS. I remember bringing some vintage Star Wars figures in to a used toy shop to sell in 1995 (it was a Darth Vader carying case filled with pristine figures including the Rebo band). The guy running the place told me that he'd only be able to give me a couple bucks for the figures because the new POTF figures had made the vintage figures basically worthless. I wasn't collecting toys at that time so I wasn't sure if he was feeding me a line or not, so I just sold a couple of the figures and hung on to the rest. In the years after that I got used to toy shop folks making crap up and trying to devalue potential buys. I don't even deal with them anymore. If I have something to sell I can do it via various forums. If that doesn't work I plug my nose and dive into the Ebay. Quote
Jolly Rogers Posted March 27, 2004 Posted March 27, 2004 Technically the Jetfire is a Transformers toy and it doesn't even have the kite design or the world "Macross" on the packaging. I doubt HG would have to be consulted if a reissue was being considered. The guy's definitely BSing you in an attempt to get a good deal from you should you decide to sell the toy to him. Quote
the white drew carey Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Plus, IIRC, the Chunky-Monkey design was legitimately licensed by Hasbro. That's also part of the reason RT never released it themselves back then. Quote
Mechamaniac Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 If HG has anything to do with it, they will probably release a repaint of the Masterpiece of Crap as a Masterpiece Jetfire, and expect people to pay 85 bucks for it. That is their standard tactic after all. Quote
gerwalk25 Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 It's like Martin's Grandma trying to sell Comic Book Guy the stash of Star Wars stuff in a box like Leia's anti-giggle tape and The alternate ending . Quote
VF5SS Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Jetfire is dead! How do I know? I killed him! I dragged his plastic corpse into an abandoned model shop and multilated him with a rusty Xacto knife! Quote
kanata67 Posted March 28, 2004 Author Posted March 28, 2004 Jetfire is dead! How do I know? I killed him! I dragged his plastic corpse into an abandoned model shop and multilated him with a rusty Xacto knife! you've never seen my customs I take it... one of many "dead" jetfires LOL. Check the official customs thread for more Quote
Apollo Leader Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Did anyone see one of the recent issues of DW's Transformers which has Starscream and Skyfire on the cover? In the issue, there's a number of times where Skyfire is wearing a protective head cover that looks like a VF-1S head! On top of that, in some of the panels, some of Skyrfire's FAST Pascks look like that of a Valkyrie's! I only skimmed the comic so maybe I missed something... Back to the original subject matter, considering the huge flux of VF-1 toys on the market and the legal issues, I extremely doubt the "original" Jetfire toy will ever be released. Since Bandai owns the rights to the 1/55th scale molds, they would have to get the okay from Big West before they did anything with either HG or Hasbro and I don't see that happening... Quote
Kamui 777 Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 As one of the resident TF experts here, there is NO WAY Jetfire is going to be reissue. You can hope for a G1 Megatron reissue before Jetfire..... Quote
Mechamaniac Posted March 28, 2004 Posted March 28, 2004 Screw the original craptastic toys, give me more masterpieces. Quote
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