by Collecticon | Oct 7, 2010 | Blog, Price Check, Tales from the Holiest of Holy Grails
An exceptionally fun and rare piece traded hands recently on Yahoo Japan. The Lucky Draw Black Micron Legend Megatron was sold this week for 100,000 Japanese Yen. Congrats to the lucky winner and the seller! With almost 50 bids, there was definitely some heat on this...
by Collecticon | Sep 29, 2010 | Blog
With every new announcement from Takara Tomy I feel myself responding with less awe and far more shock. With the recent announcement of a Hyper Hobby Black repaint of Animated Rodimus, the total number of exclusive figures outside of the main toyline reaches a...
by Collecticon | Sep 2, 2010 | Blog
Earlier this year we were treated to the announcement that Lucky Draw Transformers were coming back for TakaraTomy animated. In fact, there have been more special exclusive items in Takara Tomy’s Animated line than almost any toyline in recent memory. One of...
by Collecticon | Aug 3, 2010 | Blog, Tales from the Holiest of Holy Grails
The first chance to pick up Black Animated Convoy has come and gone. Photos of the event where the figure was being sold can be seen at Japanese Transformer blog TF-Seesa (site is in Japanese). This figure was originally expected to be incredibly limited to a total...
by Collecticon | Jul 27, 2010 | Blog
I must have it. The black Animated Optimus Prime may be mine. The problem is that it is limited to 300 pieces and is only available on location at a store in a very remote area of Southern Japan. The cost is 4200 Yen and at 300 pieces I am willing to gander that this...