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Originally Posted by Grayfox
Is it such a great value though? I don't regret my backing the project or anything but all told, converted to CAD currency, it's $300 for me. Even if I inflate the prices of those since they seem to have more engineering and deco, it doesn't equate $300 in my mind.
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As a backer I can say that I don't see it being great value. While this may be unfair, here is how I have chosen to see this:
Victory Leo (with that big gun) looks like something I would pay leader prices for at retail.
Star Saber looks like something I would pay commander prices for at retail (I can see a comparison to Rodimus Prime, for instance in terms of what's involved in it)
Then you have a custom limited stand and a micromaster set both of which we can price even more easily than the rest.
With all that added together, I still feel I am overpaying about $30-40.
But I then chomp that off to saying that I am getting a limited item and as with other limited items, there is a price to offset the limited factor. So I am comfortable with what I paid. Granted I don't care to pay more to have something limited, but in the end that was the price Hasbro was comfortable selling this toy to us and I was comfortable paying for it.
But yeah, I would never call it great value. You are paying for exactly what you are getting.
