Third Party Planex X has announced via Facebook that their PX-09T Somnus Will Be A TFCON Exclusive.
Planet X shared images of packaging and final product with the description: “Dear All, Our PX-09T Somnus will be TFCon exclusive on 29th September to 1st October!”.
If you are attending TFCON, you will have an opportunity to grab this nice rendition of FOC Ghost Of Starscream. TFcon – America’s largest Transformers convention will take place in DC the weekend of September 29th to October 1st, 2017. TFcon USA will take place at the Hyatt Regency Reston in Reston, Virginia.
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Predarican
I broke a piece of mine off as soon as I got home from the con.
lordcryotek
I think it's the fear of clear plastic. He does feel a tad fragile–as he should being made out of clear plastic–and he doesn't tab together as well as his regular compatriots, but he's held up to posing just fine and doesn't feel like he's going to fall apart. I got him because I couldn't find Mors for a good price and I feel like his colors are a bit more vibrant. A figure for display, and maybe not to be transformed, but pretty enough to be worth the $50 sale price.
Curium
Such an underrated figure. Of all the Con Exclusives to still be available 5 years later I'm surprised this one reached that.
lordcryotek
Got this guy for $50 and it was worth it.
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CybertronianFan
Now available at TCP, RK, and a couple of other retailers. This is supposed to be a limited Con exclusive run. Check your favored store and get it while you can.
SelectedLime375
Yeah, I sent @Chosen Prime a message on their website on Wednesday. I forgot to mention in it that his "toes" were also missing, but it's visible in the pictures. Just waiting for a response now. I'm sure they'll take care of it.
StellarJet
True. The figures were not available during the Convention (except at the Convention), but:
I would call a REAL Convention Exclusive the one that will ONLY be available for purchase at the convention (and that it will never be for sale online after the event, except, of course by people that went to the convention and that are re-selling, or the store that had it at the event, and that is just selling the remaining stock.) A box with the Convention logo, like those for SDCC, are the ones that I think best describe convention exclusives..
If by EXCLUSIVE they mean a figure that will be made available for sale (for the first time) at the event (but will be for sale online after the Con by other retailers), that I would not call a real Exclusive (unless those other stores got hold of some stock made particularly for the event, of course).
Limited Release: I like this definition better. More flexible, and not so precise. We could then talk about something originally created with the Convention in mind, but that could still be made available by the manufacturer to retailers directly…
So that's why I was wondering whether Planet X has plans to provide Somnus stock to other retailers now that Tfcon is over (i.e., to see how rare this figure actually is…).
SelectedLime375
Gah. My Somnus has two of the same tail-fins instead of a right and left one. I'm going to have to contact @Chosen Prime.
Edit: Just tried transforming him to make sure nothing else is wrong and his right leg doesn't want to open up. His right foot is also missing its side "toes".
daimchoc
Convention Exclusives… Did you see those figures for sale somewhere else, during the dates that the convention was running?
Think of it as a Limited Release.
StellarJet
Makes sense…
But they clearly use the word 'EXCLUSIVE' way too much. It ends up being quite misleading for collectors…
daimchoc
When it says "TFCon Exclusive" it just means that it's available at the event. They even follow it up with having the name of the store/reseller that'll have it for sale. What I've seen is that TCP had the Planet X PX-09T Somnus, MTRM-10 Meteor, and MTRM-11 Galaxy Meteor. TFS had the Iron Factory IF-EX20C Clone (Sunstorm), and the pre-order for MTRM-09SP Bounceback. A3U had the MMC R-19AM Kultur Asterisk Mode, R-27SG Calidus Shadow Ghost, and Ocular Max PS-06O Offroad. All of them are exclusive at TFCon. Now, as far as after the event, that will be an option for the manufacturers if they want it to be sold with a specific store(s) or just a mass release.
CybertronianFan
It's pretty much their M.O. Well, this and their horrible instructions I mean, if a day ever comes that a PX figure comes with actual decent instructions, I'm sooooo calling it a KO,
Could be some delays at the factory the other seekers are being/were produced.
StellarJet
Thanks a lot for the clarification!
Suddenly there were so many 'store-specific' releases (TCP, Ages 3 and Up, Tfsource…) that I was starting to wonder about the actual nature of the figs….:
– Manufacturer Limited Edition (fixed number)
– TRUE TFCON exclusive (followed by online sale of any remaining stock not sold at the Con by ONLY one retailer)
– Revealed at TFCON (by one specific store), but NOT actually TFCon exclusive, as manufacturer will eventually distribute to other major retailers…
Needless to say, it is best to avoid secondary market prices (so it is good to know in advance the availability of the ones I really need to have!)
bheran
Has anyone heard what the delay has been on the other seekers? Drives me nuts that they're putting out exclusives of the same mold when they can't seem to slap a different paint job on the existing one. I'm a huge Planet X fan, but c'mon!
Lbsammills51
So I take it Acid Storm & Sunstorm are still a month or more off, if Skywarp & Thundercracker still haven't shown up yet? After this exclusive was announced I was curious if that'd mean the other FoC jets would finally begin trickling out.
ahro23
There are a lot of factors that come into play but maybe it makes it easier to focus on the relationship of the retailer and the company making the toy. I kind of look at figures like this and see a retailer exclusive where the retailer decided to unveil this product at a convention. Kind of a way to set them apart from all the other stores since everyone basically sells the same stuff for the same prices. It probably just makes it easier to associate their exclusive with the show since that was the first time people were able to buy one.
You could argue that the only "true" TFCon exclusives are the figures you could buy when you register since there's no other way to get those other than the secondary market.