
Third party company Newage Toys have updated their Weibo account with images of the color prototype of their upcoming H53 Gabriel (Legends Scale Omega Supreme).
This Legends scale Omega Supreme will stand about 28/29 cm tall in robot mode, featuring an impressive range of poseability as we can see from the photos. Rocket base mode includes a battery-powered tank that can go along the tracks. Transformation is pretty innovative since the rocket mode doesn’t need to be disassembled in two as other toys, but its one piece that transforms into the complete arms and shoulders to be connected to the main body. A very impressive piece for sure and the biggest Newage release to date.
See the mirrored images and a promotional video by Magnamotion YouTube after the break. Let us know your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Destron1
MK-6 Toys Grimlock (KO NEWAGE Grimlock)
Casetronic
Which KO is that? I've limited myself to MP figs but this is the best Omega Supreme, I thought the pinnacle of Omega design was only a few years ago when we had the trio of Terminus, Gabriel and Ultima Guard.
Hougangkid
Pangu's OS was just released to suppliers, so maybe NA are waiting to see how it does.
If Pangu does well, 600+. If Pangu tanks, 800+.
nhyone
They definitely have a ballpark, but the fact that they are not revealing it even when PT-02 price is out (360 yuan, or US$54), tells me that it's going to be very expensive. The question is, is it 600+ yuan (US$90) expensive or 800+ yuan (US$120) expensive.
For their Skyfire, they revealed the ballpark of 4XX yuan, and said X was not 789, so upper limit of 469 yuan (US$70).
Another note is, ShowZ doesn't have the price doesn't mean the maker didn't put out an estimated MSRP. Often times, it is available on TaoBao.
magicube
I would be so thrilled to see a Lugnut repaint. From Newage, we’ve got a movie inspired repaint (Barricade) and a Beast Wars repaint (Depth Charge) – why not an Animated repaint? I’d love to see how the box art would turn out.
theestampede
Really really hoping for a Lugnut Supreme remold/repaint
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Prime of Shadows
As in…you’re looking to get rid of him?
er4smiths
Incredibly thoughtful wise post. Agreed 100000%
Snaku
They don't know the final price early on. They might have a guess and, given their past experience, it's probably a pretty decent guess, but until they get closer to release, they don't know for sure. The price of factory time, labor, or shipping might change. They might run into something they hadn't counted on that needs to be changed. Add in what @Spiffy said about scale – this is a bigger figure than their typical releases which can have an effect on how many sales they get. Not everybody who's in for small deskbots is going to want to buy a figure that's the size of an MP leader. And then there's the far cheaper competition from Pangu that's going to reduce their potential customer base – a lot of us aren't willing to accept the compromises that figure made but there are plenty who will spring for a toy that's considerably cheaper while being almost as good (that's subjective, of course – I consider the Pangu version to be far inferior).
And that's just based on my ridiculously limited cursory knowledge of business in the most basic sense. There are any number of specifics to toys, Chinese manufacturing, distribution, etc. that I only have vague notions of but which can have a huge impact.
[Edit] I say they have a guess as to the price but it'd be more precise to say that they have a guess as to their cost and they need to set the price accordingly.
Spiffy
How do they know how to price it until they have preorder statistics? Economy of scale is a thing. Costs more per figure to make a thousand units, than ten thousand.
ICEPnguin
Yeah, I have utopia and I'm just not feeling it anymore.
Curium
I only brought them up since you mentioned Predaking. It is post movie, though Predaking is such that I know people may choose just him as an exception so I couldn't judge your intent.
I do feel having one city bot is worth it in a Legends collection (space permitting) to pose other legends figures around. And you really only need one since it is a war situation and one side could be attacking.
TurtleCaps
You would think that, but it's not just for this figure it's for so many others from ymir to Cyclonus etc. And also they had to think ahead of time if they're charging x amount that someone could buy a larger existing one for just a bit more. But It's not just New Age. On the magic square website for gears and windcharger They had it at $0 pre-order until the day they released it
Show Z has Dr wu Trypticon for 32.99 but then no price on the battle damage version which comes out not too far off. Does Dr Wu not know he's going to charge $5 more for it? It's a legitimate question I've been wondering about, not just griping cuz Im in the "know what I'm buying already" category.
Tanafor
I guess DX9's Omega reprint might be the reason. Of course New Age know their costs, but it's a company known for making the most profit out of every toy (in order words, their prices are really high). This time there is a reprint of a huge, well known, very well appreciated version of the same character, for more or less the price NA had in mind for their toy. And an undersized version of that toy for a reasonable price.
I guess NA is crunching numbers, reading the social media to know how the fans are reacting to the toy and digesting the rumoured price. They are really happy about the toy, but we know the price is quite controversial. Will they buy a cheaper version instead, or even the titan? How many potential customers will they lose if they keep the price? Is it better to lower the prices this time in order to maximize the purchases? Numbers, numbers…
Cheebs
Please please please tell me that the sub is named Boaty McBoatface.
TurtleCaps
over the years Ive found it annoying that a lot of these 3P legends companies don't announce the price when they show the figure. Like what's the point of holding off? At this stage of production, they have to know their costs so why make everyone wait? The NA collectors are in on it regardless, those that cant float the $150-200 know they are already out, and for others on the fence or those that need to budget out $200 it'd be helpful to know prices and would only benefit sales for them. Even lower priced figures, they hold off on, why, it's not building up any positive hype not knowing how much I'm going to need to pay for something.
htquyet
Thanks! I also realize that if it's fully painted, NA would surely have mentioned that in their announcement.
Illiterate Scholar
Paint wasn't something he brought up except for the paint damage on the chest.
sdmacleod
Anyone think they'll do the action master redeco?
IronMachine
In this moment this is the best ver OS. I wanted something like this for about 30 years. This time i won't wait for MST OS ver ( unless it appears in the meantime ), cuz I know best how I feel when that moment comes when I have to decide between the two sides