http://cgi.ebay.com/Prototype-Crystal-clea...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

If i had the money I would buy this, yeah its a little expensive ;) but it is confirmed as an official takara peice and they dont make many, less than the lucky draws and in my opinion far more tasteful ;)

I think it got taken down.

try this http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

Man, I wish I had the cash for that.  That much would almost buy a Fort Max though...

these prototypes popping up are way cool... to bad they are just protos.

these prototypes popping up are way cool... to bad they are just protos.

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Well actually they are internal Takara pieces ;)

 

As for Fort Max, there are 1000s of them floating about, how many of these do you see ;)

Man, I wished I owned a toy company. "Today, I feel like Crystal Pepsi Prime. Nah. Better make it ceramic Soundwave."

According to J. Alvarez, these types of pieces were made to have on hand in case they wanted to show it to interested parties.  Parties who may want to sell these.  These were never made to be given as prizes like the luck draws so are pretty rare.  Maybe 3 or so made.  Like Jag said, they are internal pieces...for show only.  Still too much for my blood though, unless it's a hard copy ;)  (obviously it's not).

yep. official items, there are clear versions of ALL the re-issues. They're just never produced clear like that for distrubution to the public

 

It is stolen though, as cool as the jazz is, I wouldn't recommend supporting a theif (even if the seller didn't swipe it, someone did)

 

 

but then again, it could be a fake. It's not hard to get some rubber molding material and clear plastics to make one. I'm sure if you paid Ken at transrepro enough cash, he could custom makes all the clear parts needed to put one together :P

yep. official items, there are clear versions of ALL the re-issues. They're just never produced clear like that for distrubution to the public

 

It is stolen though, as cool as the jazz is, I wouldn't recommend supporting a theif (even if the seller didn't swipe it, someone did)

 

 

but then again, it could be a fake. It's not hard to get some rubber molding material and clear plastics to make one. I'm sure if you paid Ken at transrepro enough cash, he could custom makes all the clear parts needed to put one together :P

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As Aaron Archer himself said at Botcon you cannot claim something is stolen without proof, imagine if he said they were and it turned out some takara exec/designer gave it to someone who gave it to someone blah blah blah. There are also libel implications for such claims. ;)