Are G1 figures losing steam?!??!

[Lord Madhammer]

Which may or may not have been a good strategy to begin with, considering how the movie diverged from the original cartoon.

[Ender]

Well, while I'm sure many non practicing fans went home thinking "Man I miss my old Slugslinger" finding 30 people trying to sell them one can't have been good for the price. If it was the, more likely, "I miss my old Prime/Megs/Soundwave" they were also greeted with the last few years reissues, domestic and abroad.

[TMan978]

All I know is once Alts and MP Prime showed their seductive faces on the scene, My interest in getting G1 figs turned to zero. That fact and the fact that every bot I bought, I thought to myself "I just paid how much for a $10 fig with pretty pretty new art work?" After putting on the stickers and transforming them a couple times, I put their delicate high price asses back in their box never to be touched again any way.

[Valandar]

Tell me about it. I'm still havng trouble finding a complete, good condition Misfire (about the only post-movie toy I ever liked that I don't have).

[UltraMarknus]

I haven't looked, but I bet that the figures who don't have either reissues or knockoffs haven't seen this drop in price...

Theres some truth to that. I hope this effect sets in for Wheeljack aaaanytime now.

[Bumblerod]

I think its because most collectors have most of the figs by now, there are some new ones coming though from the movie so maybe they will pick up again, I also think a lot of its because people are sick of trawling ebay and having to wade through pages which contain 70% KO rubbish, I hate that

[ReverendNash]

...people are sick of trawling ebay and having to wade through pages which contain 70% KO rubbish or movie figures, I hate that

[UltraMarknus]

...people are sick of trawling ebay and having to wade through pages which contain 70% KO rubbish or movie figures, I hate that

 

Double Quote'd!!! It is very painful. I have red Defensors burnt into my retinas.

 

to further my point....I won a complete Mirage...$27 shipped...WTF

[Blitz]

crazy maybe i should try hunting down some of the G1 stuff now

 

but yeah i go on ebay and all i see is those KO combiner sets

[Pascal]

The biggest challenge of all is to find an original Devastator I think. 20 KOs for a 1 original.