Just saw the eBay ad. I think this ad was posted by FB user : Morgan Ramachandran. Quite an OK fella, but location is on Penang.

http://m.ebay.com.my/itm/251636229098?nav=SEARCH

Specialising in rare stuff. I bought my "Lucky Draw" Brave Maximus from him almost 10 years ago, thinking its a good deal at 1k ( poslaju all the way from Pg to KL) .When I gotten bored of it (too big,collecting dust) I tried to sell it off thinking "lucky  draw" means rare can get good price , but I found out the toy is not  a lucky draw. The box is "Lucky draw" though . (generic Brave Max toy box is colorful with boxart, Lucky draw box is plain white box with a barcode  or something).

I accept my fate and move on. The lucky buyer of my generic Brave Max is a fellow Transmyian , and  I  let go the toy to him for rm700 I think.
Ahh..I just googled and found my old thread in tfw2005 about my concerns:

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers...ve-maximus.html
I dunt want to "mislead" my buyer about this toy before selling it off back then.

ps: I did confront the Pg seller about this, and he tell me he was also duped by the previous seller.  A good lesson for me not to be gullible on rare stuff (many KOs out there).

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1) Standard Hero colors. Guess what G1 Optimus' colors are? LOL

2-4) He was designed by Kunio Okawara, so there will be some influence

Apart from better proportions and articulation, this Star Saber actually looks a lot like the old toy. Which is a good thing I guess.

Looks nice but still feels like an optional buy to me. His aesthetics won't fit with other Masterpieces on my shelf.

The wait will be painful I think. Majority of the US fans still not endearing themselves to Japanese TF / Victory series characters. So the 3rd party market for VLeo is niche . And thats why we keep seeing 3rd party going all out producing stuff based on  core G1 characters  ... even obscure ones.

no need to wait for 3rd party...just wait for official!

i must say, if the westerners dont want SS, just as well. let them skip it and then buy them at hyperinflated prices later on after they regret

i'm getting more than 1 pc because this is what i foresee

No love for triple changer.. astro blitzwing n octane..

Where is this bro? Malaysian store or somewhere overseas?
I hope the price is not nemean price T_T ...

hmm so usual limb parts are about rm 240 (from vhobby) i assume this will be rm 280 ?

Actually looking at online retailers everywhere.. like robotkingdom, they are charging Phobus as the same price with the rest of the limbs I guess in Malaysia the increase is from shipping (from BBTS in the US their phobus also same as phlogeus)

Wow where did you get phobus from ? T_T vhobbyyy!!!!

When is it acceptable to tell a shop that your wait time is getting ridiculous and demand your deposit back?? lol

Yeah no I don't expect them to have Phobus... I just want them to let me know when aethon is coming...