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Originally Posted by digitaldiscostu
I'm in Australia as well and buying the IA line of TF as the pricing is a little more reasonable. Although i was told the XM TF line was going to be released over 3 years for 8 pieces in total given that its almost been a year and so far nothing is up for pre-order yet I'm going to guess it will be more like 5-6 years. Which even if they are $2k plus shipping is ok over that extended period but at those pricing they won't go up in value, also over that period of time i'm expecting this statue market to crash so the last few pieces they might not be able to ask those prices.
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Oh yea of little faith! Wait till TCC in a few weeks digital! Your mouth and desire to want the XM TF line will
I think it needs to be said here that it is important to remember that XM has focused on having much shorter turn around times on statues they put up for PO. So the reason why you have probably not seen more than just Optimus is that XM is now starting production and painting even before PO so that they have a head start. You can tell XM is increasing production and decreasing PO to release times. Black Panther only went up for PO about 6 months ago.
Supposedly, Optimus is to be released this year. If so, that would indeed fit the timeline of 4 - 6 months release from time of PO. Keep that in mind.
The problem most people (collectors especially) have is they tend to jump the gun on certain lines and characters too fast when they have yet to see what is coming out from the other companies. In the case of XM...this is a huge mistake for anyone to plop $1K+ down on a TF when XM clearly offers much more options and features for close to the same price.
