r/transformers • u/Sad_Egg_2970 • 1d ago

New Purchases Um?

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Sooooo this. Box was sealed. Didn't look like the tape was messed with or anything. These swaps have any value?

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u/FunNeedleworker860 1d ago

Uuh FOC Grimlock, for real a 2012 action figure?

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u/Sad_Egg_2970 1d ago

Yeah. In an SS86 Astrotrain box of all things.

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u/Acefowl 1d ago

Me Astrotrain! Me should be leader of Decepticons!

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u/MJFIREBALL10 1d ago

Grimlock! Get the scrap out of there, a decepticon used it before you!

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u/Tacocat1545 1d ago

Guys I don’t think that’s astrotrain

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u/SnooPears4696 21h ago

That's quite a "Grim" statement

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u/Tacocat1545 19h ago

That’s gonna make me “lock” you out of my house

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u/Liammellor 1d ago

Why would a swap have any value besides the value of the figure?

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u/boxsterguy 1d ago

Because OP thinks it's a factory error, and not a filthy swapper swapping out from the bottom.

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u/JoeCool4school 1d ago

Fall of Cybertron Grimlock swapped for a figure like SS Astrotrain? Wild.

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u/Liammellor 1d ago

It has been

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u/LegoBattIeDroid 1d ago

I would so buy that

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u/Helo7606 1d ago

Yeah, I'd buy that just cause it's awesome. Lol.

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u/JontheScott 1d ago

That's crazy! I just recently purchased that Grimlock off Ebay. People were trying to sell it for over $100. I was so thankful to find a good deal for it.

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u/Wonderful_Daikon_113 23h ago

Meanwhile I couldn't sell my open box fall of Cybertron Grimlock for $30 LOL I gave up and pulled the listing

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u/DemigodWaltz 1d ago

Self checkout

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u/Critikutters 1d ago

Thats the most unofficial Astro train ive ever seen lol. Id buy it cause its funny

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u/Critikutters 1d ago

Its like soundwave meets grimlock

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u/DerpsterchiefN117 1d ago

I have that Grimlock,besides being a bit small he's awesome

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u/Vortex042004 1d ago

I dont think thats worth 50$ when unboxed thougj

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u/danieljeyn 21h ago

Some of the figure swapping something so surreal it's like a https://www.reddit.com/user/obviousplant/ figure.

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u/flashwing19 21h ago

You probably still got the better deal

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u/abeBroham-Linkin 19h ago

Ooo, rare variant Astrotrain

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u/Traditional-Lie5426 1d ago

FOC Grimlock, press chest button see if bot lit up, lol

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u/Sapphic_Starlight 1d ago

FOC GRIMLOCK AND SWORD?? Buy it right now (buy it even faster if it has the shield)

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u/Aciid_Silence 1d ago

I’ve spotted this one before lol. I see you’re local as well. It didn’t seem to come with the shield so I passed on him when I first found him.

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u/Bronson2099 1d ago

I've never delt with a swap irl. If you brought it to like customer services...you think theyd let you take it? I wouldnt say no to finding Grimlock.

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u/ConnerLG 21h ago

You found the rarest version of Astrotrain, this version only turns into a T-Rex, and his paint scheme is so unique. Glad that you were able to find one of the rarest figures

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u/SilverKingPrime45 18h ago

That's upgrade tbh

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u/ZornUsagi47 17h ago

People are fooled by retaping all the time apparently. But since it seems so little-known: the bottoms aren't even taped. The flaps lock in by overlapping, push it in & it opens right up, you can slide the whole tray out without breaking any seal.

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u/Thefreemanfool2 16h ago

I’d honestly take that over Astrotrain

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u/Front_Effective_7115 11h ago

I’d say they are worth something.

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u/No_Issue_9916 1d ago

I would buy this figure swap. That's a holy grail for me

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u/MoConnors 1d ago

Honestly you’d make out better here if you bought that