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Old 10-03-2024, 09:46 PM   #1
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"new" Playmates Shredder's Revenge figures from LRG

Limited Run Games is at it again, re-(re)-releasing Shredder's Revenge and including some exclusive Playmates figures with the collector's edition. I can't remember if it was the base game or the special edition that came with a Toon-like Shredder, but they've done this before and I believe the figure was a bit fugly when it was released. Still... all four figures with repaints to match the game is kind of tempting. The Shredder bundle was $125 if I recall correctly and this one is $125 with all four brothers.

Any suckers, I mean takers? Honestly... I'm considering it.

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Old 10-03-2024, 10:33 PM   #2
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I have the original release and so far haven't bought any DLC or the deluxe edition in any form. Saw this this morning and ordered it. If the figures are $15 each and the 3 CD soundtrack is $30 and the rest including the game make up the other $35 it's not a bad package. So I said, what the hell!
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Old 10-04-2024, 08:12 AM   #3
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I have the original release and so far haven't bought any DLC or the deluxe edition in any form. Saw this this morning and ordered it. If the figures are $15 each and the 3 CD soundtrack is $30 and the rest including the game make up the other $35 it's not a bad package. So I said, what the hell!
I think I'm going to be right there with you. It would be the third time I've bought this game (I did buy the special edition with the Casey and Usagi DLC) but the game is kind of a masterpiece - there's so much fan service and it's all just extremely well done. I don't have much faith that the figures will come out looking very good but they're still exclusive figures. "New" Playmates figures is a soft spot for me... looking at the Target Toilet Taxi currently sitting on my desk as I type this.
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Old 10-04-2024, 04:48 PM   #4
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I think I'm going to be right there with you. It would be the third time I've bought this game (I did buy the special edition with the Casey and Usagi DLC) but the game is kind of a masterpiece - there's so much fan service and it's all just extremely well done. I don't have much faith that the figures will come out looking very good but they're still exclusive figures. "New" Playmates figures is a soft spot for me... looking at the Target Toilet Taxi currently sitting on my desk as I type this.
I feel you, 5th time for me. But i'm a sucker for these boys so i need every version of their games i can get, so it's already pre-ordered.
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Old 10-04-2024, 06:34 PM   #5
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While I'd have liked to add the Shredder from the prior Collector's Edition release to my collection, that package was just too pricey for what it was. All I was interested (besides the expanded game content) in there was the one figure, so it was an easy pass. This one, they got me.
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I never got the first collectors edition, so might just try for this one
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Old 10-05-2024, 10:25 AM   #7
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I still haven't taken my original LRG copy out of the shrink wrap.
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Old 10-05-2024, 12:49 PM   #8
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I still haven't taken my original LRG copy out of the shrink wrap.
Your pizza coupon is going to expire!

Mine actually came with three. That I haven't used. Because I'm a collector and I don't want to surrender those pieces of paper...
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Old 10-06-2024, 06:32 PM   #9
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Your pizza coupon is going to expire!

Mine actually came with three. That I haven't used. Because I'm a collector and I don't want to surrender those pieces of paper...
I forgot all about it!
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Old 10-11-2024, 12:17 AM   #10
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Your pizza coupon is going to expire!
I wasn't even able to get mine to work. Not sure if Pizza Hut's site is borked or if it was just something wrong on that day specifically, but no matter how many times I tweaked my order, it still wanted to charge me full price for the personal pizza. Maybe I'll try again in the future. I have until November, at least.

As for these figures... eh, while it's neat to have these figures re-painted in this way, I dunno if it's worth it for me (or at the very least I should say that I can't really afford to dump that much money on something like this at this time). I do wanna see about getting this physical "Ultimate" edition, even though I already bought the previous one without thinking there'd be anymore DLC. Mostly for the sake of preservation.
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I gut this one, couldn’t resist. Just going to leave it MIB. Might see down the road, picking up the figures separate
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Old 10-13-2024, 09:11 PM   #12
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Yyyyyep, just ordered it, along with 2x Castlevania on the Switch and Rain World. $270. Kinda hate myself honestly, as I genuinely don't feel that LRG deserves my money. But I want all these games (and those figures!) and don't want to risk secondary market prices. Yep, I'm part of the problem. To add salt to the wound, the first Shredder's Revenge from them came with a 5% off coupon. There's no expiration date listed. It wouldn't let me use it because it was "expired". Very classic anti-consumer LRG move there.

I'm waiting for these things to show up and the figures are mini-mutant sized.
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Man, you just know the eyes are going to painted super wonky on these when they come out.
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[QUOTE=mikey see;1998512

I'm waiting for these things to show up and the figures are mini-mutant sized.[/QUOTE]

you don't think they'd be like the Shredder figure from the first CE?
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you don't think they'd be like the Shredder figure from the first CE?
Oh, I think he was just joking around.
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you don't think they'd be like the Shredder figure from the first CE?
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Oh, I think he was just joking around.
Ehhh... I don't know if you guys have followed LRG at all but they are borderline criminal at times. "Predatory" is about the most appropriate word for their entire business model. I would 100% not put it past them to cheat in smaller or less-articulated figures here, all the while suggesting they'll be normal Playmates style.

I do expect them to be just simple repaints and nothing more, nothing less, but the Shredder CE was the same price as this one and didn't come with anything else to necessitate that high price. Honestly the price is what's making me the most leery here, as LRG is not known for giving a lot of bang for your buck. Most of their expensive collector and limited editions are filled with paper, cardboard, and acrylic. Think double-sided poster, acrylic standee, slipcover, soundtrack, and mini artbook for $150. That's a normal LRG "premium" product.
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Ehhh... I don't know if you guys have followed LRG at all but they are borderline criminal at times. "Predatory" is about the most appropriate word for their entire business model. I would 100% not put it past them to cheat in smaller or less-articulated figures here, all the while suggesting they'll be normal Playmates style.

I do expect them to be just simple repaints and nothing more, nothing less, but the Shredder CE was the same price as this one and didn't come with anything else to necessitate that high price. Honestly the price is what's making me the most leery here, as LRG is not known for giving a lot of bang for your buck. Most of their expensive collector and limited editions are filled with paper, cardboard, and acrylic. Think double-sided poster, acrylic standee, slipcover, soundtrack, and mini artbook for $150. That's a normal LRG "premium" product.
I didn’t mean anything against what you said I was simply asking your opinion on the figures themselves, and you gave it to me and then some and I thank you, and I respect your opinion
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I didn’t mean anything against what you said I was simply asking your opinion on the figures themselves, and you gave it to me and then some and I thank you, and I respect your opinion
This reads as though you found what I said attack-y, so I apologize if I somehow came across as aggressive. Definitely wasn't my intention! I was just trying to give you guys a little warning about LRG since I'm guessing a lot of toy collectors aren't necessarily video game collectors. I'm both and have followed LRG since their very early days and they have unfortunately become one of the worst offenders in that space as far as almost going out of their way to take advantage of people's FOMO.
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This reads as though you found what I said attack-y, so I apologize if I somehow came across as aggressive. Definitely wasn't my intention! I was just trying to give you guys a little warning about LRG since I'm guessing a lot of toy collectors aren't necessarily video game collectors. I'm both and have followed LRG since their very early days and they have unfortunately become one of the worst offenders in that space as far as almost going out of their way to take advantage of people's FOMO.
So why support a company that you feel this way about?
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So why support a company that you feel this way about?
I know obviously I'm not who the question is directed at, but I'll offer up my own two cents. From my own personal experience, as someone that's not overly fond of a lot of Limited Run's practices, a lot of it comes down to LRG having something of a monopoly as far as releasing physical editions of games intended to be digital releases. So there's unfortunately not much of a choice, more often than not, if you want a physical version of these games.
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