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Hellscream9999 wrote:I can only hope that TT use the gross profit from him and skywarp to give us more BW MP's.

They already seem to be and their profit margins on these seekers should be the same as the MP cars. TT isnt making any money on the markups we are experiencing.

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I can only hope that TT use the gross profit from him and skywarp to give us more BW MP's.

They already seem to be and their profit margins on these seekers should be the same as the MP cars. TT isnt making any money on the markups we are experiencing.

Well they probably are from the standpoint of not including accessories, and stuff; but I keep forgetting they price things very well over there.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I can only hope that TT use the gross profit from him and skywarp to give us more BW MP's.

They already seem to be and their profit margins on these seekers should be the same as the MP cars. TT isnt making any money on the markups we are experiencing.

Well they probably are from the standpoint of not including accessories, and stuff; but I keep forgetting they price things very well over there.

You are completely right !

Both the coronation starscream and this latest release had the same MSRP of around 14000:

MP11: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-1950&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dmasterpiece+starscream%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

MP 11T: http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810853336/

So yes, they are totally making an extra by not giving the extra accessories (and of course, not needing to design a new mold haha)

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:I can only hope that TT use the gross profit from him and skywarp to give us more BW MP's.

They already seem to be and their profit margins on these seekers should be the same as the MP cars. TT isnt making any money on the markups we are experiencing.

Well they probably are from the standpoint of not including accessories, and stuff; but I keep forgetting they price things very well over there.

You are completely right !

Both the coronation starscream and this latest release had the same MSRP of around 14000:

MP11: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-1950&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dmasterpiece+starscream%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

MP 11T: http://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810853336/

So yes, they are totally making an extra by not giving the extra accessories (and of course, not needing to design a new mold haha)

Yup, just 'cuz they're not inflating the price, doesn't mean they aren't making a profit off of it. Though the seekers were always fairly light for accessories, unlike the hasbro MP Soundwave (now that was a deal)

Amiami

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

MP-10

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

16140Y not including shipping.

What's currently the cheapest place to get UW Menasor from?

Sabrblade wrote:What's currently the cheapest place to get UW Menasor from?

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1

I ordered the four Optimus Maximus limbs from ToyWiz because it's the only place I could find with the four of them in-stock for a semi-reasonable price.

In retrospect, I should have asked first what the site's reputation is,

Nemesis Primal wrote:I ordered the four Optimus Maximus limbs from ToyWiz because it's the only place I could find with the four of them in-stock for a semi-reasonable price.

In retrospect, I should have asked first what the site's reputation is,

Was it a better price than this:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS24445&mode=retail

I guess you didnt wan to preorder the next batch and get them right now isntead?

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:I ordered the four Optimus Maximus limbs from ToyWiz because it's the only place I could find with the four of them in-stock for a semi-reasonable price.

In retrospect, I should have asked first what the site's reputation is,

Was it a better price than this:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS24445&mode=retail

I guess you didnt wan to preorder the next batch and get them right now isntead?

I had a preorder at BBTS, but after it got pushed back twice I got tired of waiting. Price was about five bucks higher, and shipping was a little more expensive, but I'll consider it worth it to be done waiting.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:I ordered the four Optimus Maximus limbs from ToyWiz because it's the only place I could find with the four of them in-stock for a semi-reasonable price.

In retrospect, I should have asked first what the site's reputation is,

Was it a better price than this:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=HAS24445&mode=retail

I guess you didnt wan to preorder the next batch and get them right now isntead?

I had a preorder at BBTS, but after it got pushed back twice I got tired of waiting. Price was about five bucks higher, and shipping was a little more expensive, but I'll consider it worth it to be done waiting.

I got mine off eBay from a guy in California. The price breakdown per figure was roughly TRU retail which is where I think they were first spotted.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got mine off eBay from a guy in California. The price breakdown per figure was roughly TRU retail which is where I think they were first spotted.

Pretty sure they were first spotted at Target, who has been getting shipments earlier than the other retailers this year starting with Wave 3.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I got mine off eBay from a guy in California. The price breakdown per figure was roughly TRU retail which is where I think they were first spotted.

Pretty sure they were first spotted at Target, who has been getting shipments earlier than the other retailers this year starting with Wave 3.

Target, TRU, at 8:30AM EST they're all the same to me. It does make more sense though that there was a slight mark up then. I've never known anyone on eBay to be THAT nice.

Remember those Robots in Disguise Titan Changers? They had been found in Australia a little while back and we had gotten some in hand photos. These were in the same line as the non Transforming Titan figures, but unlike those they Transformed (think of it as today's Action Master Elites)

While we were eventually going to get them in North America, there was no news since...until today. The two Titan Changer figures Bumblebee and Optimus are now available at Amazon.com along with other new listings of items not found in the US before:

Titan Changers Bumblebee for 16.99$

Titan Changers Optimus for 16.99$

Robots in Disguise Legion Alpine Sideswipe as an add-on item for 5.99$

3-Step Night Ops Bumblebee for 19.99$

Combiner Wars Leader Starscream from a third party for 54.99$(basically the MSRP plus cost of Priority Mail shipping)

All of these are eligible for free shipping depending on certain conditions.

What a bunch of dumb, unpainted lumps. Well at least these (kinda) transform, so I guess it's a step in the right direction. Could've probably saved a bunch of money by just releasing the cyber series.

They're more or less the same price as the warrior class figures...

Out of curiosity, is the Hasbro MP Prime reissue for $160 at BBTS considered a decent deal? Does anyone know the original MSRP?

nycPrime wrote:Out of curiosity, is the Hasbro MP Prime reissue for $160 at BBTS considered a decent deal? Does anyone know the original MSRP?

Yeah thats a great deal. It being the hasbro asia release (and the latest Hasbro release), its the lowest price you will find. The one at toysrus locally was 125 back in the day, I believe. In the end 160$ is a good deal for MP 10.

But as indicated above, you can get the takara one with painted inner trailer (Hasbro's is just unpainted grey plastic) for 134$ US so thats a better deal:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-1535&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Doptimus%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

The shipping would be anywhere between 30 and 40$ so he would come out to about the same price depending on the shipping you pay at BBTS.

william-james88 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:Out of curiosity, is the Hasbro MP Prime reissue for $160 at BBTS considered a decent deal? Does anyone know the original MSRP?

Yeah thats a great deal. It being the hasbro asia release (and the latest Hasbro release), its the lowest price you will find. The one at toysrus locally was 125 back in the day, I believe. In the end 160$ is a good deal for MP 10.

But as indicated above, you can get the takara one with painted inner trailer (Hasbro's is just unpainted grey plastic) for 134$ US so thats a better deal:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-1535&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Doptimus%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

The shipping would be anywhere between 30 and 40$ so he would come out to about the same price depending on the shipping you pay at BBTS.

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

nycPrime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:Out of curiosity, is the Hasbro MP Prime reissue for $160 at BBTS considered a decent deal? Does anyone know the original MSRP?

Yeah thats a great deal. It being the hasbro asia release (and the latest Hasbro release), its the lowest price you will find. The one at toysrus locally was 125 back in the day, I believe. In the end 160$ is a good deal for MP 10.

But as indicated above, you can get the takara one with painted inner trailer (Hasbro's is just unpainted grey plastic) for 134$ US so thats a better deal:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=TOY-RBT-1535&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Doptimus%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

The shipping would be anywhere between 30 and 40$ so he would come out to about the same price depending on the shipping you pay at BBTS.

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

Yeah bbts seems to have really fair shipping prices.

Just got an email from bbts my Runabout is being processed; nearly flipped, as I had just logged into my account and didn't see his pre-order come up, yet the page still listed him as on pre-order still... So I logged into my email, and there was that fateful email

Hellscream9999 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:[

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

Yeah bbts seems to have really fair shipping prices.

Great! So that makes him your cheapest option then. And BBTS shipping prices are good.. for domestic shipping. Internationally, it is the same from them as from Japan.

And Hellscream, congrats on your incoming Takara exclusive

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:[

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

Yeah bbts seems to have really fair shipping prices.

Great! So that makes him your cheapest option then. And BBTS shipping prices are good.. for domestic shipping. Internationally, it is the same from them as from Japan.

And Hellscream, congrats on your incoming Takara exclusive

It's my first TT figure, hoping it works out for me.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:[

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

Yeah bbts seems to have really fair shipping prices.

Great! So that makes him your cheapest option then. And BBTS shipping prices are good.. for domestic shipping. Internationally, it is the same from them as from Japan.

And Hellscream, congrats on your incoming Takara exclusive

It's my first TT figure, hoping it works out for me.

The even more congrats! I am sure it will all turn out ok. Keep an eye out on amazon in the future, so far that has been the place with the best deal on Takara figures after they are out, like with this guy here: http://www.amazon.com/Takara-Tomy-Transformers-TAV09-Swoop/dp/B00SKKRRKI/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1441247076&sr=8-18&keywords=takara+tav[url]
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Or even better, this guy which is just begging to be bought by anyone who cares: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00DQ1AJRY/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1441247295&sr=1-1&keywords=transformers+go+budora&condition=new



Actually we joke, but famed tf reviewer Ben Yee put him on his top 10 list of 2013 http://bwtf.com/articles/top10-2013

Also, you technically already had Takara figures, but you sent them back due to rust and battery leaks

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

nycPrime wrote:[

Thanks! BBTS shipping is $6.50, so it's about $167 all in. AmiAmi indicated MP-10 will ship at about 3kg. According to their website, that's about $45, so about $180 all in.

Yeah bbts seems to have really fair shipping prices.

Great! So that makes him your cheapest option then. And BBTS shipping prices are good.. for domestic shipping. Internationally, it is the same from them as from Japan.

And Hellscream, congrats on your incoming Takara exclusive

It's my first TT figure, hoping it works out for me.

The even more congrats! I am sure it will all turn out ok. Keep an eye out on amazon in the future, so far that has been the place with the best deal on Takara figures after they are out, like with this guy here: http://www.amazon.com/Takara-Tomy-Transformers-TAV09-Swoop/dp/B00SKKRRKI/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&qid=1441247076&sr=8-18&keywords=takara+tav[url]
[/url]

Or even better, this guy which is just begging to be bought by anyone who cares: http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00DQ1AJRY/ref=sr_1_1_olp?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1441247295&sr=1-1&keywords=transformers+go+budora&condition=new



Actually we joke, but famed tf reviewer Ben Yee put him on his top 10 list of 2013 http://bwtf.com/articles/top10-2013

Also, you technically already had Takara figures, but you sent them back due to rust and battery leaks

What? Those TT dragon Beast hunter figures? Those things F$%KING rocked! I just can't afford everything that looked cool when it came out.