No Quickslinger and Brake-Neck for Australia
Wednesday, May 20th, 2015 5:23AM CDT
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So if you're in Australia and were looking to grab them as a reward for surviving the recent spider rains, you're going to have to look to the internet for them.
griffin wrote:Just a friendly warning for those hoping to see the Generations Quickslinger and Brake-Neck come to Australia... they will NOT be.
Hasbro Australia have been kind enough to let us collectors know before they are released in America, to not hold out for an Australian release, as they are not planned for a release here.
Stay tuned to Seibertron.com, and beware spiders with parachutes!
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Posted by RhA on May 20th, 2015 @ 5:43am CDT
Well, we, down here in het Netherlands, never had even the remotest hope of seeing these guys in retail. So I planned ahead and ordered 'em online.
Posted by MCutter on May 20th, 2015 @ 8:03am CDT
Posted by Rated X on May 20th, 2015 @ 8:09am CDT
Posted by Xephon0930 on May 20th, 2015 @ 8:10am CDT
I feel sorry for all the collectors of Australia for having to deal with this.
Posted by Seibertron on May 20th, 2015 @ 12:15pm CDT
Posted by DEANO85 on May 20th, 2015 @ 7:12pm CDT
Rated X wrote:I was under the impression that they were only being sold online and would never actually be on store shelves anywhere in the world. I dont get Hasbro at all. Anyways, I got mine from robotkingdom so yeah I paid a little more for them, but I got the free sticker sheet and most importantly I have them in hand now while others wait and scour the internet. My problem is I havent found a damn air raid yet. I was lucky enough to find one set of stunticons in walmart and snagged them. But that box came with 2 offroads. Havent seen that wave since.
Same here. Got them from robotkingdom and struggling to find an air raid.
Posted by starscream2222 on June 8th, 2015 @ 4:41am CDT
Unfortunately I don't carry several hundred dollars around with me, (MP Magnus and Star Saber were $300 each (unsure about Bumblebee and Sunstorm), $30 for deluxes, $90 for leaders), so I snagged all of the Wave 2 CW figures. But wow, I think today was the first time I've been genuinely impressed with Australia's TF offerings, despite the incredibly steep prices.
Pic attached for reference, excuse the poor cropping, the original was too big:
Posted by VonDoom on June 24th, 2015 @ 6:07pm CDT
Posted by VonDoom on July 15th, 2015 @ 3:56am CDT
Combiner Wars Legends-
Rodimus!
Skywarp!
Groove!
Warpath!
Thundercracker
Windcharger
Robots in Disguise Warrior-
Optimus Prime!
Drift!
Steeljaw
Strongarm
Posted by VonDoom on December 7th, 2015 @ 6:01pm CST
First K-Mart have restocked their RID Warrior line with a new wave and have in stock Megatronus, Sideswipe, Jazz, Gold Armour Grimlock.
Big W (Yeppoon) and Target have got restocks of combiner wars legends figures Blackjack, Powerglide, Bombshell, Groove, Warpath still no Viper though
The incredible find however was at the Reject Shop (a dollar store)-
Leader Class JETFIRE!! for only $20.00 (considering how much we pay for leader in oz this is a massive bargain)
Reject shop also has some beast hunters deluxe figures but I was unable to find a price.
Posted by Corsair on December 29th, 2015 @ 8:51pm CST
BC Prime, Sunstreaker, Mirage, Prowl and Ironhide in Kmart (Belmont)
Also spotted Sunstreaker, Ironhide and Legends Buzzsaw, Pipes and Chop Shop, sadly no Shockwave at Kmart (Innaloo)
They had more Bruticus Limbs at TRU (Innaloo)
Posted by Rainmaker on January 31st, 2016 @ 12:49am CST
Well then I got some news for ya all.
I saw a Takara Superion Box Set in Toys R Us, it was pretty costly though. A whopping $400, threatening to empty my wallet just like Devastator did and the Superion is $100 more.
Yes, Quickslinger did come in the box set. We don't know for Menasor yet but hopes are high that he will come too.
The only question is, is it worth it to pay $400 just to get Quickslinger? Of course you can easily pay online for one but...
(Also, saw CW Vortex and Masterpiece Sideswipe too)
Posted by Corsair on February 1st, 2016 @ 4:06am CST
I guess you gotta do what you gotta do...
I can't wait for Fortress Maximus to be released later on in the year. I only started collecting again recently and missed out on Metroplex's release, out of curiosity does anyone remember how much they were charging for him at retail?
Posted by Rainmaker on February 2nd, 2016 @ 12:00am CST
Posted by Corsair on February 2nd, 2016 @ 3:04am CST
Rainmaker wrote:I'm not expecting anything lower than $300 for Fortess Maximus.
I wouldn't think so, definitely not at Toys R Us where Devastator is still $300. I bought him for $220, shipped to my door and the very next day saw him in Big W for $200...figures...
I have found Metroplex online, brand-new for $500 which includes shipping. Still mulling that one over. Hopefully with NY Toy Fair we can see some decent pics of Fort Max and I'll decide whether I really need Metroplex as well.
Posted by Rainmaker on February 3rd, 2016 @ 4:26am CST
Tyberion wrote:Rainmaker wrote:I'm not expecting anything lower than $300 for Fortess Maximus.
I wouldn't think so, definitely not at Toys R Us where Devastator is still $300. I bought him for $220, shipped to my door and the very next day saw him in Big W for $200...figures...
I have found Metroplex online, brand-new for $500 which includes shipping. Still mulling that one over. Hopefully with NY Toy Fair we can see some decent pics of Fort Max and I'll decide whether I really need Metroplex as well.
What the hell, you guys are wizards or something. I look in K-mart, Target and Big W either next to nothing or just rescue bot crap and stuff there. I check Toys R Us and they actually got good stuff but it seems like it's overpriced.
Posted by Omega-Doom on July 23rd, 2016 @ 11:27pm CDT
Posted by VonDoom on August 3rd, 2016 @ 9:15pm CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on October 13th, 2016 @ 3:55am CDT
VonDoom wrote:Titans returns Sentinel Prime and Galvatron now at K-Mart Rockhampton, instant layby
My local TRU had Astrotrain and Alpha trion but now they only have the wave 1 voyagers .-.
I was gonna buy astrotrain too
Posted by Rainmaker on October 21st, 2016 @ 7:39pm CDT
Posted by Burn on October 22nd, 2016 @ 3:46pm CDT
Maximal Rainmaker wrote:My TRU is currently trying to clear out the Insections and MP Bluestreak, Bluestreak is marked down to $50 and the Insections to $60. I bought the only Bluestreak there so far that has been there for many months.
Some day they'll realise that having exclusives is all fine and dandy, but if you want to move stock you need to lower the prices.
Posted by Rainmaker on October 22nd, 2016 @ 4:04pm CDT
Burn wrote:Maximal Rainmaker wrote:My TRU is currently trying to clear out the Insections and MP Bluestreak, Bluestreak is marked down to $50 and the Insections to $60. I bought the only Bluestreak there so far that has been there for many months.
Some day they'll realise that having exclusives is all fine and dandy, but if you want to move stock you need to lower the prices.
What's funny is they've marked down the prices on both the platinum sets they've gotten. Which is the insections and the dinobots. I wonder...
Posted by Burn on October 23rd, 2016 @ 3:31pm CDT
Griffin of Ozformers has a handy guide for each State and Territory and how the varying gun laws may affect/prohibit your importation of MP Megatron.
Premium Collectables are also conducting a survey to garner thoughts on the costs involved in them stocking MP Megatron.
Posted by Va'al on November 24th, 2016 @ 7:48am CST
Posted by Burn on January 29th, 2017 @ 4:55pm CST
So for our Australian members, it's time to get hunting! Unless you live in the boonies like Burn in which case you should probably wait six months and then give up.
Posted by Rainmaker on March 29th, 2017 @ 3:29pm CDT
Posted by Rainmaker on April 8th, 2017 @ 4:58am CDT
Posted by Burn on April 18th, 2017 @ 5:16am CDT
The Australian Government is set to introduce new laws from July 1 (the new financial year in Australia) that would see a Goods & Services Tax (GST) imposed on all imports. (Currently imports under $1,000 do not attract any GST.)
What is confusing about the situation is that under Australian laws, a business with an annual turnover of $75,000 MUST register for GST. But, as Jooman Park, eBay’s vice president and managing director for Australia and New Zealand points out, "This is a fundamental misunderstanding of the marketplace: eBay is not a seller, eBay does not own the goods, does not handle payments and it does not distribute anything. eBay is a third-party online marketplace that simply connects buyers and sellers."
This in itself creates a challenge. How does the Australian Government plan to enforce this? While it's one thing to bring legal pressure to big companies like Amazon, how do they plan to force smaller online retailers like BigBadToyStore to register and collect taxes for them?
Jooman Park proposed a much simpler solution. "A simpler alternative for an island nation is to work with the logistics companies. All parcels arrive at a small number of Customs points, via a small number of international logistics companies, one of which is government-owned.
These companies can require buyers to declare whether a good is new and to nominate a value of the good as part of the pricing of parcel delivery to Australia. This system does not require parcels to be stopped, other than for routine auditing.
It captures all goods, regardless of whether they were purchased via a platform or from a dot.com. It is practical and enforceable, raises genuine revenue and is fair. Unlike other proposals, this does level the playing field."
The reason the Australian Government wants to change the law, aside from revenue raising, has been because of pressure from major retailers such as Harvey Norman. Gerry Harvey, Executive Chairman of Harvey Norman, has been a strong proponent of taxing online sales as he believes it will help level the playing field between online businesses and brick-and-mortar stores.
From a "services" perspective, the legislation will no doubt hope to generate more income from big companies such as Google, Facebook, Adobe, Microsoft etc.
It should be noted that eBay has for a number of years, had a working history with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), sharing data of the sales of sellers with sales of over $10K-$20k a year with the ATO for their data-matching program.
Geo-blocking of course, is nothing new to Australians with many streaming services geo-blocking Australian residents. This has led many Australian residents to embrace Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) as a way around those geo-blocks, something they may have to do if they wish to shop internationally on eBay. (Side note: The Australian Government has considered banning VPNs in an effort to curb internet piracy despite many businesses using VPNs legitimately.)
With July 1 not too far away, the legislation itself isn't even finalised. The Australian Government however are determined to implement this legislation which will leave many online sellers scrambling to some how implement required changes before July 1.
Is this a good move by the Australian Government? As an Australian, will this affect you at all? Let us know on the Seibertron.com forums!
Posted by ausbot on April 18th, 2017 @ 5:35am CDT
Posted by Qwan on April 18th, 2017 @ 5:57am CDT
- - wut
- Uh eBay man, you're about two weeks late for April Fools
- Alright guess I better build my collection REAL QUICK then.
Geez, I can't even imagine what kind of effect this is going to end up having! Honestly I'm probably just gonna ignore it for now because wow, being unable to access eBay at all because I'm in Australia? I can barely even comprehend that idea.
Posted by BumbleDouche on April 18th, 2017 @ 5:59am CDT
Just RECENTLY, I can think of restrictions on show availability on Netflix, damn-near impossibility of legally importing MP-Megatron, freaking PRINGLES (of all things!) being made at some crap-tastic factory in Malaysia or something instead of the USA, so they're now smaller, more expensive and taste awful... No wonder people resort to illegal importation of goods, the Government wants a piece of everything!
And those bricks-and-mortar stores like Harvey Norman (which I refer to as "Hardly Normal" for its outrageous prices) should think more about what they're doing wrong by charging so much rather than "leveling the playing field" by making it impossible for anyone to sell outside of their corrupt standards.
Posted by BumbleDouche on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:08am CDT
For Masterpiece Transformers and a lot of other products, there's simply *NO OTHER WAY* to purchase these goods in Australia.
If they then go on to introduce complicated paperwork & tax nonsense, smaller retailers like BBTS or Robot Kingdom will probably just draw a line through Australia and not bother with us at all, eliminating the *last* of our options!
Posted by Burn on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:31am CDT
Qwan wrote:Geez, I can't even imagine what kind of effect this is going to end up having! Honestly I'm probably just gonna ignore it for now because wow, being unable to access eBay at all because I'm in Australia? I can barely even comprehend that idea.
We'll still have access to ebay.com.au, we just won't be able to access international sellers.
Posted by Evil Eye on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:41am CDT
If it does go ahead: Boycott eBay. Use alternative sources (I recommend Mandarake). Do what you can to tell the company/the gubmint "No, this is not acceptable and I will take my business elsewhere if you do this".
Posted by Qwan on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:48am CDT
Burn wrote:Qwan wrote:Geez, I can't even imagine what kind of effect this is going to end up having! Honestly I'm probably just gonna ignore it for now because wow, being unable to access eBay at all because I'm in Australia? I can barely even comprehend that idea.
We'll still have access to ebay.com.au, we just won't be able to access international sellers.
Ah, well that's... better. Phew. Still though, the fact that most Transformers-related searches tend to turn up approximately 2-10 (often barely-related) items from Australian sellers before moving on to international - that's worrying to say the least if those results are going to be all we get.
Posted by Burn on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:56am CDT
Qwan wrote:Burn wrote:Qwan wrote:Geez, I can't even imagine what kind of effect this is going to end up having! Honestly I'm probably just gonna ignore it for now because wow, being unable to access eBay at all because I'm in Australia? I can barely even comprehend that idea.
We'll still have access to ebay.com.au, we just won't be able to access international sellers.
Ah, well that's... better. Phew. Still though, the fact that most Transformers-related searches tend to turn up approximately 2-10 (often barely-related) items from Australian sellers before moving on to international - that's worrying to say the least if those results are going to be all we get.
Look at the broader picture. Yeah it affects us collectors, but through work we source parts from AliExpress.
eBay should have phrased things a different way, they won't be implementing this block to protect themselves, they're doing it to protect sellers. What's stopping AliExpress and other online market places from adopting a similar stance?
Once again, another poorly conceived piece of legislation because the Government (and Opposition) simply do not understand technology and are desperate to reign it in and control it.
Posted by Qwan on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:08am CDT
Burn wrote:Qwan wrote:Burn wrote:Qwan wrote:Geez, I can't even imagine what kind of effect this is going to end up having! Honestly I'm probably just gonna ignore it for now because wow, being unable to access eBay at all because I'm in Australia? I can barely even comprehend that idea.
We'll still have access to ebay.com.au, we just won't be able to access international sellers.
Ah, well that's... better. Phew. Still though, the fact that most Transformers-related searches tend to turn up approximately 2-10 (often barely-related) items from Australian sellers before moving on to international - that's worrying to say the least if those results are going to be all we get.
Look at the broader picture. Yeah it affects us collectors, but through work we source parts from AliExpress.
eBay should have phrased things a different way, they won't be implementing this block to protect themselves, they're doing it to protect sellers. What's stopping AliExpress and other online market places from adopting a similar stance?
Once again, another poorly conceived piece of legislation because the Government (and Opposition) simply do not understand technology and are desperate to reign it in and control it.
Eesh, yeah, I didn't even think of that. I guess it's easier to get fired up about things on the small scale, but when you put it like that it makes this whole thing less personally frustrating and more... I guess I'm just gonna keep using the word "worrying" but I mean it more now.
Posted by fenrir72 on April 18th, 2017 @ 8:02am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2017 @ 9:30am CDT
Jooman Park proposed a much simpler solution. "A simpler alternative for an island nation is to work with the logistics companies. All parcels arrive at a small number of Customs points, via a small number of international logistics companies, one of which is government-owned.
These companies can require buyers to declare whether a good is new and to nominate a value of the good as part of the pricing of parcel delivery to Australia. This system does not require parcels to be stopped, other than for routine auditing.
It captures all goods, regardless of whether they were purchased via a platform or from a dot.com. It is practical and enforceable, raises genuine revenue and is fair. Unlike other proposals, this does level the playing field."
... is what Canada has been doing for as long as I remember. Every item gets a GST, unless its declared as a gift. I thought Australia was already like that, but it turns out you guys have been able to live tax free as long as its under $1000? Wow, thats cool, I didnt know.
Pretty sure the guy's idea came from already established mailing procedures like Canada since it sounds the same.
Posted by Kyleor on April 18th, 2017 @ 11:30am CDT
For instance, I've bought from sellers on ebay that are 'in the US' however they ship the item from China.
Posted by Seibertron on April 18th, 2017 @ 12:36pm CDT
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on April 18th, 2017 @ 1:22pm CDT
Not gonna say this IS bad since this is really the first time I've heard of this and need to investigate it more, but on the surface I can't help but feel bad for all ye Aussies with this after you all already had some streaming sites and services geo-block your country. Is there a country in the world that doesn't suck in some huge way?
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2017 @ 1:26pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote: Is there a country in the world that doesn't suck in some huge way?
The US... assuming you are a white male.
Posted by EunuchRon on April 18th, 2017 @ 1:34pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:SillySpringer wrote: Is there a country in the world that doesn't suck in some huge way?
The US... assuming you are a white male.
NOT cool, man, NOT cool. I know plenty of white people that got it rough, plenty of black people, plenty of Latinos, and some Asian people too. Everyone can have a bad time. No need to go hating on anyone like that. Even if you're joking that's not funny.
Posted by WreckerJack on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:18pm CDT
Posted by Burn on April 18th, 2017 @ 6:25pm CDT
WreckerJack wrote:Isn't collecting hard enough there? Geez.
No, not really. We actually had access (via TRU) to TakaraTomy Masterpieces. We get nearly all waves of all lines and suffer poor distribution like every other country.
We just end up paying more.
Posted by WreckerJack on April 18th, 2017 @ 7:04pm CDT
Burn wrote:
We just end up paying more.
That is what I am saying. When you pay more and shipping costs more it limits your options. Instead of being able to pick up all the figures you want you sometimes have to make choices about the ones you really want. (I have to do this even though I live in the US. Yay for adulting )
Posted by Terrsolpix on April 19th, 2017 @ 2:39am CDT
SillySpringer wrote:Is there a country in the world that doesn't suck in some huge way?
US, assuming kinder eggs and children with such low IQs that they choke on anything they see don't exist.
Posted by Rainmaker on April 19th, 2017 @ 5:49am CDT
WreckerJack wrote:I don't even live in Australia and this makes me angry. Isn't collecting hard enough there? Geez.
Actually Toys R Us and Myers have a lot of boxsets and MP's, while KMart and Target continue to be useless most the time. The prices just seem to be higher for some reason.
Posted by WreckerJack on April 19th, 2017 @ 6:06am CDT
Maximal Rainmaker wrote:WreckerJack wrote:I don't even live in Australia and this makes me angry. Isn't collecting hard enough there? Geez.
Actually Toys R Us and Myers have a lot of boxsets and MP's, while KMart and Target continue to be useless most the time. The prices just seem to be higher for some reason.
I have always been told it was shipping costs that drove prices up in AU due to most things needing to be flown or put on a boat.