Ridiculous Deal on Black Zarak for UK Fans

Oh Gods! I REALLY wish I cared about Black Zarak, but I don't. I was a putz and waited for Hasbro UK to do their second run of Scorponok (who I DO care about, as I had him as a nipper and his colors are SO much better), except they decided the UK didn't need a second run and now he costs a fortune.

So, I ask you, my fellow Seibertronians and Disgruntled Brits this:

Should I get it anyway?

~ Grim

Big Grim wrote:Oh Gods! I REALLY wish I cared about Black Zarak, but I don't. I was a putz and waited for Hasbro UK to do their second run of Scorponok (who I DO care about, as I had him as a nipper and his colors are SO much better), except they decided the UK didn't need a second run and now he costs a fortune.

So, I ask you, my fellow Seibertronians and Disgruntled Brits this:

Should I get it anyway?

~ Grim

I'm tempted purely because it's such a good deal (and I actively dislike this design)!

Big Grim wrote:Oh Gods! I REALLY wish I cared about Black Zarak, but I don't. I was a putz and waited for Hasbro UK to do their second run of Scorponok (who I DO care about, as I had him as a nipper and his colors are SO much better), except they decided the UK didn't need a second run and now he costs a fortune.

So, I ask you, my fellow Seibertronians and Disgruntled Brits this:

Should I get it anyway?

~ Grim

I'd recommend him, my fave transformer of last year in all fairness. His lack of bits that are noticably amiss with Scorponok (extra shoulder guns, rifle etc) don't seem to matter as much to me for him. Base mode might be a bit lacking compared to the G1 bot but it makes up for that with size and the head pit trap.

Not going to be of much use to anyone but if you have a house of fraser that is closing down. Ratbat and fumble £4 same with some decepticon micromasters

Maybe more of a use to people, smyths has a few reductions so it might be worth keeping an eye open.. Legacy Bulkhead £25
Blitzwing £40

IMHO it's proof that these things aren't selling or worth the rrp being charged but smyths discounts stuff at the weirdest of times like they did siege prime just as the wfc show was about to drop.

blackeyedprime wrote:Maybe more of a use to people, smyths has a few reductions so it might be worth keeping an eye open.. Legacy Bulkhead £25
Blitzwing £40

IMHO it's proof that these things aren't selling or worth the rrp being charged but smyths discounts stuff at the weirdest of times like they did siege prime just as the wfc show was about to drop.

Yeah, I can say that sales have definitely dropped a lot in this year for Transformers. I think you're right that people just don't see them as worth the price for RRP. I'd say hopefully Hasbro will notice and make some adjustments but currently, as a company, Hasbro seem so out of touch with what fans want

I have a feeling that instead of lowering their profit margin, hasbro will lower the budget for the figures so we're getting less for less

Big Grim wrote:Oh Gods! I REALLY wish I cared about Black Zarak, but I don't. I was a putz and waited for Hasbro UK to do their second run of Scorponok (who I DO care about, as I had him as a nipper and his colors are SO much better), except they decided the UK didn't need a second run and now he costs a fortune.

So, I ask you, my fellow Seibertronians and Disgruntled Brits this:

Should I get it anyway?

~ Grim

I've got two sealed scorponoks AND a sealed black zarak from preorders when they were first released.
Given the size of the boxes and the insured packaging I would need for them, I can't see I'd ever be able to let them go for less than £200.

When you bear that in mind, £70 and free delivery for a Zarak from the Entertainer is a bargain

eltawater wrote:I've got two sealed scorponoks AND a sealed black zarak from preorders when they were first released.
Given the size of the boxes and the insured packaging I would need for them, I can't see I'd ever be able to let them go for less than £200.

When you bear that in mind, £70 and free delivery for a Zarak from the Entertainer is a bargain

Oh, there's no doubt. I did cave and pick one up (and it has apparently been delivered!) but still. I'll continue to look out for Scorponok. He IS the character I care about after all. What did he do for originally?

~ Grim

Good stuff, hope you enjoy Zarak

Think I paid £135 for scorpy on preorder from Kapow back in the day. I know they replenished the stocks with import stock at £179.99 last time.

eltawater wrote:Good stuff, hope you enjoy Zarak

Think I paid £135 for scorpy on preorder from Kapow back in the day. I know they replenished the stocks with import stock at £179.99 last time.

Yeah, the import restock was at a point where I was skint and they flew outta stock super quick. I continue to kick myself for it!

~ Grim

Wfc runabout at kapow £43 delivered.

Other stuff too like netflix soundwave that entertainer had months back and a pricey but maybe worth it selects Seacons at £380ish one per customer.

Hi guys,

I looked on Hasbro pulse and it said items were out of stock however I went through and ordered the Alpha Trion set and it took my money despite item being unavailable, got an email today saying it has now been collected and with the courier on way to me.

Might be worth a punt trying even if it does say out of stock

Black Zarak arrived yesterday and I'm dead impressed with the detail work on the figure and the new head.

However, it's also a figure that has me looking at it and wondering about my collection a bit. It's kinda put me in an odd headspace, questioning what I want from my collection. I dunno. It's an odd feeling.

~ Grim

More smyths reductions

Ark £90
Speedia Blurr £20
Speedia burnout £20
(sadly no other Speedia discounts yet)

The ark is now within a price range that I may take a punt on one for, they have several stores with double digit figures that are quite sizeable so I imagine they want shot of them.

Metroplex also down to £189.99 as similarly I do not see stock levels of this moving.

If they do a Tidal Wave or Nemesis titan for 2023 then I think this might improve the sales slightly as the way the price point for titans is shooting up they really need to be a character with some appeal.

Hasbro mustn't have been able to fleece as many collectors as they thought with a few price drops?

https://uk.hasbropulse.com/collections/ ... orn-2-pack

£71

Picked up an Ark for £89.99 from Smyths, apart from the mainframe figure and golden disks etc cannot say I'm blown away by this figure. He has little to do in the series and as there is no previous character development of him I am not really that attached.

The transformation feels like a mini-con or legends figure just upscaled but unsure how else you can do a large spacecraft into a robot.

Still quite a few knocking about in Smyths on the shelves and if they do a Nemesis in legacy then I guess they go well in a display.

Game in Loughborough had Starscream coronation version down to £35 but no other real bargains seen anywhere else.

Amazon uk black friday stuff:

Motormaster £68
ss86 junkion £27
Metroplex £158
ss86 sludge £41
Knock out £17

not quite transformers...power rangers zord project megazord £113

Tk max reissue beast wars primal and megatron £20 each

Smyths exclusives at Zavi, £3 postage.

Road Hauler £16
Road Rocket £14
Clamp Down £14
eew Blurr £14
Burn out £14

Others
BW reissue retrax £14 (reissue Scorponok £15 at entertainer)
JP dino and Jeep £30

Hi all, it's been quite a while since we last had any news so here I come with some Legacy sightings. Smyths stores have received stock tonight for Skullgrin, Pointblank, Crankcase, Dead End, Inferno and Transmetal II Megatron. Unfortunately no sightings of Starscream yet but he is expected within the next few days (hopefully). Hasbro Pulse has started charging for orders so retailers should get them soon too.
For anyone worried that any of them would be in short supply, as always, Smyths has received full cases for each figure, no assortments here. I wasn't able to find Pointblank before the team doing night shift kicked us out at the end of our shift but he is also in a full case to himself.

To follow on from yesterday, Armada Starscream has now arrived in stores!
We also have a list of Earthspark stuff that will be showing up in stores and Rise of the Beasts figures along with prices

blackeyedprime wrote:Tk max reissue beast wars primal and megatron £20 each

Also spotted a SS86 Blurr for £9.99 and Kingdon Tigatron for £16.99

Also some legacy wave 1 at TK max, only seen dragstrip and the insecticon so far. Think they are around £13 each

My Victory Saber arrived today from Hasbro Pulse, I hope everyone else's arrives soon!

day 20 of hasbro pulse advent calendar is tranformers anda bigger selection of offerinbgs compared to most days but a lot of stuff can be found cheaper elsewhere still so honorable mentions are

Tonkatron £88 (as much as I like G1 toys I dont think the quality of the constructicons is worth this but each to their own)
SS Devy £125
Reissue tigatron £12

24 hours only

https://uk.hasbropulse.com/pages/hasbro ... t-calendar

Hi all,
Some new Smyth's listings that I came across in our system a few days ago, I've just been a little busy to post them. Most of them are Legacy Evolution, with it seeming that last year's Twincast listing has now been shifted into this year (although it should be noted that even last year it was listed as TRA GEN LEGACY EV TWINCAST) but maybe something has changed for it to get a new internal reference number. Anyway, the listings are as follows;

TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX WFC BARRICADE
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF7 AIRAZOR
TRA GEN LEGACY EV LDR METAL MEGS PR
TRA GEN LEGACY EV VOY TWINCAST
TRA GEN LEGACY EV VOY METALHAWK
TRA GEN LEGACY EV VOY LIO CONVOY
TRA GEN LEGACY EV VOY TARN
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX JUNKION2
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX CROSSCUT
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX PROWL
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX SHRAPNEL
TRA GEN LEGACY EV SCRAPHOOK
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX HOT SHOT
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX NEEDLENOSE
TRA GEN LEGACY EV DLX BREAKDOWN
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES LDR TF7 OSCAR
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES VOY WFC OPTIMUS
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES VOY TF7 APOLLO
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES VOY TF7 BUTCH
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX TF7 BUMBLEBEE
TRA GEN STUDIO SERIES DLX WFC BUMBLEBEE
TRA CLASSIC HEROES TEAM STARSCREAM
TRA CLASSIC HEROES TEAM MEGATRON GATOR
TRA CLASSIC HEROES TEAM MEGATRON
TRA CLASSIC HEROES TEAM GRIMLOCK
TRA CLASSIC HEROES TEAM OPTIMUS PRIMAL
TRA RBA ALLSTAR OPTIMUS
TRA RBA ALLSTAR BUMBLEBEE
TRA ROTB Masque Bumblebee

I suspect, given their names, the classic heroes might be a rescue bots type thing or maybe some kind of evergreen thing with really basic figures of beloved characters. Interesting that they're doing alligator Megatron for a BW design rather than the more iconic T-rex. Unsure what all-star is though if it's any different to classic heroes. Also, I'm guessing as we don't have any other listings for a Titan or a Commander, or even another Leader, I'd almost be willing to bet wave 2 of Evolution consists of Twincast, Metalhawk, Junkion2, Crosscut, Shrapnel and Prowl. It'd be strange to have wave 3 or 4 listed without wave 2.

Within hours of me posting the last update, it seems Smyths has had an internal update but only one new listing with them was found for TF;
TRA GEN LEGACY EV LDR SKYQUAKE

So....SALES!!!!!


Game clearance

CC Motormaster foor the price commander class should be £45 I'm still passing o.O
Buzzworthy creatures £45
Galaxy shuttle £25 (fair enough price for this voyager wannabe)
elita 1 £11
HISS Tank Megatron £45
Tonkatron £70

£5 delivery or to collect but £5 voucher back

https://www.game.co.uk/en/game-sale/cle ... geNumber=2

Legacy G2 lazer optimus £18 at smyths

blackeyedprime wrote:Legacy G2 lazer optimus £18 at smyths

Genuinely surprised some stores still had stock for this to even come down on price changes. My store has been out of stock for close to two months.

CyclonusG1 wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Legacy G2 lazer optimus £18 at smyths

Genuinely surprised some stores still had stock for this to even come down on price changes. My store has been out of stock for close to two months.

The one I visited had 4 instock, I was kind of tempted but sticking to original toy and the TR version

Just stopped by Smyths in Derby and they had the legacy evolution stuff on the shelves. Breakdown for anyone trying to finish Menasor, also Tarn, Needlenose, Leo-Prime and others.

skyshadowprimus wrote:Just stopped by Smyths in Derby and they had the legacy evolution stuff on the shelves. Breakdown for anyone trying to finish Menasor, also Tarn, Needlenose, Leo-Prime and others.

Man that's annoying. I keep a spreadsheet of the transformers we have on the system which scrapes data from the website to get updated ETAs and such, none of the evolution guys even have webpages yet. They don't even have images on the system. So I literally just paid for my Tarn, Hotshot and Needlenose from Indemand Toys when I probably could have gone into work on Sunday and picked them up with staff discount. Oh well

I travel a lot for work and saw this with some of the other figures a few years back that were out and available before any actual website info about them. Weirdly enough I've not been able to get a dead end, whereas all the other stunticons were shelfwarming and reduced to silly money.

I've been to around 6 other Smyths around the south today and nowhere else yet has the evolution stuff that Derby had.

skyshadowprimus wrote:I travel a lot for work and saw this with some of the other figures a few years back that were out and available before any actual website info about them. Weirdly enough I've not been able to get a dead end, whereas all the other stunticons were shelfwarming and reduced to silly money.

I've been to around 6 other Smyths around the south today and nowhere else yet has the evolution stuff that Derby had.

Yeah, those stores get stock from a different warehouse. Smyths has 2 main warehouses in the UK, one often gets stock sooner than the others. My store is supplied by the same warehouse as Derby. Still kinda weird they haven't put web listings live yet.
Speaking of, for anyone interested, Smyths now has a web listing for Studio Series The Fallen. No date for it yet but we might actually see it at retail despite what Hasbro were telling online stores last year

Back on the sightings, got a Legacy Soundwave from Game Enfield for £15.99. Quite good as I can now use him for the lamp post mode, was reluctant to pay full whack for a secondary figure.

They also had a blaster for same price as well as a Motormaster and HISS tank both for £44.99.

My local smyths had the evolution stuff in too. Deluxes £25.hopefully it doesn't become another line of collectable like motu where I order them/have them delivered within the States. No Tarn though.

apparently TK Maxx has Legacy Galvatron in at £20 didnt see any in the one near me but might be handy for others.

5 Legacy Galvatrons @ £19.99 each in TK Maxx Glasgow Argyle street. The Sauchiehall street TK Max had 1 but I bought it haha.

blackeyedprime wrote:So....SALES!!!!!
Game clearance

Galaxy shuttle £25 (fair enough price for this voyager wannabe)
Tonkatron £70

Shows how much I don't keep up with this thread - Smyths is the only place I tend to look locally.
Just been into Game in Denton (Mcr) for something else & was very surprised to see a couple of Tonkatrons @£70 on the shelf. Also still had Galaxy Shuttle @£25, A-Starscream @£25, Laser Prime, and a few other things.

B&M have the Kingdom core figures for £6.99. In my local store, there's a Soundwave, Rat trap and a Hot Rod.
They also have the Cyberverse ultra figures for £12.99. Saw a Ramjet, Bumblebee and a Skullcruncher.

Most should have Dracodon too, I think - at least, my local does and recently restocked with Rattrap and Hot Rod that they didn't have before.

I visited my local Smyths (Carlisle) for the first time in a long time today, their Transformers section has shrunk a lot, but there was still a decent amount of Legacy stuff. They had the first wave of Evolution toys, a lot of wave 3 (namely Skullgrin and Pointblank, which seem to be shelf-warming), some Metalhawks which I'm guessing were a solid case, and a few remaining Velocitron toys including Override, Scourge, Burnout, Clampdown and, to my surprise, a few Cosmoses. While I'm not keen on Velocitron Cosmos, I know it was in pretty high demand when it first came out, so I thought they would've all gone ages ago. For Studio Series, it was mostly just shelf-warming Arcees (a mixture of Bumblebee and 1986), along with one each of Crosshairs and Hot Rod.

Blitzwing is now £30 at smyths and velocity scourge is down to £40 (not as low as the blink and miss it price at game but hey ho)

hasbro pulse has added more items to warehouse sale. I picked up a diaclon twin twist. sadly retro hotrod was out of stock despite being a new addition.

Lost track of what's sighted or not. But smyths have studio series rise of the beasts in. Deluxe battletrap at a staggering £39 for a deluxe. Cheetor is slightly less at *£35 and then bee and air razor at £27...crazzzy.

They also had recent wave of legacy (cross cut, prowl etc) and some of the eartspark stuff in

blackeyedprime wrote:Lost track of what's sighted or not. But smyths have studio series rise of the beasts in. Deluxe battletrap at a staggering £39 for a deluxe. Cheetor is slightly less and then bee and air razor at £26ish...crazzzy.

They also had recent wave of legacy (cross cut, prowl etc) and some of the eartspark stuff in

Christ, at £39 those are gonna shelf-warm until they go on deep, deep discount.

RogueDeathangel wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Lost track of what's sighted or not. But smyths have studio series rise of the beasts in. Deluxe battletrap at a staggering £39 for a deluxe. Cheetor is slightly less and then bee and air razor at £26ish...crazzzy.

They also had recent wave of legacy (cross cut, prowl etc) and some of the eartspark stuff in

Christ, at £39 those are gonna shelf-warm until they go on deep, deep discount.

Supposedly Battletraps a voyager, Smyths (and people... including me) can't discern it from being a deluxe or voyager with it being in the same size boxes and not being bigger figure size wise XD

But for £39 I'd want it to light up, have pew pew sounds and come with another figure I guess Voyager cheetor is £35 because of its lack of paint and colour so Hasbro is passing the savings on to the buyer...yay?