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by Ultramag68 » Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:44 am
Has anyone noticed that the price of the Masterpiece Optimus prime has gone from $119.99 to $129.99. The toys r us in colorado springs will not carry it so I have to buy online and I havent seen an online coupon. They have had 10%, and 20% off sales with a in store coupon but what difference does it make if they wont carry the Item. Lets protest against Toys r us.
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by GuyIncognito » Mon Dec 10, 2012 12:54 pm
Yes, it's expensive and hard to find. That's what makes it a "Collector's Item". I think they just underestimated the demand there would be for this figure. No point in "protesting".
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by Flakmaster » Mon Dec 10, 2012 6:43 pm
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If you want to "Protest" then don't buy things from Toys 'R' Us.
Yelling at them won't do much good.
my thoughts on Hasbro's current marketing strategy is above.
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by RAcast » Mon Dec 10, 2012 7:09 pm
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That's the magic of supply and demand. Demand goes up, price goes up.
Or rather, demand outstrips initial supply, so prices go up.
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by PrymeStriker » Tue Dec 11, 2012 5:34 pm
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Ultramag68 wrote:Lets protest against Toys r us.
Let's not and say we did.
By "Kim Yura"Henry921 wrote:You can always be counted on to listen to reason, Pryme.
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by SentinelA » Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:27 pm
Glad I got mine for 99.99
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by Valandar » Tue Dec 11, 2012 10:31 pm
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Same thing happened with the reissues at TRU back in the middle of last decade. Even worse, the prices seemed to change on a toy by toy basis - Smokescreen, f'rex, didn't get as expensive as Stepper.
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by FortMacs » Wed Dec 12, 2012 12:39 am
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cant say im suprised that the price jumpoed up again. i didnt even see one till they went up to 120. and that is still the one and only time i seen one. i avoid TRU unless there is an exclusive i want.
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by DPrime » Wed Dec 12, 2012 4:18 am
I imported one for $179 and got 1 through tru for $99. I wish I hadn't jumped the gun on the import but it saved me a lot of gas and grief with tru and I got it way before they hit the states. $160 seems to be the going price on eBay so $129 is still a better price to pay than give money to punk scalpers.
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by headsortails » Thu Dec 13, 2012 5:43 pm
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DPrime wrote:I imported one for $179 and got 1 through tru for $99. I wish I hadn't jumped the gun on the import but it saved me a lot of gas and grief with tru and I got it way before they hit the states. $160 seems to be the going price on eBay so $129 is still a better price to pay than give money to punk scalpers.
Tru Dat!
My local TRU restocked twice on MP Prime and both times gone within 2 weeks or less.
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