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I've sent an e-mail to Hasbro about MP-10:

I contacted Hasbro several months ago regarding the possible release of Masterpiece-10 Optimus Prime here in the UK, the response I received had said that MP-10 would be released in the UK later in the year, that was last year and he was never released.
Just before the year ended Amazon UK had MP-10 up for pre-order at the acceptable price of £35, a price that is great for those of us who refuse to pay scalper prices and are unable to pay over £200 or over £100. That item has sadly been removed from their site and the pre-orders all canceled, basically giving those of us who were hoping to finally be able to buy MP-10 a kick in the teeth after the past several years of being able to find very little in the way of Transformers in the UK due to how much the Bumblebee toys and multiple repaints are churned out and clog the shelves for months on end.

Is Masterpiece-10 Optimus Prime ever going to be released, in full, in the UK at a reasonable price? I'm willing to pay £100 for him, £120 at a push, but I can't afford to pay more than that for him and the same is said for many others. We practically have a plague of Bumblebee's here, but very little of much else and with the cancellation of Masterpiece Thundercracker, another one that was being looked forward to, then the UK Transformers fans are becoming increasingly fed up of being mistreated and clearly hated by Hasbro.

Please, can we know if Masterpiece-10 Optimus Prime is going to finally be released here in the UK and when and the price? Please? We have had to put up with a lot of mistreatment from Hasbro for almost a decade now and many have lost faith in Hasbro, resulting in scalpers profiting by asking disgustingly high prices.

Finally being able to find Masterpiece-10 Optimus Prime here in the UK would go a long way to restoring faith in Hasbro, especially from those of us who have been a fan of the Transformers franchise since the 1980s.

So please, will MP-10 Optimus Prime be released here in the UK or not? Please.

~Reina~

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I hope they'll give a reasonable answer with a confirmed and accurate release date, price and more for MP-10 here in the UK, years of having to put up with a plague of Bumblebee and very little else got tiresome years ago.
I would much prefer to be able to find something that's more worthwhile, MP-10 in particular. I refuse to pay scalper prices for him and I refuse to pay over £120 for him. Already at the point of just not bothering with the franchise anymore after the past year+ of nothing but Bumblebee clogging the shelves.

It seemed too good to be true and apparently it was. Over the weekend we reported that a listing for Masterpiece Optimus Prime had popped up on Amazon.co.uk for the incredibly low price of £34.99 (about $57.00 USD). We're now receiving reports from Seibertron.com members that their orders are being cancelled due to a pricing error. It appears that the listing was indeed for Masterpiece Optimus Prime, but the price was wrong. Seibertron.com member megatronus has supplied us with the email below from Amazon.co.uk customer service. As you can see they do plan on stocking the figure, but at a higher price.

Hello

We’re writing to let you know that the price for the following item(s) was displayed incorrectly when you placed your order:

'Transformers Masterpiece Optimus Prime' (ASIN: B00AJJ6H0E)

Despite our best efforts, with the millions of items available on our website, pricing errors can occasionally occur.

In our Conditions of Use and Sale (see http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/custome ... Id=1040616), we state that where an item's correct price is higher than our stated price, we will, at our discretion, cancel the order and notify you of that cancellation.

Your order has now been cancelled. If you still want to purchase this item, please place a new order which will be charged at the correct price, when we dispatch it to you.

We’re sorry for any inconvenience caused and hope to see you again soon.

Warmest regards

Customer Service Department
Amazon.co.uk

Hahahahahahaahah take THAT all you greedy scalping assholes who bought 10 at a time!

Seriously tho, this has got to be the juiciest justice I've seen in a long time cause you know scalpers and the like were just scooping these things up. To all those who legitimately thought you'd get it at a cheaper price, that sucks that you were misled. But come on...coooooome on! You didn't believe that price point for even a second did you?

Sorry to burst your bubble of misinformation, but many of us aren't scalpers. We were hoping that Hasbro was going to finally prove that they weren't completely obsessed with churning out Bumblebee after Bumblebee for once.
I ordered one MP-10 for my collection, I didn't order any more. I'm hoping he'll appear for a reasonable price soon, but I doubt it.

Gorechyld wrote:Hahahahahahaahah take THAT all you greedy scalping assholes who bought 10 at a time!

Seriously tho, this has got to be the juiciest justice I've seen in a long time cause you know scalpers and the like were just scooping these things up. To all those who legitimately thought you'd get it at a cheaper price, that sucks that you were misled. But come on...coooooome on! You didn't believe that price point for even a second did you?

Considering I just bought DotM Jetwing OP 50% off from Amazon - yes, I did believe it.

Gorechyld wrote:Hahahahahahaahah take THAT all you greedy scalping assholes who bought 10 at a time!

Seriously tho, this has got to be the juiciest justice I've seen in a long time cause you know scalpers and the like were just scooping these things up. To all those who legitimately thought you'd get it at a cheaper price, that sucks that you were misled. But come on...coooooome on! You didn't believe that price point for even a second did you?

While there were undoubtedly scalpers who placed orders, I wager there were just as many, if not more, collectors, general fans who occasionally purchase a figure and parents who ordered too. This is a blow to those who genuinely wanted it and thought they could get the figure at a discount. Not everyone can afford the $112+ TRU is charging for the figure and many can't even find him in store to buy.

All this will do is make the figure more profitable for scalpers. Those who were deceived by the price and desperately wanted the figure will now turn back to ebay in hopes of scoring him. Things like this always run up the scalping prices :/

It's a real shame, looked like a brilliant figure and really wanted it for the price but just can't justify a 3 figure price point

I want to know who wrote in the review section on amazon for the listing, telling amazon it's really a £200 figure !!!!! Seriously you guys should check it out