The Energon Pub

[Pretender Skywarp]

Mega Haul today!!

Received my Wave 3 case from site-sponsor, Kapow Toys. The whole came in at £110, posted. Thats £13.75 a deluxe! Given that the UK RRP is £12.99 AND I've secured Wave 2 & 3, the extra 76p is a no-brainer!









I think cases me be the way of the future....

[Jelze Bunnycat]

What are you gonna do with the doubles?

[Pretender Skywarp]

What are you gonna do with the doubles?

Will PM you

[-Kanrabat-]

I've really liked the commander class figures too. I don't like the bump in price though. I almost paid $15 for a deluxe yesterday, that's a bit ridiculous imo.

Lemme guess. American?

WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN PRICES! It was only a matter of time.

Just be glad that we are not paying European prices...
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[PumpkinSwirl]

I've really liked the commander class figures too. I don't like the bump in price though. I almost paid $15 for a deluxe yesterday, that's a bit ridiculous imo.

Lemme guess. American?

WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN PRICES! It was only a matter of time.

Just be glad that we are not paying European prices...
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Yup I am. When I was a kid the equivilant of a deluxe was $4.99 so it's a bit disheartening that a deluxe these days are nearly $15 after taxes. I didn't really mind paying $10 for a deluxe because I believe that the quality is good enough to pay that price on most figures, but with the new Prime ones, they're really starting to get overpriced.

Give me one good reason why the commander class figures have been bumped up to $10. The only reason I can think of is because of that stupid dvd they included with them. It's even worse that when a month ago when Walmart first put out their Prime figures, they were at the DOTM price point, but for some reason when they put out wave 2 they've been bumped up $3.

[-Kanrabat-]

I've really liked the commander class figures too. I don't like the bump in price though. I almost paid $15 for a deluxe yesterday, that's a bit ridiculous imo.

Lemme guess. American?

WELCOME TO THE CANADIAN PRICES! It was only a matter of time.

Just be glad that we are not paying European prices...
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Yup I am. When I was a kid the equivilant of a deluxe was $4.99 so it's a bit disheartening that a deluxe these days are nearly $15 after taxes. I didn't really mind paying $10 for a deluxe because I believe that the quality is good enough to pay that price on most figures, but with the new Prime ones, they're really starting to get overpriced.

Give me one good reason why the commander class figures have been bumped up to $10. The only reason I can think of is because of that stupid dvd they included with them. It's even worse that when a month ago when Walmart first put out their Prime figures, they were at the DOTM price point, but for some reason when they put out wave 2 they've been bumped up $3.

Wait wait wait...
15$ AFTER taxes? And you DARE to complain? Here, in Canada, the regular price BEFORE taxes is 15$. It's even 16 or 17$, still before taxes. Add a15% of taxes... I'm not talking about Zellers with their shelfwarming Generation figures at 20$+tax and the new RiD Prime figures at 25$+taxes.
In Europe, the standard deluxe is 30$ plus taxes.

As for the commanders, they are 10$ plus taxes in Canada. NO DVD AT ALL IS INCLUDED.

I think Hasbro and the retailers are tired to not make a dime of profit in the USA. So they slowly but surely reagust the super hyper cheap Amarican prices (almost at cost goddamit!) and they reajust them to the level of the rest of the world.

I just hope that by increasing the ever dirt cheap American prices, they would reduce the european prices a little to reach some kind of equilibrium.

[Burn]

Came across Cyberverse Commanders Prime, Megatron, Starscream and Bulkhead.

Someone beat me to Bulkhead and given that they were $13.50AUD (ON SPECIAL!) I grabbed Prime and Megatron.

Prime's alright, still think the alt mode needs flames.

Megatron however ... WTF is that alt mode suppose to be? Flap my man boobs out in front and spread my legs and call me a space ship?

He needs to be a tank. Seriously Hasbro. He's one of the most iconic evil figures in history and you make him out to be ... something that just looks stupid.

[Erailea]

Wait wait wait...
15$ AFTER taxes? And you DARE to complain? Here, in Canada, the regular price BEFORE taxes is 15$. It's even 16 or 17$, still before taxes. Add a15% of taxes... I'm not talking about Zellers with their shelfwarming Generation figures at 20$+tax and the new RiD Prime figures at 25$+taxes.
In Europe, the standard deluxe is 30$ plus taxes.

As for the commanders, they are 10$ plus taxes in Canada. NO DVD AT ALL IS INCLUDED.

I think Hasbro and the retailers are tired to not make a dime of profit in the USA. So they slowly but surely reagust the super hyper cheap Amarican prices (almost at cost goddamit!) and they reajust them to the level of the rest of the world.

I just hope that by increasing the ever dirt cheap American prices, they would reduce the european prices a little to reach some kind of equilibrium.

I'd sooner blame importing fees and general taxes for your higher costs than I would Hasbro wanting to sell them "super cheap" to the US. You guys have some higher end taxes than we don't. For example: the so-called Sin Taxes that jack prices up on things like alcohol and cigarettes (someone I met from Ontario was rather shocked when she discovered the alcohol she purchased at home was 2-3 times more expensive than a Florida store). Hell, your gas is more expensive than ours too, but I can't remember if that falls under the Sin Taxes or not. I imagine toys get whacked by the same general concept of higher taxes.

[Pretender Skywarp]

At the risk of incurring the wrath of JelZe, AM Firebolt and Pinpointer arrived this morning, thus completing my set of campaign Microns;



I can't believe how much I've thrown myself into Prime.....

[Jelze Bunnycat]

At the risk of incurring the wrath of JelZe, AM Firebolt and Pinpointer arrived this morning, thus completing my set of campaign Microns;

[Pretender Skywarp]

I genuinely tried to get an extra Firebolt that I would have sent over in the usual fashion, the seller only had the one set left. Sorry mate

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I genuinely tried to get an extra Firebolt that I would have sent over in the usual fashion, the seller only had the one set left. Sorry mate

It's ok, it's the thought that counts.

[Cyberseven]

So far I have the following Prime figures.

FE Arcee
FE Starscream
FE Bumblebee
NYCC FE Arcee and Bumblebee 2 pack w/Raf and Jack
RID Voyager Optimus Prime
RID Voyager Megatron
RID Deluxe Cliff Jumper
RID Deluxe Soundwave
RID Cyberverse Bulkhead
RID Cyberverse Megatron

I am waiting for and want:

RID Voyager Bulkhead
RID Deluxe Vehicon (3) of them for my collection
RID Deluxe Breakdown, and Knock out...

Can't wait to see whaat else is next too.

[bumble_bee_68]

Only figure I picked up so far.
RID Arcee...here's my custom paint on her. Looks way better if you ask me.



Everyone says how hard she is to find, and I've seen like 5 in the past week.

Watermark is mine from deviantart.

[Pretender Skywarp]

She's only one per case, in Waves 2 & 3, so I dread to think how many Bees you must have seen!!

Nice work on the highlights too...

[Doubledealer93]

has anyone seen wave 3 around? i have all i need until then. just waiting for Knockout, Hotshot and vehicons.

[Pretender Skywarp]

I don't think there's been a retail sighting yet, I got mine from a specialist e-tailer...

All US carded tho', so it's just a matter of time....

[Volrathicus Baenimus]

Finally managed to grab Ratchet off TRU.com and it arrived this weekend. Yay! A First Edition Bumblebee from HTS arrived over the weekend too.

[Mr_Wayne]

Got sick of hunting for Soundwave and ratchet. I can't count how many time i saw that puzzled look on a workers face as they came out of a back room only tell me they didn't understand how those figures had been pulled from all the boxes in the back. I order mine today from amazon $30 shipped. That's cheaper than i could have picked them up from toys r us

[Pretender Skywarp]

Once you've factored in time and fuel, the online premium, doesn't seem that bad, especially for shortpacked stuff. Still, nothing beats the thrill of finding new toys on a store shelf....

[Va'al]

Still, nothing beats the thrill of finding new toys on a store shelf....

True. Even better if unexpected!

[Rodimus Prime]

Just picked up RiD Arcee. I must say, it's better than the FE version. Maybe it's the giant gun, or just better posing, but this one is better.

[PumpkinSwirl]

Will Arcee be easier to get as time goes on? I'm wanting one pretty badly.

[Pretender Skywarp]

She's one per case in Waves 2 and 3, she's not in wave 4, I don't know if she'll show up later...

[SlyTF1]

I finally got Voyager Megatron today! His right arm is way too lose for that BAFG he has though and it kind of upsets me. Oh well, I guess I'll just have him hold it on his left arm or whatever.