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RhA wrote:Seriously, don't whine.

Over here the latest stuff is wave 2 DOTM. Nothing else beyond that. Would you like to know what I pay for a deluxe? 19,95 euro. 36,99 for a voyager. 69,99 for a leader.

'kay?

Bloody. Hell.

Those are Japanese prices, without Japanese access!

19,95 is $25.38
36,99 is $47.06
69,99 is $89.05

RhA wins.

/thread.

19.95 -> 24.81 AUD (we have paid up to 27)
36.99 -> 46.01 AUD (roughly the same)
69.99 -> 87.05 AUD (anywhere between 90 - 100. On "special" they'll go down to 65 but those specials are rare)

Oh my god........

I'll light a candle for all the European Transformers fan...

But seriously, what is their excuses to make the toys so bloody expensive in Europe? That's ridiculous to no end!
Is there a Grinch overtax or something?


This also make me remember about the video game sitiation in Australia. Not only Grand Theft Auto and the like are illegal in that country (remember, video games are only meant for little innocent kids), but the average price for a new game is AU100$! And the Australian dollar is about the same value as the US or Canadian dollar...

Is the Transformers situation a unfair as the video game situation for you Australians? At least, you are closer to Japan so importing might be a good option.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Is the Transformers situation a unfair as the video game situation for you Australians? At least, you are closer to Japan so importing might be a good option.

It varies. For the most part we get the first few waves, then it sort of dies off. We only got the first wave of the ROTF Human Alliance figures (which sucked because I liked that line) but we did get DOTM Jetwing Optimus Prime ... even if he was $160. (Thankfully I got him for $100 at TRU)

Importing from Japan? Yeah, it's a common option. I've done it a few times, price wise it works out a couple of dollars more but at least I know I'm getting them then. Plus I've now got a line into Singapore through Mach so that should help out even more. I just haven't told him yet.

$100 a video game ... *sigh* ... I hate that. It's effectively why i'm not much of a gamer these days. By the time things become affordable (i.e. War for Cybertron) everyone's over it. Plus we're still waiting on that R18+ classification so we can get all the rude and violent games.

Bad distribution, try living in the UK. Hasbro(UK) don't seem to give a toss about us TF fans.

Maybe I win on prices, but we've had a couple of things like Masterpiece Magnus and Jetwing Optimus ... plus we had Windcharger in great abundance before he even made it to the US.

Burn wrote:Maybe I win on prices, but we've had a couple of things like Masterpiece Magnus and Jetwing Optimus ... plus we had Windcharger in great abundance before he even made it to the US.

Yea you win on prices, I win on distribution. All stores near me are sh*t, except for one that every now and then gets something past wave 1 or movie, but only in really limited numbers, like maybe one case which is usually bought by me, at least the stuff I haven't imported yet.


So yea Kran, be thankful that you live relatively close to the US and can therefore import the stuff you want cheaper than the rest of us.

Are you asking for sugestions?

because i often use bbts.com whenever i have a hard time finding TF toys at retail or from over seas. if you buy multiple stuff you save on shipping fees.

Right now,I don't care about TF toy distributions in my area. because I'm done buying anymore DOTM toys,I got the four i wanted five months ago.
I'll only be buying about 15% of the TF prime toys. Personally the 15% TF prime toys I want aren't super awesome,So I can't afford to wait forever to find & buy them.