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[Hypershock]

I see people talking about picking this guy up when he drops in price how do u even know he's gonna be around that long he's 1 to a case chances are you might not find him at all the way hasbro has been putting out this line. I found all 3 deluxes and both voyagers and bought them up with the way gas prices are I'm saving money in the long run. Ya you may find the figure for cheaper down the road but how many times do you gotta waste your gas looking for him

Well you're mostly right, it won't be in the case assortment from wave 4, but what do gas prices have to do with buying transformers?

[Autobot032]

I see people talking about picking this guy up when he drops in price how do u even know he's gonna be around that long he's 1 to a case chances are you might not find him at all the way hasbro has been putting out this line. I found all 3 deluxes and both voyagers and bought them up with the way gas prices are I'm saving money in the long run. Ya you may find the figure for cheaper down the road but how many times do you gotta waste your gas looking for him

Well you're mostly right, it won't be in the case assortment from wave 4, but what do gas prices have to do with buying transformers?

O_o...seriously?

Uh...

Travel to and from the stores is costly. I speak from experience from countless searches that were fruitless and wasteful. I buy online, mostly, now. By the time I pay for gas and if I'm lucky to find what I'm looking for, I end up paying online prices anyway.

We all do, actually. The closest Target and TRU are both 35+ miles away from me. My Wal-Mart and K-Mart restock, but it's always wave 1 or 2, never anything newer until much later in the line.

I can't speak for his experience, but I'm sure he's had a few like mine.

[Diem]

Ah, I can't wait to get on Toysrus.com and find out that this has sold out.

[Hotrodimust]

I see people talking about picking this guy up when he drops in price how do u even know he's gonna be around that long he's 1 to a case chances are you might not find him at all the way hasbro has been putting out this line. I found all 3 deluxes and both voyagers and bought them up with the way gas prices are I'm saving money in the long run. Ya you may find the figure for cheaper down the road but how many times do you gotta waste your gas looking for him

Well you're mostly right, it won't be in the case assortment from wave 4, but what do gas prices have to do with buying transformers?

If u gotta drive around a lot looking for him your wasting gas which cost money so instead of buying him when u first saw him u waited for him to go on sale but if u have to hunt for him since u waited so long u might have to drive around a lot so in the long run your spending more money than u would have buying him at full price make a little sense now lol

[Stormrider]

This is one of the nicest figures that I have seen. Bot mode and alt mode look great.

[Midnight_Fox]

Travel to and from the stores is costly. I speak from experience from countless searches that were fruitless and wasteful. I buy online, mostly, now. By the time I pay for gas and if I'm lucky to find what I'm looking for, I end up paying online prices anyway.

Not all of us count gas towards the price of our figures. I know I don't. I'm never just hunting for TFs, it's also a hunt for Halo Megabloks and certain GW metal figures since I refuse to buy the casting abortion that is Finecast.

And most of the time, I'm doing other things that tend to bring me near a store(there's a LOT of Targets, Walmarts, and game stores in the Springs) anyway, so again, not counting gas for it.

As well, for ME, the hunting is half the fun of collecting new figures. I can find pretty much ANY figure online, but I appreciate it more if I actually work for it.

[Autobot032]

Not all of us count gas towards the price of our figures. I know I don't. I'm never just hunting for TFs, it's also a hunt for Halo Megabloks and certain GW metal figures since I refuse to buy the casting abortion that is Finecast.

That only works for some, not all. Some of us only collect Transformers. I only recently started collecting Power Rangers Zords again, after a very long hiatus. (1997...) For those of us who collect one, maybe two things, and locations to do so require a drive, we have to factor in gas.

It's part of our budgeting, it has to be. Some are more fortunate than others, due to their location.

And most of the time, I'm doing other things that tend to bring me near a store(there's a LOT of Targets, Walmarts, and game stores in the Springs) anyway, so again, not counting gas for it.

Plenty of us, myself included, do this as well. However, again, it's a matter of chance. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not. So we have to revert to the old hunting game, which costs some of us in gas.

[Seibertron]

Gas is as much an inherent cost with purchasing collectibles as are shipping fees. Drives me crazy when someone says "man, I got a great deal on this Transformers toy from Asia. Got it for $30 less than a US online store or eBay!" Right, but after paying $30 for shipping you didn't come out ahead. A lot of people don't seem to realize that the cost of imported figures includes the cost of shipping them here. Driving around using gas is just as much a part of your cost in a figure as shipping costs. Your time is also worth money. But for as many Transformers as I purchase online, I certainly love the hunt even when gas is $4.00+ per gallon.

[RAcast]

Travel to and from the stores is costly. I speak from experience from countless searches that were fruitless and wasteful. I buy online, mostly, now. By the time I pay for gas and if I'm lucky to find what I'm looking for, I end up paying online prices anyway.

Not all of us count gas towards the price of our figures. I know I don't. I'm never just hunting for TFs, it's also a hunt for Halo Megabloks and certain GW metal figures since I refuse to buy the casting abortion that is Finecast.

And most of the time, I'm doing other things that tend to bring me near a store(there's a LOT of Targets, Walmarts, and game stores in the Springs) anyway, so again, not counting gas for it.

As well, for ME, the hunting is half the fun of collecting new figures. I can find pretty much ANY figure online, but I appreciate it more if I actually work for it.

Exactly. I mean, I typically go poking around when I run to Walmart for groceries. Depending on which mall I go to, there's either a Target and a few other assorted stores or a K-mart, TRU and a different handful of assorted stores.

It means I'm not wasting on gas, since I'm just doing what I was anyway, albeit with a few other stops that are just a few hundred yards away.

[kirbenvost]

This is one of the few instances I'm happy I don't drive and have to pay for a monthly bus pass to get to work. It's pretty much unlimited use, so while it's a relative pain to get where I'm going, I never have to spend extra money to go hunting for TFs. Just more time.