Steal of a Deal on Masterpiece Tracks and Roadrage
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For one reason or another, it seems Masterpiece Tracks and Roadrage aren't as popular as previous MP releases in Japan, leading to many Japanese merchants to lower their prices. The Seibertronian community has found these great deals and we would like to share them with all of you.
Firstly, Shajaki, found both Tracks and Roadrage on Hobbysearch with prices ranging from 29.95 - 32$ US
These can be shipped worldwide. If you buy both using the SAL shipping option, it comes out to USD $78 shipped. Shipping them individually is 1,190 yen (USD $10.65) each making Roadrage, for instance only cost USD $41.96.
If you don't want to buy directly from Japan, Seibertronian itscramtastic found another deal which is fulfilled by Amazon and eligible for Prime shipping, which is just a bit more expensive.
Hopefully this is good news to you all, anywhere you are! Let us know if you'll be grabbing one (or two!).
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Posted by galvatron00 on February 11th, 2016 @ 9:53am CST
You should buy. I bought. So you should. Cobs did. So did Shaj. And some others. Stop being left out and join the MP RR partycarytheone wrote:I've been hemming and hawing over the HS listing and amazon makes it just so easy to click that "gimme" button. You're a bad manitscramtastic wrote:Mine is already on the way from TransformerLand! YOU should get it Cary!carytheone wrote:That's a pretty good deal ya found there Cram. Total cost is just a wee bit more than getting it from hobby search. 8-9 USD give or take on the conversion.
And you can feel all warm and fuzzy that if there is a problem you can make an easy return/refund.
Posted by no-one on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:00am CST
I love peer pressure! I'll go get a pack of cigarettes and meet you all in the boys roomitscramtastic wrote:You should buy. I bought. So you should. Cobs did. So did Shaj. And some others. Stop being left out and join the MP RR partycarytheone wrote:I've been hemming and hawing over the HS listing and amazon makes it just so easy to click that "gimme" button. You're a bad manitscramtastic wrote:Mine is already on the way from TransformerLand! YOU should get it Cary!carytheone wrote:That's a pretty good deal ya found there Cram. Total cost is just a wee bit more than getting it from hobby search. 8-9 USD give or take on the conversion.
And you can feel all warm and fuzzy that if there is a problem you can make an easy return/refund.
We'll talk about girls and how dumb Principle Strickland is
Actually I'm super tempted, but I've got a cart at TFL that's got my itchy trigger finger locked and loaded on it. #thestruggleisreal
I'll keep an eye on that amazon listing for a bit and see how that goes.
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:00am CST
itscramtastic wrote:You should buy. I bought. So you should. Cobs did. So did Shaj. And some others. Stop being left out and join the MP RR partycarytheone wrote:I've been hemming and hawing over the HS listing and amazon makes it just so easy to click that "gimme" button. You're a bad manitscramtastic wrote:Mine is already on the way from TransformerLand! YOU should get it Cary!carytheone wrote:That's a pretty good deal ya found there Cram. Total cost is just a wee bit more than getting it from hobby search. 8-9 USD give or take on the conversion.
And you can feel all warm and fuzzy that if there is a problem you can make an easy return/refund.
I bought one too. And man Kanrabat, you beat me by a hair from the place i got it from:
1 items total: Y3,456
5% handling charge: Y173
Shipping: Registered Small Packet Y1,290
Grand Total: Y4,919
Too bad hobby search doesnt have any G2 Bees for cheap.
Posted by galvatron00 on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:11am CST
TFL?! TransformerLand?! Whatcha buyin'?!carytheone wrote:I love peer pressure! I'll go get a pack of cigarettes and meet you all in the boys roomitscramtastic wrote:You should buy. I bought. So you should. Cobs did. So did Shaj. And some others. Stop being left out and join the MP RR partycarytheone wrote:I've been hemming and hawing over the HS listing and amazon makes it just so easy to click that "gimme" button. You're a bad man
We'll talk about girls and how dumb Principle Strickland is
Actually I'm super tempted, but I've got a cart at TFL that's got my itchy trigger finger locked and loaded on it. #thestruggleisreal
I'll keep an eye on that amazon listing for a bit and see how that goes.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:15am CST
Posted by no-one on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:22am CST
Well you should know by now that I do more window shopping than purchasing.itscramtastic wrote:TFL?! TransformerLand?! Whatcha buyin'?!
I got a couple shinys I'm looking at. Honestly random weird things that have caught my eye and not worth mentioning.
I also need to get with this other shop "ItsShopTastic" and settle up with them too.
Posted by galvatron00 on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:27am CST
Shiny objects!!!carytheone wrote:Well you should know by now that I do more window shopping than purchasing.itsshoptastic wrote:TFL?! TransformerLand?! Whatcha buyin'?!
I got a couple shinys I'm looking at. Honestly random weird things that have caught my eye and not worth mentioning.
I also need to get with this other shop "ItsShopTastic" and settle up with them too.
I have a revolving cart there daily it seems. Things I'm like "oh yeah, need that" and other things where I'm like "where'd this come from, BUY". But like you, window shopping. Their wiki is pretty extensive!
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:37am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:How tall is he?
As tall as the other MP cars.
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Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:46am CST
william-james88 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:How tall is he?
As tall as the other MP cars.
Transformers Masterpiece Tracks Gallery
Ok could you give me his height in inches please cos I don't have any of those other figures.
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 10:57am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok could you give me his height in inches please cos I don't have any of those other figures.
I dont know his height in inches, but click on the image above, it will bring you to the whole galleriy where its compared to a buch of other figures, some you may have.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 11th, 2016 @ 11:06am CST
william-james88 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok could you give me his height in inches please cos I don't have any of those other figures.
I dont know his height in inches, but click on the image above, it will bring you to the whole galleriy where its compared to a buch of other figures, some you may have.
Ok cool. Only figure I do have in those photos is RTS Tracks and from look of it MP Tracks seems a lot taller in robot mode but smaller in car form? So not sure if close to Voyager or Deluxe size.
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 11:09am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok could you give me his height in inches please cos I don't have any of those other figures.
I dont know his height in inches, but click on the image above, it will bring you to the whole galleriy where its compared to a buch of other figures, some you may have.
Ok cool. Only figure I do have in those photos is RTS Tracks and from look of it MP Tracks seems a lot taller in robot mode but smaller in car form? So not sure if close to Voyager or Deluxe size.
In robot mode, these MPs are voyager size. Tracks is hallow in his legs and torso area so when compacted into alt mode, he ends up being a smaller car.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 11th, 2016 @ 11:33am CST
Posted by mooncake623 on February 11th, 2016 @ 12:33pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 12:40pm CST
mooncake623 wrote:Noooo!!! Tracks sold out. Was looking for a new one since I broke mine =/
woah wait what?! What broke? You have a pic?
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 11th, 2016 @ 12:46pm CST
Posted by mooncake623 on February 11th, 2016 @ 1:57pm CST
william-james88 wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Noooo!!! Tracks sold out. Was looking for a new one since I broke mine =/
woah wait what?! What broke? You have a pic?
his butt plug to the flight stand, it's stuck in his butt now.
it was my fualt it took a fall and snapped off. I'll take a picture of it later. Need to sell it anyway I cant stand having broken toys in my collection....
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 2:07pm CST
mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Noooo!!! Tracks sold out. Was looking for a new one since I broke mine =/
woah wait what?! What broke? You have a pic?
his butt plug to the flight stand, it's stuck in his butt now.
it was my fualt it took a fall and snapped off. I'll take a picture of it later. Need to sell it anyway I cant stand having broken toys in my collection....
I feel bad for both you and Tracks. Poor guy did nothing wrong, but he ends up with the prison treatment.
Posted by Cobotron on February 11th, 2016 @ 2:09pm CST
Butt, the figure himself is not broken, ya? You can get that out of there, I bet. And the new clear stands are cooler and only 10 bucks.mooncake623 wrote:william-james88 wrote:mooncake623 wrote:Noooo!!! Tracks sold out. Was looking for a new one since I broke mine =/
woah wait what?! What broke? You have a pic?
his butt plug to the flight stand, it's stuck in his butt now.
it was my fualt it took a fall and snapped off. I'll take a picture of it later. Need to sell it anyway I cant stand having broken toys in my collection....
I have some ideas on how you might get that broken peg out. PM me if you're interested. No need to clog up this thread with it.
Posted by padfoo on February 11th, 2016 @ 4:19pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 11th, 2016 @ 6:26pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Carnivius_Prime wrote:Ok could you give me his height in inches please cos I don't have any of those other figures.
I dont know his height in inches, but click on the image above, it will bring you to the whole galleriy where its compared to a buch of other figures, some you may have.
Ok cool. Only figure I do have in those photos is RTS Tracks and from look of it MP Tracks seems a lot taller in robot mode but smaller in car form? So not sure if close to Voyager or Deluxe size.
In robot mode, these MPs are voyager size. Tracks is hallow in his legs and torso area so when compacted into alt mode, he ends up being a smaller car.
Blessed is Tracks, for he will forgive our sins and guide us to the path of righteousness.
Posted by Cobotron on February 11th, 2016 @ 7:11pm CST
Posted by Mr Skram on February 11th, 2016 @ 7:56pm CST
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 8:53pm CST
Mr Skram wrote:Platinum Edition Predaking is on sale again on Amazon for just under 98 bucks. I'm sure most people who want him have already picked him up, just figured I'd send out an alert.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
nice of amazon to finally catch up to the price BBTS has had for the past 2 years:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 11th, 2016 @ 9:13pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:Platinum Edition Predaking is on sale again on Amazon for just under 98 bucks. I'm sure most people who want him have already picked him up, just figured I'd send out an alert.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
nice of amazon to finally catch up to the price BBTS has had for the past 2 years:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Any Americans with 100$ to burn should get Platinum Predaking. Worth every single cents.
Posted by Mr Skram on February 11th, 2016 @ 9:13pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:Platinum Edition Predaking is on sale again on Amazon for just under 98 bucks. I'm sure most people who want him have already picked him up, just figured I'd send out an alert.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
nice of amazon to finally catch up to the price BBTS has had for the past 2 years:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
I actually might have made a mistake in thinking Predaking was previously full price. There's a possibility I confused this with Trypticon's somewhat recent "un-sale" pricing.
Still though, ~$98 shipped aint bad.
Posted by william-james88 on February 11th, 2016 @ 9:19pm CST
Mr Skram wrote:william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:Platinum Edition Predaking is on sale again on Amazon for just under 98 bucks. I'm sure most people who want him have already picked him up, just figured I'd send out an alert.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
nice of amazon to finally catch up to the price BBTS has had for the past 2 years:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
I actually might have made a mistake in thinking Predaking was previously full price. There's a possibility I confused this with Trypticon's somewhat recent "un-sale" pricing.
Still though, ~$98 shipped aint bad.
Hey man, never feel ashamed of posting deals for your fellow fans. At the very basic, this becomes a reminder for people who are new to collecting that this good deal is still out there and anyone who has prime can save on shipping instead of buying at BBTS (though would the fact that they get taxed balance that out? I dont know state laws)
Posted by Mr Skram on February 11th, 2016 @ 9:26pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:william-james88 wrote:Mr Skram wrote:Platinum Edition Predaking is on sale again on Amazon for just under 98 bucks. I'm sure most people who want him have already picked him up, just figured I'd send out an alert.
http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Plat ... B00CM5DA62?tag=seibertron07-20&
nice of amazon to finally catch up to the price BBTS has had for the past 2 years:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
I actually might have made a mistake in thinking Predaking was previously full price. There's a possibility I confused this with Trypticon's somewhat recent "un-sale" pricing.
Still though, ~$98 shipped aint bad.
Hey man, never feel ashamed of posting deals for your fellow fans. At the very basic, this becomes a reminder for people who are new to collecting that this good deal is still out there and anyone who has prime can save on shipping instead of buying at BBTS (though would the fact that they get taxed balance that out? I dont know state laws)
Actually it's eligible for free shipping regardless if you have Prime or not. Granted it's not the nice and speedy 2 day option. If I ordered today without Prime the estimated arrival is the 17th-20th, which isn't too bad. I don't know state by state tax laws either, but for MN there's no tax on this through Amazon. At least that's what it's telling me at the place-your-order screen.
Posted by no-one on February 12th, 2016 @ 12:29am CST
It's random as hell. It probably varies from state to state. For me it varies from site to site. BBTS, TFSource, Amazon and if I'm remembering correctly TRU do not charge me sales tax. HTS charges me tax.william-james88 wrote:(though would the fact that they get taxed balance that out? I dont know state laws)
It's really still kinda the wild west when it comes to buying online and getting hit with sales tax. They also base it on your local city and county (parish for Louisiana) taxes as well. I used to live in a city that had 9.5% tax, but I would ship to my work address where I would only get hit with 9% tax.
I want to say I remember hearing that it had something to do with whether or not the online retailer had a brick and mortar store as well, but then the Playstation Network started charging me sales tax. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Like the old saying goes: "Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes"
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 12th, 2016 @ 1:57am CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on February 13th, 2016 @ 11:23pm CST
Posted by no-one on February 15th, 2016 @ 1:33pm CST
EDIT: Well, I'd like to apologize for the size of the original images. I forgot just how high the screen res of my phone is sometimes. Well all better now.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 15th, 2016 @ 5:50pm CST
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 15th, 2016 @ 7:08pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
US only
Posted by no-one on February 15th, 2016 @ 7:20pm CST
Hahaha - I like how they went out of there way to point out that Canada was excluded. Seems a little assy to me.-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
It's not a great deal, but when I shop at target I scan everything in my basket. I usually only save 5% here or there, but I'm saving.
Here is a cool thing about the cartwheel discounts, they stack with other discounts. I've applied the discount to clearance items.
10% off just covers tax down here so that's nice. Hopefully some new stuff will show up before the discount expires.
I also fixed the crazy huge size of the original image I posted
Posted by william-james88 on February 15th, 2016 @ 7:27pm CST
Ironhidensh wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
US only
Isn't that why he mentionned the airport?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 15th, 2016 @ 7:36pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
US only
Isn't that why he mentionned the airport?
NOOOOOO! I boarded the wrong plane!
Posted by Ironhidensh on February 15th, 2016 @ 7:45pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
US only
Isn't that why he mentionned the airport?
I might have missed that part.
Posted by galvatron00 on February 16th, 2016 @ 7:55am CST
Oh man that is awesome stuff you kids-Kanrabat- wrote:NOOOOOO! I boarded the wrong plane!william-james88 wrote:Isn't that why he mentionned the airport?Ironhidensh wrote:US only-Kanrabat- wrote:10% OFF!
Damn, I must not miss that INSANE sale!
Puting on hat, coat, and hurrying to the airport
Posted by Mr Skram on February 16th, 2016 @ 4:22pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 19th, 2016 @ 6:30am CST
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10326471
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10315037
These are still a few yens off the original price, but it's not the previous 3750/3500Y deal.
...
I ordered my Roadrage just in time!
Posted by william-james88 on February 19th, 2016 @ 8:25am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:The Tracks and Roadrage incredible deal is over at Hobby Search. My condoleence to anyone who have missed out.
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10326471
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10315037
These are still a few yens off the original price, but it's not the previous 3750/3500Y deal.
...
I ordered my Roadrage just in time!
Those arent deals though. If anyone is still looking for these figures, you are better going here http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail ... agecnt%3D1
Posted by no-one on February 19th, 2016 @ 8:58am CST
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00XJSV2B ... +road+rage?tag=seibertron07-20&
But this has already been reported and is higher than it was last week.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 24th, 2016 @ 8:03am CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 24th, 2016 @ 10:05am CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:The heck? My MP Tracks is being held by Parcelforce asking for £20.40 in customs charges? Nothing else I ever bought from Japan had this extra cost. I thought this was supposed to be a bargain? I dunno what to do. I didn't even want the figure that much. I just thought why not try it since it was quite a bit cheaper than usual.
Canada and the UK have a similar customs tactic for imports. They charge a nominal fee for their service plus the 20% VAT. Since there are so many products and imports, hey usually let things through and only look at the items that have an indicated fee of above £75-100. But they can still tax any import with an indicated price and sometimes do so when it nears the end of the month to fill a quota. I guess this month was lower and they are taxing everything that has a declared value. You probably didnt ask that your product be labelled as a gift and they pounced on it to fill their quota of either amount taxed or customs forms filled.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 24th, 2016 @ 11:24am CST
william-james88 wrote:
Canada and the UK have a similar customs tactic for imports. They charge a nominal fee for their service plus the 20% VAT. Since there are so many products and imports, hey usually let things through and only look at the items that have an indicated fee of above £75-100. But they can still tax any import with an indicated price and sometimes do so when it nears the end of the month to fill a quota. I guess this month was lower and they are taxing everything that has a declared value. You probably didnt ask that your product be labelled as a gift and they pounced on it to fill their quota of either amount taxed or customs forms filled.
Yeah I dunno what I did. All I do know was that purchasing from that site was quite different than when I ordered from AmiAmi a few months ago. Having to wait for a purchase email before I could even give money was a bit strange and now this customs thing has really thrown me. I've emailed the site and asked if they'd take the item back from Parcelforce and refund my initial payment as I just can't afford another £20 this week and I don't want the figure that badly. If not then I'm just gonna have to find the £20 from somewhere and then receive the figure and try sell it and get all my money back.
I wish I'd never ordered it now but as I said I've never ever encountered this sort of thing despite years of ordering items from overseas without any issue. I'll certainly hesitate before making any further purchases.
Posted by RAcast on February 24th, 2016 @ 3:53pm CST
Carnivius_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:
Canada and the UK have a similar customs tactic for imports. They charge a nominal fee for their service plus the 20% VAT. Since there are so many products and imports, hey usually let things through and only look at the items that have an indicated fee of above £75-100. But they can still tax any import with an indicated price and sometimes do so when it nears the end of the month to fill a quota. I guess this month was lower and they are taxing everything that has a declared value. You probably didnt ask that your product be labelled as a gift and they pounced on it to fill their quota of either amount taxed or customs forms filled.
Yeah I dunno what I did. All I do know was that purchasing from that site was quite different than when I ordered from AmiAmi a few months ago. Having to wait for a purchase email before I could even give money was a bit strange and now this customs thing has really thrown me. I've emailed the site and asked if they'd take the item back from Parcelforce and refund my initial payment as I just can't afford another £20 this week and I don't want the figure that badly. If not then I'm just gonna have to find the £20 from somewhere and then receive the figure and try sell it and get all my money back.
I wish I'd never ordered it now but as I said I've never ever encountered this sort of thing despite years of ordering items from overseas without any issue. I'll certainly hesitate before making any further purchases.
Customs fees are something you should be aware of as a buyer, nobody's going to give you a refund for that, my friend. Unfortunately, getting hit with them is always a possibility.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on February 25th, 2016 @ 2:44am CST
RAcast wrote:Customs fees are something you should be aware of as a buyer, nobody's going to give you a refund for that, my friend. Unfortunately, getting hit with them is always a possibility.
Well I'm aware of it now that it's given me a chunky extra cost but as I said I'd ordered stuff from overseas many, many times over the years and this has never happened to me so I wasn't aware it was ever an issue before.
Posted by william-james88 on February 27th, 2016 @ 9:43pm CST