The Energon Pub

News Credits: 21 · Sat May 22, 2010 6:29 pm

i checked bbts kept coming back and forth if i want to preorder this guy or not his preorder is sold out but its still located on tfsource and other sites

News Credits: 3 · Sat May 22, 2010 11:41 pm

Well, you better ordere it from other places before they sell out too.

Sun May 23, 2010 3:16 am

bvzxa wrote:Well, you better ordere it from other places before they sell out too.

Why'd you have to go and say that? Now I've ordered one Hasbro will release them at half the preice in a few months, guaranteed. :-(

News Credits: 217 · Sun May 23, 2010 6:39 am

Newsed, thank you.

News Credits: 5 · Sun May 23, 2010 6:54 am

Guess my mind is being made up for me!

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 7:36 am

TFsource is out, also.

RobotKingdom has 26 pieces remaining.

Digital-Toys also has stock.

I didn't check elsewhere as I usually shop only at the aforementioned sites, BBTS, and eBay unless I'm really searching for something.

Sun May 23, 2010 8:15 am

Cmon Hasbro....bring it home to the USA !!!

News Credits: 11 · Sun May 23, 2010 8:36 am

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 8:45 am

The price plus shipping at Robot Kingdom is less than the price before shipping at bbts. Don't be fools, head there to get it at a decent price (considering).

Sun May 23, 2010 9:06 am

Hope Hasbro sees the demand and does a US release. AT LEAST in time for the 25th anniversary of the movie if not sooner.

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 9:08 am

Trikeboy wrote:The price plus shipping at Robot Kingdom is less than the price before shipping at bbts. Don't be fools, head there to get it at a decent price (considering).

Nope. They make you pay upfront, their inventory system is shaky (at best), and they have a very hard time refunding payments. RK is OK, but having the ability to not pay until item arrives, cancel at any time, and the piece of mind that when I order at BBTS I'm guaranteed my item makes them a no brainer (for me).

That guy will cost me $42.90 to ship to the USA... that makes them MORE expensive. Shipping will cost me $1-3 since I have a pile of loot going at BBTS (another great feature RK is missing...) It's not about a few bucks, though, it's about all of the above. There's absolutely no reason why I'd consider RK for this. Actually, I would never conside them for any preorder..in stock only when I shop there. I don't want to be completely down on RK, so I'll end on a positive note. They do ship very fast.

News Credits: 462 · Sun May 23, 2010 9:58 am

Said it once, said it twice, I'll say it a thousand times over:

Sabrblade wrote:Dear Hasbro,

Please, please, please put this in the Generations line. We know that you already rereleased the Armada color-schemed figure in the Universe 2008 line, but this is a pure money-maker and will sell like hotcakes! Fans LOVE this kind of stuff and will buy it. Seeing as how much of a winner the Animated Arcee figure was, then this would undoubtly be a gold mine!

Signed,
The Fans

News Credits: 5749 · Sun May 23, 2010 10:08 am

I did my normal knee-jerk reaction pre-order as soon as they made it available even before the pics. Might as well since you can cancel pre-orders there with no penalty. Pre-order ASAP and cancel if the pics look bad, win win situation.

News Credits: 3 · Sun May 23, 2010 10:58 am

Rated X wrote:Cmon Hasbro....bring it home to the USA !!!

Considering they just re-released it, what, a year ago, probaby unlikely Hasbro is gonna release it again any time soon.

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 11:09 am

HighPrime wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:The price plus shipping at Robot Kingdom is less than the price before shipping at bbts. Don't be fools, head there to get it at a decent price (considering).

Nope. They make you pay upfront, their inventory system is shaky (at best), and they have a very hard time refunding payments. RK is OK, but having the ability to not pay until item arrives, cancel at any time, and the piece of mind that when I order at BBTS I'm guaranteed my item makes them a no brainer (for me).

That guy will cost me $42.90 to ship to the USA... that makes them MORE expensive. Shipping will cost me $1-3 since I have a pile of loot going at BBTS (another great feature RK is missing...) It's not about a few bucks, though, it's about all of the above. There's absolutely no reason why I'd consider RK for this. Actually, I would never conside them for any preorder..in stock only when I shop there. I don't want to be completely down on RK, so I'll end on a positive note. They do ship very fast.

While I do agree that paying up front is a little annoying, I have nothing but praise for Robot Kingdom. My shipping for Unicron came to $17. Considering the size and weight of this guy, that is a steal. I have never had trouble with them. If they would employ a similar service to Pile of Loot and not paying till the item is instock they would be the best site for Transformers.

I also preordered Device Label Blaster. Final price was $40, it is $70 before shipping on bbts. You are overpaying for the conveniece of Pile of Loot. Before you think I am biased I do use bbts and have the Crossfire sets on preorder and in POL. I too suffer from the knee jerk reaction to preorder asap. bbts offer an easy to cancel option and I take advantage of it. If I still like it and can find it cheaper after images get released, I preorder elsewhere.

News Credits: 3 · Sun May 23, 2010 11:20 am

Robot Kingdom has some great prices...my only fear is if you were to have to send something back for an exchange.

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 11:37 am

Trikeboy wrote:
HighPrime wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:The price plus shipping at Robot Kingdom is less than the price before shipping at bbts. Don't be fools, head there to get it at a decent price (considering).

Nope. They make you pay upfront, their inventory system is shaky (at best), and they have a very hard time refunding payments. RK is OK, but having the ability to not pay until item arrives, cancel at any time, and the piece of mind that when I order at BBTS I'm guaranteed my item makes them a no brainer (for me).

That guy will cost me $42.90 to ship to the USA... that makes them MORE expensive. Shipping will cost me $1-3 since I have a pile of loot going at BBTS (another great feature RK is missing...) It's not about a few bucks, though, it's about all of the above. There's absolutely no reason why I'd consider RK for this. Actually, I would never conside them for any preorder..in stock only when I shop there. I don't want to be completely down on RK, so I'll end on a positive note. They do ship very fast.

While I do agree that paying up front is a little annoying, I have nothing but praise for Robot Kingdom. My shipping for Unicron came to $17. Considering the size and weight of this guy, that is a steal. I have never had trouble with them. If they would employ a similar service to Pile of Loot and not paying till the item is instock they would be the best site for Transformers.

I also preordered Device Label Blaster. Final price was $40, it is $70 before shipping on bbts. You are overpaying for the conveniece of Pile of Loot. Before you think I am biased I do use bbts and have the Crossfire sets on preorder and in POL. I too suffer from the knee jerk reaction to preorder asap. bbts offer an easy to cancel option and I take advantage of it. If I still like it and can find it cheaper after images get released, I preorder elsewhere.

I think I mentioned a few other things besides Pile of Loot. I usually keep track on how briskly an item is pre-selling through before committing. In this case, was a very good decision. I can always change my mind later for up to 2 weeks after the sale.. try doing that elsewhere. Find another online specialty store where you can cancel an order with the click of a mouse. It's not easy, let me tell you.

Also, like I said, this will cost me almost $10 bucks more to preorder from RK, and I have to give them all the money upfront. Not a good deal from where I live. Finally, of the last 3 times I ordered something there, twice items they said were in stock, weren't instock. Then it was a pain in the neck to get my money back. They'd say "buy something else." One order I had to file a claim with PayPal and the 2nd I was was only hours away. Each ordeal took 2-3 weeks to solve. Which is another problem, they are slow to communicate.

Not a big fan of RK. Glad you haven't had issues, though.

Sun May 23, 2010 2:04 pm

Rated X wrote:Cmon Hasbro....bring it home to the USA !!!

Honestly, I can't really see this happening, at least for a while. They've already released Unicron in the Universe series, and it's a big toy with very specific paint apps; while I'm sure collectors all over the country will be stepping on each other to get one of these, we can't forget that Hasbro's market is kids, what, 6 - 14 or something? If 1,000 collectors will buy it, that's fine, but if 50,000 kids won't buy it, it's just not feasible to spend the immense amount of money producing it. I'm not saying we definitely won't be seeing an updated repaint, I just think it won't happen for a while. Hasbro has gotten significantly better at following Takara's lead and pandering to collectors, though, so I could be - and hope I am - very wrong...

And man, am I lucky for getting that preorder in two days ago :3 Primus bless BBTS' order-now-pay-later preorder policy.

News Credits: 10 · Sun May 23, 2010 5:38 pm

I just cancelled my Unicron preorder on bbts. One more available.

News Credits: 9 · Sun May 23, 2010 6:37 pm

Warned you guys! They had 200 odd just two days ago.

News Credits: 9 · Sun May 23, 2010 7:01 pm

RK only has 8 Uni's in stock. Better order quick.

News Credits: 3 · Sun May 23, 2010 9:04 pm

Yeah I ordered with TFsource a few days ago. Those naysayers will be sorry now.

And why would they re-release Unicron for the third time in less than two years considering how long it took to sell it off as a TRU exclusive. I don't see it happening...then again who knows, but everyone was bummed when they released it for the Universe 08/09 line. I may not open the package for this Unicron because I use my rare black one.

You also better get your hands on the Animated Optimus/Rodimus two pack too while you can.

News Credits: 2 · Sun May 23, 2010 10:02 pm

caved in and ordered one from robotkingdom, they are an excellent store to buy from, usually much cheaper too.

News Credits: 1452 · Sun May 23, 2010 10:11 pm

Although I love this figure to death, and it's from an Armada figure of all things, I just can't get myself to get it. I don't feel like I need it. I'm probably going to kick myself in the future, but oh well