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-Kanrabat- wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Why are other countries getting figures that are US exclusives first? I remember a few years ago reading that Hasbro felt the Asian market was stronger and frankly bought Transformers more but is that still a thing? If Draculus is ready to go I really hope the ship date gets pushed up so some of us have it in hand by Halloween.
Where it is stated that there's any figures made to be specifically "US" exclusive? I don't think that was ever a thing.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Why are other countries getting figures that are US exclusives first? I remember a few years ago reading that Hasbro felt the Asian market was stronger and frankly bought Transformers more but is that still a thing? If Draculus is ready to go I really hope the ship date gets pushed up so some of us have it in hand by Halloween.
Where it is stated that there's any figures made to be specifically "US" exclusive? I don't think that was ever a thing.
I'm sorry I didn't make my post clearer. I meant figures that are exclusive to US stores and not part of mainline retail in the US. It appears that some figures, possibly Draculus are going to see a wide release and not be tied to one store internationally. I know Takara is doing that with some Kingdom figures.
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I'd totally buy a Godzilla or, even better, MechaGodzilla. Preferably from Studio Grimlock.
King Kong is more preferably made from Optimus Primal.
Burn wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Why are other countries getting figures that are US exclusives first? I remember a few years ago reading that Hasbro felt the Asian market was stronger and frankly bought Transformers more but is that still a thing? If Draculus is ready to go I really hope the ship date gets pushed up so some of us have it in hand by Halloween.
Where it is stated that there's any figures made to be specifically "US" exclusive? I don't think that was ever a thing.
I'm sorry I didn't make my post clearer. I meant figures that are exclusive to US stores and not part of mainline retail in the US. It appears that some figures, possibly Draculus are going to see a wide release and not be tied to one store internationally. I know Takara is doing that with some Kingdom figures.
Being exclusive to a particular store in the US doesn't mean it's not going to go elsewhere in the world. A lot of Selects figures are only available in Australia via EB Games/Zing (there are other online retailers who stock them but they don't get them directly from Hasbro).
Plus ... it's kinda fun to watch some Yankee Fanboys cry tears of entitlement.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Distribution is a chaotic beast and it's different from countries to countries. No matter if in some country it's an exclusive or not.
jtanimator wrote:The prices on these crossover exclusives are getting out. of. hand. I hear lots of people complaining about Hasbro’s prices, but generally I find them fair compared to other toy competitors. Whereas these are just another world. LEADER price for a mold that originally cost $17??! You freaking kidding? Even with licensing, this sucker should not be more than $30-$35. Seems they’re taking advantage of our lack of understanding for what the licensing is costing them. That way they can excuse any price on that reason. Pretty low.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:jtanimator wrote:The prices on these crossover exclusives are getting out. of. hand. I hear lots of people complaining about Hasbro’s prices, but generally I find them fair compared to other toy competitors. Whereas these are just another world. LEADER price for a mold that originally cost $17??! You freaking kidding? Even with licensing, this sucker should not be more than $30-$35. Seems they’re taking advantage of our lack of understanding for what the licensing is costing them. That way they can excuse any price on that reason. Pretty low.
Um, Target has him at $31.50, right about where you indicated it should be. Did you get crossed up with the prices in Canada? Those are ooof, our friends up north get really hosed on these.
Edit: unless you are also up north, in which case, my condolences on having to experience the exchange rate game.
-Kanrabat- wrote:TF-fan kev777 wrote:jtanimator wrote:The prices on these crossover exclusives are getting out. of. hand. I hear lots of people complaining about Hasbro’s prices, but generally I find them fair compared to other toy competitors. Whereas these are just another world. LEADER price for a mold that originally cost $17??! You freaking kidding? Even with licensing, this sucker should not be more than $30-$35. Seems they’re taking advantage of our lack of understanding for what the licensing is costing them. That way they can excuse any price on that reason. Pretty low.
Um, Target has him at $31.50, right about where you indicated it should be. Did you get crossed up with the prices in Canada? Those are ooof, our friends up north get really hosed on these.
Edit: unless you are also up north, in which case, my condolences on having to experience the exchange rate game.
It's more than "exchange rate". That MSRP of Drac is 70$CAN plus taxes. Meaning 55$US. A leader is typically 52$US I think. so yeah, there's a layer of bullshiit for the X-Over figures in Canada and I don't know what it is.
At least, we Canadians get our "revenge" with the Masters of the Universe toys whose prices are the same in $CAN as in $US... or even cheaper!
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
That's why I called it the exchange rate game. Hasbro is playing some type of games with those rates, and the fans in Canada are not the ones winning.
-Kanrabat- wrote:
That in mind, the Xover figures are absurdly priced in Canada because reasons.
(snip)
I don't know the original American prices of these X-Over figures, but I bet these are NOT the equivalent like the regular releases on top of my post.
So it means that these X-Over figures in particular are specifically surcharged for some reasons.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I just think if it's a store exclusive here that we have to wait months for and pre-order to get, we should be able to get the first crack before anybody else.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Like I said if the figure is ready to go then I don't see why we can't have it in time for Halloween, makes more sense than November.
Burn wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:I just think if it's a store exclusive here that we have to wait months for and pre-order to get, we should be able to get the first crack before anybody else.
Well ... no. Store exclusive =/= country exclusive.chuckdawg1999 wrote:Like I said if the figure is ready to go then I don't see why we can't have it in time for Halloween, makes more sense than November.
It does make sense. But given the state of the world it wouldn't surprise me if they couldn't pull it off in time. Who knows, there's probably a lot of factors in play that we'll never know about.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Yes I realize being a store exclusive doesn't mean country exclusive but there just has to be a better way than PO a figure one day and somebody finding it in a store in another country the next. It would be nice for Hasbro to tell us, "Hey just so you know, other countries are going to get this sooner and more widely distributed than you, just wanted to let you know." Yeah I know, pipe dream.
which is in line with all other crossover figures being much more expensive than they are in the US after conversion.
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