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BAPE was selling g1 convoy for sgd139.90. But this item is good money return as people selling for at least usd$300 on ebay... So is a handsome return

Wow hong kong tru not only have hasbro MP rodimus, they even have the wfc prime&meg&bb 3 pack... I presume we have nothing huh?
Like living in the jungle...

Maybe market too small, so Hasbro Sg dun wan to take the risk? Actually I would also like find out how does Hasbro Sg do their marketing....I guess Malaysia TRU will probably also have Rodimus...

Hasbro's marketing Strategy:

1. Hot new toyline! Cool! Orders a HUGE quantity of Wave 1 for retailers here.
2. Damn, this toyline is not selling as well as we thought. Wave 1 is still in abundance in the department stores. Reduces orders for later waves.
3. Solicitations for MPs come in (like MP Grimlock). Hmmm... this one so expensive. Cheaper toys in the wave 1 of Hot new toyline already have trouble selling, this one how to sell? Thinks back to the MP Starscream we have to lelong at $49.90 per piece. Decided not put up orders for MPs.
4. Rinse and repeat.

ToysRus SG releasing MP Rod in Aug... price not confirmed. Prob $129 or $169 like grimlock/starscream

^ that's good, glad they are not giving up on the Singapore market. So now the key factor will be price...

gavinfuzzy wrote:ToysRus SG releasing MP Rod in Aug... price not confirmed. Prob $129 or $169 like grimlock/starscream

Bro,y u all want to buy the hasbro ver? At this price rather get the Japan ver.what the diff between the jap and eng ver?

and2ng wrote:Hasbro's marketing Strategy:

1. Hot new toyline! Cool! Orders a HUGE quantity of Wave 1 for retailers here.
2. Damn, this toyline is not selling as well as we thought. Wave 1 is still in abundance in the department stores. Reduces orders for later waves.
3. Solicitations for MPs come in (like MP Grimlock). Hmmm... this one so expensive. Cheaper toys in the wave 1 of Hot new toyline already have trouble selling, this one how to sell? Thinks back to the MP Starscream we have to lelong at $49.90 per piece. Decided not put up orders for MPs.
4. Rinse and repeat.

When Is the mp starscream on lelong? Is it still on?

Dragongun wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:ToysRus SG releasing MP Rod in Aug... price not confirmed. Prob $129 or $169 like grimlock/starscream

Bro,y u all want to buy the hasbro ver? At this price rather get the Japan ver.what the diff between the jap and eng ver?

Not getting it... just for informational purpuses only... I don't collect the MP line. They don't impress me lol.

Dragongun wrote:Bro,y u all want to buy the hasbro ver? At this price rather get the Japan ver.what the diff between the jap and eng ver?

Not getting it... just for informational purpuses only... I don't collect the MP line. They don't impress me lol. [/quote]

*Oh, and Has one no trailer, 2 matrixes (the other is a minor remould of MP01 one), and have a new targetmaster mold - offshoot

Dragongun wrote:When Is the mp starscream on lelong? Is it still on?

It was 2 years ago.

Updated 1 August 2011



i) TF Chronicle 01 - Movie Prime & G1 Prime, $140, ETA= August
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j) TF Chronicle 02 - Movie Meg & G1 Meg, $140, ETA= August
- redbaron x 1


l) Fans Project Insecticon CA-04 Thunderbomb, $68, ETA=June
- Unicron Nemesis x 1
- and2ng x 1
- Weitat1988 x 1
- sci70716 x 1
- divinecomedy x 1
- Starscweam x 1
- ki1983ng x 1
- voldemort82 x 1
- dawgtx x 1
- Fieedzatron x 1
- redbaron x 2
- zy80 x 1
- jemaxis x 1
- jo7 x 1
- Foxhound340 x 1
- martin x 1
- zfeakye x 1
- badlander86 x1

m) Fans Project Insecticon CA-05 Backfire, $68, ETA=July
- Unicron Nemesis x 1
- and2ng x 1
- Weitat1988 x 1
- sci70716 x 1
- divinecomedy x 1
- Starscweam x 1
- ki1983ng x 1
- voldemort82 x 1
- dawgtx x 1
- Fieedzatron x 1
- redbaron x 2
- zy80 x 1
- jemaxis x 1
- jo7 x 1
- Foxhound340 x 1
- Martin x 1
- zfeakye x 1




r) Masterpiece MP-10 Optimus Prime $265, ETA=September 2011
- Unicron Nemesis x 1
- sci70716 x 1
- redbaron x 1
- Neo Optimus Prime x 1
- GGGG00 x 1


u) PE God Sword (Blue) TAW-01R, $85
- Weitat1988 x 1
- sci70716 x 1


v) PE God Sword (Red) TAW-01B, $85
- Weitat1988 x 1
- redbaron x 1

w) PE God Sword (Purple) TAW-01GS, $85
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aa) Encore Devastator - Price Tentatively $140, ETA= November 2011
- Rizuan76 x 1
- PikaManiac x 1
- sci70716 x 1
- GGGG00 x 1
- and2ng x 1
- sphererer x 1
- zfeakye x 3
- Unicron Nemesis x 1
- redbaron x 1

bb) Henkei Rodimus Reissue, Price $35, ETA=September 2011
- jo7 x 1
- sci70716 x 2
- sphererer x 1
- organicjp x 2
- Unicron Nemesis x 1
- redbaron x 1
- divinecomedy x 1
- zfeakye x 1
- martin x 1



cc) MP-09 Rodimus Convoy Reissue, Price- ???, ETA=September
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dd) MP-9B Black Rodimus Convoy, Price-???, ETA=???
- Sci70716x1
- GGGG00 x 1
- redbaron x 1


ee) Revotech Movie Optimus Prime, Price-$58, ETA=???
- ady x 1
- tankor x 1
- eblockhead x 1
- divinecomedy x 1

The amount of TCSS is mind boggling sia.....

Anyways, just to pick up where I left off - Ady is right. Why use a bloody sharpie when it can be painted? INCLUDING the SMALL GOLD PARTS.

The level of co-relative insistence baffles me. Just to justify and protect my work, i would never use sharpies, even to the smallest detail and parts. So please kindly take note of that. Those who knows me personally (like majority of the frequent posters here) can vouch for my work.

And gavinfuzzy - SGD129 to SGD169? Where you get this information? If it is true, then it is awesome. But I would like to point out your statement "like Grimlock." As far as I know MP Grimlock was never released in TRU Singapore. So where are you drawing your reference from? Are you working for Hasbro or TRU or something?

TCracker wrote:The amount of TCSS is mind boggling sia.....

Anyways, just to pick up where I left off - Ady is right. Why use a bloody sharpie when it can be painted? INCLUDING the SMALL GOLD PARTS.

The level of co-relative insistence baffles me. Just to justify and protect my work, i would never use sharpies, even to the smallest detail and parts. So please kindly take note of that. Those who knows me personally (like majority of the frequent posters here) can vouch for my work.

Never doubted the pride and dedication to your work after seeing your work up close.

TCracker wrote:The amount of TCSS is mind boggling sia.....

Anyways, just to pick up where I left off - Ady is right. Why use a bloody sharpie when it can be painted? INCLUDING the SMALL GOLD PARTS.

The level of co-relative insistence baffles me. Just to justify and protect my work, i would never use sharpies, even to the smallest detail and parts. So please kindly take note of that. Those who knows me personally (like majority of the frequent posters here) can vouch for my work.

And gavinfuzzy - SGD129 to SGD169? Where you get this information? If it is true, then it is awesome. But I would like to point out your statement "like Grimlock." As far as I know MP Grimlock was never released in TRU Singapore. So where are you drawing your reference from? Are you working for Hasbro or TRU or something?

MP grimlock DID release in SG... it was originally $169 or $179. (saw at tamp mall TRU) and yeah MP SW was originally $179 too, then dropped to $129. But no, i do not work for hasbro. As for Rodimus i am quoting from an email my uncle dropped to TRU SG they confirmed it would be in august but could not confirm the price. So it would likely be the same as the previous MPs. TRU also confirmed they never imported RTS wave 2 and there is still no warparth although i found some TC/WJ

gavinfuzzy wrote:

TCracker wrote:The amount of TCSS is mind boggling sia.....

Anyways, just to pick up where I left off - Ady is right. Why use a bloody sharpie when it can be painted? INCLUDING the SMALL GOLD PARTS.

The level of co-relative insistence baffles me. Just to justify and protect my work, i would never use sharpies, even to the smallest detail and parts. So please kindly take note of that. Those who knows me personally (like majority of the frequent posters here) can vouch for my work.

And gavinfuzzy - SGD129 to SGD169? Where you get this information? If it is true, then it is awesome. But I would like to point out your statement "like Grimlock." As far as I know MP Grimlock was never released in TRU Singapore. So where are you drawing your reference from? Are you working for Hasbro or TRU or something?

MP grimlock DID release in SG... it was originally $169 or $179. (saw at tamp mall TRU) and yeah MP SW was originally $179 too, then dropped to $129. But no, i do not work for hasbro. As for Rodimus i am quoting from an email my uncle dropped to TRU SG they confirmed it would be in august but could not confirm the price. So it would likely be the same as the previous MPs. TRU also confirmed they never imported RTS wave 2 and there is still no warparth although i found some TC/WJ

Seriously, now and then i do drop by tru tampines mall when i drop by my aunt's place at bedok...but i didnt see it on sale also...and if there is, our bros who live in the east side would hv spotted it eons ago and reported to all of us...strangeeeeeeeeee....and the last hasbro's MP i saw on sale was MP skywarp at causeway pt kiddy palace and going for lelong and that was last yr ard this month...so since when did hasbro mp grimlock have in stock after MP skywarp was out in SG?

and TC/WJ is in the generations line, not from RTS line hehe just correcting u hehe

DaFieeds wrote:

gavinfuzzy wrote:

TCracker wrote:The amount of TCSS is mind boggling sia.....

Anyways, just to pick up where I left off - Ady is right. Why use a bloody sharpie when it can be painted? INCLUDING the SMALL GOLD PARTS.

The level of co-relative insistence baffles me. Just to justify and protect my work, i would never use sharpies, even to the smallest detail and parts. So please kindly take note of that. Those who knows me personally (like majority of the frequent posters here) can vouch for my work.

And gavinfuzzy - SGD129 to SGD169? Where you get this information? If it is true, then it is awesome. But I would like to point out your statement "like Grimlock." As far as I know MP Grimlock was never released in TRU Singapore. So where are you drawing your reference from? Are you working for Hasbro or TRU or something?

MP grimlock DID release in SG... it was originally $169 or $179. (saw at tamp mall TRU) and yeah MP SW was originally $179 too, then dropped to $129. But no, i do not work for hasbro. As for Rodimus i am quoting from an email my uncle dropped to TRU SG they confirmed it would be in august but could not confirm the price. So it would likely be the same as the previous MPs. TRU also confirmed they never imported RTS wave 2 and there is still no warparth although i found some TC/WJ

Seriously, now and then i do drop by tru tampines mall when i drop by my aunt's place at bedok...but i didnt see it on sale also...and if there is, our bros who live in the east side would hv spotted it eons ago and reported to all of us...strangeeeeeeeeee....and the last hasbro's MP i saw on sale was MP skywarp at causeway pt kiddy palace and going for lelong and that was last yr ard this month...so since when did hasbro mp grimlock have in stock after MP skywarp was out in SG?

and TC/WJ is in the generations line, not from RTS line hehe just correcting u hehe

Hmm... but yeah.. i really saw it realease lol. and i couldent have looked wrongly! even my fren livin near tamp area bought it lol... and yeah i know TC and WJ are generations... was talking bt warparth there lol... which is generations too

Hmmm...strange distribution strategy of Hasbro Sg to only let 1 TRU have it, but at $169, I wld have given that MP Grimlock a miss. Well, I guess we'll find out how much Rodimus will cost soon enough, provided it is not at Tampines TRU again which I'll never travel all the way to....

gavinfuzzy wrote:I don't collect the MP line. They don't impress me lol.

Well I'm kinda curious as to why they don't impress you at all. care to enlighten us fer abit?

That's to bad too bad then, 'coz I just let go of my old MP Prime a couple of mths back for a mere $50 bucks. sold it to a secondary school boy who had a very limited budget when it comes to buying toys. I would've offered it to any bros here, that said seeing that you don't dig 'em (& they don't impress you), maybe if next time I intend to let go of any of my MPs dirt cheap, I shan't offer it to you then.

GGGG00 wrote:Hmmm...strange distribution strategy of Hasbro Sg to only let 1 TRU have it, but at $169, I wld have given that MP Grimlock a miss. Well, I guess we'll find out how much Rodimus will cost soon enough, provided it is not at Tampines TRU again which I'll never travel all the way to....

Yeah man I couldn't agree more. what a WEIRD distribution strategy. For me who lives in the east have never even sighted it at Tampines TRU. also since my working area is around town side, I've always took the opportunity to scout around the other two TRUs there i.e. Paragon & Forum. NIL. Hasbro MP Grimlock nowhere to be seen at all.

The only place that I've spotted it around town is CSC only. but that's only one or two shops just carrying one or two boxes of it.

I will be getting the TRU Rodimus just for Offshoot..the only reason whuy I am doing it...hoping I can find some when I am in US...

Hey wan, your movie autobot cast complete yet?

Shoot! I broke my MP Megatron when transforming him a while ago. Now it is in 2 peices. Serves me right for attempting the transformation while I'm in a sleepy state...

Kamex wrote:Hey wan, your movie autobot cast complete yet?

Hmm...wait hor..lemme go check first.. *rummaging & inspecting my movi toys*

Brb shower & **** yo!

I am just going to take your word for it am assumed that MP Grimlock did come to SG TRU and ONLY in Tampines. And you and some of your friends did indeed sighted and perhaps bought MP Grimmy there.

But Hasbro's distribution in SG has been patchy and that would send the TRU execs into a marketing rage as other TRUs like Vivo are the main hub/bastion of Singapore tourist spot. So, to ignore these locations and only to direct it to Tampines sounds kinda weird and does not make any economical sense.

Anyways, heres hoping MP Rodimus will see the light of the day.

and2ng wrote:Shoot! I broke my MP Megatron when transforming him a while ago. Now it is in 2 peices. Serves me right for attempting the transformation while I'm in a sleepy state...

NO! I WANT 2

Ah...TFmovie Megs had the best lines.