The Energon Pub

News Credits: 26 · by **reluctantyouth** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 12:56 pm

Closed Fist vs. Open (Who has what?) :???:

Well Damn again...got screwed by BBTS being quick to put my order into Warehouse status and cancelled my HTS order. I went ahead and purchased (2) through Amazon (Just made it as they went up to $26.99 after confirming my purchase) because BBTS could not tell me whether their stock had the closed fist Arcee or open fist Arcee and could not guarantee my request of (2) closed fist Arcee (Amazon says my order may not arrive until 12.24.14 even with Prime shipping :sad:

). Below is a copy of response from BBTS

"Hello Travis,

Thank you for preordering Arcee with us! It does not appear that this is an intended variant and we cannot guarantee that we have any of the closed hands in our inventory. It appears that the closed hand is a minor manufacturer's defect that appears randomly. I do apologize that I cannot accommodate this request. If there is anything else I can do to assist you, please let me know as I would be happy to help."

~reluctantyouth~

by **KnightAero** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:25 pm

*Cough* *Cough*

Something I have learned is never pay more than $16.99 let alone pay $16.99 for a deluxe.
I bought Chromia and Arcee for $20.00 total yesterday.

What made me even more sick was when Amazon dropped the price on Leader Class AOE Gridlock and Optimus to less than $20... :BANG_HEAD:

Patiences... That seems to be the biggest thing with this hobby. Not to much because you might miss out, but just enough to wait for it to go on sale / clearance OR you lose out because you waited to long... :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:27 pm

These will be coming ot retail soon, and I am waiting for that. Will probably pick them both up for 20$ alltogether when it happens too.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:43 pm

Huh, seems that anything named Arcee is going to get scalped to death. Remember what happened with Animated Arcee (AKA the deluxe I paid £40 for)?

Seriously, HasTak. Work on improving your distribution. Fight the scalpers.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:10 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Huh, seems that anything named Arcee is going to get scalped to death. Remember what happened with Animated Arcee (AKA the deluxe I paid £40 for)?

Seriously, HasTak. Work on improving your distribution. Fight the scalpers.

I bought my Animated Arcee at TRU in person.

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:21 pm

Yes, but do you live in Britain? A lot of the figures that come out in the US don't come out over here. Also there's no TRU within convenient distance of me and by the time I found out about the figure's existance it was already out of stock basically everywhere. Also I was like 14 at the time.

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:25 pm

Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:25 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Yes, but do you live in Britain?

Is that the name of the "Scuzzy bar in Kaon" you're located in?

News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:27 pm

Trust me, Kaon would be an improvement compared to Britain (AKA the United Kingdom, AKA Suckistan).

For one thing it would be easier to find Transformers.

News Credits: 461 · by **mooncake623** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:27 pm

It Is Him wrote:Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

ahh silverbolt gone before we can even news this... =/

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:39 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

ahh silverbolt gone before we can even news this... =/

At least Prime is up still :/

News Credits: 3 · by **bvzxa** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:25 pm

Yeah I still have two coming from TFSource. It seems they upped the price to 26.99. My preorder at TFSource is 31.99 for both Chromia and Arcee. Amazon be on that stuff. No thanks this time Ama.

News Credits: 26 · by **reluctantyouth** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:31 pm

It Is Him wrote:Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Sweet...Thanks for letting us know "It Is Him". I purchased Prime at 2:28 pm Central Time and he was still listed as IN STOCK on December 19th.

~reluctantyouth~

by **KnightAero** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:39 pm

Thinking I might wait a bit on these Combiner wars. Last time I rushed to get all of the figures of the last couple series and ended up regretting it because sales hit all over the place.

That and I am really curious to see what third party fixers are going to do to some of these...

by **Robogeek1973** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:44 pm

It Is Him wrote:Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I had Silverbolt completely ordered, but without the limbs I would've had to pay for shipping for him so I used my Amazon points to cover the shipping costs. After a few minutes I decided to cancel it because I really didn't wanna waste those points on something like shipping.

So I wait yet again for these to hit somewhere I can get them all in one shot. :lol:

News Credits: 16 · by **It Is Him** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:46 pm

Robogeek1973 wrote:
It Is Him wrote:Prime and Silverbolt are up.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00NYSSELW/ref=ox_sc_act_image_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

I had Silverbolt completely ordered, but without the limbs I would've had to pay for shipping for him so I used my Amazon points to cover the shipping costs. After a few minutes I decided to cancel it because I really didn't wanna waste those points on something like shipping.

So I wait yet again for these to hit somewhere I can get them all in one shot.

You could always order from BigBadToyStore (BBTS.com - feeling lazy with URLs atm). If you preorder the sets, you can activate the PIle of Loot feature, and the have everything you ordered shipped at one time.

Alternatively, Amazon Prime is awesome. I got it for the streaming video, and the 2 day free shipping on anything in the warehouse is so awesome, I didn't realize how convenient it is until I started using it.

by **shockblast2** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:23 am

Big deal. BBTS has had them in stock for almost a week now.

by **Pot Bot** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:39 am

Delta Magnus wrote:Trust me, Kaon would be an improvement compared to Britain (AKA the United Kingdom, AKA Suckistan).

For one thing it would be easier to find Transformers.

Man, it aint that bad here. Tracking down figures over here is an art form though. Been at it 12 years and i pretty much got it down

News Credits: 14 · by **robotmel** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:34 pm

The missus gave me £30 worth of Amazon E-vouchers which Ive just added to my account, along with a trial for Amazon Prime, so Ive just bought myself Generations Deluxe Arcee and Windblade with comics and should be delivered this Saturday! :grin:

Im surprised what with all the repaints we get that there hasnt been an Amazon Prime limited edition MP-10 done as a store exclusive via Amazon, with Optimus done in their orange, black and white colours and their 'A' logo as a faction insignia! :lol:

by **Syn_13** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:49 pm

Delta Magnus wrote:Trust me, Kaon would be an improvement compared to Britain (AKA the United Kingdom, AKA Suckistan).

For one thing it would be easier to find Transformers.

It's not so bad finding Transformers here in the UK, it's more the prices that bug me. Then again, it's less that what our European cousins are paying in some places!

Also, for the record, Britain isn't a bad place to live at all. My wife and I earn below the average national wage here and we live comfortably without resorting to cheating the system. It can easily be done if you get your priorities sorted. I can only speak for living in and around London (live just outside of it), and I enjoy living here. Can't speak for elsewhere in the UK, of course.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:46 pm

Got my Arcee and Chromia today and they are awesome! Less then 48 hours from order to delivery. I forgot how amazing HTS is on its shipping speed.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:07 pm

shockblast2 wrote:Big deal. BBTS has had them in stock for almost a week now.

To which are you referring? Because that's not true. BBTS only received them this week and not a moment sooner.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:15 pm

zodconvoy wrote:Got my Arcee and Chromia today and they are awesome! Less then 48 hours from order to delivery. I forgot how amazing HTS is on its shipping speed.

I am sure it is fast when you live in the same state these things are shipping from. Unfortunately mine wont make it to Kansas until Saturday.

News Credits: 3 · by **prjkt** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:53 pm

Well Hexatron dropped into my PoL, so I shall soon have him, Chromia, Arcee and Brainstorm.

There aren't many gaps character-wise in my collection now, so it's mostly just waiting for future releases. Will help me save a bit of money I guess

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:14 pm

Amazon is funny this time of year since you do have stuff coming and going quickly due to scalpers and such. You also get great deals on Amazon but remember this one point; if you wait to buy something at a sale price you might be hurting the line since that sends a negative message to the seller who in turn sends a negative message to Hasbro