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Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, the only thing I would say, would be that by that time wave 2 might be on hts and a promo might be going on 'round easter/spring break

I'm thinking it will. They love their holiday coupon codes (now where is a post Christmas one when you need the damn thing)

But that isn't a holiday for a holiday coupon code

But it's the new year! should be a coupon for the first few weeks of the New year to serve to get rid of Christmas stock.

Also of note: it's funny that on BBTS, Armada Megs is $29.99 while G1 Megs is $49.99, and the legends class ranges from $7.99 (Warpath) to $14.99 (Viper). I'm surprised Viper is still holding that cost

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Well, the only thing I would say, would be that by that time wave 2 might be on hts and a promo might be going on 'round easter/spring break

I'm thinking it will. They love their holiday coupon codes (now where is a post Christmas one when you need the damn thing)

But that isn't a holiday for a holiday coupon code

But it's the new year! should be a coupon for the first few weeks of the New year to serve to get rid of Christmas stock.

Also of note: it's funny that on BBTS, Armada Megs is $29.99 while G1 Megs is $49.99, and the legends class ranges from $7.99 (Warpath) to $14.99 (Viper). I'm surprised Viper is still holding that cost

Yeah, they (can) fluctuate the price to compensate for perceived interest, just like how the initial onslaught and sky-awesome were $33 and $35 respectively.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:I don't live in Florida, but I ROCK the Heartland!

Still no sign of Vortex Transforming Toy Available For Pre-order/Instock Online...
at HTS, hmmmm?

No and it's aggravating. I'm really really hoping he comes in tomorrow, along with Onslaught

HA! Got the onslaught/sky lynx case on pre-order

Florida? I love me some Florida beaches! BTW, what's taking you guys so long to get Onslaught?

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Rated X wrote:Never heard of premium collectibles. Im assuming its one of these rinky dink one man dealers who wont let you cancel pre orders without a penalty.

They're an Australian retailer.

No wonder I have never heard of them. Sometimes I feel like me and you are the only American regulars left on this site. Im not gonna drop names, but a lot of people from the USA stopped posting here because of the constant culture shock.

Uh, X, you and I are in the same U.S. state. Just sayin'.

60% of members are from the US. And I don't know why people would run away from culture on a fan site dedicated to toys of Japanese origins.

Not sure where you came up with the 60% figure unless you conducted a survey from IP addresses perhaps? Reading further down the comments its refreshing to see there are some Floridians on here. Although in the last couple of years the site has seen an influx of members from 2 particular non-Asian countries who I find myself constantly in disagreement with due to cultural differences. Many of the people I know who stopped posting here from the US are former staff. Im not going to put their business out there because theyre either cool with me in person or cool with someone I know in person. But out of pure curiousity, I wonder what percentage of current active staff members and mods on this site actually live in the US ? (Besides Ryan)

Rated X wrote:

WJ88 wrote:
60% of members are from the US. And I don't know why people would run away from culture on a fan site dedicated to toys of Japanese origins.

Not sure where you came up with the 60% figure unless you conducted a survey from IP addresses perhaps? Reading further down the comments its refreshing to see there are some Floridians on here. Although in the last couple of years the site has seen an influx of members from 2 particular non-Asian countries who I find myself constantly in disagreement with due to cultural differences. Many of the people I know who stopped posting here from the US are former staff. Im not going to put their business out there because theyre either cool with me in person or cool with someone I know in person. But out of pure curiousity, I wonder what percentage of current active staff members and mods on this site actually live in the US ? (Besides Ryan)

The 60% is publicly available data. Just check this out http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/seibertron.com

It's actualy 58.6% of people who visit seibertron are from the US but I preferred giving a whole number. And that stat is a good index to measure the rest by. A bunch of staff replied to your last comment, including news staff and mods. Just read their comments and read their position and you will see there are quite few americans here.

But I still strongly beleive that it doesnt matter how many americans are around when discussing about toys that werent american to begin with. Hasbro is an international company and it's Transformers franchise is shared with Japan to the point that each of their toys has a counterpart there. And all designs are based on initial Japanese (G1) designs. So I dont see how being internationally inclined would be bad.

Rated X wrote:Im assuming its one of these rinky dink one man dealers who wont let you cancel pre orders without a penalty.

Rated X's Motto wrote:"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."

Just a thought, irony of the two quotes above aside.... maybe the above is the cause of disagreements as opposed to cultural differences?

Seibertron seems to have a lot of its data being run through Google, which can pinpoint where the sites traffic is coming from at glance. Even my wordpress site does it for me.

I'm going to have to bite when I see Powermaster Prime up for pre-order. It an ace figure.

Rated X wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Rated X wrote:Never heard of premium collectibles. Im assuming its one of these rinky dink one man dealers who wont let you cancel pre orders without a penalty.

They're an Australian retailer.

No wonder I have never heard of them. Sometimes I feel like me and you are the only American regulars left on this site. Im not gonna drop names, but a lot of people from the USA stopped posting here because of the constant culture shock.

Uh, X, you and I are in the same U.S. state. Just sayin'.

60% of members are from the US. And I don't know why people would run away from culture on a fan site dedicated to toys of Japanese origins.

Not sure where you came up with the 60% figure unless you conducted a survey from IP addresses perhaps? Reading further down the comments its refreshing to see there are some Floridians on here. Although in the last couple of years the site has seen an influx of members from 2 particular non-Asian countries who I find myself constantly in disagreement with due to cultural differences. Many of the people I know who stopped posting here from the US are former staff. Im not going to put their business out there because theyre either cool with me in person or cool with someone I know in person. But out of pure curiousity, I wonder what percentage of current active staff members and mods on this site actually live in the US ? (Besides Ryan)

While I don't live in Florida (though we do go down there once every year or two), I live in the US.

Everyone, region oriented data is public http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/seibertron.com

Any other question can be sent to us by e-mail and I would like us to get back on track for toys available online. I am certain thre are quite a few that are dissapointed to click on their notifications to find that nothing new is available online.

Amelie wrote:

Rated X wrote:Im assuming its one of these rinky dink one man dealers who wont let you cancel pre orders without a penalty.

Rated X's Motto wrote:"Assumption is the mother of all screw ups."

[color=deeppink]Just a thought, irony of the two quotes above aside.... maybe the above is the cause of disagreements as opposed to cultural differences?

Thats actually a quote from one of my favorite old school movies (Under Siege) minus the cussword.

My expierence with most smaller dealers is once you place your order, your bound to it. So my "assumption" is more of an educated guess based on previous knowledge. You might then ask how do I know they are a "small" operation? My answer would be "how big could they possibly be if I never heard of them?"

Rated X wrote: You might then ask how do I know they are a "small" operation? My answer would be "how big could they possibly be if I never heard of them?"

But didnt you also say you didnt think Weird Al was popular?

Ok guys, I dropped a hint earlier. Will asked nicely.

Let's get back on topic. This thread has a very specific purpose. I'm sure there are plenty of other threads where we can discuss Seibertron politics and demographics, and the pros and cons of small retailers Vs. large retailers.

Thanks.

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:

WJ88 wrote:
60% of members are from the US. And I don't know why people would run away from culture on a fan site dedicated to toys of Japanese origins.

Not sure where you came up with the 60% figure unless you conducted a survey from IP addresses perhaps? Reading further down the comments its refreshing to see there are some Floridians on here. Although in the last couple of years the site has seen an influx of members from 2 particular non-Asian countries who I find myself constantly in disagreement with due to cultural differences. Many of the people I know who stopped posting here from the US are former staff. Im not going to put their business out there because theyre either cool with me in person or cool with someone I know in person. But out of pure curiousity, I wonder what percentage of current active staff members and mods on this site actually live in the US ? (Besides Ryan)

The 60% is publicly available data. Just check this out http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/seibertron.com

It's actualy 58.6% of people who visit seibertron are from the US but I preferred giving a whole number. And that stat is a good index to measure the rest by. A bunch of staff replied to your last comment, including news staff and mods. Just read their comments and read their position and you will see there are quite few americans here.

But I still strongly beleive that it doesnt matter how many americans are around when discussing about toys that werent american to begin with. Hasbro is an international company and it's Transformers franchise is shared with Japan to the point that each of their toys has a counterpart there. And all designs are based on initial Japanese (G1) designs. So I dont see how being internationally inclined would be bad.

Interesting data. Although I was more talking about site visitors with an account that post in the forums, not lurkers who just read the news. I would love to see the same data spreadsheet stats on members with accounts minus the lurkers if thats at all possible?

And the only reason I brought this up is because I noticed over the years posting is that the non-US site users take a more conservative stance on certain issues that US site users are very liberal about. When these differences in opinion cause arguements, that is my definition of "culture shock" on this website. And without trying to offend anyone, half of this culture shock I expierence is from staff members.

Scroll up X.

Thanks.

Cobotron wrote:Ok guys, I dropped a hint earlier. Will asked nicely.

Let's get back on topic. This thread has a very specific purpose. I'm sure there are plenty of other threads where we can discuss Seibertron politics and demographics, and the pros and cons of small retailers Vs. large retailers.

Thanks.

Sorry if I got too off topic. But the staff members with the blue screen names seemed to be encouraging the discussion in a respectable fashion. You guys should have a conference call and get on the same page about whats acceptable. The new staff often act on the mods behalfs, so when they engage in an off topic discussion the rest of us will think its ok.

Rated X wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Ok guys, I dropped a hint earlier. Will asked nicely.

Let's get back on topic. This thread has a very specific purpose. I'm sure there are plenty of other threads where we can discuss Seibertron politics and demographics, and the pros and cons of small retailers Vs. large retailers.

Thanks.

Sorry if I got too off topic. But the staff members with the blue screen names seemed to be encouraging the discussion in a respectable fashion. You guys should have a conference call and get on the same page about whats acceptable. The new staff often act on the mods behalfs, so when they engage in an off topic discussion the rest of us will think its ok.

Give up.

By all means, feel free to take this discussion to the Twincast thread. That place is like the Wild West.

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/twincast-podcast-episode-135-the-road-to-multiverse--t106197.php#p1756495

Also... why doesn't my handle get any special colors? Boo.

So, it's been about a week, and vortex still isn't up on hts... did they, like, get a bunch of cases without vortex, or is he some hot commodity now or something?

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a week, and vortex still isn't up on hts... did they, like, get a bunch of cases without vortex, or is he some hot commodity now or something?

I was at Target the other day, and the ONLY deluxe on the shelves was Vortex. Two of them. So I guess we're having the opposite problem.

megatronus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a week, and vortex still isn't up on hts... did they, like, get a bunch of cases without vortex, or is he some hot commodity now or something?

I was at Target the other day, and the ONLY deluxe on the shelves was Vortex. Two of them. So I guess we're having the opposite problem.

Hmm, lucky, I've got a bunch'a '84 bots still, like 2-3 cases worth at each store talk about a long shelf life, august to now or longer; guess it makes up for them going from wave 1 to wave 4 with a 6 month span of time where they weren't stocking tf's at all

In my area, we have all kinds of wave 4 bots, but only TRU has wave 1 2016, and they are very expensive. no Onslaught sightings. And HTS not having at least Vortex is very wrong. very

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:In my area, we have all kinds of wave 4 bots, but only TRU has wave 1 2016, and they are very expensive. no Onslaught sightings. And HTS not having at least Vortex is very wrong. Very

Yeah, I wondered if he was mislabeled and got lost on the site, but, they're missing out on so many sales by not having him, as so many (>90%) of us buy them as a set, I bet a lot of people are waiting for him to show up to get the free shipping; just surprised brawl and swindle haven't sold out yet

And now the site's not working, maybe vortex showed up and the server exploded from everyone trying to buy them all at once

Both the Deep Water High Tide and larger Optimus Prime Rescue Bots are up on HTS now.

megatronus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So, it's been about a week, and vortex still isn't up on hts... did they, like, get a bunch of cases without vortex, or is he some hot commodity now or something?

I was at Target the other day, and the ONLY deluxe on the shelves was Vortex. Two of them. So I guess we're having the opposite problem.

Haha, this feeds into my unlikely theory that HTS just sells warehouse leftoevers taht werent sent out to retail stores.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:In my area, we have all kinds of wave 4 bots, but only TRU has wave 1 2016, and they are very expensive. no Onslaught sightings. And HTS not having at least Vortex is very wrong. very

I really dont think we should rely on HTS. They are a nice to have but I really dont think Hasbro considers it a primary outlet for people to get their toys.

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:In my area, we have all kinds of wave 4 bots, but only TRU has wave 1 2016, and they are very expensive. no Onslaught sightings. And HTS not having at least Vortex is very wrong. very

I really dont think we should rely on HTS. They are a nice to have but I really dont think Hasbro considers it a primary outlet for people to get their toys.

At the same time, it is very weird that they have 3 limbs and not the fourth, and of all things it's not the new limb but a repaint. the lack of limb is what is very odd

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:At the same time, it is very weird that they have 3 limbs and not the fourth, and of all things it's not the new limb but a repaint. the lack of limb is what is very odd

Blastoff is just a repaint too. Oh, I just realized how Hasbro's Bruticus has 2 limbs that are just straight up repaints. And those same limbs happen to be the ones Takara changed.

Oh and Takara Bruticus is available for preorder at BBTS.