The Energon Pub

[Starseeker]

Great start to the weekend! Found Megatronus in Target last night. The G2 Grimlock was there as well and I got it for my son since he's not one that I need. This morning found Prima in Walmart!
Bee and Gears were from earlier in the week.

[-Kanrabat-]

That Gears with the chest-plate still uninstalled in that packaging is pain.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Bunch of stuff to catch up on here:

[Rodimus Prime]

So pretty...

This is a great haul. I miss the aesthetic of AEC. Big, solid chunky figures that had presence and substance.

[Sabrblade]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

[Emerje]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

Something weird must have occurred during the PO process for me, my final charge was only $165

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

Something weird must have occurred during the PO process for me, my final charge was only $165

[Emerje]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

Something weird must have occurred during the PO process for me, my final charge was only $165

Did you order anything else with it that would have split the shipping or something? Here's my receipt, it comes to just over $191 and I ordered back in July. Apparently the pre-order guarantee only saved 345yen or $2.34, the figure alone would be $165.

Edit: Wait a minute, the price on the receipt isn't the same as the price they said I was charged in the email. I'm guessing that's the Japanese taxed price rather than the duty free price (I bed Japan does away with that now soon.).

Despite all that I just checked and my actual charge was $188.¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

Something weird must have occurred during the PO process for me, my final charge was only $165

Did you order anything else with it that would have split the shipping or something?

T-Spark MPM Bee, which should arrive this week

[Emerje]

Too bad it costs as much as the combined total price of two Titans.

The Flame Toys Kuro Kara Kuri figure did, this is the Adamas Machina figure that was under $200 after shipping on Amazon Japan.

Emerje

Something weird must have occurred during the PO process for me, my final charge was only $165

Did you order anything else with it that would have split the shipping or something?

T-Spark MPM Bee, which should arrive this week

That's probably it then, they do weird things with the shipping when two things are ordered with different release dates. Weird that your Bee hasn't shown up yet, I got mine along with the Triple Takeover set and Brave Exkaiser last week. But then I've had Amazon Japan swap my DHL shipping out for some other company I've never heard of that took two weeks to arrive before.

Anyway, Stopped at the local Walmart I don't go to very often anymore and the Transformers section was almost completely empty aside from some TFOne stuff. All of the Legacy and Studio Series stuff at all price points was gone. Only thing new they had was Retro Gears (no Bee) and Swapticons. Picked up the Swapticon Optimus and Megatron sets. I thought the twisting would be a little more involved, but they are nice to fidget with so mission accomplished I guess.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

I went to Walmart and the shelves were bare-bone, safe from the Swapticons (Does that mean they are ALL "bad guys?").
I couldn't resist but to get them all!

Also, the Naruto X-Over came from Amazon earlier this week.

[Emerje]

Got Selects Trypticon from BBTS Saturday.

This morning I found a restock of Blokees TFOne boxes. This time I ended up with Hound, a second Wheeljack and a second Death Tracker. Getting two duplicates out of six boxes with 10 possible figures is a bit of a bummer, but at least they're only $5 and Death Trackers are trooper builders. This is the second time I've found one full case and one empty case sitting on the shelf, really makes me think there's a way to figure out what's in the boxes and someone is taking all the Primes/Orions, Megatrons and Bees. I looked all over and couldn't find any codes or stamps.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

I'm currently making some heavy custom works and I'm still finding treasures inside the box-o-scraps that I got last month. So I consider these findings to be new hauls.

Not on the picture, I found a legends Universe Beachcomber in perfect condition. I already had it so I gave the spare to my friend.

Next is the minicon Knockdown from the 2008 box set, and the Minicon Bank by his lonesome. Both in perfect condition.

As for the minicon Thunderwing missing his nosecone and arms-wings, I found some T-Rex-in-a-cage toy set at Marshall's for some custom project. In it, there was a pair of guns with ball-joint made to fit on the included copter or jeep. But it was a perfect fit on that Minicon! So it makes for an original spaceship and the bot have now gun-arms.

And finally, a DOTM Specialist Ratchet with a broken windshield. By luck, there was the top half of a DOTM deluxe Ratchet in that same box-o-scrap. So that corpse donated its windows to the Specialist. The cherry on top is that I found his gun too!

I bet that box-o-scrap will still deliver some more unexpected treasures sooner or later.

[Emerje]

This morning I found a restock of Blokees TFOne boxes. This time I ended up with Hound, a second Wheeljack and a second Death Tracker. Getting two duplicates out of six boxes with 10 possible figures is a bit of a bummer, but at least they're only $5 and Death Trackers are trooper builders. This is the second time I've found one full case and one empty case sitting on the shelf, really makes me think there's a way to figure out what's in the boxes and someone is taking all the Primes/Orions, Megatrons and Bees. I looked all over and couldn't find any codes or stamps.

Well, the answer no, that's no the case. This morning I picked up two more boxes and got an Orion Pax and a D-16! Sweet! Now I just have to keep buying to see if I can find a B-127 or Vector Prime.

Emerje

[TF-fan kev777]

Been a while since my last haul post. Over the past few weeks I got the following:
SS TLK Prime from Amazon
SS86 Scrapper and Bonecrusher from Amazon
AotP G2 Grimlock from Target (on sale)
AotP Megatronus from Amazon
SS Double Punch on sale for $17.99 from Amazon
SS Que on sale for $18.74 from Meijer
SS Gamer Ironhide on sale for just over $26 from Meijer
SS Gamer Skywarp from Amazon.

[-Kanrabat-]

Two Mandarake hauls that arrived almost the same day.

First, the exclusive leader TF1 Optimus. Used, but including shipping, it amounted around the same price as a leader bought locally.

Next, I finally pulled the trigger on the G1 Platinum Trypticon. It was brand new at only 14k yen... and I had to pay as much in taxes and shipping.
I should have bought it way back when it was available at Canadian Amazon.
Oh well, it could have been worse. I could have bought it from eBay.

[-Kanrabat-]

Today there was a mini Comiccon at my hometown so I got a mini haul.

A Looney Tunes mug for my dad, a small geode to break for my mom, and I'll try some Blokees for the first time with a double dose of RotB Primals.

[Emerje]

Got SS86 Bonecrusher and Scrapper from Hasbro Pulse Tuesday. Actually didn't even realize I had them, I had sat the box aside thinking it was from somewhere else until I looked at the tracking and then double checked the box.

Emerje

[Emerje]

Amazon has had a few Transformers on sale this week. Got Legacy Overcharge for $37 and Studio Series ROTB Double Punch for $18. Both are still on sale if anyone cares.

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

Amazon has had a few Transformers on sale this week. Got Legacy Overcharge for $37 and Studio Series ROTB Double Punch for $18. Both are still on sale if anyone cares.

Emerje

Did you get those?

Anyway, I'd love an Overcharge at that price. Unfortunately, when factoring taxes and shipping, I barely save the equivalent of my local sales taxes.
I'll bid my time. It'll be on true sale at Canadian Amazon sooner or later.

[Emerje]

Amazon has had a few Transformers on sale this week. Got Legacy Overcharge for $37 and Studio Series ROTB Double Punch for $18. Both are still on sale if anyone cares.

Emerje

Did you get those?

Got

Emerje

[-Kanrabat-]

I finally got the first two Arealbots and the first two Primes.

The Jets shall remain sealed until I have the whole team.
I opened the Primes, but they aren't that great.

[Starseeker]

The latest:

[-Kanrabat-]

Got The Fallen at last! Let's see if he's more fun than Prima and Solus.