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megatronus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:You've already forgotten about the Platinum Leader 2-pk Grimlock???

The one with the strange green, blue, and copper bronze paint apps? No thank you.

Ummm... but that's the one that most resembles the movie photos you posted...

There is no blue, bronze, or bright green in any of the spots on the chest, belly, or shoulders of Grimlock's onscreen robot mode CGI model that they appear on the Platinum toy.

Va'al wrote:Fellow Transformers fan Kyleor informs us of a new Target store 25% off coupon and online code on all Toys, Sporting Goods and Arts & Crafts - and that of course includes our favourite transforming robots! Check out the image below to pick up the code and happy (online) hunting.

People definitely took advantage of this to buy the Blaster set as it is now sold out.... just as I finally got my US funds cleared for paypal

http://www.target.com/p/transformers-preceptor-and-blaster/-/A-17077093#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=preceptor

william-james88 wrote:

Va'al wrote:Fellow Transformers fan Kyleor informs us of a new Target store 25% off coupon and online code on all Toys, Sporting Goods and Arts & Crafts - and that of course includes our favourite transforming robots! Check out the image below to pick up the code and happy (online) hunting.

People definitely took advantage of this to buy the Blaster set as it is now sold out.... just as I finally got my US funds cleared for paypal

http://www.target.com/p/transformers-preceptor-and-blaster/-/A-17077093#prodSlot=medium_1_1&term=preceptor

Man, that sucks so hard, you have my deepest sympathies, I know that feeling very well

Here, wi-fi hug

william-james88 wrote:it is now sold out

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:it is now sold out

Who knew??? That was strange

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:it is now sold out

Who knew??? That was strange

Yeah, that was weird. Anyways, found this one. In terms of shipping to canada, the total price comes out to only 3$ more expensive than if I went with my plan with target.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-Pl ... SweW5Vd6Nt

Also, this set selling out at retail is good news since that was never the case before and it may encourage Hasbro to reissue some more G1s

So today's BBTS sale is YOTG Prime:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

$40 off, so $110 total (plus shipping)... not bad!

megatronus wrote:So today's BBTS sale is YOTG Prime:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

$40 off, so $110 total (plus shipping)... not bad!

Are you tempted?

william-james88 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

william-james88 wrote:it is now sold out

Who knew??? That was strange

Yeah, that was weird. Anyways, found this one. In terms of shipping to canada, the total price comes out to only 3$ more expensive than if I went with my plan with target.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Transformers-Pl ... SweW5Vd6Nt

Also, this set selling out at retail is good news since that was never the case before and it may encourage Hasbro to reissue some more G1s

True, but better yet, it may encourage target to release these coupons more often

william-james88 wrote:

megatronus wrote:So today's BBTS sale is YOTG Prime:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

$40 off, so $110 total (plus shipping)... not bad!

Are you tempted?

Nope... this isn't quite my thing.

To those of you who have an Ollie's Bargain Outlet near them you might want to go check your stores. They have a lot of the Thrilling 30 figures for $6.99 each. I picked up Chromia, Rattrap, Waspinator and Windblade. I also saw Scoops, Jhiaxus, Armada Starscream, Tankor and Arcee is rumored to be floating around as well. They also had a ton of the Target exclusive Silver Knight Optimus Prime and G1 Grimlock two pack for $19.99

WheelJacked wrote:To those of you who have an Ollie's Bargain Outlet near them you might want to go check your stores. They have a lot of the Thrilling 30 figures for $6.99 each. I picked up Chromia, Rattrap, Waspinator and Windblade. I also saw Scoops, Jhiaxus, Armada Starscream, Tankor and Arcee is rumored to be floating around as well. They also had a ton of the Target exclusive Silver Knight Optimus Prime and G1 Grimlock two pack for $19.99

I saw 2 Arcees at the Ollies in Ypsilanti, MI. So they are hitting some. Grabbed a Chromia for 6.99

WheelJacked wrote:To those of you who have an Ollie's Bargain Outlet near them you might want to go check your stores. They have a lot of the Thrilling 30 figures for $6.99 each. I picked up Chromia, Rattrap, Waspinator and Windblade. I also saw Scoops, Jhiaxus, Armada Starscream, Tankor and Arcee is rumored to be floating around as well. They also had a ton of the Target exclusive Silver Knight Optimus Prime and G1 Grimlock two pack for $19.99

Yep, seen them around here as well (not the Fembots, but the rest). Some cheap Voyagers as well, like $13 Roadbusters.

I've added Ollie's as a chain to the Sightings DB store locator and added all the locations for my home state: http://www.seibertron.com/sightings/sto ... ain_id=346 If others reading this want to make entries for their areas, please do, I'll be sure to look out for the new entries and approve them ASAP!

You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

Technically, I never saw any figure after the skywarp/minicon wave until wave 1 of cw showed up in my stores in june... could you have gotten the 2 pack through bbts?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

Technically, I never saw any figure after the skywarp/minicon wave until wave 1 of cw showed up in my stores in june... could you have gotten the 2 pack through bbts?

Exactly.
Add shipping, a sheetee $ conversion rate, and a hefty surprize custom fee, and BAM! Ordinary figures suddenly get very premium.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

Technically, I never saw any figure after the skywarp/minicon wave until wave 1 of cw showed up in my stores in june... could you have gotten the 2 pack through bbts?

Exactly.
Add shipping, a sheetee $ conversion rate, and a hefty surprize custom fee, and BAM! Ordinary figures suddenly get very premium.

Bummer, well, now you get amiami and such at a very reasonable rate

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

Technically, I never saw any figure after the skywarp/minicon wave until wave 1 of cw showed up in my stores in june... could you have gotten the 2 pack through bbts?

Exactly.
Add shipping, a sheetee $ conversion rate, and a hefty surprize custom fee, and BAM! Ordinary figures suddenly get very premium.

Bummer, well, now you get amiami and such at a very reasonable rate

Yeah. The new girl trio set me back for 94.27CAN shipped, meaning 31$CAN each. That's around 7$ more each compared to the normal Canadian 20$+15% taxes for deluxes. Not too shabby for ACTUAL Takara excclusive premium figures.

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

My state doesn't have that store chain, so I get none of that store's offerings.

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

I got the japanese version which were 26$ a piece. No way was I gonna pay that much for a hasbro version.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:You lucky Americans. Not only did Chromia and Arcee DID come out in your stores, they are now on crazy clearance sales too!

I had to pay Arcee and Chromia 40$...........each!

I got the japanese version which were 26$ a piece. No way was I gonna pay that much for a hasbro version.

It mostly because of the damn $ conversion and the surprise custom fee. If not, the prices were reasonable.
Sigh... That's why I stopped buying from BBTS. It's not their fault. BBTS should do like Amazon.com do. They charge "imports fees". Yeah, it suck to pay more taxes, but if customs hit, the fee absorb all of it and you basically save the extra 10-15$ customs charge you on top of taxes. If no customs hit, Amazon refund the import fees in a week. That's why if I MUST buy Amercan, I'll buy from Amazon.com instead.
.com.
NOT .ca.
Amazon.ca is complete garbage.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Amazon.ca is complete garbage.

Its the cheapest place on the planet to get Platinum Trypticon shipped to us.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Amazon.ca is complete garbage.

Its the cheapest place on the planet to get Platinum Trypticon shipped to us.

That's one very rare exception.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Amazon.ca is complete garbage.

Its the cheapest place on the planet to get Platinum Trypticon shipped to us.

That's one very rare exception.

I know, I was just messing around. I hate them too.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Amazon.ca is complete garbage.

Its the cheapest place on the planet to get Platinum Trypticon shipped to us.

That's one very rare exception.

I know, I was just messing around. I hate them too.

Well, I guess, you could both just move to the US and solve all your tf purchasing problems