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That's a great price on Roadbuster. I'm still shocked that Roadbuster and Whirl weren't more popular. Great toys even though neither character has a very traditional Transformers face.

Seibertron wrote:That's a great price on Roadbuster. I'm still shocked that Roadbuster and Whirl weren't more popular. Great toys even though neither character has a very traditional Transformers face.

Their lack of being in the original cartoon might be a factor in their Generations toys' lack of popularity.

Sabrblade wrote:

Seibertron wrote:That's a great price on Roadbuster. I'm still shocked that Roadbuster and Whirl weren't more popular. Great toys even though neither character has a very traditional Transformers face.

Their lack of being in the original cartoon might be a factor in their lack of Generations toys' popularity.

Of course it is. I'm just surprised nonetheless that the toys didn't sell better. It seems like they would have been better packaged 1 toy a case along with more popular characters, or doing something to currently promote those characters.

nycPrime wrote:I apologize in advance if this isn't the right forum to ask this question, does anyone more experienced at collecting know what TRU generally does with inventory it cannot sell out of? I missed out on MP Soundwave, and while I do not love the colors of the YOTG version, I can live with it if I can get it at a good (great) price. In that regard, I've been hopeful that TRU will run a huge discount on it to liquidity excess inventory. This figure has been out for some time, and every TRU in my area has a ton of these available on the floor. The flagship store has at least 10 on display, and they're just collecting dust.

From experience regarding these Chinese Zodiac figures, they reach a certain discount price (at most 33% off) and just keep them there till the end. Thats what happened with every figure so far. YOTH prime is still on tru.ca's site. They just dont let go of them, or MPs. They eventually sell out because they become liquidation items which means you can sometimes buy one and the get other half price. Which means the lowest possible discount is getting them 2 for 1 (which happened with YOTH Prime and Starscream). So what happens is "investor" buy 2 and keep them waiting for the long haul till these exclusives gain value. Toysrus has never ever sold these to liquidators.

Curently, both YOTG Prime and the insecticons are on "liquidation" at tru.ca which means that there are sales where you can buy one and then get 50% off on the other. These sales will happen and one or two will be sold each time until there is no more stock.

Anyways, the short answer is this. That soundwave will go lowest anywhere between 125 and 150$ US and just stay there till sold out, even if thats in a year.

I've been looking to replace my Legends Rodimus after trying to modify him so the spoiler could be on his back. Hosed him up pretty bad. Glad I was able to get another for $4.99. Will go Seibertron's route and use the rubber band he comes with to hold it on his back.

Funny that Leader Thundercracker is discounted on here. I've never even seen one in stores. Pretty good price on Crosscut too, but can't decide if I want to pull that trigger.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I've been looking to replace my Legends Rodimus after trying to modify him so the spoiler could be on his back. Hosed him up pretty bad. Glad I was able to get another for $4.99. Will go Seibertron's route and use the rubber band he comes with to hold it on his back.

Funny that Leader Thundercracker is discounted on here. I've never even seen one in stores. Pretty good price on Crosscut too, but can't decide if I want to pull that trigger.

I'd highly recommend grabbing a box of clear polybands from the womens'/girls' section of hair stuff at Walgreens or Target so that you have a pile of them around. They come in handy more than you'd think! Masterpiece MP-09 can hold his guns thanks to clear polybands and DOTM and Transformers Prime weapons can be forced into their better looking positions while on display as well thanks to polybands.

A box should cost around $2 to $4, depending on how many are in a box. I think the box I've been working through came with about a 100.

As for the size of polybands, you want the smaller ones that are more intended for little girls hair.

http://www.walgreens.com/search/results ... =polybands



http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... ands+clear

Seibertron wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I've been looking to replace my Legends Rodimus after trying to modify him so the spoiler could be on his back. Hosed him up pretty bad. Glad I was able to get another for $4.99. Will go Seibertron's route and use the rubber band he comes with to hold it on his back.

Funny that Leader Thundercracker is discounted on here. I've never even seen one in stores. Pretty good price on Crosscut too, but can't decide if I want to pull that trigger.

I'd highly recommend grabbing a box of clear polybands from the womens'/girls' section of hair stuff at Walgreens or Target so that you have a pile of them around. They come in handy more than you'd think! Masterpiece MP-09 can hold his guns thanks to clear polybands and DOTM and Transformers Prime weapons can be forced into their better looking positions while on display as well thanks to polybands.

A box should cost around $2 to $4, depending on how many are in a box. I think the box I've been working through came with about a 100.

As for the size of polybands, you want the smaller ones that are more intended for little girls hair.

http://www.walgreens.com/search/results ... =polybands



http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... ands+clear

Thanks, Ryan! I'll check those out.

william-james88 wrote:

megatronus wrote:I got 3 Legends I needed, and all 4 Stunticons. I wanted to get a carded set (I assume this is the carded version of Dragstrip).

$15 for Skybyte and Roadbuster is excellent. Better than TJ Maxx and Marshalls, actually. I may have to consider those too...

No legions left right? Couldnt find any.

You dont have either of those 2 voyager molds yet? I would highly recomend the Takara galshark over this skybyte but for that price, this is good. The mold is really underrated. And roadbuster is loads of fun.

Oh, I have both molds - as well as the Gelshark version. But I might be seduced by the price...

so where are all these great deals im not seeing anything even remotely close to what was stated

Megatron Wolf wrote:so where are all these great deals im not seeing anything even remotely close to what was stated

Interesting. The prices have changed. Most have gone up. The Megatrons and that Optimus prime from AoE have gone down.

The prices have gone up, glad I picked up a few before they did. Generations/CW voyagers are now $16.99 instead of $14.99 and deluxes are now $12.74 instead of $9.99.

Va'al wrote:Fellow Seibertronian Primeultimus has spotted some too good to be true - but still true! - deals over on the Hasbro Toy Shop site on eBay: Transformers figures across different lines and classes, with prices such as $0.99 for Legion Class, $4.99 for Legends and $14.99 for Voyagers, and shipping is included (though not internationally). If you're still on the hunt for something, head over here to pick it up!

Crazy, some of the prices have gone up a couple bucks since this morning. Well pooh hasbro

carytheone wrote:Crazy, some of the prices have gone up a couple bucks since this morning. Well pooh hasbro

Haha, but you know this isnt Hasbro right?

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:Crazy, some of the prices have gone up a couple bucks since this morning. Well pooh hasbro

Haha, but you know this isnt Hasbro right?

You know what I mean...

The fun's over! Looks like the correct sale has been put in place instead of the "hey we're giving stuff away at wholesale prices or less!" sale that was going on yesterday and this morning. Everything was supposed to be 15% off instead of the crazy insanely cheap prices that had been up there previously.

You can see the correct sale from their main store page at http://stores.ebay.com/hasbrotoyshop/

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:Crazy, some of the prices have gone up a couple bucks since this morning. Well pooh hasbro

Haha, but you know this isnt Hasbro right?

You know what I mean...

I do I do, but Hasbro gets so much damn blame, this time it wasnt really their fault. And plus, turns out these were all deals we weren't really supposed to get, especially for the legion and legends class.

On the plus side, eagle eye cary, you did make my wife laugh a whole bunch with that bunny meme

Thanks!

william-james88 wrote:On the plus side, eagle eye cary, you did make my wife laugh a whole bunch with that bunny meme

Thanks!

Well at least there was one save tonight.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I've been looking to replace my Legends Rodimus after trying to modify him so the spoiler could be on his back. Hosed him up pretty bad. Glad I was able to get another for $4.99. Will go Seibertron's route and use the rubber band he comes with to hold it on his back.

Funny that Leader Thundercracker is discounted on here. I've never even seen one in stores. Pretty good price on Crosscut too, but can't decide if I want to pull that trigger.

I'd highly recommend grabbing a box of clear polybands from the womens'/girls' section of hair stuff at Walgreens or Target so that you have a pile of them around. They come in handy more than you'd think! Masterpiece MP-09 can hold his guns thanks to clear polybands and DOTM and Transformers Prime weapons can be forced into their better looking positions while on display as well thanks to polybands.

A box should cost around $2 to $4, depending on how many are in a box. I think the box I've been working through came with about a 100.

As for the size of polybands, you want the smaller ones that are more intended for little girls hair.

http://www.walgreens.com/search/results ... =polybands



http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_ ... ands+clear

Thanks, Ryan! I'll check those out.

Yeah . That's a great idea.

$9.99 Gold Armor Grimlock RiD Warrior at Amazon. Sold by Amazon themselves and eligible for Prime shipping.

CW Leader Ultra Magnus is $40.44 on Amazon. Directly sold by Amazon so qualifies for Prime:

http://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Gene ... tra+magnus

I'm going to hold out a little longer in the hope that it goes down a little more. Would love to see it closer to the price of Thundercracker.

ScottyP wrote:$9.99 Gold Armor Grimlock RiD Warrior at Amazon. Sold by Amazon themselves and eligible for Prime shipping.

Just got mine in from the Hasbro eBay deal, same price.
Well worth it for a repaint, glad i grabbed him.

Well I went to BBTS to look for something and I always get distracted by the new stuffs/sales.

So I clicked on an EHobby Sunstorm sale and they have a few things up for pre-order clearance?!? Is that a thing?

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=20082

#1 Encore: Sunstorm E-Hobby Exclusive $39.99

#2 Alternity A-02 Nissan Fairlady Z Megatron - Diamond Black $34.99

#3 Optimus Prime - Dodge Ram SRT-10 $34.99

#4 Sixshot Asian Exclusive Metallic Color Redeco $84.99

#5 Mickey Mouse Transformer - Exclusive Chromed Christmas Version $34.99

Based on what they call the original price, those seem like pretty good prices. That Megs has got me interested. Is that a good price on that guy?

carytheone wrote:Based on what they call the original price, those seem like pretty good prices. That Megs has got me interested. Is that a good price on that guy?

That is a good price. About half off, iirc. But be warned, he is a fiddly fiddle bot. Although both modes look really nice, he maybe one of my least favorite TFs to tf.

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:Based on what they call the original price, those seem like pretty good prices. That Megs has got me interested. Is that a good price on that guy?

That is a good price. About half off, iirc. But be warned, he is a fiddly fiddle bot. Although both modes look really nice, he maybe one of my least favorite TFs to tf.

That seems to be the binalternitechs thing.

WHAT?! Thats an amazing price on a high demand megatron figure. I went for the less cool blue version because he was cheaper. If you are at all curious about that mold, this is the best price you will ever get, so jump on it Cary! And yes, preorder clearance makes sense as these are all old toys that they are getting more stock of. They dont want to be stuck with them forever.