The Energon Pub

[munkimus prime]

Thanks for the info on the wing mirrors. They were giving me a bit of trouble too. On the whole though, Tracks is an amazing figure and definitely worth purchasing.

[fenrir72]

Thanks, Cyberpath. That makes it pretty clear. "Blaster" was probably an oversight by the people creating Tracks' instruction sheet.

MP-01 (1st releases) and MP-08 had "More than Meets TEH Eye!" in their front box fonts. Also in the UW, the english font has the name "Defensor".

Maybe TT is going bilingual crazy on us?

Unite Warriors and Legends deliberately use both the Japanese and English names, while the Masterpiece line is supposed to only use the Japanese names.

I'm with Wolfman on thinking it was a goof since that description Cyberpath posted uses "Broadcast" in Katakana multiple times and "Blaster" in Latin script once.


And in regards to what Wolfman asked earlier about what the Japanese call Blaster's altmode, the description refers to him as a "cassette deck".

I said "maybe" or simply put, it got through the editing process (if there is one)

[Wolfman Jake]

On the whole though, Tracks is an amazing figure and definitely worth purchasing.

I second this!

[molleking]

I may be able to get Year of the Goat Soundwave.

LOL, I thought that looked so stupid. Now I have one, and love it. It's the only set that I keep in my bedroom, so I can see it every day.

[fenrir72]

http://tfsquareone.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -face.html

Maz has a scoop from a buddy who has this prototype.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Facemask? Cool. Would have been something neat if they had actually made swappable faces

[fenrir72]

Ocean Design's "evil" twin. Well Ocean Designs IS Eness

[Va'al]

The Seibertron.com board admin from down under Burn has shared a new sighting from Australia, courtesy of Handsprime of the OTCA boards. It appears that Takara Tomy Masterpiece Tracks has made it to the continental island, and can be found at Toys R Us stored for 149.99 AUSD - check out the photo below, and make sure to flag up any sightings in our dedicated section, too!

[Cyberpath]

150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci

[Burn]

150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci

And while TRU AU continue to hold the monopoly on imported MP's (Hasbro AU have been looking at trying to get other retailers on-boar) they'll continue to jack up the prices to insane levels.

It's no wonder then that they don't seem to sell well.

[fenrir72]

150 AUD?

Still available on HLJ; and as of writing this, on Spring sale! --

4,875 yens (43 USD / 57 AUD)

http://hlj.com/product/TKT83175/Sci

And the price Burn is quoting is simply ATROCIOUS! But given it's Australia, they tax like everything right? A cradle to grave socialist system( where does the funds come from.taxes and more taxes) where the government handles like everything(?). Please feel free to correct me Burn.

[Burn]

Tax has nothing to do with this price, it's simply TRU's price gouging.

[fenrir72]

Tax has nothing to do with this price, it's simply TRU's price gouging.

What percentage of the price is tax aside from the prerequisite TRU bloodprice gouging?12%? or higher?

Another thing. Why does TRU even try? Do those items even sell given the price range they are offering?

[Burn]

$136.36 + 13.64 GST = $150

There MAY be customs fees involved, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what they would be as Hasbro AU brings them into the country and then distributes them to TRU. I'm not even sure where the English instructions are packed, whether it's done in the factory or done once they land in Australia.

[fenrir72]

$136.36 + 13.64 GST = $150

There MAY be customs fees involved, but I wouldn't have the foggiest idea of what they would be as Hasbro AU brings them into the country and then distributes them to TRU. I'm not even sure where the English instructions are packed, whether it's done in the factory or done once they land in Australia.

Forgot about that. Customs and shipping plus their profit margins. Means that there really is a limited market for these type of collectibles.

[MGrotusque]

Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

[fenrir72]

Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

Here:

http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/

I use this when buying from ebay,amiami etc

[william-james88]

Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

The AU dollar is doing as bad as ours and the exchange is about the same so tracks here is 150$ cdn. Still wish we had it in stores at that price?

[BumbleDouche]

And they wonder why retail stores are suffering. I live in Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, & I've STRUGGLED to even FIND certain waves at retail.

I regularly visit TRU just to browse & clear my head, but it makes less & less sense to actually buy from there. When I did succumb to an impulse buy last year, it turned out that I had foolishly bought approximately 3/4 a Superion & 1/3 of a Menasor.

I checked back relentlessly for MONTHS at several TRU stores just so that I could COMPLETE the damn gestalt figures, but after actually speaking with TRU management, I finally discovered that Combiner Wars Wave 2 was being completely bypassed! Apparently they had no intention of EVER stocking that wave, so in the end I had no other option but to buy online to complete the sets!

When I next checked TRU, just the other day in fact, there were still one or two token Wave 1 shelfwarmers remaining behind the new stock, which was essentially half a Bruticus & a pile of Hotspots (no other Protectobots; ready to screw over the next poor sap to buy an incomplete set).

Masterpiece editions I NEVER even CONSIDER buying from bricks-and-mortar stores. Ultra Magnus is still on sale here for $299 AUD, with (unsurprisingly) plenty in stock many months after release. Now they're saying Tracks is here & I should what, celebrate? I purchased Tracks online months ago for about $60 AUD with free postage; it arrived from Asia within 4 days of placing the order.

With all that in mind, what possible incentive is there for me or anyone to buy off the shelf? Aside from charging almost triple the price, I have to consider the prospect that NOT buying online as soon possible after a figure is released may result in me missing out on that figure entirely.

By the time TRU informs customers as to whether or not they will even bother to stock an item, that item may already be sold out online & thus impossible to obtain - this is exactly how I missed MP-10 Optimus Prime, even after the bastards at TRU ASSURED me they'd be receiving stock (thankfully, HAS/TAK did another production run, so I could dry my tears &... STILL not see it available at retail). Again, if I hadn't bought MP-10 online, I'd have missed him a second time.

Anyway, in conclusion to this arbitrarily (unintentionally) long, whining, tantrum/essay, TRU management should stop circle jerking around their $100-bill-used-as-kindling campfires & give me what I want. If they want to have sadistic exclusivity when it comes to Transformers, at least give the customer OPTIONS. And reasonable prices. And a sandwich. A beer wouldn't be bad either.

[BumbleDouche]

Canadian retail NEVER has these MP figures in brick and mortar stores. Regardless of how much they cost i'm always shocked when i see pics of these items on a TRU shelf. I always have to go to specialty shops and pay a premium for higher end TF's or online and get annihilated by exchange on top of outrageous shipping costs.

What's the AU dollar going for right now? THe Canadian dollar is about .25 less than the American.

Should have added this to my earlier anti-TRU hissy-fit message lol... But what you need is a support buddy in a different market zone. I live in Australia, ordering from Asia is very quick (usually less than a week) & postage is usually free. You should look into contact with someone here who can buy your items cheap & then just forward them on to you via post, I'm sure it'd be MUCH cheaper for you.

[superchook6909]

I got mine off ebay in Australia for $99.00.

[Cyberpath]

MP-25 Tracks prototype with toy-accurate face from Masterforce UK --

[fenrir72]

takara-tomy-transformers-masterpiece-mp-25-tracks-discussion-thread-t103299s600.php#p1765954

[Cyberpath]

Black Tracks?



Source: @gadepon

[fenrir72]

https://twitter.com/gadepon/status/7339 ... 24/photo/1

Loudpedal (Tracks Destron (?) variant) MP25L

Seems to be based on the masked prototype article I posted a few months back based on Maz's blog