ScottyP wrote:Just preorded Cyberverse Grimlock on there no problem and that's a pretty new listing. Plenty of stuff shows as available to ship as long as it's sold by Amazon Japan and not a marketplace seller. FBA on there is a crapshoot, usually doesn't go global but sometimes it does. So yeah, no idea where this came from.william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:I'm gonna wait for the Amazon Japan price before I continue my freakout.
I'm guessing Amazon Japan will be around $125 shipped
There's a very good chance that you won't be able to get this figure from Amazon Japan.
How do you come up with these notions?
edit: Apparently there's a discussion on tfw about it because some Macross thing didn't ship global so there's general paranoia but I don't see any actual issues with TFs described. Apparently the "Jump to Conclusions" mat still ships global
Grimlok59 wrote:I wonder if they'll eventually release a MP+ version of this.
Syclone wrote:The price is insane for a figure smaller than Ironhide....who SHOULDN'T be smaller than Ironhide.
Emerje wrote:ScottyP wrote:Just preorded Cyberverse Grimlock on there no problem and that's a pretty new listing. Plenty of stuff shows as available to ship as long as it's sold by Amazon Japan and not a marketplace seller. FBA on there is a crapshoot, usually doesn't go global but sometimes it does. So yeah, no idea where this came from.william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:I'm gonna wait for the Amazon Japan price before I continue my freakout.
I'm guessing Amazon Japan will be around $125 shipped
There's a very good chance that you won't be able to get this figure from Amazon Japan.
How do you come up with these notions?
edit: Apparently there's a discussion on tfw about it because some Macross thing didn't ship global so there's general paranoia but I don't see any actual issues with TFs described. Apparently the "Jump to Conclusions" mat still ships global
It isn't unusual for new figures to be listed as not able to ship overseas from Amazon Japan at first and then later enabled. I will point out that MPM-8 Megatron took a while to get discounted on Amazon Japan and when it finally happened it was only 18% which is small compared to other exporters. Amazon Japan is also now cutting off pre-order cancellations after a certain period so you can't just order with them and hold out for a better price elsewhere, gotta be prepared to commit or keep an eye on the date if you're unsure. There's no promise that Hound will be the lowest price on Amazon Japan, though cheap shipping does help.
Emerje
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Ironhidensh wrote:Hound costs more than the MP Soundwave reissue. Justify paying it however we want, (I’m doing the mental gymnastics on it myself) but this price is not in any way reasonable.
It’s a money grab, no more, no less. Totally Takara’s right as a free company, don’t get me wrong, but also our right to not buy.
Most Transformers are manufactured in Vietnam these days.sol magnus wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Hound costs more than the MP Soundwave reissue. Justify paying it however we want, (I’m doing the mental gymnastics on it myself) but this price is not in any way reasonable.
It’s a money grab, no more, no less. Totally Takara’s right as a free company, don’t get me wrong, but also our right to not buy.
I doubt it's that simple with the Tariffs. Importers suffer whether they are wholesale or retail. If Japan is getting stuff from China (most likely), then China may raise fees to compensate for Tariffs from US.
There's a whole absurd interchange going on that could very well be effecting the prices we see. It also *could* be a money grab. Without expertise in International Commerce I can see how it's easiest to believe it's a "money grab," but that doesn't make it one. Necessarily.
ScottyP wrote:Most Transformers are manufactured in Vietnam these days.sol magnus wrote:Ironhidensh wrote:Hound costs more than the MP Soundwave reissue. Justify paying it however we want, (I’m doing the mental gymnastics on it myself) but this price is not in any way reasonable.
It’s a money grab, no more, no less. Totally Takara’s right as a free company, don’t get me wrong, but also our right to not buy.
I doubt it's that simple with the Tariffs. Importers suffer whether they are wholesale or retail. If Japan is getting stuff from China (most likely), then China may raise fees to compensate for Tariffs from US.
There's a whole absurd interchange going on that could very well be effecting the prices we see. It also *could* be a money grab. Without expertise in International Commerce I can see how it's easiest to believe it's a "money grab," but that doesn't make it one. Necessarily.
While it is true that the higher prices on recent MP figures are due to several factors, greed is absolutely one of those.
SpaceKaseJase wrote:$118 via Anime-export, if you're patient. Never had issues with them. Just sayin'.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
william-james88 wrote:SpaceKaseJase wrote:$118 via Anime-export, if you're patient. Never had issues with them. Just sayin'.
I had issues with my MP dinobot and they... sent me a new one a few months later, it all worked out well and I recomend them fully.
Their shipping has gone up though.
xMXUx wrote:william-james88 wrote:SpaceKaseJase wrote:$118 via Anime-export, if you're patient. Never had issues with them. Just sayin'.
I had issues with my MP dinobot and they... sent me a new one a few months later, it all worked out well and I recomend them fully.
Their shipping has gone up though.
I'm still waiting for them to resolve my account issues so that I can have a $250+ order shipped, but so far the just say they can't help and then ignore my emails... So I'd only recommend them if you're sure you won't be needing to contact them in case something doesn't work out
Wolfman Jake wrote:Syclone wrote:The price is insane for a figure smaller than Ironhide....who SHOULDN'T be smaller than Ironhide.
Hound is consistently smaller than Ironhide, in the cartoon, in the Sunbow size charts, and now even in the SIEGE line, where Hasbro is paying especially close attention to relative character scale. Hound is the same height as the likes of Prowl and Sideswipe, more or less.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, with my recent doll purchases, I have absolutely no rights to complain about the price.
However, I found the MPs to be just NOT fun to play with. I never even bothered to transform MP-36 Megatron. I want my transformers to be quick and fun to transform and MPs have been really annoying to play with recently. Especially the MPMs. So will I buy Hound? It will really depend on video reviews.
SpaceKaseJase wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Well, with my recent doll purchases, I have absolutely no rights to complain about the price.
However, I found the MPs to be just NOT fun to play with. I never even bothered to transform MP-36 Megatron. I want my transformers to be quick and fun to transform and MPs have been really annoying to play with recently. Especially the MPMs. So will I buy Hound? It will really depend on video reviews.
Lol, my MP-36 is still in the box. Kinda scared to open him!
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