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Hard call if buying 7 with the intention to sell is considered scalping. People KNEW this was coming for the past nine months and if they didn't save up $$$ that their fault. And in this case I think three days is a fair amount of time versus minutes for ticket and other online scalping. You also have to take into consideration that P/CP is being bought sight unseen and that a big risk.

As for FunPub limiting the amount you can buy you have to understand why they CAN'T do it as they do not know which items will be popular and need to make their money back as quickly as possible.

Guess it just wasn't in the cards for me to get this bad boy.


Oh well, at least I'll get to see a sweet gallery of it here once Seibertron gets his hands on it.

Congrats to the Transformers Collectors Club on such a fast sell out. I surely would have gotten my hand on one of them if I had the cash.

Sold out?!?

This is bullshit! As a member of the TFCC I'm pissed that my membership means so little that I can't even pre order one before they are sold out. In my case I was away all weekend for work and I find out today that I'm SOL.

So here's what should have been done:

Members get the chance to preorder a week in advance of non members with a strict cap placed per figure, per member THEN open the preorders to the rest of the public.

Very disappointed in this... Don't think I'll be buying back into the TFCC unless this issue is resolved.

I got mine ordered!

Surely somebody who bought extra ones could hook up our 2 staff members above with a Counterpunch for a reasonable price?

Had I had the money, I would have bought a few extra myself and sold them at cost to you guys. But alas, I didn't.

First Gen wrote:Guess it just wasn't in the cards for me to get this bad boy.


Oh well, at least I'll get to see a sweet gallery of it here once Seibertron gets his hands on it.

Congrats to the Transformers Collectors Club on such a fast sell out. I surely would have gotten my hand on one of them if I had the cash.

Please check your email.

Is it me or did this sell out faster then any other club toy ever?

Dead Metal wrote:Is it me or did this sell out faster then any other club toy ever?

Has any other club figure ever sell out during pre-order? I have to assume some sold out eventually, but most likely after they were in stock at the club store.

except for the Seacons, but they sold out only because they took forever to come out.

All members of the club should have first refusal for exclusives then any extra made open to the public. You will see a glut of these on the ebay soon.

I ment to order one but meh, im not going to loose any sleep over not having one.

Neurie wrote:You will see a glut of these on the ebay soon.

I very much doubt it. The production numbers were less than 2000. There's not a glut of ANY TF toy on eBay with production numbers that low, much less a highly desired classics-style toy.

Just got an email from TFCC saying that they're looking into getting the production numbers increased in order to give a few more people a shot at Punch/Counterpunch, don't everyone despair just yet. There may yet be a chance to get this figure.

Here's the actual text from the email:

Brian wrote:Response to the current club exclusives pre-orders has been incredible! Over the weekend Punch/Counter Punch has sold out!

However, we are checking to see if we can get the quantities increased. We will keep you posted if we are able to do this. If we are able to increase the production numbers, we ask that you give members who have not ordered a set, the chance to purchase before you order seconds...etc.

In addition, Cyclonus has sold through approximately 60% of the run. If you are interested in that figure, don't delay as we expect it to sell out soon as well.

BotCon update: We are still working on final details and the online registration system. We hope to have the brochure up very soon.

Thanks for your support!

Brian

Samsonator wrote:Just got an email from TFCC saying that they're looking into getting the production numbers increased in order to give a few more people a shot at Punch/Counterpunch, don't everyone despair just yet.

That would be nice. I balked at the $10 shipping charge last night to give myself some time to think it over, and now I'm SOL. No one's fault but my own here.

Counterpunch wrote:

Neurie wrote:You will see a glut of these on the ebay soon.

I very much doubt it. The production numbers were less than 2000. There's not a glut of ANY TF toy on eBay with production numbers that low, much less a highly desired classics-style toy.

Possibly but but with the amount of people buying 5/7/10 pieces there will be a steady supply on ebay.

Gotta love those fans who most definately arent scalpers, I would never dare colour them with that tarnished brush for seeing an investment to fund a purchase of a MISB Black Zarak by excessive over buying to sell at a grossly inflated price

Hopefully the production run will be increased to meet demand, but if it does im certain people will be buying them in multiples again.

the system is seriously flawed, atleast botcons is better than it was a few years ago, makes me miss when the Hartmans ran it and limited it to two per attendee.

Samsonator wrote:Just got an email from TFCC saying that they're looking into getting the production numbers increased in order to give a few more people a shot at Punch/Counterpunch, don't everyone despair just yet. There may yet be a chance to get this figure.

Here's the actual text from the email:

Brian wrote:Response to the current club exclusives pre-orders has been incredible! Over the weekend Punch/Counter Punch has sold out!

However, we are checking to see if we can get the quantities increased. We will keep you posted if we are able to do this. If we are able to increase the production numbers, we ask that you give members who have not ordered a set, the chance to purchase before you order seconds...etc.

In addition, Cyclonus has sold through approximately 60% of the run. If you are interested in that figure, don't delay as we expect it to sell out soon as well.

BotCon update: We are still working on final details and the online registration system. We hope to have the brochure up very soon.

Thanks for your support!

Brian

Ditto. I got the same email. My guess is that they got flooded with complaints and/or demand and are going to try to make a few more.

You guys and your scalper talk! Seriously, are we children and we can't accept that sometimes stuff that we don't like happens. We may be toy collectors, but suck it up and be a man instead of constantly complaining about!

I really can't express how sick I am over this argument, and I really don't want to offend anybody. If you're not able, or more to the point not willing, to fork over a couple of extra bucks every once in a while, you are never going to have all the figures that appeal to you. That's OK for a lot of people, but if you must have everything, and you don't want to pay, this is not the hobby for you.

This is all coming from a guy who has lost 50% of his pay since I started collecting.

The position that Downshift is in is a little different because he wasn't around. But I also don't fault the club at all on this. This is the first time that a club figure has sold out so quickly and they still lasted long enough for most interested parties to get one.

You wanna be enraged, try the Masters of the Universe Classics line. 4 minute sell outs and people not even able to get onto the website.

Geekee1 wrote:You wanna be enraged, try the Masters of the Universe Classics line. 4 minute sell outs and people not even able to get onto the website.

You should have tried for the ghost buster when they first came out, although Winston is still avaiable supprisingly.

Neurie wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:You wanna be enraged, try the Masters of the Universe Classics line. 4 minute sell outs and people not even able to get onto the website.

You should have tried for the ghost buster when they first came out, although Winston is still avaiable supprisingly.

Or try out for the Ghostubsters and not having a credit card, the only reply you will get for asking of you could pay via paypal is how to pay via credit card.

Damn, and I was just about to order a couple of him.

Down_Shift wrote:Sold out?!?

This is bullshit! As a member of the TFCC I'm pissed that my membership means so little that I can't even pre order one before they are sold out. In my case I was away all weekend for work and I find out today that I'm SOL.

So here's what should have been done:

Members get the chance to preorder a week in advance of non members with a strict cap placed per figure, per member THEN open the preorders to the rest of the public.

Very disappointed in this... Don't think I'll be buying back into the TFCC unless this issue is resolved.

I'm with you mate, I too was away this weekend, with no web access. This is the first year I have signed up for the club, specifically because I was interested in both Dion and C/Punch.

Colour me unimpressed.

Glad I didn't wait! Reupped my membership with minutes to spare on a free Dion and P/CP was gone in a flash!

But $110 to the Club in 2 weeks? That was hard to swing!

Seibertron wrote:

Geekee1 wrote:I actually really like that Astrotrain.

Really? His eyes are so f'ed up though!

I found it! I scanned in the image as well for you all to see what the design looked like versus what the actual head looked like. Hence, why I've always been disappointed with the Astrotrain exclusive.

Yeah, I can see why you would be disappointed, the concept looks more angry, with little changes to the cheeks and eyes. Still, I enjoy my Astrotrain.

I do hope they make more for the few that missed out. They really do need to improve the system. With that said lets speculate on what we're getting, first from the color images it appears that besides the head the gun has been modified to be different for each bot. Also the wind flap/jet pack will officially have the ability to attach to the gun.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I do hope they make more for the few that missed out. They really do need to improve the system. With that said lets speculate on what we're getting, first from the color images it appears that besides the head the gun has been modified to be different for each bot. Also the wind flap/jet pack will officially have the ability to attach to the gun.

I think they just turn the gun around. It was also the tailpipes for Sunstreaker/Sideswipe. The engine also was always able to attach. It clasped loosly over the gun.

RiddlerJ wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I do hope they make more for the few that missed out. They really do need to improve the system. With that said lets speculate on what we're getting, first from the color images it appears that besides the head the gun has been modified to be different for each bot. Also the wind flap/jet pack will officially have the ability to attach to the gun.

I think they just turn the gun around. It was also the tailpipes for Sunstreaker/Sideswipe. The engine also was always able to attach. It clasped loosly over the gun.

With Sunstreaker/Sideswipe the gun had a fixed barrel. This one looks like each mode has it's own distinct version. The engine closing over the gun wasn't an official gimmick and in this case it appears they've perfected it since they're advertising it.