The Energon Pub

by **brokenchopstick** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 7:07 am

Sigh. Is this guy/mold ever going to get a single release over in the UK?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:17 am

Emerje wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:Yeah as much as i want one i cant justify spending $26.04 on a single deluxe, sorry hasbro im taking my money elsewhere.

??

Those pesky things called shipping and sales tax, it would come to $24.90 for me.

Emerje

If you spend another $34, maybe picking up some TR guys, you would get the free shipping and it would be well worth it

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 8:56 am

Megatron Wolf wrote:Yeah as much as i want one i cant justify spending $26.04 on a single deluxe, sorry hasbro im taking my money elsewhere.

People happily paid that from BBTS back when he came out in May.

Also, check how much Quickslinger and Wildrider are going for on he secondary market. Lots of people regret not getting them when they could. You dont have to get him, of course, but this price might look like a bargain one year from now.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:12 am

Sjeng wrote:I'm thinking of getting the UW Lynxmaster (for Ratchet mostly), and hopefully UW Superion (with Slingshot) and then getting 4 "missing" deluxes, plus another Voyager, to create a new Combiner:
- CW white Convoi or whatever he's called, or another Voyager that's not in UW-01 through 08.
- CW Offroad
- CW Rook
- CW Smokescreen
- CW Alpha Bravo

I want this to be an all autobot combiner though, but that's okay, because I never liked Roller on Grand Galvatron as an autobot. Galvatron need decepticons imo, so I can swap out Offroad with Roller!
The new combiner's legs would be Rook & Roller! Rock & Roll Convoi!

The trick is: finding all these seperate figures... They're just nowhere to be found in the EU, except maybe from Kapow Toys, with whom I sadly have quite a bad experience.
So if you know any EU online shops that may have these figures, please let me know

That is exactly what I did. I am getting all the UW sets, and only the CW figures not released in the UW series. You can still make that all Autobot combiner... (Battle Core Optimus, Alpha Bravo, Rook, Smokescreen and the 5th member will either be the "bonus" to next years TFSS 5.0 Subscription Service, or if that turns out to be a Decepticon you could add in Botcon 2016 Unit-3 or Tigatron.

My all 'con unique combiner will be Grand Scourge with CW Blast Off and Vortex (as they are significantly different from their UW counterparts) Off Road and 2016 Botcon Terrorsaur

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 9:29 am

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Kurona wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:Yeah as much as i want one i cant justify spending $26.04 on a single deluxe, sorry hasbro im taking my money elsewhere.

??

Those pesky things called shipping and sales tax, it would come to $24.90 for me.

Emerje

If you spend another $34, maybe picking up some TR guys, you would get the free shipping and it would be well worth it

I couldn't get the $50 free shipping to activate for me, so I just got this guy - it's worth it though

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 10:14 am

Saw 1 each of the Sky Reign wave of deluxes yesterday in MA.

News Credits: 7 · by **Sjeng** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:09 am

RAR wrote:I will sometimes buy from Japan but I tend to avoid Canada as even something small is crazy prices from there. so I would only recommend it if you are aware of all costs (including customs charges) up front.

There are a few good ebay sellers on the continent worth dealing with there is one who has 9.99 (euro) shipping on most things but charges no more post no matter what you buy.

I think he might be in the Netherlands even.

I'll try to find him thanks! Do you remember the name?

News Credits: 191 · by **Kurona** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:15 am

By the way Sjeng, just to make finding him easier; the white Optimus' official name is Battle Core Optimus Prime.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:00 pm

So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:09 pm

Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:14 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:25 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

Yeah, that's not bad, already got mine from hts though |:|

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:32 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

Yeah, that's not bad, already got mine from hts though

Man I wish I had waited on Groove before ordering from Amazon. Could've gotten him and Blaster with the Labor Day sale, which still looked like it worked as of this morning. I'm praying the wave 2 deluxes show up on HTS before they deactivate the code.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:39 pm

nycPrime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

Yeah, that's not bad, already got mine from hts though

Man I wish I had waited on Groove before ordering from Amazon. Could've gotten him and Blaster with the Labor Day sale, which still looked like it worked as of this morning. I'm praying the wave 2 deluxes show up on HTS before they deactivate the code.

Actually an update on HTS. They shipped my order this morning, but my tracking number is not working AND I can't contact them since both the email system and the phone seem to be malfunctioning...

News Credits: 11 · by **RAR** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:40 pm

Sjeng wrote:I'll try to find him thanks! Do you remember the name?

Yes it was : gerrutcamaro (http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/gerrutcamaro)

Some other useful sellers : (for Perfect effect stuff)

day366
masterforce-co-uk

Just remember try changing to .co.uk or .com or other places even to get different results - for example items listed for Australia Dollars might sometime be slightly cheaper but still listed as worldwide shipping.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:41 pm

nycPrime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

Yeah, that's not bad, already got mine from hts though

Man I wish I had waited on Groove before ordering from Amazon. Could've gotten him and Blaster with the Labor Day sale, which still looked like it worked as of this morning. I'm praying the wave 2 deluxes show up on HTS before they deactivate the code.

Well, you still pay shipping and taxes, and that'll be more than $10 (well, for most of us), so you're really not getting anything out of it...

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:42 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
nycPrime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

Yeah, that's not bad, already got mine from hts though

Man I wish I had waited on Groove before ordering from Amazon. Could've gotten him and Blaster with the Labor Day sale, which still looked like it worked as of this morning. I'm praying the wave 2 deluxes show up on HTS before they deactivate the code.

Actually an update on HTS. They shipped my order this morning, but my tracking number is not working AND I can't contact them since both the email system and the phone seem to be malfunctioning...

Mine was the same way with sentinel and rewind initially, I just gave it a day, and it was up and running ;)^

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:42 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:Mine was the same way with sentinel and rewind initially, I just gave it a day, and it was up and running

Good to hear, Thanks Scream!

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:45 pm

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Mine was the same way with sentinel and rewind initially, I just gave it a day, and it was up and running

Good to hear, Thanks Scream!

Yeah, I had two links to the tracking thing and neither worked, but I had the order numbers and whatnot, so I wasn't worried as I figured that I could call them if need be. But if everything's down, then I'd be little concerned. I say wait 'til tomorrow afternoon and check again.

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:45 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

I've had him on preorder from a place called Scramble Core since May. Since then, I've had a couple people who own stores approach me, tell me they're getting Groove in, and wanted to know if I wanted to put one down. Wish I could, but the place I originally ordered from won't cancel preorders, so now I'm stuck with them. If e-trailers have had him for a while now, then I guess I'll need to see if I've gotten a shipping notification yet.

News Credits: 174 · by **Hellscream9999** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 1:48 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

I've had him on preorder from a place called Scramble Core since May. Since then, I've had a couple people who own stores approach me, tell me they're getting Groove in, and wanted to know if I wanted to put one down. Wish I could, but the place I originally ordered from won't cancel preorders, so now I'm stuck with them. If e-trailers have had him for a while now, then I guess I'll need to see if I've gotten a shipping notification yet.

I'd say drop scramble core after this, sounds like a bad deal to pre-order with them, even a tiny bit shady

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:05 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:So does this mean that online retailers will have him soon? Hope to get my order in soon... Four/five months an an awfully long wait for me!

The other online retailers have had him in stock, for a couple weeks actually... for $25...

Ages 3 and Up has him for close to retail prices right now http://www.agesthreeandup.com/transform ... r-release/

I've had him on preorder from a place called Scramble Core since May. Since then, I've had a couple people who own stores approach me, tell me they're getting Groove in, and wanted to know if I wanted to put one down. Wish I could, but the place I originally ordered from won't cancel preorders, so now I'm stuck with them. If e-trailers have had him for a while now, then I guess I'll need to see if I've gotten a shipping notification yet.

I'd say drop scramble core after this, sounds like a bad deal to pre-order with them, even a tiny bit shady

I only ordered from them because it was the only other place at the time that still had preorders open. Only did it to secure a spot. If I'd've known what I do now, I definitely would've waited. I was blessed to be one of the lucky few to get their Slingshot and Wildrider back when they were $16 a pop, and seeing their aftermarket prices now, I wasn't going to chance it with Groove!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:09 pm

Mindmaster wrote:I only ordered from them because it was the only other place at the time that still had preorders open. Only did it to secure a spot. If I'd've known what I do now, I definitely would've waited. I was blessed to be one of the lucky few to get their Slingshot and Wildrider back when they were $16 a pop, and seeing their aftermarket prices now, I wasn't going to chance it with Groove!

I still think you did a smart move. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Could you write to them?

News Credits: 251 · by **Mindmaster** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:I only ordered from them because it was the only other place at the time that still had preorders open. Only did it to secure a spot. If I'd've known what I do now, I definitely would've waited. I was blessed to be one of the lucky few to get their Slingshot and Wildrider back when they were $16 a pop, and seeing their aftermarket prices now, I wasn't going to chance it with Groove!

I still think you did a smart move. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Could you write to them?

Probably will later today. Currently at college waiting for the next class to start in a few minutes!

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 08, 2016 2:12 pm

Mindmaster wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:I only ordered from them because it was the only other place at the time that still had preorders open. Only did it to secure a spot. If I'd've known what I do now, I definitely would've waited. I was blessed to be one of the lucky few to get their Slingshot and Wildrider back when they were $16 a pop, and seeing their aftermarket prices now, I wasn't going to chance it with Groove!

I still think you did a smart move. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Could you write to them?

Probably will later today. Currently at college waiting for the next class to start in a few minutes!

Whats the class?