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News Credits: 101 · Fri May 15, 2015 12:41 pm

shajaki wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:Yeah, I'm going Takara as well. For the painted rims if nothing else.
Unpainted rims are on of my biggest pet peeves.

YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.

News Credits: 10 · Fri May 15, 2015 1:00 pm

Guess what just dropped into my BBTS POL? :shock:

My wallet can't handle this right now!! :BOOM:

(Looks like I'm going with Hasbro for UM. At least in the short term...)

Shipping my POL!!!! :DANCE:

News Credits: 461 · Fri May 15, 2015 1:11 pm

Agamemnon wrote:Guess what just dropped into my BBTS POL?

My wallet can't handle this right now!!

(Looks like I'm going with Hasbro for UM. At least in the short term...)

Shipping my POL!!!!

Yep me too! :grin:

waiting for the Voyagers to ship.

News Credits: 10 · Fri May 15, 2015 1:26 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Guess what just dropped into my BBTS POL?

My wallet can't handle this right now!!

(Looks like I'm going with Hasbro for UM. At least in the short term...)

Shipping my POL!!!!

Yep me too! waiting for the Voyagers to ship.

Well, since I just hit ship (with a huge POL and figured on the Voyagers being okay to come with some stuff I expect in June) they will likely drop later today.... :oops:

News Credits: 461 · Fri May 15, 2015 1:44 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Guess what just dropped into my BBTS POL?

My wallet can't handle this right now!!

(Looks like I'm going with Hasbro for UM. At least in the short term...)

Shipping my POL!!!!

Yep me too! waiting for the Voyagers to ship.

Well, since I just hit ship (with a huge POL and figured on the Voyagers being okay to come with some stuff I expect in June) they will likely drop later today....

If that does drop today you can always email them to unship it for you if they haven't send to warehouse, I've done that a few times.

Also I can't believe I'm going to pay the same thing for Hasbro Magnus (46.99@BBTS) and Takara Magnus(47.35@ amiami).

News Credits: 41 · Fri May 15, 2015 1:58 pm

Ag and Cakes, Has-Mag is available to ship from BBTS already?

News Credits: 10 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:00 pm

Cobotron wrote:Ag and Cakes, Has-Mag is available to ship from BBTS already?

That is correct. I should have him by next Tuesday or Wednesday.

[Edit] I'm thinking this was an early shipment as the site still has UM listed as a pre-order. Or, maybe he'll be ready after they fulfill all the pre-orders...

News Credits: 461 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:01 pm

Cobotron wrote:Ag and Cakes, Has-Mag is available to ship from BBTS already?

yep it dropped in my POL. Although some people who said they ordered 2 at different dates, only one dropped for them so I'm guessing they've only have a partial shipment right now.

News Credits: 41 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:02 pm

Well HOT DIGGITY DOG! Congrats fellas!

News Credits: 4877 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:10 pm

Cobotron wrote:Well HOT DIGGITY DOG! Congrats fellas!

And now Cobotron, the wait for september begins :twisted:

News Credits: 4877 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:13 pm

mooncake623 wrote:
Also I can't believe I'm going to pay the same thing for Hasbro Magnus (46.99@BBTS) and Takara Magnus(47.35@ amiami).

So your getting both? And yeah, with those prices, BBTS should hopefully start giving discounts on preorders as well, or little bonuses (like with videogames) because at this rate, fans are savy enough to shift towards cheaper venues. I am certain they have already lost some sales over this. The only thing they have in their favor is that the Hasbro product gets released before Takara's. If it wasnt for that, I believe their whole business model in regards to tf toys, would be put back in question.

News Credits: 41 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:13 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Well HOT DIGGITY DOG! Congrats fellas!

And now Cobotron, the wait for september begins

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

:lol:

It's cool

News Credits: 332 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:19 pm

Hopefully this means UM shows up on Amazon soon if BBTS already has some.

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:35 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Well HOT DIGGITY DOG! Congrats fellas!

And now Cobotron, the wait for september begins

I'm waiting for August to get Takara's Stunticons.
September for Takara Ultra Magnus.
December for Star Wars 7.

Summer is still a month away and I'm already looking forward for it to be over... :shock:

At least, sexy, sexy TAV Lockdown is coming soon.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri May 15, 2015 2:40 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Cobotron wrote:Well HOT DIGGITY DOG! Congrats fellas!

And now Cobotron, the wait for september begins

I'm waiting for August to get Takara's Stunticons.
September for Takara Ultra Magnus.
December for Star Wars 7.

Summer is still a month away and I'm already looking forward for it to be over...

At least, sexy, sexy TAV Lockdown is coming soon.

Yup, as well as TAV Drift, that cool steeljaw redeco, and Takara's Superion :KREMZEEK:

Anyways, Summer is the season of finding TF treasures in yard sales

News Credits: 461 · Fri May 15, 2015 3:04 pm

Good news folks! It looks like Site Sponsor BBTS has gotten an early shipment of the highly anticipated Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Ultra Magnus In Stock early! Combiner Wars ULtra Magnus is due to be released here in the US in June. Please be aware though this is only a partial shipment and BBTS ships in the order of when you put in your preorders, so I'm sure there are plenty of people with preorders out there that is telling me I'm lying. I've attached a picture of my POL for everyone to see! Hopefully this means that he will be instock everyone sooner then you expected as well!

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

News Credits: 10 · Fri May 15, 2015 3:08 pm

And I'll post a pic of the box early next week...

News Credits: 461 · Fri May 15, 2015 3:11 pm

william-james88 wrote:
mooncake623 wrote:
Also I can't believe I'm going to pay the same thing for Hasbro Magnus (46.99@BBTS) and Takara Magnus(47.35@ amiami).

So your getting both? And yeah, with those prices, BBTS should hopefully start giving discounts on preorders as well, or little bonuses (like with videogames) because at this rate, fans are savy enough to shift towards cheaper venues. I am certain they have already lost some sales over this. The only thing they have in their favor is that the Hasbro product gets released before Takara's. If it wasnt for that, I believe their whole business model in regards to tf toys, would be put back in question.

Yea I'm getting both WillyJ! Takara version with minimus for my IDW classics shelf, And Hasbro version for my season 3 G1 classics shelf. I'll put the little alpha Trion with Generations Metroplex.

I agree if Takara's product are released first I would've skipped a lot of Hasbro releases.

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 15, 2015 3:41 pm

mooncake623 wrote: I'll put the little alpha Trion with Generations Metroplex.

Kawai Alphatrion-kun will be so sugoi with Metroplex-sama, desu!

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure

News Credits: 3 · Fri May 15, 2015 6:44 pm

Mkall wrote:Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure

You know, if Japanese prices were more comparable in retail I would actually say get Takara and Hasbro and sell the Hasbro. But I mean, I hate the mark up TT does for some paint apps. Yeah they do look better and for deluxes I dont mind paying $10 more for awesome decos...but leader class that are almost $30 more? nah.

Same thing with cloud releases. Those guys looked great but twice (sometimes 3 times) the price of the original mold? No thanks.

Anyway, my Magnus is paid for. Now I just have to decide if I want to wait for the CW Megatron upgrade kit or go ahead and ship magnus. Any opinions? Anyone know how long the dx-9 upgrade will be released?

EDIT: Just saw the post about the similar price at Amiami...going to check that out..

News Credits: 3 · Fri May 15, 2015 6:51 pm

wow that checks out. whats the shipping like on that place?

News Credits: 41 · Fri May 15, 2015 6:55 pm

Optimizzy wrote:wow that checks out. whats the shipping like on that place?

No idea untill it comes in. I've heard good things about SAL though. I'm taking the risk.

News Credits: 60 · Fri May 15, 2015 7:03 pm

Cobotron wrote:
Optimizzy wrote:wow that checks out. whats the shipping like on that place?
No idea untill it comes in. I've heard good things about SAL though. I'm taking the risk.

Just take the registered sal Cobster. Gives you a bit of peace of mind.

And, aside from the sort of mechanical cold customer support responses from amiami, I can vouch for them and products. For the last 6 years I've ordered from them, only cancellation I got was for the second run of TFGo Shinobi lion. The cancelled my too an late order probably because Tomy didn't decide to go through with a second run.

News Credits: 101 · Fri May 15, 2015 7:13 pm

Optimizzy wrote:
Mkall wrote:Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure

You know, if Japanese prices were more comparable in retail I would actually say get Takara and Hasbro and sell the Hasbro. But I mean, I hate the mark up TT does for some paint apps. Yeah they do look better and for deluxes I dont mind paying $10 more for awesome decos...but leader class that are almost $30 more? nah.

Paying 10$ more for a deluxe, or 30$ more for a leader ammount to paying 50% more. It's the same thing. Still, it may look bigger for you Americans.

For me, and most Canadians, deluxes are 20$ and Leaders are 60$. Both plus around 15% taxes. Getting the Takara releases, especially at Amiami prices, ammount to barely a few bucks above what I would pay locally at full price plus taxes. And that's shipping included!

So, for me, there will be only 3 reasons to order Hasbro above Takara. In case of a sale, if I don't want to wait, or if I prefer the Hasbro deco.
For any other reasons, I will priorize Takara.