The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **durroth** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:51 am

ZeroWolf wrote:
durroth wrote:****. I really wanted that throne

There's still the takara version out in January

yeah, for 20$ more plus shipping

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:51 am

durroth wrote:****. I really wanted that throne

No worries, there are still plenty of PP-43's on BBTS.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:53 am

ZeroWolf wrote:
durroth wrote:****. I really wanted that throne

There's still the takara version out in January

Which now that I saw the total prices, would be 10-14$ more than what the total cost of the Throne on HTS was. So its not terrible, but people now have to wait longer.

Sorry to those who could not get it in time. And Emerje, yeah I guess it sold out super quickly afterall.

Sabrblade wrote:Finally got it to go through! I had to keep opening new tabs for new payment attempts and closing previous tabs for each failed attempt. Finally got one to reach the successful order page. I just hope that none of my failed attempts actually went through on HTS's end, or else I just ended up ordering three or four of the set. X_X

Worse case scanerio is you get 2 since thats the limit per household.

News Credits: 2 · by **Crosscheck** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:54 am

ZeroWolf wrote:
durroth wrote:****. I really wanted that throne

There's still the takara version out in January

Still ridiculous. They should have had a set time that this one was coming out. Not everyone can sit and refresh a website every two minutes.

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:56 am

Something was messed up with the Paypal checkout process and I ended up with only a single Bumblebee set. I was on my phone when they went up, it just took that long. Really painful this year, which was a surprise after the relative ease of the past 3-4 since they relaunched on new software.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 11:57 am

Oh I get its not ideal but at least there is another option other than scalpers

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:00 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Just got my confirmation email. Order number matches up with the lone successful attempt. Phew!

I got confirmation from Paypal, but no e-mail from HTS... :-s

News Credits: 42 · by **Autobot N** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:01 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Just got my confirmation email. Order number matches up with the lone successful attempt. Phew!

I got confirmation from Paypal, but no e-mail from HTS...

It takes a few minutes. I ordered mine almost as soon as it was available, but I didn't get an email until about 12:15.

News Credits: 2 · by **Hero Alpha** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:02 pm

Oh so close. I was right there waiting and got in past proceed to payment...when page loaded, it had my old address. Had to go back a page, change address down-arrow, payment again....and sold out, lol. Lame for me but glad some people got their orders in.

News Credits: 6 · by **Dr. Caelus** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:03 pm

Started watching at 6:00am EST and stuck with it until 12:30pm, when I decided I couldn't put off grocery shopping any longer. Came back and bam - insufficient inventory.

News Credits: 171 · by **notsoalex** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:05 pm

I wrote the article by the way!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:06 pm

I know you did notIrishman ;-)

good work

News Credits: 18 · by **Immortal Starscream** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:07 pm

i had the cards and primal right when they went up. then spent 27 minutes stuck at the address verification. afterwords the cards were removed from my purchase for being sold out. at least I snagged primal

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:07 pm

I was watching the site since this morning, and I got the page up and tried to add the monkey and the cards, never got further then pushing the add buttons.
My buddy who was trying foe the Dr Alpa Set was able to get 2 Monkeys for me, but the cards were sold out. But at least he got them. Now I just gotta wait til Christmas when he passes through ont he way to his parents for the holiday.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:15 pm

notirishman wrote:I wrote the article by the way!

I thought i had changed it to your name, sorry will fix that up right now

News Credits: 171 · by **notsoalex** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:16 pm

william-james88 wrote:
notirishman wrote:I wrote the article by the way!

I thought i had changed it to your name, sorry will fix that up right now

Thanks a ton! And sorry to the people who didn't get to buy what they wanted.

News Credits: 14 · by **DecepticonFinishline** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:19 pm

Oh dang. This bums me out. I hate it when this stuff sells out quickly.

Sorry everyone...

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:20 pm

I tried to order it since 1130. In my cart, ready for payment. Error, insuffiant quantities. Now out of stock. I'm angry

News Credits: 22 · by **Rodimus Prime** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:20 pm

Reading the past 2 pages, I'm reminded of how people went batshit crazy over Elmo and Beanie Babies back in the 90s.

...or over PotP Nemesis Prime like 2 weeks ago. >:oP

News Credits: 7 · by **Bucky** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:24 pm

Eh, I think we all fully expected this to sell out fast. Glad I put an order in with Amiami last week for the Throne set and Encore Big Convoy. I’ll just be shipping them with BW Megatron in January.

According to Amiami’s rate conversion, their Throne of the Primes is actually a buck cheaper. Granted I’ll have to pay for shipping, but since I’ll already be shipping stuff from them in January anyway, it’s no big deal. Plus I didn’t have to sweat over getting in on the Hasbro one today.

by **The_Bob81** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:24 pm

so after 2 week of waiting and checking on 8/13 starting at 12:01 I come up dry go figure things go on sale 20 min After I have to leave the house. Most disappointing part is the cards I really wanted. Spent 4 days at gencon and came up with no packs. Worst part is while complaining about the scalpers to the vender I had 2 try and sell me the pack for $40 and 2 more trying to sell them to people in line that were wanting for demos. I told the one to **** off because I dont deal with scalper scum, the other I was more polite to because there were kids around and told him to go fornicate with a collapsible baton

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:30 pm

I may be wrong, but for all those who missed out, I think he ends up just as cheap on Amazon Japan:

https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%BF%E3%8 ... C8BHHAPS76

He is $70 there but preordering him now could give you a cheaper price if it gets further discounted before it is released. Plus there are no taxes so it compensates with the higher shipping.

News Credits: 9 · by **Rysquad** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:32 pm

OOS during check out.

News Credits: 1 · by **starrhero** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:33 pm

So, I ordered mine about an hour ago and have still not got an order confirmation. I have an order number and everything as I made it past checkout. Should I be worried?

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Mon Aug 13, 2018 12:33 pm

starrhero wrote:So, I ordered mine about an hour ago and have still not got an order confirmation. I have an order number and everything as I made it past checkout. Should I be worried?

Same with me