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Snagged one for me and one for a buddy who really wants one. It’ll be a little Christmas present for him!

Sigh - what to do? There's no promo code to enter for free delivery on Ramhorn, which means paying $5.99 to ship it. Which means paying more for the shipping than Ramhorn's actual value. And he's still $29-ish on Amazon, which is even more. And HTS doesn't have anything else I want (that I don't have already) to add and make it more palatable.

Dare I wait until something else becomes available, or wait for a free delivery code?

^ I was right there with ya yesterday death. Even with a 20% off code, I was almost going to pay $5.99 to ship the 3 Prime Masters, which would have roughly ended up being 4-5 dollars more than if I find them at retail. Not sure if they have this Aldi everyone keeps talking about in your realm , but you may give that a shot.

Have you obtained/ do you want the Prime Masters? Getting all 4 (Prime masters & Ramhorn) with a 20% off code basically negates the shipping cost, basically you end up paying only about a dollar more for all 4 together than if you had found them at retail.

o.supreme wrote:^ I was right there with ya yesterday death. Even with a 20% off code, I was almost going to pay $5.99 to ship the 3 Prime Masters, which would have roughly ended up being 4-5 dollars more than if I find them at retail. Not sure if they have this Aldi everyone keeps talking about in your realm , but you may give that a shot.

Have you obtained/ do you want the Prime Masters? Getting all 4 (Prime masters & Ramhorn) with a 20% off code basically negates the shipping cost, basically you end up paying only about a dollar more for all 4 together than if you had found them at retail.

What's the 20% off code? HTS only has one for games at the moment, not for any figures....

I already ordered the prime masters the other week, so I don't need those...

DeathReviews wrote:Sigh - what to do? There's no promo code to enter for free delivery on Ramhorn, which means paying $5.99 to ship it. Which means paying more for the shipping than Ramhorn's actual value. And he's still $29-ish on Amazon, which is even more. And HTS doesn't have anything else I want (that I don't have already) to add and make it more palatable.

Dare I wait until something else becomes available, or wait for a free delivery code?

Or you can just buy it and spend the couple bucks on shipping and save yourself complaining later that this very highly sought after Titan master isn’t available anymore because you waited around for a code and blame Hasbro for not having enough

DeathReviews wrote:What's the 20% off code? HTS only has one for games at the moment, not for any figures....

You get one every time you sign up with HTS. I'm not sure what the statute of limitations is, but I know I myself have signed up at least 3 times with the same e-mail, and keep getting codes sent to me

DeathReviews wrote:I already ordered the prime masters the other week, so I don't need those...

Huh...nothing else at all you want on HTS??? I can see that would be a quandary. Around $12 to have it shipped guaranteed now, or take your chances with B&M...

I put in an order to the HTS days ago for the Prime Masters -- I wish Ramhorn had been offered then! The S&H held me back when they offered them weeks ago, but at this time of year, the B&M hunt is a lot more painful.....

Prime Masters are currently showing as In Stock on HTS. Hopefully that means those who already ordered them should get them shipped very shortly.

Lore Keeper wrote:Prime Masters are currently showing as In Stock on HTS. Hopefully that means those who already ordered them should get them shipped very shortly.

My order said shipping tomorrow, so that matches up with being in stock today.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:Prime Masters are currently showing as In Stock on HTS. Hopefully that means those who already ordered them should get them shipped very shortly.

My order said shipping tomorrow, so that matches up with being in stock today.

My email gave an availability for 12/21 when I ordered them. I really hope that changes because I don't expect to be in town then.

This is exciting for anyone who does not have an ALDI nearby but for myself, I was just shopping there today and was able to pickup Ramhorn for $3.99 at Aldi (he was there with other Titan Masters, Ptero and Apeface) so if you have an Aldi near you and don't want to pay shipping and have it in hand today, you may want to check it out.

I got tired of waiting so I caved and ordered him. Now where to find wave 5 deluxes to round off all of TR

Terrsolpix wrote:I got tired of waiting so I caved and ordered him. Now where to find wave 5 deluxes to round off all of TR

I'm hoping wave 5 will show up on HTS or that Amazon will put the ones I want on sale. I think it's also still possible the wave will show up in stores once they run out of revision waves. Otherwise wave 5 could be a lost wave and I will not be happy if that happens.

However, considering Ramhorn just showed up on HTS and we had heard that was a single pack wave 5 release (I think) maybe there is a good chance wave 5 will show up soon on HTS?

DeathReviews wrote:Sigh - what to do? There's no promo code to enter for free delivery on Ramhorn, which means paying $5.99 to ship it. Which means paying more for the shipping than Ramhorn's actual value. And he's still $29-ish on Amazon, which is even more. And HTS doesn't have anything else I want (that I don't have already) to add and make it more palatable.

Dare I wait until something else becomes available, or wait for a free delivery code?

The question is, is the cost worth thevsecurity of knowing you will 100% have a Ramhorn or take the gamble that you might find him cheaper or never find him at all. If HTS sells out, you'll pay the same S/H at Entertainment Earrh, oand 6 buxks is about two gallons of gas, you'll probably spend that hunting other stores ( althoufh you might find other stuff)

If you can't get a 20% code for resigning with HTS, I would pay the shipping if it were me. Course I got lucky with an Aldi but Ramhorn is not gonna be easy tobtrack down, it would be worth the extra cost.

Thanks for the heads up on HTS good citizens of Seibertron. I got in on that!
A Ram Horn for me and one for my Brother. Plus the 3 Prime Masters just for fun and to spread the shipping over the order.

With Ram Horn, that officially ends TR for me. It was a great ride!

And just to chime in on the wave 5 saga. I had to resort to extreme methods to round up those hard to finds.
I really hope they don't go down in history as a "lost wave".

Cobotron wrote:Thanks for the heads up on HTS good citizens of Seibertron. I got in on that!
A Ram Horn for me and one for my Brother. Plus the 3 Prime Masters just for fun and to spread the shipping over the order.

With Ram Horn, that officially ends TR for me. It was a great ride!

And just to chime in on the wave 5 saga. I had to resort to extreme methods to round up those hard to finds.
I really hope they don't go down in history as a "lost wave".

You know, i have seen a surprising quantitiy of Slugslingers, my area is usually last to get the good stuff. Bit man they are gobe vybthe next day. Its Preceptor I only saw the one time and I sorta regret not getting him. Even though I actually prefer the Generations research truck Percy

Flashwave wrote:Its Preceptor I only saw the one time and I sorta regret not getting him. Even though I actually prefer the Generations research truck Percy

If it makes you feel any better, I have TR Percy and find him to just be kinda meh. Not great, not terrible, but a very simple plain transformation. If you aren't a completionist, then Percy is probably the best deluxe from the line to skip if you don't have any attachments to the character.

And if you are a completionist, or really dig Percy in general, just keep an eye on ebay. I have a feeling he'll be one of the more popular ones to unload.

Man, all these sales are really going to be the death of my wallet. Got Ramhorn off HTS along with the three Prime Masters. But given the choice I'd rather have a fifth figure over paying shipping (free shipping on order $25 and over at HTS right now) so I grabbed TLK Legion Megatron as well. Using the 20% off coupon would have only saved me something like 40 cents so I'll just hold on to that for something bigger like a PotP bulk order.

Emerje

Signed up for the 20% discount coupon, got Ramhorn & the 3 Prime Masters, applied the code and got all 4 of 'em for a grand total of $24.11 shipped. That's about $6 per figure, but I consider it a fair deal, considering that's tax and shipping taken care of. One less 'bot to track down, plus I get 3 of the new figs that are about to hit.

Now, if only I could find Windblade, Twintwist, and Misfire (and perhaps the Siege on Cybertron set, though I really only want Pounce and Metalhawk), I can put Titan Wars collecting to bed.

I just found one at Aldi supermarket. They had 2 maybe a 3rd in the box along with some swoops and overkills. I had never been to an Aldi before today and I never seen so much KO foods in my life. I saw KO totinoa pizza, KO Philadelphia cream cheese, KO hot pockets just to name a few. All of them were in packaging in the same style as the real ones but with weird names like Happy Farms cream cheese. Was funny as hell and I got a Ramhorn so worth the 10 minute drive.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Its Preceptor I only saw the one time and I sorta regret not getting him. Even though I actually prefer the Generations research truck Percy

If it makes you feel any better, I have TR Percy and find him to just be kinda meh. Not great, not terrible, but a very simple plain transformation. If you aren't a completionist, then Percy is probably the best deluxe from the line to skip if you don't have any attachments to the character.

And if you are a completionist, or really dig Percy in general, just keep an eye on ebay. I have a feeling he'll be one of the more popular ones to unload.

I will kkeep that in mind, thanks. I am somewhere in the middle of the scale. I am not vy any means a Completionist, and I have no attachment to the Headmasters. I skipped Chromedome and Getaway and Soundwave/Blaster and krok. As I said, I prefer Generations Perceptor's Reasearch truck. 10Vyears ago, I was all over the Transforming Tools and loved the Real Gear stuff. But nowadays I am nit as much into that side and prefer the more practical scale. If tgats the right word. From a headcanon standpointb I definately use the Truck mode Percy more. But the TR Perceptir is as close to G1 Perceptor as we can expect, and havi g Transformers using him as a microscope is kinda appealing to me as well. So I dunno.

Rated X wrote:I just found one at Aldi supermarket. They had 2 maybe a 3rd in the box along with some swoops and overkills. I had never been to an Aldi before today and I never seen so much KO foods in my life. I saw KO totinoa pizza, KO Philadelphia cream cheese, KO hot pockets just to name a few. All of them were in packaging in the same style as the real ones but with weird names like Happy Farms cream cheese. Was funny as hell and I got a Ramhorn so worth the 10 minute drive.

Sounds like Save-a-Lot. I wonder if they sell non-food items this time of year.

Emerje

Rated X wrote:I just found one at Aldi supermarket. They had 2 maybe a 3rd in the box along with some swoops and overkills. I had never been to an Aldi before today and I never seen so much KO foods in my life. I saw KO totinoa pizza, KO Philadelphia cream cheese, KO hot pockets just to name a few. All of them were in packaging in the same style as the real ones but with weird names like Happy Farms cream cheese. Was funny as hell and I got a Ramhorn so worth the 10 minute drive.

Aldi is one of those where you gotta be choosey. Some of their offerings are m good for what you are paying. And sone of them are definately worth going to Walmart or kroger and getting the Name brand. For a family with a large minthly food bill, the few bucks here and there they save add up. But for one or two people who havr to go to Walmart anyway for some stuff, the savings wont add up to enough to justify the extra trip.

My impulse-buy of TR Arcee from TRU finally arrived today! I got her at their reduced price so I figured why not. I am holding out for Grotesque before I call it good with TR.

out of f***ing stock!