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Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:34 pm
by starfish
Hello!

I'm going on holiday to Hong Kong next week, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good toyshops over there that sell Transformers.

Thanks in advance!

Ryan.

Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 8:16 pm
by Mach
starfish wrote:Hello!

I'm going on holiday to Hong Kong next week, and I was wondering if anyone knows of any good toyshops over there that sell Transformers.

Thanks in advance!

Ryan.



Why dont u drop a PM to seibertron member vansch (He is also from HK-TF)? Probably he can gives some advice...
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Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:48 pm
by Kibble
Couple mentions of Hong Kong in my post inquiring about buying TFs in China: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=60246

My wife came back empty handed, but she wasn't in Hong Kong...

Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:09 am
by starfish
Thanks for all your helpful replies; I've now returned from my trip.

There were quite a few branches of TRU out there, and I managed to pick up Buster Prime, EZ Devastator (which are being sold in multipacks over there) and the Ice Cream Twins (which haven't yet reached the UK).

Oh, and it's a great city - I'd reccommend it to anyone!

Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 4:59 pm
by Kibble
starfish wrote:Thanks for all your helpful replies; I've now returned from my trip.

There were quite a few branches of TRU out there, and I managed to pick up Buster Prime, EZ Devastator (which are being sold in multipacks over there) and the Ice Cream Twins (which haven't yet reached the UK).

Oh, and it's a great city - I'd reccommend it to anyone!


Was Buster Prime a decent price there?

Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:26 pm
by starfish
It was HKD 639.90.

That works out to around £50 GBP, the price of a regular Leader over here in the UK. Had I bought Buster Prime online, I'd've had to pay import costs and taxes, so I probably saved about £30 buying it on holiday.

Regular Leader-class figures over there (such as the regular Prime) were on sale at HKD 390, reduced from an RRP of 490. So it must've cost TRU a bit extra to source Buster Prime from Japan.

Re: Buying TFs in Hong Kong

PostPosted: Tue Dec 01, 2009 1:50 pm
by Kibble
starfish wrote:It was HKD 639.90.

That works out to around £50 GBP,


Wow, so it works out to about what BBTS is charging...