The Energon Pub

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 9:12 am**

Site sponsor BigBadToyStore dropped by to let everyone know they have listed pre-orders for MP-12A Red Alert and MP-13 Soundwave. They have also adjusted their price on the previously listed MP-12 Sideswipe to $94.99, which is also the price of Red Alert. Soundwave is priced at $154.99.

Update: Prices have been dropped to $89.99 for Sideswipe and Red Alert. Soundwaves price has been reduced to $149.99.

Hi - we've just listed more exciting preorders from Takara! Pricing has been established for the MP-12 Sideswipe at $94.99 and we've also added the freshly announced MP-12 Alert at $94.99. Takara also brings us what is sure to be an amazing version of Soundwave - the new MP-13 is priced at $154.99 and scheduled to arrive in December.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out = Sideswipe

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ture=aux1= Red Alert

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out = Soundwave

Enterbay has just released information on their fantastic new sculpts of Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones as Agent J and Agent K - We've just listed the 12" figures at $224.99 each - take a look at them here:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu ... ompany=395

Thanks for your interest in http://www.bigbadtoystore.com

Thanks
Joel
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 9:41 am**

Those prices are a joke. I got them off RobotKindgdom with the the total price plus shipping is less than those prices before shipping. I don't understand why people use BBTS, I really don't.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 9:44 am**

Only CG pics of Lambor/Red Alert and a silhouette of Soundwave (and he looks like he doesn't have a shoulder cannon)?
I'm not biting.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 10:15 am**

CBratetron wrote:Only CG pics of Lambor/Red Alert and a silhouette of Soundwave (and he looks like he doesn't have a shoulder cannon)?
I'm not biting.

What do you expect for things that aren't going to see release until December?

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 12:21 pm**

So will SW come with a cassette included perhaps? :PRAY:

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 2:25 pm**

Trikeboy wrote:Those prices are a joke. I got them off RobotKindgdom with the the total price plus shipping is less than those prices before shipping. I don't understand why people use BBTS, I really don't.

A few reasons really for us in the U.S.

1. POL - saves tons of money on shipping.
2. Domestic store with excellent customer service - If you shop a lot online you will come across at least one problem. BBTS rules in this aspect and you don't have ship defective product back to Hong Kong.
3. Price for all three at BBTS - $342.76 shipped
Price for all three at RK shipped to U.S. - $343.48.
4. You can preorder without putting a penny down.

IF you use the POL feature, then BBTS is cheaper.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 2:53 pm**

LOST Cybertronian wrote:4. You can preorder without putting a penny down.

oh god. how I wish that were possible with a UK-based store. Certain retailers have missed out on so many pre-orders from be simply because I don't want to commit £xx.xx out of my funds for months without seeing anything for it.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 3:33 pm**

BBTS is the better choice for those of us in the States. Plus, they made good on the cancellation of the Chell Portal gun by giving those of us who had our preorders cancelled a full 5 days to order one before making it available to the general public. Now, whereas before we were going to have one portal gun and that's it, my girlfriend and I are going to each have the one for the co/op character we play as. I'm P-Body, she's Atlas.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 4:20 pm**

are these all seriously being released in the same month? that seems very ambitious and COSTLY! Im picturing a very butt hurt wallet

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 6:04 pm**

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Trikeboy wrote:Those prices are a joke. I got them off RobotKindgdom with the the total price plus shipping is less than those prices before shipping. I don't understand why people use BBTS, I really don't.

A few reasons really for us in the U.S.

1. POL - saves tons of money on shipping.
2. Domestic store with excellent customer service - If you shop a lot online you will come across at least one problem. BBTS rules in this aspect and you don't have ship defective product back to Hong Kong.
3. Price for all three at BBTS - $342.76 shipped
Price for all three at RK shipped to U.S. - $343.48.
4. You can preorder without putting a penny down.

IF you use the POL feature, then BBTS is cheaper.

Thank you for four reasons to be happy I'm not in the US.

1. POL is over rated unless you live in US. For the rest of the world it costs people more money.
2. RK has excellent after sale service. My problems have been sorted out with no need to send things back.
3. Price from BBTS before shipping - $329.79
Price from BBTS to my location using new prices - $384.14
Price from RK with shipping to my location - $316.29
4. I don't like buy now pay later, it's a good way to get further into debt. I can afford them now, I bought them now. Christmas is already an expensive time of the year, dropping $316 and paying for gifts for other people will be even worse.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 6:50 pm**

if is what i can expect from the masterpiece line going forward i can gladly say ill be passing on everything else released stateside and probably 99.999% of 3rd party stuff (FP the exception)

this is welcome news indeed bravo takara bravo :APPLAUSE:

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 8:31 pm**

I am very happy with the price reduction. Still a little pricey, but hope I will be wowed with the test shots.

Posted: **Mon May 28, 2012 10:17 pm**

EDIT: NVM me, just realized I probably should've waited a little longer before jumping that gun again and pre-ordering from TFSource. >_<

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 1:22 am**

I preordered them before I had to go to work tonight and something hit me while I was there: I just ordered 3 Masterpieces for less than the cost of Giant! Holy f***ing crap!

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 3:22 pm**

Did anyone get the "thank you" email from bbts where they dropped the price of Mp-13 to 139.95 to those of us who pre-ordered??? Friggin AWESOME!! Between that and their rediculous awesome customer service, they are the place to go...HANDS DOWN! (No, I don't work there, lol)

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 4:18 pm**

Site Sponsor BigBadToyStore has sent an email to its members offering a Customer Thank You to those who have preordered the new Materpiece Red Alert, Sideswipe or Soundwave. This thank you takes the form of a 10 dollar reduction for each new Masterpiece. If you've been holding out for a lower price, it probably won't get much better than this!

Joel from BigBadToyStore wrote:Hi - We've just dropped pricing on three new Masterpiece offerings from Takara - MP-12 Sideswipe ($83.99), MP-12 Red Alert ($83.99), MP-13 Soundwave ($139.99) and have posted this on our site

Attention Transformers Customers - BBTS 'Thank You' Preorder Price Cut

We appreciate your patronage and want to thank all our valued Transformers customers by offering a special preorder discount on these items! Transformers and Transformer customers have been a key part of BBTS since inception in 1999! If it’s been a while since you’ve purchased from BBTS, we want you back! If you’ve never shopped with us before, give us a try - we won’t let you down! Our Pile of Loot, Secure Shopping, No-Strings-Attached Preorders, Gigantic Selection, Vintage Department, Collector Grade, Protective Packaging, and Superior Service make BBTS the #1 destination for collectors.

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... icture=out - MP-13 Soundwave - $139.99

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... cture=aux1 - MP-12 Sideswipe - $83.99

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... cture=aux1 - MP-12 Red Alert - $83.99

Dark Knight Rises product is now officially ready for live sales online - check out our menu here - 65 items up for order now, more will be added as vendors release information
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu.aspx?menu=2820

Men In Black III - Standard Issue Sidearm Replica
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

McFarlane Dark Knight Sports Picks - Hines Ward - Gotham Rogues
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

Dark Knight Rises Film Cells - 12 cool items
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/menu ... egory=8703

Thanks!
Joel
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 4:23 pm**

I talked some **** about their initial price so I suppose I should at least own up and recognize their continued price cuts...especially if RK doesn't follow suit and drop their price a good $10-15.

At their current price offerings, I'm leaning toward getting them at release rather than waiting to see what Hasbro offers up domestically. How butt-hurt will I be later?

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 4:29 pm**

Oddly enough, I skipped the Masterpieces and went straight for that MiB Gun.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:05 pm**

Sold..Im not into Mp figures but im gonna PO them both..Im gonna wait to see more images of Soundwave.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:08 pm**

Well considering that close to 1k ( much to do with Green Giant's expense ) has been spent there this year it is much appreciated the way to go is with the Pile of loot action....patience is a virtue but it does help your shipping cost

Companies cannot operate with giving away their product. I feel that BBTS is pretty fair with prices overall and have good customer service. :BOWDOWN:

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:16 pm**

starscream1974 wrote::KREMZEEK: Well considering that close to 1k ( much to do with Green Giant's expense ) has been spent there this year it is much appreciated the way to go is with the Pile of loot action....patience is a virtue but it does help your shipping cost Companies cannot operate with giving away their product. I feel that BBTS is pretty fair with prices overall and have good customer service.

Agreed..Once I started using the POL feature BBTS became pretty much the only retailer online I purchase from.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 5:47 pm**

Already preordered!!!!
good!!!

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 6:21 pm**

I got that E-mail and it made my day.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 6:23 pm**

BBTS is ALWAYS my primary choice for grabbing TF's (I only buy online, never locally) and if they don't have it, I hit ToyArena, and if they don't have it, I go to ebay/Amazon/a few other online retailers.

I have Seibertron.com to thank for showing me that BBTS and ToyArena exist, otherwise my collection would suuuuuck. Instead, thanks to them, I've got darn near every Transformer that currently exists that I have even the slightest desire to have in my collection (save for a few ultra rare pieces that are practically never seen on ebay or anywhere else).

I know BBTS typically costs more. I don't care. I have yet to have any problems with them that were not resolved IMMEDIATELY and with exactly 0 hassle, and those issues themselves were extremely few and far between (I have spent many thousands of $ @BBTS).

I appreciate the price drop, but I already had all 3 pre-ordered even when the prices were at their highest before any of the price drops that took place in the last few days.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2012 7:36 pm**

I was very pleased to receive the discount on all three figures today. It definitely made me feel much better about my purchase.

The one thing I wish they would improve upon is their packaging. I have received several figures from BBTS, where the Transformer boxes were dinged up pretty bad because of they were not protected enough from shipping. I never get that problem with TFSource.

The Energon Pub

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