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News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 8:46 am

And another thing - if Hasbro and other oversea suppliers treat us the same way for every toy line, TFs don't have that much competition.

by **GunFire Alpha** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 9:36 am

It's typical that a big company like Hasbro would overlook the UK as a collector's market like the U.S. Why else would they give us s**t like 'Stealth force' and the
crappy, overpriced Movie line and not give us Generations?!
I've personally been using sites like eBay, HLJ, Robotkingdom, 1999, and more recently
Kapowtoys.co.uk as there's simply no other way to get hold of the toys I want.

Even before it closed, the Hasbro toy shop's UK pages didn't have everything I wanted
so I ended up buying from abroad again.

They're missing out on a massive opportunity by not running a decent online shop for the UK and would it kill them to run a European collector's club?

Until they pull their finger out, people in the UK will bypass local shops with crap
toy lines and shop around. Often, even factoring shipping to the UK in, I've personally
saved money by ordering from companies based in Hong Kong as well as getting items months before they were released over here, if ever at all.

by **dkreed7** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 11:50 am

All we get in the UK is the movie crap, thats it really, some odd stuff that isnt movie related occasionally turns up but nothing great. No generations, which is a line i'd like to collect, especially the G1 and war for cybertron figures,only lace i can get them is on the net from usa or china usually, it costs more but thats just the way it is.

I want war for cybertron starscream! So bad! Does anybody know if its gonna be made or being designed atm? Any news would be good

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:51 pm

GunFire Alpha wrote:Often, even factoring shipping to the UK in, I've personally
saved money by ordering from companies based in Hong Kong as well as getting items months before they were released over here, if ever at all.

Quoted for truth.

dkreed7 wrote:I want war for cybertron starscream! So bad! Does anybody know if its gonna be made or being designed atm? Any news would be good

It has, you didn't say how big it had to be tho'

by **dkreed7** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 6:28 pm

dkreed7 wrote:I want war for cybertron starscream! So bad! Does anybody know if its gonna be made or being designed atm? Any news would be good

It has, you didn't say how big it had to be tho'

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Thats not really war for cybertron starscream, its a legends cybertron starscream.

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Fri Sep 24, 2010 7:20 pm

WilliamStopBeingEvil wrote:G.I.Joe is another toy line which is ignored.

oh, I know about that. I'm pretty uninterested in the Movie line, but damn would I have spent far more than I should have on 25th anniversary figures if I could have got my bloody hands on them.

When I asked in Forbidden Planet I was told that they weren't allowed to import them (probably "LIES" but who knows? certainly not Hasbro UK). Of course, I then went to the same store a few months later and they had the Desert Cobras set. And of course, I'd wanted the Arctic ones. Still, I got my cartoon Destro and that was the main requirement. Still thinking about ordering some Joes off Kapow.

News Credits: 3 · by **ArmadaPrime** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 4:50 am

You know what would be hilarious???
To tell hasbro uk that we will all buy online from hasbro us until they sort something out...

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Sat Sep 25, 2010 3:43 pm

ArmadaPrime wrote:You know what would be hilarious???
To tell hasbro uk that we will all buy online from hasbro us until they sort something out...

aren't we forbidden to do this? I didn't think hasbrotoyshop shipped to the UK?

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:19 am

craggy wrote:
ArmadaPrime wrote:You know what would be hilarious???
To tell hasbro uk that we will all buy online from hasbro us until they sort something out...

aren't we forbidden to do this? I didn't think hasbrotoyshop shipped to the UK?

They don't, but with a bit of planning you can buy from eBay or site sponsors who will supply you with US stock, at roughly the UK rrp, plus you don't have to pay for petrol, parking or worry about crap distribution.