william-james88 wrote:itscramtastic wrote: I still haven't spent over $200 on one bot yet..I'm not sure I want to traverse that slippery slope
Well he's 4 bots: Fort Max, Cerebros, Spike and CogHe's $165 USD on one of those import sites you guys use..before shipping of course. I also was watching the footage from ToyFair and noticed that the FM on display had gray hands instead of blue..?
Shipping him to the states will still come out to over 200$ so you'll break your rule either way. And also because the shipping is so expensive, I dont think there is any advantage to any american buying it from a Japanese site instead of a local importer like BBTS. It will come out to pretty much the same cost and with the american sites, you have better recourse if something goes wrong.
Ordering from Japan is more advantageous when it's a smaller item that doesnt cost much to ship, like any of the MPs. Those who bought MP Shockwave from Japan saved quite a bit of money.
Also, for anyone only wanting the Takara version for the swords, wait to see what the SDCC one looks like. Because it will be about the same cost for any US fans who could buy him off HTS after the con and at least in that case you are paying for the (hopefully) better deco and the exclusivity and not simply because it requires importing. That's one thing that sucks when importing a toy. You end up paying more but it's not because the toy is that much better, its just because he isnt sold in your region.
I would say that with TFSource, you at least get free shipping