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[-Kanrabat-]

Transformers Platinum Edition Optimus Primal at less than 51$US at Amazon.com!








Meanwhile at TrU.ca...


...and TrU.com...


So...

To buy or not to buy?

[shajaki]

AWESOME discovery Kan. How does Amazon.com work for us Canadians? I have a friend has Prime, but does it only work for Amazon.ca?

[shajaki]

[LOST Cybertronian]

If you were waiting for a good deal on the Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal now is your time. Thanks to fellow Seibertronian -Kanrabat- for bringing to light this very good deal for $50.21. This price is available at Amazon.com and is just over the minimum to qualify for free shipping. Let us know in the Energon Pub if this convinces you to pull the trigger. Also check out our gallery of this great figure while you are at it.


Transformers Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal Gallery


Transformers Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal Gallery


Transformers Platinum Edition Year of the Monkey Optimus Primal Gallery

[Autobot Roadburn]

Nope. Still no thanks. I'll just wait for the Masterpiece.

[william-james88]

Nope. Still no thanks. I'll just wait for the Masterpiece.

Masterpiece Beast Machines Primal? I dont think thats happening anytime soon

[no-one]

Optimus Primal does look cool in that whack deco and that is a very tempting price, but I just can't get on board with this guy.

[Wolfman Jake]

SOLD! I love Optimus Primal. I love gorillas (secondarily to wolves). I was born in The Year of the Monkey (1980). I've wanted this one for a while, but the price was ridiculous. $50 and some change is much easier to justify. Thanks for the tip!

[kurthy]

Sadly, still not enough. But I think it'd still be a tough sell for me at $20. I just don't have fond memories of Beast Machines except for the vehicons. The beast modes never appealed to me even in the cartoon, let alone the toys, and I never got attached to the characters (again, except the vehicons) the way I did with Beast Wars. And knowing that a really awesome version of the same character from Beast Wars is coming soon, it pushes my Meh-factor too high.

Now should they do platinum releases of the large vehicons, I'm sold.

[Autobot Roadburn]

Nope. Still no thanks. I'll just wait for the Masterpiece.

Masterpiece Beast Machines Primal? I dont think thats happening anytime soon

Not exactly what I meant, but I'd still rather wait 20 years or however long that might take to get a BM Primal with actual effort put into it.

[Megatron Wolf]

thats a pretty good price, to bad im flat broke

[shajaki]

*coughcough*

AWESOME discovery Kan. How does Amazon.com work for us Canadians? I have a friend has Prime, but does it only work for Amazon.ca?

[-Kanrabat-]

*coughcough*

AWESOME discovery Kan. How does Amazon.com work for us Canadians? I have a friend has Prime, but does it only work for Amazon.ca?

I was gone for the weekend. Mom had about 10 tons of soil to put in her garden. I provided the muscle.

Just subscribe to Amazon.com (.ca is a joke. Don't bother) Next, just put that **** in your basket and check-out. Uppon checking out, you'll see if they ship to Canada or not. Most of the time, they do. Usually, the shipping price is pretty reasonable too! One thing you might hate are the "import charges". Those are the custom taxes you pay in advance. If customs hit, that amount is already paid at no extra charges. If customs don't hit, THE CHARGES ARE REFUNDED. Finally shipping ir usually pretty damn fast. Beware though, they don't take paypal. Only credit cards.

Hope this help!



BTW, I pulled the trigger and bought it. That ammount to roughly 85$CAN all taxes included. Maybe 10CAN less if the import fees are refunded. That's the best deal ever we cannucks can get because if I look at the other similarly priced Platinums on TrU, the best price will be 100$+taxes, meaning around 115$CAN.

Beside, a G1 Optimus colored Optimus Primal is somewaht quite cool!

[shajaki]

*snip*

You da man Kan

Thanks for all that. I do really want one, and I agree that's likely the best price we'll see, but I got other figures I think I want more than him.

[MrBlack]

Got mine on Sunday. I like him. Robot mode is imposing and reasonably poseable, and gorilla mode is just cool looking. Plus, ro-butt.

He'll look nice standing next to 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime on the fireplace mantle.

[Va'al]

Fellow Seibertronian LevelRaze1 has popped round the staff inbox with a reminder about the current May Mayhem sale over at Hasbro, and the price reductions on Transformers items on the HasbroToyShop eBay page! Discounts about for Generations, Combiner Wars, Rescue Bots, and Robots in Disguise figures, check them out!

[Mr Skram]

I think the ebay deals actually started in April.

April Aprilhem doesn't have the same ring to it though

[Flashwave]

Speaking of May Mayhem, has there been any more traction on Groove yet?

[Mr Skram]

Speaking of May Mayhem, has there been any more traction on Groove yet?

Been keeping my eye on HTS, but he hasn't popped up yet.

[Hellscream9999]

Speaking of May Mayhem, has there been any more traction on Groove yet?

Been keeping my eye on HTS, but he hasn't popped up yet.

He has a set street date for the US - I believe it's towards the end of the month, so relax, but keep vigilant

[Allenspurs]

Why won't the bastards ship to the UK,less than £60 for the whole of the combaticons!! That's at least a £30 saving.... Need to move stateside

[chuckdawg1999]

Speaking of May Mayhem, has there been any more traction on Groove yet?

Been keeping my eye on HTS, but he hasn't popped up yet.

He has a set street date for the US - I believe it's towards the end of the month, so relax, but keep vigilant

I'm hearing May 24

[william-james88]

Amazon.ca has a truly ridiculous deal right now. You may all remember the SDCC set of movie Dinobots in G1 colours. There was a Slog figure which accompanied that set and it was an Amazon exclusive. It was originally 40$ on Amazon.ca but it is now on sale for $ 9.99 CDN. This is probably the best deal on Transformers Amazon.ca has ever had.



This deep discount is probably because a similarly deco'd Slog is already part of a five set Platinum release, which is coincidentally available on amazon.com for $ 124.99 USD (from 3rd party sellers but at cheaper price than both exclusive retailers for Canada and the US).



For Americans, please don't despair, Amazon.com has good deals for you too when it comes to (once) exclusive toys, like Transformers Hasbro Platinum Edition Autobot Intell Ops Blaster & Perceptor, which is available for $ 52.99 USD.



Each of these listings either has free shipping or is eligible for Prime.

[william-james88]

Many of you might recall that in Japan's last Transformers cartoon toy line, some of their releases eventually became quite discounted on Amazon (like Transformers Go Budora). Well this seems to be starting for their Transformers Adventure line. As of right now two fo their exclusivie rereleases, Transformers Adventures TAV 09 Swoop and TAV10 Snarl, are being sold by Japanese compaies through Amazon at the price of deluxe toys at retail (or lower). The shipping is also free and there are no taxes on importing in the US. So this is a very good deal for anyone who wanted these molds or these redecos.





Many other TAV toys are currently being sold at reasonable prices (lower than stateside importers) with free shipping such as Thunderhoof, Sharpnel, Steeljaw and Roadblock. While prices are pretty much the same you'd pay if you found these toys at retail in Japan, importing them for free means you can get these same prices without getting off your couch. The free shipping seems to only be for US adresses though.

[Mr Skram]

Just gotta be patient with shipping. Still waiting on the Swoop I ordered around the 5th.