Twincast / Podcast Episode #117 "Block Town"

welcometothedarksyde wrote:27:40 "That was an opening for Jon" That's what she said

megatronus wrote:

Let me stand next 'toy' your fire…

Flashwave wrote:And I feel like Scotty's comment about "you could have ordered it" in reference to the Stunticons is a bit of a sleight.

Flashwave wrote:Hey guys, jumping in on the whole store vs. online debate.

Personally, I stand on the fence.

I have ordered the defensor limbs. In part, I id that because I want to swap a Firefly Superion Fist for Blades' and was impatient. I prefer the chainguns for Superion, and the gunbarrel fists look enought like water hoses. But that's not a normal for me. I enjoy the hunt for the figures, but what is more important for me, is having things in hand, and not having large boxes sitting around for twelve-fourteen hours is a good thing for me. I try to time online purchases for days when I can meet the postman, and hope for the best. And I feel like Scotty's comment about "you could have ordered it" in reference to the Stunticons is a bit of a sleight. Yes, I could have ordered Jetfire, who NEVER SHOWED in West-Central Indiana that I can tell. The same Generations Leaders from AOE never moved from their dust. If there was one case per store, that was it, and I bet 80% left the backroom before being stocked, but he never graced a store. I've seen exactly one Air Raid, and he's attached to my Superion. I've seen four cases of Stunticons, each at sepewrate stores. The first was missing it's Air Raid. So yes, he was out there, but extremely hard to nail down. And I work long dily shifts that end at Stocking time. Thik of Over-The-road guys, who wants $700 or more of merchandise on a porch on a regular basis for days on end?

Kibble wrote:Leader Jetfire was available online at clearance prices long after it was clear your brick and mortar stores wouldn't be getting it. Was it eBay, hasbrotoyshop.com, Amazon...all of the above? I don't remember. But I do know I was wishing I had waited because it was like half the price.

Kibble wrote:Leader Jetfire was available online at clearance prices long after it was clear your brick and mortar stores wouldn't be getting it. Was it eBay, hasbrotoyshop.com, Amazon...all of the above? I don't remember. But I do know I was wishing I had waited because it was like half the price.

Quinturion wrote: Maybe I am missing the point of these podcasts, but from time to time they are very US oriëntated.

Here's my question about last episodes retail/online topic.

Are you aware that retail does not apply at all in countries like mine unless you like movie related or Legends Class TF's?

ScottyP wrote:

Flashwave wrote:And I feel like Scotty's comment about "you could have ordered it" in reference to the Stunticons is a bit of a sleight.

Sorry it made you feel that way, intention was to hopefully help folks "hunt smarter", not harder, but your perspective is definitely an interesting one that I hadn't considered Very sound reasoning why you do what you do. I'm glad folks have chimed in on this, it's fascinating stuff to me!

xRotorstormx wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Hey guys, jumping in on the whole store vs. online debate.

Personally, I stand on the fence.

I have ordered the defensor limbs. In part, I id that because I want to swap a Firefly Superion Fist for Blades' and was impatient. I prefer the chainguns for Superion, and the gunbarrel fists look enought like water hoses. But that's not a normal for me. I enjoy the hunt for the figures, but what is more important for me, is having things in hand, and not having large boxes sitting around for twelve-fourteen hours is a good thing for me. I try to time online purchases for days when I can meet the postman, and hope for the best. And I feel like Scotty's comment about "you could have ordered it" in reference to the Stunticons is a bit of a sleight. Yes, I could have ordered Jetfire, who NEVER SHOWED in West-Central Indiana that I can tell. The same Generations Leaders from AOE never moved from their dust. If there was one case per store, that was it, and I bet 80% left the backroom before being stocked, but he never graced a store. I've seen exactly one Air Raid, and he's attached to my Superion. I've seen four cases of Stunticons, each at sepewrate stores. The first was missing it's Air Raid. So yes, he was out there, but extremely hard to nail down. And I work long dily shifts that end at Stocking time. Thik of Over-The-road guys, who wants $700 or more of merchandise on a porch on a regular basis for days on end?

Are you still missing Jetfire? I see him sporadically still around my area I can keep an eye out for one.

Counterpunch wrote:
I think most of us are actually very aware of how hard it is to get TFs in certain Euro locations. Back in the days of AEC, most Europeans found it cheaper to import Takara toys than Hasbro, which was baffling to us.

It's always been my impressing that the taxes and tariffs of certain Euro countries have been the biggest obstacle, aside from reticent retailers, to getting merchandise past wave 1 of anything.

Is that still the case?

Quinturion wrote:

Counterpunch wrote:
I think most of us are actually very aware of how hard it is to get TFs in certain Euro locations. Back in the days of AEC, most Europeans found it cheaper to import Takara toys than Hasbro, which was baffling to us.

It's always been my impressing that the taxes and tariffs of certain Euro countries have been the biggest obstacle, aside from reticent retailers, to getting merchandise past wave 1 of anything.

Is that still the case?

Yes, it still is indeed. You can ask a seller upfront to declare a lower value ($40) to avoid customclearances which makes buying expensive items and multiple items risky. The same goes for pre-orders, because when the time comes when the item is instock and ships out the seller often forgot your request.
On eBay that 'Global shipping program' is a disaster and makes a buyer like me buy more and cheaper in Asia than the US since the shippingcosts are the same or less.