Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal

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If you're an Australian Transformers fan that has been lamenting over how difficult it is to order a HasLab Unicron at a decent price then EB Games and Zing Pop Culture have a deal for you! That's right, Australian EB Games and Zing Pop Culture stores are currently taking orders for Unicron and they're offering what appears to be the best deal worldwide. That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront. That's not all, EB Games is also offering free shipping, HasLab doesn't (unless you renew your Pulse Premium membership). And if you're like my parents and afraid to buy anything online then you can also walk right into an Australian store and place your order and pick it up there. Hows that for service?

This is a rare and exceptional deal for Australian fans so try to make the most of it! And if you do let us know in the Energon Pub forums below, we'd love to hear from you.

Credit(s): Ozformers on Facebook

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Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033699)
Posted by Burn on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:02am CDT

I can say, without a shadow of a doubt, that this absolutely the best possible outcome for Australian fans.

A few online retailers have been taking orders, but with EB Games/Zing we have a national franchise (who have begun to start carrying more TF exclusives) to deal with offering much more stability, PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.

Then we have time to save up. Oh that is such a deal maker!

If it gets funded ... I'm going to enjoy walking into my local EB Games to collect him, the young bloke working there geeked out a little when I went in to pick up Ectotron, I can only imagine what their reaction will be to Unicron.

And yes, that means I'm officially a +1.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033702)
Posted by Emerje on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:20am CDT

If we had that kind of deal going here I would honestly consider buying two, that's more than enough time to tuck away enough to cover that.

Emerje

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033704)
Posted by MeGrimlock78 on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:25am CDT

I wonder if EB in Canada is taking pre-orders in store? I see they finally put Ratchet pre-orders online at EBGames.ca.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033705)
Posted by mblase75 on August 8th, 2019 @ 6:06am CDT

Is there a post somewhere collecting all the options so for for international buyers?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033707)
Posted by UltraMarginal on August 8th, 2019 @ 6:53am CDT

I 100% agree with Burn.

and I'm another +1. I'm alittle, lot excited.

Fans here have spent the last 2 weeks investigating oddball international shipping forwarders, distant international friends, paying someone to receive it and forward it, taking it as a extra checked piece of luggage, all these ways of ordering and getting it here to Australia, then Zing/EB Games came through. I've been very impressed with some of their exclusives of late.

I might even consider buying a second but I'm going to find it very hard to justify.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033708)
Posted by Rainmaker on August 8th, 2019 @ 6:55am CDT

So, we only have to put in $100 at first but then how does the rest get paid? Do we have to immediately after it gets funded?

:MAXIMAL:

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033710)
Posted by megatronus on August 8th, 2019 @ 8:09am CDT

Congrats my Aussie friends! This is fantastically fantastic news!

Burn wrote:PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.

Is this confirmed anywhere? I want to be absolutely sure this is the case.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033711)
Posted by william-james88 on August 8th, 2019 @ 9:10am CDT

megatronus wrote:Congrats my Aussie friends! This is fantastically fantastic news!

Burn wrote:PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.

Is this confirmed anywhere? I want to be absolutely sure this is the case.

EB Games only deals with Hasbro directly. And the fact that there is no markup goes with that as well. I would consider it now implicit that Hasbro is giving the wolrdwide option through partnership with EB Games, as they do their Masterpiece figures.

And on that note, congrats Burn, I am very happy for you.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033714)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on August 8th, 2019 @ 9:32am CDT

I thought the HasLab stuff was only available for funding in the US though?
IT almost looks like there are a number of places putting together orders for if the crowd funding goes through but aren't including in the crowdfunding.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033717)
Posted by megatronus on August 8th, 2019 @ 9:38am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
megatronus wrote:Congrats my Aussie friends! This is fantastically fantastic news!

Burn wrote:PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.

Is this confirmed anywhere? I want to be absolutely sure this is the case.

EB Games only deals with Hasbro directly. And the fact that there is no markup goes with that as well. I would consider it now implicit that Hasbro is giving the wolrdwide option through partnership with EB Games, as they do their Masterpiece figures.

And on that note, congrats Burn, I am very happy for you.

I was unclear - what I want to confirm is whether the orders through EB Games will count towards the 8000 total. I don't doubt the partnership with Hasbro exists.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033735)
Posted by Optimutt on August 8th, 2019 @ 10:33am CDT

This is HUGE news! Congrats, my Ozzie friends on this deal.

If this were an option here in the USA, I would also 100% throw in my money. $100 this month, $100 next, month, etc would absolutely be affordable. But it's the single lump sum NOW that will 100% prevent me from buying into this.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033740)
Posted by mordhelm on August 8th, 2019 @ 11:16am CDT

As a quick note. If you buy through Hasbro Pulse, shipping to CONUS is free. It is specified in the Shipping Policy.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033746)
Posted by Stargrave on August 8th, 2019 @ 11:47am CDT

2317.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033747)
Posted by Chriphord on August 8th, 2019 @ 11:49am CDT

What numbers are people thinking that we'll get from this news about EB Games and Zing? Does anyone think that once the word gets out that we'll get an significant number of backers (like an extra 2K) from Australia?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033750)
Posted by DarthFoozar on August 8th, 2019 @ 11:50am CDT

Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.

False. HasLab does not charge anything up front. There is no deposit, and no money is expected unless the crowdfund is completely fulfilled. It is right in the agreement. I am not sure if this is a misunderstanding on the part of the poster, but it needs to be noted. Of course, you might be referring to overseas sales only, in which case I apologize for misunderstanding you.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033754)
Posted by william-james88 on August 8th, 2019 @ 12:40pm CDT

DarthFoozar wrote:
Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.

False. HasLab does not charge anything up front. There is no deposit, and no money is expected unless the crowdfund is completely fulfilled. It is right in the agreement. I am not sure if this is a misunderstanding on the part of the poster, but it needs to be noted. Of course, you might be referring to overseas sales only, in which case I apologize for misunderstanding you.

By up front, he meant later this month if the project is a go. Australia doesnt have to pay more than 100$ until the toy is released (i think)

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033762)
Posted by Stargrave on August 8th, 2019 @ 2:58pm CDT

Found this on Twitter and thought it was funny;

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033763)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 8th, 2019 @ 3:02pm CDT

That's amazing

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033764)
Posted by Emerje on August 8th, 2019 @ 3:03pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
DarthFoozar wrote:
Emerje wrote:That's right, even better than the HasLab crowdfund itself! Here's the deal: the price is only $848 AUD which is about $575 USD, the same exact price as HasLab is asking at the current exchange rate. All that they asks for is a $100 AUD deposit (refundable if the crowdfund fails), while HasLab expects the full price upfront.

False. HasLab does not charge anything up front. There is no deposit, and no money is expected unless the crowdfund is completely fulfilled. It is right in the agreement. I am not sure if this is a misunderstanding on the part of the poster, but it needs to be noted. Of course, you might be referring to overseas sales only, in which case I apologize for misunderstanding you.

By up front, he meant later this month if the project is a go. Australia doesnt have to pay more than 100$ until the toy is released (i think)

Correct. Paying in full in August 2019 instead of at release in 2021 is paying upfront, there's mo other way to describe it.

Emerje

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033766)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 8th, 2019 @ 3:08pm CDT

Stargrave wrote:Found this on Twitter and thought it was funny;

Heh, 100 years ago was also both the year after World War I ended, and nine years after the wizard went to Oz.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033784)
Posted by william-james88 on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:20pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Stargrave wrote:Found this on Twitter and thought it was funny;
Heh, 100 years ago was also both the year after World War I ended, and nine years after the wizard went to Oz.

Wasnt the wizard already in Oz and Dorothy was the one who arrived?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033785)
Posted by Burn on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:27pm CDT

Rainmaker wrote:So, we only have to put in $100 at first but then how does the rest get paid? Do we have to immediately after it gets funded?

Nope. Not until he's ready for release. So we have a good 18 months to put the money aside.
(I have already renamed an old account I wasn't using to "The Chaos Bringer")

megatronus wrote:
Burn wrote:PLUS, it's in partnership directly with Hasbro with any pre-orders going towards the overall 8,000 total required.

Is this confirmed anywhere? I want to be absolutely sure this is the case.

EB Games Unicron Page wrote:EB Games in partnership with Hasbro is giving you the opportunity to preorder the Cybertron Unicron figure locally, here in Australia, with all preorders counted towards the crowdfunding 'Backers' target. For this future to become a reality, Hasbro requires 8,000 backers worldwide and every order placed counts to this target! You have until August 31st so get your preorder today!

From here. Zing says the exact same thing, just changed the company name.

Rodimus Knight wrote:I thought the HasLab stuff was only available for funding in the US though?
IT almost looks like there are a number of places putting together orders for if the crowd funding goes through but aren't including in the crowdfunding.

EB Games/Zing have been building a relationship with Hasbro. They're the first non-US major retailer to come on board with HasLab so here's hoping other major retailers in other countries get in as well.
(Of course, Hasbro should have had this sorted BEFORE launching the campaign)

unicron1200 wrote:What numbers are people thinking that we'll get from this news about EB Games and Zing? Does anyone think that once the word gets out that we'll get an significant number of backers (like an extra 2K) from Australia?

lol ... no. I'd be surprised if we even contribute 1,000.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033787)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 8th, 2019 @ 5:39pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Stargrave wrote:Found this on Twitter and thought it was funny;
Heh, 100 years ago was also both the year after World War I ended, and nine years after the wizard went to Oz.

Wasnt the wizard already in Oz and Dorothy was the one who arrived?

She arrived after he did, as seen in the James Franco movie Disney made.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033811)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 8th, 2019 @ 9:04pm CDT

Australia definitely came out on the good end the deal, wow!

That's also awesome that they count towards the goal. Now if only other countries could get that kind of deal. If they did, we will make it for sure

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033888)
Posted by Percepter on August 9th, 2019 @ 10:48am CDT

As mordhelm pointed out... The claim that you need Hasbro Pulse Premium to get free shipping is false. It is included in the 575 price.

-Percepter

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033922)
Posted by Burn on August 9th, 2019 @ 6:11pm CDT

FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033929)
Posted by Chriphord on August 9th, 2019 @ 7:22pm CDT

Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033930)
Posted by Burn on August 9th, 2019 @ 7:44pm CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033934)
Posted by Chriphord on August 9th, 2019 @ 8:53pm CDT

Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033937)
Posted by william-james88 on August 9th, 2019 @ 9:05pm CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033950)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on August 9th, 2019 @ 9:24pm CDT

What if they get more than 8,000 orders?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033967)
Posted by Chriphord on August 9th, 2019 @ 11:07pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?

BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033968)
Posted by william-james88 on August 9th, 2019 @ 11:11pm CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?

BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.

But then why such a high premium on the toy compared to places that have actually announced are dealing directly with Hasbro? What you just wrote has enough ambiguity for me to doubt that its the same type of thing happening, if they were directly linked why wouldnt they write as such in their listing?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033970)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 9th, 2019 @ 11:20pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:What if they get more than 8,000 orders?

They will make and sell as many units as they get orders. Like, if they get 8,950 orders, they will make 8,950 Unicrons to fulfill those exact orders.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033971)
Posted by Chriphord on August 9th, 2019 @ 11:24pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?

BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.

But then why such a high premium on the toy compared to places that have actually announced are dealing directly with Hasbro? What you just wrote has enough ambiguity for me to doubt that its the same type of thing happening, if they were directly linked why wouldnt they write as such in their listing?

I can't answer that, I can forward you the email response I got back from the customer support representative if you'd like. I don't have any idea as to why the markup would be so massive, but BBTS often does charge more than the average online retailer, but it is extreme.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2033973)
Posted by william-james88 on August 9th, 2019 @ 11:38pm CDT

unicron1200 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:
unicron1200 wrote:
Burn wrote:FYI, a question was asked of EB Games. Their orders DO count towards the 8,000, BUT, they won't be giving those numbers to Hasbro until August 31st (AU time I imagine).

So Australian orders won't show up on the counter until the last day or so.

So that is likely indicative of the other online retailers taking preorders for Unicron as well. Noice. It's a shame that it keeps us in the dark about the actual count, but still, Noice.

Not necessarily. EB Games/Zing are dealing directly with Hasbro, we know this for fact. The online retailers MAY be dealing with Hasbro, they may also just have individual employees ordering batches of five.

We know BBTS is. It can be assumed that TTM is as well, although I can't remember for sure on them.

We know BBTS is what? What was specifically said about bbts?

BBTS is working directly with Hasbro on this (sorry I thought context was enough to be non-specific in my English). I spoke to someone there a while back and they had said the product team at BBTS was working very closely with HasLab on this.

But then why such a high premium on the toy compared to places that have actually announced are dealing directly with Hasbro? What you just wrote has enough ambiguity for me to doubt that its the same type of thing happening, if they were directly linked why wouldnt they write as such in their listing?

I can't answer that, I can forward you the email response I got back from the customer support representative if you'd like. I don't have any idea as to why the markup would be so massive, but BBTS often does charge more than the average online retailer, but it is extreme.

I am glad you understand my doubt, I just wish to provide the best info when doing news and such. So yeah, you can copy paste the response you got and send it to me in a private message

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034054)
Posted by Stargrave on August 10th, 2019 @ 7:06pm CDT

2384.

21 days left.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034351)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 13th, 2019 @ 10:28am CDT

New trailer:

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034352)
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 13th, 2019 @ 10:32am CDT

"Innovation and Fan empowerment of HasLab"

Laying it on a little thick there... >:oP

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034362)
Posted by Stargrave on August 13th, 2019 @ 11:39am CDT

Behold...Unicron! Again! Only this time we get a video rundown of the Chaos Bringer himself from the man with the plan Hasbro's Global Design Manager John Warden. John shows off the features presented to us so far such as Unicron's articulated fingers, mouth, and eyes. Want him to stare at you first thing when you walk in the room? You can do that. Through his sincere appeal to fans for support of the project main interest should be paid attention to when John mentions the features yet to be revealed. What secrets does Unicron still hold? We may only find out if you, yes, you sitting there! And the one walking with phone in hand! Hear the call, it's time to transform and roll out HERE to Hasbro Pulse and show your support of this fan driven project. Enjoy the view and share your speculations on what these yet-to-be-seen features may be. Supplemental literature? Detachable head? Launching Shogun Warrior fists? Dead End Minicon minion? Let us know in the forums and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034364)
Posted by Lore Keeper on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:08pm CDT

As much as the pricetag stings, I really hope this happens. Imagine being all in on this guy just to have him not get made.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034365)
Posted by Immortal Starscream on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:13pm CDT

I want this guy badly, but at this point with only 18 days left, and not even halfway to the goal, I don't see it happening :-(

same with the cookie monster (I want that one too but cant afford both... actually I cant afford either, but thats a horse of a different color) still anything can happen (please let this happen)

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034366)
Posted by Treetop Maximus on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:14pm CDT

They need to drop it by like $100 or so. It's been stuck around the low 2000s forever. I'll probably go in at the end of the month.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034368)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:17pm CDT

I can't believe more people aren't going in on this one. Although I thought originally it was only shipping to the US and Canada. Did they open it up to the rest of the world.

I ordered one, I've been considering a second one, but that would hurt big time, but look at him, how can you decide what mode to display him in?

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034370)
Posted by megatronus on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:26pm CDT

I think we need more frequent announcements to gin up support - it feels like the campaign has been silent the last couple weeks, until today.

I'd also like official clarity on what orders will count towards the 8000. My understanding is that Takara Tomy orders DO NOT count, based on conversations others have had with the brand team at SDCC, and that Canadian, UK, Aussie, etc. orders thru EB Games and the like WILL count. It's important for us to be able to assess the health of the campaign based on those data points, as well as to what extent BBTS, TFsource, and other US retailer orders will contribute to an end-of-campaign spike.

If you're on the fence, I'd say order now! You WON'T be charged unless the campaign reaches 8000, and the charge WON'T happen until the end of the period. Campaigns like this center around human psychology, and just the broad feeling amongst fans that it won't happen makes it more likely that it won't happen, and that sucks.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034374)
Posted by Anonymous on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:40pm CDT

ill happily come in when its open to UK buyers.

Im not paying $575 to hasbro, then a profit margin to a third party, then import tax, then shipping fees calculate on a 1 unit basis.. when Hasbro could easily ship a crate to the UK at vastly reduced per unit prices, and also not be subject to the import costs.

They have made it at least 50% more expensive than it should be for non US buyers, which is plain dumb if you need to sell a certain number.

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Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on August 13th, 2019 @ 12:49pm CDT

PadForce wrote:ill happily come in when its open to UK buyers.

Im not paying $575 to hasbro, then a profit margin to a third party, then import tax, then shipping fees calculate on a 1 unit basis.. when Hasbro could easily ship a crate to the UK at vastly reduced per unit prices, and also not be subject to the import costs.

They have made it at least 50% more expensive than it should be for non US buyers, which is plain dumb if you need to sell a certain number.

Especially for us, given size and weight of this thing, Customs will be practically giddy when the boxes turn up. The percentage you pay in VAT is equivalent to the listed $ value. If $15 or less, Customs won't look at it (although they will probably here due to the weight). I highly doubt any retailer for this will state that low a monetary value. The higher the value beyond $15, the higher you pay. Potentially reaching like for like added pricing...

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Posted by Immortal Starscream on August 13th, 2019 @ 1:01pm CDT

I have to agree with this, despite being in the USA. It seems strange to me. With a piece as monumental as this, you would think that hasbro would work to make it as global as possible, without the need of third parties and thus an even greater price. $575 is already a hard pill to swallow, but when your oversees and looking at Upwards of $700 - $800, that's just absurd.

Re: Australian EB Games and Zing stores Open Unicron Pre-Orders with a Sweet Deal (2034381)
Posted by william-james88 on August 13th, 2019 @ 1:08pm CDT

megatronus wrote:I'd also like official clarity on what orders will count towards the 8000. My understanding is that Takara Tomy orders DO NOT count, based on conversations others have had with the brand team at SDCC, and that Canadian, UK, Aussie, etc. orders thru EB Games and the like WILL count.

I want some clarity too because takara sure aint singing the same tune in their promotions. One thing I do want to point out though since I know you want to get the facts straight, only Australia has a partnership with EB Games. Canadians order through Pulse, same as Americans, so they are already included and always were. And as far as I know, the UK do not have first party partner to order this from, so I wouldn't include them in that part I bolded. Basically, all that is counted on the Hasbro side are Pulse orders and Australian orders though Zing/EB Games.

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Posted by Sabrblade on August 13th, 2019 @ 1:08pm CDT

Jabba's sail barge got a sudden surge of 5000 orders on its last day, after having sat around 3000 for the large majority of its preorder time.

The number seen on Hasbro Pulse is specifically for the number of preorders made through Hasbro Pulse, not factoring in all of the other preorders made through all of the international preorder channels and all of the alternative American retailers like BBTS and TFSource. The number of preorders from all of those venues likely won't be added near to the very end of the preorder time in order to give each of those venues as much time to maximize all of their preorders as they can gather before submitting their order totals to Hasbro.

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