Toys R Us UK sales on Platinum sets

aw, I mentioned the Autobot Heroes pack being that price a few weeks ago (but think maybe i forgot to mention it was toys r us). Had me clicking this thinking it was cheaper. Still probably cheaper to import the set from the US when they have it on sale (sometimes works out about £65 before shipping)

Of course the Platinum Sets are on sale, Toys R Us has always had to put them on sale...

Pot Bot wrote:Couple of bits,

Firstly smyths had blitzwing on the advert yesterday for transformers generations, but the page wouldn't load, don't know if f an update is coming.

Secondly did you guys know target now has an international online store. The platinum heroes pack (Magnus, oil, springer etc) is on there for £70

Damn that sounds insane; link?

Pot Bot wrote:https://goto.target.com/c/1137247/81938/2092?u=http%3A%2F%2Fintl.target.com%2Fs%3FsearchTerm%3Dtransformers%26category%3D0%257CAll%257Cmatchallpartial%257Call%2520categories%26lnk%3Dsnav_ta_transformers_s

Ooh; those are some really nice prices, especially on the Boxsets and Leaders. Any idea what shipping's like?

Whacked the platinum Magnus, Arcee, Kup, etc set into my cart and clicked through to checkout to investigate shipping rates:
"Postal" takes a few weeks to deliver, costs £13 and you pay taxes on arrival
"Standard" takes a fortnight, you pay taxes upfront and are looking at £13 shipping AND £13 tax
DHL get it done pretty quick (about a week) but charge close to £20 with about £15 tax (or taxes on arrival)
I assume it'll vary a bit depending on size/weight but I think that platinum set is probably one of the biggest boxes to ship TF-wise

Honestly I was expecting worse! Not gonna actually buy anything (yet, at least) but it's a legitimately viable option especially being so much cheaper on the big ticket items
Weirdly, that platinum set was one of the few things the site allowed me to add to the cart. Guessing there's a lot out of stock or not valid for international shipping but nothing was marked as such...

EDIT: Just spotted they've got a code UKSHIP for £15 off UK shipping when spending £70 or more. Wonder if it still counts if it would reduced the shipping to 0?

Is there any differences in the decals or colours on the Conehead Reissues to previously released versions of the same toys ?

Like with Thrust's launchers or the stickers for example.

Hey all. I'm from the US and visiting London in about 2 months time. I'm assuming the exchange rate will likely discourage me from buying any TFs in the UK over the US. However, just wondering if there any cool toy stores that are worth a visit, TFs or non-TFs? I'll be staying near Canary Wharf, and would rather not go too far unless it was truly worth it or near another major tourist attraction. Thanks!

Insurgent wrote:It's acon. 0 feedback? And the Facebook sales thread have reported cheap deals from China for 20 quid and all that turned up were beads.

Beads? Ah, well, have to admit it's not entirely surprising. Hope they're nice beads at least.

Found TLK Turbo Changers, Tiny Turbo Changers and Legions at Toytown; as well as RiD Combiner Force Crash Combiners and Mini-Con partners. All appear to be just Wave 1; didn't get a picture of the TTCs as they were just at the last second at the shop counter - sorry

Also, they had CW Wave 4 Deluxes on sale at £10 and CW Wave 5 Voyagers on sale at £17. Which certainly makes the price of the new stuff look even more rip-offy...

ASDA have got some last knight junk.
Boycotting as they are redecos of other toys and with higher prices.