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Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Megatron at Australian Retail
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Apr 12, 2015 at 5:27am CDT
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Comment by prjkt
Apr 12, 2015
Didn't realise this site did sightings for my side of the world - I picked up Megatron here back in Feb (14th to be precis)
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Comment by Burn
Apr 12, 2015
Yeah ... I only sent Va'al pictures of Magnus weeks ago, didn't bother taking photos of both Megatrons back then.
My bad.
My bad.
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I just felt I had to quote the whole thing. First, your leader class prices are... painful to say the least.
And even tough MP UM look expensive as fawk, it's great you guys can have it LIVE in store! And even tough you have to pay your local sales taxes, at least you don't have to pay extra customs and shipping fees. An Aussie buying MP UM live in store will end up paying way less than me, if I bought it from BBTS!
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Apr 12, 2015
Va'al wrote:The North American continent has been seeing the new Generations Combiner Wars Leader class Megatron for a little while, and its seems that Australia is also receiving its batches, too! Courtesy of Seibertron.com board admin Burn, we have confirmation of the Decepticon founder arriving down under without too much to wait compared to elsewhere in the world. Check out the image below, taken at a Toys'R'Us in Cairns, priced at AUS$ 89.99 (approx US $69) - and maybe join Australian fans in weeping over the retail price of MP Ultra Magnus, too (approx US $ 230).
Remember, to help out your fellow fans and collectors, make sure to flag any sighting of this or other toys in the regional forum boards here, and in our ever-growing database here!
I just felt I had to quote the whole thing. First, your leader class prices are... painful to say the least.
And even tough MP UM look expensive as fawk, it's great you guys can have it LIVE in store! And even tough you have to pay your local sales taxes, at least you don't have to pay extra customs and shipping fees. An Aussie buying MP UM live in store will end up paying way less than me, if I bought it from BBTS!
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Comment by Burn
Apr 12, 2015
Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
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Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Apr 12, 2015
Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
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Comment by Flashback
Apr 12, 2015
Oh fantastic! Hopefully there'll still be one at the TRU near me in a couple of days, will be at work till then!
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This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Comment by prjkt
Apr 12, 2015
-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
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Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Apr 12, 2015
prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...
Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
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Comment by Metroplexsmash
Apr 12, 2015
wow in robot mode megatron looks awesome whish I could get this 
Re: Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Megatron at Australian Retail
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Then there is electricity, a previous government allowed a few overseas companies come in and do a heap of un-needed upgrades to our network. Then to recoup their costs they raise prices (by 6% I think) every year and a metre box was added to many houses to supposedly help prices drop but it just let power companies double prices. I noticed one family have their 3 - 4 month bill go from $400 to $800 from one bill to the next. There are many people here who can no longer afford to run a fridge because then they can't pay their rent.
We also have a completely screwed up tax system.
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
Comment by Arctorro
Apr 12, 2015
That is not what makes Australian an expensive place to live. Housing prices have gone up something like 600% while wages have hardly moved. There has been an unprecedented number of families losing their houses in the last 10 years which has forced more people into renting and that has seen landlords raising rental prices due to higher demand. That has made having a place to live difficult to say the least.-Kanrabat- wrote:prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Then there is electricity, a previous government allowed a few overseas companies come in and do a heap of un-needed upgrades to our network. Then to recoup their costs they raise prices (by 6% I think) every year and a metre box was added to many houses to supposedly help prices drop but it just let power companies double prices. I noticed one family have their 3 - 4 month bill go from $400 to $800 from one bill to the next. There are many people here who can no longer afford to run a fridge because then they can't pay their rent.
We also have a completely screwed up tax system.
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
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Ow....
Like they say, there is no perfect world. Scratch the golden leaf and it reveal all the lead underneath.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Apr 12, 2015
Arctorro wrote:(...)
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
Ow....
Like they say, there is no perfect world. Scratch the golden leaf and it reveal all the lead underneath.
Re: Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Megatron at Australian Retail
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No wonder Burn is always cranky
. Good thing you're not as cranky. And...........I take back a previous statement I made about you Aussies being lucky to have official Hasbro/Tomy releases.
Comment by fenrir72
Apr 12, 2015
Arctorro wrote:That is not what makes Australian an expensive place to live. Housing prices have gone up something like 600% while wages have hardly moved. There has been an unprecedented number of families losing their houses in the last 10 years which has forced more people into renting and that has seen landlords raising rental prices due to higher demand. That has made having a place to live difficult to say the least.-Kanrabat- wrote:prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Then there is electricity, a previous government allowed a few overseas companies come in and do a heap of un-needed upgrades to our network. Then to recoup their costs they raise prices (by 6% I think) every year and a metre box was added to many houses to supposedly help prices drop but it just let power companies double prices. I noticed one family have their 3 - 4 month bill go from $400 to $800 from one bill to the next. There are many people here who can no longer afford to run a fridge because then they can't pay their rent.
We also have a completely screwed up tax system.
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
No wonder Burn is always cranky
. Good thing you're not as cranky. And...........I take back a previous statement I made about you Aussies being lucky to have official Hasbro/Tomy releases.
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Comment by Arucard
Apr 12, 2015
I picked up mine at a Target in Adelaide on sale for $70 a few weeks ago. I've seen them for weeks in Toyworld, Target, Big W and Kmart. What I'm hanging out for is Wave 2 so I can get Air Raid and finish off Superion.
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There were a couple of documents released in the last (I think) 6 months comparing costs of living for different countries and they always conveniently left out important facts which annoyed me greatly.
As for the topic, my UM pre-order with BBTS will be kept. With current exchange rates he is about $15 cheaper shipped with a high end shipping estimate. Will just have to wait a while to build up my PoL.
Comment by Arctorro
Apr 12, 2015
Yep, the gold is all gone unfortunately.-Kanrabat- wrote:Ow....
Like they say, there is no perfect world. Scratch the golden leaf and it reveal all the lead underneath.
I'm just as cranky (and probably 10x as crazy), but don't post as much so it doesn't showfenrir72 wrote:No wonder Burn is always cranky
There were a couple of documents released in the last (I think) 6 months comparing costs of living for different countries and they always conveniently left out important facts which annoyed me greatly.
As for the topic, my UM pre-order with BBTS will be kept. With current exchange rates he is about $15 cheaper shipped with a high end shipping estimate. Will just have to wait a while to build up my PoL.
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Comment by Burn
Apr 12, 2015
Of course we're fucking crank. You'd be fucking cranky too if you woke up every fucking day and wondered if this would be the fucking day that some fucking animal finally got you.
(That cranky enough?)
(That cranky enough?)
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Comment by Sabrblade
Apr 12, 2015
Burn wrote:Of course we're **** crank. You'd be **** cranky too if you woke up every **** day and wondered if this would be the **** day that some **** animal finally got you.
(That cranky enough?)
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Comment by Ironclaw
Apr 12, 2015
I picked up CW G1 Megatron a little under a week ago and I freaking love it. I've the standard complaints of the ankle tilts, part of me wishes that the thigh-calf ratio was slightly different and that the elbows had more range but that's just me. It's a fantastic figure in terms of aesthetics and posability, and because I like fiddling with Transformers figures and making up other altmodes, I cobbled together a pseudo-Metal Gear thing. I could attempt some pictures if there's demand for them 
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Yeah, forget financial reasonings. I'd never live down under simply because the wildlife are all pyschopathic murderers.
Comment by Ironhidensh
Apr 13, 2015
Burn wrote:Of course we're **** crank. You'd be **** cranky too if you woke up every **** day and wondered if this would be the **** day that some **** animal finally got you.
(That cranky enough?)
Yeah, forget financial reasonings. I'd never live down under simply because the wildlife are all pyschopathic murderers.
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Comment by fenrir72
Apr 13, 2015
Tomy despises the CW Leader Optimus that they are releasing him as Grand Scourge
Via: http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002824/
Via: http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002824/
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Comment by galvatron00
Apr 13, 2015
That's a large sword. Re-colored Beast Hunters Optimus blade right? The leader/larger than that class one.fenrir72 wrote:Tomy despises the CW Leader Optimus that they are releasing him as Grand Scourge
Via: http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002824/
