Va'al re- wrote:Titanic robot of immense strength, capable of incredible transformations: from his head, with only five steps, Autobot Cerebros comes to life, whose head in turn becomes the Titan Master known as Emissary. The robot's body becomes an imposing and impenetrable fortress in just 15 steps, filled with cannons, thick defenses and incredible sound effects!
Requires 2 AAA batteries - not included
frogbat wrote:mmm might help but I think it'll be hard to beat the uk prices in europe
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So TRU is junk, don't buy there
TF-fan kev777 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So TRU is junk, don't buy there
TRU is just about always higher in price than the other big box type outlets, especially on items where the manufacturer's don't set the price. That is all part of their business plan. The flip side is they "usually" have a better selection than the big box stores. It makes sense if you think about it. TRU has to make all their profit off of toys. The other places can better absorb lower margins on toys with sales from other departments, which are typically more profitable than toys.
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So Australia already got him, and Europe is ready to have him, and here we sit in America still waiting for figures to start shipping out. Shesh!
On another note for the prices: My Toys R Us had combiner wars deluxes for $19.99, and then I was there a few weeks ago and they were charging $23.99 for deluxes and $26.99 for voyagers. But then, at walmart, deluxe prices are still solidly at $14.99. When I bought Superion, Menasor and Defensor limbs on HTS I bought them at $14.99 a piece before any sort of coupon I was using. Even my target is selling them at $14.99. So TRU is junk, don't buy there, and Walmart and Target are good. Entertainment Earth also sells limbs for $64.99 in a set of 4, coming to about $16 a piece.
It is weird though since we are no longer getting the comic (a usual $3-4 value) and the prices went up. That is major jumping the shark
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So Australia already got him, and Europe is ready to have him, and here we sit in America still waiting for figures to start shipping out. Shesh!
On another note for the prices: My Toys R Us had combiner wars deluxes for $19.99, and then I was there a few weeks ago and they were charging $23.99 for deluxes and $26.99 for voyagers. But then, at walmart, deluxe prices are still solidly at $14.99. When I bought Superion, Menasor and Defensor limbs on HTS I bought them at $14.99 a piece before any sort of coupon I was using. Even my target is selling them at $14.99. So TRU is junk, don't buy there, and Walmart and Target are good. Entertainment Earth also sells limbs for $64.99 in a set of 4, coming to about $16 a piece.
It is weird though since we are no longer getting the comic (a usual $3-4 value) and the prices went up. That is major jumping the shark
A few things I would like to comment on here just to add to the discussion:
1. The Hasbro street date is actually June 25th for Titans Returns figures in North America. Downshift learnt this from one of his TRU resourse. However, that is the shipping date which means you have to give it time to reach the store and for the employees to place them. That blows a bit for me though because I never saw the Skylynx wave of limbs in stores. It might be late for Quebec, we just got the latest Legends toys.
william-james88 wrote:2. TRU may be junk in the states, but it is a Godsend in Canada. Of all retailers with direct accounts with hasbro, TRU Canada has sold them the cheapest by far. They also have amazing store policies for returns, rainchecks, pricing, exchanges and the like. And hee they are the best stocked sotres for TFs and they get big ticket items sooner (like all the CW G2 sets). Its too bad you guys cant experience the greatness.
william-james88 wrote:3. The value you give to the comics is a bit trivial. The Comics have very little cost involved. The pic is of the backing board, the inside is all reprinted, I think the only new bit is the bio but even then, that could have been done for the site. The cards that come with TR add to the toy's fiction and are made specifically for the toy. They only come with the toys, as well, and are not derivitive or reuses of other media. So more development cost went into those and thus will probably hold more value later. The price you wrote is what a comic sells for when its hot out of the oven. The 3-4$ price is to pay for the work put in by the artist, writer and every other part. Months later, you can find them in dollar bins (I can). The reprints only have to cover the cost of the paper and ink spent on it, so any value placed above that is very trivial (kinda like 90s O pee chee hockey cards).
Agamemnon wrote:With Titan Returns, we are generally getting two transforming figures in each package... (#JustifyCosts?)
Down_Shift wrote:It's not a sighting, but it is relevant to all of our interests.
I'm 99% sure everyone has seen this stuff before since it' been out there for a while now, but I thought I'd post it again since these are hitting stores shortly.
Legends Class - $12.99 (SKU#789658)
Deluxe Class - $19.99 (SKU#789661)
Voyager Class - $29.99 (SKU#789663)
Leader Class - $59.99 (SKU#789666)
Titan Class - $229.99 (SKU#789669)
Computron Gift Set - $149.95 (SKU#789634)
I checked with a friend at my local TRU and had them run the SKU in their computer (the green and back screen, not the web browser one) and it shows most of them shipping around the 25th, with the exception of Computron because I forgot to check.
Obviously mileage will vary by store and location. But, if you have someone you can chat with at your local TRU run have them run those SKU numbers and it might just give you a time line that you can use to build a plan of attack!
I should specify that they said it could show up as early as the 25th or even the first week of July. Like I said, mileage may vary but I hope this helps with the hunt!
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:True, but $14.99 to $23.99 for the same combiner limbs is stretching it a little bit though...
). Pretty nuts how that price gap between deluxe and voyager keeps getting smaller.D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was considering that the original comics cost $3.99, and I took off about a dollar since they do lack some of the features, but it is still about $3 worth of comic there. I agree that older comics would be sold off cheaper and the price is meaningless, but that's how I had thought of them. Made me feel a little better that I was getting a good toy and a comic for a good price (especially with the spotlights of Trailcutter and Hoist)
Agamemnon wrote:With Titan Returns, we are generally getting two transforming figures in each package... (#JustifyCosts?)
) for.... 16-20$. So you only have to work the amount of time it takes to make 20$ instead of 32$ to be able to afford this toy. Ultra Mad wrote:Hasbro (and Toys R us) have a good sense of humor if they expect me to pay over 200$ for Fort Max. Especially after seeing a few reviews of him online.
I can't imagine many parents rushing into store to buy him for their kids. The advantages of him being at such retail store however is that at some point, he might be on sale for a 'decent' price. (The definition of decent being different for everybody).Ultra Mad wrote:It is a choice. But there is something bothering me about such a high price tag for a product that is nowhere near masterpiece quality. At the end of the day, this figure is a *toy* a lot more then a collectable (and yes, I do realise that all Transformers are technically toys, not collectable). And to have paid less then half of that price for Metroplex 2 years ago ( I paid 115$, taxes included, in Canada), which is basically the basis for this toy, make me wonder what they are thinking.
william-james88 wrote:Ultra Mad wrote:It is a choice. But there is something bothering me about such a high price tag for a product that is nowhere near masterpiece quality. At the end of the day, this figure is a *toy* a lot more then a collectable (and yes, I do realise that all Transformers are technically toys, not collectable). And to have paid less then half of that price for Metroplex 2 years ago ( I paid 115$, taxes included, in Canada), which is basically the basis for this toy, make me wonder what they are thinking.
When I saw that price, I told myself I was gonna wait for him to be less than $100 at Costco which wa the case for every other titan class toy so far.
Cobotron wrote:Were there ever reports of Devistator at Costco?
CostCan?william-james88 wrote:Canadian Costco
