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Toy Spotting / Shopping Thread!
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theres a certain logic to it when ya think about it.
the main appeal of the movie stuff IMO is kids that liked the movie and want the toys. A ma and da looking to keep a little tyke quite might drop the lids for a voyager but leader class is pricy as hell for an average parent who's no interest besides placating their child and has bills to pay.
contrast that with us old schoolers who have the whole nostalgia aspect on top of the disposable income and ya have a clientele thatll drop 60 quid on sixshot without blinking.
hell we'll spend hundreds on imports and third party stuff.
Maybe hasbros finally copped that and is readjusting accordingly.
course to contradict myself while ive NO interest in the movie stuff and have only ever bought the odd deluxe from the lines i AM loving that leader megatron. its sweet as hell.
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constitutionus wrote: »theres a certain logic to it when ya think about it.
the main appeal of the movie stuff IMO is kids that liked the movie and want the toys. A ma and da looking to keep a little tyke quite might drop the lids for a voyager but leader class is pricy as hell for an average parent who's no interest besides placating their child and has bills to pay.
contrast that with us old schoolers who have the whole nostalgia aspect on top of the disposable income and ya have a clientele thatll drop 60 quid on sixshot without blinking.
hell we'll spend hundreds on imports and third party stuff.
Maybe hasbros finally copped that and is readjusting accordingly.
course to contradict myself while ive NO interest in the movie stuff and have only ever bought the odd deluxe from the lines i AM loving that leader megatron. its sweet as hell.
5 X Dinobots will get you change from €800?
It's funny, for years a chunk of the fandom scoffed at the idea that older collectors were that important to the brand. Well apparently they (we) are.
And i was one of the scoffers.0 -
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just to give you guys a head ups theres something weird going on with amazon.com (the US version of the site)
theyre offering titans return leader class sky shadow for prices alternating between $71 and $49.99.
it seems to be down to them getting stock in on the 11th (tomorrow) and the "Seller" alternating between themselves and another comercial seller they fullfill for.
anyway the reason im highlighting it is if ya get the amazon price of $49.99 even with the postage and import charges that comes to €75 (or less depending on the rate on the day)
thats the equvilent of a price here of €60 with €15 postage charge if ya think about it.
as sky shadow is one i dont think well get on our shelves ala jetfire here it may turn out to be the cheapest way of getting the lad for those of ya that want to add to your "phase sixer" line.
and hey he may even drop in price if you want to take the chance on that.
bear in mind though that six shots been out an age and he's still at the $48.99 price point on em. personally im waiting for trump to do something so it hits the dollar and i can snap him up for €70 or so. 0 -
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yup.
just back from the one in fonthill. no change on the deluxes reduction (still 18.99) but the voyager titan returns prime is there for €25.5 and the voyager combiner war lads are all €10.
they had onslaught and scattershot but supply is getting low , particularly on that computron. theyve only 3 left . that €50 seems to be the magic number to shift him
theyve a few galvatrons left too but for the life of me i cant remember the price he's going for. i want to say 25 but am not certain. its deffo less than the 31 he was though.
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Just checked out smyths website.
MAJOR updates on it . if ya can find them leader prime and blaster are 25.5 but the whole of wave 4 is there and were getting sky shadow and broadside too
59.99 and 31.99 respectively so there goes me using amazon to get the lad ! heaven alone knows when theyll hit the shevles but at least now it looks like they will be.0 -
just another heads up.
looks like smyths PR dept is up to its usual standard. was in jervis yesterday and while voyage prime is 25.5 theyre charging the full whack on computron (85) and the combiner wars lads are still 16.99.
so root around.
im off to tallaght to do some shoping later, ill post an edit to say what theyre doing.
oh by the way toymaster have voyager combiner war lads going for 20. more expensive i know but there the only guys ive seen with cyclonus and hotspot left in stock. rest of the TR stuff is full price point.
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Jays but smyths are some laugh. computron is indeed 50 in tallaght and the combiner wars voyagers are a tenner a go, but TR prime and megs are both 31 like theyve been. so it seems to be pot luck at the mo as to where ya go and what your looking for. 0 -
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They hit Tesco in cork too.
As well as the Smyths website.
€30 for a deluxe movie line figure.
If they are of the same quality as the last two movies. Then I consider it a bad deal.
Also not digging the amount of AOE repaints they've trotted out already.0 -
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