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He's trying to make a last minute play for ozformer of the year.... :p
Did that set actually get released in Australia?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Came out in November...Quote:
Originally Posted by Batfan007
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showthread.php?t=26012
I'm guessing in small numbers over east?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Never heard of nor seen in in WA?
Toymate in Lake Haven NSW are having a closing down sale with everything reduced.
Some of their TFs are way overpriced so the discounts only mean they become normal price, but some others are worth grabbing.
Interesting that it is closing down, I wonder if it was a temporary or pop up store, since it was only before Christmas that griffin posted about all the store they were opening. Not good if the newest toy retailer was already closing their regional stores.
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Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Indeed.
Last year they were talking up their big expansion plans into QLD, WA and VIC... but if they are having to close stores, maybe they over-extended themselves while trying to fill the void left behind by ToysRUs.
Hopefully it is just a single, non-profitable store. (it's still not good to hear about any regional stores deciding to close due to insufficient sales)
From the amount of signage and shelving it certainly didn’t appear as though it was originally intended to be temporaryQuote:
Originally Posted by i_amtrunks
Coincidentally, while looking for something else today, I came across this post from May 2016, noting that Toymate only had 8 stores just three years ago... but now have 18... so maybe they did indeed over-extend themselves by expanding too fast.
I'm not sure how far the newer stores they've got at old TRU locations will get. They seem to have bought out a lot of the old TRU stock, and let me tell you whoever was ordering stock for TRU must have had a hole in their head. Even at a discounted price, I don't know how they think they're going to moving 25 Titans Returns Sky Shadows at $40 AUD, in Perth, from a retail location.
There's that other element. If they didn't pick up some of the TRU stores, then it opened the opportunity for competitors.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I googled Lake Haven. As of 2016 population was 3,578 plus Trev.
That may have something to do with it.
Was there enough of a client base to be able to support a dedicated toy store in the region?
There's a toymate in Tuggerah too, which isn't too far from Lakehaven also the Lakehaven Toymate was tucked away out in the back carpark of that shopping centre.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
So they basically cannibalized their own market share.
In a worrying sign Kmart Rosebud is clearing the first TCG pack for $15
Yeah I found it quite hard to find. Google Maps showed it inside the main complex and it wasn’t till I read one of the physical shop maps inside the centre that I discovered it was in a totally seperate building and had to go back to the car and drive over thereQuote:
Originally Posted by SMHFConvoy
Target has Ultra Class Cyberverse toys for $29, down from $39.
I was able to pick up a Shockwave and Starscream. A shame they didn’t have Strika
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Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
I just had a look at the Target website, and they are on sale in the current catalogue, along with Warriors and 1-steps.
I'll post up a news posting for the sale. (now to find a store with the new 1-steps, before Wednesday when this sale ends)
Kmart
Transformers Mighty Muggs $10
https://imgur.com/2TbFWtn.jpg
Kmart are clearing out POTP Legends and Prime Masters for $10 and $5 respectively.
Not much left to pick clean though
Last weekend I was at the Endeavour Hills Kmart and they still had at least 20 each of Outback and Cindersaur
I was personally waiting until they dropped down price even further since there are far too many of both and they haven't moved in months.
This is now down to $25 at Kmart.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Ugh. I’d grab this at this price. My local K-Marts haven’t had it for weeksQuote:
Originally Posted by DarkHyren
I think I might even grab it for that if I saw it, but I too haven't seen it in a couple months.Quote:
Originally Posted by dirge
Not the sort of clearance pricing usually in this topic (a store reducing the price of stock they originally had for much more), but there have been a couple of sightings in different states, of $12 Last Knight Deluxes at Coles (they were never at Coles, and this sort of thing should have ended up at the Reject Shop or TKMaxx).
Apparently there is not a lot of stock being found... and it seems that Hasbro must have ended up with a lot of leftover stock with retailers facing two Movie toylines following in quick succession (Studio Series and Bumblebee Movie), so either cut back on the older toyline or delay the introduction of the new toyline until the old one is sold out (something that Hasbro and Paramount wouldn't have wanted).
Big W
Bumblebee Power Plus Series $20 (was $29)
https://imgur.com/7jxfYhL.jpg
DJ Bumblebee $63 (was $79)
https://imgur.com/dBtAFAp.jpg
Cyberverse Warrior $24 (was $35)
https://imgur.com/GJjbVHh.jpg
The clearance price on the warriors should be the regular price...
yepQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
Coles are now clearing out their remaining RID Legions stock, at half price - $4.25.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2019c03.jpg
And Kmart is clearing out their Ooshies 7-packs to $11.
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2019km40.jpg
Not sure where the best thread for it is, but Aliexpress official hasbro store has Devastator for 140+GST: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32921620709.html
That's a Weijang third party Devastator, it's not official. $50 on ebay with free delivery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bato
That is from the Hasbro Official store as mentioned here: http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...ght=aliexpress
The images on that listing are not Hasbro toys but the video shows G1 toys. All very suspicious from Hasbro a China.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bato
I clicked the link, the first image is just wrong, all the other images are the proper product.
So is it the reissue one from last year or so?
The packaging shot suggests its the most recent Hasbro release...
Aside from the first image of a 3rd party Devastator, the rest are the same stock photos Walmart used (as mirrored here: http://www.bwtf.com/toyreviews/g1/2018/devastator )
Big W
Siege Battle Masters $8 (was $10)
https://imgur.com/NxESSZI.jpg
Big W Southland has Micromasters on clearance for $10 (Ravage, Laserbeak, Red Heat and Stakeout)
https://i.imgur.com/AIST84R.jpg
Kmart
Siege Micromasters $14
https://imgur.com/T4XQOu5.jpg
Yesterday at Kmart Sunnybank - they had up two new clearance tags, which means no new waves of either item unfortunately.
$6 for the Siege Battlemasters and $24 for the Cyberverse Warriors. Not sure why the Cyberverse Warriors are ending for Kmart, unless the new packaging sub-line is being treated as a new product in their computer/re-order system.
http://toycollectors.com.au/2019km62.jpg
http://toycollectors.com.au/2019km63.jpg