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This is a little bit of a surprise. I thought it was Toyworld's we were seeing reports of these toys from? Unless it means the later ones, and not Bumblebee... mind you, it means waiting a little longer than first expected :(Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Toyworld/Uncle Petes seem to do a fair bit of grey importation outside of Hasbro channels, so as I understand of this toy retailing business, when Hasbro or somebody says "exclusive" it probably just means Hasbro AU were only able to interest that one major retailer into taking a significant order, or they just got Hasbro AU approval to be able to claim as such, but they actually ordered it from Hong Kong (if they're a small online retailer like Case Fresh).
Remember only one isolated Toyworld in WA had HABB.
Ahhh... thought I'd seen more than one report of him turning up. Ah well... so much for buying most of what I want through the big toy sales.
All of us who got him, all bought from Toyworld Fremantle. They had none left when I visited on Monday. Hopefully he'll be widely available in Kmart in August.
I truly have no idea how HA-BB showed up at that store. When i bought mine, i had previously spoken to the old lady working there - she didn't know of it until i described it - and was shocked when i ended up buying 3 total for me and Kyle!
Perhaps another employee is clued in, but a person of her age is most likely the owner, no? She didn't strike me as the type of person to be carefully perusing importation options for hot toys.
I would say that the case might have been mistakingly sent in their batch, but the item did ring up with no problems, so who knows? I'm hoping that the rest of the HA series aren't this hard for everyone to get their hands on!
It was funny we hit Target Bullcreek together in that morning and got nothing. :p When you called me about TW Freo I was near the end of teaching my Friday lecture. So glad I returned your call in time. :p
Toyworlds are known to independantly import items, bypassing Hasbro AUS. But in this instance, since there was just 3 or 4 at one store, they probably just got a case by accident. (unless we see them at other Toyworlds soon)
Updated list to reflect the details provided by Hasbro AU in the July Q&A answers.
As of today, this one costs $49.98Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
And this one is $87.99Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin