***looks in mirror at receding hairline... cries*** :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
***looks in mirror at receding hairline... cries*** :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
Embrace the chromedome. Once you do it you won't look back. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Jazzman
As noted in the Foreign First Release topic, the reissue Starscream and Devastator have now been found in Walmart in Canada (still yet to appear in America)... for about AU$50 for Starscream and about AU$100 for Devastator.
Do you (or anyone else here) know if we'll be getting these here?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
It would be really awesome to see G1 toys on retail shelves. If anyone recalls the April Fools Day gag that Goktimus Prime did of G1 toys at a Kmart? I dream of such a day, and that we see more characters releasedQuote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
Off topic... What's involved in Hasbro making a deal with a retail chain such as TRU or Walmart for an 'exclusive' toy. Is it a matter of money changing hands for exclusivity rights?
Seems pretty reasonable pricing, I'm sure we'll get the "Australia" tax added to them but still, to go and buy one of these off the shelf and have it in hand on the day will be just reward for the extra $$Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I don't know about big US chains like that, but I would assume that they get a pretty sweet deal on the wholesale price. A lot of these 'exclusives' are for the US, but are offered to other retailers (like in Asia, where we see Walmart/Target exclusives available through Hasbro HK) and also to Australian retailers..... but its often difficult to convince retailers to CARRY these types of items. There have been items in the past that weren't a US exclusive, but no Aus retailer wanted to buy..... and then a deal was struck, and it was advertised as "exclusive to Big W" or "exclusive to Kmart". The impression I've always had is that Hasbro offers so much range we often miss out on items/waves, so if a retailer wanted to have an exclusive it would be pretty easily had.Quote:
Originally Posted by Galvatran
The Minibots and Devastator have now been listed on the Walmart site, so might be found in stores over there soon.
Devastator is US$74, while three of the four Minibots are US$8. For some reason, Walmart is scalping their own exclusives based on expected demand, by selling Bumblebee at US$9, despite the other three being "rarer" for having less units of each in the master cartons.
I'd hardly call USD9 scalping.