Sighting from Sharky today at ToyMate
Wave 1 Titan Returns Legend Class toys for $19.99 each
Full wave of Wheelie, Stripes and Rewind.
Photo by Sharky, shared with his permission.
Wheelie say find friends today!
http://i.imgur.com/rtySfDx.jpg
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Sighting from Sharky today at ToyMate
Wave 1 Titan Returns Legend Class toys for $19.99 each
Full wave of Wheelie, Stripes and Rewind.
Photo by Sharky, shared with his permission.
Wheelie say find friends today!
http://i.imgur.com/rtySfDx.jpg
Me Chileno20 say we are on our way!
Awesome!
Lucky for those in Sydney... as Toymate only has 8 stores and they are all in or around Sydney.
I imagine that they get their stock from Hasbro Australia, so the toys should be showing up at other Retailers soon as well.
Sharky has posted up some photos of Wheelie on our facebook page.
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I'm liking the look of the new Wheelie. I've got the Universe version but didn't feel the robot mode was good enough for a CHUG representation, and I missed out on the GDO version. This one will fill the gap nicely. :)
Amazing they have shown up here, I haven't even seen them for preorder with the US online stores yet.
Just found them at toymate
Any chance someone can nab me a Wheelie? We don't have Toymate in WA. Happy to pay postage and transfer funds via PayPal. Packaging doesn't need to be great as it will be opened - just preferably no significant slop on the figure itself (visible on shelf anyway!).
Saw a pic of Fort Max in a stock cage on Facebook.... WA Myers Apparantly.... And damn, the one week I'm not working in Perth!
Baulko Toymate is sold out but they had lots at Top Ryde.
(sorry millhouse, didn't notice this thread until just now)
Look what a mate of mine just spotted in the myer store in Perth city
http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/o...s5bxln0ai.jpeg
How much?Quote:
Originally Posted by mentok27
Can't wait for the comments on the American boards!:p
What do they charge for a Fort Max at Myer?
Wow! Wasn't expecting to see these on the shelves this soon. :eek:
So I'm assuming this has the Myer premium price?
A laughable $360
Well I only need to find one of these guys as I have three of them on preorder at HLJ (well the TT versions anyway).
Frot Max is in the Big W computer for $250, if you want to get the Hasbro version that's a better price than Myer's.
$360? Primus I don't know if this is Myer overcharging or Perth's oddity to have more expensive transformers (seriously your toyworld's are charging $40 for Deluxes)
What a joke! Go to PC and get the TT version for $240. I'm glad I did.Quote:
Originally Posted by mentok27
$360 for Fort Max is laughable. Go home Myer. Hopefully at least Target, Big W or even TRU will get him at a reasonable price. Why do they expect these things to move at such a price?
On the bright side Wheelie and Rewind look great, will pick up asap when they hit here.
Nothing at Myer Brisbane CBD but the staff however managed to find 5 Fort Max at Chermside Myer for 360 bucks. There is 20 percent discount at Myer this weekend.
Well this makes me want to go hunting, even if I can't afford it for the moment.
Place your bets on how much Stripes will shelfwarm!
Honestly I'm passing on the animals. Unless Steeljaw and Ramhorn come out as impressive... Ravage and Buzzsaw (redecoes etc) look quite bad
I'm actually going to pick up Stripes and Lazerbeak and not Wheelie (only because I've got the Takara version on preorder) - I just want character completion
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...pitdrink-1.gif That's more than what I paid for my G1 Fort Max, Brave Max or Encore Fort Max! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by mentok27
So an additional $110~120 impatience tax. :eek:
Although Myer does have 20% off toys sale this weekend... I wonder if that's just an "introductory" price to prevent making a loss...
How could they possibly be making at loss @ $300 (minus the 20%)Quote:
Originally Posted by prjkt
They'd be doing something very wrong business wise if thats the case
So an aussie can get the world first review of this giant figure with a few question marks still (like do the legs open? Does the right arm swivel forward?) BUT.. everyone will know you paid $360! A delemia for someone out there i am sure.
I paid +$100 less than that for the Takara version.
Get stuffed. Even with the 20% off I'm still getting it cheaper, and if the rumours are right I'll get a sword with it too :P
I reckon you could buy it, review it, rebox it, and carefully retape it and refund it no problemQuote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
I wonder if an arm is detached in the box like Hasbro Metroplex was?Quote:
Originally Posted by Borgeman
Also, a brief review is up.. http://www.seibertron.com/transforme...-maxmus/35412/
As Paulbot calls it, it's an Impatience Tax. ;) What's wrong with posting a review a month or so later? What's wrong with not being the first kid on the block to have a new toy? Even with the 20% discount, you're still paying an extra $38 for no other reason than to have earlier bragging rights. That's $38 that could be spent on other things, like more Transformers toys!Quote:
Originally Posted by Deonasis
I don't think that's entirely legal, and as per board rule #17:Quote:
Originally Posted by Borgeman
"Price Scamming at retail stores is also illegal, so shouldn't be something mentioned or boasted about on this board."
(I'm not a mod, just a friendly reminder :))
How long did it take people here to a G1 Fortress Maximus? G1 Fort Max was a toy that was never released here, so I think most of us probably got this toy much later as adult collectors. I didn't get G1 Fort Max until 2007, 20 years after its release! Some people may have never had a Fortress Maximus until the Encore reissue in 2013, 26 years later! So if people are able to wait decades after the release of G1 Fort Max to get it, I don't see how waiting an extra month or so would be so much worse. I sometimes wonder if we've just become a lot more impatient as adults. Could it be because we're more time poor than when we were kids?
What I said is not illegal, and is not price scamming.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
I think even at that price it's still tempting for some people to get it early. We're talking world's first a much awaited update here, not some old G1 toy. I for one am eager to read a proper review on this.
Not gonna lie, if my local store had it (with the 20% off) I probably would have bought it.
Apparently Fortress Maximus at Myer is $370, not $360... which makes the 20% off price $296, which is even further from the expected BigW price.
If there were any around me I might have been tempted at $288 if I could afford it right now, but not at $296.
I'll wait for the BigW release and hope I find one.
Unfortunately, that's true with the retailers who do refunds with "change of mind", or accept items that have been opened or used, because who's going to pay full price on something that has been opened...Quote:
Originally Posted by Borgeman
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/d158.jpg
For marketing purposes, it is assessed that it would generate more sales from the peace of mind of returnability, to then offset the increased discounts they have to give to the extra items that people won't touch at full price. (especially if the items are swapped out or parts could be missing or broken)
But if a store has a policy of not accepting items that have been used or opened (like games or movies), returning something that a person has resealed to look like it was never opened, would then be wrong.
(and if they do accept returns, I think it would be on the understanding that they weren't used, like clothes or underwear)
But this is all moot, as the original comment was more like an off the cuff speculation, not encouraging it or recommending it.
We're overlooking what is clearly the most important ting from these Fortress Maximus photos.
Myer has the Walmart exclusive classic Ghosbusters figures.
Needless to say, I asked my lovely wife to pick me up a set for the sweet price of $80 including an exclusive build a figure (all the figures are re-releases). Thankfully, she nabbed he last set of four. Winner!
Clearly the big issue.
Penrith Toymate has heaps of all 3 CW Legends. $19.00 ea so I grabbed 3.:)
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Unless you are smart and wait a few months and get him for $90-$150 :DQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
So let me get this straight, with Myer's 20% discount, Titans Return Fortress Maximus costs about the same as a G1 Fortress Maximus or Brave Maximus, including shipping.
...I don't even... :o