Kre-O Regular Retail Prices in Australia

[griffin]

I promised this some time ago, and it took a while to go around to look for any prices that weren't posted here.

These are regular retail prices, not sale prices or introductory prices (or even Online prices, as TRU have higher prices online, probably to cover their "free shipping" offers... despite it being cheaper for them to sell online).

I have also included the different known Toyworld prices, as they are a franchise chain, so prices vary from store to store.

All prices are in AU$, except the US retail price which is in US$ (listed for comparison).
? means price is still unknown, or may not be sold at that chain. (please help out if you can)
* means item not sold at that store chain.
RED are the cheapest price for each item.


Kreo---- USprice - BigW - Kmart - Target - TRU - Toyworld - Myer - DJs

Big OP-- - -60 - - 98 - - - 99 - - 129 - -100 - - 129-135 - 149 - -- *

Sentinel - -40 - - 79 - - - 79 - - -79 - - 80 - - - 80 - -- 100 - -- *

Megatron - -30 - - 69 - - - 69 - - -69 - - 60 - -- 60-73 - - 90 - -- *

Starsc-- - -30 - - 59 - - - 59 - - -59 - - 60 - - - 60 - - - 80 - -- *

Big Bee- - -25 - - 59 - - - 59 - - -59 - - 50 - -- 50-60 - --80 - --60

Sidesw-- - -20 - - 49 - - - 49 - - -49 - - 40 - - - 50 - - - 60 - -- *

Ratchet- - -20 - - 39 - - -- * - - -39 - - 40 - -- 35-40 - - 50 - --40

Prowl--- - -17 - - 39 - - - 39 - - -39 - - 30 - -- 35-40 - - 50 - -- *

Jazz---- - -12 - - 20 - - - 20 - - -22 - --25 - - -- * - - - 30 - -- *

Mirage-- - -12 - - 20 - - - 20 - - -22 - - 20 - - - 20 - - - 30 - -- *

Small OP. - -8 - - 15 - - - 15 - - -15 - - 15 - - -15-17 - - 20 - --17

Small BB. - -8 - - 15 - - - 15 - - -15 - - 15 - - -15-17 - - 20 - --17

(I wanted to do this up in some sort of table, but this is about as good as I can get with this board's posting options... hopefully the layout doesn't get too screwed up on your browser)


I was actually surprised to see that the TRU website was selling their Kreo at much higher prices than in-store. Shouldn't it be the same price, or even cheaper if they don't have as many expenses as an actual store?
For example, the Big Optimus is $130 compared to $100 in the store. Megatron is $70 compared to $60 in store. Prowl is $40 compared to $30 in store. And even the small sets are $18 compared to $15 in store.