TFPrime toy prices at BigW

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Prime figs are on order on the computer at Big W.
Deluxe $23.72
Voyager $48.87
Bot shots $7.72
Bot shot launcher $18.72
They have a rough arrival date of 15/3 but the buyer said late march/early April

[Doubledealer]

That's a much more palatable price for the deluxes. Voyagers are still a ridiculous rip off but what's new.

[Hursticon]

Cheers for the heads-up KaRNiV8L PRiME, appreciated as always mate
I agree DD, that is a more palatable price on the Deluxes but the Voyagers are really no better than TRU ; but I completely agree with Griffin and believe sending a message via our wallets to Hasbro AU is really essential if we're to try and get more comparable pricing - Educating the parental masses is what really needs to be done though.

[Golden Phoenix]

I am quite surprised by the price of the individual Box Shots. I would be pretty happy to pick one or 2 up for $7.
The deluxes are pretty good too.

I think we have to remember that we will never have the prices or prices anywhere close to what America has for many reasons.
We are a smaller market that is spread out. That means less product sold to a bigger area. That makes transport costs much higher. We also have much higher overheads (I am pretty sure the staff at Big W get paid much much more than the staff at the Big W equivalent in the US) and rent and insurance. Even though the price of the actual product has gone down, the price of everything else (transport, insurance, staff, rent and so on) has stayed the same (actually has gone up a bit due to inflation)

We also have to remember that a few years ago deluxes at Big W were a lot closer to the $26-30 price point. If we picked up a deluxe for $24 on sale we did pretty well. Now it is the standard and the on sale price is $18-20. So the prices for some figures have gone down. And even though some other figures (like voyagers) have not dropped down by as much, they also have not gone up with inflation either.

[griffin]

(Moved some off-topic posts to this discussion topic, and left copies of on-topic posts here)

[5FDP]

Glad I held-off from buying these at TRU

[Doubledealer]

Glad I held-off from buying these at TRU

TRU that.

[Alpha Supreme]

Nice to know there is a date for Big W... Although I couldn't resist and I picked up a Cliffjumper from TRU... $30 Ouch!!! Last time I was in America I picked up a Junkyard for $12 and those combining Dinobots with bonus figure for $5!!!! Was such an awesome find, especially since I couldn't find them anywhere in the Land of Oz.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Updated first post with correct pricing

[Accel]

hmm do you think this will be like the Energon days and we will get wave 1-3 with Big W right away? just seems like a similar releasing pattern to back then.