Transformers Figure Subscription Service Is Go

[Quickstrike]

The shipping cost is actually quite reasonable. I'm surprised!

I'm totally in for Slipstream, Circuit and Ultra Mammoth. I have a month or so to think about it...

[SuspectimusPrime]

Or in other words it is at the very least going to be $400 for five Deluxes and an Ultra (or $70ish for each toy). If you're going to go in with a friend for shipping or want to try being a scalper, it might be more cost efficient to order two or three subscriptions at once.

There's also + $82 for cost of 2013 membership + $3 online processing charge (as opposed to paying in person? ). $485 for 7 figs is still $70ish for each toy, unfortunately Classics Depthcharge does nothing for me either. Too bad they won't do a bulk shipment at the end of the year - I understand that they probably don't have a large warehouse, but there was potential to cut costs for consumers.

I think I will wait til they show up on eBay. I only want 2 of the figures.

Out of interest, let's see what toys we would be after in but please note that even if we do find a way to do a group order, I would not be in it. I only mildly like these figures so to me, they are not worth the $50+ asking price.

Kup:
- Circuit
- Slipstream

Ditto,

The only one that remotely interests me is Slipstream (As there are so few Decepticon/Predacon/Vehicon Fembots) but at $50+ a figure? - Bah!

I'd only be in it for Scourge + Slipstream. From the sample reactions in this thread, it seems like Slipstream may end up going for $120+ on eBay.

[Tallestblue]

Aaaannnd Preorders for Slipstream are sold out on BBTS.

Damn scalper scum. It's her, Scourge and Ultra Mammoth I want.

Seriously. I've been praying for an Ultra Magnus repaint of the Big Convoy mold for ..like ten years now.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Because of my past experience with the club, they won't see my $ for this (as I will NEVER re-join the club even if want the toys)

This +1

I am a bit concerned by this part of their rules in the email

7. If you pick a shipping service that does not include insurance or if you don’t pick the insurance, we do not have any responsibility for replacement of lost or damaged or misdirected orders.

So if you get a dud figure with slow postage, then no replacement? Or damaged during shipping? To which are they referring to I wonder.

So, subscribing to the figures also doesn't automatically make you a member? And their online processing fee was supposed to just cover costs of their shop when they first got the online thing set up.

And that's why I will not give them my cash. Oh and also coz of boring toys and piss poor magazine.

It looks like the club has gone from being a club to becoming a shop now there is no other reason to join aside from exclusive toys by the looks of things.

[griffin]

The EOI topic is here, for those wanting one or more of these figures (but aren't a member, or don't want all six).

[tinyJazz]

No no, All members receive the same figure each month. For example: everyone gets slipstream in the first shipment.

Okay, I'm confused already. Am I correct in thinking that if you yourself are a subscriber, you MUST receive one of each toy, but are able to order as many copies of each as you like?
Or is it you can only order in multiple complete sets of 6?

[fatbot]

sooo, who's getting a sub? I will be getting at least one, hell I may be a arsehole scalper & buy two to sell the second on Evilbay

[griffin]

sooo, who's getting a sub? I will be getting at least one, hell I may be a arsehole scalper & buy two to sell the second on Evilbay

I wonder if this will gain much scalper interest.
They are made to order, so aren't going to run out (a scalper's dream), and they are so expensive for a Deluxe toy in a bag (remember, Deluxes in America are $10-15 IN packaging). If any figures are high demand and others are really low demand, it will also make it difficult to offload a lot of extra figures if a scalper buys up several sets. (kinda like a retail case assortment with half being Bumblebee - online stores have to sell those cheap, while charging more for the remaining figures to offset it)

They also mention that the extras will be sold on their site for considerably more (as an incentive to pre-order all six). Just how much more can they charge for a Deluxe in a baggie.

[SuspectimusPrime]

I wonder if this will gain much scalper interest.
They are made to order, so aren't going to run out (a scalper's dream), and they are so expensive for a Deluxe toy in a bag (remember, Deluxes in America are $10-15 IN packaging). If any figures are high demand and others are really low demand, it will also make it difficult to offload a lot of extra figures if a scalper buys up several sets. (kinda like a retail case assortment with half being Bumblebee - online stores have to sell those cheap, while charging more for the remaining figures to offset it)

They also mention that the extras will be sold on their site for considerably more (as an incentive to pre-order all six). Just how much more can they charge for a Deluxe in a baggie.

I can definitely see scalper interest here. Remember whilst they are producing according to demand, they have a ridiculous cut-off date that's scarcely 3 weeks from their announcement date (10th Sept 2012). So far out of all the figs they've sold, the only one that's really shelfwarmed for them is Animated Cheetor. Botcon Spinister/Octopunch has surprisingly been up for a a while now. Seems like anything Classics related sells like hot cakes, so I can only see that they will stand to make an ginormous profit even from the excess that they'll list on their website.

Secondly, see:

5. The figures will be shipped in random order. All members receive the same figures each month. So if you don’t mind, when you get your shipment each month, PLEASE do not go online and tell what you received. We want each shipment to be a surprise for as many members as possible.

Subscription figs are shipped once a month at random. We can already observe some figures showing more demand than others. If somebody was lucky enough to score a Slipstream or Ultra Mammoth on their first month, I'm sure it will fetch a pretty penny on the secondary market - as with what happened with the recent FP Steel Core shipments.

There's always the possibility that even after paying FunPub's asking premium, you may not receive that one fig you truly want until 12 months later. That would be incredibly unlucky - like 0.1% chance unlucky (1/6 * 1/5 * 1/4 * 1/3 * 1/2), and maybe a sign that you should invest in a lottery ticket

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

So far out of all the figs they've sold, the only one that's really shelfwarmed for them is Animated Cheetor. Botcon Spinister/Octopunch has surprisingly been up for a a while now. Seems like anything Classics related sells like hot cakes, so I can only see that they will stand to make an ginormous profit even from the excess that they'll list on their website.

Their Astrotrain, Airrazor and 2005 set of figures were hanging around for years.

As for the random shipping, I think that they are just stating that they can't tell which 2 figures will be first. EG, they might save the Scourge until the end of the year, but everyone gets sent an Ultra Mammoth and Slipstream as the fisrt batch. That's why they don't want people posting it on the web. (Good luck with that, there is no way the Americans are going to wait 2 weeks for the rest of the world to get theirs)

Okay, I'm confused already. Am I correct in thinking that if you yourself are a subscriber, you MUST receive one of each toy, but are able to order as many copies of each as you like?
Or is it you can only order in multiple complete sets of 6?

Me too, so one subscription allows me to order extras or what? If I can choose to buy 3 scourges but only one Mammoth, then why can't I decide to drop Mammoth altogether?

I also agree that the cut off date is too soon. this is why I won't be rejoining, but it still bugs the crap out of me!