Amazon US items (available to us)

[Sinnertwin]

ULTIMATE Beast Hunters optimus prime, listed for $18US
with shipping works out to be about AU$45.

And it comes with frustration free packaging!

[ILikeSoundwave]

My amazon stuff came in today, which came in really bad condition, as you can see on Blaster, also Knockout and Vertebracks cardbacks are bent and Thundetrons front lion box art is ripping off.Luckily i'm not a box collector.

[ChlorHex]

That's terrible.
Was your package delivered by iParcel?
My experience with iParcel has always been bad as they cut cost by providing only one measly small "complimentary bubble wrap that doesn't offer any protection whatsoever.
The items in the shipping box have free reign to move within the box and you then get dinged corners on your toys

[griffin]

Amazon are recommended IF you are NOT a MIB collector.

They are really cheap for a reason, and if you are wanting to save money, use them.
But, if you are wanting mint packaging, go for an more expensive option (like BBTS or local stores).

(I think if they were forced to spend more time on the pack of the boxes and provide more packing material, they'll start charging more the for extra labour and resources... and then they won't be any good - which is why I've never hassled them about it, and always recommended them ONLY IF you don't care about the packaging... and not purchase books with toys)

[UltraMarginal]

I ordered a Disney Traditions statue from them for Mrs UltraMarginal for Christmas and I added some Kreo micro change combiners and Construct bots as padding
hopefully it holds together on the way over.

[ChlorHex]

I ordered a Disney Traditions statue from them for Mrs UltraMarginal for Christmas and I added some Kreo micro change combiners and Construct bots as padding
hopefully it holds together on the way over.

LOL! Hopefully the KREO bots do their job in protecting your statues!

[griffin]

For those with toddlers, wanting to brainwash encourage them to be Transformers fans... I found a couple of bib & cap sets recently added to Amazon - Gen1 Optimus and Bumblebee.
US$12 each.

[ChlorHex]

Amazon are recommended IF you are NOT a MIB collector.

They are really cheap for a reason, and if you are wanting to save money, use them.
But, if you are wanting mint packaging, go for an more expensive option (like BBTS or local stores).

(I think if they were forced to spend more time on the pack of the boxes and provide more packing material, they'll start charging more the for extra labour and resources... and then they won't be any good - which is why I've never hassled them about it, and always recommended them ONLY IF you don't care about the packaging... and not purchase books with toys)

Yeah, realized that now... the same goes for TRU US as they use the same shipping company and for that one (with the much higher shipping charges), I won't recommend unless there's some massive sale to offset the costlier shipping charges and minimal packaging protection.

[griffin]

It's been a while since Amazon got in some new Transformers, and it looks like they missed out on the Waspinator wave as well, as they've got the next wave of Generations DLX in stock. US$17 each, but some are currently about $2 off.
Scoop
Skywarp
Minicons
Starscream

Playing cards with Gen1 box art - US$10
Battle Masters 2-pack - US$27

And for the romantics, TFPrime Lenticular Valentines Day cards - US$6

[Hursticon]

The G1 Boxart Playing Cards look pretty damn cool, might consider grabbing those.