iGear Coneheads reissue

[Ultra Mackness]

I received this email from iGear:


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PP03J/E/A SET Pre-Order

Caution/Terms:

This Pre-Order is for PP03J/E/A Set, and*PLEASE NOTE this project will continue if we receive enough orders in 60 days. Otherwise this project will be cancelled, and all payments will be fully refunded.*The price is include worldwide shipping.

If we receive enough orders in 60 days, the shipping date is 2014.1, If we can't receive enough orders, all payments will be fully refunded before 2013.9.30.

http://shop.igeartoys.com/index.php?...&product_id=90

At $460 USD for a set of three, thats about $150 AUD each before conversion.

Too expensive for me, although I've heard mostly positive things about these. It also feels like a last shot before hasbro launch their take on the coneheads (there's no evidence of this btw, just how it feels to me!)

[Trent]

WTF? If you look hard enough and are patient, you can buy them off eBay for that price. Will be interesting to see if they get up.

[1AZRAEL1]

Whilst cool and I want them, I can't afford that kind of spending right now.

I think hasbro will be looking to make their own anyway, seems likely to me.

[lancalot]

At that price point it very hard to justify them, didn't they rrp at 100 when first released.? and with acid storm only 70 as well... And with all the other masterpiece releasing soon ...

[Kapryiath]

wow.. i REALLY want these , but i cant justify 460 + shipping + ridiculously bad exchange rate for them thats just insane! at 350 i'd jump straight on it but that extra 110 is a deal breaker imho

[M-bot]

Would totally be on board for these if it weren't for the price. I'm really wondering if they'll get enough pre-orders to go through with production.

[Lord_Zed]

wow.. i REALLY want these , but i cant justify 460 + shipping + ridiculously bad exchange rate for them thats just insane! at 350 i'd jump straight on it but that extra 110 is a deal breaker imho

Ridiculously bad? Wow you weren't buying toys from the US four years ago then I guess.

Regardless I agree the price is a bit much 3 toys that are essentially the same mold, and largely engineered by Takara so you are not even paying for the designers hard work.

[1AZRAEL1]

wow.. i REALLY want these , but i cant justify 460 + shipping + ridiculously bad exchange rate for them thats just insane! at 350 i'd jump straight on it but that extra 110 is a deal breaker imho

FYI, price includes shipping. As Zed said, the exchange rate was worse even 4 years ago.