Quote Originally Posted by griffin View Post
It took me a sec to find it, but the YOTH Optimus product number was actually on the front of the box - A7286
(I should have looked online, as it might have even shown up on some of the fansite galleries)

Going back to my price listing 13 posts above - based on the AU vs US price for YOTH Starscream, the YOTH Optimus would end up being over the $200 mark. Maybe we wont be getting it after all, because it was too high?

At US0.88c to our Dollar...

First Edition OP - - US$60 (AU$68) in America - - AU$130 here (AU$62 extra, or 91% more)
YOTH Starscream - - US$110 (AU$125) in America - - AU$190 here (AU$65 extra, or 52% more)
YOTH Optimus - - US$130 (AU$148) in America - - would have been at least AU$225 if here (at %50 extra)

The "Australia Tax" margin (the price increase that corporations charge on exclusive imported items) decreases as you get more expensive, jut to make them more appealing to retailers.
In the case of the YOTH pair, they could have sold Optimus here for under $200 and still made money... but they look to have chosen the less popular Starscream figure only because it was cheaper. No one is going to pay $200 for that simple Cybertron toy, no matter how fancy the box looks.
$130?!? They're insane with that price.