Platinum edition G1 Trypticon reissue

[Jazzman]

I just got an email from RK selling Trypticon for US$159...

The thing I don't get about RK is that it appears cheaper to ship Trypticon to the States or UK than what it is to ship to AU... Geez, that's logistics for you...

[Bladestorm]

The thing I don't get about RK is that it appears cheaper to ship Trypticon to the States or UK than what it is to ship to AU... Geez, that's logistics for you...

Who are they using to ship to Oz - do you know?
I ask because as someone who uses HK post a lot I can tell you Oz is cheaper than the UK to ship to and the heavier an item gets the more on par with the US the shipping price gets... OZ and NZ seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to shipping costs from a lot of places. Having said that I always find the shipping cost for RK annoying as even I have to pay 4 times what actual postage is to have their items shipped and I live under 5 km away from their warehouse. (They don't allow pickup.)

[UltraMarginal]

Pretty pretty shiny shiny.

Couldn't have said it better myself

Who are they using to ship to Oz - do you know?
I ask because as someone who uses HK post a lot I can tell you Oz is cheaper than the UK to ship to and the heavier an item gets the more on par with the US the shipping price gets... OZ and NZ seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to shipping costs from a lot of places. Having said that I always find the shipping cost for RK annoying as even I have to pay 4 times what actual postage is to have their items shipped and I live under 5 km away from their warehouse. (They don't allow pickup.)

that's a bit of a rip!

[danny-boy]

There's not much choice really. Purchase from Robot Kingdom and get ripped on the shipping, or wait even longer and get ripped harder by Toys R Us. I'd rather pay $AU270 to RK now and receive it the week of June 23rd, than wait months and pay probably $AU299 from TRU.

[Jazzman]

Who are they using to ship to Oz - do you know?
I ask because as someone who uses HK post a lot I can tell you Oz is cheaper than the UK to ship to and the heavier an item gets the more on par with the US the shipping price gets... OZ and NZ seem to get the short end of the stick when it comes to shipping costs from a lot of places. Having said that I always find the shipping cost for RK annoying as even I have to pay 4 times what actual postage is to have their items shipped and I live under 5 km away from their warehouse. (They don't allow pickup.)

Sucks that they don't allow pickup for someone who lives so close! I can't remember which carrier service it was, but it was the usual 3 options. In the end I pre-ordered using the cheapest option ($53.71US postage). Total came to $280AU... I'll just tell the wife that I won the lotto... yeah, that'll work...

[BruiseLee]

I'll just tell the wife that I won the lotto... yeah, that'll work...

Or tell her that you didn't play lotto and hence the savings!

Link to TFW for a pic from CP of the back of the box.

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transf...t12578557.html

[llamatron]

So pumped for this. Premiumcollectables appear to have hinted on Facebook that they will be carrying this. Very curious to find out pricing.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Oh my, that's looks to be a really big box.

Brought to you from t he same guys that padded out MP Prowl

Oh Man, I wants me one of these babies!!
So so bad!

Sucker for that motorised walking....

[Bladestorm]

It walks!! So, so bought!

My 8 year old and I have decided to go 1/2's in the cost of getting one as he's got money left over from his red pockets after he buys Devastator (and I don't get in trouble with the hubby for buying too many non-Optimus figures for myself). Now to see where Trypti's gunna be available here (other than RK).
My son is having a fabulous year with all of his favourite mega-sized G1 Decepticons coming out... Bruticus would make a trifecta year for him...

[DELTAprime]

So I've never seen a Trypticon in person, whats a modern figure that he's a similar size to? Also how heavy is he? If he is super heavy I might just wait for TRU to get him locally.