That's a bloody outrage it is! I'm taking this all the way to the prime minister!!! Hey, Mr Prime Minister.......AAAAAANNNNDDDYYYYYY!!!
They really are going the way of P2W and milking the heck out of all their whales
EDIT: Also that price equates to roughly $600 AUD which is nearly triple the price of MP-10. Ha ha ha ha, nice try TT
Is anyone still holding onto a small glimmer of hope that the price will still be 25,000 Yen?
This better be the the best Prime ever. With Blackjack and Hook.
Don't people realise this is the Good Bye Convoy giftset. The Good Bye Megatron giftset is about to be announced any day now.
I remember that whole Dinobot pricing saga... with people thinking that it had to be a case price, but ended up being it's unit price.
Unfortunately, with it's success (it sold out pretty much everywhere), prices went up on future MP toys because they saw that the fandom was willing to pay a premium on them.
As such, I still haven't bought MP Dinobot or pre-ordered MP Beast Megatron, because the actual toys just don't justify those obscene prices. I may be willing to pay excessive amounts for a one-off loose end, but not for multiple items in a series.
And as people are saying, this new MP Optimus would never see a Western retailer at that price (about AU$625)... or even at half that price. The JP import of MP10 in Australia at ToysRUs in 2015 was $400, and it had to be heavily discounted before it started selling (because you could still import one from Japan for half that).
I'm wondering whether Hasbro will even release this given the demise of Toys R Us? Perhaps through Walmart or Amazon?