Fan-backed Hasbro project: Unicron

[fatbot]

Robot kingdom is doing it for $US 585 with a $us175 deposit. The gods only know what it’ll cost to ship over here from Hong Kong, but I reckon it’ll be cheaper then from the states.

I think I’ll go though Robot Kingdom & ask Herioc Decepticon if I can have it sent to his place.

http://www.robotkingdom.com/e6830.html

[DaptoDog]

Robot kingdom is doing it for $US 585 with a $us175 deposit. The gods only know what it’ll cost to ship over here from Hong Kong, but I reckon it’ll be cheaper then from the states.

I think I’ll go though Robot Kingdom & ask Herioc Decepticon if I can have it sent to his place.

http://www.robotkingdom.com/e6830.html

That sounds like it could be a viable alternative. It's out of stock but I assume that's because they haven't finalised the listing. It says they are providing an estimated shipping cost for international orders by next week, will be keeping an eye on it. If it's close to the estimated cost of using a forwarder like MyUS then it's probably better going with Robot Kingdom since you don't have to pay it all upfront.

[griffin]

Timed with the TakaraTomyMall listing (which also has a cut-off date of end of August), the Unicron toy has featured heavily in the Japanese Hobby Magazine Figure King, with 9 pages on the whole project, including a nice page showing previous failed attempts and the Armada Unicron toy.

It's noted that the Japanese listing doesn't clearly say if their pre-order numbers are included in Hasbro's 8,000, or if their orders will only go ahead if Hasbro gets their numbers.

Robot kingdom is doing it for $US 585 with a $us175 deposit. The gods only know what it’ll cost to ship over here from Hong Kong, but I reckon it’ll be cheaper then from the states.

I think I’ll go though Robot Kingdom & ask Herioc Decepticon if I can have it sent to his place.

http://www.robotkingdom.com/e6830.html

I wonder how they can get it so cheaply, to make their usual profit margin, and still have it only cost US$10 more than the US release price (they can't be getting it from America without it being US$575 PLUS shipping to HK PLUS RK's profit margin). They must be getting it from Hasbro HK, which means that we should be able to as well.

Have you received a response from Hasbro Aus yet Griffman?

No reply yet.

[Sinnertwin]

RK better send me some movie cards if I place an order with them

[G1Optimal]

Found this while browsing youtube, from unicron.com
Haslab Unicron Exclusive Interview w/ John Warden

[loophole]

I decided to go down the Robotkingdom route myself. I figre not matter which way I go about it posatge is going to be a killer...

[KELPIE]

For shipping, remember it's normally volumetric weight, not actual weight.

So shipping cost will depend on the size of the box... which will be pretty big I imagine.

[griffin]

It's at 2000... a quarter of the way there with five weeks to go.

[Sinnertwin]

For shipping, remember it's normally volumetric weight, not actual weight.

So shipping cost will depend on the size of the box... which will be pretty big I imagine.

I dunno, watching the video above, the rings can be disconnected, so I assume that would cut down the box size quite a bit. If it's packed in robot mode, then I imagine it being slightly larger than a Fort Max box with the rings packed behind him in the clamshell. Or he could come packed as a ball

[Borgeman]

I dunno, watching the video above, the rings can be disconnected, so I assume that would cut down the box size quite a bit. If it's packed in robot mode, then I imagine it being slightly larger than a Fort Max box with the rings packed behind him in the clamshell. Or he could come packed as a ball

In planet mode (based on the pics) he will be about 15inches in diameter, with the rings providing the other 15 of the 30 total, so I could see a 20 inch cubed box. In bot mode you're probably not far away with the fort max comparison, but he looks pretty beefy depth wise so who knows how much that would add to the box. Plus all that extra weight, and the stand as well.

It will be a big boi either way. And its 18-24 months away...

We should start a betting service on him - boxed in bot or planet mode? Removeable head? List market odds for potential accessories too (mini Galvatron, mini armada, mini ship, half of a moonbase attachable to his mouth in planet mode etc)