Quote Originally Posted by DaptoDog View Post
I really want this. If I could I would have it shipped to my MYUS shipping address, it would only cost ~$120 to have it shipped here. But alas I assume they won't accept an Australian card for payment?
Quote Originally Posted by Borgeman View Post
Ultimately the dollar amount isn't the crucial hurdle, but rather how to get it here. BBTS estimate around a $400 shipping cost, but it's likely to be more.
It's likely Unicron will be boxed in planet mode with the rings detached, so based on planet diameter of roughly 15 inches (30 inch dimensions of the planet with rings, based off imagery the rings account for half the total diameter) a safe estimated box size will be a 20inch cube, or roughly 50cm cubed.

USPS quotes me a tick under $500usd.
Using shipito's calc gave me options between $300-$400usd.

Long story short, plenty more cash on top.
I've checked the terms of the MyUS shipping rates based on weight. They specify their rates "excludes oversized shipments and palletized shipments with linear dimensions greater than 80 inches (203 cm).​".

Linear dimensions simply means to add the length, width and depth of the package. So taking Borgeman's assumptions of a 20 inch cube would give 60 inch linear dimensions, well within the 80 inch limit and therefore giving us some leeway on the dimensions.

Then it all comes down to weight. We know that Unicron has a weight of 19 pounds. So if we very conservatively assume a packaged weight of 30 pounds, it gives a shipping cost of US$143 using Fedex Economy. But I'm a member and pay with Amex, which gives me a 30% discount off this rate. Therefore given the current A$ is 0.70, my estimated cost is A$143, way cheaper than BBTS and Shipito that base their charges on volumetric weight.

You can test this for yourself at https://www.myus.com/pricing/

The only risk I can see is if MyUS changes their policy and moves to volumetric weight at some point before this is released in 2021.