Quote Originally Posted by danny-boy View Post
I can?t see 600 backers a week continuing for the duration of the window. It?s now at 1820....that?s only 3 more backers since I wrote my post earlier today. Most people that want it and can afford it have already backed it. I can only see it trickling over 2000 over the next week or two, and maybe eventually settling between 3000-4000, but I feel I?m being a bit optimistic there. I?d love to be wrong but I don?t see this gaining any momentum at all.
Quote Originally Posted by DaptoDog View Post
Well to be fair most of America was asleep since your last count! If it breaks through 1,900 by tomorrow I'd say it's keeping pace. We also have to remember that many people don't want to plonk down that cash only to have it returned 6 weeks later so they are just sitting on their hands until the end when there will be a rush. Whether that's enough to get Hasbro to commit, we'll just have to see.
Total backers got to 1,889 today, just a little shy of my 1,900 target. So I'd say it's ticking over just fine.

Figure King scans just out in Japan, massive spread for Unicron. Pictures look glorious, if only I could read Japanese! I reckon Japan is good for at least 1,500-2,000 backers given the popularity of high-end collectibles in Japan and the relative population of Japan to the US.

https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threa...-more.1178410/

In terms of options of where to order, here's how I see it currently.

Option A

Buy direct from Hasbro at cost of US$575 (A$825)
Resend from MyUS forwarder at estimated cost of ~ A$145 (factoring in Amex discount, assuming ~30lbs total shipping weight)
Add 10% GST at cost of A$97
Total Estimate = A$1,063

Option B

Buy direct from Hasbro at cost of US$575 (A$825)
Have it shipped to family/friend in the US. Have to pay sales tax depending on their state and then work out how to get it to Australia
Total Estimate = ?

Option C

Pre-order from TFSource or BBTS at cost of US$775 (A$1,112)
Resend from MyUS forwarder at estimated cost of ~ A$145 (factoring in Amex discount, assuming ~30lbs total shipping weight)
Add 10% GST at cost of A$126
Total Estimate = A$1,383

Other Options

  • Order through Takara Tomy Mall once it gets listed this weekend but likely to be priced higher than US and still expensive to ship (given most forwarders will use volumetric weight to determine shipping cost)
  • Wait to see if Hasbro Australia is going to get stock. But if this is not announced before 31 August and then doesn't happen you risk having to pay large mark-ups on ebay etc on release


I'm waiting till near the close date to see if the local option presents itself but otherwise will be going with Option A.