TF Gen Selects Volcanicus listed at Zing

[Krayt]

Just listed at Zing, nice to have a local option, but the price ($499) leaves alot to be desired

https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/pr...canicus-figure

27 July 2021 Release date

[nalops]

Just listed at Zing, nice to have a local option, but the price ($499) leaves alot to be desired

https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/pr...canicus-figure

27 July 2021 Release date

Woah, just when I thought God Neptune for $400 was high. Happy to get it from OMP for half that.

[popculturepooka]

BWAHAHAHA

$100 per figure for what are quite mediocre figures?

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Zippo]

Wow, its only $450NZ at EB New Zealand (and Toyco and Mighty Ape) .. and even then it is an easy pass.
I ordered one via OMP, but am having second thoughts (but can't cancel)

[griffin]

If it were Abominus or Predaking done with some minor deco changes, I'd go for it (from the cheaper foreign option), because Abominus never got the boxset treatment and I want a second set of Predacons to have one in combined mode... but the Combiner Dinobots is just something I don't have an attachment to, because it was never a concept in the original era of stories, or ever really (if they did in a more recent story setting, I'm drawing a blank on it).

If I'm not mistaken, the Power Core Combiner "Dinobot" set was probably the closest we had to a combiner Dinobot toy team in the 36 years of Transformers?

[Gehirn]

It's gone down $100, good news for anyone contemplating it.

[griffin]

There is no way I can promote that to fellow fans with a clear conscience... or even expect anyone will buy one. Fortunately these sorts of pre-orders are only ordered from Hasbro based on how many units are pre-ordered, so EB won't be stuck with expensive product that they can't sell, and then refuse to order any more TFs.
As it is, this one is not going to leave EB games with much confidence in the Brand if they end up with zero or single digit pre-orders (and I'd feel bad if I didn't encourage people to shop around if they really really wanted this set).
This is a Voyager and four Deluxe toys, with what equates to a minor redeco as both versions are majority grey plastic. The original five from Hasbro were at most AU$180 in stores... while the TakaraTomy release (which was the exact same toys in the same packaging, with Japanese language stickers on the outside) were about AU$250.

Even OMP (and maybe RK if they have it) could have it posted to someone in Australia for about AU$250... and I'm supposed to encourage people to spend $500 just because it is at a local source.

[griffin]

There is no way I can promote that to fellow fans with a clear conscience... or even expect anyone will buy one. Fortunately these sorts of pre-orders are only ordered from Hasbro based on how many units are pre-ordered, so EB won't be stuck with expensive product that they can't sell, and then refuse to order any more TFs.
As it is, this one is not going to leave EB games with much confidence in the Brand if they end up with zero or single digit pre-orders (and I'd feel bad if I didn't encourage people to shop around if they really really wanted this set).
This is a Voyager and four Deluxe toys, with what equates to a minor redeco as both versions are majority grey plastic. The original five from Hasbro were at most AU$180 in stores... while the TakaraTomy release (which was the exact same toys in the same packaging, with Japanese language stickers on the outside) were about AU$250.

Even OMP (and maybe RK if they have it) could have it posted to someone in Australia for about AU$250... and I'm supposed to encourage people to spend $500 just because it is at a local source.

Even after it has been dropped in price by $100, I still won't be promoting it...
(the $500 price was actually an error on the part of EB Games, and were asked to fix it... unfortunately, it won't go any lower there)

[Omega Metro]

Mighty Ape has it for $424.99. Makes Zing look like a bargain.

[Krayt]

Volcanicus has left the Zing Website