HASLAB Car Robots God Fire Convoy/RID Omega Prime announced for "Fall" 2025 Delivery

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Out of curiosity, what kind of price would people be willing to pay for this? I'm not super-keen on it myself, but I'm sort of interested in what people's cut-off point is.

[JJJ]

Were I interested in these toys, I'd be willing to pay a strict currency conversion and then a reasonable percentage on top (because I do understand that EB is paying full price for Haslab items to Hasbro, and they have costs associated with being the middle-man).

So, USD $250 is around AUD $380 right now. 10% on top becomes $418, 20% becomes $456. I don't know that the higher figure seems justified. The lower I don't think I have a problem with. So perhaps something in between.

Of course, it's only when when put as 20% instead of $76 that I don't like it - seems I didn't have a problem with Deathsaurus' markup, which works out to have been around 36% - was AUD $368, but USD $180 converts to around AUD $270. But at the time, while I knew it had a markup, I couldn't be bothered working out just what percentage it was.

So perhaps I'd be willing to pay up to around $500 after all

[Seraphim Prime]

When I saw the $250 USD price tag I assumed it would be around $450 to $500.

Given I have the originals I'm not super rushing to place an order at that price. Were it $400 we'd be having a different conversation.

$550 is probably my cutoff in terms of general acceptability.

[valkyrie_76]

Out of curiosity, what kind of price would people be willing to pay for this? I'm not super-keen on it myself, but I'm sort of interested in what people's cut-off point is.

Im like you, not fussed at all but I thought maybe $500 tops.

I didnt go for the GI Joe Dragonfly Haslab one as I thought that was too high as well (I think that was $700+).

[Dimi194]

So no ones got any replies from contacting Hasbro Australia on this?

Nope - I checked and it's still pending from when I put it in :/

[Dimi194]

A further update (I have already ordered from Sugo) from Hasbro in response to my question re EB Games price (including the difference between AU and NZ):


'Thank you for contacting us regarding Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime. Please note that Hasbro has no control over the pricing of any product sold by retailers, either in-store or online. The final price of any product is solely at the discretion of the retailer.'

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[JJJ]

Pretty much the line I expected.

So one or the other is flatly lying to us. Any bets?

[Seraphim Prime]

I emailed EB Games and got this reply (but I have found the responses from their customer services team unhelpful in the past).

"Thank you for reaching out to us. We appreciate your interest in our products. We would like to inform you that the price of this particular item has been determined through negotiations between Hasbro and our company in order to facilitate its importation into Australia. Although the cost may seem high, it includes all the expenses associated with bringing such a large item to our customers in Australia. It is important to note that the price is not simply a direct conversion from the initial price in US dollars to Australian dollars. There are various factors involved in the process of bringing this item to Australia."

Further update from EB after I pointed out that the NZ price was cheaper than AU even though it's the same company:

"Regrettably, we are unable to lower the pricing for our AU listing. The pricing for our NZ counterparts has been established by the NZ team in charge of sourcing items for our New Zealand customers. It is important to note that this is separate from our AU team, which handles our collectibles."

A further update (I have already ordered from Sugo) from Hasbro in response to my question re EB Games price (including the difference between AU and NZ):

'Thank you for contacting us regarding Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime. Please note that Hasbro has no control over the pricing of any product sold by retailers, either in-store or online. The final price of any product is solely at the discretion of the retailer.'

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AKA - we're too busy to deal with this. Somebody F'd up, but neither of us are willing to admit it or take responsibility for it.

[DELTAprime]

'Thank you for contacting us regarding Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime. Please note that Hasbro has no control over the pricing of any product sold by retailers, either in-store or online. The final price of any product is solely at the discretion of the retailer.'

I got the exact same message early this morning, word for word. My educated guess would be they had a bunch of complaints about this and sent out identical replies to everyone at the exact same time.

[Ottomatic Transporter]

A further update (I have already ordered from Sugo) from Hasbro in response to my question re EB Games price (including the difference between AU and NZ):


'Thank you for contacting us regarding Transformers: Legacy Robots in Disguise 2001 Omega Prime. Please note that Hasbro has no control over the pricing of any product sold by retailers, either in-store or online. The final price of any product is solely at the discretion of the retailer.'

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screw them both.