NSW Transformers Sightings.

[Fungal Infection]

TRU Bankstown has a MP Star Saber for $250 in their reduced section - sticker says "Missing piece, not sure which one".

[Trent]

TRU Bankstown has a MP Star Saber for $250 in their reduced section - sticker says "Missing piece, not sure which one".

I wouldn't be surprised if someone stole the English bio.

[Megatran]

3-step Optimus has been sittin at K-Mart Lake Haven since Monday and will continue sitting there at the $69 they want for it.

They have heaps of those 3 step primes at Penrith Kmart, $49

Kmart doesn't have uniform pricing nationwide? My local Kmart has 'em for $69! Seriously.

[Handsprime]

Kmart doesn't have uniform pricing nationwide? My local Kmart has 'em for $69! Seriously.

That's how much they cost at Kmart Castle Towers!

Guessing some stores have different prices to others.

[griffin]

Don't forget that there is a regular 3-step Optimus (the size class that is about $50 and has Bbee, Grimlock, and Steeljaw later) which is red and blue, while this Mega 3-step is at about $70 and is red and black.
I don't know if the regular 3-step has arrived here yet as it is wave 2, and we don't get too many collectors of gimmick toys to get too many sightings of them, or recognise the different ones.

[UltimateGalvatron]

Big W have 3 Step Changers for $40

[Tiby]

Don't forget that there is a regular 3-step Optimus (the size class that is about $50 and has Bbee, Grimlock, and Steeljaw later) which is red and blue, while this Mega 3-step is at about $70 and is red and black.
I don't know if the regular 3-step has arrived here yet as it is wave 2, and we don't get too many collectors of gimmick toys to get too many sightings of them, or recognise the different ones.

I just don't understand this price. How could they possibly price them that high? What parent would ever spend that much on such a simple toy for a child? I get the reasons for simplification of transformation etc, but these prices are just incomprehensible.

The cashier took a step back when she saw the look on my face when she said it was $69.

Even the others (Grimlock etc) at $39 are way too high and I'm waiting for a sale for the Grimlock.

[Dimi194]

Not sure if this goes here but...
http://www.bigw.com.au/product/trans...0000000209919/

(But only found through a Google search)

But lol that stock footage looks like some awkward mistransformation :P

[frozensage]

Not sure if this goes here but...
http://www.bigw.com.au/product/trans...0000000209919/

(But only found through a Google search)

But lol that stock footage looks like some awkward mistransformation :P

yesterday they still had it on their website and you can search it. Today it's gone!

[UltraMarginal]

I just don't understand this price. How could they possibly price them that high? What parent would ever spend that much on such a simple toy for a child? I get the reasons for simplification of transformation etc, but these prices are just incomprehensible.

The cashier took a step back when she saw the look on my face when she said it was $69.

Even the others (Grimlock etc) at $39 are way too high and I'm waiting for a sale for the Grimlock.

size is something they base price on I think, being it's large, therefore they can get parents to spend more on it.

While I'm sure the profit margin on the retail price for these things is massive, I think you'd be surprised at the amount of engineering that goes into making these types of transformers work well every time. apart from the internal complexity that reduces the external complexity, they also need to have ways for the mechanism and structure to yield when it's pushed too hard in the wrong direction so it wont break leaving dangerous parts, and preferably so that when forced back to where is should be it will still mostly work if then used properly. Designing all that in takes a lot of time and development time costs money.