This lack of stock is doing my head in

[Adzma]

Universe Sideswipe has been extremely prevalent. you should have no trouble finding one of these at Kmart before they hit "Universe Clearance" mode like Target has.

As for Cyclonus, which one are you after?

Well Digger has been kind enough to offer me brand new sealed Sideswipe so cheers to him on that. As for Cyclonus I'm after the Henkei one. While I was in WA, the Target in Albany had a plentiful supply of the Universe verion but it doesn't really appeal to me.

[kup]

Henkei Cyclonus is now very rare and it seems that your best avenue would be Ebay like this guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Takara-Transf...3286.m63.l1177

or this 'lol' auction:

Becareful with this one, check the shipping cost.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Transformers-...3286.m63.l1177

[Adzma]

Henkei Cyclonus is now very rare and it seems that your best avenue would be Ebay like this guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Takara-Transf...3286.m63.l1177

Yeah I saw that one earlier today actually after I found out that my original one is... lost.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I'm chasing a henkei Cyclonus too. I asked my little sister to order one from the first guy there while it was affordable, here's hoping she remembered.

[Tropisetron]

Not sure if this would help....

But i found Yesasia.com had most henkei stock with free shipping..... Of coz the sale price is around the USD35 mark. Makes it AUD55 for henkei hound.....

Hope that helps.....

[GoktimusPrime]

Universe Cyclonus and Hound seem to still be in plentiful supply locally. Universe Hound doesn't look as nice as Henkei Hound but it doesn't look bad either. Might be a fair compromise. And Universe Cyclonus isn't executed as well as Henkei - but I think it's conceptually quite good (esp. in terms of G1 toy accuracy). I don't know what your opinions about Universe are Adzma, but I think when it comes to Cyclonus and Hound, the Universe versions aren't that bad. It might be a more affordable compromise since you seem to have missed the Henkei boat. (^_^)

P.S.: This photocomic expresses my feelings about the current state of TF distribution in NSW/Australia atm... replace Burton with whoever's in charge of Australian TF distribution...

[dirge]

Something I've learned down the years: releases are sporadic. Buying in spurts and stockpiling saves me money.

I still have about 8 Henkei toys in a box which I've yet to open, so that when there's nothing much releasing (as is the case now), I've got something new to keep me occupied. Today I finally opened Henkei Ironhide... which helped me resist the urge to buy whatever random toy I don't really want at K-Mart's sale - or spending a bunch on eBay.

Good luck with Cyclonus (:

[Adzma]

Universe Hound doesn't look as nice as Henkei Hound but it doesn't look bad either. Might be a fair compromise. And Universe Cyclonus isn't executed as well as Henkei - but I think it's conceptually quite good (esp. in terms of G1 toy accuracy). I don't know what your opinions about Universe are Adzma, but I think when it comes to Cyclonus and Hound, the Universe versions aren't that bad.

More often than not I'll opt for TakTom over Hasbro with the only exceptions being Universe Sunstreaker and Sideswipe because there's very little difference between the two. It may be more expensive, but TT's choice of colours usually appeal to me more than Hasbro's.

[MV75]

Two sideswipes still sitting at Bigw....... Not hard to find around here. And Gok, how many infernos you want? Plenty around.

I'll swap for the minibots/legends. I've never seen any aside from starscream, hound, megatron and jazz. Where are the rest? There's another 6 more isn't there?

[jaydisc]

Where are the rest? There's another 6 more isn't there?

Yup, 6 more over 2 waves. Toyworlds have had the 1st of those 2 (Brawn, Beachcomber, BB), but no one local has had the second (Cosmos, Warpath and Wheelie) yet.