TF:Prime 1st edition Officially cancelled for the U.S

[VGMStudios]

I thought it was you.
Dude how have you been? Been a loooong time since we last talked.
pm me or something. Would like to catch up.

[Doubledealer]

2 X Hasbro FE Primes AU$66 inc. shipping

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

Hasbro decides to release FE figures in the US after all.
On the one hand, it's nice that more of these are coming out and more fans won't miss out. On the other hand, it would be the whiniest, most overprivileged area of fans who get them, while Oz still misses out entirely. Hasbro AU really sucks.
Perhaps that's our problem, we're just not whiny b*****s enough. If we complained like spoilt babies more maybe we'd get $8 Deluxes and not miss out on half of everything.

[UltraMarginal]

Hasbro decides to release FE figures in the US after all.
On the one hand, it's nice that more of these are coming out and more fans won't miss out. On the other hand, it would be the whiniest, most overprivileged area of fans who get them, while Oz still misses out entirely. Hasbro AU really sucks.
Perhaps that's our problem, we're just not whiny b*****s enough. If we complained like spoilt babies more maybe we'd get $8 Deluxes and not miss out on half of everything.

You're assuming that because it hasn't been mentioned, we're not getting them at all. I'd be surprised if we don't get these molds at all, they'll probably end up being in different packaging though. maybe even a year from now.

Patience Grasshopper sorry couldn't resist.

[griffin]

That just makes it even more bizarre that they would create and develop several toys that would only see a limited production that wouldn't come close to covering the cost of their 18 month process.

One toy (like the Aveo Swerve) or end-of-line windback of production is understandable, but to have 6-8 toys created with no intention of a full-scale global released... it seems like a lot of money lost on their part that they don't seem too fussed about if they don't utilise them.

And I was hating myself for being so impulsive to import them back in December, thinking that I should just wait for when they would be cheaper later with their US release... lucky now that I was impulsive, and just need the JP Vehicon to complete the set.

If they do produce these for collectors, they will likely be sold through the Hasbro store. If BotCon was later in the year, that would have been a good opportunity for them too.

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

You're assuming that because it hasn't been mentioned, we're not getting them at all. I'd be surprised if we don't get these molds at all, they'll probably end up being in different packaging though. maybe even a year from now.

Patience Grasshopper sorry couldn't resist.

Eh, I'm fine: I'm living in Osaka so Takara's my plastic crack daddy these days. I've already got all of the few FE toys I want.

I hope you're right and you guys get them, Starscream in particular is amazing. It just irks me that while so far Oz hasn't got any, a bunch of Americans whine like babies over missing out on two or three and then within a week Hasbro USA caters to them while Australian stores are still filled with old DotM Skids and Mudflaps. I wouldn't mind so much if we Aussies didn't miss out on so many TFs as a matter of course, or if they weren't so stupidly expensive for us, or above all if so many of the US fans didn't seem to have such a massive sense of entitlement over it all, but as it is the whole picture is irritating.

[Hursticon]

It just irks me that while so far Oz hasn't got any, a bunch of Americans whine like babies over missing out on two or three and then within a week Hasbro USA caters to them while Australian stores are still filled with old DotM Skids and Mudflaps. I wouldn't mind so much if we Aussies didn't miss out on so many TFs as a matter of course, or if they weren't so stupidly expensive for us, or above all if so many of the US fans didn't seem to have such a massive sense of entitlement over it all, but as it is the whole picture is irritating.

I'm entirely with you on this; it may sound like we Aussies are acting like we're entitled to them too (Which'd be a bit of a stretch IMO) but at the end of the day I think we'd just like to be treated as equals to the rest of the world when it comes to consuming these goods.

[VGMStudios]

how about stating a petition and send it to AU Hasbl..err Hasbro. Show them that you guys wanted to be treated as fairly as those whiny americans. Ill even sign it on your behalf. If made the amount of noise they do, maybe things might change for you guys?

[Sky Shadow]

It just irks me that while so far Oz hasn't got any, a bunch of Americans whine like babies over missing out on two or three and then within a week Hasbro USA caters to them while Australian stores are still filled with old DotM Skids and Mudflaps. I wouldn't mind so much if we Aussies didn't miss out on so many TFs as a matter of course, or if they weren't so stupidly expensive for us, or above all if so many of the US fans didn't seem to have such a massive sense of entitlement over it all, but as it is the whole picture is irritating.

Exactly. I don't ever remember complaining about any of the hundreds of Transformers we haven't received here and yet Americans throw tantrums every time they don't get a handful. It's the 21st fricking century - the whingers can just buy the stupid things on the internet. For Primus's' sake, suck it up, USA.

[klystron]

Not wanting to flog a dead horse here, but I got my email from TFSource offering me an TF:Prime RiD Optimus instead. I don't reckon I'll be taking them up on their offer, but am wondering if anyone else has?