takara one is about $130 in most toy stores in China now. I am thinking whether I should wait for the hasbro version.
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takara one is about $130 in most toy stores in China now. I am thinking whether I should wait for the hasbro version.
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WOW, nice. Will see if I can get him next year when I going to visit the in law.Originally Posted by zs96742
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yay 20% off full priced items 18-20th now i can get Soundw... ait a minute...
Like your optimism ... or rather, tongue in cheek.
I think TRU kinda learnt their lesson from MP10. They stand to lose of $26,000 in sales had all 600 MP Soundwave & 400 MP Acid Storm been purchased during the Sale.TRU knows that these items will fly off the shelves faster than Vanila Ice can say 'Bum rush the speaker that booms'.
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They also had a 25% off coupon last November 22-24, 30% off November 24-26 the year before & if past % off history and pending release dates are anything to go by, they may not have learnt their lesson afterall. I seriously doubt that they structure their promotional % off coupon schedule around any particular toy/brand.Like your optimism ... or rather, tongue in cheek.
I think TRU kinda learnt their lesson from MP10. They stand to lose of $26,000 in sales had all 600 MP Soundwave & 400 MP Acid Storm been purchased during the Sale.TRU knows that these items will fly off the shelves faster than Vanila Ice can say 'Bum rush the speaker that booms'.
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Yeah, they have new stuff released every week among their hundreds of thousands of lines... so a percentage-off sale at any one week is still going to cost them money off something that was new that week.
And in reality, $26,000 is quite negligible for the total National sales in a week (if by chance all Soundwaves and Acidstorms sold in that first week)... and that's the "investment/expense" that they are hoping makes profit from, either by other items people buy later as a returning customer who is impressed by the outcome, and/or the remaining profit margin of those items on sale... which have 40-50% markup from their wholesale price.
Thanks gents. Makes sense.
I'm excited that another % discount is just around the corner. I know, I know. Past performance is not an indication of future performance. But a 20% off coupon translates to $50 total saving for both units.
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Don't think TRU stores have any emotional feelings like us. They will just bring it to the shelves when they arrive, nothing more I believe.
This is the same as me trying for Skylanders Legendary, They basically went huh? and didn't really bother even though it was a very hot item to a lot of collectors and only exclusive to TRU.
Honestly though, if non of us are scalping we should be able to obtain one.
Its not a cheap toy. A normal new non transformer fan who is buying toys can see "hmmm...Metrooplex looks bigger" I buy that for the same price.....etc.
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Well I'm not wanting these as I already have a Takara Soundwave and a 'snot green' jet does not interest me. So I won't be fighting over these on release day.
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Lots of collectors, bought the Hasbro version and kept all the cassette tapes and resell the Soundwave itself!Well I'm not wanting these as I already have a Takara Soundwave and a 'snot green' jet does not interest me. So I won't be fighting over these on release day.
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