YOTH Starscream and First Edition Optimus coming to TRU

[yoshi594]

i got a shipping notice. looks promising thus far!

[Sinnertwin]

Still no change to Prime's description TFMovie 4 Platinum Edition, but i was assured that it is still the YoTH version

Also, delivery looks like it may have.been brought forward -system's now showing a March delivery for the first of two drops

[yoshi594]

Got my yoth starscreams today!!!

One box was a bit chuffed...no idea why as they double boxed it and the other had it's plastic pushed in a little.






For the price it's well worth it (was around ~100 shipped each) and i'm gonna open one anyway (the chuffed one).

[Sinnertwin]

I suspect that the OP listed as TF Movie 4 Platinum Edition may be the First Edition version, which would explain why it is listed as such. Starscream is listed as CNY not TFM4

http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...220#post400220

Thanks to Griffin's photo of the barcode, i can call a store & confirm -all i got from their customer service line was an automated message, which they didn't reply to.

[griffin]

As you noted earlier, the TRU computer listing (which I personally saw last week) has TFM4 - which contradicts the "Masterpiece" part of the listing, but does correlate with the DOTM toys saying MV3 on the shipping boxes.

I was going to go around to different chain stores tomorrow with the First Edition box (or just the pic of the barcode)... so between us we might get more answers than Hasbro was willing to give (which is, that apparently it should be here in March).

[yoshi594]

if it does turn out to be the first edition Optimus...he's severely overpriced!

[Sinnertwin]

Looks like it will be the First Edition OP. Although the barcode isnt in the TrU system, they have the assortment number listed as A6519, which corresponds to the FE version

[ILikeSoundwave]

Wait, so Yoth Optimus might not come here?

[Sinnertwin]

Wait, so Yoth Optimus might not come here?

Maybe not. I wont have time during the day to go & have a chat & look through their systems until Sunday to be certain

If anybody has a YoTH OP, would you be able to supply me with the assortment number please. It's usually a 4 digit number above the barcode and looks like A1234

[griffin]

It took me a sec to find it, but the YOTH Optimus product number was actually on the front of the box - A7286
(I should have looked online, as it might have even shown up on some of the fansite galleries)

Going back to my price listing 13 posts above - based on the AU vs US price for YOTH Starscream, the YOTH Optimus would end up being over the $200 mark. Maybe we wont be getting it after all, because it was too high?

At US0.88c to our Dollar...

First Edition OP - - US$60 (AU$68) in America - - AU$130 here (AU$62 extra, or 91% more)
YOTH Starscream - - US$110 (AU$125) in America - - AU$190 here (AU$65 extra, or 52% more)
YOTH Optimus - - US$130 (AU$148) in America - - would have been at least AU$225 if here (at %50 extra)

The "Australia Tax" margin (the price increase that corporations charge on exclusive imported items) decreases as you get more expensive, jut to make them more appealing to retailers.
In the case of the YOTH pair, they could have sold Optimus here for under $200 and still made money... but they look to have chosen the less popular Starscream figure only because it was cheaper. No one is going to pay $200 for that simple Cybertron toy, no matter how fancy the box looks.