How much money you need to have all 3rd party toys

[langzixinxin]

I recently did a calculation, excluding those rare and hard to find ones, you will prolly need $24k to buy all 3rd party TFs, including those high-end replicas.

my 2c calculation.

[Raider]

I recently did a calculation, excluding those rare and hard to find ones, you will prolly need $24k to buy all 3rd party TFs, including those high-end replicas.

my 2c calculation.

Ok I'll bite, how did you arrive at that figure? I would expect it to be much higher.

[langzixinxin]

the number can be higher.

I did a stock counting from my supplier's warehouse record, just to see if I want to fill my online store (took me 5 days to go through), how much money do I need to at least import one for each item. The stock still contains some early stuff such as FPJ chromedome, TFC predaking, MT devastator etc.

So I assume earlier than those stuff won't be desirable by collectors.

So yeah, the number can be higher.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Do you take cheque bro?

[spiderken17]

Well I would want one of each for Alt mode and one for robot mode........and a one of each for the combiners in combined mode

[langzixinxin]

Well I would want one of each for Alt mode and one for robot mode........and a one of each for the combiners in combined mode

I will secretly put you in my VIP customer list without telling anyone.

[SharkyMcShark]

I haven't looked at the numbers myself, but that feels too low.

For example, each combiner runs for minimum 500 dollars, and there are three Predakings, five (?) Devastators, two Menasors, a couple of Bruticus's and at least one Superion, Defensor, Abominus, Computron, Dinoking and Piranacon.

You'll lose at least a thousand to third party city bots. We've had a couple of Omega Supremes, a Metroplex and a Trypticon.

Getting every non citybot Planet X figure will cost close to a thousand (six dinobots, FOC Prime and Starscream).

MMC non combiner releases average ~100 dollars (as a low estimate) and off the top of my head they've got the following figures out - Whirl, Obsidian, Roadbuster, Arcee, Megatron, Mirage, Trailbreaker, Hoist, Inferno, Strika, Hot Rod, Six Shot, Nova Prime, Impactor, Vos, Tarn, Turmoil, Lockdown, DJD Chair Guy, Overlord Hearts of Steel Shockwave and Hearts of Steel Optimus Prime. ~$2200 there alone.

I'm bored and will stop now.

(I refer to released toys, not upcoming ones, and also havent considered convention exclusives and simple repaints).

[kup]

A lot of the 3Ps like much of the earlier KFC and IGears are not worth getting. Don't see why anyone would want 'all 3Ps'.

[UltraMarginal]

Not to mention that a lot of this stuff is HUGE and HEAVY and you spend nearly a 3rd of the cost again on shipping to get it into the country.

[ChlorHex]

He's probably quoting the low end costs to these toys...
Pricing is significantly lower than international retail when purchasing direct from Chinese warehouses.