The pricing is more disappointing than usual for EB, as the retail price of Thundercracker in Japan is 10% less than Starscream, but EB had Starscream for $499... which should have had Thundercracker priced at about $450 (ignoring the fact that their Starscream was already over-priced... this makes Thundercracker more over-priced).
Definitely one to import from somewhere cheaper... for those collecting these new, more expensive, versions. (I was out when the price of Optimus v3 was revealed)