Big W Toy Mania 2022 sale

[ThornOfUnicron]

I was going to go for pick up on it since delivery isn't an option, but might not be placed to collect it due to personal matters. Decided to hold off and see if the delivery option becomes available again and hope it doesn't sell out.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Motormaster for Click'n'Collect. Store is 110km's away but heading there on the weekend anyway and they will hold it for 10 days

[Sinnertwin]

Clearly Big W have not learnt from past Toy Sale experiences by not ordering 17,000 units of Motormaster for each store.

[Sutton]

I have a delivery confirmation and tracking number. Zing!

[snaketales]

I actually forgot this was on until about 930... placed an order for Motormaster and have just got back from picking him up.

[DELTAprime]

I picked mine up. Damn, the torso of Menasor is unintuitive. I actually had to use instructions on him. That's only the second time in about 3 years I've needed instructions on a Generations toy. I usually only break out instructions for MPs.

Now I need to wait for Motormaster to go on clearance like Rodimus and Skylynx both did to pick up a second one to display as Motormaster since this guy is going to be Menasor.

[griffin]

Drove to the store and picked up Motormaster after work.
One happy camper here.

Motormaster for Click'n'Collect. Store is 110km's away but heading there on the weekend anyway and they will hold it for 10 days

That's good that they give you 10 days to get it, so that you can be sure that you get one and not waste a long trip, or miss out on the cheap price because the scalpers got them all.


The generous returns scheme at BigW benefits scalpers, as there is no risk for them to snap up lots of items if they can easily return them if they don't sell them... all to create a market of short-supply and desperate demand.
BigW are signing up to these exclusive items to get collectors into their stores, but end up being the target of their aggression because they have set up a system that works against the collectors from having an easy or best chance at those items. And ultimately, if certain items are returned in bulk by scalpers because they couldn't sell them, it bulks out the BigW inventory after the sale, and they may not want to bother with that Brand for the next toy sale.

[KELPIE]

I'm going to come off as naive, however is scalping really that much of an issue in Australia?

I've normally found distribution to be the main problem with collecting here, to the point where I rarely buy local any more (which is why I probably don't realise how bad scalping is here).

Normally most figures shelf warm unless, as mentioned, we get stiffed on the distribution side.

[Jaxius._]

I'm going to come off as naive, however is scalping really that much of an issue in Australia?

I've normally found distribution to be the main problem with collecting here, to the point where I rarely buy local any more (which is why I probably don't realise how bad scalping is here).

Normally most figures shelf warm unless, as mentioned, we get stiffed on the distribution side.

There’s one guy in Victoria who would go from kmart to kmart buying netflix stock and selling it at insane prices. He had at one point like 20 each Bumblebees and soundwaves. He still has stock 2-3 years later

[JJJ]

We've already seen a bunch of early Motormasters in Melbourne go for $300+ on e-bay.