GEN Quickslinger/Slingshot & Brake-Neck/Wildrider NOT coming to AUS

[jazzcomp]

After buying quickslinger from Amazon, price went up. But Air Raid was so high (double), I couldn't include it. Now Air Raid is back at US$19, can I order and just add it to my previous order?

The help shows that I need to order a 2nd one and then try to combine it later. But there's already a separate shipping fee on the 2nd one. I wonder how they'll fix that. There's a view or edit option on my current order but I don't know if I can add other items on it.

[griffin]

They don't combine orders, or hold unless maybe one item is a pre-order and you are given the option.

Quickslinger has sold out again (from Amazon), so the prices go up according to who is the cheapest scalp... private dealer on the site.

[jazzcomp]

I'm looking at this - combine orders

Doesn't seem to help with a total shipping charge.

[griffin]

I wasn't aware of that... but I guess it makes sense.
You have to be quick though, as most of my orders are processed within a day.

[SoundwavePerth]

Hey Folks, Riddle me this:

I ordered Brake-Neck from Amazon last week, shipped last Wed I believe. It arrived today! Very Sweet!

My observations:

A) SUPER FAST postage to Perth and great price! Things take longer to get here from Queensland then the USA!

However, the big question:

B) The Packaging states "DISTRIBUTED IN AUSTRALIA BY HASBRO AUSTRALIA LTD".

This is not a USA product shipped to AUS. If we review the subject of this thread.... why is it specifically packaged for the AUS/New Zealand market?

Curiousness....

[GoktimusPrime]

It's a generic thing that Hasbro prints on their packaging, regardless of whether the product is released in that region or not.

[SoundwavePerth]

I understand generic packaging, but for a product 'not being distributed in australia' that makes no sense.

I purchased in the USA, it should be a product distributed locally, off the shelf and shipped here.

They must have local stock here, packed for a local market.

[griffin]

At the time the packaging is done up by Hasbro America months before the toy is released, Hasbro America doesn't know if Retailers in other countries like ours have ordered or rejected the toy... so they include all the countries available to a particular production run, just in case they end up being released there.

It happens in reverse too - we've had toys released here that never got released in America (usually end-of-series toys), but they still have their details on the packaging because it's just a generic listings of potential countries to save money on packaging (one lot of packaging for several countries).

[Alpha Supreme]

With Gok's announcement perhaps now we know why these didn't come to the Land of Oz... and perhaps a hint at another release???