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Post by The Doctor on Mar 4, 2016 21:51:49 GMT
And to be fair, Lego is still expensive, but they've done very well in offering decent stuff at a low price point. TF uh, well. Uh. Well. Well, I have the lowest disposeable income of my working life now but when I have some spare pennies for toys I can also find a not very expensive Lego product. Transformers...not so much. -Ralph |
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Mar 30, 2016 22:42:07 GMT
A1 Toys have CW Legends Shockwave and Curry-Gar for £13 each delivered.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 31, 2016 7:54:38 GMT
Odd pairing... what about the rest of that wave? anyway, £12.99 is top whack, but as shipping is free... that'll be a tough one to find in a few months. Ordered for the novelty! ta.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 31, 2016 16:37:04 GMT
£13 for Legends? They can fuck right off.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 31, 2016 18:28:38 GMT
It is way too much, you're right. But it's cheaper than buying an assortment of four for £40 just to get that one figure when you already have the other three.
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Post by duffism1981 on Mar 31, 2016 21:02:49 GMT
Sadly though TF prices seemed to be going up to silly amounts. I did spot the CW legends wave of Hot Rod, Skywarp, Groove and Warpath in Tesco last week for a shocking £12. Is there a known reason as to why they all seem to be increasing to prices far beyond there value? Attachments:
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 31, 2016 21:06:47 GMT
The same wave that sold for £10 at retail last year? That's just greed.
The local Sainsburgeries struggled to shift them even when marked down to £5.
-Ralph
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Post by duffism1981 on Mar 31, 2016 21:18:58 GMT
With the way prices are increasing lately in both the UK and the US, it does make me think is this the retailers doing this or are Hasbro the ones behind the price increases? Does it have anything to do with why Hasbro are moving the manufacturing from China to India? They maybe having to pay more for skilled labour in China, so moving to India where they can pay the workers less.
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 31, 2016 21:39:30 GMT
It's not beyond expected really. The first Legends packs with the companions were £10.99 in TRU a couple of years ago. I also expect the Legends price will shift up when TR comes to bear because the new Titanmaster figures have introduced a new pocket money price point. I think the Legends will become a little larger to accommodate the Titanmaster riders. Buzzsaw certainly seems to be quite large to me for what he is.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 3, 2016 18:56:47 GMT
Odd pairing... what about the rest of that wave? anyway, £12.99 is top whack, but as shipping is free... that'll be a tough one to find in a few months. Ordered for the novelty! ta. They are £9.99 in store so you are paying for shipping. -Ralph |
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Apr 12, 2016 19:49:21 GMT
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Apr 16, 2016 21:56:36 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2016 18:03:45 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2016 18:12:41 GMT
They've been in Sainsburgeries for a while for £12-something 'reduced' from £17.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 4, 2016 18:16:41 GMT
Didn't know that and don't recall people saying.
Won't sell at £17. Might struggle at £12
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Post by The Doctor on May 4, 2016 20:34:17 GMT
They're not shifting at £12. I was almost tempted to try a pack but they're above impulse purchase price.
-Ralph
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Post by primenova on May 5, 2016 11:42:51 GMT
Hope they have them back to £8 like they did last year for Skydive
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Post by Philip Ayres on May 28, 2016 13:15:07 GMT
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Post by legios on May 28, 2016 14:44:36 GMT
My fingers are crossed. I'm not really too worried about the Stunticons in general due to the "owned it before effect". But I do quite fancy picking up an Off-Road if I get the chance. (And I'd be a tiny bit tempted by the CW Motormaster just so he could punch it out with Battle Core.)
Karl
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on May 28, 2016 16:37:27 GMT
My fingers are crossed. I'm not really too worried about the Stunticons in general due to the "owned it before effect". But I do quite fancy picking up an Off-Road if I get the chance. (And I'd be a tiny bit tempted by the CW Motormaster just so he could punch it out with Battle Core.) Karl Masterforce have Motormaster for £14 plus delivery. |
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Post by legios on May 28, 2016 21:04:50 GMT
Ta for the heads-up, but to be honest I suspect that it is a "if I saw it in the flesh I'd be tempted" kind of purchase - especially as for the next few months pretty much any TF purchase is going to be a "Must fit into The Box"(definite article is important) purchase so he might have to displace something else from the collection.
I've had a play with one in the plastic, and it is a really nice toy. But I'm not sure it is enough nice to justify duplicating a mould when I already have Battle Core. (Same reason as I probably won't be picking up Vortex - nice toy, but I've already got Blades and Alpha Bravo so he seems overkill. Tempted by Swindle, who is sufficiently different to Rook I might be able to justify it.)
Karl
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Post by browny87 on May 28, 2016 21:56:30 GMT
I bought motormaster from master force, I was tempted to buy the one Phil reccomended from USA but glad I held off
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Post by Dezzeh on Jun 1, 2016 5:44:58 GMT
BBTS have some new legends and Titan master preorders up
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Post by freeestyle on Jun 29, 2016 16:53:46 GMT
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jun 29, 2016 19:54:06 GMT
£130? They're taking the piss again. They did that with previous Platinum boxsets. The Intel Ops boxset is £70 (i got it for £40 in the Kapow sale) everywhere else but £130 at TRU. |
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Post by primenova on Jun 30, 2016 5:53:59 GMT
To quote TRU theme music
"magical place you can go with millions of toys under one roof it's called ..." then change the end Smyths toy shop
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Post by primenova on Jun 30, 2016 5:55:47 GMT
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Post by primenova on Jul 12, 2016 6:29:38 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 12, 2016 19:26:03 GMT
Bit ambitious of TRU to claim Computron is sold in stores isn't it?
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Jul 12, 2016 19:34:15 GMT
Bit ambitious of TRU to claim Computron is sold in stores isn't it? By ambitious, do you mean downright lie? |
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