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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2015 15:06:47 GMT
BBTS want $220 for it. www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/list.aspx?list=19095For us UKers that's about £160, before postage, and before the inevitable CUTA. I'd be surprised at being able to get it into the UK for less than £220 through them. HLJ will be lower but there's still postage and the red hot poker roulette wheel to consider! |
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 2, 2015 15:50:57 GMT
A quick comparison based on a larger, heavier product like Trypticon - we paid £140 from Kapow, Robot Kingdom he'd be $160 plus $60 for the cheapest shipping option of parcel, which you know gets CUTA'd every time. So from Robot Kingdom he'd be £152 plus CUTA. So I can see Kapow or Omegalock being a very good option for the Takara Devastator. Especially if Amazon aren't shipping the Hasbro one outside the US, that would be the cheapest option for that version. Unless it comes out here at retail obviously. I was just looking at my Platinum Predaking invoice and shipping for that 18 months ago was only $9.50 from Amazon. If they eventually make Devastator available to the UK, I doubt it will be massively more as the box isnt much bigger, maybe even be about the same volume and it might even weigh less. So from Amazon it might come in for around £130, though probably closer to £140. I'd expecct UK retail to be about the same and can't imagine it being any less until UK retail sales if it gets released here and lasts long to go on sale. The box (assuming unites is about the same as CW) isnt all that big, but if it goes EMS from HLJ Im sure it will get cuta. The other shipping option has a better chance of coming through unmolested, but is only insured up to about £50. Given all that, even £180 from Kapow for the Unite version seems like a great deal. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 2, 2015 16:16:23 GMT
So from Amazon it might come in for around £130, though probably closer to £140. I'd expecct UK retail to be about the same and can't imagine it being any less until UK retail sales if it gets released here and lasts long to go on sale. Amazon currently say $216 to ship to the uk but helpfully won't do the conversion for me which xe.com says is £138 something |
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 2, 2015 16:36:47 GMT
Oh it's doing it now?
I've preordered Unite with Kapow. Hopefully have it to open Christmas day.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 2, 2015 17:08:35 GMT
Put the fiver deposit down for Unite Devvy with Kapow. A December release is more affordable for me (don't have spare pennies before then) and this can be my one big toy purchase for the year. Not much more than what I expect the CW version to retail for (and which would be hard to get in my area if not impossible) with the bonus of the extra features that the Unite version offers. Worse comes to the worse I could always offload it at cost if pennies are tight at the end of the year.
-Ralph
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Post by Toph on Jul 2, 2015 18:03:16 GMT
Put the fiver deposit down for Unite Devvy with Kapow. A December release is more affordable for me (don't have spare pennies before then) and this can be my one big toy purchase for the year. Not much more than what I expect the CW version to retail for (and which would be hard to get in my area if not impossible) with the bonus of the extra features that the Unite version offers. Worse comes to the worse I could always offload it at cost if pennies are tight at the end of the year. -Ralph I'm much the same. Bbts originally said CW's was an august release. Which is pushing it. Then yesterday they sent out an email saying it'll be in within days, and I'm struggling ATM. December release, despite being twice as much, it'll be easier to scrape the money together by then. At lease United though has significant differences, instead of just some slightly different paint on it's arse, though. |
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 2, 2015 19:26:29 GMT
This is a very good plan. I concur with all. Kapow/Unite it is, and a jolly Christmas for us all awaits.
Although that said, I might just hang on a day or two to see if Omegalock put up a deposit order. They have a tendency to undercut Kapow on a lot of items.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 3, 2015 7:10:50 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Jul 3, 2015 7:27:13 GMT
Hngggg... new photos make me almost want it... hnrrrmmppphhh... weakening... rrrrrargh.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 3, 2015 21:18:14 GMT
Omegalock have come in at £175, £25 deposit option. Going by previous comparisons I would hazard a guess that means Kapow's will be at the top end of their estimate when it finally comes.
So then, about £40 difference on the Hasbro one.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 3, 2015 22:10:50 GMT
How much better is Takara Dev' over Hasbro Dev' do we think?
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 3, 2015 22:18:07 GMT
I think it depends on how important elbows are to you...
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 3, 2015 22:23:09 GMT
And extra guns for the Constructicons and being able to flip the face from two eyes to visor version. The extra guns clinch it for me.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 3, 2015 22:31:24 GMT
I can live without all of that to be honest, but a better paint job would be worth the extra to me.
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Post by Toph on Jul 4, 2015 0:28:00 GMT
Elbows, guns, and december release are what helps win it.
Better deco is icing.
Dev has a visor, so cartooneye face is pointless. The changable head/face is a nonstarter.
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Post by Bogatan on Jul 4, 2015 4:36:10 GMT
I'm seriously thinking I could end up leaving them in individual robot modes quite a lot so the extra elbows are a huge plus. Scrapper especially has a fantastic sculpt.
Paint certainly is worth some extra money to me too.
Also I figure if Devastator is released over here , especially if places other than TRU it will end up on sale at some point. And then I can have both. Bwwwwwaaaaahhhhaaahahahahahaha!
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Post by Llama God on Jul 4, 2015 7:33:13 GMT
Yes. But that's what I thought about Metroplex. I still don't have Metroplex...
(Although that's fine - bring the Max!)
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2015 17:49:26 GMT
I think it depends on how important elbows are to you... I tried preparing the children's pizza and washing-up without bending my elbows. Very difficult. I pitty poor Hasbro Scrapper. I invite my fellow Hubbers to try various tasks without bending their elbows! Feel the frustration poor Scrapper feels!!!! |
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2015 17:50:24 GMT
Ok, don't try drinking a glass of beer without bending your elbow.
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Post by Toph on Jul 4, 2015 18:13:13 GMT
Try toughching your elbows without bending your elbows
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 4, 2015 21:20:28 GMT
This is the kind of thinking I come here for. Rational scientific experimentation. I will henceforth attempt all operations elbow free. But this may involve having to enlist help to brush my teeth.
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Post by Shockprowl on Jul 4, 2015 21:44:55 GMT
Putting in a Columbo DVD, no problem.
Using remote control, no problem.
Typing on phone to post on The Hub, difficult but possible.
Getting up off the sofa, surprisingly and disturbingly difficult (had to get kind of rocking action going).
Doing press-ups, impossible (one gets into pelvic thrust territory).
Doing a wee, heh, no problem at all, baby.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 6, 2015 7:46:39 GMT
Much easier to flip from two eyes to visor though!
*puts on glasses*
I AM...DEVASTATOR!!!
-Ralph
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Post by legios on Jul 6, 2015 11:32:23 GMT
"Looks like whatever happened left him..." *pushes glasses up nose* "Devasted." *WAAAAAHHH!"
Karl
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jul 8, 2015 15:47:37 GMT
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Post by Benn on Jul 8, 2015 16:31:59 GMT
I do not understand why anyone would want a Devastator with eyes.
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Post by Toph on Jul 8, 2015 16:53:53 GMT
Cartoon accuracy or something stupid like that. It looks terrible.
Especially on this toy.
I am groing more and more happy with passing CW how this version, each time I see it. The individuals are looking so much better.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2015 17:47:24 GMT
I think the eye/visor thing is a fun added play feature and easily ignored if not wanted.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Jul 8, 2015 18:13:38 GMT
Certainly. But just from a design/aesthetic point, the eyes look... wrong.
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Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2015 20:01:32 GMT
I like them. He will fire laser beams from them to destroy all who oppose him!
-Ralph
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