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 Apr 18 2012, 04:20 PM
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How was the US able to get them for $20 if Takara has to sell them for $70? It just seems so disproportionate.
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Apr 18 2012, 05:11 PM
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It's probably another "We're making a limited run, so we're jacking up the price" thing like a couple of the United Deluxes.
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Apr 18 2012, 05:30 PM
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 Novus ordo seclorum Group: Forum Moderator Posts: 41,311 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Westlake, OH Member No.: 3,012 Faction: RIBFIR |
If Takara is trying to save money/increase profitability charging 3x retail for the PCCs is pretty much the stupidest thing imaginable.
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Apr 18 2012, 05:43 PM
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QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Apr 18 2012, 09:47 AM)  QUOTE(Gunrage @ Apr 18 2012, 09:31 AM) I MUST SEE MORE OF THAT UNICRON. I AGREE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) THIS! I'm actually aghast that everyone is babbling about the PCC's and largely ignoring the new Unicron figure! The PCC's are the same toys everyone lambasted for years, but slap a new paint job on them and they're suddenly gold? Wow, too bad Hasbro didn't just do that in the first place! --------------------  When you collect MISB/OSC, you're not collecting figures you're collecting boxes! |
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Apr 18 2012, 05:45 PM
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QUOTE(Might Gaine @ Apr 18 2012, 05:20 PM) How was the US able to get them for $20 if Takara has to sell them for $70? It just seems so disproportionate. Takara isn't selling them for that, importers are. Importing always carries a premium.--------------------  |
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Apr 18 2012, 05:48 PM
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ARMS UP!! \(^_^)/ Group: News and Content Posts: 12,115 Joined: 2-May 02 Member No.: 940 |
QUOTE(Rosicrucian @ Apr 18 2012, 06:45 PM) QUOTE(Might Gaine @ Apr 18 2012, 05:20 PM) How was the US able to get them for $20 if Takara has to sell them for $70? It just seems so disproportionate. Takara isn't selling them for that, importers are. Importing always carries a premium.I'm not sure where you go that from, given that the sources for the price of these products is a solicitation from Takara and a retail listing on Amazon.co.jp. The retail price is 6090 yen = $75. Amazon's discounted price is 5098 yen = $63. So roughly $70. This post has been edited by Might Gaine: Apr 18 2012, 05:52 PM -------------------- (,>.<, ) ....******
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Apr 18 2012, 06:03 PM
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Frater Group: Citizen Posts: 4,085 Joined: 15-September 08 Member No.: 11,989 Faction: Maximal |
Ah, I was thinking we were talking about the prices up on BBTS. My mistake.
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Apr 18 2012, 06:37 PM
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QUOTE(Shockwave 75 @ Apr 18 2012, 05:43 PM) QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Apr 18 2012, 09:47 AM) QUOTE(Gunrage @ Apr 18 2012, 09:31 AM) I MUST SEE MORE OF THAT UNICRON. I AGREE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) THIS! I'm actually aghast that everyone is babbling about the PCC's and largely ignoring the new Unicron figure! The PCC's are the same toys everyone lambasted for years, but slap a new paint job on them and they're suddenly gold? Wow, too bad Hasbro didn't just do that in the first place! I'm not sure what thread you're reading, but this one is hardly universal praise for the PCCs. And I'd assume people are talking more about the PCCs because we have amazon pages with nice high resolution photos of them, and only a teeny tiny little picture of a grey prototype Unicron. --------------------    KITTY WARS! |
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Apr 18 2012, 06:41 PM
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QUOTE(shellspark @ Apr 18 2012, 07:37 PM) QUOTE(Shockwave 75 @ Apr 18 2012, 05:43 PM) QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Apr 18 2012, 09:47 AM) QUOTE(Gunrage @ Apr 18 2012, 09:31 AM) I MUST SEE MORE OF THAT UNICRON. I AGREE! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) THIS! I'm actually aghast that everyone is babbling about the PCC's and largely ignoring the new Unicron figure! The PCC's are the same toys everyone lambasted for years, but slap a new paint job on them and they're suddenly gold? Wow, too bad Hasbro didn't just do that in the first place! I'm not sure what thread you're reading, but this one is hardly universal praise for the PCCs. And I'd assume people are talking more about the PCCs because we have amazon pages with nice high resolution photos of them, and only a teeny tiny little picture of a grey prototype Unicron. I don't even think that's a prototype. It looks like a computer model. -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2012, 06:42 PM
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 Yes, me. Me, me, me. Me too! Group: Supporter Posts: 25,144 Joined: 22-December 04 From: Huntington, WV Member No.: 5,666 Faction: Autobot |
He's gonna be papercraft, isn't he? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-arcee.gif)
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Apr 18 2012, 07:11 PM
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 The original darkstream since 2003! Group: Supporter Posts: 19,610 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Aka K.I.R.A. Member No.: 3,718 Faction: Minicon |
Ugh ill just toss the pcc guys on my list and forget about them.....unicron looks like poo.....megs looks very nice...
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Apr 18 2012, 07:26 PM
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Unicron combining with Optimus Prime is awesome and random, and might make him worth picking up if he's Japan-only.
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Apr 18 2012, 08:11 PM
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Speaking of Prototypes; are we not gonna talk about the Jet Vehicon prototype shown? Cause that looks pretty cool to me. Though, the Jet mode, looks sorta like a car with wings.
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Apr 18 2012, 08:41 PM
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QUOTE(Shockwave 75 @ Apr 18 2012, 06:43 PM) The PCC's are the same toys everyone lambasted for years, but slap a new paint job on them and they're suddenly gold? Wow, too bad Hasbro didn't just do that in the first place! They did. It was called "wave 3" and pretty much put a pin in the whole thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-waspy.gif) QUOTE(Master Fwiffo @ Apr 18 2012, 01:20 PM) But is Unicron a rock? I want a Unicron rock lord! I want to repurpose him as Classics Magmar! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-fire.gif) |
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Apr 18 2012, 09:08 PM
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QUOTE(Phlis @ Apr 18 2012, 09:11 PM) Speaking of Prototypes; are we not gonna talk about the Jet Vehicon prototype shown? Cause that looks pretty cool to me. Though, the Jet mode, looks sorta like a car with wings. I'll have an opinion on him and Unicron once we see them not tiny and grainy. -------------------- |
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Apr 18 2012, 09:36 PM
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hmm a more play-friendly... not the cybertron Deluxe...smaller Unicron. I'm in.
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Apr 18 2012, 09:56 PM
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QUOTE(Phlis @ Apr 18 2012, 07:11 PM) Speaking of Prototypes; are we not gonna talk about the Jet Vehicon prototype shown? Cause that looks pretty cool to me. Though, the Jet mode, looks sorta like a car with wings. Well, aren't they basically cars with wings in the cartoon? |
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Apr 18 2012, 11:56 PM
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 That's "COMMANDER" to YOU... Group: Citizen Posts: 2,774 Joined: 14-January 02 From: Raleigh, NC Member No.: 340 Faction: Free Agent |
U...UMICROM!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-bee.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-silverbolt.gif)
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Apr 19 2012, 01:45 AM
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I'm not really interested in Unicron's pointless waste of engineering to combine with another toy.
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Apr 19 2012, 02:51 AM
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QUOTE(Code of Walky @ Apr 18 2012, 10:08 PM) QUOTE(Phlis @ Apr 18 2012, 09:11 PM) Speaking of Prototypes; are we not gonna talk about the Jet Vehicon prototype shown? Cause that looks pretty cool to me. Though, the Jet mode, looks sorta like a car with wings. I'll have an opinion on him and Unicron once we see them not tiny and grainy. Walky, you know that's not how this works. We have a microscopic sliver of information and a lousy image, and that's all we need to determine that something is the worst thing ever. M "You've Been In the Fandom HOW Long?" Sipher -------------------- The ISLE OF RANGOON - Advantures in Learning and Sarcasm!
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