 Another price hike coming? |
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 Nov 1 2012, 06:43 AM
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 Ah! Brilliant as always... yes. Group: Citizen Posts: 3,221 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Florida Member No.: 3,271 Faction: Decepticon  |
Robot Kingdom just posted this on their Facebook page...
Bad news from hasbro. We have informed by hasbro today that they suddenly increase the cost of all FOC upcoming items without warning, and include the items we have been preordering for a while... Heavy lost from most of those orders. We temporary put sold out for some of those FOC items, and will update the final price later. Robotkingdom Crew It doesn't say how much the increases are, but it sound like they are going to have to relist their preorders at the new prices. This post has been edited by MightyMegs: Nov 1 2012, 06:44 AM |
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Nov 1 2012, 07:22 AM
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 Broom broom! Group: Citizen Posts: 2,631 Joined: 21-June 07 From: The center of the Earth Member No.: 10,345 Faction: Free Agent |
Yikes. I really, really love collecting Transformers, but between money getting tighter and the prices getting higher and higher, I think the era of casually buying toys as they come out may be ending for me. I'll still buy 'em, but its gonna be far fewer and less often. At least until the kid is in school and the wife goes back to work.
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Nov 1 2012, 07:22 AM
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 Just Chilling... Group: Citizen Posts: 5,294 Joined: 16-January 02 From: Alton, IL Member No.: 386 Faction: Free Agent |
Hmm, it this pushes Retail Deluxes to the $18-$20 range pre-tax, Hasbro's going to have a harsh reality when sales drop too.
With the onslaught of Takara Tomy Masterpiece figures, and Fort Max, with the shear exception of fighting for an MP Prime, and Prime First Edition figures, my Hasbro buy list as of late has all but evaporated as it stands. This post has been edited by RYNO: Nov 1 2012, 07:24 AM |
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Nov 1 2012, 07:29 AM
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 Have Zord, Will Travel Group: Citizen Posts: 4,523 Joined: 5-March 03 From: Living in a VAN down by the RIVER! Member No.: 2,441 Faction: Free Agent |
Dark of the Moon has a LOT to answer for...
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Nov 1 2012, 07:36 AM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 41,393 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(RYNO @ Nov 1 2012, 08:22 AM)  With the onslaught of Takara Tomy Masterpiece figures, and Fort Max, with the shear exception of fighting for an MP Prime, and Prime First Edition figures, my Hasbro buy list as of late has all but evaporated as it stands. Yeah it's to the point I'm likely to drop any future Prime releases and not get both Hasbro & TakaraTomy Generations but just TakaraTomy's save a few of Hasbro's (like Starscream). Though if Hasbro's come out way before hand, it will be hard to resist. Randy --------------------  |
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Nov 1 2012, 07:46 AM
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 Grumble grumble complain grouse. Group: Citizen Posts: 3,005 Joined: 27-May 07 Member No.: 10,262 Faction: Decepticon |
I can't say I'm too surprised. Marvel Legends/DCUC figures were, what, $15 for the same size and half the engineering and moving parts? Transformers logically are expensive toys.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:02 AM
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 I'll take you like a man!  Group: Supporter Posts: 5,232 Joined: 31-December 05 From: Tennessee Member No.: 7,726 Faction: RIBFIR |
The current standard scale of Transformers is about to be priced out of mass market relevancy. The higher the price of a deluxe gets, the less likely parents are going to buy that toy over the cheaper Cyberverse alternative.
Prediction: The toyline for Transformers 4 will be almost entirely Cyberverse scaled. Deluxes will become the Cyberverse equivalent of Voyager and/or Leader size classes. There will probably still be a handful of standard Deluxe scale characters made for the collector market, but I'm expecting no more than one or two waves as a minor sideline. -------------------- O̾b̾͊Eͮ͛͋yͨ̑̓͊̚ ̾̄ͯ̓ͨ̃͌̂̚d͂ͥͧͥͯ̂ͨ̓̚O̽ͥ̈́ͦͣ̂̏̚g̎̎ͯ̑ͤͫLͯ̓͆̿̑ͩa̍̄Wͥͬ̊̅
QUOTE(SpinOut! @ Feb 15 2011, 05:59 PM) Toni Basil's face Photoshopped everywhere I am terrified |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:06 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 376 Joined: 26-December 09 Member No.: 12,997 Faction: Autobot |
This just makes me wanna buy all Takara TFs. I'm not spending $20 on a deluxe.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:06 AM
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Ah! Brilliant as always... yes. Group: Citizen Posts: 3,221 Joined: 26-July 03 From: Florida Member No.: 3,271 Faction: Decepticon |
I pre-ordered my FoC voaygers from BBTS yesterday... I hope those prices hold.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:08 AM
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 Group: Supporter Posts: 2,114 Joined: 14-July 11 From: Dublin, OH Member No.: 14,614 Faction: Autobot |
I wouldn't mind a price hike if the current deluxes didn't have the look and design of yesterday's basics/scouts.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:08 AM
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 Maximal-G33K Group: Protoform Posts: 44 Joined: 12-October 12 From: Newfoundland Member No.: 15,750 Faction: Maximal |
Up here in the Canadian Wal-Mart Prices are $16.77 for deluxes. Most other places usually start at 18 and go up to 23. Its been like that for years.
-------------------- gamer and TF collector for life.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:14 AM
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 Group: Retired Staff Posts: 13,992 Joined: 5-October 02 From: Rotterdam NY Member No.: 1,566 |
Sad news but not surprising anymore.
Hasbro has already priced themselves out of my collecting the mainline so now I'm just focusing on MPs which are completely obliterating my budget as it is. --------------------  |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:34 AM
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Group: Protoform Posts: 32 Joined: 8-April 12 Member No.: 15,313 Faction: Autobot |
Ah, dangit. I want these toys but Hasbro's making it hard for me to justify buying them. I want the Generations Combaticons, Soundwave, and Grimlock real bad, but if the price isn't right we're going to have an issue.
Though maybe not so much for Grimlock, since he's my favorite. |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:39 AM
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Doubt them. Question them. Suspect them. Group: Citizen Posts: 40,936 Joined: 10-October 03 From: England Member No.: 3,679 |
QUOTE(Benbot @ Nov 1 2012, 01:08 PM) I wouldn't mind a price hike if the current deluxes didn't have the look and design of yesterday's basics/scouts. I stood Jazz next to an Energon Constructicon limb, both in robot mode. They were about the same size. I paid three times as much for Jazz. |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:40 AM
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 Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 30,312 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(BlackFreeze75 @ Nov 1 2012, 09:06 AM) This just makes me wanna buy all Takara TFs. I'm not spending $20 on a deluxe. "I'm not spending $20 on a Deluxe... I'm spending $30-40!" (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-waspy.gif) It does make justifying the Takara Tomy versions easier, but I'm not sure they work as replacements. -------------------- |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:40 AM
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Broom broom! Group: Citizen Posts: 2,631 Joined: 21-June 07 From: The center of the Earth Member No.: 10,345 Faction: Free Agent |
QUOTE(Son of Grimlock @ Nov 1 2012, 08:34 AM) Ah, dangit. I want these toys but Hasbro's making it hard for me to justify buying them. I want the Generations Combaticons, Soundwave, and Grimlock real bad, but if the price isn't right we're going to have an issue. Though maybe not so much for Grimlock, since he's my favorite. Yeah, I had really wanted to get the Combaticons AND the Wreckers, but that was already overbudget anyway at $15 a piece. If they're any higher, I'll be hard pressed to even buy all 5 Wreckers. I just don't have the throwin' around money that I used to. But either way, I gots to have me an Impactor. -------------------- |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:41 AM
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I write stuff...just not as much as I used to. Group: Citizen Posts: 4,240 Joined: 25-October 05 From: Indianapolis Member No.: 7,491 Faction: Maximal |
You know, I never thought I'd see the day where I'd stop buying Transformers simply because they weren't making ones that I wanted. The way this sounds, we aren't at that point yet...but we might be getting there.
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That Echowarrior guy... Author of "Transformers: Armada (Revisited)"- Allspark Fic of the Month for December 2005. Archive here. |
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Nov 1 2012, 08:43 AM
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 a harmless earth creature... Group: Citizen Posts: 1,982 Joined: 13-May 05 From: The Mesozoic era Member No.: 6,511 Faction: Free Agent |
Oh... uncool.
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Nov 1 2012, 08:56 AM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,493 Joined: 17-February 05 From: McDonaldland Member No.: 6,033 |
Maybe it's just Voyagers going up. They never really got the dramatic price hike that the deluxes did. $25 Voyagers could certainly be a possibility, and kinda make sense compared to the deluxes...
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Nov 1 2012, 09:26 AM
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 Josh Group: Citizen Posts: 5,212 Joined: 22-December 01 From: Oregon Member No.: 77 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
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