Hellscream9999 wrote:
Well, as it should come out first, pre-order tt's, and wait to see what deal's you can get on the hasbro one, it could very likely come out at a time like memorial day or 4th of July when they have a 10%, 15%, or 20% deal going, that, combined with the free shipping you should get along with it, would make it a worthy choice, then you simply cancel your pre-order.
But its not jsut about the money sometimes. Even if you find a Hasbro Computron for 80$, an inferior toy will always remain an inferior toy. And if you end up caving and eventualyl buying the Takara one after everyone marvels about it, not only would you end up paying secondary market prices (which are worse for Takara items than hasbro items) but you would have lost 80$ because you bought the Hasbro one first.
And if saving money is what really speaks to you then think of it this way. If you dont get Takara's now, it will be at least 250$ to get that set in 3 years (new, and this is being conservative). So think of buying it now and thus saving mney you wont have to spend later. Think of how lucky you are to be able to get it at this price now. New fans come in all the time. Imagine that poor fan who comes in in 2017 because of the new Titan that is heavily mediatized and gets smitten by these gorgeous combiners and is stuck paying secondary prices? We are lucky not to be that guy. We can get this gorgeous combiner now for the best price possible, which is only 35$ more than the Hasbro one (sounds like a deal to me), and that 35$ is not even because of the upgrades but only because BBTS has to ship this guy from japan. There is so much value and beuty here, I could cry.