That's exactly what I chose. Thanks for the advice Fenster!fenrir72 wrote:Just take the registered sal Cobster. Gives you a bit of peace of mind.
That's exactly what I chose. Thanks for the advice Fenster!fenrir72 wrote:Just take the registered sal Cobster. Gives you a bit of peace of mind.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
-Kanrabat- wrote:shajaki wrote:Unpainted rims are on of my biggest pet peeves.Ironhidensh wrote:Yeah, I'm going Takara as well. For the painted rims if nothing else.
YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:shajaki wrote:Unpainted rims are on of my biggest pet peeves.Ironhidensh wrote:Yeah, I'm going Takara as well. For the painted rims if nothing else.
YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
I see what you did there, sir.
-Kanrabat- wrote:shajaki wrote:Unpainted rims are on of my biggest pet peeves.Ironhidensh wrote:Yeah, I'm going Takara as well. For the painted rims if nothing else.
YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
-Kanrabat- wrote:YEah, too many Transformers are in a serious need of a good rim job.
Blast Cannon wrote:This thread is brilliant. Duragrip you are a gloriously weird sexual deviant and I love it.
-Kanrabat- wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Mkall wrote:Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure
You know, if Japanese prices were more comparable in retail I would actually say get Takara and Hasbro and sell the Hasbro. But I mean, I hate the mark up TT does for some paint apps. Yeah they do look better and for deluxes I dont mind paying $10 more for awesome decos...but leader class that are almost $30 more? nah.
Paying 10$ more for a deluxe, or 30$ more for a leader ammount to paying 50% more. It's the same thing. Still, it may look bigger for you Americans.
Rated X wrote:
No its not the same thing. This is not a math thing. Its a price gouging thing. Its clearly about how much more money can Takara justify adding to the price for a few extra swipes of paint. If $10 is the cost, then Takara UM should only cost $55. And if $30 is the cost, than every takara deluxe figure should cost $45. The few extra swipes of paint only have one cost to the factory no matter how big a piece of plastic they are painted on.
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:
No its not the same thing. This is not a math thing. Its a price gouging thing. Its clearly about how much more money can Takara justify adding to the price for a few extra swipes of paint. If $10 is the cost, then Takara UM should only cost $55. And if $30 is the cost, than every takara deluxe figure should cost $45. The few extra swipes of paint only have one cost to the factory no matter how big a piece of plastic they are painted on.
But doesnt a bigger figure get more extra paint? And last time I checked, paint is a variable cost, not a fixed cost since it<s cost is dependent on how much is used. In any case, both prices are the very same right now so this is a non issue. You are technically getting less for the same amount by buying the hasbro version.
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:
No its not the same thing. This is not a math thing. Its a price gouging thing. Its clearly about how much more money can Takara justify adding to the price for a few extra swipes of paint. If $10 is the cost, then Takara UM should only cost $55. And if $30 is the cost, than every takara deluxe figure should cost $45. The few extra swipes of paint only have one cost to the factory no matter how big a piece of plastic they are painted on.
But doesnt a bigger figure get more extra paint? And last time I checked, paint is a variable cost, not a fixed cost since it<s cost is dependent on how much is used. In any case, both prices are the very same right now so this is a non issue. You are technically getting less for the same amount by buying the hasbro version.
Rated X wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Mkall wrote:Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure
You know, if Japanese prices were more comparable in retail I would actually say get Takara and Hasbro and sell the Hasbro. But I mean, I hate the mark up TT does for some paint apps. Yeah they do look better and for deluxes I dont mind paying $10 more for awesome decos...but leader class that are almost $30 more? nah.
Paying 10$ more for a deluxe, or 30$ more for a leader ammount to paying 50% more. It's the same thing. Still, it may look bigger for you Americans.
No its not the same thing. This is not a math thing. Its a price gouging thing. Its clearly about how much more money can Takara justify adding to the price for a few extra swipes of paint. If $10 is the cost, then Takara UM should only cost $55. And if $30 is the cost, than every takara deluxe figure should cost $45. The few extra swipes of paint only have one cost to the factory no matter how big a piece of plastic they are painted on.
-Kanrabat- wrote:At least, based on Canadian price of 60$CAN+tx for a Hasbro leader, the Takara one at Amiami is around 55$CAN.
Add Shipping and the cost OF THE TAKARA IS THE EXACT SAME AS THE HASBRO WITH TAXES.
TAKARA IS SAME PRICE AS HASBRO FOR BETTER PAINTS APS!!!
Once again, privileged Americans live in another world, with their cheaper everything and all-the-time free shipping.
fenrir72 wrote:Rated X wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Optimizzy wrote:Mkall wrote:Still too much money for just a Minimus Ambus figure
You know, if Japanese prices were more comparable in retail I would actually say get Takara and Hasbro and sell the Hasbro. But I mean, I hate the mark up TT does for some paint apps. Yeah they do look better and for deluxes I dont mind paying $10 more for awesome decos...but leader class that are almost $30 more? nah.
Paying 10$ more for a deluxe, or 30$ more for a leader ammount to paying 50% more. It's the same thing. Still, it may look bigger for you Americans.
No its not the same thing. This is not a math thing. Its a price gouging thing. Its clearly about how much more money can Takara justify adding to the price for a few extra swipes of paint. If $10 is the cost, then Takara UM should only cost $55. And if $30 is the cost, than every takara deluxe figure should cost $45. The few extra swipes of paint only have one cost to the factory no matter how big a piece of plastic they are painted on.
Engaging subject. But to put it simply......everything in Japan costs higher. Using as analogy, in the USA, a 12 episode BD compilation of lets say Samurai Girls/Fate StayNight would cost you $ 60.00. In Japan, thats just (1) episode/disc. They really do jack up the prices with all the bling that comes with it.
You also have to contend with packaging. Different fonts. Different instruction manuals plus those sales gimmicks where you scan the codes. That comes as extra cost for the advertisement sales gimmicks.
The extra apps also entail reassignment of painting resources. Now, it's more complicated with the programming of computer controlled resources. Of course, you add more paint. More paint......extra cost.
But it's done on the same plant? Yes it is but the product is programmed for a different market. Tomy isn't even considering the overseas market for their product. Iirc, in one of TFYuki tweets or was it in a Hobby magazine, the designers mentioned the foreign market as an after though when they repurposed Slingshot from another mold instead of A-B. So no huffing and puffing will ever get the prices to be at par with the USA domestic release.
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
Tsutsukakushi wrote:No fan has any data info on why other countries Transformers toy prices are so high. Think it's moot complaining until we know the reasons why.
Their are many factors that dictate higher Transformers toy prices in other countries. Guessing Smaller production runs. Stores creating their own prices, Triple luxury country taxes. Some Countries have a higher minimum wage for workers than America does.
Most of the American based imports sites that sell Takara Transformers toys. Sell them at 25% to 40% more than Takara's MSRP. Most guess the reasons are, Middle men fees, over seas shipping fees. Sites over charging due to anxious fans willing to pay any absurd high price.
Optimizzy wrote:So I should buy Takara because otherwise America wins? The idea that Americans are complaining because Takara is more expensive than hasbro is a little offensive. Are hasbro Asia toys marked up? It's not about which nationality the company belongs to. I honestly think Takara marks up the prices. Why? Because they can. Because we will pay for them. It's not really about the price of paint. What they do is not a fair increase, but dammit, it's a smart one. They know they can do it. And much of the time you get what you pay for: increased apps and a sense of getting something most casual collectors won't have. If that's worth it to you, then it's a deal. And Takara does have better apps usually. Man. Their stuff is beautiful. But I do get tired of the idea that it isn't a price gouge. It totally is guys. You can believe what you want but it's the reason I don't go for many of the Takara products. Bragging rights and paint isn't usually worth it to me.
Sometimes it is though
william-james88 wrote:Optimizzy wrote:So I should buy Takara because otherwise America wins? The idea that Americans are complaining because Takara is more expensive than hasbro is a little offensive. Are hasbro Asia toys marked up? It's not about which nationality the company belongs to. I honestly think Takara marks up the prices. Why? Because they can. Because we will pay for them. It's not really about the price of paint. What they do is not a fair increase, but dammit, it's a smart one. They know they can do it. And much of the time you get what you pay for: increased apps and a sense of getting something most casual collectors won't have. If that's worth it to you, then it's a deal. And Takara does have better apps usually. Man. Their stuff is beautiful. But I do get tired of the idea that it isn't a price gouge. It totally is guys. You can believe what you want but it's the reason I don't go for many of the Takara products. Bragging rights and paint isn't usually worth it to me.
Sometimes it is though
How is Takara a price gouge when their preorder price is the same as the preorder price for a hasbro version?
I get the idea that the extra corporate cost is maybe a myth, but the extra consumer cost is a myth as well. Both products cost the same to preorder.
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