Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Leader Megatron at Australian Retail
Sunday, April 12th, 2015 5:27AM CDT
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Posted by prjkt on April 12th, 2015 @ 5:37am CDT
Posted by Burn on April 12th, 2015 @ 6:26am CDT
My bad.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 12th, 2015 @ 6:41am CDT
Va'al wrote:The North American continent has been seeing the new Generations Combiner Wars Leader class Megatron for a little while, and its seems that Australia is also receiving its batches, too! Courtesy of Seibertron.com board admin Burn, we have confirmation of the Decepticon founder arriving down under without too much to wait compared to elsewhere in the world. Check out the image below, taken at a Toys'R'Us in Cairns, priced at AUS$ 89.99 (approx US $69) - and maybe join Australian fans in weeping over the retail price of MP Ultra Magnus, too (approx US $ 230).
Remember, to help out your fellow fans and collectors, make sure to flag any sighting of this or other toys in the regional forum boards here, and in our ever-growing database here!
I just felt I had to quote the whole thing. First, your leader class prices are... painful to say the least.
And even tough MP UM look expensive as fawk, it's great you guys can have it LIVE in store! And even tough you have to pay your local sales taxes, at least you don't have to pay extra customs and shipping fees. An Aussie buying MP UM live in store will end up paying way less than me, if I bought it from BBTS!
Posted by Burn on April 12th, 2015 @ 6:43am CDT
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 12th, 2015 @ 7:21am CDT
Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
Posted by Flashback on April 12th, 2015 @ 8:27am CDT
Posted by prjkt on April 12th, 2015 @ 9:54am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 12th, 2015 @ 10:27am CDT
prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...
Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Posted by Metroplexsmash on April 12th, 2015 @ 3:03pm CDT
Posted by Arctorro on April 12th, 2015 @ 6:27pm CDT
That is not what makes Australian an expensive place to live. Housing prices have gone up something like 600% while wages have hardly moved. There has been an unprecedented number of families losing their houses in the last 10 years which has forced more people into renting and that has seen landlords raising rental prices due to higher demand. That has made having a place to live difficult to say the least.-Kanrabat- wrote:prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Then there is electricity, a previous government allowed a few overseas companies come in and do a heap of un-needed upgrades to our network. Then to recoup their costs they raise prices (by 6% I think) every year and a metre box was added to many houses to supposedly help prices drop but it just let power companies double prices. I noticed one family have their 3 - 4 month bill go from $400 to $800 from one bill to the next. There are many people here who can no longer afford to run a fridge because then they can't pay their rent.
We also have a completely screwed up tax system.
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 12th, 2015 @ 7:12pm CDT
Arctorro wrote:(...)
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
Ow....
Like they say, there is no perfect world. Scratch the golden leaf and it reveal all the lead underneath.
Posted by fenrir72 on April 12th, 2015 @ 7:12pm CDT
Arctorro wrote:That is not what makes Australian an expensive place to live. Housing prices have gone up something like 600% while wages have hardly moved. There has been an unprecedented number of families losing their houses in the last 10 years which has forced more people into renting and that has seen landlords raising rental prices due to higher demand. That has made having a place to live difficult to say the least.-Kanrabat- wrote:prjkt wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Burn wrote:Still worked out cheaper to import it directly from Japan.
Leader wise ... might save $10, but have to wait for months.
Just to have an idea if it's just the toys and video games that are expensive in australia, or if it's EVERYYTHING, can you tell me something?
-- The average price of a mass-produced 650g loaf of bread in Australian $.
-- The average price of one liter of 2% milk in Australian $.
-- Also, the minimum wage in AUS$/h.
For reference, in Canada, the bread cost around 3.50$CAN and the milk is around 2.50$CAN. And the minimum wage is 10.35$/h for Quebec.
Knowing those 3 facts give a good idea of what is the cost of living in each parts of the world.
This might help for prices - min wage is AU$16.87. Also note all prices are inclusive of tax, unlike over on your continent.
Just pointing out that non-candy food does not have tax over here.
Still...Milk (regular), (1 liter) 1.42 A$
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (500g) 2.79 A$
Holy F... From now on, I forbid you Aussies to ever complain about the price of toys.
I mean, damn! It took me 10 years to land on a salary bracket that is just a few cents below the Australian MINIMUM wage!
Then there is electricity, a previous government allowed a few overseas companies come in and do a heap of un-needed upgrades to our network. Then to recoup their costs they raise prices (by 6% I think) every year and a metre box was added to many houses to supposedly help prices drop but it just let power companies double prices. I noticed one family have their 3 - 4 month bill go from $400 to $800 from one bill to the next. There are many people here who can no longer afford to run a fridge because then they can't pay their rent.
We also have a completely screwed up tax system.
Milk and bread tells you nothing about living costs
No wonder Burn is always cranky . Good thing you're not as cranky. And...........I take back a previous statement I made about you Aussies being lucky to have official Hasbro/Tomy releases.
Posted by Arucard on April 12th, 2015 @ 8:57pm CDT
Posted by Arctorro on April 12th, 2015 @ 8:58pm CDT
Yep, the gold is all gone unfortunately.-Kanrabat- wrote:Ow....
Like they say, there is no perfect world. Scratch the golden leaf and it reveal all the lead underneath.
I'm just as cranky (and probably 10x as crazy), but don't post as much so it doesn't showfenrir72 wrote:No wonder Burn is always cranky . Good thing you're not as cranky. And...........I take back a previous statement I made about you Aussies being lucky to have official Hasbro/Tomy releases.
There were a couple of documents released in the last (I think) 6 months comparing costs of living for different countries and they always conveniently left out important facts which annoyed me greatly.
As for the topic, my UM pre-order with BBTS will be kept. With current exchange rates he is about $15 cheaper shipped with a high end shipping estimate. Will just have to wait a while to build up my PoL.
Posted by Burn on April 12th, 2015 @ 10:16pm CDT
(That cranky enough?)
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2015 @ 10:20pm CDT
Burn wrote:Of course we're **** crank. You'd be **** cranky too if you woke up every **** day and wondered if this would be the **** day that some **** animal finally got you.
(That cranky enough?)
Posted by Ironclaw on April 12th, 2015 @ 10:35pm CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 13th, 2015 @ 6:40am CDT
Burn wrote:Of course we're **** crank. You'd be **** cranky too if you woke up every **** day and wondered if this would be the **** day that some **** animal finally got you.
(That cranky enough?)
Yeah, forget financial reasonings. I'd never live down under simply because the wildlife are all pyschopathic murderers.
Posted by fenrir72 on April 13th, 2015 @ 7:22am CDT
Via: http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002824/
Posted by galvatron00 on April 13th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT
That's a large sword. Re-colored Beast Hunters Optimus blade right? The leader/larger than that class one.fenrir72 wrote:Tomy despises the CW Leader Optimus that they are releasing him as Grand Scourge
Via: http://www.e-hobby.co.jp/shopdetail/000000002824/
Posted by shockblast2 on April 13th, 2015 @ 8:57am CDT
It is not worth the $45 they are charging here, let alone that. $30 maybe....
Posted by King Kuuga on April 17th, 2015 @ 12:39pm CDT
Leader class Starscream confirmed?
I mean yeah, we all called it, but still.
Posted by Autobot032 on April 17th, 2015 @ 12:57pm CDT
If the Leaders weren't quite so big in comparison to the rest of the CW molds, chances are I'd buy 'em, but with Hegemon as my Decepticon leader, these guys are just too out of scale.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 17th, 2015 @ 1:06pm CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on April 17th, 2015 @ 1:25pm CDT
Autobot032 wrote:Starscream and Thundercracker are no brainers out of that mold.
Starscream and Skywarp, you mean?
Posted by Autobot032 on April 17th, 2015 @ 1:42pm CDT
That Bot wrote:Autobot032 wrote:Starscream and Thundercracker are no brainers out of that mold.
Starscream and Skywarp, you mean?
Yes, yes I do. Too many names, words, posts, etc to keep everything straight in my head. I need a drink, loooooaaaaaded with alcohol.
Posted by Burn on April 17th, 2015 @ 4:19pm CDT
Posted by Dagon on April 17th, 2015 @ 4:30pm CDT
Ironclaw wrote:I picked up CW G1 Megatron a little under a week ago and I freaking love it. I've the standard complaints of the ankle tilts, part of me wishes that the thigh-calf ratio was slightly different and that the elbows had more range but that's just me. It's a fantastic figure in terms of aesthetics and posability, and because I like fiddling with Transformers figures and making up other altmodes, I cobbled together a pseudo-Metal Gear thing. I could attempt some pictures if there's demand for them
I like the figure quite a bit. The modding done to Armada Megatron makes him just different enough from G1 Megatron that he's not obviously just a green repaint, and I suppose that my only complaint with them is that you can't move the arm cannon over enough to have it truly be on the outside of the arm. I guess I wish the forearms were a little longer as well, as his arms do seem kinda stumpy. I like that there are two viable options for the tank treads in robot mode so G1 can have them together and Armada can have them separate a bit to look a little more like the original.
All in all, I think they're good toys. I like them, at least, and they are a lot nicer than the official photos make them seem.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 17th, 2015 @ 4:39pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 17th, 2015 @ 4:46pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.
I tought so too. Maybe next winther?
Posted by King Kuuga on April 17th, 2015 @ 6:53pm CDT
Burn wrote:Spoilers much? Some of us were yet to read that issue.
It's been 3 entire days already, get on it, jeez Burn, stop being slow.[/joking]
Although it was presumed it would happen, since he was eyeing new bodies an issue or two ago and one of them was this one, and since the Thundercracker mold exists, and Hasbro likes to make all their seekers, it was a logical conclusion......
Nonetheless, it was technically a spoiler and I should have masked it. I'm sorry.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.
That may be why we got it as Thundercracker initially, but I'm confident we'll get a Starscream (and maybe Skywarp) out of this mold before too long. Botcon will tell us more.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on April 17th, 2015 @ 11:10pm CDT
That Bot wrote:Burn wrote:Spoilers much? Some of us were yet to read that issue.
It's been 3 entire days already, get on it, jeez Burn, stop being slow.[/joking]
Although it was presumed it would happen, since he was eyeing new bodies an issue or two ago and one of them was this one, and since the Thundercracker mold exists, and Hasbro likes to make all their seekers, it was a logical conclusion......
Nonetheless, it was technically a spoiler and I should have masked it. I'm sorry.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I'd say no on Leader Starscream confirmed... for now. But that comic is the reason why we have that Leader mold, just not as Starscream: the red and white would have made him too similar to last year's Jetfire, he wouldn't stand out as NEW! to impulse or uninformed buyers. So we have the blue guy instead.
That may be why we got it as Thundercracker initially, but I'm confident we'll get a Starscream (and maybe Skywarp) out of this mold before too long. Botcon will tell us more.
If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 18th, 2015 @ 6:19am CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.
Why not? Dare I say, why not?
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 18th, 2015 @ 7:20am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:If there's one thing I've learned from this fandom, any and all jet molds are fair game to be Starscream and maybe the other seekers.
Why not? Dare I say, why not?
Funnily enough, that guy, Breakaway, was in fact retooled for a Seeker homage, namely Thrust:
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on April 20th, 2015 @ 4:16pm CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 21st, 2015 @ 2:50pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 21st, 2015 @ 4:42pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Does anyone else find Megatron a little limited in his posing? His thighs and should both suffer from restrictions keeping them from going far. It's not horrible, but is there a workaround I'm not seeing?
His posability IS limited. The leg's ratchets should have been softer, he should had some sort of ankle tilt, and the knees a a bit sacrificed due to the working threads.
Is it a big issue? HELL NO!
Megs is way too awesome as he is and I LOVE the working rubber threads! Plus, Megatron is a WARRIOR, not a ballet dancer.
Posted by Cobotron on April 21st, 2015 @ 5:13pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote: Megatron is a WARRIOR, not a ballet dancer.
Ya, his pose-ability is a little limited, but he makes up for it in so many ways. I find the position of his shoulders to be a little funky too. They're too low. Again nothing I can't forgive.
One detail I think is real nice, is the way the thighs are constructed. It's cool how the plate extends up in the front of the thigh to cover the pivot joint. Good little bit of design problem solving.
Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.
Posted by shajaki on April 21st, 2015 @ 6:52pm CDT
Right there with ya brother!Cobotron wrote:Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.
Posted by Cobotron on April 21st, 2015 @ 7:07pm CDT
shajaki wrote:Right there with ya brother!Cobotron wrote:Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.
And when a long day of a$$ kickin' is over, he likes to go fishin'.
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on April 21st, 2015 @ 8:37pm CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Does anyone else find Megatron a little limited in his posing? His thighs and shoulders both suffer from restrictions keeping them from going far. It's not horrible, but is there a workaround I'm not seeing?
Yes but it's his restrictions are very minor and easy to overlook
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 21st, 2015 @ 9:25pm CDT
I do like Megatron. In fact, I have both the G1 and Armada version. They're both on my desk, plotting.
Posted by prjkt on April 22nd, 2015 @ 4:20am CDT
Cobotron wrote:
Ya know at first I was all about flipping the canon around so it looked more old school, but now I'm all into the ridiculous extend-o-canon.
I use the extendo mode for the Armada version, and other way around for the G1 version.
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 23rd, 2015 @ 8:17am CDT
Posted by Va'al on April 24th, 2015 @ 12:35pm CDT
Posted by steve2275 on April 24th, 2015 @ 12:47pm CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on April 24th, 2015 @ 1:14pm CDT
Posted by galvatron00 on April 24th, 2015 @ 2:39pm CDT
http://toyhax.com/mainmenu/for-classics ... atron.html
Thank you news on the main Seibertron page!!
Posted by Cobotron on April 24th, 2015 @ 2:49pm CDT
itscramtastic wrote:REPROLABELS!!!!!
Nice! They look good.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 24th, 2015 @ 2:59pm CDT
itscramtastic wrote:REPROLABELS!!!!!
http://toyhax.com/mainmenu/for-classics ... atron.html
Thank you news on the main Seibertron page!!
Yup, and they have a brand new, hassle free website! Before, I was stuck googling what I needed. Now, I can just search the site iteself in a very NORMAL and convenient way. I just hope some older pictures get updated.
Anyway, I so bought the upgrade labels for Leader Megatron. Sure, 21$CAN shipped is really expensive, but this will give me the Megatron I truly wanted!
http://toyhax.com/mainmenu/for-classics ... results=12