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Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail

Transformers News: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail

Tuesday, June 14th, 2016 5:28AM CDT

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The community over at Transformers Italia is buzzing with Titans Return news of recent! Today, we have confirmation that the big bad bot himself, Fortress Maximus, will be gracing some of the retail shelves in the south of Europe, thanks to a tip from the retailer catalogue via fellow Transformers fan Massimiliano Guida. Is this good news for the rest of Europe too? We'll have to wait and see!

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Transformers News: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail
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Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797563)
Posted by frogbat on June 14th, 2016 @ 6:49am CDT
mmm might help but I think it'll be hard to beat the uk prices in europe :(
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Posted by Va'al on June 14th, 2016 @ 6:57am CDT
frogbat wrote:mmm might help but I think it'll be hard to beat the uk prices in europe :(


The current rumours are floating around the €200 figure. Which is roughly £160 - the current UK price for online retail - or 224$ USD.
(Though the financial market is currently going bananas, so expect those numbers to change very quickly.)
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 8:21am CDT
So Australia already got him, and Europe is ready to have him, and here we sit in America still waiting for figures to start shipping out. Shesh!

On another note for the prices: My Toys R Us had combiner wars deluxes for $19.99, and then I was there a few weeks ago and they were charging $23.99 for deluxes and $26.99 for voyagers. But then, at walmart, deluxe prices are still solidly at $14.99. When I bought Superion, Menasor and Defensor limbs on HTS I bought them at $14.99 a piece before any sort of coupon I was using. Even my target is selling them at $14.99. So TRU is junk, don't buy there, and Walmart and Target are good. Entertainment Earth also sells limbs for $64.99 in a set of 4, coming to about $16 a piece.

It is weird though since we are no longer getting the comic (a usual $3-4 value) and the prices went up. That is major jumping the shark
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Posted by TF-fan kev777 on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:06am CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So TRU is junk, don't buy there


TRU is just about always higher in price than the other big box type outlets, especially on items where the manufacturer's don't set the price. That is all part of their business plan. The flip side is they "usually" have a better selection than the big box stores. It makes sense if you think about it. TRU has to make all their profit off of toys. The other places can better absorb lower margins on toys with sales from other departments, which are typically more profitable than toys.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:09am CDT
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So TRU is junk, don't buy there


TRU is just about always higher in price than the other big box type outlets, especially on items where the manufacturer's don't set the price. That is all part of their business plan. The flip side is they "usually" have a better selection than the big box stores. It makes sense if you think about it. TRU has to make all their profit off of toys. The other places can better absorb lower margins on toys with sales from other departments, which are typically more profitable than toys.

True, but $14.99 to $23.99 for the same combiner limbs is stretching it a little bit though...
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:12am CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So Australia already got him, and Europe is ready to have him, and here we sit in America still waiting for figures to start shipping out. Shesh!

On another note for the prices: My Toys R Us had combiner wars deluxes for $19.99, and then I was there a few weeks ago and they were charging $23.99 for deluxes and $26.99 for voyagers. But then, at walmart, deluxe prices are still solidly at $14.99. When I bought Superion, Menasor and Defensor limbs on HTS I bought them at $14.99 a piece before any sort of coupon I was using. Even my target is selling them at $14.99. So TRU is junk, don't buy there, and Walmart and Target are good. Entertainment Earth also sells limbs for $64.99 in a set of 4, coming to about $16 a piece.

It is weird though since we are no longer getting the comic (a usual $3-4 value) and the prices went up. That is major jumping the shark


A few things I would like to comment on here just to add to the discussion:

1. The Hasbro street date is actually June 25th for Titans Returns figures in North America. Downshift learnt this from one of his TRU resourse. However, that is the shipping dae which means you have to give it time to reach the store and for the employees to place them. That blows a bit for me though because I never saw the Skylynx wave of limbs in stores. It might be late for Quebec, we just got the latest Legends toys.

2. TRU may be junk in the states, but it is a Godsend in Canada. Of all retailers with direct accounts with hasbro, TRU Canada has sold them the cheapest by far. They also have amazing store policies for returns, rainchecks, pricing, exchanges and the like. And hee they are the best stocked sotres for TFs and they get big ticket items sooner (like all the CW G2 sets). Its too bad you guys cant experience the greatness.

3. The value you give to the comics is a bit trivial. The Comics have very little cost involved. The pic is of the backing board, the inside is all reprinted, I think the only new bit is the bio but even then, that could have been done for the site. The cards that come with TR add to the toy's fiction and are made specifically for the toy. They only come with the toys, as well, and are not derivitive or reuses of other media. So more development cost went into those and thus will probably hold more value later. The price you wrote is what a comic sells for when its hot out of the oven. The 3-4$ price is to pay for the work put in by the artist, writer and every other part. Months later, you can find them in dollar bins (I can). The reprints only have to cover the cost of the paper and ink spent on it, so any value placed above that is very trivial (kinda like 90s O pee chee hockey cards).
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:23am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:So Australia already got him, and Europe is ready to have him, and here we sit in America still waiting for figures to start shipping out. Shesh!

On another note for the prices: My Toys R Us had combiner wars deluxes for $19.99, and then I was there a few weeks ago and they were charging $23.99 for deluxes and $26.99 for voyagers. But then, at walmart, deluxe prices are still solidly at $14.99. When I bought Superion, Menasor and Defensor limbs on HTS I bought them at $14.99 a piece before any sort of coupon I was using. Even my target is selling them at $14.99. So TRU is junk, don't buy there, and Walmart and Target are good. Entertainment Earth also sells limbs for $64.99 in a set of 4, coming to about $16 a piece.

It is weird though since we are no longer getting the comic (a usual $3-4 value) and the prices went up. That is major jumping the shark


A few things I would like to comment on here just to add to the discussion:

1. The Hasbro street date is actually June 25th for Titans Returns figures in North America. Downshift learnt this from one of his TRU resourse. However, that is the shipping date which means you have to give it time to reach the store and for the employees to place them. That blows a bit for me though because I never saw the Skylynx wave of limbs in stores. It might be late for Quebec, we just got the latest Legends toys.

Yeah, for me around my area it normally takes about a month to 2 months for items to show up from the time stores online start shipping, with some rare exceptions, and it normally takes a month or so before they start showing up at stores such as HTS, where I usually buy, so I know I have some time. I'm not sure of other peoples situations but that is my predicament.

william-james88 wrote:2. TRU may be junk in the states, but it is a Godsend in Canada. Of all retailers with direct accounts with hasbro, TRU Canada has sold them the cheapest by far. They also have amazing store policies for returns, rainchecks, pricing, exchanges and the like. And hee they are the best stocked sotres for TFs and they get big ticket items sooner (like all the CW G2 sets). Its too bad you guys cant experience the greatness.

I need to start being more specific with the whole TRU thing. I keep seeing all the pictures of your TRU's and it makes mine look so sad. They have yet to get past Battle Core Optimus voyager wise and the prices are outrageous. And I'm jealous since my TRU, whether or not that is other TRU's too I do not know, does not have good service. Rain checks aren't a thing there and they are very greedy with prices. I tried to price match the combaticons when they were there for $19.99 a piece with the walmart price for deluxes, which was $14.99, and they said that unless it is the exact item IE if I saw Vortex at walmart for $14.99 and brought proof, they would give me vortex at that price, but they would only price match him, and they won't price match online things either like Walmart.com. It really is sad how different Canada and the US are with some stores

william-james88 wrote:3. The value you give to the comics is a bit trivial. The Comics have very little cost involved. The pic is of the backing board, the inside is all reprinted, I think the only new bit is the bio but even then, that could have been done for the site. The cards that come with TR add to the toy's fiction and are made specifically for the toy. They only come with the toys, as well, and are not derivitive or reuses of other media. So more development cost went into those and thus will probably hold more value later. The price you wrote is what a comic sells for when its hot out of the oven. The 3-4$ price is to pay for the work put in by the artist, writer and every other part. Months later, you can find them in dollar bins (I can). The reprints only have to cover the cost of the paper and ink spent on it, so any value placed above that is very trivial (kinda like 90s O pee chee hockey cards).

I was considering that the original comics cost $3.99, and I took off about a dollar since they do lack some of the features, but it is still about $3 worth of comic there. I agree that older comics would be sold off cheaper and the price is meaningless, but that's how I had thought of them. Made me feel a little better that I was getting a good toy and a comic for a good price (especially with the spotlights of Trailcutter and Hoist)
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Posted by Agamemnon on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:27am CDT
With Titan Returns, we are generally getting two transforming figures in each package... (#JustifyCosts?) :-s
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 9:34am CDT
Agamemnon wrote:With Titan Returns, we are generally getting two transforming figures in each package... (#JustifyCosts?) :-s

Yeah, the extra engineering is a cost offsetter.

But at the same time, Generations Brainstorm was a very tall and nicely sized voyager with the same gimmick. But that was also a tail-end-of-the-line-one-shot deal, so it makes no real argument either way.

Besides, headmasters are cool. I shall still buy dammit. Megatron must be stopped, no matter the cost
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 11:30am CDT
Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Down_shift we have some information for you regarding Canada's ship date for Titans Return as well as some prices in Canadian currency. Here is what Down_shift had to say:

Down_Shift wrote:It's not a sighting, but it is relevant to all of our interests.

I'm 99% sure everyone has seen this stuff before since it' been out there for a while now, but I thought I'd post it again since these are hitting stores shortly.

Legends Class - $12.99 (SKU#789658)
Deluxe Class - $19.99 (SKU#789661)
Voyager Class - $29.99 (SKU#789663)
Leader Class - $59.99 (SKU#789666)
Titan Class - $229.99 (SKU#789669)
Computron Gift Set - $149.95 (SKU#789634)

I checked with a friend at my local TRU and had them run the SKU in their computer (the green and back screen, not the web browser one) and it shows most of them shipping around the 25th, with the exception of Computron because I forgot to check.

Obviously mileage will vary by store and location. But, if you have someone you can chat with at your local TRU run have them run those SKU numbers and it might just give you a time line that you can use to build a plan of attack!

I should specify that they said it could show up as early as the 25th or even the first week of July. Like I said, mileage may vary but I hope this helps with the hunt!


Just to precise, the June 25th date is a "Ship Date" and in this context, it likely means "date that our distribution centers will send them out to stores", but to which stores, in what quantity, and at what pace is going to be almost entirely unknown. However, with that date being within the next 2 weeks, it is logical to assume that the rest of North America is not far behind. So keep your eyes peeled!
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:11pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:True, but $14.99 to $23.99 for the same combiner limbs is stretching it a little bit though...

I am right there with you, I would absolutely despise TRU is they were that high. I beleive our more leniant price matching laws are the reason they cant get away with that in Quebec/Canada. They would lose too many sales to Walmart (which is next door to my TRU :lol: ). Pretty nuts how that price gap between deluxe and voyager keeps getting smaller.

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I was considering that the original comics cost $3.99, and I took off about a dollar since they do lack some of the features, but it is still about $3 worth of comic there. I agree that older comics would be sold off cheaper and the price is meaningless, but that's how I had thought of them. Made me feel a little better that I was getting a good toy and a comic for a good price (especially with the spotlights of Trailcutter and Hoist)

Yeah, I hear you. I think the reason see no value to them is because they dont come with the international version, which comes with a card instead. So I dont feel I am missing out on anything with the switch. And plus, if they have the same MSRP with or without comic, it means that Hasbro themselves see little value to them and I guess those business notions end up forging my thoughts on their value. But I am sorry for your loss there.

Agamemnon wrote:With Titan Returns, we are generally getting two transforming figures in each package... (#JustifyCosts?) :-s

Costs dont need to be justified to me, we are getting these at a huge bargain compared to what people's parents spent in the 80s for their kids.

Here is G1 Hardhead with his old price sticker intact:

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Unlike the early G1s, headmasters were all plastic and like most G1, paint apps were minimal and they cost 15.47$. That is the equivalent of $32.58 today, meaning that people's parents had to work the same amount of hours necessary to make $32.58 today to be able to afford that toy back then.
Almost 30 years later, we are now getting a toy of that similar size with modern engineering, a higher parts count, more articulation and more paint apps (with a collector card :D ) for.... 16-20$. So you only have to work the amount of time it takes to make 20$ instead of 32$ to be able to afford this toy.

Transformer toys have gotten far more affordable than when they originally appeared and we tend not to realize that.
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Posted by Ultra Mad on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:15pm CDT
Hasbro (and Toys R us) have a good sense of humor if they expect me to pay over 200$ for Fort Max. Especially after seeing a few reviews of him online.
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Posted by Randomhero on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:31pm CDT
Ultra Mad wrote:Hasbro (and Toys R us) have a good sense of humor if they expect me to pay over 200$ for Fort Max. Especially after seeing a few reviews of him online.



Well that's why it's a choice. If you don't like it don't, buy it. If the reviews don't wow you, don't buy it. If the price doesn't satisfy you than don't buy it. No body is forcing you to do anything.
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Posted by Ultra Mad on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:44pm CDT
It is a choice. But there is something bothering me about such a high price tag for a product that is nowhere near masterpiece quality. At the end of the day, this figure is a *toy* a lot more then a collectable (and yes, I do realise that all Transformers are technically toys, not collectable). And to have paid less then half of that price for Metroplex 2 years ago ( I paid 115$, taxes included, in Canada), which is basically the basis for this toy, make me wonder what they are thinking. :-? I can't imagine many parents rushing into store to buy him for their kids. The advantages of him being at such retail store however is that at some point, he might be on sale for a 'decent' price. (The definition of decent being different for everybody).
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:50pm CDT
Ultra Mad wrote:It is a choice. But there is something bothering me about such a high price tag for a product that is nowhere near masterpiece quality. At the end of the day, this figure is a *toy* a lot more then a collectable (and yes, I do realise that all Transformers are technically toys, not collectable). And to have paid less then half of that price for Metroplex 2 years ago ( I paid 115$, taxes included, in Canada), which is basically the basis for this toy, make me wonder what they are thinking. :-? I can't imagine many parents rushing into store to buy him for their kids. The advantages of him being at such retail store however is that at some point, he might be on sale for a 'decent' price. (The definition of decent being different for everybody).

When I saw that price, I told myself I was gonna wait for him to be less than $100 at Costco which wa the case for every other titan class toy so far.
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Posted by Ultra Mad on June 14th, 2016 @ 12:55pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Ultra Mad wrote:It is a choice. But there is something bothering me about such a high price tag for a product that is nowhere near masterpiece quality. At the end of the day, this figure is a *toy* a lot more then a collectable (and yes, I do realise that all Transformers are technically toys, not collectable). And to have paid less then half of that price for Metroplex 2 years ago ( I paid 115$, taxes included, in Canada), which is basically the basis for this toy, make me wonder what they are thinking. :-? I can't imagine many parents rushing into store to buy him for their kids. The advantages of him being at such retail store however is that at some point, he might be on sale for a 'decent' price. (The definition of decent being different for everybody).

When I saw that price, I told myself I was gonna wait for him to be less than $100 at Costco which wa the case for every other titan class toy so far.


That's my plan if I decide I really want him 8-)
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Posted by Cobotron on June 14th, 2016 @ 1:40pm CDT
Were there ever reports of Devistator at Costco? :-?
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 1:42pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:Were there ever reports of Devistator at Costco? :-?

Canadian Costco, yes, for less than 50$. Dont know if he ever showed up in the US
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 1:47pm CDT
Metroplex was at our Costco for $50 but I never heard of Devastator being there in the US
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Posted by Cobotron on June 14th, 2016 @ 1:53pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Canadian Costco
CostCan? :-P



this joke sponsored in part by Thew.
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Posted by Va'al on June 14th, 2016 @ 2:06pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Canadian Costco
CostCan? :-P



this joke sponsored in part by Thew.


CostCeh.
MooseCo.

etc
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 2:10pm CDT
Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Canadian Costco
CostCan? :-P



this joke sponsored in part by Thew.


Heh.

And I was wrong a bit. He didnt cost as little as I posted, he was a tad bit more pricey:

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Wont be easy though. He only goes on clearance if there are any left and they go away fast when priced so low. Walmart might be a safer bet. He went for less than 100$ 6 months later.
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Posted by Ultra Mad on June 14th, 2016 @ 2:14pm CDT
I have no trouble conceiving they won't sell out all of their Fortress Max at his price range. But you're right, once he get to clearance, it will be a though hunt.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 2:41pm CDT
I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 2:47pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 3:27pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.

It was more me commenting on seeing titans in stores, not necessarily that buying them in store was better
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Posted by Down_Shift on June 14th, 2016 @ 3:36pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Just to precise, the June 25th date is a "Ship Date" and in this context, it likely means "date that our distribution centers will send them out to stores", but to which stores, in what quantity, and at what pace is going to be almost entirely unknown. However, with that date being within the next 2 weeks, it is logical to assume that the rest of North America is not far behind. So keep your eyes peeled!


The date of the 25th isn't really a street date. Not in the same sense of say, Movie figures that typically have a date in May that they are released to the public.

These are a progressive release. The TRU I mentioned shows them as a shipped item. They were ball parking the estimated time of arrival as the 25th, as that's when they get a truck in. Now, they did say it could show up on the next truck in the first week of July, it just all depends on what was put on the truck at the D.C.
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 3:44pm CDT
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.

It was more me commenting on seeing titans in stores, not necessarily that buying them in store was better

I see ;)^ Sorry for being a d#@k.

PS: Woah, that word isnt censored, oh well, I will self censur it.
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Posted by King Kuuga on June 14th, 2016 @ 4:29pm CDT
Just a quick note about the $23.99 Deluxes at Toys R Us. Whenever you see a price that ridiculously high, it's often a sign that they're going to put it on sale soon. I remember seeing Target jack the prices of the Prime Cyberverse Playsets up to like $40 and then selling them for 30% off the next week. It makes it seem like you're getting a better deal when you're only saving a dollar or two over the normal price.
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Posted by Emerje on June 14th, 2016 @ 5:07pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.


Is Walmart.com for Canada better at pricing than the American version? Ours is a pretty terrible place. There are deals to be had, but they completely lack consistency.

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And those are Walmart.com's prices, not market prices. I don't remember Titans ever being offered on there by Walmart either.

Emerje
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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 6:36pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.

It was more me commenting on seeing titans in stores, not necessarily that buying them in store was better

I see ;)^ Sorry for being a d#@k.

PS: Woah, that word isnt censored, oh well, I will self censur it.

Well, you do have to remember that Richard can be shortened to that as a name (though I still really have no idea how that even became a thing...)
Emerje wrote:
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You have no idea how much this has given me strife in recent times, not to mention all those other poor people who have this happen. I mean come one, $5 apart for figures in the same wave part of the same combiner. We are all kinds of crazy here
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Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 14th, 2016 @ 7:09pm CDT
I wonder if they'll have Fort Max at Costco like they did with Metro.
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Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 7:33pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
Is Walmart.com for Canada better at pricing than the American version? Ours is a pretty terrible place. There are deals to be had, but they completely lack consistency.

And those are Walmart.com's prices, not market prices. I don't remember Titans ever being offered on there by Walmart either.

Emerje

Yes, Walmart.ca is far better Prices are always consistent, and you can even spot a titan :)

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Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797843)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 8:44pm CDT
There! Consistency!

You watch, when TR comes to Walmart.com here, Blurr will be like $20 since he is a well known name but then Skullsmasher will be $12 because no one at Walmart knows who that is
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797850)
Posted by Emerje on June 14th, 2016 @ 8:49pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Is Walmart.com for Canada better at pricing than the American version? Ours is a pretty terrible place. There are deals to be had, but they completely lack consistency.

And those are Walmart.com's prices, not market prices. I don't remember Titans ever being offered on there by Walmart either.

Emerje

Yes, Walmart.ca is far better Prices are always consistent, and you can even spot a titan :)


You'd think Walmart.com and Walmart.ca would both follow the same rules being both Walmart websites, but clearly that isn't the case. And I really don't understand why .com won't carry Titan class, but .ca will. Plus those .ca prices are just so good!

Emerje
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797868)
Posted by william-james88 on June 14th, 2016 @ 10:11pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Is Walmart.com for Canada better at pricing than the American version? Ours is a pretty terrible place. There are deals to be had, but they completely lack consistency.

And those are Walmart.com's prices, not market prices. I don't remember Titans ever being offered on there by Walmart either.

Emerje

Yes, Walmart.ca is far better Prices are always consistent, and you can even spot a titan :)


You'd think Walmart.com and Walmart.ca would both follow the same rules being both Walmart websites, but clearly that isn't the case. And I really don't understand why .com won't carry Titan class, but .ca will. Plus those .ca prices are just so good!

Emerje


Walmart Canada is run independently of Walmart USA. Mostly for tax purposes and to better coordinate their warehouses (something Amazon has a problem with in Canada), but it seems it extended to pricing policies on their website as well. Of course, they are the same company, but I believe a different brain trust operates each entity, with its own headquarters since it is a seperate division. Procter and Gamble work that way as well. I believe the reason the US version cannot incorporate the same consistency is due to the immense volume. Walmart Canada is big but still small in comparison and monitoring is easier. Also, they probably have more recent database softwares that help keep this consistency, while Walmart USA is stuck with old legacy systems that would be too pricey to fully update. They will surely have to someday though.
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797874)
Posted by Burn on June 14th, 2016 @ 10:32pm CDT
Some of you may remember my "adventure" around this time last year when I did a road trip to secure Devastator.

Just like last year when Devastator was part of Big W's Toy Sale, Fortress Maximus will be a part of this years Big W toy sale. In fact, he'd already begun showing up at Big W's around Australia over a week ago, for the price tag of $249AU, which is substantially less than what he was going for at Myer.

A bit over an hour ago a pictured appeared in my Facebook feed of Fortress Maximus in stock at my "local" Big W. (Take into account "local" is still 100km's (60+miles) away. So I made a phone call. First time they didn't even bother answering, second time they did.

I was informed ...
• He cannot be held for me.
• I cannot pay for him in advance.
• He cannot be put on lay-by (lay-away).

With only six in stock, and two other inquiries already, it feels like every hour I delay (yay for work, oh and a head cold!), there's a chance he could slip through my fingers. Not to mention they close at 6pm, I finish work at 5pm ... it takes an hour to get there!

So with not being able to get out of work early, and my head cold, I have decided NOT to do a road trip this year to get Fortress Maximus. So for those who may have been hoping for a repeat of last years hunt ... sorry, it won't be happening.

And for those who have read this far and are now feeling sorry for me because there's a good chance I will miss out. Worry not. I have a friend who lives MUCH closer who will be going in after work and grabbing him for me, and then I'll just pay her back on the weekend.

So, provided all six don't sell out in the next few hours, I will be taking possession of Fortress Maximus in less than 72 hours. Image
Yes I realise I probably just jinxed myself.
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797876)
Posted by Agamemnon on June 14th, 2016 @ 10:36pm CDT
Are you like a giddy little kid hoping for that perfect present? Image
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797878)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on June 14th, 2016 @ 10:39pm CDT
Good luck in your quest, Burn!
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797879)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 14th, 2016 @ 10:53pm CDT
Good Luck Burn! Hopefully Fort Max sells just slow enough for your friend to make it in time!
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797883)
Posted by Burn on June 14th, 2016 @ 11:20pm CDT
Agamemnon wrote:Are you like a giddy little kid hoping for that perfect present? Image

nah, it's more a case of "Just paid the electricity bill, have just enough to pay the car registration ... how the fudge am I going to pay for FM?"
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797890)
Posted by King Kuuga on June 15th, 2016 @ 1:30am CDT
Well, it's not the quest that matters as much as the spoils. Good luck with your Fort Max!
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797900)
Posted by Burn on June 15th, 2016 @ 4:26am CDT
Fortress Maximus has been secured. 8-)
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797906)
Posted by Cobotron on June 15th, 2016 @ 7:42am CDT
Not as exciting as last year's "quest", but good news to wake up to none the less.
Awesome news Burn. ;)^
With your new found photo skills, I hope you'll give us the low down.
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797907)
Posted by Va'al on June 15th, 2016 @ 7:44am CDT
Burn wrote:Fortress Maximus has been secured. 8-)


Maximum Fortitude!

WE NEED MOAR PICS
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797914)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 15th, 2016 @ 8:15am CDT
Burn wrote:Fortress Maximus has been secured. 8-)

Nice!
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797953)
Posted by Down_Shift on June 15th, 2016 @ 10:23am CDT
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
D-Maximus_Primal wrote:I never saw Metroplex or Devastator as my mass retails. Never reached the local Walmarts, TRU or Target.

I did however hear that Metroplex was at a Costco near me, but my near I mean the nearest is 3 hours away

But does it matter if they are in brick and mortar stores for those big box retailers like Walmart, TRU or Target? Its the same prices and discounts online and collectors know to find them there. Its not like them being on the shelves helps them sell more when the price is that big.

It was more me commenting on seeing titans in stores, not necessarily that buying them in store was better

I see ;)^ Sorry for being a d#@k.

PS: Woah, that word isnt censored, oh well, I will self censur it.


You weren't being a Richard at all! ha ha ha.

Again, I'm happy just to help folks narrow the field to find what they are looking for.
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797959)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on June 15th, 2016 @ 11:11am CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:
Burn wrote:Fortress Maximus has been secured. 8-)


Maximum Fortitude!

WE NEED MOAR PICS

And a pictorial review we can news! (pretty please?)
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797962)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 15th, 2016 @ 11:20am CDT
btw isn't there gonna be a SDCC Fort Max :-?

with chrome parts on it.....ect ;)
Re: Transformers Titans Return Fortress Maximus to be Available at Italian Retail (1797963)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 15th, 2016 @ 11:21am CDT
Stuartmaximus wrote:btw isn't there gonna be a SDCC Fort Max :-?

with chrome parts on it.....ect ;)

There will be, we just don't know what it will look like yet

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