New Revenge of the Fallen Target DPCI's!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Tim Formas, Jan 15, 2009.

  1. Ravenxl7

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    Construction vehicle-bot=/= Constructicon all the time. Scout class Dirt Boss can technically be considered a construction vehicle, but as far as we know he has no connection to the Consttructicons. Though now that we've seen pictures of a shovel-bot with an alt-mode that's known to be one of the CC's alt-modes, I'm thinking that he's the triple-changer we've heard about. But I do think his three modes will be alt-mode, gestalt-mode, and bot-mode. I honestly can't see that thing turning into a weapon.
     
  2. S_Windell

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    QFT! G1 gestalts are getting sold on eBay and elsewhere for 100+ USD every day! I don't think it's jumping too far out on a limb to think this new toy will not be such a brick and likely a bit larger than the old school ones. Also, I remember earlier many people were hoping for a movie Devastator toy of "epic" level! But I guess not at a somewhat epic price...

    Didn't BBTS sell the CR redeco for 199.99, or around there? And you'd think they'd overprice a desirable import like this. So, yeah, that guess, 140-160 seems reasonable. :thumbs2: 

    I hope the name is Devastator and one is named Bonecrusher. I don't think it'd be too big a deal, really, outside of fandom. Most of my adult friends have seen the first movie and don't even remember Ironhide's name. I know one guy even calls Bumblebee "Yellowjacket"!

    Yeah, name slapping in the first film retconned into proper names in the second is a gripe for serious fans. But, realistically, most of the audience are not.

    Hmm...that'd make the toy itself a 75$ value in my old neighborhood.
     
  3. Iron Spider-Man

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    At the Target near me that has a DPCI lookup box, I found out a few things...

    087-06-0111 TF MV2 Deluxe Figures are $12.99 (!)
    087-06-0115 TF MV2 Scout Figures are $8.99
    087-06-0122 TF MV2 Leader are $44.99
    087-06-0125 TF MV2 Gravity Bots are $12.99 (I think?)
    087-06-0127 Transbattler MV2 FAB are $ $10.99 (I think?)
    087-06-0128 TF MV2 Robot Replicas $10.99

    I couldn't remember the Voyager codes off the top of my head (these are all fairly easy to remember honestly, but for some reason I didn't think of punching in 0120 for the last four numbers =/) so I am not sure how much those are in relation to the new price of deluxes, which I think is ridiculous. $10.99 is fine, maybe even $11.99, but $12.99? When oil is at the lowest its been in quite sometime? Ridiculous. Also, no, I don't have any proof, but I might be able to get some in the next few days.

    Edit: Went to Target on Wednesday the 28th. The (new?) Voyager pricepoint is

    087-06-0120 TF MV2 Voyager $21.99
     
  4. Optimus Prime

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    Hopefully Wal-Mart will sell them cheaper, like they do now with Deluxes. :scalper 
     
  5. Ravenxl7

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    Actually, the price crease isn't all that bad, or all that surprising, imo. It does help make the $100 pricetag on one of the gestalt listings make a bit more sense. I'll probably just buy less this year. I'm hoping that they come up with new mold Voyagers for Prime and Megs, and a Voyager mold for Jetfire. That way I can get those instead of Leader class figures. I'll still be getting most of my TF's from Target though (I will NEVER buy ANYTHING from Walmart EVER again).
     
  6. airfox

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    What about comparing Oil Prices with 1996? IIRC Deluxes haven't increased much in price during the past 12 years in the U.S.

    Wonder how much the price will be increased here. :( 

    Man! What did they do to you?

    -airfox
     
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    Compared to the price of oil in the mid-90s, its not altogether that much more right now, figuring in inflation. (Its gone from $20.46 in 1996, $11.91 in 1998, rising in 2003 - 2004, then spiking from 2005 on to declining sharply in Nov. of 2008)

    Sure it went up in the past few years, but its also come back down. If the figures didn't go up in price the last couple of years, (which would have been the logical time for them to go up, because 2005 - 2008 is the culmination of when oil was at its highest, 2007 and 2008 being the very highest until Nov. 2008, and now we're finally reaching 2004 prices again), there's really no reason for them to go up in price in the middle of this year, unless the Illuminati is feeding them secret information that we don't know.

    Like I said, I could see $10.99 or $11.99 being the new standard price, but for them to basically go up from $9.99 to $12.99? That's ridiculous.

    (Oil prices from HISTORY OF CRUDE OIL PRICES, btw)
     
  8. SKowl

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    Try living in Canada - even when our dollar was on-par with yours, Deluxe toys here still cost 14.99$.
     
  9. airfox

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    I don't know. From $20.46 in 1998 to around $30 now, that's a 50% increase. It's not like the toys are going from $9.99 to $14.99.

    And if they're using plastics manufactured from oil purchased when the prices were higher, there's another reason to explain "why now?"

    P.S.: I thought the oil prices in 1996 were closer to $8. Turns out that was in 1998.

    -airfox
     
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    Yes, but its not "now", its five months away. The Smokescreen and Dinobot I bought today should not have been $7.79, realistically, if the oil prices were the contributing factor. Heck, the reset price for WM after their four or five months of $7.77 deluxes should be a higher price, as well, IMO, instead of $9.96, it should be $11.99 or $12.99 or whatever WM is going to have Movie deluxes at. And you're right, there's no way a doubling of the price of oil is making the toys double, but 1/3 is still rather extreme.

    Then again, this could just be Target's new Movie figures price, honestly, like their Clone Wars figures were (are?) $8 and WM's are $7. Or, maybe Target just has messed up information five months prior.
     
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    Developping and marketing toys isn't only about oil you know... Wages have increased, shipping costs have increased, etc.