What's the deal with the Allspark Almanac Vol. 2??

Batman · 01-26-2012, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Chris McFeely

It's NOT selling for $200 - it's sitting on Amazon at the ridiculous price of $200, like so many, many insanely-priced Amazon seller items, and nobody's buying it at that price.

Exactly, this man speaks the truth.

Kaymac · 01-26-2012, 12:36 PM

Holy SHIT. I got mine for $30 a while ago! Did some hunting, but I got it!

NC Bulkhead · 02-09-2012, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Megabattimus

I just did a check on ebay, and I found this: ORDER: TRANSFORMERS ALLSPARK ALMANAC VOLUME 2 | eBay

If you look around for anything, you can always find it cheaper then the going rate.

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Originally Posted by Backpack

Good luck with that. They are taking orders for something that has been out of print for years. They will take your money, give you nothing, and hope you don't ask for the money back.

I bought one of those from the eBay auction. I just got this e-mail. Oh well.

hi,
you recently ordered one of the below titles from us. As per the item description this had to be ordered in and is unfortunately yet to arrive. This is just an e-mail to let you knows its status and to also offfer a refund if needed. Alternatively if the item is yet to arrive after a further 2 weeks we will automatically process a refund.
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ORDER: TRANSFORMERS ALLSPARK ALMANAC VOLUME 2
ORDER: TRANSFORMERS ALLSPARK ALMANAC VOLUME 2

SouthtownKid · 02-09-2012, 05:16 PM

IDW can reprint it any time they want. They still have the license, they're still on great terms with Hasbro, and I'm sure they still have all the files. Let them know on their forums that there's still demand for this and maybe they'll do a second printing. They've done second printings in the past. There is absolutely no reason to pay anything near $200 for this. And it's not like IDW wants you to. They don't get any money when some sucker buys something for a ridiculous price off the secondary market. They'd much rather you pay a normal price buying it from them. Alternately, they could sell both volumes digitally, the way they do their TF comics. Then they wouldn't even have to go back to press.

Don't encourage the scalpers and the price-gougers.

transformerwars · 02-10-2012, 11:04 AM

After hearing that I'm glad I got mine for £15 off of amazon.

Deefuzz · 02-10-2012, 11:09 AM

Vangelus increases the value of most things. Allspark Almanac 2 is one of those things.

Fosterlager · 02-10-2012, 12:06 PM

Oh snap, I forgot about the centerfold!

velo-velo · 02-10-2012, 07:09 PM

The price changed directly after Christmas, like first or second week of Jan. I know because I waited on ordering it in case I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas. Kicking myself now. Wasn't expecting it to go bananas.

Some libraries have it if you really want to read it in the near future: The allspark almanac. II (Book, 2010) [WorldCat.org]

The holdings are a bit grim but there's enough for a decent Interlibrary Loan request string or two and the majority of those lenders are free/LVIS lenders so your local public library could likely get a copy in for you. I'll let you guys know how that works out.

Kaijumaster · 02-10-2012, 07:17 PM

SMUCKERS!

Thats unfortunate, just 2 or three months ago it was $12 on amazon.

Sad that happened, sorry man.

SouthtownKid · 03-24-2012, 12:17 AM

Just a heads up, but to anyone else still interested in Allspark Almanac volume 2, I just got it from amazon for $14.

Ordered it a few days ago when I saw they said they were going to get more in stock and were selling them at a human price again. It arrived today, and it is indeed volume 2.

If anyone else missed out on this before, I suggest ordering now. Amazon says they are out of stock again but that they'll get more. Alternately, you can buy new from an amazon seller starting from $11. If you want it, don't let it go out of print again and have resellers re-jack up their prices.

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02-09-2012, 05:16 PM	#24
SouthtownKid Headmaster Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,227	IDW can reprint it any time they want. They still have the license, they're still on great terms with Hasbro, and I'm sure they still have all the files. Let them know on their forums that there's still demand for this and maybe they'll do a second printing. They've done second printings in the past. There is absolutely no reason to pay anything near $200 for this. And it's not like IDW wants you to. They don't get any money when some sucker buys something for a ridiculous price off the secondary market. They'd much rather you pay a normal price buying it from them. Alternately, they could sell both volumes digitally, the way they do their TF comics. Then they wouldn't even have to go back to press. Don't encourage the scalpers and the price-gougers.

02-10-2012, 07:09 PM	#28
velo-velo Pretty Pretty Princessbot Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 94 Location: Podunk TX Collection Count: 90?	The price changed directly after Christmas, like first or second week of Jan. I know because I waited on ordering it in case I got an Amazon gift card for Christmas. Kicking myself now. Wasn't expecting it to go bananas. Some libraries have it if you really want to read it in the near future: The allspark almanac. II (Book, 2010) [WorldCat.org] The holdings are a bit grim but there's enough for a decent Interlibrary Loan request string or two and the majority of those lenders are free/LVIS lenders so your local public library could likely get a copy in for you. I'll let you guys know how that works out.

03-24-2012, 12:17 AM	#30
SouthtownKid Headmaster Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 6,227	Just a heads up, but to anyone else still interested in Allspark Almanac volume 2, I just got it from amazon for $14. Ordered it a few days ago when I saw they said they were going to get more in stock and were selling them at a human price again. It arrived today, and it is indeed volume 2. If anyone else missed out on this before, I suggest ordering now. Amazon says they are out of stock again but that they'll get more. Alternately, you can buy new from an amazon seller starting from $11. If you want it, don't let it go out of print again and have resellers re-jack up their prices.