10-Pack Minicons Questions

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  1. thenatureboywoo

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    I don't remember seeing a thread and I have relatively no knowledge of this, but has anyone in the U.S. seen the new Minicon 10 pack. And If so, I have two questions.

    1. How much is it retailing for?
    2. What chains are carrying him?

    There has been no talk on my sightings board except for one post like a month ago, and I am too lazy to go searching through all those pages. I missed the Kmart pack last year, And I want to get this one to put on Unicrons Rings.
     
  2. Sharktibolt

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    I'm fairly certain its another K-mart exclusive pack, but I haven't seen it anywhere around here so I don't know the price.
     
  3. Baltan

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    It's more widely available than just Kmart, as it's an exclusive to "market six" retailers, I believe it was. So Kmarts will actually have it (would be funny to see if appears in mine, as they still have the 12-pack too), as does Meijer. I don't recall where else it's been seen already.
     
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    $22 at Meijer, $26 at K-mart, I believe. I've personally only seen it at Meijer.
     
  5. Edgewise

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    Well, "market six" is a bit of a misnomer, since it's based on that Hasbro's top 5 retailers(markets) were Wal-Mart, Target, TRU, K-Mart, and Kay-bee, and then all the rest were "Market Six". So a "market six" exclusive used to exclude K-mart.
     
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    Beastbot X Old skool. In a lot of ways.

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    Well, I'd imagine that's changed in the past year or two. KB is obviously gone, and K-Mart kinda.... sucks royally, even moreso than they did before in my experience. It seems to be the big 3 now as opposed to the big five. So maybe this should be called a "market four" exclusive. :D 
     
  7. Dachande

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    There's still four of them sitting at my local KMart for $26. That's the only place I ever saw the first minicon pack, and haven't seen this one outside of KMarts.
     
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    Yep, K-Mart exclusive. I paid too much---errrrr $26 for it too.
     
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    Tesco are carrying it in the UK, £20, marked down from £40.

    Only one in the set I really care for is Overcharge, and that's purely because he's a taxi.
     
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    Hmm, that flew under my radar!

    Same. :D 
     
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    All I want from the set is the wolf and the pterodactyl molds, but I can't justify the £20 set just for them.
     
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    Misnomer or not, that would be the fault of Hasbro for continuing to use the term, not my own. :p  The last time the term was even relevant for TFs was during the first Universe, as those stores were the ones that got the Battle in a Box sets. Maybe the later package variant for the Classics Prime/Megatron set as well, the one that didn't include the disc.
     
  13. thenatureboywoo

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    Thanks for all the info guy. 26 bucks just seems like alot to spend on minicons, but I'll kick myself if I pass on this one too.
     
  14. Nightwind

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    Well, if you break it down it's just $2.60 per minicon and that's not so bad. I'll definitely be picking this one up when I see it! I love me some minicons! :D 
     
  15. thenatureboywoo

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    Yeah, It's diffinelty cooler broken down like that. I'm just old and stubblorn sometimes. But yeah, Minicons are starting to become a guilty pleasure for me. I only have like 4 or 5 of them right now.
     
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    I haven't heard Hasbro use that term lately. :p 
     
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    Yeah, no kidding. Minicons are like Transformer Pringles. I never liked them that much, got the first KMart pack, and now I'm pushing over 100 of the little buggers.
    I blame my daughter. She loves them.
     
  19. Nightwind

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    They really are awesome! I don't go for any of the special releases or anything, but I am a big fan. Aside from the ones I've stored on Unicron's rings, I've got a gallon sized Ziplock bag full of the little guys!

    I went to my local K-Mart today (which I absolutely HATE doing!) and they didn't have this set out yet! :(  I did find their exclusive G.I. Joe set, though, so the trip wasn't a total waste.
     
  20. DinobotNny

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    I paid 21.99 at Meijers. I don't understand why it's so much more at K-mart, but I noticed that a lot of Transformers are overpriced there.

    I mostly just wanted the pack for the three dinosaurs.