Toys R Us raises the prices of deluxes to $15.99!!!

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Originally Posted by Hook Our fandom has become a huge cesspool of whiny bitches.

You inspired me. I just went out and bought a couple at Targets buy 1 get one 50% off sale. I got Airachnid and Knockout for $30 ( my job also gives me a discount at target ). For $15 each I will buy them but that is the limit for these figures ( in Australia that is a REALLY good price ).

That's a good read; thanks for sharing

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Originally Posted by Venksta Get the F out. Then his name can be "The Allen".

It is an interesting read, and I think that it explains SOME of the price rises, but I dont think that it goes all the way. I still think that there is some price rising to maximise general profits and compensate for poor sales, and that there is some masking of these behind genuine reasoning.

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Originally Posted by Brooticus Reminds me of the awkward moment I realised I'd just presented a check out girl with a HftD Sideswipe, a bag of jelly beans and a roll of duct tape.

I don't know if this was mentioned in here (search didn't find it), but I just got back from my local TRU in Central Florida. Yep, MP10 is $130. All deluxes (even DOTM) are $16.

...And voyagers are now $30. Prime and GDO.

I could understand the rising prices, if they happened over a long period of time. As in: in 2001, deluxes cost $10. In 2003, they were $11. In 2005, they were $12. In 2007, they were $13. Etc. Etc. Etc.

But jumping up prices so quickly - in the case of MP10, within a couple of months - is not "the higher cost of doing business", its "we can get more money from the buyers".

Supply and demand, I'm afraid. They already know there's a fairly rabid demand for MP-10 after their pre-order fiasco, so they figure why not tap the well until it runs dry?

After all, their allegiance is ultimately to the bottom line...not the customer.

It's not just transformers that the prices are raising on. Its TMNT action figures, and RC cars to name two. The TRU exclusive Rc car "snake bite" has went up 15 dollars in 2 weeks. The TMNT figures have went up a dollar at walmart.

I am half expecting MP-10 to not actually show up over here in the UK, despite the fact that TRU says that they have already arrived, to leave more stock for the US market. It has happened many times before.

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Originally Posted by Brooticus Reminds me of the awkward moment I realised I'd just presented a check out girl with a HftD Sideswipe, a bag of jelly beans and a roll of duct tape.

If that happens, I'll hunt one down for you. No fan should miss a chance at MP-10. It's that damn good.

I agree, I've only seen one in stock at TRU and it didn't even have a place on the shelf for it. I would have loved to have gotten it but didn't have the extra cash to go towards it.