Transformers Collectors Club Exclusive Seacons And Nightbeat Up For Preorder

just got my email from the club....


The pre-orders are online now. Please try to place your order on the web as to minimize phone calls.

Products are expected to arrive to us by the end of Sept. I'll let you know when they get on the boat!

Thanks for your patience. We wanted to get the new credit card system running before we started taking orders as it will help our international friends.

transformersclub.com/shop select the pre-order check box and search to find both items.

Thanks for your support!

Brian

How much is Nightbeat supposed to sell for?

Member's Price: $48.00
Non-Member's Price: $88.00

FINALLY! Ordered 1 of each... though they've been moved to LATE September now? Ugh, another month of waiting...

Damn for some reason it is not accepting my credit card.... I tried to different ones too

I really want Nightbeat and would join if I knew for sure about Botcon next year. Does membership permit a discount on non-attendee sets? (I realize that information is somewhere, just hoping someone knows for sure.)

yep, mineraljane. It does

Thanks, stranger.

I'd be all over the Seacons if munneh wasn't so tight.
And if I was a member.

Meh. They charge your card right away. Can't get these now.

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It worked for me now! I just used a different web browser. I used IE instead of Firefox.

Same here; I can't afford the charge on my card this month so I'll be waiting until at least next week to put down an order. If they didn't charge until shipping (like BBTS and Amazon), I'd be all over the Seacons right away.

Does anyone know if this is a case where they only have a certain number of these figures available, or will they be manufacturing to fill pre-orders (plus maybe a few extra)?

Thanks for the heads up Benzo, damn Firefox! I still need to check with TFCC to see if those two orders went through (used a Cdn CC for one then tried with a US CC when the 1st one did not go through)

If I remember correctly, they're making 1500 Nightbeats and 1200 Seacon sets. Order's already been done, so no more, no less.

Frankly, unless there's some HUGE hidden demand for these that I'm not seeing, and seeing how Astrotrain & Airazor have sold, I'd say there's no particular rush.

Both are limited. I just can't recall off the top of my head.

I'm pretty sure this is going to be the same as any other club exclusive, and produced for a predetermined number, not made-to-order.

Arrgh, Beastbox-and-sunlink'd!

Sweet, order for Seacons has been placed!

Wooohooo! Seacons preordered, and the other Club Combiner figs are mine!

I used Firefox w/ no problems.

Grabbed Nightbeat, love him, and look forward to him, I would like the Seacons as the box alone is too beautiful, but, I just can't swing it right now.

do they? sucks bigtime for me.

Great, I just need to save more money to get a set of each... *sigh*

I'll buy 'em.

But damn, FP. No rush, huh, guys?

Maybe in a couple months when I can afford it I'll get the Seacons set, maybe Nightbeat, too.

It rejected mine too. I'm calling them in the AM. methinks it is their system.

credit worked fine for me ... Seacons are mine !!!

I paid for my membership Friday, but everytime I attempt to create an account I get an invalid message. Oh well, hopefully it'll work tomorrow and I'll place my order then.

I'm going to order them as soon as my paycheck comes in.

Not taking my cards either right now. I'm using Safari? Eh.

I'd really like the Seacons too, but I have a G1 set and with so many figures coming out in the next few months, it's tough to create some sort of hierarchy for purchases.

I'm the biggest Seacon fan, but why don't I like them in these colors? This is a tough choice.

yeah...i gotta wait another two weeks til i get paid again before i can order me some nightbeat...hopefully these dont move super fast, but i do hope they sell out within 6 months...

Website is overloaded. I made it to the checkout and lost it.

I can't even get to the site.

So much for them spending all this time testing the system, so that it won't become overloaded and such.

I suspect people will be buying multiples, with the intent of selling them to recoup costs. If I miss out on buying them cause of this, that's me done with the club.

I'm sure they limit people from buying too many.

I'm really disappointed with the Transformers Club. Now I know as an international member, we're the poor cousins, but the price they're charging for shipping is really sticking it to us.

Suppose I want to buy just one nightbeat. As a club member, it SHOULD be cheaper than a non-member who lives in the USA, right?


These items are scheduled to ship within 4 weeks of Sep 30, 2008
2008 Club Exclusive Nightbeat $48.00 1 $48.00
Total: $48.00
Shipping Options
FedEx International Priority -- $86.35
FedEx International Economy -- $82.74
Post Office Express Mail International -- $40.00 (includes signature required)



It costs more to ship a single item than the item is actually worth. Its blatant price-gouging, and its going to be cheaper for most people to buy off ebay and use actual shipping price than to use their member discounts.

The international shipping from them is always expensive, but its cheaper than it used to be.

Also they said at BotCon that they don't put restrictions on quantities of an item in an order, as they would then run the risk of not selling all of something.

Hmm, not sure which country you're talking about there BigPhil. I do know it was cheaper to pay scalper prices on Airrazor and ship it to Australia than it was to buy direct off the club as a member. Eighty dollars for a forty dollar toy (even via express) is way more than actual cost. I'd much rather the profit for buying a toy goes direct to the club than to the grey market of onselling them, but at the premium markup they're putting on shipping it just doesn't make financial sense to be a member or buy off them.

As a non member its a minimum of $210

or in English £110

Thats a little expensive really, not sure if I can cope with that or not. If I didnt have to pay the extra for the membership I might of bitten, but as it is there is some thinking for me to do!

I know exactly what you mean. I would pay the $120 for the Seacon set without a second thought, but $160 is really steep. I understand I'll get the magazine and some special club repaint, but the extra $40 is really hard to justify.

In fairness to them, based on my past experiences, the price listed for USPS Express Mail is probably pretty close to the actual cost.

Hey Run, they actually CHARGE your card? Most places will not charge you until it ships...

If that is the case I have to wait one week to make a buy on these.

Gonna wait until my wife gets paid next week...hopefully they'll still be available. Why do they have to charge your card so early?

Shipping for 1 Nightbeat and 2 Seacon sets was a touch over $80, for me, so not sure why others are getting weird prices.

I think they're looking at the first price, the fed ex one, and those prices are mental but I guess no worse than Parcel force or any other courier service. The post office price for Nightbeat is $40 and $50 for Seacons and $60 for one of each.

The $60 price is well not great, I know Ive had other items of similar size cost less but not a lot less.

4 of each cost $154. which is $38.50 per set. But that doesnt help a group purchase as sending them out once they arrive would eat up the saving.

Anyway you look at it, its a lot of money on top of already pricey toys. I'd to see a pick up at Botcon option for those that know they'll be going. Honestly I'd be happiest just buying them then, but unlikely as it is I'd hate it if they sell out before then.

It's simply ridiculous.
I should pay around 230$ for 2 Seacon giftsets, and 124$ for Fedex shipping.
FEDEX! No other trackable option.
NO wait, does it mean that TFCC suddenly became smarter than BBTS, which sends me TFs for half of their cost? Just to know.
Fedex. 124$ of shipping to Italy. Why am I member, in the end? They lost me.

then dont use FedEx and use the other one. Express Mail is trackable online to most countrys.

Got mine ordered!

From their site:

Boo... boo I say.

while that overseas shipping might be high, i kinda doubt that the club is ripping people off...they seem pretty good about charging actual cost, maybe a little shipping and handling...and they pack their stuff super well too, so that's probably part of it...and then for a large box, like the seacons, most places charge more for bigger boxes...kinda sucks for you overseas guys, but i dont know what else to say...

just when i dont have any money. I wonder how long these are gonna be sold. I might have the bite the bullet and the large sum of extra after market prices on ebay.