MP-43 Beast Wars Megatron

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Knightsword, May 9, 2018.

  1. Booster Gold

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    I was considering it but at the price they are charging I need to take the risk on customs to hopefully get him as cheap as possible. In my experience AE tend to declare just the cost of the postage. I've shipped loads of stuff with them and provided you chose EMS it turns up within a week or two of release. SAL is cheaper but you'll be waiting a month plus! The only time I've ever been hit by customs on an AE package was when I ordered two MP36's at the same time, to my horror the figure declared just over the customs threshold! Still I worked out that at the time the customs charge was roughly the difference between ordering him from AE and Kapow. After EMS shipping Megatron is about £40 more expensive from Kapow, which is again about how much customs are likely to charge if I get caught. Fingers crossed.

    Now watch them add a really nice extra accessory as a Hasbro Asia exclusive and ruin all my plans!
     
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  2. Beastwarsfan95

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    Sweet Primus, he's HUGE! :eek: 
     
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    Are you a professional bank robber?
     
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    WTF. 3% is just the transaction fee. AND their exchange rate is the worst because the spread is huge. So you'll lose more than 10%.

    I trade foreign exchange so I think I know these things. And you are wrong, big banks make a ton of money doing fx transactions for big clients. What do you think the later would do when transacting big amounts? Carry around cash in suitcases?

    Ignorance is indeed bliss.
     
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    Now you are even more delusional. If you had made that transaction when Bitcoin is crashing, you would have lost 50% easy.

    Actually there is ONE place in this world where you can do small fx transactions with low spread and zero transaction fee. It's called Singapore. But most of us don't live there.
     
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    can someone post the video from takara? its blocked here so i cant see it :( 
     
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    Man, I hear ya. Being on top of all the latest news in this hobby really does make you lose interest in some of the big releases right around the corner.
     
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  8. BWfan86

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    The PERFECTION in the last row needs to be switched to a YESSSSSSSSSS
     
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    Anyone displaying Dinobots w/BW Megs as a Predacon??

    I wanted my S1 BW teams displayed as they were originally constituted, with the added bonus of evening out the ranks, but I can’t recall if Dinobot has any insignia switching gimmick ...
     
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    He didn't have an insignia on his body.
     
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  11. oku

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    YouTube search masterpiece dinonot.
     
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    Questions for buyers outside of Japan:

    How do you get the price on Amazon Japan without the 8% Japanese tax? My price appears to include it and I’ve heard foreign buyers shouldn’t be paying that. MP-43 is currently showing as 26,014 Yen. Should it be lower? Others seem to be getting it at 24,000 plus shipping/import fees.

    How do you pre-order without paying on AJ? I have no issues with that on other sites but AJ doesn’t seem to give me the option so I always have to pay up front. Is it because I’m using a credit card and not PayPal?

    Thank you!
     
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    Check out and see what happens.
     
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  14. Norm West

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    Looks amazing, but i despise BW Megatron organic form.


    Wake me when MP TM 1 comes.
     
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    P.O.d my 2 from AE for ¥49,000 before shipping. Only just looked at the conversation to pounds and... it’s not too painful. Just have to pray for a safe ride through customs but Dinobot will be the test run for that and, as I’ll be shipping my 2 copies of him with a couple other figures, the box is likely to be a biggun so may draw some attention.
    Think I definitely want another Pred next so Megs has someone to boss around, send off to do his dirty work and facepalm at due to their sheer incompetence. Come on Terrorsaur! Let’s get the Jurassic Park trifecta in succession
     
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    I wonder if TT will touch the transmetals?
     
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    That was the toy with gold plastic syndrome right? ... god I loved that toy ... I remember playing with it as a preteen saying ‘fuuck, I’m too old to play with toys now but you’re so goddamn sexy!’ Haha
     
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  19. TaurusOxford

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    Can't see why they wouldn't as long as the line continues to do well. Compared to what they're currently needing to pull off in terms of engineering and complexity, MP Transmetals would be a joke by comparison.
     
  20. CanadaMike

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    Thank you again guys for answering my questions, especially SPLIT LIP, earlier this morning I placed order (from work lol) on Amazon jp for mp-32 and mp-43: total ¥ 42,838. I also placed one just in case with Nippon for same both transformers: total 35,430¥ (ferry delivery). Now I am wondering, since I am in Canada and not in USA, if with Nippon I will pay import fees and taxes if via ferry shipping. Also, anyone know any other site where one can pre-order without having to pay right away? Thanks