Australia Transformers Sightings

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  1. maloney4playz

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    i got all the figures i wanted (galvatron) so i probably wont get them unless i find them in stores, but the moment wave 4 preorders go online them im getting all of them no matter what.
     
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    Morayfield again!

    BigW with the next Leader SS figures: SS-73 Grindor & Ravage, and SS86-07 Slag and Daniel. Four of each, but they're asking top dollar at $95 per.
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    Target also had these Buzzworthy Bumblebee twin packs. I think they're new but that line doesn't really interest me so they might have shown up previously.
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    Also saw someone walking around with an Ark in box. Not sure where it was from - I didn't see one on shelves anywhere but it could have either been the last unit, from a separate display, or perhaps from EBGames.
     
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    yikes $95 another $7 increase from the already crazy $88. For sure out off my price range now.
     
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    fortunately target has grindor and hopefully slag at $88
     
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    On the subject of Slag... Has anyone who ordered through EB got theirs? Mine went green two weeks ago, which means it is on the way to the store. I called a few times, but it had not arrived. And now today it has gone back to merely being on order.
     
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    honestly the only thing i've ordered through ebgames/zing was kingdom optimus primal so i couldnt tell you.
     
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    Got confirmation from Davey Boys Toys that my Ark is on the way. And for the pricey sum of $199 ;) 
     
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    Are you using pick up or delivery. If pick up just go directly to the store to see if it might be sitting out back as sometimes they can over look a order when it has actually arrived. That happened to a Dragon Stars order I had with them which status showed on order but the figures were actually showing as in stock on the main website.
     
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    Could not actually go in until yesterday - lockdown :) 
     
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    Of course...dohhh to me
     
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    Heh.

    Turns out that it has been pushed back until October. The staff member I spoke to could not give any further information, as she sees little more in their system than we do, but I'm willing to bet that Habsro has missed an expected delivery deadline because of COVID shippings delays. That or been able to fulfill only part of EB's order (for much the same reason).
     
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    Yeah that sounds about right. Quite a few of my preorders keep being put back.
     
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    honestly at this point i’d recommend picking up wave 4 of kingdom as soon as it pops up on amazon cos I don’t reckon it’s gonna make it here.
     
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    i'll even pay the inflated prices from zing if it means i get waspainator
     
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    It's the elusive last wave syndrome. Seems for awhile now...going back to Combiner Wars that I've noticed...that the last wave from each line of Transformers never seem to make it here to Australia...at least as far as retail

    Oh and a fun little side note. I have a mass pile of figures in my wardrobe atm just kinda stacked unevenly/everywhere as I am out of display room. Tonight I tried to get out my UW Menasor set that was near the bottom of the pile. Things were going alright at first and I thought I had it when of course I was showered in a downpour of boxes. Always a fun thing. At least my body cushioned the fall for most :confused: 
     
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    Last wave scarcity is common here in Australia - and if not the last wave then we often have a middle wave or two go missing in action - because our stores will jump ahead to whatever range is freshest for their new plano-gram.

    What we've been seeing since the middle of Earthrise goes way beyond a few tail-end-Charlies getting lost in the reshuffle.

    With two of Australia's most densely populated cities and the majority of those states trapped in an endless cycle of lockdown - open up - hard lockdown - open for a week - snap 7-day hard lockdown that lasts for months on end - there is no reason for Australian retailers to push through new stock.

    I would be stunned if Kingdom wave 3 ever made it to Australian retail and I have serious doubts that Kingdom wave 4 is even a possibility.

    If we continue this steady decline and stay locked in our homes through the summer I'd say we've seen all the Kingdom product Australia is likely to receive in 2021.

    If I sound bitter and burned out it's only because I am.

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    I think we are all starting to get that way
     
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    I strongly agree with @OZsket, as soon as the toys you want are made available online grab them, pre-order them, do whatever you can to secure yours.

    You'll only get what you take for yourself.

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    I know I'm thoroughly sick of the stock shenanigans, and it isn't entirely due to all the lockdowns. People are still buying. Just look at the huge crowds when each lockdown is eased.

    On the plus side, I am, so far as I am aware :) , finished with Kingdom now. I'm not a Beast Wars person, so there are now no further Kingdom releases coming for me. My Ark arrived yesterday (Amazon), Mirage was the week before last (Amazon), Road Rage has left Singapore (The Falcon's Hangar), Tracks turned up a couple of weeks ago (TFH), Red Alert was a couple of months ago (TFH), cartoon Galvatron arrived last week (at long last, Amazon), comic Galvatron is ordered (EB), and Sideswipe is ordered (Amazon).

    Notice a pattern there? Yep, real retail went out the window, and it was as far back as April when I had to resort to Amazon for Huffer (and I've still only seen two copies in the wild, at two separate stores).

    Pipes and Slammer have dropped off the radar. Nobody seems to know where in the release schedule they are meant to go (although a stolen copy of each has done the rounds), and this near-mythical extra 5th wave hasn't been spoken of since something like January or February.

    At this point, I am waiting for Slag to be supplied to EB (hey, another internet purchase), and the Sharkticons to turn up any-bloody-where (I want three), and then I reckon there won't be anything new from Hasbro for me until some time next year.

    At which point I expect it to commence to be difficult to obtain these things...
     
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  20. maloney4playz

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    for some reason my local TF section at big W seems to be consistiently stocked with kingdom wave 2 cause nobody is buying anything from it, so im gonna pull a smart and wait untill those figs are on clearance like i did with cyberverse shockwave.