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Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by orangeitis, Oct 22, 2018.

  1. Xelotah

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    Regarding the Claw Machine and Gumball Machine packs: where's the number that you can use to tell the two variants apart located? I found some today, looked them over, and failed to find it.
     
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    See below.

    • Claw Machine Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #1)
    Blurry Murray, Crabby Grabby, Goldface, Miss Mixed, Mr. Memory Banks, Skitter Chatter, 4 stickers

    • Claw Machine Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #2)
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    • Gumball Machine Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #1)
    Crumbly Yumbly, Disaster Master, Fancy Flutter, Goldsferatu, Snore N'More, Movie Munchster, 4 stickers

    • Gumball Machine Surprise Unboxing (6-pack #2)
    Fancy Flutter, Frostfetti Frostyface, Game Older, Goldenberry D'uhnut, King Cubano, Smore N'More, 4 stickers
     
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    All right, I'll check the post, won't be relevant until Sunday anyway.
     
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    I found this recently... Apparently the Titan comics that started around RID and continued into Cyberverse in the UK had a Botbot themed issue with free figures. Anyone knows about this?

    Until I see the offical Hasbro listings, anything that goes on that topic is just speculation. To me it would seem very strange that they would can their smallest and most lucrative size/price class. Parents buy that most of the time. It's the larger toys that stay on shelves for the longest (see The Ark or Stomp and Chomp Grimlock). Heck even now our Müllers are still stocked to the brim with Siege Springers and Starscreams, while Battlemasters and Micromasters are all but gone. This size class has existed since TR already, as well.
     
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    Yeah, see the quoted post below.

     
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    What sites were you getting them for $80? The cases I ordered in the past from BBTS were around $60 range. $125? Thats an over 50 percent markup! Total b.s. Greed is def gonna kill this line off now. If we don't hear anything new after the NYCC I'll take it as a sign that the line has died sadly
     
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    Toywiz has always sold at higher prices. I wouldn't use them as a metric for what's going on. But yeah, the lack of updates reminds me of the Overwatch Ultimates line, and that line is dead.
     
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    I'll second this sentiment on Toywiz. They've been around forever and have a huge selection of old and new but their prices are trash. I can't imagine that many people actually buy from them but apparently enough do to keep them in business.
     
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    ToyWiz (as well as Entertainment Earth) were absolute godsends - between them they had pretty much all the cases of every wave.

    BBTS may have been cheaper but their selection wasn’t as good.

    As a UK-based buyer with no access to Targets or wherever you guys have been getting yours from, it’s been so easy just to import entire cases.

    I think the only Botbots I’ve bought within the U.K. have been the Con Crew (which I picked up at a local convention) and the S5 singles, where I got a complete set from my nearby Sainsbury’s.
     
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    yeah, while I am not enamored of the prices, if it is a place that actually has it for sale (and is not something like ebay) I will get it out of the convenience...similar to that studio series 48 Megatron Universal Studios, which I've been waiting to go up on the universal store for a bit while other overseas retailers actually have it and I am considering getting it there just to be over the hassle and wait (and not planning to travel anywhere soon anyways, but would rather purchase from the source)...
     
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    Hmm, not familiar with that Mega Man figure. What game is it from?