Yes but Show Z does the same on the $80 for us in the EU, TFS Express has them listed for $60 so I expect the most of the cinese sellers will hold the same price.
They are not out yet but I order most of my stuff from JLKids store

 

I haven’t checked with them lately, but TFexpress used to get you on shipping.

 

i dont think there is anything going on like a bait and switch. if the parts arent ready that could be the reason why they arent included yet. if they try and bump the price up for the later release there will be an unwanted shit storm from the fan base the likes they have never experienced.

MS has always been really good with keeping their prices consistent across the board. no matter what the chase value of the fig is.

hopefully that stays the same here.

 

yes I heard it but it is about what price you can offer it and still make a profit.

I do not mind how they do it indeed, just do not mess with the price range    
When it come to extra cost, more design then the limb bots and all that bla bla.
What about the trailer ??
I say the 6th member + combiner parts, equals the cost for the trailer, so hope it stays at the price they set out from the start.
240/260 max please  

 

Interesting. I would say it’s about where I can get it cheapest.

 

for us buyers yes but for stores they need to find a marge to make profit and if TFS express can do it for 60.
The same way I do not use Baba on Ebay, almost every figure cost € 10 more to were I buy from, they need to make more profit on 1 figure it seems but loose customers in that way to other stores first.
Only when things get sold out people turn to those who cost more.

 

Sorry I think I misunderstood the topic, didn’t mean to sound insensitive to the eu taxation thing.

 

Oh I do not care about that at all, it is what it is.
It only makes you think twice about where to buy now, every buck cheaper also saves 21% tax on that.

 

I didn't pay a single cent tax for my Magnus armor. No 4 eur webstore purchase, no tax. Hope these kind of 'errors' will happen more often.  

 

Hope so too  
I had my first purchase now with the new system, MFT Astrotrain and still a lot cheaper compared to our local webstores.

 

I agree, I think there must be some other reason besides trying to jack up the price with later sets.

But then again, they did take advantage of their customers with the Laserbeak BS.

 

well i mean the really didnt do anything weird with the whole SW release. other than 2 separate releases both bots were priced the same with a 1 dollar difference maybe.

most guys didnt even care about the birds when they first dropped. i picked up a couple from super cool members here on the board.

speaking of SW i still have a set if minions if anyone was looking... 

 

Nah, that was effed up forcing customers to buy Soundblaster for Laserbeak. That was blatantly taking advantage of their fans.

 

but what is the difference between that and what NA did? if you wanted all the minions you had to buy other molds.

at least MS made it very clear early and sold the rest in a 4 pack.

 

Laserbeak is by far the most important minion. Many would have been fine skipping ratbat if they’d put that with Soundblaster. NA didn’t eff you over like that, Laserbeak came with Soundwave like he should.

 

My feelings were exact the same but now later on it is cool to have a Soundblaster next to Galvatron with Ratbat.

 

Yes that's the point I made earlier.. for us buyers $60 sounds good but then it's $21 shipping so ultimately $81. I guess it's different in the EU where shipping is a couple dollars but they get taxed hard, so a $60 price tag doesn't accrue as much as say ShowZ $80 with free shipping. But for me it's who has it cheaper for total shipping included,, $60 price tag means nothing for a good deal when it's $21 shipping..

 

All true but at the end it is all just still speculation untill I see them on Aliexpress, it might be they want to make the same amount of profit and will be priced at $75/80 like the NA set.
If so it will be a costly set with the added 21% tax, that is why I hope they range it at $60 so with the added tax it will be around the same as you will pay at Show Z.

Edit: the good days are over of getting it very cheap, main reason to avoid the higher priced sellers unless they are the only 1 with stock left.

 

Which makes me think their current color scheme isn't their first choice, maybe due to limitation of nylon.

 

in perspective, it’s not that bad... Not $405 + tax and shipping bad.