Well, good news for our friends in Germany, user Nevermore Spotted both Combiner Wars Megatron’s at a Toys’R’Us in the city of Essen and then again at Duisburg. Hopefully the rest of Europe will be getting these in soon as well! Discuss this and check out the rest of his picture after the jump!
Underwear
Yes I agree $60 is a ridiculous pricing. I'm from Asia & I can empathise with you bro. For that same amount we can buy a TT version.
Usually for me I'll wait for my local TRU to have a discount promo or clearance sale. Only then I will purchase 'em. Do the TRU in Germany have discount promos or clearance sales for their TF stuff?
Darkstone
The simplicity isn’t a fault on this toy for me, it really is exactly as complex as it needs to be, but a factor which plays into the value I'm inclined to pay for. If this would be priced similar to what I pay in Japan and available in a shop near me, I would pick him up next Monday. Sadly not the case.
But he is released in Germany now, at least I can wait and pick him up for a better price in the future.
SPLIT LIP
Simpler? He's not really. I mean, he's simpler compared to a movie Leader, but he's exactly as complex as he needs to be. He's still every bit a leader class TF, only without shitty electronics.
Though regardless $60 isn't what I'd pay anyway. I'm waiting for a sale myself.
Darkstone
Isn’t stopping it from being ridiculous. Especially for simpler Leader-class toys like Megatron.
SPLIT LIP
That's what leaders have always cost outside the US. (well, in Canada)
Nevermore
Found at the TRU store in Krefeld as well:
Darkstone
This. If I buy the Takara-version from a Japanese retailer I pay about the same with shipping and taxes. And in the case of smaller figures which are free from taxes it's generally cheaper, even with shipping. And we're talking Takara, that's usually better/more paint as well. Not in this case, but still.
It's sad because I like the thought of buying these toys in a store near me for a good price, but this is just too much and we don't even get the full wave as it looks now.
Nevermore
Sometimes it's still cheaper even after import takes, which only makes it worse.
Max Rawhide
Pst, look at his location. He actually lives in Germany, the country in the topic .
I think his post was in reference that most European TF collectors know they can import it for cheaper. Which is ridiculous when you think about it: buying it in another country (USA or Asia) and transport it all over the world by plane is cheaper than getting it in a local store. (Well, at least if you're not screwed over by having to pay import taxes.)
Pavol Palat
Welcome to EU pricing. 60+ EUR for leaders, 30+ for voyagers and 20+ for deluxes. And it's been like that síce always, even when USD:EUR was 1 : 1.3
Darkstone
60 bucks?
Nevermore
EDIT: The alleged sighting of wave 2 in the UK was actually a photo from Canada…
That's the funny thing about etymology: Sometimes a place's name evolves over time to resemble a word from the same language, even though the word and the place's name ave different origins. Essen's name originated with an abbey named "Astnidhi" or "coenobium Astnide".
By the way: Essen was home to the Krupp family, who founded one of Germany's largest steelmaking corporations (now merged with former competitor Thyssen into ThyssenKrupp). During World War II, Essen was known as the "Armory of the Reich".
These days the city has a less threatening nickname, calling itself "The Shopping City".
Skullhammer
Nooooooooo
Skullhammer
Yep, but there are even worse town/village names translated: Fucking, Drugs, Idiottown, Chickenland, Dogair, Hungry Wolf, Killer, Sugarfabric…
BLOODRAGED189
So… there's a German city named Food?
swordwing2117
Try dracik.sk I saw RID Bumblebee there for 18 euros.
Nevermore
Meanwhile, Hasbro Germany apparently confirmed one way or another that Combiner Wars wave 2 will be skipped in Germany, and the next wave to be released at domestic retail will be wave 3 in July.
Seriously, Hasbro. What the hell. First solid cases of RID Warrior Drift, now this. Don't you want to sell your products or what?
cybertron_chris
…found them today at recklinghausen tru and dortmund tru. But no wave 2, everything else is wave 1
BW megatron
unfortunatemly you are probably right, but i was hoping to at least still get wave 2 here. After that it normally ends here.
Rediculous target prices is what usually kills TF sales over here.
jbot
So he's sixty Euro? Am I seeing that right?