****ing hasbro israel!!(rant)

dedicon · Post by **dedicon** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 12:41 pm

im sick of it.demending 80-100 shekels(4.5 shekels is 1 dollar) for deluxe,50-60 for a basic and a whooping 400 for unicron.
but now,they want 340 shekels for frickin energon optimus prime!!
340 shekels for a fatimus!and the show hasnt even started on israel,so other than the 20-60 collectors in israel no one will get near the thing.and then they will cry howcome transformers can make its big return world wide and in here they bearly sell...
damn them!damn them all to ****ing oblivion!!

Piranacon · Post by **Piranacon** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 2:19 pm

get on ebay dude.
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Nevermore · Post by **Nevermore** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:06 pm

dedicon, it appears Israel and Germany have more in common than some might believe...

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 7:10 am

My symphaties. Unfortunately yours is not the only case.

Hasbro Nordic (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland?) has had trouble getting toys to the shops. It seems the last of Armada we get, was Rhinox, Terrorsaur, Hoist deluxe wave. Now it seems they're moving onto Energon. No latest minicons, no Wheeljack, Cheetor, Airazor, Skywarp, Overload etc.

Quess if we're irritated here.

dedicon · Post by **dedicon** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:25 am

Originally posted by Osku
My symphaties. Unfortunately yours is not the only case.

Hasbro Nordic (Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland?) has had trouble getting toys to the shops. It seems the last of Armada we get, was Rhinox, Terrorsaur, Hoist deluxe wave. Now it seems they're moving onto Energon. No latest minicons, no Wheeljack, Cheetor, Airazor, Skywarp, Overload etc.

Quess if we're irritated here.

osku,we are almost in the same position.we never got wheeljack and skywarp and overload.we got the powerlinks(including red thrust) and airazor in the very end of the line.
but its not only the disterbution im upset about.its the price tag!

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 12:18 pm

Originally posted by dedicon
osku,we are almost in the same position.we never got wheeljack and skywarp and overload.we got the powerlinks(including red thrust) and airazor in the very end of the line.
but its not only the disterbution im upset about.its the price tag!

Did I mention the Armada prices in Finland (cheapest ones)?
Minicons 10.95 euros ~ 58 shekels ~ 13 $
Deluxes 16.95 euros ~ 89 shekels ~ 20 $
Maxis 32.95 euros ~ 173 shekels ~ 39 $
Ultras 39.95 euros ~ 210 shekels ~ 47.5 $

It seems Energon is going to be a bit cheaper though.

RID Scourge · Post by **RID Scourge** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 8:45 pm

Yeah, Hasbro likes to give their international markets the shaft. Although, I'm from the states, this is another reason that I look down on Hasbro.

dedicon · Post by **dedicon** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 9:25 pm

Originally posted by Osku
Did I mention the Armada prices in Finland (cheapest ones)?
Minicons 10.95 euros ~ 58 shekels ~ 13 $
Deluxes 16.95 euros ~ 89 shekels ~ 20 $
Maxis 32.95 euros ~ 173 shekels ~ 39 $
Ultras 39.95 euros ~ 210 shekels ~ 47.5 $

It seems Energon is going to be a bit cheaper though.

what are the energon prices?

Osku · Post by **Osku** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 1:47 pm

Originally posted by dedicon
what are the energon prices?

So far we've seen basic and deluxe toys.
Basic 9,95 euros
Deluxe 15,95 euros

In deluxe it's not much. But to be able to buy basic toy with "only" 10 euros is much easier to rationalise than paying over 10 euros for one.

For the record, I understand why the prices are higher here. I don't have so much trouble with that, because shops usually sell the toys cheaper than Hasbro's recommended prices (those are ridiculous...). I'm angry because it's hard (about impossible) to find the toys and we won't get the whole line, especially because the best molds come usually in the end of the line. Same happened with BW, we didn't get the late TM2 toys.

Knightdramon · Post by **Knightdramon** » Mon Aug 30, 2004 3:36 pm

Yes, we get ripped off here in europe.

It's a bargain for us europeans, Armada Optimus Prime [the bigger one] goes for only 30 euro in greece.

Same goes for Ultra Magnus and Prime from RID.

But Energon prime...whoah, that's 50 euro they are asking for!