holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

I haven't bought a transformer in store in a while but Earthspark is amazing. The style is like Animated meets Prime. But this little bumblebee was 36 CAD. Ouch! Hes so cool... But he was more expensive than anything i bought this week.



I guess i value him that much... But dang... This hobby is going to transform my wallet into a desert. Lol.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

I suggest not visiting a Toys R Us. lol

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

yeah, and better only buy the figure you really wants.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

Friendly reminder TRU wants $350 MSRP +tax for titan-class now
https://www.toysrus.ca/en/Transforme.../243EE8F7.html

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

yup, it's been a topic of discussion for the last year as it's been one price increase after another, considering that they pretty much doubled in price when Siege came out.

Many got out of the hobby, many stopped being completionists, and many have really reduced the number of figures to only their "must-have" ones.

For me, I spent a fortune in the last few years to catch up and do much of what I consider what I wanted to "complete" my collection (including getting more into the lower priced 3rd parties stuff too) and now it's just a few now and then, almost just a trickle as not much appeals to me as of late and it's all good.

So it's all about being picky and know what you want, considering that so many figures have had quality issues lately.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

Waiting and buying later, as opposed to the gotta have it first day of release, will stretch dollars further.

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Frick that. I got this guy for just under $200 shipped from Amazon.com when he was on sale. Toysrus is a joke at this point.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

Unless the you you want sells out quickly and they don't make more of them, causing the resale price to skyrocket. You're always taking a risk.

I recently got into robot model kits and the fact that the kits are steadily reprinted makes the whole thing so much less stressful.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

This is what happened to me with Jetfire. I got back into collecting right at the tail end of Siege and thought to myself I'd just pick up Jetfire when he's on sale. Boy was i wrong.

Re: holy crap transformers are expensive!
 

SG jetfire for 40% premium for me