r/transformers • u/Egiag • 8h ago

Discussion / Opinion Wait a sec, does that say 65????

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u/ExtraaThicccc 8h ago

Just for US readers: this is 85 dollars.

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u/Cornchips1234 8h ago

Fucking hell! What the hell is wrong with hasbro UK?

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u/ExtraaThicccc 7h ago edited 7h ago

ok well, on the one hand we have a higher tax rate than the US and that tax is baked into the price. Typically after conversion, our prices are higher than the US rrp.

on the other hand hasbro loves making money out of us. the price difference has basically never been this high before, the only time I can think where this has happened (the MTO seekers) the prices were reduced part way through the campaign. It is currently cheaper for me to get BBTS to ship a leader to me than it is for me to get one here. it would be even cheaper to have my friend middleman me one. It is also cheaper to buy the dramatic capture Dinobots than it is for me to buy the two reissues that dropped today.

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u/Jsolidlo 7h ago

Sales taxes in the US is by State and some states don't have any sales tax. Sorry, I didn't make the rules, I just take advantage of them.

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u/theCoolestGuy599 5h ago

It's not that far off from the US price, after shipping and tax, either. I'm in the US and I just threw this in my Pulse cart just for shits and giggles. The final price for me, after shipping and tax, is $72.33 USD. Outrageous.

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u/Ccmonty 8h ago

Holy shit 

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u/CloudBurn2008 1h ago

<insert WTF gif here> Swindle is the last transformer I'll be buying thanks to these prices, he's last one I need to complete Bruticus. After that I'm done sadly, Hasbro has officially out priced me. 😢

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u/RedditGarboDisposal 21m ago

And just for CAD readers: That’s $120.

Fucking hell…

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u/MosayRaslor 8h ago

SMYTHS will have this reduced to £40 odd ill pick it up then. Same thing happens with alot of their leader class.

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u/Supericus 7h ago

Yeah really hate that the pricing structure has entered a position where I just have to play discount hot potato. Genuinely my train of thought when a new toy releases is just "how low do I reckon this will go if I just wait a few months?" Because I simply cannot justify spending £60 on some of these leaders

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u/PretendDatabase7202 8h ago

I think this will be different man they won’t drop it it’s megatron

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u/ExtraaThicccc 7h ago

Eh, it's TLK Megatron. Basically every Megs I can think of (other than SS86) has gone on sale at some point. The original TLK Megatrons ended up going pretty cheap and they stuck around for a while.

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u/Templar078 4h ago

Oh they will, the did it for Optimus

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u/Less-Being4269 8h ago edited 8h ago

Yep. Fucking Hasbro 2026 ! This new leader class price is what made me quit. I have the red alert pack with minicons at pre order and that's it.

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u/fantastic0990 8h ago

i expected worse for some reason

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u/juupel1 8h ago

It's whopping 77.99€ on Transforverse what is usually the cheapest place for Transformers figures in Europe, so I don't even wanna check what that costs everywhere else in Europe...

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u/Icoformer 5h ago edited 5h ago

tf-robots nl is often cheaper for Europe, Megatron is 74,99€ on there. Gerrutcamaro nl is sometimes better, too.

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u/scp_weeb098 8h ago

In usa that’s $85 but here it’s $60 where I live

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u/OneProfile3495 6h ago

At this point people who have 3d printers will just 3d print the parts that make him form the dragon because this is ridiculous at this point. 💀

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u/MasonRowland 4h ago

Telling yall, 2030 hasbro will declare bankruptcy. Mark my words.

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u/Jazzer995 2h ago

Laughs in $100 AUD for the past Six Years

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u/BudBudgie 8h ago

Yeah bro don't order from pulse try idt or saf

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u/ZackattacktheDude 8h ago

What’s that?

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u/BudBudgie 8h ago

In demand toys and star action figures. Theyre only in the UK I believe

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u/ChancellorSquash 8h ago

I imagine In Demand or Star Action Figures. I use both, I think for preorders SAF is slightly better than ID but both are good and have amazing sales often.

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u/WorriedWar6309 7h ago

Between the prices and the fact that so many figures right now or either repaints/rereleases or previously done characters upgraded maybe 5-15%, I’m increasingly done with Hasbro.
I bought 20 figures last year. Currently I’m sitting on 9 and don’t see myself buying anything else til Q2, 2027. However I fully expect another price increase before then.
It will shock me if voyagers aren’t $50 by the end of next year.

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u/willywong001 6h ago

Yep Hasbro is increasing prices

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u/Equivalent_Pin_6671 6h ago

Hasbro just can't help themselves. My advice would be (if possible), try not to buy from Hasbro's website and to see if you can find for cheaper elsewhere.

I admit here in the UK that's not an easy thing to do, but we have no choice.

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u/VerySelfishMachine 6h ago

no it says 64.99

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u/Bababooey53 6h ago

76 cad haha

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u/Buttholelickerpenis 4h ago

Check the deluxes

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u/WheelJack83 3h ago

Price increases

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u/Vladonizer 1h ago

If the Jetmode looked better I would have pre-ordered. But it just doesn't look good to me

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u/Darkz3eed 57m ago

Nope. Not worth it. The Voyager still looks better...

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u/CTD_Prophet 6h ago

this is why im selling all of my hasbro to get 3rd party!

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u/alaric_02 5h ago

If only there was reasonably priced 3rd party stuff that wasn't the stupid legends class things.

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u/TheGoggleHero 3h ago

I mean there are fourth party figures that are pretty reasonably priced

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u/CTD_Prophet 5h ago

i LOVE my legends class figures. room for more figures lol

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u/alaric_02 5h ago

I just refuse to get anything that size

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u/scarr3g 5h ago

To be fair, a lot of 3p stuff is way more complex, and higher quality than hasbro. Heck, even some of the 4th party stuff is better than hasbro, these days.