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Originally Posted by MapleMegatron
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Not really. This is a con exclusive. Anyone familiar with Botcon exclusives (which werent even great retools like this) are used to them. And with an edge card it's cheaper than what our fellow American friends are paying for it..
basically it's an exclusive Botcon 2 pack for $53 USD of a toy people have been asking for in ages with an interactive backdrop to recreate a Beast Wars scene. If you were never into this kind of stuff, yeah sure, kinda pricey, but that's the name of the game.
Tapes havent been $10 in a while and it's not like that interactive backdrop is free either. And deluxes are also no longer $30. Plus with edge, it comes out to 65.96. So at most, this toy (with edge card) is maybe $10 overpriced, which doesnt seem that bad for a con exclusive.
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Value-wise, this exclusive is a horrible price compared to last year's pit of judgement, which was a far more compelling overall package at $89.99 CAD. Not saying this isn't a great figure or that he's not something people have been wanting, he for sure is, but ultimately the price is a huge jump in comparison.
Actually, all the exclusives this year seem quite overpriced, except
maybe the MODOK. Last year's Snake Supreme Cobra Commander was $39.99 CAD from EB ($29.99 US), while the Zartan this year is $62.99 CAD despite only being $36.99 USD... $7 US increase but a $23 CAD increase. There is not a $23 value increase in this Zartan over last year's CC.
Last year's Hellfire Club was an absolute steal compared to any of this year's stuff. $99.99 CAD for four figures with lots of accessories in a beautiful custom box.
Oh, they also upped the price on Ravage... the original press-release announcing it back in July had him listed at $44.99 USD.
In CAD, let's say this is a $39.99 deluxe rather than $33.99 as per current pricing, combine it with, lets say $15 for the G1 tape (even though that's closer to the price of the mainline two packs of tapes/micromasters), plus $5 for box/art, that seems more reasonable at $59.99 CAD (before any discounts like EDGE). $52.99 US/$72.99 CAD MSRP is just gross.
I also get that there are lots of distribution/shipping issues worldwide right now, combined with increasing costs on plastics and the like, but I don't know how you can argue that this pricing is in line with previous Pulsecon exclusives, because when you compare it to last year, it's not at all.
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Originally Posted by MapleMegatron
(Post 848260)
The places that were selling some where I am were completely sold out. And the Pulse preorder sold out. This boi is hot. And it's the kind of set that could easily go for $200 in a year's time. People aint gonna miss out on that.
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They haven't gone up for order on Pulse yet. Still marked as "Coming Soon" with this listed under the product description "COMING THIS FALL AT PULSE CON 2021! MORE DETAILS TO COME. SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER TO STAY UP TO DATE!".
Also, Gamestop will have more to order through the website once Pulsecon is live (or shortly after), just like the exclusives last year. Their main distribution has inventory beyond the limited number that got sent out early to the shops. Hopefully like the previous exclusives, there'll be enough available to provide a reasonable window of opportunity to snag them.
