Henkei Skywarp and Thundercracker question

[Wodicus]

Well I have been looking into getting these guys through a friend of mine living in Japan, though I got a question or two I hope someone can answer for me. I have heard that they are a Takara Hobby Store exclusive and I was wondering if that means Takara has their own stores or is that their on line store? And does anyone know when these two are going to be released?

[blitz]

They are toy store exclusives. I'd like to know what the final price you can get them at.

http://www.takaratomy.co.jp/products...ent/event.html
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...imited-164972/

[Wodicus]

That sounds like to me the only way to get these figures is to pre-order them, or am I misreading that and they will be available at Japanese retail?

[lars573]

Originally Posted by Wodicus

Well I have been looking into getting these guys through a friend of mine living in Japan, though I got a question or two I hope someone can answer for me. I have heard that they are a Takara Hobby Store exclusive and I was wondering if that means Takara has their own stores or is that their on line store? And does anyone know when these two are going to be released?

1) One of them Toy hobby market (Takara version of HTS essentially), Skywarp IIRC. Thunercracker is from a different site, ganbo-store.com.
2)September. They are taking pre-orders till July 20th. Then they are going to do the production run based on demand.

Originally Posted by blitz

They are toy store exclusives. I'd like to know what the final price you can get them at.

They are 3000 Yen each. Plus shipping to the Japanese address you provide, another 1000 Yen. The $120+ for both or $75 each is due to western online stores having to pay those above costs plus EMS to get it to them and some profit. Robotkingdom has them for pre-order at $60. There in Hong Kong so their overhead is less.

[Sunstar]

I got mine preordered from my Sister in law in Japan.

[blitz]

Originally Posted by lars573

They are 3000 Yen each. Plus shipping to the Japanese address you provide, another 1000 Yen. The $120+ for both or $75 each is due to western online stores having to pay those above costs plus EMS to get it to them and some profit. Robotkingdom has them for pre-order at $60. There in Hong Kong so their overhead is less.

Thanks, I'm trying to compare prices. Like tfsource.com sells the set for $134.95 Mint Box + $20 Shipping to Canada - Priority Mail International.

[pandaprime]

Are these two figures still available from any Canadian online retailer?

[miasboytoy]

what about automation toys.....