Will you over pay to make sure you get something?

[Xtreme987]

Originally Posted by Einstein

Where are people seeing him on Canadian sites, I haven't seen the Combaticons on any of the sites to the right

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/genera...s/?sort=newest

[Tonestar]

Originally Posted by Xtreme987

http://www.agesthreeandup.com/genera...s/?sort=newest

Canucktibles.ca has them on pre-order as well in Canadian dollars.

[Megatron75]

Originally Posted by Sun Swipe Prime

Thanks guys. I came about the number when I first started collecting again way when. I ran around town trying to find older classics figures, which wasted a lot of gas.

A few times I passed up on some deluxes at speciality stores for around $25. Most of the time I ended up going back for them, wasting more gas, and it was an even bigger waste when someone else scooped them.

Too funny. I did the exact same thing when I got back into collecting again. There was the cost of gas but I used to get frustrated about the waste of time too. Sometimes full evening were wasted driving around looking for things that hadn't been there in months. Ahhh...the early days of collecting.

[steamwhistle]

The Toy Trove prices are in Canadian $$$, so at least there is cost certainty there, without a fluctuating exchange rate. You could pre-order the figures there for $115 CDN plus shipping and taxes. I have bought a number of figures from The Toy Trove -- great to deal with.

Even comparing your estimate of $160 pre-order vs. $130 retail, that is about $6 per figure. Pre-order saves a bit of the hassle of time and travel trying to find the figures at retail. It might be worth the $$ from 1 extra Jr.A game to know you'll be getting the Combaticons, especially since you know you want them so much.

[Shockwave 75]

I got thrown a couple extra shifts so I was able to put in my order early.

I decided to go with Toy Trove because as others said, they have their stuff all in Canadian prices, and frankly, they were the cheapest! They were also the only place that was offering CW Shockwave individually. Most others you could only buy all 4 new legends together.

It cost $161 and change for all 5 Combatacons and Shocky, which is pretty good. Like I said initially, it would cost about $130 to get them all in store, and the extra $30 is easily what I would spend driving around trying to find them all.