The Montreal/Quebec Local Fans Banter Thread

[xelement24x]

Originally Posted by Protoman

For me, I guess I am burned out on Megatron and if I am looking for a good ol EVIL character, I get it more out of a Fallen release, or Bludgeon, or Thunderwing, or hell Unicron.

How about Overlord aka Gigatron? I feel hes much more menasing and badass than megatron. Both the name and his overall look are quite intimidating. I mean he uses a shuttle as a shield.....only chuck norris could be capable of such a trait.

Originally Posted by Kristal

also im dissapointed in the US's BS law about Kinder Surprises because they'res a toy inside and American kids are dumbasses and think that the little plastic egg inside is not candy and choke.

LMAO

...also, did you guys hear the good news? Thundercracker has appeared in retail...WHERES MY OPTIMUS! i want that trailer!

[Grayfox]

Originally Posted by xelement24x

I mean he uses a shuttle as a shield.....only chuck norris could be capable of such a trait.

Actually, the shuttle will use him as a shield.

[pulsedragon20]

Originally Posted by Kristal

Ahhh customs. I need to send things to my friend in maryland (huge box of stuff. tons of candies and toys) and i wonder if i can label it as a gift and try not to get nailed by the border.

It depends, even if you mark something as a "gift" it can still get hit by customs if the "declared value" is too high (I managed to send something to NY for $165 without getting hit). However, if you mark something too low and it gets lost or damaged you kinda screwed too.

Also, it might be cheaper to send a lot of little packages as opposed to a huge one since everything goes by weight.


Here is what's available from Canadapost (I excluded Xpresspost because it's really expensive to the US):

***don't forget that since it's Xmas, shipping is kind of funky so go to Canadapost to see the suggested mailing dates (http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/pers...ay/default.jsf)***

1) Small Packet GROUND:
-NO tracking
-NO insurance allowed
-2-4 weeks

2) Small Packet AIR:
-NO tracking
-NO insurance allowed
-1-2.5 weeks

3) Expedited:
-WITH tracking
-NO insurance but can be ADDED for extra $1+ (depends on how much you want to insure)
-4-14 days

[SMOG]

Megatron = Walken in Sleepy Hollow. LOL! It's those pointy teeth!

Yeah, if the marked value is over $60, you'll get nailed for customs, gift or not. For big ticket stuff, you pretty much have to have it marked as "gift" AND undervalued on the shipping label.

Of course, you might get lucky... sometimes it's like they don't notice it, but you absolutely can't count on that.

zmog

[pulsedragon20]

During the holiday season it's easier to get away with a bigger value.


***make sure to include a card clearly stating it's a gift, because it makes it more "official"***

[Magnus]

Originally Posted by xelement24x

...also, did you guys hear the good news? Thundercracker has appeared in retail...WHERES MY OPTIMUS! i want that trailer!

Did you just hear about that or did you actually SEE Thundercracker in a store?

[Pascal]

anemis saw a few in St-Bruno but it might just be a fluke, just like the GDO Scouts we have in Drummondville.

[Magnus]

Wow, I was going to TRU St. Bruno once every week for a while and never stumbled upon TC. I'd also go see at TRU Brossard and nothing there either!

If anyone happens upon a GDO Hotspot, please grab it for me!!

[dabra_dmp]

Ok I made some digging and There no Wave 3-4 of transformers prime on Kijiji or on ebay (that comes from quebec). I also look in the time factor of Protoman post which was yesterday at 12:21pm. Still nothing on kijiji or ebay. I made my monthly tour of toys on fire and legend action figure last Wednesday and toys on fire has that wave but it's was with the Hub logo so it's the US stuff. So i'm pretty sure we don't have a scalper here. Maybe just normal people buying toy for Christmas. If there really his a scalper around here he don't sell his loot now.

[Undrave]

Originally Posted by dabra_dmp

Ok I made some digging and There no Wave 3-4 of transformers prime on Kijiji or on ebay (that comes from quebec). I also look in the time factor of Protoman post which was yesterday at 12:21pm. Still nothing on kijiji or ebay. I made my monthly tour of toys on fire and legend action figure last Wednesday and toys on fire has that wave but it's was with the Hub logo so it's the US stuff. So i'm pretty sure we don't have a scalper here. Maybe just normal people buying toy for Christmas. If there really his a scalper around here he don't sell his loot now.

Maybe it's one of those crazies who buys multiple copies just so he can keep one Mint In Box and display the other one!

Or worse, TWO display, one for each mode!!