Amazon.ca Transformers Sightings and discussion

[theoneyouknowleast]

Preordering on amazon.com with the shipping import taxes etc, comes out to $175 CAD, which is the same as buying on .ca and paying 13% Ont Tax ..... so probably cheaper for members in other provinces with lower taxes.

Assuming .ca even ships it to you <anger> coneheads </anger>

[neevnav]

Ah that's my bad. Normally when I order from .com the currency converter is enabled, I thought by it was $140 CAD. But alas, it's $140 USD and that's a little steep for me.

[Banshee]

With the current exchange rate, it's roughly 14$ cheaper to order from .com (shipped to Quebec). I'll keep both preorders for now, and see how it goes. That canadian price is rough.

[SimianProphet]

To save money, I'm tempted to place this order from amazon.com, and have it shipped to a US postal box; with fingers crossed that the border has re-opened (and stayed open) by then!

[RNSrobot]

Originally Posted by Brian12

The JP collab set is now available for preorder on .ca https://www.amazon.ca/Hasbro-F0632-T...4999359&sr=8-1

155$ tho…doesn’t 105 usd convert to 130cad? And there’s no guarantee we’ll even get these on release lol. Rodimus Primal on YouTube speculates that there will be a 2nd run around Christmas that might have wider distribution so might be better to wait til that time?

Price points are not dictated by currency exchange.

[MapleMegatron]

I'm gonna wait for a sale, a bit too rich for my blood.

[CyberDragon10K]

I can safely say this JP collab is the only one to tempt me, as much as I figured they (all) were too esoteric/not my thing, but $155 CAD is a spicy meatball and I've already diverted fun money towards other things anyway.

If it sells out completely before a price drop to a "reasonable" amount, oh well.

[SimianProphet]

Amazon US preorders look to be sold out already, so having the set shipped to a US parcel pickup location is no longer an option...

And the canadian set being almost $175 after taxes isn't doing it any favours...

[The Nemesis]

$155 for the set off .ca?



Good god. I was figuring it might top out at $135-$140, maybe $150 if they got greedy. But $155 for a bundled Leader/Deluxe combo is... yikes. It almost feels like a test to see how firmly by the balls Hasbro has the collector market by gauging just how much of a "OMG Special collector's item!" premium they can stick on a figure/set and still get people into a frenzy over it.


Honestly I'd buy the jeep if it came individually (for less than $50), but the T-Rex doesn't do it for me. I have BW Megs to fill my organic T-Rex transformer niche and this versions' kinda blah headsculpt and unattractive bot color setup don't help sway me at all.

[SimianProphet]

Amazon US pre-orders for Jurassic Park set are back up.
Cheaper than Canada, especially if you can ship to a US location (and trust that borders will be open)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096GC12QX

I placed my order to a US parcel pickup location, with current exchange rates that put the cost of the order at $141.19 CAN. Still expensive, but over $30 cheaper than buying from amazon.ca