Tripredacus agent wrote:I thought botcons were only allowed to be repaints of older molds, surely Thrust counts as a new figure? Either way I feel cheated by hasbro.
Counterpunch wrote:reanimate28 wrote:**** you botcon ...**** rip off douche bags
Someone woke up on the wrong side of $280...
Liege Evilmus wrote:Any Chance they might break down like SDCC did with Rodimus and have Hasbro offer these online?
COME ON, MAYBE IF WE ALL CLICK OUR HEELS AND BITCH ENOUGH...
tentagil wrote:Somebody on the Club forums started looking at some old bills and paperwork and found his receipt from the 2003 Botcon. Here is his cost breakdown.
Reg - $40
Toy 1 (1st at reduced price) - $30 (Sideswipe)
Toy 1 (2nd at regular price) - $36
Toy 2 (1st at reduced price) - $60 (Two pack Roulette and Shadow Striker)
Toy 2 (2nd at regular price) - $65
Tshirt - $18
Dinner - $70
------------
Total $319
So even if he jsut bought one of each figure he would have spent
Reg - $40
Toy 1 (1st at reduced price) - $30 (Sideswipe a deluxe)
Toy 2 (1st at reduced price) - $60 (Two pack Roulette and Shadow Striker two deluxes)
Tshirt - $18
Dinner - $70
------------
Total $218
Now the current Botcon breakdown.
Primus Package
Registration
Five Figures (four deluxes and one voyager)
Bonus figure if attending the con (probably a basic but not know yet)
Dinner
-----------
$279
Now you don't get a T-Shirt, but your getting more figures then 2003, and its only 60 dollars more. So its not like they made some massive price hike when they moved to Fun Pub. In fact the price per figure is actually cheaper since you've got a voyager mold involved.
And if you want to go nonmember price, then its only ten dollars more for it then what he spent to get six figures, two of each. So your still getting a better deal with the current Botcon
Of course some people are still going to complain about the price, and I can understand that, but lets be honest people, these are exclusive small run figures. Where Hasbro runs probably ten to twenty thousand of each figure probably more, Funpup is running around a fifteen hundred. Their cost is higher, so your cost is higher.
They aren't doing this to screw the fans, but they are a business and they do have to make a profit. I think the price is high as well, but I went ahead and ordered my box set and an extra bagged set because I decided that high as the cost is, it was worth it to me.
tacogrande wrote:How is hasbro justified by doing this?
Return to Transformers Toys Discussion
Registered users: Bing [Bot], Fires_Of_Inferno, Google [Bot], Google Adsense [Bot], Jelze Bunnycat, Majestic-12 [Bot], MSN [Bot], Stormshot_Prime, Yahoo [Bot]