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[martin-montreal]

Megatron HISS

https://twitter.com/_CIAD_/status/1496898858059993088

[martin-montreal]

I ordered my Trooper / Officer sets

https://hasbropulse.com/

[martin-montreal]

That HISS looks nice, but do I need another HISS? 🤔

[B]

i like the troopers but that's $52cdn before shipping.... so probably like what $75 CDN all in?

[martin-montreal]

I took 2 boxes, so it's 127.59 USD

[canprime]

I took 2 boxes, so it's 127.59 USD

Yikes, that is $163.29CDN, or $40.82 each figure. 

I so want to get in on this line, but the price is killing me.  I mean it is a 60% increase versus the US price (exchange rate adjusted).  Shipping definitely doesn't help, but in the end $40.82 per figure!!!


As for the rest.  I WANT ALL THE CLASSIFIED FIGURES!!!!!! 

That Megatron/HISS is exactly what I have wanted for years from Hasbro, and finally we get it, and it scales with the ARAH figures!!!!  My 10 year old self is jumping for joy still.

I have preordered the Megatron/HISS and Stalker and the Twins.  I want to get the Viper 3 pack, but I need will wait a bit to see if it sells out online at the local retailers.

[martin-montreal]

I so want to get in on this line, but the price is killing me.  I mean it is a 60% increase versus the US price (exchange rate adjusted).  Shipping definitely doesn't help, but in the end $40.82 per figure!!!

I totally agree. Here is the break down:

Subtotal: $83.98
Shipping: $26.99

CANADA GST: $5.55
QUEBEC QST: $11.07

Total: $127.59 USD

[B]

I so want to get in on this line, but the price is killing me.  I mean it is a 60% increase versus the US price (exchange rate adjusted).  Shipping definitely doesn't help, but in the end $40.82 per figure!!!

I totally agree. Here is the break down:

Subtotal: $83.98
Shipping: $26.99

CANADA GST: $5.55
QUEBEC QST: $11.07

Total: $127.59 USD

AGREED! I want this line to keep going but its too much for me....ARRGH

[canprime]

Yeah pre-pandemic me would have been all in on the new O-ring no questions asked.

However post (current) pandemic me is being much more selective on what I get, thanks mostly due to the price increases.

I got in on the Skystriker, so I'll get some new O-ring figures that way, and that will probably further wreck my willpower.  However until then I can probably stay strong.

Also it helps that Classified is killing it right now.  Why pay $40CDN+ for an O-ring figure when I can get the Classified version for less in most cases?  Nostalgia is a killer on the wallet, but there are limits.

Also it doesn't help that different companies are also doing retro lines for cheaper.  I am currently collecting the Masters Of The Universe: Origins line.  They started out at $15 and can still be found for less than $20 in a lot of cases.  Yes the prices on them are going up as well, and they aren't exact replicas of the original MOTU line, but when compared to O-ring, they are a much better value.

[martin-montreal]

What I don't understand with that retro o-ring line, is their choice of fig. They start with SS/SE probably because of the popularity of these characters. Then Cobre troopers, Duke and CC... I mean why not starting at the begening with the O13: Hawk, Breaker, Short-Fuse, Stalker, etc.

Not sure why they started with a mix of figs from 1983 and 1984.

[Pete The Greek]

42 US for two army builders?  Come on.

[martin-montreal]

42 US for two army builders?  Come on.

Agree. But I see this as a way to get MOC fig and to let them in package as I can't afford vintage figs MOC. I just hope they will do most of the 1983-1985 series.

And hopefully 6-pack for army builders.