the end is near?

Piranacon · Post by **Piranacon** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:25 pm

ok not really but this could be an end to leagle TF collecting could TFs be the next underground items for sale?

http://www.kvue.com/news/top/stories/01 ... a87af.html

hopefuly we can find out more about this soon

Commander Megatron · Post by **Commander Megatron** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:29 pm

Piranacon if you hear anything else then let us all know!

Piranacon · Post by **Piranacon** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 1:36 pm

here is the full write up of the law

http://www.cpsc.gov/library/foia/advisory/317.pdf

i belive use vintage collectors are safe its the ones taht are trying to get current toys on the secondary market that will be hurting. but then again this could all jsut end up being ignored anyways lol

Post by **Time Traveller** » Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:09 pm

i think you're overreacting. From skimming the actual legal documents, what this is about is to get retailers to withhold or recall stock of children's products that is known to fail the upcoming 90ppm lead content test. it has nothing to do with resalers, collecting, etc. it just means walmart has to take toys with 660ppm>lead content>90ppm off the shelves.

S0und_wave · Post by **S0und_wave** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:36 am

Everyone take whats left while u still can

Commander Megatron · Post by **Commander Megatron** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:08 am

It looks like Belfast on the twelfth of July!

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:19 am

S0und_wave wrote:Everyone take whats left while u still can

I imagine thats what walmart looked like the day the Starscream Masterpiece came out. Stinkin scalpers

Thats what black friday looks like here in the states. For pete's sake someone was killed this year from being trampled to death.

captainamerica · Post by **captainamerica** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:44 am

don't forget the two that shot each other, dinobot.

And I picked up a pair of MP Screamers on clearance, there was no madness for them down here.

cyclone · Post by **cyclone** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:08 am

S0und_wave wrote:Everyone take whats left while u still can

In Australia oyu don't need to go to that much trouble to get through a police line.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=TdnAaQ0n5-8

Ramjet · Post by **Ramjet** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 12:44 pm

captainamerica wrote:And I picked up a pair of MP Screamers on clearance, there was no madness for them down here.

Hate you.

Dirge · Post by **Dirge** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:39 pm

i looked for one and couldnt find one so i hate you too

Razorclaw · Post by **Razorclaw** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:42 pm

How peacefully the new year begins!!

We never got any MPs here

(at least from big stores) so, i hate you all!!!

Dirge · Post by **Dirge** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 2:50 pm

thats not nice

Banzai-Tron · Post by **Banzai-Tron** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:30 pm

We had 6 MP Starscreams that sat on the shelf for months. For some stupid reason, even *I* didn't buy one. I'm not positive... I think they eventually shipped them back.

Galvatron · Post by **Galvatron** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 7:37 pm

a couple weeks ago, I was at my comic shop and they had the G1 MP Starscream.

Sideways · Post by **Sideways** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:44 pm

The problem in my area was that half the stores didn't get the merch. I never ONCE saw SS at my store, nor do we have the anniversary prime..

Razorclaw · Post by **Razorclaw** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:07 pm

A friend of mine who is also a collector found some MPs at a small store.Of course,the price was almost double than of that you can find on the net.

Computron · Post by **Computron** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 6:27 am

When I got my MP SS there was five one day then 4 the next. There was no big rush in N Florida either. I was talking to a guy who was getting one about TFs when a random lady came up, saw how stoked we both were, and asked "is this the big gift for Christmas?" I said Ah, no, unless the person is our age(the guy and mine). So she put it back and went on her merry way.
Both the 20th and 25th aniv Prime would sit for a long time on shelves. They were just too expensive for most people to buy.
Just like when Unicron was out. The stores all got a massive amount and couldn't move them. I paid $13 for one.
As I have a MP SS, 20th aniv Prime, and both colors of Unicron I guess I'll be the next one on the hate list.

But really getting back to the origional thread, that would suck to not be able to buy toys on a secondary market. Thanks to TT for the law skimming info. Thank God for Flea markets, they run wild outside the laws anyway.

cyclone · Post by **cyclone** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:54 pm

Computron wrote:But really getting back to the origional thread, that would suck to not be able to buy toys on a secondary market. Thanks to TT for the law skimming info. Thank God for Flea markets, they run wild outside the laws anyway.

Exaclty right the black market would run riffe and the vultures would charge an arm and a leg. Great example is any Megatron figurethat turns into a gun is prohibited to be imported into Australia. the price to buy a G1 over here is terrible, bought mine boxed and all from trance for about 15% of the price, although I did have to file paperwork prior to it reaching here to bring him in under my firearms liscence. As Customs did pick him up, had I havenot filed the paperwork before it made it in they would have seized it. There is always a way to get somthing and it does not have to be illegal either.
We had a store here that had large quantities of alternator swerve, soon after I heard rumor of short supply So off I went to get one, the 20+ that had not moved in months were gone within days, chances are most of them went up on evil-bay

.damn vultures!!!

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:35 am

Computron now on hate list ........ LOL