Hot Toys Snowtrooper

[TaliBane]

No Alex said International coupons work on preorders now. It's Sideshow's way of lessening the burden since they increased shipping costs (and we have to pay 20% taxes and other fees).

Thank you. What a relief. I mean shipping to me is $46 (!) so the $50 off for international buyer isn't that much, just a free shipping. I'm glad I could experience that at least once


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Thanks guys. Just PO'ed the Snowie using the coupon, great to get him for $180 (even though $205 is a stellar deal considering SSC's Jawas are $220).

Would never have known you could use it for PO's without the discussion here.

It's a bummer that NRD's seem to have reached every PO price level now though (last year Leia was the same price and didn't have an NRD) - and if you use a coupon, it's still calculated on the original price, not the post-discount price you actually pay.

 

[Rudimus]

I used the $20 code right when it came out at the beginning of the month. Maybe since there's no generic $20 codes every month now they're allowing everything to be eligible immediately.

 

[TurdFurgusonsHat]

I used the $20 code right when it came out at the beginning of the month. Maybe since there's no generic $20 codes every month now they're allowing everything to be eligible immediately.

Seems to be the case. No $20 monthly code out there right now that I am aware of and when there is you seem to be limited to one code per cycle even if you get more than one on multiple order boxes. So who knows when or even if there will be more codes? With their exorbitant shipping charges they have made it very easy to switch to alternatives like bbts, timewalker, alter ego, ebay, etc.

 

[Racetrack]

Also the international $25 coupons stack within a month so if you get 2 orders in one month the coupon will be worth $50. Sadly it doesn't stack to $75 as i tried it once and lost the coupon.

Used my $50 this month to get Yoda for $150.

 

[TaliBane]

Also the international $25 coupons stack within a month so if you get 2 orders in one month the coupon will be worth $50. Sadly it doesn't stack to $75 as i tried it once and lost the coupon.

Used my $50 this month to get Yoda for $150.

Why the $#@% doesn't Sideshow tell you any of this? I've had those "thank you" coupons expire because I always assumed they were like normal coupons, and also that - like EVERYTHING else Sideshow discount-wise - couldn't be combined with each other, or any other form of discount or RP.

 

[Brett Banner]

Can't wait to order this next December for $155 shipped from SSC.

 

[TaliBane]

Can't wait to order this next December for $155 shipped from SSC.

Did you post this in the right thread?

HT must have made a gazillion stormies and yet they still sold out a couple of runs. My guess is this guy will be the same - it looks that good (even though it's not quite as iconic or versatile, it's more accurate than the HT stormie is.)


I PO'ed this with the $25 coupon and then got another $25 coupon in response (happy to get it as there doesn't seem to be a current online coupon from SSC - at least it hasn't popped up for me.) Hmm... back to mulling severely overpriced Jawas again.

 

[Asta]

Hmm... back to mulling severely overpriced Jawas again.

I was thinking the same thing as well - including the bit about being severely overpriced.

Watched a video review on them to have another close look, and apart from the 'leather' work and accessories everything else looks pretty crap (body, cloak, hood).

Also, they could've been ordered much cheaper from Collectibles Direct. But they've long since sold out.

I rarely go back and buy figures I skipped, because there was a reason why I skipped them in the first place. HT Leia falls into that category as well, as the only thing she has going for her is a nice head. The rest is unremarkable, which is pretty much how I regard ANH Leia's appearance anyway. Bring on Hoth Leia!

 

[Aliaz]

Hmm... back to mulling severely overpriced Jawas again.

The Jawas are $50 off with the GIFT4U16 code guys!

 

[Asta]

The $50 code was the reason I was looking at them again this evening, but they're still too expensive with shipping, tax and poor exchange rate.

(The pound has risen a bit today, though personally I could do with it falling back lower until the new year).

 

[Aliaz]

The exhange rate is killing me aswell. $1 is worth about 10 SEK now. :

 

[TaliBane]

The Jawas are $50 off with the GIFT4U16 code guys!

Thanks for the heads-up - just grabbed them.

Finally Jawas at a price I can pay.

The irony is, if they had priced them at $170 to begin with - the price they should have been (old re-used body, there's no headsculpt to add cost, and Hasbro did light-up eyes for $20 15 years ago) - I would have pulled the trigger on them long ago.

What's been great with these latest discounts/codes is that I've gotten both the ATAT driver and Jawas at "normal" prices. At $210 and $220 respectively, there was just no way it was going to happen.

At $180 and $170, I'm happy but honestly just feel a I paid a regular price, not got a discount. These days it's the battle to pay anything with a "1" at the start of the price when every company wants a "2" and in the case of Luke Snowspeeder, approaching a "3".

 

[Brett Banner]

Lol yeah I'm in the right thread! Every single SW figure I've bought this year--Kylo, Rey/BB-8, Sandtrooper, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan--has gone on to be discounted at some point at various online retailers. Probably overspent by $200+ on those 5 figures combined.

My new rule is no more buying SW figures at MSRP unless they jump to waitlist like Old Han did. I finally learned and bought my TFA Stormtrooper for $120 a few weeks ago. I'm feeling pretty confident that my upcoming wants--Yoda, Jyn Erso, and Snowie--will stick around a good while.

And now watch all of them sell out lightning fast cause I got cocky, ha.

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[Wor-Gar]

Sideshow and HT are watching this too. HT won't make the glut of figures it did for TFA anymore with Rogue One or Episode 8.

I wouldn't count on HT making a lot of Yodas. Then again, I don't see a lot of sales for a $200 4-inch doll. Yoda will be an interesting experiment.

 

[TaliBane]

Lol yeah I'm in the right thread! Every single SW figure I've bought this year--Kylo, Rey/BB-8, Sandtrooper, Boba Fett, Obi-Wan--has gone on to be discounted at some point at various online retailers. Probably overspent by $200+ on those 5 figures combined.

My new rule is no more buying SW figures at MSRP unless they jump to waitlist like Old Han did. I finally learned and bought my TFA Stormtrooper for $120 a few weeks ago. I'm feeling pretty confident that my upcoming wants--Yoda, Jyn Erso, and Snowie--will stick around a good while.

And now watch all of them sell out lightning fast cause I got cocky, ha.

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You're right to wait. The days of "sold out" for both HT and SSC seem to be over. Now HT just releases a second batch and SSC re-releases, sometimes with sometimes without changes.


TFA stuff does seem to have gone in the clearance bin in a major way though. The troopers especially just plunged - I saw a few of those TFA troopers for crazy low prices. And yeah - I'm guessing RO stuff will be in smaller numbers or just single runs. They won't get burned again.

 

[Tee-Kay]

The exhange rate is killing me aswell. $1 is worth about 10 SEK now. :

Exchange rate with € is pretty bad as well coming from 1.30 to par with $. Getting stuff from Asia direct is the way to go lately.

 

[momaw]

Thank you all for the news on international coupons. I never would have known if it wasn't for this thread. The list of eligible items certainly doesn't reflect preorders. I had $50 due to expire in a few days but now it's made Zuckuss much more palatable. I might just finish off these bounty hunters after all.

To try and bring this back on topic, I ordered the Snowtrooper from popcultcha. With the preorder discount, $50 worth of pennies it set me back $240AUD which is pretty good given the exchange rate.

 

[TaliBane]

Thank you all for the news on international coupons. I never would have known if it wasn't for this thread. The list of eligible items certainly doesn't reflect preorders. I had $50 due to expire in a few days but now it's made Zuckuss much more palatable. I might just finish off these bounty hunters after all.

To try and bring this back on topic, I ordered the Snowtrooper from popcultcha. With the preorder discount, $50 worth of pennies it set me back $240AUD which is pretty good given the exchange rate.

Yeah, thank goodness people are plugged in around here. I never really understood what Spooktacular even was - let alone free RP. Scored a decent amount this last Spook thanks to people around here (esp screamingmetal)

And jeez, I just remembered I've got something like $50 in pennies at PC (they're a bit of a pain - you can only use them when you cross certain thresholds.)

 

[Mad Old Lu]

I'm surprised Rey (solo and with BB8) was included in the $50 off.

I'm going to cool my jets about the Snowie. I definitely intend to get one, but I'm going to wait for at least those $25 off discounts.

 

[JCFETT]

anyone know how much longer until the hot toys snowtrooper set will be coupon eligible? (using the $25 off code you get after placing an order...) or is that not done by time frame any more?