Where's the cheapest place?

[smally]

Dudes,

I'm after the new HT Predator 1 fig and was wondering where the cheapest places to buy is?
I'm in the UK so that would be prefered, however I am willing to pay for shipping. I know that they are starting to appear on E-bay but...C'mon it's E-bay!

Any help guys?

Cheers,
Smally. :chew

 

[Nocturne]

Forbiddenplanet.co.uk have him priced up at £169. Which admitedly is very high.

The thing to be careful of with importing is getting stung with a customs charge.
Getting the charge is bad enough, but when you break it down on the receipt you find that half of it is "administration fee's" so altogether it can add £25 on top of the figure.

And Sideshow are incredibly slow with Hot Toys stuff. I've still not got my Machiko.

Best bet is look for a Hong Kong Shipper.

XL-Shop was good and very fast, but they declare the value, so you get a charge.
Action-HQ is a bit more expensive. But they say it's a lot cheaper and you avoid the charge.

Hope this helps, sorry if I've said stuff that you knew already. Hate coming across as patronising.

 

[Voorhees27]

If you wanted to deal directly with the Hot Toys distributor then there is www.toys2.net. They are located here in Canada and i'm guessing shipping to you will be around $50 as well.

He has a total of 14 left for preorder. Here is a direct link if you'd like:

https://www.toys2.net/product.php?productid=20717&cat=0&page=

 

[Nocturne]

Guess you wouldn't know if they declared the value of the item for international shipping would you ?

 

[Voorhees27]

Guess you wouldn't know if they declared the value of the item for international shipping would you ?

Im pretty sure Eric at Toys2 checks off gift but i'm not sure about the amounts. I know a member here in Europe that never has to pay customs because of Toys2 help.

 

[Nocturne]

Don't suppose you remember the name do you, if it's true I'll order with Toys2.

I hate customs charges even more than shipping charges.

 

[krec9]

is anything wrong with cornerstonecomics?

 

[Voorhees27]

Don't suppose you remember the name do you, if it's true I'll order with Toys2.

I hate customs charges even more than shipping charges.

Just send rock83 a PM and ask him what he does or has done. There are still 14 Predators left at Toys2 so no rush.

 

[Nocturne]

Thanks very much for your help now I wish the pound wasn't so weak

 

[Voorhees27]

Thanks very much for your help now I wish the pound wasn't so weak

Or the CDN dollar

 

[nicky]

is anything wrong with cornerstonecomics?

If you order from them be sure to tell them to mark the package as a LOW VALUE ITEM so as to not incur custom charges. I've used them before to order to the UK and they are fine.

All the HT P1 figs at cornerstorecomics are $153 (I was suprised to see Dutch and Billy the same price as the Pred) and shipping for one is $40 which in total is about £130. Shipping for all 3 figs is $99 which equates to about £130 per fig in total from them.

 

[nicky]

Thanks very much for your help now I wish the pound wasn't so weak

Yeah, man. We were fine a few months ago and now everyhting is hella expensive!!! Each of the new P1 figs including the humans are gonna cost about the same as the P2 Elder at about £120

 

[JonnyReedie]

probably play.com when they list it- and they definitely will

 

[Nocturne]

may wait and see what Play charge and pre-order there, if the pound recovers in the interim i'll order elsewhere.

I do think our crappy media scaremongering isn't helping things by giving us the impression that we're "totally ^^^^ed" instead of just "^^^^ed" like all the other countries.

 

[nicky]

Play.com have the Lost Pred at £120 and Machiko at £130. I guess the P1 Pred will be about £130 too but the human figs will be more expensive than normal too just as they are everywhere else. I predict about £90 for Billy at least.

 

[JonnyReedie]

id expect play.com to be around 140 judging by FP's pre order price, play.com is VAT free

 

[The Ween]

I know nothing about international shipping since I've never bought anything from overseas and I've never sold anything to anyone overseas. I'm curious though, would it be cheaper in the long run to have someone buy it in the US, then ship it over to someone in, say, the UK or Australia, or would it be better for them to just order it themselves?

 

[nicky]

id expect play.com to be around 140 judging by FP's pre order price, play.com is VAT free

From what I remember, FP always charged more than Play for their HT figs so I hope that remains the case here. Play however list their HT figs for pre-order quite late in the game though dont they? I wouldnt expect to see the
P1 figs up for pre-order there till late Feb.

 

[Nocturne]

Play.com have the Lost Pred at £120 and Machiko at £130. I guess the P1 Pred will be about £130 too but the human figs will be more expensive than normal too just as they are everywhere else. I predict about £90 for Billy at least.

ForbiddenPlanet.co.uk currently have the Lost Pred on special for £99 which really suprised me

 

[Voorhees27]

Play.com have the Lost Pred at £120 and Machiko at £130. I guess the P1 Pred will be about £130 too but the human figs will be more expensive than normal too just as they are everywhere else. I predict about £90 for Billy at least.

My God! Isn't a British pound equivilant to $2 U.S. dollars? So you guys will end up paying $240 for a lost Predator? WOW thats just crazy expensive!