The truth is, Canada is making it very expensive to do business with them. And wow, they sure charge a lot of tax. Then again, Canada has Heath care – I’d pay a little more tax if my entire country had health benefits. Taxes pay for things.

In any case, I think the thing is ridiculously overpriced at $60, so I’m not buying. But I’m not making up a rant and sending it to every site known to man using terms I don’t understand about it – just not buying it. If you want to complain, it would be much more effective to start at home with your own government which is setting import fees so high, or taxing you so much. I guess it’s just easier to write to fan sites and get people all riled up instead of attacking the actual problem.

A) if it does come to Australia It will likely cost more here, maybe even $100 USD too.
B) we might not even get it : )
C) I ordered mine from TRUS.com and it cost about $85USD shipped.
D) I have to say to be grateful you get it… and overall so ‘relatively’ low cost.

Do agree with you about the price hikes overall though. One price and let regional currencies dictate. Don’t get me started on regional LEGO pricing though….

Didn’t we just get the Death Star Trench Run with 2 ships for 99.99 in Canada what is with this 74.99 bs? Come on!

so no Porkins X Wing for you either?
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I can feel your pain too. So the prices are all over the place on both sides of the border. Let the damn thing rot on the shelves. I ll pick one up on sale later.

I agree there is probably not even 20$ worth of plastic in there and Hasbro is charging 30$+ for the vintage box.

Whatever the spelling is . I can only call this plain scalping and i am very mild in my wording when i say it that way. While your explanation makes sense you can then clearly see that this is just a cash grab. Its not done for the fans. Its only purpose is to grab more money. If Hasbro as well as TRUS had one ounce of decency they would have put a better MRSP and retail prices across both borders to thank fans for their support of the vintage line so far. Thinking people would bite immediately is ridiculous. People are just going to sit this one out and wait until deep discounts to buy it. I am going to do that. They did the same with the falcon and AT AT and they are rotting on the shelves at TRUS at my location. I wanted the x-wing bad. More than the falcon and AT AT but not at that price. NO way. Like i had said in the first article. If you are lucky and smart you can get a real vintage x-wing in its original box from the first movie and i did. This was to be frosting on the cake for me. It is not absolutely necessary but if it had been at a decent start price it would have been an instant purchase. Now i know what is going on with this crap so ill pile up some money for the special and grab it later.

So while Bruno might have meant “gouging,” it’s possible that TRU really is “gauging” the price on this item since Canadian collectors are used to paying significantly more than their U.S. counterparts for toys. I’d expect a markdown before the holiday season but for now, they’ll take what they can from impatient collectors who can afford it now.