local availability of Animated ...and figures ?

over here its pritty hard to get (least in the area i live) to get animated (im still missing a ton )and other action figures which i collect (i am also a bit doctor who fan !!!)
1 of the main store which did sell them is now gone (woolworths) what it like were you live ?

italy is perhaps the most ing that you......line animated output is random, so that is not grimlock and swoop .
grimlock and swoop and son living in a few shops....

Here in Italy We had a really bad, strange and uncontinuous distribution above all for the Universe 2.0 Line, seen in a poor number and ONLY for the first and second "deluxe-size" wave.
Instead the Animated ones are been well located in all the peninsula, except for some voyager like grimlock, lugnut and the 3changer and for the ' leader Ultra Magnus, NEVER SEEN here!

im sorry to hear that its strange why there so hard to find (i think over here theres a lot buying them just to ebay) which is a shame as i like animated (at first i wasnt to keen, but seen the show and haveing a look at the figures, that do look like there meant too) which is bad for me as i want them more!!.
also what is the prices like (when your able to find them ?) over here thay seem to have shot up in price (from £9.99 to £12.69 )
just would like hasbro do some good in the right arear (if i ((my partner)) sees any over here ill let yous know, and might be able to help (sorry to say no ultra magnus over here which ive found too)

the deluxe-size ones are really expensive, almost 16-19 euro for each figure.

22-29 euro for a voyager.

45-59 for a leader class!

Ah, I forgot to say that (about Universe 2.0) here arrived the Ultra Class (onslaught, silverbolt and powerglide) for 33-35 euro each one...

So italian collectors prefer to buy all figures on ebay, in UK or in USA but a great problem for us (buying overseas) is the price increasing due to the ABSURD customs duties and import taxes!!!!

moreover absurd laws exist that do not allow the import of toys from Asia....

Sincerely I prefer to buy models in Europe area, when I can, avoiding italian toy shop or great supermarkets.

the deluxe-size ones are really expensive, almost 16-19 euro for each figure.

22-29 euro for a voyager.

45-59 for a leader class!

Ah, I forgot to say that (about Universe 2.0) here arrived the Ultra Class (onslaught, silverbolt and powerglide) for 33-35 euro each one...

So italian collectors prefer to buy all figures on ebay, in UK or in USA but a great problem for us (buying overseas) is the price increasing due to the ABSURD customs duties and import taxes!!!!

moreover absurd laws exist that do not allow the import of toys from Asia....

Sincerely I prefer to buy models in Europe area, when I can, avoiding italian toy shop or great supermarkets.

oh man that not good at all (i never new italy was so bad in there laws) its strange i know, but i though all E.U. were the same (law why at least) this is realy bad news im sorry to hear this too.

Yep, it is absourd...
Howhever, in the area I live deluxe are out at about 20/25 euro, Voyagers at 30/35 and leaders can go up from 60 to 75 euro!
So that's why I always buy from the USA and in a large loot of items...

its a shame people need to look to another place to get cheaper figures (and figures we carnt get over here) than at home (both here, for me mainly finding them and italy were prices are so high and finding them are so hard ) .

i never new italy was so bad in there laws

And this is just the top of the iceberg, buddy...

P.S. wonderful collection!

hello errico many thanks (i wil be adding more photos to the collection soon too i have also added a few other folders of other collections too (i will update them soon)
it is sad to hear about this for us collectors (i just hoped it was only here, but what ive heard we do have it a little better over here)
i do not understand the laws or why thay are so bad in any place for action figures (sorry to say im a normal person and belive every one should be the same, no matter were thay live and given the chances like everybody else) i mean what harm can a figure be (to me it make me happy to collect and the reason why i do so).
if im able id make it better for collector every were