Mattel Hot Wheels Collectors Edition Transformers Optimus Prime Pre-Order Was Waste of Time
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@frankgordon79063 ай бұрын
Had the same issue, really wanted it being a kid from that era. Thought I was out of luck, wife was able to get it and told me after the fact as a father's day gift.
@tonyhiland-js4dt3 ай бұрын
yet another one here. i had it in my cart, it told me to wait for checkout i got in and then it wouldnt let me buy it. i kept trying to input my payment and then after 9 minutes it kicked me out and said it was out of stock. i refuse to pay scalpers. i blocked mattel from my email. my total would have been 95 with shipping and taxes. i looked on ebay and saw who all bought them. i refuse to pay scalpers. i could of bought one for 120 but then i would have had to pay taxes on the higher price tag. i dont need it. im happier with the money. times are tough. i aint a kid anymore. time to let it go.
@norsefalconer3 ай бұрын
Better off buying 3oz of silver.
@0jiHxx3 ай бұрын
That's peace
@tonyhiland-js4dt3 ай бұрын
@@0jiHxx its the process of letting go of the nostalgia i guess. i got good memories but have to accept those are in the past. must press on. funny though. watching a yt video of a comic book guy going to his first toy show looking for "antique transformers" im like whoa whoa little man, let me explain something to you. hahaha
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
I've never bought a STH $80 but I don't have any issues for an item as unique as Transformers that's never going to be done again well they may do one with a trailer next time and that would be dope I hope since it sold out so well for Mattel😎
@tonyhiland-js4dt3 ай бұрын
@@LaurentDubus-vy9rb meh. i can live without it. even if they never collaborate again, it still wont be the most expensive hot wheels on the market. its a niche market. 20 years from now, are the kids today that will be adults in that time going to care about optimus prime?
@ContourToyCars3 ай бұрын
I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the Optimus Prime, huge bummer you weren't able to get it at retail price when it dropped. I agree with you about how special the piece will most likely be in the future. A pretty nostalgic character and a collaboration between Mattel and Hasbro will surely be a historic, valuable item. New subscriber!
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
True, true. Thnx
@stevesurfaro3 ай бұрын
Question: who here believes Bumblebee will be next?
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
For sure he will, but it wont sell out like Optimus
@martinchristian72703 ай бұрын
I hope that you will have better luck later.😉You’re pretty funny about how you hide stuff from the wife. I have a large collection of die cast cars, and my wife doesn’t like it too swell. Oh well it’s what we go through for the hobby.😊 I’ll be subscribing.
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Thx, your the best.
@jerellewynn28552 ай бұрын
I was able to get 2 l wasn't really sure at first because l wondering about the size of the truck and the price. I pulled the trigger anyway and l later found that the truck is smaller but it's a collectible yeah now on eBay it's going at least $200😮 insane. We as adult collectors like myself are going to buy nastalgiaic figures from our childhood.l am Motu origins, transformers and now Gi Joe classified. The collections is taking over the apartment, my girl complaining about space but this is what I like to do. If I like and work for it I buy. So we all need to keep doing what we love to do. Good video sir and l am a new subscriber .
@johnnycheese45323 ай бұрын
I missed the Skyline but did get Optimus.
@gojeta19823 ай бұрын
I remembered 5 mins before sale time, was in the line for a minute, and got one straight away. I'm in the UK.
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Good for you man
@pfelipeprog70943 ай бұрын
Hi. Which payment method did you use? Credit card? Or Google or Apple?
@Kaioken203 ай бұрын
@@pfelipeprog7094 Same story for me and I'm from the UK as well. I used PayPal.
@Kaioken203 ай бұрын
UK buyer here, too. I remembered 10 minutes after it went up lol But this is not the first story I have heard of Creations being a pos pita. (Like when they puts MOTU Origins up for sale and it's instantly sold out. So dumb.)
@KevinMarable-fy6vm3 ай бұрын
As much as I wanted it, AND I REALLY WANTED IT, I couldn't justify paying $80 for an Optimus Prime without his trailer. I'm a former MP Transformers collector and I have 2 version of Optimus that came with his trailer Roller, Spike and Sparkplug for about $100. It's an awesome piece, considering it still able to transform, it was just too much of Optimus missing to justify the price tag.
@mr.shadestrains60333 ай бұрын
They should take orders maybe live sales only Limit of 2 per sale
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
I wish
@b_nintendad73 ай бұрын
The same thing happened to me. I had it in my cart and my card said it couldn’t be processed. I tried for about 10 minutes and nothing I was on my phone and I decided to use my iPad and I had no issues there. The transaction went through. I’m not sure if it was a glitch, but once I switched devices, I was fine. sorry you had to pay prices but I’m glad you were able to get at least
@CAM9413 ай бұрын
Glad you got it too man! Its definitely a must have.
@bananajesus6672 ай бұрын
The solution to this bug was to choose the "checkout as guest" option. Nobody knew this going in, and I happened to do it by mere chance after trying for like 20 minutes with the normal method.
@sci-fi.tsunami3 ай бұрын
Mattel screwed everybody stupid enough to pay $80 for that tiny piece of junk. Let's be real here. I've never seen such a massive RIP-OFF in my life. And I thought Diaclone Reboot was outrageously priced.
@daimons72613 ай бұрын
I got 1 did like 8 capchas and stuck in a que for 15mins. I had to switch browsers just to get it. And no it was not sold out in seconds it was up i saw it for nearly 25- 30mins. That's actually pretty good considering I've dealt with mattel exclusives before that sold out in 3mins. These capchas need to stop when preorders go live cause it's the stupidist thing ever, I awnsered those things right everytime and it wouldn't end sheesh
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
I was really lucky to get two for my collection and I'm from down under but heard many had issues, one of them may be due to not been login in, even though your on the page you won't be able to checkout unless your logged into your account another is when it says to add your bank details again, if that happens scroll down the page till you see, sign out as a guest, click on to that instead and you should be back to your page where you should, now another issue I'm aware of is if you have slow computer you'll need at least an i5 quad 4 minimum requirement or better, these worked for me and maybe it will work for you too I hope.
@virtuosoification3 ай бұрын
nope on the cpu wifes gotta msi lappy yeah is powerful but not that an im running a ten year ol aspire thats been lets just saaaaaay kid painted lol its damaged we both made it thru the PINK SKYLINE travesty if you recall that one looking up at mine now ! so for sales that werent a total bot fest weve done ok i agree get off the fone phoney and use a pc . im thinking its like location and internet speed that helps most of course a fast comp will process pages faster but it wont fix the traffic on the way to mattel . its not cut n dry im shocked to hear that a aussie was able to hook up dude just go buy some loots cause you lukky ! . making a point not trying to argue or belittle yas
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
@@virtuosoification lol yeah I hear ya but I'm definitely not lucky I'm too ugly for that lol, your right internet speed is an issue as I have the fastest broadband with Dodo but also if your still running on 64 bit Operating System you need to upgrade to minimum 128 bit instead or even better 256 bit OS which I may swap to if the price is right at the end of the financial year things are normally discounted but even with the 128bit you shouldn't have any issues if I don't half way around the world down under lol, I realised years ago even on evilbay id miss out the bid cause I had a slow pc but no more.😇
@virtuosoification3 ай бұрын
it sold out in about 20 mins wife go us our two around the 8-10 min mark and i kept trying not knowing hers had gone thru thank god to if i completed my sale ouch (so i set two free lol ) we didnt want more than two im am sorry you missed out but hey they are going for 250 and up now so thank your impatience and ability to afford if neither of me and my wife got them theres no way we could do evilbay we are just recovering from a 2 year battle with illness with our cat and monumental amounts of debt this was our first rlc/creations in two years i feel blessed for stupid reasons and after not being able to help/save a totally healthy cat from a rare infection was goddamn life altering last surgery was only 4g and we aint got no safety nets no savings
@stevesurfaro3 ай бұрын
Same issue. All set, in line to checkout, checking out, then “could not process” on BOTH PHONES!!! Good videos sir; new subscriber here.
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Good Lookin Out. Thx
@Kaioken203 ай бұрын
Really strange it sold out in seconds for you. I was 10 minutes late to it going up, omw home from work I realised that it was past 5pm (I'm in the UK) and I managed to order it despite umming and ahhing about it. I think for UK buyers it sold out in 15 minutes. I hope they put another batch up for those that missed it.
@michaelmaciel67723 ай бұрын
They took my money and never sent my car. The money was taken out of my card but i never got my car. They denied everything.but they took the money.damn crooks
@stephen90243 ай бұрын
Mattel screwed my twice with both skylines.
@shtdaprdtr3 ай бұрын
I got card can't be processed try again in a few minutes
@proverbsibarra16893 ай бұрын
Wait till people need money people will sell for resale
@jasonhinman61733 ай бұрын
You had at least twenty one minutes and no more than thirty minutes before it sold out. How does being in the south mean staying up till noon and taking off from work?
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
I meant sat in front my computer from 9am to 12pm
@air-cooled66133 ай бұрын
I had three windows open trying to buy and got same message, error processing your transaction. Total b.s
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Dude I dont know why I even try sometimes. Thinking Im gonna win. This was the 3rd preorder I did and the same thing happened through the years
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
This is weird I'm sure I subscribed last time I was first on your site but i'll do it now in case I did forget the first time lol, you made me laugh when you said you had to hide stuff from your wife cause like many we do the same🥶
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Man it a struggle, If she only knew what I pay for these toys
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
@@toy-nomics9794 I hear you, I started collecting twenty years ago cause I had a big gambling problems, struggled heaps till I reach out for help and find the hobby to kept me preoccupied it worked I just gamble with Mattel now instead but at least I can get my money back when I'm done with it lol
@GriffinTracker2 ай бұрын
The tomb lmao
@hyepwr233 ай бұрын
they screwed me also im trying to pay for it then it says please try again later im like wtf
@CoastDiecast3 ай бұрын
The Transformer sold out in 30 minutes.
@ek4dr983 ай бұрын
Dam my homie hooked it up at $91.67
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Under a $100 good for him
@privateprivate313373 ай бұрын
I was there on time had it in cart but it wouldn't let me pay. Kept giving me a technical payment error
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Man I was so heated that I missed out on this item and had to go pay almost double the price on eBay
@starlab20063 ай бұрын
Damn bro, look like Diddy strikes again. Another person got F;$ked.
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Take that, take that. Diddy working at Mattel now
@Bbc4183 ай бұрын
I got 3 which was the limit! 😂
@mikeyfreeman58503 ай бұрын
Hahahaha...they'll probably get lost in shipping with your gloating attitude😂 #instantkarma
@Bbc4183 ай бұрын
@@mikeyfreeman5850 not a chance goof 🖕🏼
@Bbc4183 ай бұрын
@@mikeyfreeman5850 only someone like you with a twisted mind like that would think that 🖕🏼
@virtuosoification3 ай бұрын
what aboot the gold datsun or the silly cadillac (dumb gucci ) those were debacles of wonder think the datsun 510 was gone in aboot 0.1 seconds okay less than two mins . it is possible that with all the payment issues ppl had there was some skullduggery going on . the ppl that cry all the time about scalpers . realize the sites likely dang buggy because mattels trying to deal with it .irony of the gold datsun is now its nowhere near the price it has gone up to that will not happen with optimus
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
True
@jorgeacevedo9593 ай бұрын
I couldn't get it thru my PC but I was able to get two thru my phone , maybe that happened to you
@LaurentDubus-vy9rb3 ай бұрын
No offence your mobile must be more up to date than your pc but glad you got through cause many including myself have to make sure your log in or to refresh the page was my mistake in the past.
@Thenutmegprincess3 ай бұрын
Must have? To do what? What yuh go do with it?😂
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Put it on my shelve and watch it.
@0jiHxx3 ай бұрын
🤞😷🏁
@bigm87853 ай бұрын
Sucks man. Supposedly there were 27,000 for sale. Sold out in 27 minutes. Must have been a lot of bots. Cuz people on eBay have like 8 or 9 of them
@CAM9413 ай бұрын
Surprisingly it still hot on ebay I say 1 sell for $200
@gojeta19823 ай бұрын
27000? What's your source?
@KAPTKipper3 ай бұрын
there 3 per account, I've seen 30K RLC cars sellout in 5 mins. Not bots, just lots of people. Logging out and buying it as guest fixed the issue for many. When there are issues, the forums many times can help. That info was there and on reddit long before it sold out
@bigm87853 ай бұрын
@@gojeta1982 just a post I saw on Reddit. Somebody said they saw the tally somewhere
@jacobmckenna82823 ай бұрын
Florida man and lots of ppl couldn't use ther cards only apple and Google pay only worked
@hotwheelshuntinghauler3 ай бұрын
Change that smoke detector battery my guy
@bigm87853 ай бұрын
???
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
That my daughter opening the front door
@thetruthcanbedifficulttoac44783 ай бұрын
FOMO
@miggyloks3 ай бұрын
Optimus prime for sale $200. 😂
@toy-nomics97943 ай бұрын
Is it made by Robosen, self transform and talk???
@miggyloks3 ай бұрын
@@toy-nomics9794 I know right? I was lucky enough to get 2. First time I ever get something like this
@shtdaprdtr3 ай бұрын
Should not have gone through ebay cause noones got it in hand yet