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Rockband Pack (Wii/PS3/XBOX360) for $49 with Game at Kmart (Starts Boxing Day)

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Rockband Pack (Wii/PS3/XBOX360) for $49 with Game at Kmart (Starts Boxing Day)
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Chinotto on 23/12/2009 - 01:36 kmart.com.au (2125 clicks)

I know this is not an available deal yet until 26th Dec but just in case someone is about to get one (Like me who just bought a set for $88 at EB Games), you might want to hold off for another 3 days.

As described on the K-mart catalogue:

$49/pk. Rockband Pack. Must be in the same transaction. Sorry, no rainchecks.
Purchase a Rockband Guitar & Drumkit plus either Rockband AC/DC or Rockband Original Track Pack.
Available on PS2/PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii. Must be in the same transaction.

No point checking the website as they still have the old catalogue on it.

Gaming PS3 Game Rockband Video Game Wii Game Xbox 360 Game

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  • CVonC on 23/12/2009 - 01:50

    which kmart catalogue?

  • POWERevolution on 23/12/2009 - 02:05
    +1

    Similar to JB http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/20519

    • Crownie on 23/12/2009 - 02:09
      +1

      This is much cheaper as it includes AC/DC or Rockband Original Track Pack

      • mutantjohn on 23/12/2009 - 21:43
        +1

        Do your Maths:
        Guitar=$10
        drums= $10
        Game= $20
        Total= $40

        • 2023 on 24/12/2009 - 00:09

          You forgot microphone.

          • mutantjohn on 24/12/2009 - 15:07

            @2023: There is no microphone in the kmart deal

  • Crownie on 23/12/2009 - 02:08

    http://i49.tinypic.com/2vwsfbq.jpg
    Thanks to ecogamer.com user maf101

    Hope they have some stock of this and its not a clearance item.

    I too bought it from EB and am now realizing that their price was not so "wacky" :D

    • CVonC on 23/12/2009 - 02:13
      +1

      cheers for the pic

      i hate how the wii version isn't compatible with GH games but the xbox/ps3/2 ones are

    • Chinotto on 23/12/2009 - 03:10

      Thanks Crownie for scanning this! I just wish I could had hold myself to my office chair last Wednesday and saved myself $88. Now I feel like whacking myself in the head!

      • PainToad on 23/12/2009 - 08:12

        Can you read? He clearly said he didn't scan it.

    • pais on 23/12/2009 - 03:17

      It's a discontinued line, so stock will definitely vary from store to store. However, having seen first-hand how abysmal sales were of rock band (in comparison to GH, and even Band Hero more recently), I'd say you'll find at least a few at every store.

      • CVonC on 23/12/2009 - 03:23

        and from the pic these are RB1 instruments not RB2 right? but then again it probably varies with each store

        • pais on 23/12/2009 - 10:52

          RB1. I don't know of any retailers that stocked RB2 after the first crashed and burned.

          • CVonC on 23/12/2009 - 13:18

            @pais: what is the difference between RB1 and RB2 instruments anyway?

            • PainToad on 23/12/2009 - 13:45

              @CVonC: Quality.

            • pais on 23/12/2009 - 13:58

              @CVonC: RB1 drumsets were plagued with issues from what I can gather; the main problem just being that they were of crap build quality. RB2 supposedly rectify this.

              Can't really find much — but apparently RB2 will be coming to Aus first quarter next year.

              • KingLouis on 23/12/2009 - 20:52

                @pais: Yeah RB1 drumset has a weak bass pedal. The guitar is your typical GH/RB guitar. If you want RB2 instruments, the closest you'll get (besides RB2 release) is getting The Beatles Rock Band complete kit. I have that and the drumset is far superior to the RB1 drumset. The bass pedal is reinforced with metal so it won't snap as easily as its RB1 counterpart.

    • maf101 on 23/12/2009 - 09:00

      Nevermind.

    • maf101 on 23/12/2009 - 09:01
      +1

      RE: Crownie 6 hours 53 min ago
      http://i49.tinypic.com/2vwsfbq.jpg
      Thanks to ecogamer.com user maf101

      The link is thanks to 'rangitamoe' on Whirlpool. I didn't scan it.

  • _Dan_ on 23/12/2009 - 05:47

    Would it be possible to layby the Rockband pack now, and then cancel and buy outright on the 26th? Might save missing out when the swarms of people storm Kmart on opening.

  • desbop on 23/12/2009 - 06:28

    As far as I know it isn't clearance stock that varies from store to store, there was a shipment of these packs specially for the sale. Also staff members strictly aren't allowed to put any on hold for themselves so it will be a bit of a rush when the store opens in the morning.

    • pais on 28/12/2009 - 19:43

      That'd be from their own distro center, not from the buyer.

  • jyeyasmyn on 23/12/2009 - 06:54

    How much is the game that you must purchase to get this deal?

  • ozpanda on 23/12/2009 - 07:27

    Yes, I have been puzzled by the wording of this ad too. To me it reads that it is $49 for drums and guitar IF you purchase a game (ACDC or ROCK BAND at extra cost) at the same time. Weird they haven't put the cost of the games up as well.

  • Trance N Dance on 23/12/2009 - 08:10

    well it says plus and it only lists one price so it should be 49 for both….

  • Turd on 23/12/2009 - 08:46

    Will they be on sale at 12.01AM on boxing day?

    • PainToad on 23/12/2009 - 08:49

      Name one shop that opens at that time.

      • Hypnotoad on 23/12/2009 - 09:00

        Kmart Burwood in Vic - open 24 hours a day right through Christmas.

        • Turd on 23/12/2009 - 09:55
          +1

          http://www.kmart.com.au/LocationsHours.aspx?cm_sp=AU--Xmas%20Home--Store%20Locator

  • AntMan76 on 23/12/2009 - 09:19
    +2

    I think they are saying you must get the instrument pack, and one of these games only, to get that price. It also says "rockband pack plus your choice of one of these games" meaning you buy the pack and you can choose a game. It will be all inclusive in the price, instruments and game for $49.

  • thelaxong on 23/12/2009 - 09:38

    Guys, Is this bundle compatible with Band Hero on Xbox 360? Can I use the instruments with BH?

    • Trance N Dance on 23/12/2009 - 10:28
      +1

      yes it is according to this
      http://www.rockband.com/compatibility

      for xbox as of gh: aerosmith onwards rockband instruments are compatible with gh/bh games
      for ps3 as of gh: world tour onwards rockband instruments are compatible with gh/bh

  • slayer22 on 23/12/2009 - 09:44
    +1

    so i can't buy this for the wii GH?

    • Trance N Dance on 23/12/2009 - 10:25
      +1

      nope unfortunately not for wii

  • richmond12 on 23/12/2009 - 09:57

    i dont understand this deal. i pay $49 for what exactly?

    • Trance N Dance on 23/12/2009 - 10:21

      should be instruments AND game

    • g12345567 on 23/12/2009 - 10:42

      Its buy the rockband instrument pack and get a choice of AC/DC Live or Rockband Game included for $49

      • jyeyasmyn on 23/12/2009 - 11:45
        -2

        I think you will find you can buy the pack for $49 once you purchase the game. It says in the small print both purchases must be made in the one transaction. I am imagining the game will be around the $50 - $60 mark.

  • hbk_life on 23/12/2009 - 10:33

    Is there a microphone included in this? I cant seem to see it :(

  • ozpanda on 23/12/2009 - 10:53

    Drums and guitar only according to the text of the ad. No microphone mentioned.

    • jowo on 23/12/2009 - 12:14

      Assuming they're selling the 'Instrument Pack', it would include the microphone.

      • g12345567 on 23/12/2009 - 12:33

        The JB Rock band pack for $44 comes with guitar, drums and microphone but no game. I assume this pack would be the same? But they don't list the microphone. In that case you may as well go to JB hifi and pickup the instruments and rock band game seperately for $40 without the microphone and save yourself $9.

  • 2023 on 23/12/2009 - 11:16

    Great price, +ve from me.
    I paid $88 at the 'wacky' (we beat everyone else to drop the price) wednesday sale at eb games.

    I would be disapointed, but for the sake of $40 I'm happy not to have to get up early boxing day, fight crowds and possibly miss out anyway.

  • mutantjohn on 23/12/2009 - 11:36

    Why does the guitar look different(dark brown frets, Plus and minus sign buttons) tot he one i recently purchased…anyway i never knew they sell inddividual instruments for retail

    • Crownie on 23/12/2009 - 17:00

      The guitar pictured could be the original wired one.

  • homersyd on 23/12/2009 - 11:38

    So is this available in Sydney? I cant see this item in the Kmart catalogue…and if it is available in sydney, what time exactly on boxing day would this be on sale??

  • Turd on 23/12/2009 - 12:20
    +1

    Check what time your local kmart store opens on boxing day:

    Some are closed some are opened (usually) at 7am.

    http://www.kmart.com.au/LocationsHours.aspx?cm_sp=AU--Xmas%2…

    • g12345567 on 23/12/2009 - 12:53

      Only 14/50 Kmart stores in NSW are open on boxing day. My local Kmart is closed boxing day. So I am guessing I can go down on sunday @ 7am instead and get this deal?

      Friday Closed (christmas day)
      Saturday Closed (boxing day)
      Sunday 07:00 – 19:00

      • CVonC on 23/12/2009 - 13:22

        that is a very good question… my local one and all the close-ish ones are closed on boxing day too..

        • 2023 on 23/12/2009 - 15:05

          The sale lasts until wed 6th, so assuming that they received a shipment of them, staff didn't buy them all and you beat all others to the games department, then it's safe to say you can score one on Sunday.

  • homersyd on 23/12/2009 - 12:30

    Thanks alot Turd! =)
    But thing is Kmart always out of stock for sale items, so is there any tricks where I can be 100% sure (or close to) that I can get the bundle on the 26th?? (rather than sleeping outside a Kmart store LOL).

    • pais on 23/12/2009 - 12:48

      Call around today/tomorrow?

      • homersyd on 23/12/2009 - 14:02

        Yep thx, I will probably do that. but I read on the net that the rockband drum kit is crap compare to guitar hero world tour bundle, so hopefully that would be discounted too…

        • g12345567 on 23/12/2009 - 15:05

          Otherwise just go for the $10 Rock Band guitars @ JBHIFI thats damn cheap. Even if you buy a couple for backup, still excellent value.

          • 2023 on 23/12/2009 - 15:06

            @g12345567: I'm going to head down and see if my local JB has any. A second guitar will complete the band component, as you only get 3 instruments in the normal pack.
            A second guitar will play the role of bass.

          • mutantjohn on 23/12/2009 - 21:12

            @g12345567: can you give me a link :O

        • Crownie on 23/12/2009 - 17:02

          I've heard that the GH:WT drums are worse :D
          The RB ones are less realistic (as they have no cymbals) but they have been proven to have better response and less faiure rate.

          • 2023 on 23/12/2009 - 17:22

            @Crownie: I've noticed on eBay that you can purchase a 3 cymbil add-on, making it almost look like a fully fledged drum kit. Not too sure on the details of them though, but just noticed them while searching.

            • homersyd on 23/12/2009 - 20:03

              @2023: But I think that addon is only for Rockband2…not sure if it would be compatible with Rockband1….

  • jonathanhwee on 24/12/2009 - 01:08

    Hey, does anyone know if you can go to Dicksmith (or wherever) to price match using the Kmart catalogue? Hopefully we won't miss out that way!

  • maaaatt on 24/12/2009 - 11:47
    +1

    Technically, this deal is better than the jb deal purely because kmart got stock for this sale whereas jb are selling whatever is left in stock. This includes the final 49 copies of rockband left in all of aus. (that's what, 1 copy per store?). Half the stores in syd don't even know about the sale. Even then, i'm sure that most of the stores that are participating on boxing day are still selling their limited amount of rockband games and peripherals for full price right now (jb hifi employers are also taking advantage of this deal).

    I called my local kmart and the lady said that it is two standalone instruments (guitar on its own and drums on its own) plus either acca dacca or original rockband. they haven't sold any of the stock at all and won't be until boxing day or sunday. Save yourself the mental anguish.

    • Crownie on 24/12/2009 - 18:19

      Was thinking that it was the individual instruments rather than the pack.
      Thanks for clearing that up.

      So you could be getting a wired guitar in this pack?

      My 1st stop on Saturday is Kmart, then it will be JB.
      Hopefully, out of the 2 stores, I can get Rockband + game (not AC/DC) cheaper than $88 and return my Wacky Wednesday EB purchase- which was a great price if you needed Rockband as a Christmas present ;)

    • pais on 27/12/2009 - 19:35

      Kmarts stock will all be residual stock from their DCs as well, given that the bundles aren't actually being produced anymore..

  • thelaxong on 26/12/2009 - 10:13

    Got one for my kids Xbox 360. Drum set is wired. Guitar is wireless. The instruments looks much better than the BH one. No microphone. They ran out of Rockband so I have to live with ACDC ;)

  • _Dan_ on 26/12/2009 - 13:25

    To those who were able to buy (or attempt) a rockband pack, what were the stock levels like?

  • gymcrewhero on 26/12/2009 - 15:19
    +1

    Just got mine today at Richmond. They had heaps instore approx 30+ units.

    • dzf on 26/12/2009 - 16:36
      +1

      kmart brandon park had probably about 10 units of each left at about 2pm…only ac/dc game left for ps3 tho

      kmart chaddie was out of ps3 & wii by about 9am…!

  • g12345567 on 26/12/2009 - 20:17
    +1

    Im on the lookout for the xbox 360 version. Hopefully I will be able to get one tomorrow. I just need to get to kmart at 7am when they open on sunday. Otherwise I'll try my luck in JB hifi @ 7.30am or 9am when they open at the two nearby stores. Even though as reported here JB has hardly any stock.

    I don't mind getting stuck with rock band ac/dc as I already have rockband 1 & 2 lined up to play.

  • postie67 on 26/12/2009 - 20:49
    +1

    Mt Barker Kmart open today, had about 30 xbox 360 rock band sets (guitar + drums + ac/dc game or rock band game $49 bargain).
    If you really want this deal and local adelaide suburb kmarts are out of stock i would recommend calling Mt barker to see if they have stock tommorrow

  • KingLouis on 26/12/2009 - 20:50
    +1

    Kmart Broadway PS3 kits all sold out. I think they had 1 left for Xbox 360.

  • KingLouis on 27/12/2009 - 08:14
    +1

    I was at Kmart Eastgardens at opening time. 15 or so people were there and pretty much all of them went straight for the RB deal.

    Greedy vultures the lot of them - most of them were grabbing 4-5 of these packs! Only a few of us were getting just 1 each.

    Also Rock Band disc sold out instantly, and most people were left to get the ACDC disc - though that works out better for me since I got the original :)

    If you're planning on going for the RB pack you better go asap as they're very popular.

  • Nowheredotcom on 27/12/2009 - 16:31
    +1

    Tell me about spoke to 5 Kmart stores and all sold out north rocks had one left but getting sold as I was on the phone.

  • CVonC on 27/12/2009 - 19:24

    plenty of xbox ones at blacktown, parra and merrylands. absolutely none for the wii nor ps2/3

  • so_fetch on 28/12/2009 - 00:43

    ran out in bankstown for wii i rung:

    hurstville: none
    parramatta: none
    burwood: none
    marrickville metro: none (except xbox)
    fairfield: none
    broadway: none.

    stores said: ashfield, casula and merrylands are all sold out. :(

  • KingLouis on 28/12/2009 - 17:37

    Went by Kmart Eastgardens again. They had 5 drums kits left - think they were PS3 and Xbox360. All guitars were gone. They also had 2-3 full instrument kits (game, guitar, drums, mic).

  • CVonC on 28/12/2009 - 18:42

    can u get the game by itself?

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