More Transformers revealed - Draculus & Road Rage

[DELTAprime]

American Target is apparently going to be revealing some Transformers on Friday. Start speculating...

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/target-announces-new-transformers-reveals-from-hasbro-this-friday/46270/

[Handsprime]

It'll probably just be Road Rage.

Update: It's possible that it's the blue Bluestreak that has been leaked as well.

[Fungal Infection]

I hope its just a delayed announcement for Road Rage. All these exclusives are really wearing me down.

[Handsprime]

So other than Road Rage, a Dracula x Transformers Crossover figure (Draculus) (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/dracula-x-transformers-crossover-toy-revealed/46282/) has also been announced. Not much details other than it being a Mindwipe Retool. Hopefully more information will come forward as to if it's a titan master or not.

[DELTAprime]

So other than Road Rage, a Dracula x Transformers Crossover figure (Draculus) (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/dracula-x-transformers-crossover-toy-revealed/46282/) has also been announced. Not much details other than it being a Mindwipe Retool. Hopefully more information will come forward as to if it's a titan master or not.

Dracula? Is this a Castlevania tie-in?

[Krayt]

Dracula? Is this a Castlevania tie-in?

As in a Dracula tie in

[1AZRAEL1]

Universal Monsters tie in. Says "characters" so I am super hopeful they do the entire cast

[DELTAprime]

Universal Monsters tie in. Says "characters" so I am super hopeful they do the entire cast

Um, what? They are making a toy based on this thing I didn't even know existed because it was a movie from 90 years ago???

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Classic_Monsters

They should have gone with Castlevania, at least that Dracula is from the 1980's.

[Sinnertwin]

Project Bat has been revealed & I love it.

[Sinnertwin]

Universal Monsters tie in. Says "characters" so I am super hopeful they do the entire cast

Same. Maybe a Wolf Man from Weirdwolf? That leaves The Mummy & Frankenstein etc This could go anywhere

[Krayt]

It’s been found in Canada and is NOT a headmaster

[Lint]

Project Bat has been revealed & I love it.

I reckon there's more than a few things they could have done better with this guy but I love the concept, welcome the collaboration and the return to collector-grade packaging.

That pricetag though, yeesh.

[1AZRAEL1]

Same. Maybe a Wolf Man from Weirdwolf? That leaves The Mummy & Frankenstein etc This could go anywhere

Gigawatt and MP10 Ghostbuster Prime are all I have atm, but I'd be all in for these universal monsters. Weirdwolf makes sense, but you're forgetting Creature from the Black Lagoon heh

[Gehirn]

but you're forgetting Creature from the Black Lagoon heh

Skullsmasher is close enough.

[griffin]

So other than Road Rage, a Dracula x Transformers Crossover figure (Draculus) (https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/dracula-x-transformers-crossover-toy-revealed/46282/) has also been announced. Not much details other than it being a Mindwipe Retool. Hopefully more information will come forward as to if it's a titan master or not.

Mirrored images...

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/091101.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/091102.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/091103.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/091104.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2021/091105.jpg

From the Target listing (https://www.target.com/p/transformers-collaborative--universal-monsters-dracula-mash-up--draculus/-/A-84260299)...


We are dealing with the undead…an undead Decepticon! When night falls, the vampire Draculus awakens from stasis and stalks the darkness, preying upon those unfortunate enough to cross his path
SPECIAL DRACULA -INSPIRED PACKAGING: Packaging is inspired by a video tape copy of the movie Dracula. Not for use as an actual video tape
INSPIRED BY DRACULA: The Draculus figure converts into bat mode in 23 steps and features deco and details inspired by the 1931 Universal Pictures Dracula movie
Draculus figure comes with cape, blaster, and Impaler claw accessories and features black and white deco in robot mode inspired by the black and white movie release



It’s been found in Canada and is NOT a headmaster

Yep (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/09/10/transformers-collaborative-draculus-mash-up-found-in-hand-images-found-in-canada-440842)... out in Canada, probably by accident from an online retailer not waiting for a set release date. But not too early though, as it was originally listed on Amazon Australia for October. (and in America 28th November)

The prices vary a lot though...
The US price is us$32 (about au$44)
The price of the ones found in Canada was can$70 (about au$75)
The price on Amazon Australia (which could be wrong as they had the same price on the Jurassic Park set, which was wrong) was au$92.

[Paulbot]

The price on Amazon Australia (which could be wrong as they had the same price on the Jurassic Park set, which was wrong) was au$92.

Maybe that’s the right price for this, and explains the cheap price for Jurassic Park - they put the price of the wrong Collaborative toy on it.

[griffin]

The reason I thought it could be wrong is that our prices are usually around double the US price, so it should have been around au$65 here.
The US pricing is around the price of Voyagers in America, so paying a leader class price here for a Deluxe toy is a bit steep.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

The reason I thought it could be wrong is that our prices are usually around double the US price, so it should have been around au$65 here.
The US pricing is around the price of Voyagers in America, so paying a leader class price here for a Deluxe toy is a bit steep.

Gotta fund that cloth cape somehow!

I'm kinda excited for this for some reason, not entirely sure why though. I do like Dracula and the black and white thing has me interested.... I guess I'm more excited to see what the other monsters come up with. IN that I am thinking about the Ninja Turtle Monsters from the 90s with a glow in the dark mummmy version of Raphael (I think it was).

Wolfman from Wierdwolf seems a given if lazy attempt.
The creature from the black lagoon could be Sullcruncher, or Scalor, or even a(nother) remolded Monsterbot.
Frankenstein's monster er, one of the disassembly guys. Or a couple of them since it is generally depicted as being a large fellow.
The mummy ? I don't know. Something that glows in the dark hopefully

[Krayt]

Zing has it listed for $64

https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/product/toys-gadgets/278485-transformers-generations-transformers-collaborative-draculus-action-figure

[griffin]

If Amazon stays at $92 (they don't fix the price before release) I might have ro change my preorder over to EB.

[griffin]

If Amazon stays at $92 (they don't fix the price before release) I might have ro change my preorder over to EB.

I just checked my Amazon order, and Draculus has been changed to $58.36... so must be close to release as well (the release date was supposed to be October 1st).
A shame that the order page still isn't up yet (https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08YJWBBMQ/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), so maybe they will only list it when they are ready to ship.

[Autocon]

Thinking halloween timed release for the count dracula mwuahahaha

[griffin]

I just checked my Amazon order, and Draculus has been changed to $58.36... so must be close to release as well (the release date was supposed to be October 1st).
A shame that the order page still isn't up yet (https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B08YJWBBMQ/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1), so maybe they will only list it when they are ready to ship.

It came into stock last weekend, and unfortunately the price went up to match EB Games ($64). Still cheaper than Popcultcha by $6, and free shipping from Amazon for those eligible.
EB Games still haven't got it yet, or haven't started shipping them out to stores and customers yet.

Mine from Amazon arrived a couple days ago, so I went into my nearest EB Games store and cancelled that order (which was my backup in case Amazon cancelled my pre-order).
Unfortunately, the packaging on mine was damaged. I had two toys sent from Amazon (Shadowpanther and Draculus), separately, but they are the same size packaging, shipped in the same sized Amazon shipping boxes... and yet, someone at Amazon put in a scrunched up piece of packaging paper into the Draculus box, and then forced closed the lids of the box to tape it down (which wasn't even very flat), crushing the Draculus box enough to rip one of the sides open.
They probably thought that it was an expensive item that needed extra protection in shipping, but in the end, caused the damage, as Shadowpanther was shipped without any padding, and its shipping box was sealed flat, with the toy arriving undamaged.

[griffin]

Two months after us, America is getting Draculus on November 28th (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/11/23/transformers-collaborative-draculus-mash-up-found-at-target-445380)... and someone just found it at a Target store, but wasn't able to buy it because it scanned up as a locked item until November 28th.