Megatron HISS Tank and Baroness Transformers X GI Joe Crossover revealed.

[DELTAprime]

Here they are, the rumoured HISS Tank Megatron and Baroness crossover.

I think I'll actually get this one, unlike the other crossovers.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/megatron-hiss-tank-transformers-gi-joe-crossover-revealed/46708/

[Krayt]

Zing page is up, $118https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/product/toys-gadgets/281886-transformers-gi-joe-mash-up-megatron-hiss-tank-and-baroness-figure

[Thurmus]

I quite like it.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Looks cool and the Baroness figure being included is a nice touch.
Not for me though

[Seraphim Prime]

I'm loving the concept, and if I enjoyed GI Joes this would be hitting all my buttons, but I never really had any interest in GI Joe, so the focus on the 3 3/4" scale pushes down my interest and I won't pick up what will be quite a large figure.

If it was TF scaled I'd be all in.

[Tranceblade]

Zing page is up, $118https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/product/toys-gadgets/281886-transformers-gi-joe-mash-up-megatron-hiss-tank-and-baroness-figure

Take a copy of your invoice in case it goes up, they've been caught doing it with previous items

[Autocon]

Hiss really not my ssing

[griffin]

The interesting thing is that it won't be released in America until January 2023 (https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-g-i-joe-mash-up-megatron-h-i-s-s-tank-and-baroness) (for us$90), but will somehow be released in Australia in July 2022 (for au$118), some 6 months earlier.
It is worth noting that recently we have managed to get some exclusives here 2 or 3 months before America (probably due to covid), but 6 months seems a little bit much, so keep in mind that the EB Games release date could be wrong.

The Hasbro Pulse listing says that it is already sold out... if that isn't an inventory error on their part, maybe EB Games has a limited quantity too, so pre-order quickly just in case.

The product details...


Transformers robots have always been -- More Than Meets the Eye -- but now, through the Transformers Collaborative, fans can experience these larger than life characters as they team-up, mash-up, and meet up with other characters, teams, and people who share this same special quality.

Worlds collide in this Transformers-G.I. Joe mash-up pack! The Decepticons and Cobra team up to conquer the world! Baroness and Megatron, disguised as a H.I.S.S. Tank, plan the next Cobra attack. The Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank toy converts from robot to tank mode in 28 steps and comes with G.I. Joe Retro Baroness figure. Both figures feature deco and details based on the worlds of Transformers and G.I. Joe. Includes fusion cannon, backpack, and weapon accessories. Accurate scale to the 1983 H.I.S.S. Tank toy. Display Baroness figure at the turret and in the H.I.S.S. tank vehicle mode. Packaging is inspired by a mash-up of the classic ’80s toys with retro artwork. Baroness toy comes on a card back with file card.

Includes: 2 Figures, 3 accessories, and instructions.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE: Transformers robots have always More Than Meets the Eye, but now fans can experience Transformers characters as they mash-up with iconic characters who share this same quality
TRANSFORMERS-G.I. JOE MASH-UP: The Decepticons and Cobra team up to conquer the world! Baroness and Megatron, disguised as a H.I.S.S. Tank, plan the next Cobra attack
INSPIRED BY G.I. JOE: Megatron H.I.S.S. Tank toy converts from robot to H.I.S.S. tank mode in 28 steps and comes with G.I. Joe Retro Baroness figure. Deco and details are based on the world of G.I. Joe
DETAIL AND ACCESSORIES: Includes fusion cannon, backpack, and weapon accessories. Accurate scale to the 1983 H.I.S.S. Tank toy. Display Baroness figure at the turret and in the H.I.S.S. tank vehicle mode
SPECIAL RETRO G.I. JOE-INSPIRED PACKAGING: Packaging is inspired by the classic ’80s Transformers and G.I. Joe toy packaging with retro artwork. Baroness figure comes on a card back with file card
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Even though Hasbro needed something to reveal for their GIJoe 40th anniversary video, the packaging clearly says that it is a Transformers collaborative toy, not a GIJoe collaborative toy.... so should have been revealed on a Transformers video.

[griffin]

I finally found the livestream video, as the major fansites didn't appear to want to quote it... which was on youtube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NX8U26ul8cM). It goes for almost 2 hours, with the Collaborative toy at about 80 minutes.

[griffin]

Also for pre-order at Amazon Australia (https://www.amazon.com.au/Transformers-Generations-Collaborative-Megatron/dp/B000OZW7M0/), for $104 - that's $14 cheaper than EBGames, but you will have to wait 6 weeks if both places get them at their expected dates (Amazon Australia release date is August 15th).

[Shattered Trousers]

I wouldn't trust Amazon to make good on that pre-order price. I would expect them to cancel all pre-orders, claim they can't get stock and then re-list at a higher price.

Honestly, I'm expecting some kind of shenanigans from Zing, trying to weasel out of honouring the pre-order price, but I've actually got money down on my Zing pre-order and I'll have mine paid off in full long before it arrives. I choose to believe that will make a difference, make it harder for Zing to cancel on me.

By all means, try pre-ordering through Amazon, but please don't put all your eggs into that particular basket just to save a couple of bucks.

(Hi, everyone, by the way. Long time lurker, first time posting.)

~L~

[griffin]

The price is close to EB Games, which makes sense. The thing to note here for choosing which source to go for is the expected release date. EB Games is six weeks earlier, so maybe the extra $14 can be an impatience tax. ;)

Amazon generally only cancel orders if they didn't receive the stock amount they were promised by Hasbro, or significantly under-priced something (like the Titan Black Zarak)... but sometimes they let it go, like the Jurassic Park set (a lot of orders were cancelled due to not getting enough stock from Hasbro, but the stock that they did get in, they appeared to ship out at whatever price people pre-ordered it at, which was $100 under its real price for most people).

[Shattered Trousers]

I hear what you're saying, and I'm pleased to read some of the Transformers X Jurassic Park pre-orders were filled.

Mine was not one of them, but that's alright, I never cancelled my pre-order with Amazon.com, so I was able to get the toys, just not as cheap as I had hoped to.

I have my doubts about any of the proposed release dates. Hasbro Pulse's 1/1/23 seems like a worst case scenario with all the uncertainty surrounding shipping around the world, Zing's 1/7/22 date seems like a boilerplate six-monthly-placeholder date they can kick down the road, changing it as they go, until they know for sure, and Amazon.com.au's release date looks equally subject to change.

For me, personally, the additional $14 I'll pay to buy from Zing is the price of security that my pre-order will be more difficult for them to cancel when they realise they've sold the piece for a price lower that 2x American RRP.
It would be one thing to cancel a pre-order with no money down, like Amazon, but it would be a bad look for Zing to cancel a pre-order listed in their system as "paid in full."

~L~

[Krayt]

Selects galvatron had a price change at zing after the listing went live, but stores still chose to honour the original price if you showed them

[Shattered Trousers]

That's very encouraging news to me. :D

I've kept screen grabs of my invoice information, just in case. Better to have it and not need it, and all that.

~L~

[spiderken17]

Thats one of rhe coolest crossovers they have done. Both modes work really well. Not my cup of tea as im not really a gi joe fan but cool none the less.

[griffin]

Official unboxing of the Megatron HISS tank crossover at Geekculture (https://geekculture.co/unboxing-hasbro-transformers-gijoe-mash-up-megatron-tank-baroness/) (and mirrored here if that link goes (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/06/25/transformers-x-gi-joe-collaborative-megatron-hiss-tank-baroness-in-hand-images-459385))... showing that it is a big toy, with a fairly simple transformation and LOTS of kibble in both modes (it looks like most of the had and chest of Megatron sticks out the back of the tank mode).
The Baroness toy is inside the box in its own sealed backing card, which I though was strange, as it makes it look like a separate bonus toy, rather than a 2-pack of partner toys (because the Megatron toy isn't similarly boxed as a separate toy).

(this will be the third official Baroness toy in my collection, despite never collecting any GIJoe toys - the first one was for the GIJoe/TFs SDCC set, and the second was from FunPub in their final year as part of their Gen2 comic themed pack)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2022/062601.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2022/062602.jpg

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/news/2022/062603.jpg

[griffin]

At the end of May, the Megatron HISS tank was released in Asia (https://news.tfw2005.com/2022/06/26/transformers-x-gi-joe-collaborative-megatron-hiss-tank-baroness-out-in-taiwan-459427) (being found in Taiwan), which is really early, since the American release date is January 2023... and our release date was September 2022 on Amazon Australia, and was July 2022 at EBGames (now says August 12th).