Generations Voyager Skylynx has appeared at American retail, leaving just Legends Wreckgar as the last of the Combiner Wars retail toys before Titans Returns start appearing in stores, probably around April/May.
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Generations Voyager Skylynx has appeared at American retail, leaving just Legends Wreckgar as the last of the Combiner Wars retail toys before Titans Returns start appearing in stores, probably around April/May.
RID Minicon Deployer Crazybolt (with white Hammer) has been found in Hong Kong... along with the second Minicon 4-pack (red Hammer, Anvil, Undertone, and new weapon Slipstream).
RID Legion wave 2 (Ratchet & Blizzard Optimus) have been found first in Germany.
Plus, the RID Platinum Edition Bumblebee & Grimlock 2-pack has been found in Singapore, just weeks after its reveal at the New York Toyfair.
It's priced at SG$130, which equates to about AU$130 because we are just over parity with them... which is almost double the price of an individual Deluxe/Warrior and Voyager.
If ToysRUs get it here, it will be at least double.
Some new items found in Singapore - Platinum sets (Optimus Vs Megatron, Clash on Junk), and the Combiner Wars Gen2 coloured Menasor.
Why does Megatron look G1-esque on the front box art? :confused:
It's probably artwork reflecting it's 20th anniversary theme, rather than the toys inside... to make the front artwork look more collectable to a 1986 movie fan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megatran
RID Tiny Titans wave 5 have been found at American retail.
Their price is US$3 plus tax, which would actually make them close to our $5 price... so it is surprising that these tiny things are actually selling enough to make it to five waves.
I think they have been found here, but I've yet to see them myself, or a photo to verify that wave.
oh, so you think I'm a liar, do you? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
No... just hinting for someone out there to post up a photo so that I can post it as news. Particularly as it would also prove that we missed wave 4 if it says 5 on the box.Quote:
Originally Posted by tinyJazz
The Platinum Edition set "Planet of Junk Clash" with Rodimus and two Junkions, is now on the American Target website for US$75.
Since it is a Target exclusive in America and is not planned for release in Australia, if you want this set, you will probably need to find someone selling it on ebay, or go through a shipping forwarder to order from the US Target website. (I've ordered items from the site before through a shipping forwarder, so it is possible.)
And it seems that Kreo just won't die in America.
After the line ended up in discount stores (similar to our Reject Shop) since about 2014 as discounted stock, we've been seeing the occasional re-release/repacked build sets in smaller red&white boxes in the last two years... and the latest pair are an interesting CHEAP duo.
The first one is a 3-pack of combiners, with Superion, Menasor and Bruticus, for just US$12 (they were US$30 for the three when they were originally released).
The second box has the Beast Hunters set originally called Beast Blade Optimus, now also US$12 (originally released for US$25).
The funny thing is that Kreo was sorta seen as a knock-off competition to Lego, and now Hasbro are selling them in US stores that generally stock cheap Chinese toys that would often have KOs and imitation toys.
And from one of the comments in that news topic, it sounds like some of the early waves of blindbag Microchangers have also been seeing a re-release at those stores, with flat display bricks instead of the big 8-brick that the original ones came with... and no code printed on the pack, so no easy way of knowing who is inside.
The Victorion set is finally out, now found at American Target stores for US$100... so expect about AU$200 when it shows up here.
Is anybody looking at getting Victorion? the girls love the idea of having an all girl combiner so I will probably bite. Ebay sites have it between 170-220ish
Edit $168ish shipped through Amazon.com
The very rare Cyber Battalion toys seem to be showing up again... possibly the stock that was almost released in Australia last year, but retailers here didn't want them. :(
Two of them are showing up with Universal Studios stickers on them (small Optimus, small Starscream), while Brazil seems to have restocked five of the seven toys (the small Bumblebee, small Optimus, small Megatron, big Optimus, big Bumblebee - missing the small Starscream and small Grimlock).
The ebay seller of the Universal Studios ones is in Hong Kong, so these might just be at the Singapore Universal Studios.
Some details on the Cyber Battalion and Cyber Commander series for those unfamiliar with them.
The phrase 'very rare' sure gets banded around a lot.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Are these the ones? (courtesy of Chimungmung).
Five of those are the ones.Quote:
Originally Posted by Megatran
And anything "Hasbro" that isn't released in North America, Europe, here and most of Asia, and not showing up in more than a couple online stores or much on ebay, does make them very rare.
(not that they are in huge demand, but were worth replicating as Kabaya models in Japan last month)
The second wave of 2016 RID Warriors (with Quillfire and Thunderhoof) have only just recently been reported as being found at US Retail.
They've now been found at the two American Universal Studios themeparks, and with the small Bumblebee as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Only Bumblebee & Starscream were found (so far) at Florida, while Optimus, Bumblebee & Starscream were found at the California park.
They are priced at US$33 plus tax, which is really expensive for over there, particularly since they are cheap-ish looking toys.
RID Battle Pack wave 3 (Strongarm & Blizzard Sideswipe) and the third Minicon 4-pack (weapons Minicons Lord Doomitron, Lancelon, Dragonus, and Bashbreaker) have been found in America.
The next wave of RID 1-steps have been found in America as well, which has the new mould Optimus, new mould Strongarm, and redeco Blizzard Sideswipe.
And yet more Kreo are showing up at discount stores in America, and just like the boxed build sets showing up there in the last couple of years, these aren't just re-releases of older Kreons. These blind-bagged Kreons are of figures released in the first couple of waves (back in 2012), but are using the newer 2014 Kreon body-part moulds with different paint apps, so are technically new Kreons.
Platinum Edition Optimus Vs Megatron set is now on Amazon in America, while the Cyclonus set is out in Hong Kong.
The same week it shows up here, the Rescue Bots firehouse set has also been found in America.
I think we got it a few days before the states... I posted a sighting in the ACT thread ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
That's why I said the same week as here. ;)
I really should read better :pQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
The Combiner Wars Gen2 Bruticus set is out in Canada.
Is it a special edition of that set or something?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
They have it listed at BIG W for $149 AU as part of their mid year layby/sale thing. Price after promotion $169 AU so don't get burned by other stores!
http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showth...t=22998&page=6
I took a photo of their catalogue on this page above. Also the BIG W thing has its own thread, but I have not looked in that thread yet.
The price was an estimate based on the usual doubling of toys here, which was actually true for the ToysRUs price, at AU$200. BigW is usually cheaper, so it was expected to be less than $200... and even cheaper on sale.
The RID Platinum set of Bumblebee and the Japanese Voyager Grimlock is now out in America, as an Entertainment Earth exclusive.
We are not supposed to be getting this set here, so if you want one, you will need to import it from EE, or from an Asian source.
The next wave of RID Warriors have been found in Hong Kong, which has Scorponok, Windblade and Power Surge Optimus (a remould of the earlier toy to match the big gimmick Power Surge toy).
This wave also sees the new green "Minicon Weaponizers" packaging, so some previous toys are going to be seen over the next few waves as re-releases in this new packaging style, but are the same toys as before.
And for a closer look at the new Scorponok toy (which will be coming out later as a redeco called Paralon), some photos were taken of it at the recent Taiwanese fan event.
RID Legion Ratchet & Blizzard Optimus now out in America, after most of the rest of the world got them.
The licensed RID diecast cars and RC cars by Dickie that Hasbro was promoting at Toyfair, have now been found in England.
(being on display at Toyfair doesn't mean they will come here... it is just part of the display to entice retailers to track them down and order them)
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/2016atf49.jpg
The Titans Return toys are now showing up in America, so they should show up here in the next couple weeks as well.
Deluxe wave 1 - Voyager wave 1
Plus, the Power Surge RID toys as well - Optimus & Sideswipe/Bumblebee.
The big Platinum Edition set of five Autobots from the 1986 Movie has been found in Singapore.
The RID 12 inch Titans (non-transforming) Drift (and probably Grimlock) have been found in America. Probably out for a while, but they aren't a popular item, so don't get reported.
Found the "transformers autobot heroes platinum edition" at takashimaya earlier today for SGD$299.90.
http://i.imgur.com/1XUhwmtm.jpg
Legends Titans Return toys now found in America.
Shouldn't be much longer for Titans Return toys to start showing up at our major retailers.
Wave 3 RID Battlepacks is now out in America (which we shouldn't be getting here), which is the new Strongarm and redeco Sideswipe in blizzard white deco.
It seems that the 3rd wave of RID Minicons (the first wave for 2016, with Swelter, Hammer, blue Slipstream & Back/Forth), has finally shown up in America (half a year after other countries), at a discount chain.
And more amusingly, the whole confusion about if a particular Minicon was called Back or Forth, has ended up with it being both, as one person found both at the same store (post #8 if you can see TFW attachments), which looks to be identical (toy & packaging) except the name on the front of the packaging.
The next wave of RID 1-steps with Bisk and Ratchet have shown up at American retail (a month or so after some online sources got them).
The sixth wave of RID Tiny Titans have also been found there as well.
Wave 2 of the Titanmasters have been found in America, very soon after wave 1.
Rescue Bots Racers found in America - these are the ones that are about the same size as the transforming RB toys, but have pull back motors to them... so will be more expensive, at US$15 (the regular ones are just US$10).
Now that SDCC is over, ToysRUs in America are now selling the Masterpiece Bumblebee in stores for US$65, as they had their exclusive advance release at SDCC.
And RID Legion Groundpounder/buster has also been found at US retail.
Titans Return wave 2 toys are already showing up in North America, as well as more of Asia... so not just here (with Soundwave being found here already).
It still begs the question - if both waves of 2016 are already being released in July, does that mean we get nothing new released until December for the first wave of 2017, as we only appear to have two waves of TR for 2016.
Wave 2 of the Titan 6-inch (non-converting) figures have been found in Europe, which has Grimlock and Strongarm, and could be a world first release.
Wave 2 Titans Return Legends (Ravage, Laserbeak, Rumble) are now officially out at American retail after being at some online stores for a few weeks.
And for the Rescue Bots fans, the newest wave of converting bots (Quickshadow and Morbot) are also out at American retail, just a week after being found first on Amazon.