Wave 8 RID Warriors (the 4th wave for 2016) have been found at US Retail, containing Ratchet, Bisk and Scatterspike.
(we are still yet to see wave 7 here)
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Wave 8 RID Warriors (the 4th wave for 2016) have been found at US Retail, containing Ratchet, Bisk and Scatterspike.
(we are still yet to see wave 7 here)
Apparently the Titans Return Deluxe Brainstorm is now officially in release in America at Walgreens, so the earlier findings of this toy must have been pre-emptive selling of some stores.
Looks like it has been out for a while in Asia as well.
At this time, it is not expected for Australia.
Damn! :mad: I keep holding out hoping to find one locally to avoid paying 5x as much off eBay.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
The Platinum Edition 1986 Movie set of five Autobots (Ultra Magnus, Arcee, Kup, Springer, Blurr is now on the American Target website, as it is there exclusive in America. It is also out in Asia, but is not expected in Australia.
The RID 1-step wave with Bisk and Ratchet have been found in Germany - they've been found in Asia and America, but haven't shown up here yet.
The RID 3-step Stealthasaurus Grimlock finally showed up in America at retail, even though I think it has been at online stores there since the end of last year. It showed up here in Australia about 9 months ago.
Titans Return wave 3 have been showing up in North America as well, with Deluxe, Voyager and Titanmasters.
Also soon after it showed up here, is the RID 3-step Bisk, along with the previous wave of orange Drift and Energon Bumblebee.
Apparently the TR Leader Soundwave wasn't yet out at American Retail, because it has now been found... some months after the rest of the world.
The first wave of RID Warriors for 2017 have appeared on Amazon America, which has Blastwave (an Autobot that looks like Bludgeon), Skyfire and a new white/red Drift redeco.
The Amazon prices have gone through the roof in the last few months, with these Warriors being priced at US$24 (about AU$35). It looks like they've raised the prices of all their past RID Warriors to match too, pretty much putting to an end any future Amazon purchases by me if it isn't on clearance.
I had noticed the hefty increase in recent Rescue Bots toys late last year, but now the various RID toys look to be seeing the same increase... and if Amazon ever reliably stocks Generations, they might be seeing a price increase too. :(
They also have a new Rescue Bots "friend" (a mini animal that turns into something), that has the best mode of a Sequoia bear, but doesn't list its name.
The last one to be released was Valor the blue lion, while Servo the dog and Drake the dragon were the first wave, which we got here.
The latest wave of Titans Return Legends with Gnaw, Bumblebee and Kickback, has just been released in America this week.
Also out in the last few weeks in America, are the second wave of the Series 1 of Alt-Modes, and the first wave of Series 2. (Alt-modes are the small toys that are giant heads on a transforming vehicle)
The RID Crash Combiners have also been found in America as well.
According to Justowen in HK, all but Broadside of the fourth wave of Titans Return are now out in HK... and Broadside should be out soon, if not already.
(which is ironic that Broadside is the first of the fourth wave to be found here this week, as well as in Canada)
Wave 4 Deluxe (Perceptor, Kup, Krok, Topspin, Quake) have been found at American Retail this week, so shouldn't be long before they show up here.
Found in the last week in several places in America, is the Titans Return Chromedome, with the Japanese version head (no faceplate).
It is likely to be a production error, with the wrong heads packaged with the Hasbro toys... and it looks like a large batch ended up getting past the QC checkers... so keep an eye out next time you are in the stores, in case some show up here in one of the later waves that Chromedome is re-released in.
Think they'll turn up here in Aus? I been thinking about getting the Takara Legends Chromedome, and this seems like a decent enough substitute, and a cheaper one :)Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
RID Warriors wave 2 (Soundwave, Skywarp, Windblade, Blurr) have hit American retail, so shouldn't be much longer to show up here (if we aren't skipping that wave).
The Optimus Movie helmet looks to have finally been found in stores in America this week, after being at online sources for a while.
Plus, Sixshot showed up there at the end of February as well.
Rescue Bots Brushfire has been found in America.
Wave 4 Generations Titans Return Voyager Broadside now out in America.
Wave 4 Generations TR Leader Skyshadow is now out in America, as is the Wave 4 Legends (Brawn & Roadburn).
And the Rescue Bots wave 4 Friends/Minicons (Sequoia) is also at retail, after some time being at online stores like Amazon.
The second wave of Rescue Bots transforming bots has been found in America, which has a blue redeco T-Rex Optimus and a new Heatwave as a 2-headed dragon... a recurring theme this year, with one in RID, in Rescue Bots, and in the Movie line.
The global release date for Movie toys is now here (in America), and the first wave is said to be available for purchase from the HasbroToyShop... so their retailers are likely to be putting the toys out now as well.
The second wave of RID Legions for Combiner Force (with Blurr) have been found in the US.
If I had of known, I could have reported these as being here in New Zealand a few months back (at least at my local Kmart)Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
They were here too, in February... it's just America who are a little behind on some random things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zippo
Titans Return Voyager wave 5 Blitzwing and Octone have just been found in America.
(and we are struggling to see wave 3... the first versions of those two moulds... here)
Plus, the Minicon 15 pack from a year ago (only released in Asia so far), has now been found in the UK... in the European packaging version that was being found in Asia, so it was obviously meant to go to Europe in the first place.
Interesting to see Hasbro go with Octane's Japanese name. MUUUCH better than calling him "Tankor." I guess this means that IDW won't need to continue with their Fat and Tall Tankor jokes then. :p ;)
One of the second wave Movie toys has managed to sneak out early in America, with the Knight Armor Megatron being found at ToysRUs.
Since there is no embargo date after the first wave, this would be a normal restock, as wave 2 toys are expected to show up as soon as wave 1 stock runs out at the Hasbro warehouses.
Hmmm.... Hasbro and Lego must have worked something out.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Looks like the Philippines got an early release of some Movie Wave 2 gimmick toys at their launch, with wave 2 Legions (Megatron, Drift, Crosshairs) and wave 2 1-steps (Berserker, Megatron, Grimlock) being available for purcahse.
They also had the Rubiks Puzzlehead Optimus available as well, which I hope we get here.
RID 1-step Heatseeker and new mould Strongarm have been found at US retail.
(we only just found the previous wave here)
Wave 2 Deluxe Movie toys found at retail in the US... a little earlier than expected, but a release date of "June" can still mean up to a month or two on either side of that, depending on how quickly (or slowly) old stock is selling.
The artwork for Steelbane looks really cool. But the sword for the actual toy looks different from the one in the artwork. I know it's quite a petty thing, but I think I like the sword in the artwork a bit better..
Sqweeks looks very cute. I think it's good they included his trailer/wagon rather than upsize him. It keeps him in-scale (sort-of), but makes the toy still worth the price.
Wave 2 Movie 1-step toys now found in America. (Grimlock, Megatron, Berserker)
They are certainly speeding through the replenishments over there, as wave two wasn't expected to be out until June.
Titans Return Velocitron set now out in Canada (at ToysRUs).
RID Activator wave 2 Sideswipe now out in America.
Wave 3 RID 3-step has been found at American retail.
This has the new Soundwave toy, plus a redeco Steeljaw and a redeco "first version" Bumblebee as well.
Movie Leader Megatron has been found at UK Retail. The wave 1 leaders were going to be released with the wave 2 Deluxe and Voyagers at around June, so this was expected, with just 2 days until June.
No mention if wave 1 Leader Optimus was found as well (it is just a redeco TF4 toy), as the UK seems to get special case assortments or one-toy cases.
The Rubiks Optimus head has been found at retail in America, a few weeks after it was released on Amazon.
It's by a division of Hasbro, rather than a licensed product by a separate company.
It looks like the next wave of RID Crash Combiners might be out in Asia, with three sets in the third wave - Lunar Force Optimus/Strongarm, Dragstrip/Wildbreak, Shockdrive/Warnado (which I'm pretty sure at at the Melbourne Toyfair, were Shockwave and Tornado).
Titans Return wave 5 Legends now out in America - Seaspray and Cosmos.
The next wave of RID Warriors (Bludgeon, Thermidor and Twinferno) have now been found in Asia, in Singapore.
Also found in Singapore are the new RID Legions (Cyclonus & Heatseeker), Crash Combiners (Lunar Force Optimus/Strongarm, Dragstrip/Wildbreak, Shockdrive/Warnado) and Combiner teams (Ultra Bee & Menasor).
The wave 2 Movie Voyager Hound has been seen at the Universal Studios in California, so should be out at regular retailers soon too. (wave 2 was noted as having a June release, so they all should be showing up globally over the next few weeks)
They didn't appear to have wave 2 Megatron, but maybe only had Hound put out at that time.
Found in America are the new RID Combiner Teams, Ultra Bee and Menasor.
And the TRU exclusive Movie Optimus 2-pack has been found in America for US$40... which is more than the price of two deluxe toys over there, so it isn't just ToysRUs here that is overpricing exclusives for this movie.