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Would be nice if the flat grey was replaced with silver similar to MP-08X King Grimlock dino mode, otherwise I see no point reissuing this toy for the same price as takara's version and even more than the original hasbro version if all that is different is just box and an added crown.
Constructbots are out early (even out in the UK at the same time)... but not early enough, as I'd have liked to get these while in America.
Also out at US retail, Generations Wreckers wave and Beast Hunters Voyager Megatron.
As noted by Sinnertwin, the US Target exclusive Beast Hunters toys (Predacons Rising) have already been found - probably a store putting them out earlier than they were supposed to.
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Any word that we will get these here?Quote:
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Bunch of loose TT Grimlock showed up today at my local toy shop in Msia. $45 and its already sold out within 2 hours.
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It's like the opening scene from Jurassic Park 3.Quote:
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NM, question answered
That's platinum edition, not TT. It is reflective and has a gold waist. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by maxirod
Unknown if they will come here, as they were not expected here last time I asked (at Toyfair in March).Quote:
Originally Posted by ILikeSoundwave
Yeah its platinum. Not TT. Another shipment coming in at the end of the month.
Showed up yesterday together with Grimlock. Forgot about Jetfire with all the excitement on Grimlock.
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That's some nice looking paint apps there, saw these photos a while ago on Tformers. Not sure about the Decepticon logo though. I'm interested in how 1Toy manages to acquire pieces like these.Quote:
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More of the Constructbots have been appearing in US stores, so could be coming here soon.
Plus, quite a few of the Predacon Rising toys (which are exclusive to Target in the US and Tesco in the UK) are now being found in the UK.
I'm not sure myself. I know a number of toy shops in Msia, SG and HK sometimes get stock much much earlier and unannounced. I've seen MP8 and MP11 re-runs, Maketoys and FPJ products in stock before ROW gets it, TT Generations etc.
Predacon Rising figures have been released at Target in the US, figures are already on Ebay; Skylinx, Darksteel, Abominus and so on.
A few recent new releases in America and/or Asia.
Beast Hunters Cmdr wave 4 (Huffer & green Beast Blade Optimus Prime) in America.
Beast Hunters Legion wave 3 (Terrorcons Bligh, Windrazor, Rippersnapper) in American stores (online stores had them about 3 months ago)... out here this week as well.
Rescue Bots flip-changers (Chase, Heatwave) in America US$20 each.
Kreo Microchangers wave 3 out in Singapore.
Kreo Combiners wave 2 (Defensor, Pirranacon, Abominus) in America. (and Asia)
Beast Hunters Wave 5 Deluxe (Prowl, Night Shadow Bumblebee) in America.
Generations Metroplex has also just been found at US Retail, for US$130 (at TRU, so is likely to be about $20-30 more than other major chains... even BBTS were less, at US$109).
GEN DLX Hoist and Thundercracker out in America (online sources had them in the last week or two as well).
Via Seibertron
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The Target Exclusive Transformers Beast Hunters Voyager Cyrofire Predaking and Cyberverse Night Shadow Bumblebee VS Blight set have been released. Big thanks to Tygar for dropping by with the images found below, which come from at a Target in Monterey Park, CA.
Image of a Predacons Rising end at Target Lafayette, Indiana.
And you thought your store didn't have much stock
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The redeco and reworked Weaponizers are out in America for US$40 each. Optimus in green and a new weapon, and a black Bumblebee with new electronics and weapon.
Wave 2 of the Rescue Bots 2-pack Figurines are out in America.
These feature two cartoon human characters - Doc Green and Doctor Morocco.
It's so rare to get official figurines of Transformers Humans, this is pretty neat (for those following the Rescue Bots cartoon).
Other recent sightings in America...
Construct-Bots Predaking - apparently it is a Target exclusive in America, which is the first I've heard that. And apparently it has number 11 of 30 on it.
Price is US$25, and has 59 pieces.
Rescue Bots Beam-Box set and figures - the Box set was also just recently added to Amazon.
Prime First Edition figures are back in America, possibly to cash in on the release of the Finale Movie (which screened today/yesterday over there). Apparently they are even on the TRU website (not sure if they are available to us, so you'd have to check it out). The reason this is getting news on the global fansites, is because the regular First Edition Cliffjumper, never actually made it to mainstream America before. When the second release occurred, the Terrorcon version was released in America... but after all this time, most people wanting the regular version in America would have paid out extra to import it by now.
Noted in the post above... :p
The next Kreo build set is now out in America, which is the Autobot Command Centre, which comes with 4 or 5 kreons, a beast and Optimus in truck mode.
It was $50 at TRU, but had an original list price by Hasbro of $40.
The Jetwing Optimus that was once an Amazon exclusive, is now going to be released in ToysRUs in America for just US$50 during their "Black Friday" sale. (a special sales event in America "after" Thanksgiving, similar to our Boxing Day sales)
Hasbro certainly got their money's worth out of that mould.
^ Any chance it will be available again in Australia?
I was waiting for the price to drop in Big W when it was available but ended up being sold out:(
Best to email or call Hasbro Australia, and see if they will get this one in (it's different to the one we got here).
I wasn't expecting to find anything worth buying retail in HK (as I was surprised to see that TFs are pretty expensive at TRU), so when I saw the Construct-Bots Predaking advertised in the TRU catalogue as a TRU exclusive there, I looked around for it... but couldn't see it. So I asked a staff-member, and they looked out back, and found a case (of 3) and put them on the shelf. Price is HK$400 though (about AU$60), which is a lot more than their price for similar sized sets (the Triplechanger ones).
This figure/set is a Target exclusive in America... so might not be released globally or in big numbers.
They had some freebies though...
- tin carry case if you buy over HK$400 of Construct-Bots.
- a small square Kreo display base-plate if you buy over HK$200 of Kreo TFs.
- a free Beast Hunters comic (not released in comic shops) by IDW for any TFs purchase. (Details and photos will be in a news topic in the next day)
I found stuff to be pretty well-priced in HK, though some exclusive stuff was a bit high. $200 for a Hasbro MP-13 wasn't bad though. I wasn't allowed to get one while I was there, because it'd be cheaper here. Great.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Compared to here, the prices seemed just as expensive... when they used to be on par with American prices a few years back.
Some examples of the HK price in AU$ (using the current rate of 6.7)...
Voyagers were AU$40 (compared to about $20 in American),
Ultimate BH Optimus AU$86
Platinum Optimus AU$120 (it was about $70 here I think)
Platinum Omega Supreme AU$150.
Platinum Ultra Magnus was AU$60 (it was oddly significantly cheaper than the other two)
Weaponisers AU$60 (these are about AU$30 in America)
GEN Deluxes were AU$22 (probably the only thing that was cheaper than here... if we got those here - but still a lot more than the AU$15 price in America)
First Edition Deluxes were AU$21.
BH Deluxes were on sale for AU$15, but they didn't have the final wave (with Prowl :( ).
Legions were AU$9. (more expensive than here - but it was interesting to see that the JP Legions/EZ were the same price)
CMDR class was AU$15 (comparable to our price, but way over the American price)
JP GTR were AU$90.
GO! Kenzan was AU$64.
The other two combiners were only AU$30 each.
Cyberverse Vehicle sets were AU$36 (which was our regular price here, compared to AU$20 in America)
Kreo combiners were AU$21 (close to our price, but again, twice American pricing)
MP Soundwave was AU$209
MP Acidstorm was AU$120
TFs Chocolate Monopoly game (found at DJs here) for AU$15 (slightly less than our price)
Basically, for anything by Hasbro, it is cheaper to import in bulk from somewhere like Amazon or BBTS (or buy in Australia as a last resort if it is available here). I just can't see any reason to buy Hasbro TFs from HK if there are those other options available. (similarly in Singapore too - it's like Hasbro US have made sure they are now the only cheap country for TFs)
But for anything from TakaraTomy, the HK prices aren't too bad.
I took about 20 photos of the TRU range of TFs (there were so many toys), but will have to wait until I get back home before I get time to process and upload them.
It was just lucky they only had two rare items that I wanted (that I couldn't get online for less).
Wave 3 of the Construct-Bots are now already out in America. Includes 4 more of the smallest size class - Silverbolt, Cliffjumper, Deadend and Breakdown.
Nice. Ive been waiting for Breakdown, should see him drop into my PoL soon & that should do it
when i was in HK last year, the only thing I found worth buying was Gen or TFP deluxes.... were about $15 . The HK dollar was a bit weaker then though, about 8HKD to 1AUD.
but agreed, most TFs are probably better sourced from the US, but need to bulk order to get most out of shipping. (got some deluxes recently from Amazon for $10USD each )
For those having trouble finding Beast Hunters DLX Prowl (being in the last wave, which seemed to have a limited release with the black redeco of Bumblebee - but scalpers and collectors scooped up Prowl)... there looks to be a second chance, with bonus 2-packs being found at American Walmarts, for just US$10 plus tax (which is less than half the price of two individual Deluxes in America).
Hopefully some of those filter through to the secondary market (if the Prowl wave never gets to Australia), or at least affects the scalper pricing of the Prowls already online.
The next wave of Generations toys are now being found at US retail (yes, they were out in Asia a couple weeks ago) - which is the Deluxe wave of Waspinator, Skids, Dreadwing and Goldfire, and the Voyger wave of Rhinox and Doubledealer.