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Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
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Awesome, thanks :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
A day after they were sighted in Perth, the Hero Mashers have been found in Central USA (for US$10)... along with the Target exclusive Battle Masters 2-pack of Silver Knight Optimus and Grimlock for US$20... which is $5 cheaper than the General Release 2-pack of Optimus Vs Megatron.
Wave 2 Power Battlers found in America. Only Scorn and Drft, so maybe Optimus was either already sold, or it is in a revision wave (as wave 2 has those three listed).
Store exclusive Construct-Bots Silver Knight Optimus and Grimlock have also been found at a Target in America for US$15. (Optimus is just a Dinobot Rider, not the Warrior class)
Flip&Change Drift has been found in America, which looked to be 3rd wave according to some online sources, but might have ended up being a wave 2 revision wave... as it has just shown up with Wave 2 Lockdown and Bumblebee.
Rescue Bots "basics" wave 2 have been found in America, which is Bumblebee as a Raptor and Optimus as a T-rex (looking very similar to the electronic version that came out a few weeks back, so must be looking like that in the cartoon).
I can't tell if it is Prime or Primal on the packaging though, as the electronic version was Primal, while the news posting says it is Prime.
I noticed on Amazon tonight that a number of gimmick items must have been released in the last week or two in America.
Construct-Bots Warriors Wave 2 - Bumblebee/Nosedive, Bulkhead/Wideload
Rescue Bots "Titans" - Chase, Heatwave, Boulder, Blades
Rescue Bots Electronic Heatwave "brontosaurus"
Mr Potato Head 2-pack Optimus & Grimlock
Wave 1 Hero Mashers - Basics, Battle Upgrade, Electronic, 2-pack
Found in Singapore - Walmart 3-pack (Stinger, Bumblebee, Strafe) & Deluxe Lockdown.
We have that '3' pack here in New Zealand, for a rather absurd price.
How absurd?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zippo
$55NZ
Deluxes retail for $35 now, Legends $10 .. so actually, its 'retail'
AOE:
Voyagers Whirl (Copter Repaint), Slog (Dinobot) SGD54.90
Deluxe Lockdown SGD29.90
Generations:
Voyager Skybyte, Roadbuster SGD 54.90
spotted in Singapore Metro stores and TRUs
Generations Jetfire is being sold early at the Ani-Con at Hong Kong this week... which means they have been produced and probably already on their way to Hasbro warehouses.
Masterpiece Sunstorm has also just been found at retail in America for US$80, despite TRU saying that they would be having an advance release at SDCC... which should mean at least a week before it shows up at stores.
TF4 Evolutions Bumblebee now out in America, for more ($19) than their Deluxe price ($15)... ours are less than our Deluxe price.
The TF4 Custom Kreon wave 2 are out in America also (Hound, Galvatron, Bumblebee, Crosshairs).
Plus, five weeks after it was here, the Rescue Bots Epic Optimus is in America for $30.
Deluxe Lockdown out at Retail in US, so should be here soon.
And Generations Sky Byte was also out, but not expected here.
Rescue Bots mini-Dino wave 2 (Boulder and Chase) now out in American retail for US$4, so might be here soon.
Two and a half months after Asia and Australia, the Platinum Edition Voyager Leader 2-pack (Optimus & Grimlock) has now been released in America - as a Kmart exclusive for US$60.
It is also worth noting this archive listing by German fan Nevermore over at TFW2005. He's like me, wanting to collate and archive release information so that it is easy to recall in the future for reference.
Generations Cliffjumper, Nemesis Prime, Gears and Acid Storm are now out on retail in Philippines - Mall of Asia - Toy Kingdom which would mean the other toystore branches will roll these out as well in the next week among the different SM mall group..
A friend of mine in facebook and another fella posted their hauls already today ....P/699.75 ($1 = P/41 sorry lazy to convert :p)
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/b...ps9bb983e6.jpg
They also have V. Roadbuster and Skybyte released since last week.
The Kreon Silver Knight 5-pack is out in Asia, as I bought one off ehobbybaseshop's ebay store and it arrived today.
I thought it was just the Optimus that was redecoed to be a silver knight, but all five have "silver" (grey) decos... making it more worth it (if you go for these sorts of things and don't want duplicates).
It should be a Target exclusive in America (since it has Silver Knight to it), but I'd be surprised if it comes here.
Voyager Slog and Drift now out in America.
And they are also catching up on the items we were got out early for the May/June toy sales, with Dinofire Grimlock now found as well.
For anyone looking for the Second series of Construct-Bots that were of Beast Hunters characters, it looks like they might have recently appeared in Singapore, as a number of ebay listings have shown up from there lately... and enough listings for the prices to not be too high yet (considering their rarity), for those interested in Construct-Bots.
Construct-Bots Scout Bumblebee, Starscream, Ripclaw
Construct-Bots Elite Skystalker, Shockwave, Optimus Prime
Construct-Bots Triple Team Unicron Megatron, Bulkhead
The Walmart 2-packs are now out in America.
These are all redecos, but are the ones with the Beast Wars moulds that some are keen for... so if they don't end up coming here, now is the time to start looking on ebay.
The second wave of this year's Microchanger Kreons are definitely out, and according to the person who found them in the Philippines, says that there are only two different numbers printed on the packs this time (instead of 12 different ones).
Wave 2 of the 12 inch Titans (just Lockdown) has been reported in America, and the Wave 2 of Construct-Bots Warriors (Bumblebee & Hound) have also been sighted at a retail store in America, almost a month since they were on Amazon.
TF4 AOE Leader class Bumblebee is now appearing at Costco in America by the pallet load, and doesn't look like it will be released to regular retailers at all (in America).
There is a good chance that it will appear at our Costco stores as well, for very cheap.
Also found in America is the Target exclusive Silver Knight version of the First Edition Optimus. If it comes here, Target have the exclusive hold on the "Silver Knight" concept, so it should be about the same price as the blue First Edition Optimus (AU$99), as this one is the same price of US$60 in America.
TRU Express in Kuala Lumpur Airport has 1-step Slug, HO Bee, and Steeljaw, Voyager Drift, big flip change Drift and Lockdown, all the Then and Now, the repaint versus sets, Construct Bots riders Hound, Crosshairs etc, plus all the Beast Hunters sets we missed (Predaking, Unicron Megatron etc), all Platinum double packs including the leader set, and MP Prowl, Sunstorm and Grimlock.
Platinum Edition Leader 2-pack has been released in Malaysia.
The second wave of Hero Mashers were popping up on Amazon in America, but selling out fast - Jetfire, Rodimus, Heatwave, Soundwave, Slug.
Now out in America, so should be here soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Sighted in Singapore by UltraMarginal are the Wave 3 One-Step basics (Drift show, should also include Steeljaw, Galvatron, High Octane Bumblebee).
Isn't Optimus in the new wave too?Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
It might be repacked into it, but Optimus was in the first wave so I didn't mention it.
Noted.. and you may be right, but in SG.. not many people found Optimus so this wave is a good wave to get Optimus Prime for one-step loversQuote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Really? That's weird. Maybe it was really popular.
I think I remember seeing on BBTS that Optimus repacked in one of the next two waves of new figures, so could be this one.
I just looked at BBTS, and Wave 4 has Optimus repacked into it, but not sure about Wave 3 as they only offer sets. (their wave numbering is 2 out)
Okay... looking at Entertainment Earth site (can't be bothered retyping the post with each update :p ), Wave 4 does indeed have Optimus, but Wave 3 that Ultra Marginal found does NOT. (their wave number is out by one, count Stinger as wave 3 instead of 2.5 or 2R1)
Saying that, the Stinger wave has Optimus as well, but that wave seems to be up in the air at the moment, as the next wave (that UltraMarginal found) has now showed up... and very few sightings have appeared globally as it might have been intended as a Walmart exclusive (it started showing up in US Target, WITH Walmart exclusive stickers on them).
So good news for those in Singapore wanting Optimus, but still a bit of a wait if you don't get the Stinger wave... and less of a chance of seeing it because it is the last wave of a Movie line. (often last waves see limited release or cancelled)
If you find Lockdown in stores, two of those revision waves had Optimus as well according to Entertainment Earth.
Singapore airport didn't have the optimus.
did have steeljaw, galvatron, helicopter drift and another which doesn't come to mind right now.
also the spark battlers or whatever they're called and the 3 pack with deluxe strafe and two legends figures ( bb and stinger) I think.
also the series 2 movie kreon micro changers. I didn't look to close because they were expensive and I was ticked because I initially thought they were the wave 4 ones we didn't get here. they do not have a defining serial number on them.
Phillipines toy Kingdom had a lot of the series 2 kreo sets we missed here.
I also just noticed that the Hasbro toy shop has the Kreon SDCC set back up as a pre-order so if you know someone who can order on your behalf it might be worth a shot, otherwise Tropisetron has a set for sale still.
I wouldn't mind a One Step HO Bumblebee :D
After not getting Gen Metroplex in New Zealand as there was no interest (except for the 50 people who posted on the NZ forum wanting one) and because it was too expensive ($200NZ), as a consolation prize we do get Stomp and Chomp Grimlock for the extra special price of $240NZ
My faith in Hasbro New Zealand has been well and truly destroyed.
I feel bad for retail now
are there still people wanting Gen Metroplex in NZ? wow.. 50 is alot