TF:Prime 1st edition Officially cancelled for the U.S

[theheretic]

Here's a link to more information
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...the-us-174249/

[Tallestblue]

Of course this happens when i decide to preorder the first editions from BBTS because I know they won't be coming out here. Durnit.

[Zippo]

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Fingers crossed TJ Maxx, Ross, Marshalls or one of the other clearance stores somehow gets. Or Australia .. or somewhere.

[5FDP]

This makes no sense to me and is going to pi$$ off a lot of fans who have to shell out more cash on eBay so they can get the better range of toys from the show.

[SMHFConvoy]

Well, my money will definitely spent on the smaller and cheaper cyberverse figures. Unimpressed by the mainline figures especially that BB, yikes! D:

[SharkyMcShark]

US fans treated like fans everywhere else in the world and its like the apocalypse in there.

[griffin]

That is so true... Any time they miss out on something that appears somewhere else, there are obscenities about Hasbro posted everywhere. Maybe they should walk a mile in our shoes, and just work with the situation, if they really feel that they "need those toys to survive".
I'm just surprised that most of the FE moulds are different to the regular line, because if they don't end up seeing a re-release or redeco in the regular line, they wouldn't have made their money back off those particular moulds.

[UltraMarginal]

That is so true... Any time they miss out on something that appears somewhere else, there are obscenities about Hasbro posted everywhere. Maybe they should walk a mile in our shoes, and just work with the situation, if they really feel that they "need those toys to survive".
I'm just surprised that most of the FE moulds are different to the regular line, because if they don't end up seeing a re-release or redeco in the regular line, they wouldn't have made their money back off those particular moulds.

This, makes me think they'll use them later down the track perhaps. or there are warehouses full of them waiting to be shipped to big W's everywhere

[FFN]

From what I've heard, the Deluxes were initially slated for release in Generations. You may remember the Walmart or Target Generations listings from way back for "Arcee" that got people really excited and hopeful for a classics style G1 Arcee.

At the time, Hasbro wasn't sure Prime was going to have a full toyline, as they were interested in presenting Prime as fiction standing on its own feet, rather than a series of 21 minute toy commercials (part of the reason why Prime was on television for a year before any toys appeared on shelves.)


As for why Hasbro released these molds in such limited numbers and then immediately replaced them with entirely new molds (for the most part), I'm not sure of the suggestions that these First Edition molds are now simply too expensive at the current price point to be sold now. But obviously, the First Edition molds don't fit into the Prime: Robots in Disguise mainline's play pattern of exchangeable weapons.

[kaiden]

That is so true... Any time they miss out on something that appears somewhere else, there are obscenities about Hasbro posted everywhere. Maybe they should walk a mile in our shoes, and just work with the situation, if they really feel that they "need those toys to survive".
I'm just surprised that most of the FE moulds are different to the regular line, because if they don't end up seeing a re-release or redeco in the regular line, they wouldn't have made their money back off those particular moulds.

FE Prime (voyager) - front wheels transform into shoulders which looks so damn good.
FE Bulkhead - unknown what the RID version is like

FE Bumblebee - no automorph feature, single weapon doesnt mount on hood. better proportions.
FE Arcee - different weapon.
FE Cliffjumper - no separate weapon.

FE Megatron (deluxe) - decent paint app.
FE Starmscream - unknown
FE Vehicon - different design, taller, bigger?

from what I've seen, pretty much all the FE are bigger and better than their RID counterparts.