Generation Waspinator

[Verno]

Cheers, Griff - any and all info would be great.

Yeah, I had a bit of a hunt around the other online stores, and eBay, and was very disheartened with what I could find.

I'm getting both the Hasbro and Takara versions of Rhinox and Waspy (and Rattrap, if Takara put one out), but I was contemplating keeping the Takara boys in their boxes for prosperity and open the Hasbro ones to play with.

*sigh* I guess I'll just ship the small pile of loot I have with them once Rattrap becomes available, and leave the pre-order with BBTS, hoping some other BW-themed toys might get released later in the year, however unlikely that is. Or maybe BBTS will stock the Ghostbusters lego set.

Regardless, it's an incredibly frustrating situation. I don't buy toys often (haven't bought a TF since Henkei Dinobot) so to come out of the woodword and be faced with a predicament like this is very frustrating, made so at every turn by Hasbro's ineptitude - firstly in producing the toy and then in their getting it to Australian stores.

[Verno]

I've been in contact with Tracie from BBTS Customer Service. I queried her on the details in the previous email about sourcing toys from alternate suppliers, and the following was her response:

I do understand your frustration and we have put out conflicting information, because we were receiving conflicting information. We apologize for the supply problem on this particular wave. Hasbro USA has canceled all open purchase orders on this series and will not be able to fill our remaining order with them. We then purchased a large amount of inventory overseas and air shipped it in, but upon arrival we discovered that the overseas vendor had shipped us wave 02 and not wave 01. At this time we are still exploring more options with several vendors and still waiting to hear back from them. At this point we are in a holding pattern and and once again we apologize for the shortage from Hasbro and the long delay. As soon as an update is provided we will be sure to let everyone know.

So, all in all, it sounds like a proper cock-up starting right at the top with Hasbro. Cheers Hasbro.

[kup]

Selling a Hasbro Waspinator and Rhinox - $65 for both. Who is interested?

[Verno]

Selling a Hasbro Waspinator and Rhinox - $65 for both. Who is interested?

Sadly I've already paid for my Rhinox from BBTS

[Ravagecat]

I feel your pain Verno Hasbro most likely delayed further production of the awesome generation figures to make the not so awesome tf4 movie ones causing the delays we are seeing to suppliers like BBTS

I received the same emails about them sourcing stock from elsewhere too. I pre-ordered a full set back in Nov and my eta is still showing March but based on your last email about the offshore supplier stuffing up I don't like my chances of getting this set anytime before September

I guess we'll all just need to be patient

[liegeprime]

My order got filled. Received an email from them last January. This is the wave with Skids included right? So it means they did get some stock it's just that they didn't get enough stock. Hasbro and their faulty business supply, hmph. ;(. Now I received they moved the Chromia/Arcee to September due to Hasbro.... Coz it's Arcee Im expecting a pattern of her getting cancelled, just like how they did on the Titanium one. Hasbro Tradition.

[Autocon]

Selling a Hasbro Waspinator and Rhinox - $65 for both. Who is interested?

Mosc/misb?