Australian Exclusives listing from Hasbro

[griffin]

Big Thanks to Hasbro Australia for passing this list onto the fans through this site, as it will give us an idea of what "should" be here... and plan ahead or budget accordingly. The list only covers items up until July, and specific dates are estimates ONLY - retailers may have the items at their warehouse by that date, but might decide to release them to stores for a specific promotion later.
Other items may also be expected here during that time or later, but Hasbro may have kept them off this list if they are not yet ready to be revealed, or a retailer is still considering them... or they weren't signed up at the time of this list.
(Items not on this list that are known to be an American store exclusive are less likely to be here though.)

All of these items have been revealed globally already, so feel free to pass on a link to this topic to other Australian fans, but there is not much here that would interest non-Australians.
I have included any official images that have have already been officially released.


NOTE - details can and will change, as this list is a little old (I know two details have already changed), so I have edited where necessary to include current known information.


- - - BIG W - - -

17-May-14 (A5871) - TRA BEAST HUNTERS Commander 2-pack Assort (Shockwave/Bombshock & Optimus/Predaking) (could be both packs, but only Shockwave was listed) - OUT AMERICA (2013)

17-May-14 (A7757) - TRA MOVIE 4 RID Bumblebee and Stinger Scene Pack (could be Bumblebee, Stinger, Strafe 3-pack)

4-Jun-14 (A7758) - TRA MOVIE 4 Movie Legion Pack Assort (could include all six - Optimus, Bumblebee, Stinger, Grimlock, Hound, Lockdown)

11-Jun-14 (A7782) - TRA MOVIE 4 12" TITAN HERO W/WEAPONS (should be Optimus & Grimlock)


- - - TARGET - - -

17-May-14 (A7772) - TRA MOVIE 4 12" Optimus Prime (should be the Silver Knight Optimus)

17-May-14 (A7771) - TRA MOVIE 4 GENERATIONS Voyager Grimlock & Deluxe Silver Knight Optimus 2 Pack

4-Jun-14 (A7858) - TRA MOVIE 4 CONSTRUCT-BOTS Optimus Rider with Dinobot Grimlock

18-Jun-14 (A7769) - TRA MOVIE 4 RID Silver Knight Optimus Prime (should be the "un-deco" First Edition Optimus)


- - - KMART - - -

17-May-14 (A7781) - TRA MOVIE 4 12" Talking Titan Asst (should be Optimus)

17-May-14 (A6551) - TRA MOVIE 4 16" Titan Champions (could just be Grimlock & Optimus, which are not store exclusives in America) - OUT AMERICA


- - - MYER - - -

5-Mar-14 (A4322) - TRA MOVIE 4 PLATINUM EDITION Gaia Unicron vs Optimus (HK exclusive from Dec 2012) - OUT HERE

26-Feb-14 (A7286) - TRA PLATINUM EDITION YOTH Optimus Prime CNY (pushed back to May) - OUT HERE

17-May-14 (A9181) - TRA MOVIE 4 PLATINUM EDITION Voyager Optimus Prime and Grimlock - OUT HERE


- - - TOYSRUS - - -

26-Feb-14 (A5915) - TRA PLATINUM EDITION YOTH Supreme Starscream CNY (CANCELLED HERE)

2-Jul-14 (A8734) - TRA Masterpiece Grimlock - OUT AMERICA

2-Jul-14 (A7743) - TRA Masterpiece Prowl

2-Jul-14 (A9948) - TRA Masterpiece Sunstorm

30-Jul-14 (A7726) - TRA MOVIE 4 GENERATIONS Then & Now/Evolutions Bumblebee

30-Jul-14 (A7755) - TRA MOVIE 4 GENERATIONS Then & Now/Evolutions Dinobot Slug - OUT SINGAPORE

30-Jul-14 (A7754) - TRA MOVIE 4 GENERATIONS Then & Now/Evolutions Strafe - OUT SINGAPORE

30-Jul-14 (A7742) - TRA MOVIE 4 GENERATIONS Then & Now/Evolutions Grimlock

(as noted by Sinnertwin in previous topics, TRU should also be getting the Evolutions Optimus set, but maybe it is after July since it is not on this list)

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On Tuesday I contacted four of the Chain stores via their website Customer Service contact pages... to offer to promote for free on our site, any upcoming Movie exclusives (because we already know 22 American ones... and this after all is the site where their target customer of those limited edition exclusives interact).

- ToysRUs said “we do not have transformer items exclusive to Toys R Us Australia at this time”.
- Target said “we are unable to help you with your request.”
- Kmart said “we are not in a position to give out this information.”
- Myer replied to say that it was passed onto another department, and still hadn't heard anything from them by the end of the week.

- BigW didn’t have a contact email, so couldn’t get anything in writing from them.

ToysRUs used to be the only one I could trust for information... so its a shame that they are now the least reliable by telling us the opposite of what we've known for months.

So on Thursday I fired off an email to Hasbro, asking the same thing, and got a reply the next day.
As TRU have gone down in reliability, Hasbro have certainly gone up.

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Items that are known to be store exclusives in America that are NOT on the list above (since there are already at least 22, it can be tough to keep track of them all). I've noted the US stores to help track them down if you know someone over there, or will be over there in the next couple months.

Reasons for NOT being on the list above include (in order from most likely to least likely)...
- we are not getting it
- we might be getting it after July
- it might be a general release item, so isn't on the "Store Exclusive" list (like First Edition Optimus, which was a general release here)
- I have guessed something wrong when pairing up a known item to a vague product listing.
- A store has signed up for it since that list was generated.


Then & Now/Evolutions Optimus Prime (Classics Voyager & AOE Voyager) (US TRU)
(this is listed on our TRU Database for release, so might just be after July).

Bumblebee (TF2 Legion) & Strafe (BW Basic Terrorsaur) (US Walmart)

Optimus Prime (TF2 Legion) & Grimlock (TFE Basic Cruellock) (US Walmart)

Stinger (TF2 Legion Sideways) & Slug (BWNeo Deluxe Guildart) (US Walmart)

Construct-Bots Bumblebee (Rider) & Stinger (Rider), & Strafe (Dinobot) (US Walmart)

Flip/Smash & Change Silver Knight Optimus Prime (US Target)

Battle Masters Silver Knight Optimus Prime (remould) & Grimlock (new) (US Target)


It would be a shame if we don't end up getting the Walmart sets with Guildart and BW Laserbeak... and yet get stuck with ALL the different Titans.

(it is worth noting that Myer is supposed to be lining up a number of collector exclusives this year, which must be after July, now that everything of theirs on the list is already out)