2021 Transformers Toy Checklist for Australia

[nalops]

Are we still expecting to see wave 2 of the retro Headmasters in this part of the world?

They came out a while ago here in Australia. Hopefully they still come out over there but at this point, I'm not sure.

[JonathanNZ]

They came out a while ago here in Australia. Hopefully they still come out over there but at this point, I'm not sure.

Oh dang, I didn't realise wave 2 had come out there already - thought we were both still waiting!

Hmm, if thats the case I might just eBay Skullcruncher as I really don't trust us to get them on shelves here in NZ still. We got wave 1 but that was a surprise for sure.

[griffin]

Updated posts 2-5 with newest releases and reveals.

I will have to start filling out the 2022 post, now that we have several items officially revealed, including Victory Saber for late 2022.

[griffin]

Updated posts 7-9, which is the Japanese listings and starting the 2022 (officially revealed) items.

I was really surprised that the number of Masterpiece toys from Japan was so small this year. Like, ridiculously small.

There was just ONE Masterpiece toy released in the entire first half of this year, and only two Gen1 moulds for the entire year... 3 versions of the Starscream mould and 2 versions of the Skids mould (with a 3rd to come early next year). Throw in the redeco of the Arcee mould early next year, it's been a while since we've had a year of so few new moulds.

And it's not like we have a heap of other MP toys padding out the year, as the sixth MP toy is Movie MP Optimus from the Bumblebee Movie.
No Beast Wars at all (last one was Tigatron in September 2020, and I haven't heard of any more Beast Wars MP toys in the pipeline... so the incomplete cast so far could well be it).

Comparing 2020 to 2021...

2020 - 11 toys (10 moulds - one being a reissue)

- MP-19+ - (Gen1) Smokescreen (anime redeco) (TakaraTomyMall excl) - LATE JAN (9,180yen)
- MP-48 - (BW) Lio Convoy (new) - FEB 29th (15,000yen)
- MP-38+ - Burning Beast Convoy - (translucent red redeco) (TakaraTomyMall excl) - LATE MARCH (13,200yen)
- MP-10DC - Convoy Duck Camo vers - (camo redeco) - MARCH 26th - (19,000yen)
- MP-39 - Sunstreaker (reissue) - MAY - (10,000yen)
- MP-49 - Black Convoy (black redeco MP-44 Optimus Ver 3 - cab only) - JULY 25th (23,000yen)
- MP-50 - Tigatron (new) - SEPT 26th (26,400yen)
- MPM-10 - (Movie) Starscream (same as Hasbro version?) - LATE OCT (22,000yen)
- MP-39+ - Spinout (red redeco Cordon without roof lights) (TakaraTomyMall excl) - LATE NOV (13,200yen)
- MP-51 - Arcee (new - Cybertronian car) - LATE DEC (17,600yen)
- MPM-11 - (Movie) Ratchet (same as Hasbro version?) - LATE DEC (20,000yen)


2021 - 6 toys (3 moulds - no reissues)

- MP-52 - Starscream v2 (new mould) - Late JUNE (30,800yen)
- MP-52+ - Thundercracker v2 (redeco MP-52 Starscream) (TakaraTomyMall exclusive) - Late SEPT (27,500yen)
- MPM-10 - Optimus Prime (Bumblebee Movie - truck - same as Hasbro version?) - Late October (20,000 - 22,000yen)
- MP-53 - Skids (new mould) - Late NOV (9800 - 10,780yen)
- MP-54 - Reboost (red redeco Skids w/ new head, driver & scooter) - Late NOV (9800 - 10,780yen)
- MP52+SW - Skywarp Vers 2 (redeco Starscream) (TakaraTomyMall exclusive) - Late DEC (27,500yen)

[griffin]

Spent the day updating everything, including the confirmed 2022 items.

I still want to update some of the prices, but need to update the pricing topic first.

[griffin]

Some of the 2021 list will carry over to 2022 (items yet to be released here) to be updated later, but one of the edits just done to the Kingdom list is the Core class waves.
Until the recent reveal of Hotrod, it had me wondering why we didn't have a 4th wave to be released with the Deluxe and Voyager waves... and now it looks like there was indeed a fourth wave, just no new figures in it.

According to Entertainment Earth, the waves had...
w1 - (new) 3 Optimus, 3 Rattrap, 2 Vertebreak
w2 - (new) 3 Megatron, 3 Starscream - (old) 1 Rattrap, 1 Vertebreak
w3 - (new) 3 Soundwave, 3 Dracodon - (old) 1 Optimus, 1 Starscream
w4 - (old) 2 Soundwave, 2 Dracodon, 2 Optimus, 2 Megatron
w5 - (new) 3 Hotrod, - (old) 3 Soundwave, 2 Rattrap

I'd have to check my photos to see if we got both wave 3 and 4 here, but it means that Soundwave could end up being the shelfwarmer if we get wave 5 Hotrod here, with so many units in the last three of the five waves.