Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys for Australian retailers

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Kmart stores have often been found to put out shelf-tags 2-3 months too early (they must get details or alerts emailed to them for upcoming stock as soon as they are added to the system, even if they don't yet have the stock... and print out all of the shelf-tags ready), and I saw another one today that is for an item that Kmart isn't supposed to be getting until Late March - Early April.
At Kmart Sunnybank Hills, the shelf-tag for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee 2-pack. (photo here of the shelf-tag, and the official image of the toy for reference)

Now we know what the price will be in Australia. $29 isn't great for this small figure, but in America it was US$15, compared to US$10 for their Core Class.... and our prices are often doubled from the US prices.

[Tha_Phantom]

Damn that's more expensive than I thought it would it be. Sorry to say but the included Spike doesn't help at all, the Bee should've been sold by itself for $20, because for $29 you could grab the Netflix one.
Anyway, I've updated my review thread, thanks for the info!

[Autocon]

30 bucks! Hahaha

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Studio Series Deluxe - YES - TARGET - END FEBRUARY
SS15-BB DLX Mv6 Bumblebee (Camaro) with Charlie (minus add-on parts and stickers)
SS26-BB DLX Mv5 WWII Bumblebee (armoured vehicle)
SS40-BB DLX Mv6 Shatter (car)
SS74-BB DLX Mv2 Bumblebee with Sam

A little delayed, which isn't unusual for Australia, the first of the Buzzworthy Bumblebee have started showing up at Target stores, and are listed on their website, for $39 each.

Disappointingly, the price is significantly more than the regular Studio Series Deluxe toys, which are currently $29 at Target (was $34 in 2019). SS26 and SS40 were previously released here, and if you can't still find them somewhere, this could be a good second chance at an extra $10... while SS15 had a limited release here at Toyworld, for $70, this release is a lot cheaper, but you don't get the extra car panels and stickers.
Meanwhile, SS74 is still about 3 months away from being released... if it is still getting released in regular packaging, as this release could dry up the interest in this particular figure, and not make it worth re-releasing in regular SS packaging. (then again, if it is still being released in the regular SS line, it will be $10 cheaper if we wait for it)

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The second batch of Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys for Australia were also a bit late, but have now started showing up at Kmart stores in different states.

(new) Bumblebee & Spike Witwicky 2-pack - YES - KMART - APRIL - $29 (photo posted to board by Paulbot)

Mv4 Age of Extinction Mega 1-Step Bumblebee - YES - KMART - APRIL - $49 (photo posted to board by me)






The last of the first "wave" of Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys (the Cyberverse Spark Armor packs) were not originally expected to come here, but someone found them on the Toymate website a few weeks ago... and now taken down, so who knows if they are coming here at all.

The second "wave" is expected to come here around June-July.

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The last of the first "wave" of Buzzworthy Bumblebee toys (the Cyberverse Spark Armor packs) were not originally expected to come here, but someone found them on the Toymate website a few weeks ago... and now taken down, so who knows if they are coming here at all.

The second "wave" is expected to come here around June-July.

So it seems that the Cyberverse Spark Armor listing on Toymate back in April was not an accident after all... they were getting them, just not during the first wave.

The second wave has started showing up in Australia, and that included the Cyberverse Spark Armor packs at Toymate (I'd be surprised if they are exclusive to Toymate, as I didn't think they were big enough yet to have an exclusive), for $30 each... which is a really great price, as the original Spark Armor toys were $50 each.
(photo posted in the sightings section by member lmaotimmy)



At Kmart we have the two redeco RID Crash Combiner 2-packs, at $29 each.
One is Bumblegrim (Bumblebee & Grimlock) and the other is Primelock (Optimus & Grimlock).

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The Buzzworthy Worlds Collide 4-pack was originally supposed to be at Myer (for about $170), but has been showing up at Toyworld, Toymate and even Uncle Petes Toys... which by the way looks to be the cheapest so far at $140, plus $10 flat-rate shipping around Australia.