Legacy toys revealed

[griffin]

Looks like the first wave of Core class will include a re-release of Kingdom Rodimus... which might be useful to some of us here who may not find the Kingdom version at a decent price (if it doesn't come to Australia).
That goes with the re-release of LDR Galvatron and VOY Blaster (which will also be useful if the Kingdom version doesn't come here).


Meanwhile... in a few hours time Hasbro will be officially revealing some new toys, and it is possible that it will include the 2nd wave of Deluxe toys that a UK online store has just leaked a little too early (often Hasbro sends out official images to online stores before a reveal so that they have them ready for their pre-order pages as soon as the products are officially announced... so I can't see Hasbro America being too happy with this online store leaking the images first).

The three new toys are the recently leaked beast redecos of Sandstorm (from Scorponok), Buzzsaw (from Waspinator) and Nightprowler (from Cheetor).

(Sandstorm and Buzzsaw are both noted as Predacons on the packaging, but for some reason Nightprowler is noted as an Autobot)

[Tranceblade]

The original leaks dictated those deluxe figures as being for Fan Channel, which could be almost any specialist retailer

[griffin]

Mirrored pics...

[griffin]

The original leaks dictated those deluxe figures as being for Fan Channel, which could be almost any specialist retailer

It's possible... it is just hard to tell these days from the packaging.
Then again, these characters don't exactly scream "legacy" so being limited exclusives would make more sense.

[JJJ]

Well, it was nice to see Sludge (very pretty!), but honestly I'm having a hard time thinking of what design choices they could have made that would have kept it in line with Grimbo and Slag and yet caused me not to buy it

[Robzy]

Meanwhile... in a few hours time Hasbro will be officially revealing some new toys

Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere (I can't find any info) but are we getting any/some of these figures in Aus? For example, the Buzzworthy Kup and CJ figures... are they coming here or should we be sourcing from O/S? I thought they had already been released so was surprised they were "announced" today.

[griffin]

Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere (I can't find any info) but are we getting any/some of these figures in Aus? For example, the Buzzworthy Kup and CJ figures... are they coming here or should we be sourcing from O/S? I thought they had already been released so was surprised they were "announced" today.

We got the first wave of single SS packs here, and I thought they did fairly well, so I'd be surprised if we didn't get this second wave as well.
You aren't mistaken about thinking that they were already released, as they were out in Asia mid December... so if we are going to get them, I would have thought they would be out soon.

And yes, "official announcement" doesn't mean that the toys aren't yet released, as most of today's reveals were already out somewhere in the world (the RED toys, the Vintage BW toys, the SS Spike toy, and those Buzzworthy toys)... and most of the rest were already seen as official images (the Legacy toys), were officially revealed by Hasbro previously (Arcee), or images leaked (Junkheap). That left only two toys to actually be revealed, Sludge and Ironhide.

[Robzy]

We got the first wave of single SS packs here, and I thought they did fairly well, so I'd be surprised if we didn't get this second wave as well.
You aren't mistaken about thinking that they were already released, as they were out in Asia mid December... so if we are going to get them, I would have thought they would be out soon.

And yes, "official announcement" doesn't mean that the toys aren't yet released, as most of today's reveals were already out somewhere in the world (the RED toys, the Vintage BW toys, the SS Spike toy, and those Buzzworthy toys)... and most of the rest were already seen as official images (the Legacy toys), were officially revealed by Hasbro previously (Arcee), or images leaked (Junkheap). That left only two toys to actually be revealed, Sludge and Ironhide.

Thanks. I've been undecided whether or not to jump on these figures (and even stuff like Kingdom Blaster or SS86 Perceptor) from O/S or wait until they come here... that's "if" they come here, which I'm worried about.

[griffin]

Well, the good news about Kingdom Blaster (and Core Hotrod) is that they are both being re-released in Legacy, and we should be getting a decent supply of wave 1 here.
Those two are the only Kingdom toys I haven't been able to find at an affordable price online (like Amazon Australia, who has now had everything else, including the other final wave toys Tigatron, Pipes, Slammer), so I can wait until the Legacy release if the Kingdom versions don't end up getting a good global release (or released here).

[Sinnertwin]

We got the first wave of single SS packs here, and I thought they did fairly well, so I'd be surprised if we didn't get this second wave as well.
You aren't mistaken about thinking that they were already released, as they were out in Asia mid December... so if we are going to get them, I would have thought they would be out soon.

And yes, "official announcement" doesn't mean that the toys aren't yet released, as most of today's reveals were already out somewhere in the world (the RED toys, the Vintage BW toys, the SS Spike toy, and those Buzzworthy toys)... and most of the rest were already seen as official images (the Legacy toys), were officially revealed by Hasbro previously (Arcee), or images leaked (Junkheap). That left only two toys to actually be revealed, Sludge and Ironhide.

According to the Buzzworthy Bumblebee store listings, Target was the only store that sold the Deluxes & they're currently on clearance for $25

Whether they're just clearing out the old to make way for the new or simply selling them off from the business altogether is a mystery at this point.