Walmart Velocitron Legacy toys

[Skyfire]

I went to two ToysRUs and Takashimaya yesterday in Singapore and all Cosmos gone. Lots of wave 1 cases.

[griffin]

That's a lot of Clampdowns.
And their Velocitron prices seem quite high, considering that the SG$ was fairly close to the AU$, and Singapore used to have cheaper prices.

[Handsprime]

Although another Velocitron leader toy had been leaked, we had no idea who it was, until now. Galaxy Shuttle, who is a retool of Siege/Earthrise Astrotrain. Kinda wished they waited till an Armada Jetfire toy was made, but hey I guess they wanted to use the mold for something.

[Tha_Phantom]

Kinda wished they waited till an Armada Jetfire toy was made, but hey I guess they wanted to use the mold for something.

I agree. Armada Jetfire was clearly heavily inspired by the original Galaxy Shuttle toy. A shared CHUG mould between them would have been very appropriate.

[GoktimusPrime]

I plead guilty, Your Honour.

That's a lot of Clampdowns.
And their Velocitron prices seem quite high, considering that the SG$ was fairly close to the AU$, and Singapore used to have cheaper prices.

Yeah, that's like AU$41.

[snaketales]

Although another Velocitron leader toy had been leaked, we had no idea who it was, until now. Galaxy Shuttle, who is a retool of Siege/Earthrise Astrotrain. Kinda wished they waited till an Armada Jetfire toy was made, but hey I guess they wanted to use the mold for something.

Jinx!

[Fungal Infection]

I went to two ToysRUs and Takashimaya yesterday in Singapore and all Cosmos gone. Lots of wave 1 cases.

I just got back from Singapore yesterday - Universal Studios had 6 Cosmos' at $40 Sgd each (as of Friday 7/10). Also wave 2 of the Velocitron series deluxes at terminal 3 toy store Kaboom for $39 Sgd each.

[griffin]

According to Hasbro Australia (again), the Velocitron toys are not supposed to be at EBGames at all... but my contact couldn't explain why Scourge was listed on EBGames. It could be why the release date at EBGames was pushed back so much, because they didn't get the stock, and couldn't get a release date... and yet, someone at Hasbro gave them details in the beginning for the pre-order listing, and haven't told them to cancel their orders.
I have asked twice about this item now, and am not getting any answers as to why EB had it listed, and still has it listed as an active pre-order (for those who ordered it).

[griffin]

Official images and listings on US Walmart for the Velocitron wave 2 toys, for release in December in America - LDR Galaxy Shuttle (white Seige Astrotrain), VOY Hot Rod (minor redeco SS86 Hot Rod), DLX Shadowstrip (black redeco TL Dragstrip), DLX Crasher (redeco KD Mirage).

Hasbro Designer comments on Galaxy Shuttle, and a pic of the toy with an Astrotrain head (as the colouring and mould makes him, and me, think more of the black/white Gen1 Astrotrain toy than Galaxy Shuttle).

“Welcome Velocitron Speedia 500’s Leader GALAXY SHUTTLE. Now I know what some of you are going to say, he should be alot larger as he appears on the Transformers animated Victory series. The G1 toy did have a third mode but it wasn’t a sweet choochoo train. Well all aboard the crazy train because when I found this alt head in the mold from Siege Astrotrain I started spinning in my computer chair yellin “Wooooo”!!! Full blown Ric Flair strutting around my room!!
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One of my favorite things when I was a Master Model Artist for Transformers was when I recieved the first shot of the grey model prototypes shipped in. Most of the time, the extra alt head came in a seperate small baggy unidentified. I used to try and guess what character it was going to become and it soon turned into my favorite lil game!
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So, I didn’t get to work on this design for Astrotrain, but I have a special love for the bot, especially the G1 white version of the toy, def one of my favs as a wee young lad. As I was searching through the mold I stumbled on these images of Galaxies unused head sculpt and I just couldn’t resist.
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So, I did screw on Astrotrain’s head just to take a gander, might have to get back on my custom game and do up a special one for the shelf.
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I unfortunately don’t know who from TT designed this awesome figure either. Sorry! They did a fantastic job though, because this toy rules! Lots of fun! I do wonder if the designer that drew the sculpt for the launch pad realized it could be painted as a duel purpose helicopter pad

[griffin]

Galaxy Shuttle has already been found in the UK... so I wonder if we will get an early release too, like the Deluxe class.