FIRST SIGHTINGS ARCHIVE of new Transformers in Australia

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Continuing the global trend of Movie toys suddenly showing up this week, most of the rest of the first waves of Bumblebee Movie have now been found in Australia as well (at a NSW Target store), including the four sizes of Energon Igniters (Speed, Power, Power Plus, Nitro), the Titan Changers, and Power Charge Bumblebee.
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Also found today, in a Melbourne Toyworld, is the first of the Rescue Bots Academy toys - Electronic Hotshot for $50.

It has been a big week for Transformers in Australia, with so many new toys found by fans. Fingers crossed for some sales to help move them.

Entire Bumblebee movie range seems to have come in at Target Glendale


including Legions (Speed Series), One Step (Power Series, Power Plus Series, Nitro Series),


Titan Changers, Power Charge.

Toyworld Chadstone has Rescue Bots Academy - Electronic Hot Shot. $50

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Found today in Australia...
Studio Series Deluxe w2 Jazz & Lockdown at a Kmart in WA.
Cyberverse Ultra w2 Shockwave & Shadow Striker at BigW.

Cyberverse now at BigW.
Garden City had Ultra wave 2 $39, Warrior wave 1 $ 29, and Scout wave 1 $13.

Studio Series deluxe Jazz and Lockdown at Kmart Belmont. Two each. I left them as I got mine online sometime ago.

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Another of the Bumblebee Movie toys has been found in Australia, with the non-transforming DJ Bumblebee toy, which has a music gimmick.

Toyworld Watergardens has DJ Bumblebee $85.

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Tiny Changers wave 3 have been found at a Toyworld store in Melbourne, for $5 each.
(note - we didn't get wave 2 in Australia)

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Found in the last few days...
- Wave 2 of the Small Authentics toyline (just Grimlock as the new figure) found at Woolworths for $10. (first in the world)
- Bumblebee Movie Vision Helmet & Stinger Blaster, found at BigW and Toyworld for about $100 and $40 respectively.
- POTP Titan Predaking at a Toyworld in Brisbane for $300 (a week after they were selling it at the OzComicCon at their booth).

At Woolies Sunnybank yesterday (Friday), they had the second wave Grimlock for the small Authentics line.


And at Toyworld Macgregor...
Predaking for $300.

Lots of Bumblebee Movie accessories at Big W Tuggeranong

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From the last few days (and a sighting I missed from last month)...

- Rescue Bots Rescan, waves 18 & 19, which has the new figures of Race Car Heatwave and ATV Bumblebee.
- POTP Nemesis Prime is a store exclusive to Amazon Australia, and is now available there for $100. (they are also the only ones outside of Toyworld to have POTP Predaking from Hasbro Australia)
- Studio Series Bumblebee Showcase Helmet is also on hand at Amazon Australia, for $112, and looks to be the only "retailer" to be stocking it in Australia.
- Energon Igniter Power Plus w2 Shatter, found at BigW.
- Bumblebee Movie Titan Changer w2 (re-release of TF5 Bumblebee and Megatron) also found at BigW.
- also, the Trading Card Game has now appeared at two national retailers - Kmart and BigW, with the Starter Pack being $24-25 and the Booster Packs being $6-7.

Kmart has Rescue Bots rescan:
Heatwave (racing car alt mode)
Bumblebee (ATV alt mode)

Still looking for POTP Predaking?
Can't find it in any of the local retailers because it is still only in some Toyworld stores so far?
Well, it looks like Amazon Australia have it in stock in Australia, for AU$260, with free shipping if you are an Amazon Prime Member.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B079VNN..._pTa5BbPQEVMRH

(or get the American version for AU$245 with free Prime Member shipping, as it is one of the US items now available through Amazon Australia... but it will take an extra two weeks to get to you - and shipping will be more if you aren't a Prime member)
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B079VNNGM5

Also, Amazon Australia have POTP Nemesis Prime in hand for AU$100 as well.
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B07DHX3LX1

I've also noticed that the Studio Series Bumblebee Helmet is in stock at Amazon Australia (as Australian stock), for $112... which didn't end up at any retailer here, but has shown up in New Zealand, America and Asia for a few months now.

Garden City BigW tonight...

They must have had a restock since I was last there, as they had the 2nd wave Power Plus Shatter toy....


...and, the second wave of Titan Changers (which is not only a world first, but completely unknown). But it's nothing exciting, as it is just a re-release of Optimus from wave one in new packaging, while the two "new" figures are only the other two TF5 Titan Changers (Camaro Bee and Megatron)... which all look to be identical to their earlier releases.



I also found the Trading Card Game Starter Pack and booster packs... but took me a while to find them. They were in the DVD area, but with such a small range of trading cards, it isn't a big section to stand out.

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Another of the second wave of Cyberverse has appeared in Australia, with the 1-steps (Optimus, Megatron, Starscream) being found at a BigW in Brisbane.

And on Saturday at Underwood (Kuraby)...

BigW had the second wave of Cyberverse 1-steps.

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Wave 4 Studio Series Deluxe toys - Dropkick (from the Bumblebee Movie) and the KSI Sentry (from TF4) - now out in Australia.

Found by dirge at the Rhodes Target store, ... and it looks the VW Bumblebee from wave 3 might also be released with them as well.



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Hasbro Australia must have received a new container of Transformers a couple weeks ago as we have a lot more new toys being found this week.
- Energon Igniters Power series wave 2 (Blitzwing, jet Shatter, Optimus) found at Kmart first.
- TF4 Tiny Changer wave 2 found at Coles.
- RID Crash Combiners wave 4 (Bisk/Saberhorn, Optimus/Grimlock) found at discount store TK Maxx, and apparently Toymate.

And Kmart have three exclusives for the Bumblebee Movie show up in their stores in a couple of states already.
- Studio Series Bumblebee 2-pack - $45
- Bumblebee w/ 3 Titans Return cassettes - $45
- Electronic Titan Changer Bumblebee - $25

The VW & Camero Studio Series 2pack is in Kmart for 45

Southland K-Mart had the Bumblebee Studio Series 2 pack and that Bumblebee movie set that has one of those quick changer or whatever Bumblebees and the 3 Generations Cassetes/Tablets(Blue Decepticon, Buzzsaw, Howlback)

Kmart Atona Gate:
+ Titan Changer(?) Bumblebee with Music FX gimmick. $25
Still on loading trolleys.

Metroplex Deck is I store at Gametraders Mac Square, $30

And at Coles Sunnybank.... Tiny Changers wave 2... 15 months after their release in other countries, and not expected in Australia.

TK Maxx has quite a variety of old stock including:
+ RID Crash Combiners - Grimlock & Optimus. $13

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Posted on TFW, the second wave of Energon Igniters Power series (Shatter jet, Blitzwing, Optimus) were found at the Kmart at Eastland Shopping Centre.

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The bumper week of new Transformers toy sightings in Australia continues, with the second wave of Cyberverse Warriors (Megatron, Acidstorm, Windblade) and the Bumblebee Movie voice changer masks (minor redeco TF5 Bumblebee mask, remoulded TF5 Sqweeks mask).

Target Chadstone had the wave 2 Cyberverse Warriors: Megatron, Acid Storm and Windblade

Myer website ... the Voice Changer masks for $65 each, which includes the remoulded Sqweeks mask that removes the battle damage of the TF5 mask.