Foreign first-release TOY sightings

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Unless BigW got a really good price for theirs, I'm surprised that HK is more expensive.
The prices over there have been going up in recent years, but in general it is still cheaper over there than our retail prices here.


Europe have been getting some early releases as well, with the RID Minicons and Deployers being found there before America, and the Protectobots as well.

Meanwhile, in America, the Rescue Bots High Tide playset has been found at Target.

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A couple of RID and Rescue Bots finds in America...

RID 3-step Sideswipe
I just realized that it has the exact same transformation (engineering) as 3-step Bumblebee... but doesn't appear to share any exterior paneling.
We get recycled engineering a fair bit with the cheap Movie & RID 1-step toys... I didn't expect to see it in the more expensive (gimmick) size-classes.

RID Kreo Bumblebee (at a discount retailer, so the other 2015 Kreo sets might show up there as well, despite it not officially being released to (regular) retail over there)

Rescue Bots "Feature Bot" wave 2 figurines - High Tide and Optimus (these have a moving part gimmick on the arm).
So far, this is the only cartoon-accurate High Tide robot toy, as the transforming toy that comes with the Playset isn't cartoon accurate due to the Playset being intended as the alt-mode toy representation.

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RID Wave 4 Warrior (Black Bumblebee, Gold Grimlock) & Legion (Black Bumblebee, White Sideswipe) are now out in Europe, so could be here soon... if we see Wave 3 Warriors here (Jazz & Sideswipe).

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(moved this topic into the global news section, as it is pretty much links to global news postings of first sightings... and some of the items aren't significant enough to have their own news topic, but some collectors might want to know if certain "minor" or "gimmick" items are now out)

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The Platinum Edition 3-pack of Coneheads have been found at American retail, at Target for US$75.

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RID Minicons wave 1 now out in American retail, and Legion wave 4 (black Bumblebee, white Sideswipe) out in Germany.

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Super sized Bumblebee in the UK for 50 pounds, which is about AU$110. (it is AU$109 here... but on sale for $85 at Target)

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Wave 3 RID Tiny Titans have been at online sources like BBTS for a few months now, but they were finally found at American Retail this week.

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It seems that the second wave of RID Minicons show up in countries at about the same time as the first wave. Asia seemed to have both waves show up in the same week, and America have found the second wave within a week of the first wave.... but no one is saying that they are finding them all together to suggest that all 8 were just in the same cases.

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Apparently, Generations Leader Class Starscream has been out in Hong Kong and Philippines since the last week of June (5 weeks ago)... but I'm yet to see anyone with photo proof of that.
Some HK dealers appear to have it in stock, and a couple have had it listed on ebay since the end of June... but I'm surprised that no one has posted up a gallery of photos anywhere yet, which would have made the front pages of the fansites (being the last of the Generations Leaders for 2015, and the second of the three seekers).