Foreign first-release TOY sightings

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The Kreon Silver Knight 5-pack is out in Asia, as I bought one off ehobbybaseshop's ebay store and it arrived today.
I thought it was just the Optimus that was redecoed to be a silver knight, but all five have "silver" (grey) decos... making it more worth it (if you go for these sorts of things and don't want duplicates).
It should be a Target exclusive in America (since it has Silver Knight to it), but I'd be surprised if it comes here.

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Voyager Slog and Drift now out in America.

And they are also catching up on the items we were got out early for the May/June toy sales, with Dinofire Grimlock now found as well.

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For anyone looking for the Second series of Construct-Bots that were of Beast Hunters characters, it looks like they might have recently appeared in Singapore, as a number of ebay listings have shown up from there lately... and enough listings for the prices to not be too high yet (considering their rarity), for those interested in Construct-Bots.

Construct-Bots Scout Bumblebee, Starscream, Ripclaw
Construct-Bots Elite Skystalker, Shockwave, Optimus Prime
Construct-Bots Triple Team Unicron Megatron, Bulkhead

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The Walmart 2-packs are now out in America.
These are all redecos, but are the ones with the Beast Wars moulds that some are keen for... so if they don't end up coming here, now is the time to start looking on ebay.

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The second wave of this year's Microchanger Kreons are definitely out, and according to the person who found them in the Philippines, says that there are only two different numbers printed on the packs this time (instead of 12 different ones).

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Wave 2 of the 12 inch Titans (just Lockdown) has been reported in America, and the Wave 2 of Construct-Bots Warriors (Bumblebee & Hound) have also been sighted at a retail store in America, almost a month since they were on Amazon.

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TF4 AOE Leader class Bumblebee is now appearing at Costco in America by the pallet load, and doesn't look like it will be released to regular retailers at all (in America).
There is a good chance that it will appear at our Costco stores as well, for very cheap.

Also found in America is the Target exclusive Silver Knight version of the First Edition Optimus. If it comes here, Target have the exclusive hold on the "Silver Knight" concept, so it should be about the same price as the blue First Edition Optimus (AU$99), as this one is the same price of US$60 in America.

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The second wave of this year's Microchanger Kreons are definitely out, and according to the person who found them in the Philippines, says that there are only two different numbers printed on the packs this time (instead of 12 different ones).

Now out in America, so should be here soon.

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Sighted in Singapore by UltraMarginal are the Wave 3 One-Step basics (Drift show, should also include Steeljaw, Galvatron, High Octane Bumblebee).

[Zippo]

After not getting Gen Metroplex in New Zealand as there was no interest (except for the 50 people who posted on the NZ forum wanting one) and because it was too expensive ($200NZ), as a consolation prize we do get Stomp and Chomp Grimlock for the extra special price of $240NZ

My faith in Hasbro New Zealand has been well and truly destroyed.
I feel bad for retail now