Foreign first-release TOY sightings

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The first wave of RID Battlepacks, with Optimus and Sideswipe, have been found at US retail.

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Also just found at US retail this week are some of the 2016 Rescue Bots toys, called Rescue Trailers - which look like they are new transforming figures, packed with a trailer/playset.

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Surprisingly, the fourth wave of RID Tiny Titans have not been sighted at retail anywhere in the world, despite being at online stores for a couple months. They have now been found in German retail stores.

This series features

• Bulkhead (Prime)
• Clampdown (RID)
• Devastator (G1)
• Fracture (RID)
• Galvatron (G1)
• Grimlock (RID)
• Inferno (G1)
• Kickback (G1)
• Megatron (Aligned Continuity)
• Optimus Prime (RID)
• Roadbuster (G1)
• Sideswipe (RID)

And more new Rescue Bots toys have been found at American retail, including two playsets and two mini-transforming figures.

Griffin Rock Police Station w/ Chief Burns & Growl the K-9 bot (changes to a motorcycle)
Griffin Rock Garage w/ Kade Burns & Fireplug bot (changes to a water cannon)
Servo
Drake the Dragon-Bot

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The first RID Minicon 4-pack has been found at US retail, for US$17.

It contains "redecos" of Autobots Beastbox and Undertone, and Decepticons Swelter and Backtrack (each has been or will be released as singles or with a Deployer).
The Decepticons are noted as Blizzard Strike (blue), while the Autobots are noted as Scorch Strike (brown).


For anyone who was taking note of the official images for this 4-pack, Undertone is a slightly different colour to the official images - it was a pale tan colour, but is now a darker mid brown.

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The Gen2 Combiner Wars Superion boxset has been found in Canada at ToysRUs, so if it is coming here, it might be soon.

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The second wave of the 2016 Generations Voyager (Sky Lynx) and Deluxes (Hound, Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Trailbreaker) have been found in the Philippines.

And the new Rescue Bots "Elite" Optimus and High Tide have been found in America. They look to be the same size class as the Heatwave toy that was released early 2014, with Optimus being the cab from the trailer version, and High Tide being a proper transforming boat-to-bot toy to match the cartoon.

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Wave 2 of the RID Battlepacks (Bumblebee & Grimlock) have been found at American retail... plus both waves of the RID Titan Changers (apparently they didn't get the first wave when it was released in April 2015). Wave 1 had Optimus and Bumblebee, while Wave 2 has Sideswipe.

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Generations Voyager Skylynx has appeared at American retail, leaving just Legends Wreckgar as the last of the Combiner Wars retail toys before Titans Returns start appearing in stores, probably around April/May.

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RID Minicon Deployer Crazybolt (with white Hammer) has been found in Hong Kong... along with the second Minicon 4-pack (red Hammer, Anvil, Undertone, and new weapon Slipstream).

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RID Legion wave 2 (Ratchet & Blizzard Optimus) have been found first in Germany.

Plus, the RID Platinum Edition Bumblebee & Grimlock 2-pack has been found in Singapore, just weeks after its reveal at the New York Toyfair.
It's priced at SG$130, which equates to about AU$130 because we are just over parity with them... which is almost double the price of an individual Deluxe/Warrior and Voyager.
If ToysRUs get it here, it will be at least double.