Foreign first-release TOY sightings

[griffin]

Titans Return Voyager wave 5 Blitzwing and Octone have just been found in America.
(and we are struggling to see wave 3... the first versions of those two moulds... here)

Plus, the Minicon 15 pack from a year ago (only released in Asia so far), has now been found in the UK... in the European packaging version that was being found in Asia, so it was obviously meant to go to Europe in the first place.

[GoktimusPrime]

Interesting to see Hasbro go with Octane's Japanese name. MUUUCH better than calling him "Tankor." I guess this means that IDW won't need to continue with their Fat and Tall Tankor jokes then.

[griffin]

One of the second wave Movie toys has managed to sneak out early in America, with the Knight Armor Megatron being found at ToysRUs.
Since there is no embargo date after the first wave, this would be a normal restock, as wave 2 toys are expected to show up as soon as wave 1 stock runs out at the Hasbro warehouses.

[griffin]

Titans Return wave 5 Legends now out in America - Seaspray and Cosmos.

[griffin]

The next wave of RID Warriors (Bludgeon, Thermidor and Twinferno) have now been found in Asia, in Singapore.

[griffin]

Also found in Singapore are the new RID Legions (Cyclonus & Heatseeker), Crash Combiners (Lunar Force Optimus/Strongarm, Dragstrip/Wildbreak, Shockdrive/Warnado) and Combiner teams (Ultra Bee & Menasor).

[griffin]

The wave 2 Movie Voyager Hound has been seen at the Universal Studios in California, so should be out at regular retailers soon too. (wave 2 was noted as having a June release, so they all should be showing up globally over the next few weeks)
They didn't appear to have wave 2 Megatron, but maybe only had Hound put out at that time.

[DELTAprime]

Interesting to see Hasbro go with Octane's Japanese name. MUUUCH better than calling him "Tankor." I guess this means that IDW won't need to continue with their Fat and Tall Tankor jokes then.

Hmmm.... Hasbro and Lego must have worked something out.

[griffin]

Looks like the Philippines got an early release of some Movie Wave 2 gimmick toys at their launch, with wave 2 Legions (Megatron, Drift, Crosshairs) and wave 2 1-steps (Berserker, Megatron, Grimlock) being available for purcahse.

They also had the Rubiks Puzzlehead Optimus available as well, which I hope we get here.

[griffin]

RID 1-step Heatseeker and new mould Strongarm have been found at US retail.
(we only just found the previous wave here)