Foreign first-release TOY sightings

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The Cybertron Planet (redeco Primus toy) is also now out in America, for US$150... which would mean at least AU$300 if it came here. It isn't expected here, but if these things shelfwarm around the world for being 3 times the price of the original version, we might see these offloaded here for cheap in a couple years time.

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New items in Hong Kong in the last week. (they had a big toy launch last Thursday, so a lot of new toys came out over a couple of days)

The Chaos on Cybertron boxset.


The next wave of Titans Return toys (Trypticon, Overlord, Blitzwing, Octone, Twintwist, Windblade, Misfire, Seaspray, and Cosmos - and probably Ramhorn too), all have a release date of July 1st, and some stores already have some of them, but are not supposed to put them out until that day... so expect a heap of sightings of those toys from Asia in about 5 days time.

TF5 wave 2 Legion, Deluxe and Voyagers.


TF5 Leader wave 1 and RC Sqweeks.


MP Movie Bumblebee.


TF5 AU Deluxe Hot Rod.


TF5 MTC Deluxe Skullitron & Megatron.


TF5 RTS Tiny Changer 3-pack, AU Legion Hot Rod, and MTC Optimus 2-pack.


TF5 MTC Legion 2-packs, and behind them AU Legion 2-packs. (note that there is a price difference of HK$10 between the two... like there is a significant difference in the RRP of these in America - as such, I think these are on the wrong pegs, as the "Walmart" 2-packs are the cheaper ones in America)


TF5 RTS Voyager Optimus.


TF5 MTC Cybertron Planet.


TF5 wave 2 Turbo Changer/1-step.


TF5 wave 2 Tiny Turbo Changers and Knight Armor. (and the Rubiks Optimus)


RID Warrior 2017 wave 3.


RID wave 3 Activators and wave 2&3 Hyper Change.


RID wave 3 Crash Combiner, Legion and 1-step. Plus Rescue Bots Flip Racers (for the Rescue Bots fans).


And Rescue Bots 2017 wave 1 & 2 Rescan, and Megabot Blades... yes, I know it's not on your archive... I'm just noting it here for anyone who might be interested while I'm posting up my HK toy photos.

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Found in USA, the RID Crash Combiner wave 3 (with Shocknado and Dragbreak), TF5 Voyager wave 2 (Megatron & Hound), and possibly Leader class Megatron and Optimus (just not at a major retailer yet).

And in Canada, which could mean the US soon as well, TF5 MP Bumblebee, wave 3 RID Crash Combiners and wave 3 RID Warriors (Bludgeon, Thermidor, Twinferno).

Also, since it is now past the first of July, the fifth wave of Titans Return toys are now allowed to be sold in Asia, including Trypticon, so expect to see sightings or shipping notices from Asian online stores, this week.

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Trypticon has appeared in the UK... before America, which is really unusual.
It is £149.99, which is about AU$260 - cheaper than our cheapest retailer's regular price.

And the TF5 Legion wave 2 were found in America.

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RID Activators w3 (Soundwave & Optimus) have been found at Target in America.

RC Sqweeks and TR Trypticon have been found at an independent store in the US, so could be out at regular retail soon as well. Trypticon has also shown up at BBTS, which should be from Hasbro America.

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A new shipment of Transformers must have arrived from China into America recently, as a lot of new toys have just been found in the last few days.

Generations Trypticon has now been found at a major retailer in America, while the Generations wave 5 Deluxes (Misfire, Twintwist, Windblade) have also just been found at American retail.

From the Movie toyline, the Leader Class (Optimus, Megatron), RC Sqweeks, and Mega Changer Dragonstorm, have also been found at major retail in America.

From RID, the first wave of Combiner Teams (Ultra Bee, Menasor), have been found over there as well.

And as for Rescue Bots, the Knight Watch Bumblebee (turns into a dragon, with two dragon minicons), has been found at a ToysRUs, while a new Minicon/Friends figure called Silverback (a white gorilla) has been found on Amazon America.

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The first wave of Rescue Bots Flip Racers have been found (reported) in America. They've been on Amazon America for a little while, so they might have been in stores there for a while too.

And now that SDCC is over, the latest Gen1 Masterpiece (Optimus reissue) has now been found in stores in America.

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Wave 4 RID Legion Twinferno has been found in Asia (Singapore ToysRUs), which was only just revealed a month ago at SDCC.

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Wave 3 Movie Deluxes have been found at US retail, which is the new Bumblebee, redeco Strafe and remoulded Crosshairs.

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Cyber Battalion toys have finally made their way to regular retail in America, with the wave 2 Jetfire being found at Walgreens, along with Bumblebee (probably in with the second wave). They were priced at a very nice US$17 (about the same as a Deluxe over there), considering these are about Voyager sized, and Walgreens is usually more than regular retail with their pricing because they are a convenience store.

Hasbro Australia were looking at getting them in here as well, but I haven't heard if we will.

RID Combiner Teams wave 2 (Galvatronus) is now out in Asia... in the same week that wave 1 was found here.

BTW, it looks like we aren't the only ones having trouble with Movie Deluxe Wave 1 warming shelves, as wave 2 in America is proving hard to find... to the point of wave 3 showing up because stores sat on wave 1 for too long.