Foreign first-release TOY sightings

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Wave 5 Botbots single packs found in America - I'm still thinking that wave 6 might have been cancelled... as it should have been released months ago, since it was expected out middle of the year.

[Skyfire]

Kingdom toys release in Singapore on 2/1/21. They were found in a Singapore Toys R Us briefly several days ago but were put back into storage as it was too soon.

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There must have been an unofficial release date in America this week for Kingdom, SS86 & Buzzworthy Bumblebee, as a LOT of new toys have just been found at retail, with most being at Target.

SS86 Voyager & SS86 Deluxe

Kingdom Core & Ectotron Afterlife (redeco - exclusive to Target)
Kingdom Deluxe
Kingdom Voyager & Buzzworthy Bumblebee Mega 1-step and Studio Series packs
Kingdom Leader & Buzzworthy Bumblebee 2-pack (Bumblebee & Spike)

Buzzworthy Bumblebee (Cyberverse) Spark Armor packs

[griffin]

The first wave of retro Headmaster "reissues" have been found at US retail (Walmart exclusive).
I think that these are not coming here.

[griffin]

The SS86 Grimlock is out in America.

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The Galactic Odyssey Botropolis pack (2 DLX & 4 Micros) is out in Taiwan, ahead of its February 15th release date in America.

[griffin]

Wave 2 of the RED toys are out in America already (Arcee & Cheetor). We didn't get wave 1 here, so we probably won't get these here as well.

[griffin]

Not sure where to put this, but there appears to be a packaging variant for the first wave of Kingdom Deluxe toys - one type has a cardboard hook at the top (for hanging on store pegs) that as box deco printed on it, while the other type is just a clear plastic hook. The cardboard hook is not as strong, and once they get damaged or folded, they can't hold the weight of the toy on the store pegs anymore... but maybe the plastic hooks are being used less due to their intention of using less plastic in the packaging.

There was also an example shown of two different ways that the Warpath toy was packaged inside the box.