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Don't give up hope... as I could be wrong.
As the "Titan" word has been thrown around by unknown sources, if that were true, maybe they've created another simple Devastator like the TF2 version, which they can be 6 x Voyager size that people are claiming, and sell for a bit above Metroplex pricing. (with or without being a store exclusive)
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Lol. No bot modes, just alt and combined modes.Originally Posted by griffin
The fandom would love that
Dovie'andi se tovya sagain
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At that cost, I rather save up a bit more and buy the Maketoys Giant - Oh wait, I did
More expensive but you get a sense of satisfaction from it. I seriously doubt Hasbro's will be anywhere as good and we are likely to get what Griffin is theorising we will given Hasbro's trends.
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Don't forget there is also the combiner wars cover with Devastator on it that was teased by IDW in the last month or so.
There has been two Encore Devastators just recently so the mold is there to use but I can't see it being viable sitting on a shelf next to other more advanced combiners.
My money is still on a Titan made up of 6 Voyagers, if a general release, which I expect, they'll make up their mold costs in pure volume of sales.
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Oh yeah! I can see the nerdrage now. Hee hee hee
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A photo of a computer screen at a Canada ToysRUs store, of the Devastator Listing.
It says "TF-Generations Devastator", which doesn't help much figuring out what it might be, as it doesn't say Titan or Combiner Wars... so could still be either Gen1 reissue or new mould. Nor does it identify if it is a regular release or limited store exclusive.
If it shows up at our TRU stores as well, the SKU number is 198274.
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Hmmm... the photo of the listing suggests that the Cost (wholesale) price to TRU was C$120, which they are charging C$180 (33% is a VERY small margin for toys, especially for higher priced items like this one because toy companies need to offer an incentive of higher profit margins to reduce the risk to Retailers, particularly if they have to discount later just to clear the stock so that they don't lose money until it is heavily discounted).
The massive wholesale price might also suggest that this might actually be a large new mould toy, as Generations Metroplex was C$140 in Canada at TRU, and we saw how cheap stores could sell it here and in America, suggesting that the Wholesale price must have been somewhere in the C$60-80 range.
I think I'm over-thinking this too much... I'm just too impatient to find out what the mystery is.
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As long as it's not the horrible ROTF mold recolour then it's an improvement
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I'm hoping it isn't... but I'd just love to see the nerd-rage explode on other fansites if it was. It would be so entertaining to read the irrational rantings over mere toys.
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It could be a new mould made up of six larger toys, which could then be recoloured and/or sold separately afterwards to make up mould costs. Hasbro could simply be releasing the set before the individual releases, in contrast to the rest of the line, possibly because this is the largest release in the line and thus its USP is its combined size.
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