Online sightings (Australian companies)

[JJJ]

Surprised my Big W has any either, haven't had that happen since Sky-Lynx. Glad they do

I'm very happy I bought it this way - the stock indicator said only 1 for the shop as a whole (and I did do a walk-around after collecting it to see if there might be more on display). This is the least my Big W has had of any commander class toy since they started that price point.

[Skyfire]

JB Hi-Fi has listed Buzzworthy Bumblebee Grimlock 07BB for $94.98, releasing Jul 1st and a JB Exclusive.

[Skyfire]

JB has also just listed Buzzworthy 86 Ironhide and Prowl 2-pack, $94.98 and releasing 1/8/23.

[Cashie]

Can confirm. Yes.
Or posted to you if you want.

[DELTAprime]

JB has also just listed Buzzworthy 86 Ironhide and Prowl 2-pack, $94.98 and releasing 1/8/23.

Do I want more reminders of the trauma of watching the '86 movie as a little kid? 🤔

[Skyfire]

Do I want more reminders of the trauma of watching the '86 movie as a little kid? 🤔

For real. This pack annoys me and reeks of cynicism. I never got Earthrise Prowl and I'm not paying scalper prices, but I like that Prowl. So I was hoping for a reissue in some form. I too was traumatised by the casual and gruesome death of my favourite character. Now, they make this Prowl with clunky looking battle damage and bundle it with an Ironhide that Hasbro knows people already have. And then they put the yellow stripe on this battle damaged Ironhide, which they should have put on the first SS86 Ironhide. And, if they release this Prowl in undamaged form later, .

[griffin]

JB Hi-Fi has listed Buzzworthy Bumblebee Grimlock 07BB for $94.98, releasing Jul 1st and a JB Exclusive.

JB has also just listed Buzzworthy 86 Ironhide and Prowl 2-pack, $94.98 and releasing 1/8/23.

Excellent work.
A shame about the high price for the 2-pack. The Grimlock is cheaper than regular Leader sized toys, but it seems that the 2-pack is making up the difference a bit.

I share the opinion of others, that the 2-pack is rather depressing... just as it has been with the various damaged or dead Gen1 Optimus toys have been.
At least this time we have remoulded parts to show the battle damage, as opposed to the usual splash of paint that never really does the trick.

It is interesting to note that the two toys used in the 2-pack... one is a Voyager and one is a Deluxe, and yet they both look to be the same size.
Ironhide is a Voyager toy from Studio Series, while Prowl is a Deluxe toy from Earthrise, only 2 years earlier, so there shouldn't be that much shrinkage happening that quickly.
I'm sure people noted this last year when SS86 Ironhide came out, that it's robot mode is actually smaller and shorter than the Deluxe Earthrise Ironhide toy... and yet it was almost double the price (upwards of $60, compared to a $30+ Delulxe). And it wasn't like the Earthrise toy was a simplisticly engineered toy... it still was fairly involved with its transformation and articulation and sculpting.

[Skyfire]

Popcultcha has Siege Commander Jetfire for preorder, returning July 2023, $169.99.

[griffin]

For anyone trying to pre-order Transformers at JBHifi, note that most (or all?) of the pre-order listings are currently saying "Delivery Only"... it might just be a temporary thing (error?), but if you still want to have them pre-ordered to collect at a store, you might need to go to the store to do it, as I did today (I ordered the Prowl/Ironhide 2-pack with two other items), and I didn't have any problem with the order.
Someone else did have some trouble ordering the 2-pack at a store, so if you also have a store telling you that it has to be Delivery Only, tell them that others have ordered it to collect at a store, and that they should try to process the pre-order to find out for sure.

[JJJ]

The problem is more likely to be the concept of a customer placing an order in person - JB don't seem to be very familiar with it these days.