Foreign first-release TOY sightings

[griffin]

The BH Legions we have here, have been found in England... which isn't a surprise, since our Hasbro had to order in the European stock to meet demand here.
The interesting thing is seeing their price in England - 3 Pounds each, which is about AU$4... half our price.

[Sinnertwin]

And AoE Voyager Prime & Grimlock in Canada

http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=52395

[griffin]

The final BH Commander Class final wave is also out in England, at about half the price of our Commander class figures.

Also, the BH Titans have been found in America, which look smaller and more rubbery than the TFPrime Titans. And cheaper, at US$8 (compared to the $10 small ones and $20 big ones from TFPrime).
Oddly enough, they've done away with putting them in a box this time too... just attaching them to a hook and description card.

[Zommael]

Just to point out, the UK prices reported on BH toys are from discount stores (similar to the Reject Shop here), so the prices at mainstream retailers are usually higher and comparable to our prices. That said, mainstream retailers in the UK tend to discount and special offer items such as these much more frequently, presumably because of the increased density of competition between toy stores, department stores, and supermarket chains.

[griffin]

The Generations Legends wave of Tailgate and Shrapnel have appeared in the Philippines, so should soon appear at the various online sources that people here have to buy their Generations from.


This wave is a bit late though, as it was originally slated as a January wave, and the other size classes were getting released before their slated release dates.
DLX w1 (Waspy wave) was meant to be January, but came out in November
VOY w1 (Rhinox wave) was meant to be January, but came out in December
DLX w2 (Scoop wave) was meant to be March, but came out in January (and earlier in Asia)
VOY w2 (Whirl) was meant to be March, but came out in January

Unfortunately that means a long wait if the next waves are not early.

[requiemau88]

Don't know if this news worthy or not, but Toys R Us Japan website has a lot of AoE toys shipping on the 19th of may.

[griffin]

Legends Swerve & Cosmos now found at US retail, so should be at online stores like BBTS and Amazon soon.

[griffin]

The next batch of Kreo Combiners have been found in America - the new original four, that are labelled as AOE, but as yet, don't appear to have anything to do with the Movie.

As the actual movie toys start appearing at the odd major store here, another store chain in Nth America have put them out in different states.

[griffin]

The mini Mr Potato Heads have shown up in the Philippines. These should be coming here.

[griffin]

The mini Rescue Bots Dinosaurs have been found in New Zealand, so should show up here as well.