TF4 "Then & Now" sets coming to ToysRUs

[griffin]

Computer system has "Grimlock Then & Now" (A7743) in the computer for May. No idea what it is, but was on the leaked Hasbro database.

(posts moved from sightings to here, and will later be in the AUS news section - as they have movie character names, so should be in here for now)

[Sinnertwin]

Grimlock Then & Now? Interesting.
I'm thinking something similar to the OP Leader For The Ages set with its smaller, simpler toys

[griffin]

The leaked Hasbro Database had five of these packs listed, and three of them are Dinobots (Grimlock, "Swoop", and "Slag" - with Optimus and Bbee of course). I would love it if the "before" was Gen1 figures, but they are more likely to be the more recent Beast Wars era figures, not because of availability, but for their more modern engineering and durability.... a bit like them using classic-verse figures for previous sets (like the Optimus one you mentioned, and the Starscream/Bumblebee Legends 4-pack in 2011).

If you wanted to do some TRU digging, the codes are...
TRA BUMBLEBEE THEN AND NOW A7726
TRA IVAN (Grimlock) THEN AND NOW A7742
TRA OPTIMUS PRIME THEN AND NOW A7745
TRA PAULIE (Strafe) THEN AND NOW A7754
TRA THUNDERLIPS (Slug) THEN AND NOW A7755

[Sinnertwin]

TRA BUMBLEBEE THEN AND NOW A7726
$25
TRA IVAN THEN AND NOW A7742
$90
TRA OPTIMUS PRIME THEN AND NOW A7745
$90
TRA PAULIE THEN AND NOW A7754
$25
TRA THUNDERLIPS THEN AND NOW A7755
$25

i was just quoted these prices over the phone, but i'm yet to confirm in store. It looks like we'll be getting quite a few as well. 720-1000 units each depending on the character.


Prices confirmed. $89.99 for OP & Ivan, $24.99 for the other three.

[griffin]

That's surprisingly cheap for the $25 ones, as the name implies that there should be two toys in there.... and I doubt that they'd create new toys for the old versions of each.
The $25 pricing would mean that they would have to be Cmdr or Legion class if a 2-pack, but we didn't see anything smaller than Deluxe for the collectors at Toyfair. Actually, we didn't see anything under $10 for the Movie toys, even the gimmick ones, and that's the price point of the Legion 2-packs, which is about $16-20 here. No way there would be a 2-pack for $25.
I fear that these may just be a figurine 2-pack set... but then, why have two $90 sets, which would be expensive enough for two Voyager sized, convertible toys. It ruins the uniformity of the set having such extremely different sizes (price-points) on a themed set like this.

[Sinnertwin]

Prices confirmed for the Then & Nows.. $89.99 for OP & Ivan, $24.99 for the other three

[griffin]

Nice work as always Sinnertwin.

$25.... that's less than their Deluxe pricing ($30), which could even mean figurines if these are indeed a 2-pack line of Gen1 Vs Movie packs.

I'm a bit disappointed by that, as two of the five are priced like they will be two Voyagers in a 2-pack, but then three of the five are priced as if they are smaller than a Deluxe and a little larger than a GEN Legends 2-pack.

[Gofigure]

Always like the idea of these type of sets

Spawn and g.i.joe ones were pretty ok, interested to see what type of toys they use

[Sinnertwin]

And the TrU codes

45308 Optimus
45303 Ivan


45317 Bumblebee
45319 Thunderlips
51629 Paulie

[griffin]

Are they the TRU codes?
They are different to the Hasbro codes posted above.