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TFW2005 member slackerforhire has posted pics proving he found First Edition Voyagers Optimus and Bulkhead at the 6926 South Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, MO Toys R Us location.



As we previously reported here, the Hasbro panel (and display case) at SDCC '12 confirmed that we'd finally see these at US retail as a TRU exclusive.



It should be noted that these First Editions aren't exact duplicates of the first run First Editions from last year.

This production run has two widely reported issues:
-Optimus is missing paint apps on his doors, shown here.
-Bulkhead's arms have a bicep swivel joint that has a stress mark on both pegs. (There are no reported breaks, just stress marks. The stress marks are hidden when the arms are attached.) Due to this the arms tend to pop off during transformation or posing.

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Ah, so dealers who splurged a year ago can keep charging $100+, and I can get and FE Bulkhead with repairable battle damage? It's a WIN-WIN!!

Now if only my TRU would just get the GDO deluxes back in...

i already got those figures earlier this year

Hopefully I can find a first edition Optimus next time I go to toys r us. Too bad it's 30 minutes away I guess Christmas shopping will give me a reason to go though.

Gotta ask, how'd Slacker get those $20 and $4 discounts? If there's a coupon I haven't heard of, I'd love to!

RAcast wrote:Gotta ask, how'd Slacker get those $20 and $4 discounts? If there's a coupon I haven't heard of, I'd love to!

BOGO sales, plus there was a Groupon coupon earlier last week. $20.00 for $10.00.

I thought I'd jump at the chance to get these, but I only want Bulkhead. And even then, he'll be a placeholder for Takara's version.

I'll have to get the original release of Optimus. This re-release's color scheme changed in the wrong way

The only first edition figure i care about is arcee so unless shes out then this does me no good. Beside im sure the TRU over here wont have anything new, its been the same crap since summer.

Kinda upsets me that there are issues with these. They are obviously extremely wanted figures, as they were in their first run. And after getting the GDO Cliffjumper, superior molds over the RID Prime figures. I mean come on, the only reason they re-released them was the outcry over how extremely limited they were in the first place. Kinda makes me wonder if they made the paint app changes just to keep the first ones value up....

Homerjay14522 wrote:Kinda upsets me that there are issues with these. They are obviously extremely wanted figures, as they were in their first run. And after getting the GDO Cliffjumper, superior molds over the RID Prime figures. I mean come on, the only reason they re-released them was the outcry over how extremely limited they were in the first place. Kinda makes me wonder if they made the paint app changes just to keep the first ones value up....

I'm sure the paint app change was a mistake, it mirrors the change on the translucent Optimus. However, I don't think there will be more than one run, so it's not going to be fixed. As for Blukhead, the issue obviously lies in this run being made of a less sturdy plastic. :\