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Pft. Who needs codes when you have fingers?
Just feel the bags for the specific pieces. If you collect the lego/mega blox ones you would know. Furthermore, Lego has 16, Mega blocks has 10-ish different figures in a case, while this has only 6.

Pieces to look out for : Sunstorm's wings, Crankstart's pipes, Spinester's rotors...

As for the rest, do the "elimination" method where if it has a piece that does not belong, it's not it, and try to guess the rest of the parts. This could be harder than lego due to the amount of pieces, when lego only has hat+head+body+leg+weapon ... But hey, 6 figures opposed to 16.

Codes are nice too... I'm sure hasbro deliberately put em on there, seeing how each has a specific instruction manual.

Yep, it all works. The only issue I could foresee with the "feeling" method though is that some parts might feel kinda similar. But yeah, codes, fingers, either one.

Now we just need to get these guys showing up in stores and we'll be all set.

Glad to hear it! Definitely looking to snag myself a Scorponok.

Good to hear I won’t have to fondle an entire box of kreons to complete a set; I’m really looking forward to these actually, strangely more than any of the Prime toys.

Krok wrote:Good to hear I won’t have to fondle an entire box of kreons to complete a set; I’m really looking forward to these actually, strangely more than any of the Prime toys.

I'm waiting for the Kreo video game

Nice! Can't wait until these hit stores. I hope this information doesn't make it harder to find the ones I want...because everyone will know how to find the ones they want. XD

Ahh, easy to find and single packed Scorponok. Good stuff! If I like him enough I'll probably go for a few others, but for now I'll just get that little guy.

madplanet wrote:It's great that they can be ID for those looking not to splash out on a box/multiple packs. But like Lego they will be alerted, and come up with another coding/hidden bumps. Stuff like this should be kept like a dirty secret (people know about it but do not say it out aloud). That's if buyers do wish to be able to ID them easily.

Megabloks has yet to come up with a new system of identification. They use number codes as well that are easily cracked. It's more sophisticated than this, but still useable for the determined.

We'll have to see how hasbro approaches this.

I'd be really surprised if Hasbro cares that people have figured out the numbers

Screamfleet wrote:Megabloks has yet to come up with a new system of identification. They use number codes as well that are easily cracked. It's more sophisticated than this, but still useable for the determined.

Really? I've just been fondling them looking for the weapons. Is there a site that tells you how to decipher the code?

Also, can't wait for these to show up in other stores, my local comic stores suck.

Do we have ANY idea at all about when these are going to be in stores? Like, this summer? Fall? 2013?

GuyIncognito wrote:Do we have ANY idea at all about when these are going to be in stores? Like, this summer? Fall? 2013?

Considering the very first post says they're already showing up at comic stores? I'd say this summer.

whats the point of doing blind packs if you can ID them, i guess its a good thing so you dont have to waste money looking for 1 figure but still it defeats the point of doing blind packs.

Megatron Wolf wrote:whats the point of doing blind packs if you can ID them, i guess its a good thing so you dont have to waste money looking for 1 figure but still it defeats the point of doing blind packs.

If I had to guess, I'd say it has something to do with there being a certain number of each item in each case (or perhaps a certain range, like 1-2 of item A, 1-3 of item B, etc.). Otherwise, they could end up shipping entire cases of only item A. That could result in a drop in sales of the product if people don't think they can get anything other than item A, which is the point of blindpacks.

Really? I've just been fondling them looking for the weapons. Is there a site that tells you how to decipher the code?

Also, can't wait for these to show up in other stores, my local comic stores suck.

There indeed is.

I dont know which megabloks you buy, but I know marvel and halo have codes, there's lists out there.

I'll actually get them now seeing that each one has a different code.

this is pretty awesome
even better now with the codes

whats the price point on these guys??!

triKlops wrote:this is pretty awesome
even better now with the codes

whats the price point on these guys??!

$2.99, I think?

triKlops wrote:this is pretty awesome
even better now with the codes

whats the price point on these guys??!

BBTS is selling them individually for $2.49 each ($2.34 each if you buy them by the case).

My guess is the retail price (in brick-and-mortar stores) will be about $1.99 or $2.49. (Of course, TRU will probably try to sell them for like $3.99, cause that's how they do.)

thanks for the info guys

it will be interesting to see if these hit a store like 5below with an even steeper discount

Has anyone seen these in stores yet? If so, where?

I got them at TRU (Langhorne, PA) about three weeks ago.

Don't know if anyone else has noticed this but the numbers on the blind packs has changed. It looks like the third digit has increased by one while the fourth digit had reset. I'm not sure if it was just the walgreens I went to but the important numbers are the last 2. For example the code on the Sunstorm I bought is 215119 the carry over numbers are 19. I hope this helps some folks out.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Don't know if anyone else has noticed this but the numbers on the blind packs has changed. It looks like the third digit has increased by one while the fourth digit had reset. I'm not sure if it was just the walgreens I went to but the important numbers are the last 2. For example the code on the Sunstorm I bought is 215119 the carry over numbers are 19. I hope this helps some folks out.

Only the last number matters anyway. Sunstorm is 9.