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Till-all-R1 wrote:I'd like a chance to get Crasher, and I don't plan to pay $60 and up for it!

I'm curious though, why they are tentivly releasing them in the Asian market when it was the U.S. market that had limited availability? When I look at listings on ebay about half of them are from China. IMO more Exclusives simply mean continued higher prices.

The problem is that Hasbro makes these based on how the retailers order them. The only reason why they are scarce in the US is because Walmart made them scarce, it has nothing to do with Hasbro. In Europe they were ordering full cases of individual figures so some of the figures that were rare in North America (really just the US, Walmart Canada seemed to have their act together) were plentiful there. I don't believe there was any exclusivity in the Asian market so they just turned up wherever and were easy to get. In Japan they'll be online only, but they have a better track record of fulfilling releases since they tend to do ordering windows and then produce enough to fill the orders.

Emerje

Shame that Hot Rod is left in the void. I fear the same will apply to Hound and Hatchet.

Quantum Surge wrote:Shame that Hot Rod is left in the void. I fear the same will apply to Hound and Hatchet.

I don't think so.

HotRod was just a repaint. Hound and Hatchet are new molds. We just have to wait.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Quantum Surge wrote:Shame that Hot Rod is left in the void. I fear the same will apply to Hound and Hatchet.

I don't think so.

HotRod was just a repaint. Hound and Hatchet are new molds. We just have to wait.

Retools supposedly, not new molds, but they're also Target releases. Hot Rod being delayed or cancelled was a Walmart call so it's hard to speculate what Target will do based on that. Supposedly they got pushed to next year so they could focus on ROTB exclusives this year. Being Studio Series won't really have a negative effect on their release like a Legacy Evolution delay would.

Emerje

So orders just opened of Takara Tomy Mall, Galaxy Shuttle is under $60 USD with tax with pre-orders ending on July 10 release in November. I do have a TTM account, I think I'll order one since the shipping should be free within Japan and I'll just have the shipping service I use receive it and sent it to me, shouldn't cost that much, I'd be surprised if the total was more than $90.

Also there's a new comic up. Crasher is straight out of Challenge of the GoBots, all the way down to her square hands.

https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/490 ... comics.pdf

Emerje

Embedding the pics. Like the previous manga, this one is chock full of Easter egg character cameos:

A few observations from the comic:

-Skyquake is snapping on a new arm after it got blown off by the kids after he became a zombie. I guess he simply got better, but he also has Tarantulas hovering over him and Knock-out on his left so maybe it was just the mad scientists at work.
-Skids is going after the Insecticons with Robotic Insecticide from the G1 episode "Quest for Survival". It's also a reference to Skids using the insecticide in the Legends comic.
-Twincast and Soundblaster are sitting together, Rewind is sitting in Blaster's chest.
-Inferno seems to be following TM2 Megatron.
-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.
-Dragstrip is shadowed out behind the rest of the Stunticons, seems they don't want to quite commit to him and G2 Shadowstrip being the same character. G2 Laser Prime seems to be looking right at him.
-Skullgrin has the hots for Axelgreese.
-Crankcase looks rightfully terrified to be sitting next to Tarn.
-Hot Shot is holding Starscream's Starsaber, both of their leaders seem to have entered the race at some point.
-Galaxy Shuttle is wearing his launch platform as a flight pack.
-I already mentioned it, but Crasher is made to look even more like her Challenge of the GoBots appearance right down the square hands and powers.
-There's another blacked out character behind Crosscut, the body shape appears to be Bumblebee or Cliffjumper.
-They didn't seem to sneak Core Snarl in there anywhere.

Anything else?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Emerje wrote:Anything else?

-Prowl's got what I think is an Allspark fragment where his Autobadge should be, insinuating he's back from the dead and/or being kept alive by it like his universe's Starscream?
-Clampdown's driver/human partner has been a G1 counterpart of Miko from Prime this whole time, so Bulkhead in the stands is probably reacting to the fact that Miko fell into that crevasse Crasher made while driving or he saw what's going on with Arcee next to him, or both it's hard to tell
-All of last year's Core Class releases are missing for some reason, despite the presence of every other mainline non-repack Legacy release + both Velocitron waves

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Ah, I couldn't quite tell what he was doing there. Makes we wonder if Nemesis Prime is supposed to be Unicron Trilogy Scourge since both are born from Unicron.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:Anything else?

-Prowl's got what I think is an Allspark fragment where his Autobadge should be, insinuating he's back from the dead and/or being kept alive by it like his universe's Starscream?
-Clampdown's driver/human partner has been a G1 counterpart of Miko from Prime this whole time, so Bulkhead in the stands is probably reacting to the fact that Miko fell into that crevasse Crasher made while driving or he saw what's going on with Arcee next to him, or both it's hard to tell
-All of last year's Core Class releases are missing for some reason, despite the presence of every other mainline non-repack Legacy release + both Velocitron waves

I was wondering what was up with Prowl, good catch. I'm not sure what's up with the lack of Legacy part 1 Cores being missing, they should have at least had the two Pretenders flanking Skullgrin.

I was using the translator app on my phone to see what they were saying and there's a few things of note.

-Burnout (or Dia) called the three new entries the "Makuru Trio". Makuru is a Japanese word meaning "to do over again." Fitting since they're all so drastically different from their previous selves.
-Shadowstrip is shooting out the tunnel lights because apparently he gets faster in the dark
-Galaxy Shuttle's combination with the platform is called "Victory Mode".

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Ah, I couldn't quite tell what he was doing there. Makes we wonder if Nemesis Prime is supposed to be Unicron Trilogy Scourge since both are born from Unicron.

G1 Nemesis Prime is also a Unicron-created minion in Japan, per his Masterpiece bios.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Ah, I couldn't quite tell what he was doing there. Makes we wonder if Nemesis Prime is supposed to be Unicron Trilogy Scourge since both are born from Unicron.

G1 Nemesis Prime is also a Unicron-created minion in Japan, per his Masterpiece bios.

Oh, I guess I didn't realize that, makes sense.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Ah, I couldn't quite tell what he was doing there. Makes we wonder if Nemesis Prime is supposed to be Unicron Trilogy Scourge since both are born from Unicron.

G1 Nemesis Prime is also a Unicron-created minion in Japan, per his Masterpiece bios.

Oh, I guess I didn't realize that, makes sense.

Emerje

Although, someone pointed out to me the presence of Lio Convoy in this alongside his black redeco suggests that the Nemesis Leo Prime seen here may simply be Copy Convoy after all instead of Dark Amber Leo Prime, since Lio Convoy and DALP have a sort "TFTM Thundercracker/Scourge" type of relationship. The rock-eating reference would then be just a reference.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:-Nemesis Prime and Nemesis Leo Prime are sitting together.

Nemesis Leo Prime is also feeding his lion head a rock, making this not Copy Convoy but instead a repurposing as Dark Amber Leo Prime.

Ah, I couldn't quite tell what he was doing there. Makes we wonder if Nemesis Prime is supposed to be Unicron Trilogy Scourge since both are born from Unicron.

G1 Nemesis Prime is also a Unicron-created minion in Japan, per his Masterpiece bios.

Oh, I guess I didn't realize that, makes sense.

Emerje

Although, someone pointed out to me the presence of Lio Convoy in this alongside his black redeco suggests that the Nemesis Leo Prime seen here may simply be Copy Convoy after all instead of Dark Amber Leo Prime, since Lio Convoy and DALP have a sort "TFTM Thundercracker/Scourge" type of relationship. The rock-eating reference would then be just a reference.

Emerje

Until we get a translation, have a summary:

It's the second week of the Speedia 500 to determine the leader of the planet Velocitron. Cosmos is still hosting, and notes the emergence of three mysterious black racers—two race cars and... a locomotive? The previous racers are surprised at this intrusion into their race.

One of the black race cars reveals himself to be Shadowstrip, an expert in dark courses who shoots out the lights in the tunnel he's travelling through. Bragging of having obtained the power of shadow, Shadowstrip claims that the darker it gets, the more powerful he is. He's interrupted before he can reach the goal, though, by Crasher creating powerful earthquakes that cause the shadowy Decepticon and Clampdown (with Miko Tezuka inside) to fall into a newly created crack in the ground.

The remaining new racer easily foils Crasher's plan by revealing his space shuttle mode to fly over the crack. Proclaiming this triple changing ability his new power obtained after a remodel, the space shuttle reveals himself as Galaxy Shuttle and he goes on to win the race! The other racers aren't appreciative that this intruder went on to win, but things become more chaotic as many Transformers who were spectating join in for a new race!

Meanwhile, Dia Cinders's G1 World counterpart is arrested by her and Burnout.

So it turns out Takara is releasing the wave 2 Velocitron figures as exclusives on their end as well and they are TTMALL exclusives, which means you can only order them on their website with a Japan shipping address. Forwarding services in Japan do exist so this is how some fans will be getting these highly coveted toys. Fellow Seibertronian Emerje details how he will be getting them below. He also shared that there is a new manga up which we also put below, along with the links for Galaxy Shuttle, Crasher and Shadowstrip.

Emerje wrote:So orders just opened of Takara Tomy Mall, Galaxy Shuttle is under $60 USD with tax with pre-orders ending on July 10 release in November. I do have a TTM account, I think I'll order one since the shipping should be free within Japan and I'll just have the shipping service I use receive it and sent it to me, shouldn't cost that much, I'd be surprised if the total was more than $90.

Also there's a new comic up. Crasher is straight out of Challenge of the GoBots, all the way down to her square hands.

https://takaratomymall.jp/img/goods/490 ... comics.pdf

Galaxy Shuttle https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810907244/

Shadowstrip: https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810907213/

Crasher: https://takaratomymall.jp/shop/g/g4904810907220/





Here is a synopsis to the manga from TFwiki: https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Velocitron_Speedia_500_Part_3

It's the second week of the Speedia 500 to determine the leader of the planet Velocitron. Cosmos is still hosting, and notes the emergence of three mysterious black racers—two race cars and... a locomotive? The previous racers are surprised at this intrusion into their race.

One of the black race cars reveals himself to be Shadowstrip, an expert in dark courses who shoots out the lights in the tunnel he's travelling through. Bragging of having obtained the power of shadow, Shadowstrip claims that the darker it gets, the more powerful he is. He's interrupted before he can reach the goal, though, by Crasher creating powerful earthquakes that cause the shadowy Decepticon and Clampdown (with Miko Tezuka inside) to fall into a newly created crack in the ground.

The remaining new racer easily foils Crasher's plan by revealing his space shuttle mode to fly over the crack. Proclaiming this triple changing ability his new power obtained after a remodel, the space shuttle reveals himself as Galaxy Shuttle and he goes on to win the race! The other racers aren't appreciative that this intruder went on to win, but things become more chaotic as many Transformers who were spectating join in for a new race!

Meanwhile, Dia Cinders's G1 World counterpart is arrested by her and Burnout.

I'm sorry, but this is really funny.

BECAUSE OF COURSE!

Awkward speech bubble placement too

Galaxy Shuttle is back on Walmart.com!

Transformers Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Leader Victory Universe Galaxy Shuttle

Go get 'im, guys!

EDIT: Oh, COME ON! It's already back to "Out of stock".

Sabrblade wrote:Galaxy Shuttle is back on Walmart.com!

Transformers Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Leader Victory Universe Galaxy Shuttle

Go get 'im, guys!

EDIT: Oh, COME ON! It's already back to "Out of stock".

You told everyone to got get him.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Galaxy Shuttle is back on Walmart.com!

Transformers Legacy Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Leader Victory Universe Galaxy Shuttle

Go get 'im, guys!

EDIT: Oh, COME ON! It's already back to "Out of stock".

You told everyone to got get him.

In a nanosecond? Y'all are fast!

Faster than people scalped Cosmos somehow!

Like, literally as soon as I made that post did I immediately edit it after seeing the "Out of stock" bit.

Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje