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In hand pictures of Clash of the Transformers Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe
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Re: In hand pictures of Clash of the Transformers Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe
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Comment by -Kanrabat-
Jul 28, 2015
So, Will, how about the Sideswipe arm/shoulder problem thingy? Was it fixed on that one or is it the same?
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Comment by Nemesis Destron
Jul 28, 2015
This whole line sux @$$ IMO but this OP looks cool for my money. The all black ax could be better but I'm over it...'nuff said! 
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Same, its pretty terrible. However, his arms are stopped by his chest unless you do it on purpose to pull them out. So not the intended peg, but he can still do some neat poses.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 28, 2015
-Kanrabat- wrote:So, Will, how about the Sideswipe arm/shoulder problem thingy? Was it fixed on that one or is it the same?
Same, its pretty terrible. However, his arms are stopped by his chest unless you do it on purpose to pull them out. So not the intended peg, but he can still do some neat poses.
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Comment by Puhonix
Jul 29, 2015
So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
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Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
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Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!
Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Jul 29, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!
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Haha, nice
You know, we joke around about this product line but it is selling quite well everywhere I go. And I havent even contributed to it since I buy the Takara versions instead. There are very few wave 1 and 2 warriors left anywhere, and the toysrus I took those COTF redecos from only has those redecos for the most part, which is technically the latest ones to come out.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!
Haha, nice
You know, we joke around about this product line but it is selling quite well everywhere I go. And I havent even contributed to it since I buy the Takara versions instead. There are very few wave 1 and 2 warriors left anywhere, and the toysrus I took those COTF redecos from only has those redecos for the most part, which is technically the latest ones to come out.
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That's fantastic news! When do we expect these to come out?
Comment by Puhonix
Jul 29, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
That's fantastic news! When do we expect these to come out?
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Sadly, there is no estimated release date. Hasbro even said we have seen all that is coming out this year for the line so it might have to wait about 4 months (since the first RID toys last year came out before christmas).
Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
Puhonix wrote:william-james88 wrote:Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
That's fantastic news! When do we expect these to come out?
Sadly, there is no estimated release date. Hasbro even said we have seen all that is coming out this year for the line so it might have to wait about 4 months (since the first RID toys last year came out before christmas).
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I can back that up. I've been rounding out my warriors and some of them wave 1's are getting pretty scarce. I have been seeing a lot of Jazz and Sideswipe at retail though. So, I guess that is good. Now bring on them warrior 'Cons!
Comment by no-one
Jul 29, 2015
william-james88 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Puhonix wrote:So i'm at Toys R Us and I'm looking at one-step change Fracture, Underbite, and Thunderhoof, and I can't decide if I should buy them, or wait for the Warrior class figures to come out? Does anyone know what the future of Warrior class might be?
Quillfire, Megatronus and Thunderfoot were found in store listings. And Hasbro did say that other decepticons will be released in the warrior class and I will be waiting for those. I dont think we risk the other stuff selling out while awaiting confirmation.
Not really. the big risk will be the warriors selling out when they come!
Haha, nice
I can back that up. I've been rounding out my warriors and some of them wave 1's are getting pretty scarce. I have been seeing a lot of Jazz and Sideswipe at retail though. So, I guess that is good. Now bring on them warrior 'Cons!
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Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
Hey Carytheone, I was gonna give you some proof to back up our statements and while I do have it, something interesting came up. So Walmart has more Combiner Wars deluxes than RID Warrior figures:
BUT Toysrus now has that RID Clash of the Transformers promotion with the exclusives, so there is not one single combiner wars deluxe left and instead it is all exclusive figures as far as the eye can see, check it out.
Toysrus appears to be pretty confident in their alliance with the Robots in Disguise line. Not only do they have exclusives in the Legends, Warrior, 3 Step and Ultra classes but these exclusives are worldwide, including Japan's Toysrus stores, where those same exclusive figures are distributed by Takara. An exclusive sublne this wide is unprecedented. While this subline is not found in the US yet, it is very prominent in Canada, with Toysrus displaying the subline and line as a whole in prominence. Below are pictures of this display and you can get some in hand images of the exclusive Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe here. Toysrus appears to be calling this marketting oush "Autobot August"! The promotion has nothing to do with discounted prices though.
The other sides of the display area had other Robots in Disguise products.
And the Transformers aisle had those Toysrus Exclusives as far as the eye could see.
BUT Toysrus now has that RID Clash of the Transformers promotion with the exclusives, so there is not one single combiner wars deluxe left and instead it is all exclusive figures as far as the eye can see, check it out.
Toysrus appears to be pretty confident in their alliance with the Robots in Disguise line. Not only do they have exclusives in the Legends, Warrior, 3 Step and Ultra classes but these exclusives are worldwide, including Japan's Toysrus stores, where those same exclusive figures are distributed by Takara. An exclusive sublne this wide is unprecedented. While this subline is not found in the US yet, it is very prominent in Canada, with Toysrus displaying the subline and line as a whole in prominence. Below are pictures of this display and you can get some in hand images of the exclusive Warrior Class Optimus Prime and Sideswipe here. Toysrus appears to be calling this marketting oush "Autobot August"! The promotion has nothing to do with discounted prices though.
The other sides of the display area had other Robots in Disguise products.
And the Transformers aisle had those Toysrus Exclusives as far as the eye could see.
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Comment by -Kanrabat-
Jul 29, 2015
Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...
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Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?
Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...
Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?
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Nope. Same old wave 1 or 2 without any voyagers or the scouts that matter, meaning Grooves and Blackjack.
Comment by -Kanrabat-
Jul 29, 2015
william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...
Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?
Nope. Same old wave 1 or 2 without any voyagers or the scouts that matter, meaning Grooves and Blackjack.
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I saw Groove a few times, but Blackjack was never seen at walmart. I did find 1 at TRu once.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 29, 2015
-Kanrabat- wrote:william-james88 wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...
Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?
Nope. Same old wave 1 or 2 without any voyagers or the scouts that matter, meaning Grooves and Blackjack.
I saw Groove a few times, but Blackjack was never seen at walmart. I did find 1 at TRu once.
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Comment by Grahf_
Jul 29, 2015
Wow, I wish my Toys R Us was so cheap. It looks like those older RID deluxe figures are under $16 USD and the new ones are under $17 USD yet all deluxes in the my store are $20 USD. Now they even have Devastator marked up by $20 instead of the original $10 markup it had. I'm really starting to miss KB Toys and the days when Walmart and Target actually stocked their shelves.
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I've seen Defensor limbs here and there via both Target and WM's but the bulk of the pegs are still Menasor limbs. I have spotted the Hotspot/Cyclonus voyager wave at one TRU, but that one was way out of my normal hunting plains. I have spotted the RID Fixit/Overbite legions wave at local WM/TRU/Target. Distribution seems to be all over the place. We have yet to see the Clash of the Transformers redecos or the minicons. I think both have been spotted in Canada.
Got me? I've taken to the internet for figures I don't want to miss and I wait for retail for the fence straddlers.
Comment by no-one
Jul 30, 2015
All the WM's I hit in my travels, it's about 50/50 in the deluxe/warrior scene. But the mess of RID/AoE 1 steps take up the most space.william-james88 wrote:Hey Carytheone, I was gonna give you some proof to back up our statements and while I do have it, something interesting came up. So Walmart has more Combiner Wars deluxes than RID Warrior figures:
Wow, those are some cool RID displays. I'm happy to see that line taking up a strong footing. I just finished up the series and enjoyed it quite a bit. Also, I rarely every see any of our local TRUs that well stocked. I don't own a Prime mold yet, so the Clash version may be the one.A bunch of TRU stuffs
I have yet to see the most recent CW legends waves at our WMs yet either. Target and TRU on the other hand has had both. I have found that our WMs are always super late to the party.william-james88 wrote:I saw Groove a few times, but Blackjack was never seen at walmart. I did find 1 at TRu once.-Kanrabat- wrote:Nope. Same old wave 1 or 2 without any voyagers or the scouts that matter, meaning Grooves and Blackjack.william-james88 wrote:Just wait a bit, I am sure he will show up at walmart. You never saw him?-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile, I think I'll have no choice but to pay the big bucks for Defensor...
I've seen Defensor limbs here and there via both Target and WM's but the bulk of the pegs are still Menasor limbs. I have spotted the Hotspot/Cyclonus voyager wave at one TRU, but that one was way out of my normal hunting plains. I have spotted the RID Fixit/Overbite legions wave at local WM/TRU/Target. Distribution seems to be all over the place. We have yet to see the Clash of the Transformers redecos or the minicons. I think both have been spotted in Canada.
Got me? I've taken to the internet for figures I don't want to miss and I wait for retail for the fence straddlers.
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Comment by Thormind
Jul 30, 2015
Problem is they seem to have forgotten completely about CW products. At my place we have a Walmart and a TRU very close to each other and they are both loaded with RID products. They still have some wave 1 CW legends but wave 2/3 they almost never got any and the ones they got were mostly bought by scalpers. For CW deluxes and voyagers, Wave 1 they overstocked, wave 2 was ok, but wave 3 was on shelf for a very short time.
Is this temporary? Are we going to see some more wave 2/3 restock? RID seems to be targeted heavily toward kids. Give me back my G1s!
Is this temporary? Are we going to see some more wave 2/3 restock? RID seems to be targeted heavily toward kids. Give me back my G1s!
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Well the fourth panel of Autobot August was about Combiner Wars but it didnt work with the rest of the RID news and it was just 1/4 with 0 deluxes. I will post the pic later.
How do you know that?
But G1 was targeted at little kids back then by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that was on air. And what are they doing now? Targeting little kids by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that is on air. So in a way, toysrus is keeping the good old G1 tradition alive And Hasbro wont stop saying that its all about getting new fans. For some kids out there, this is their G1 and I am glad TRU still sees TFs as an event worth promoting 30 years later.
Word of advice, while the paint apps on this prime (and the sideswipe) are Takara quality (hence why they seem right at home in japan), the mold really blows. The transformation is far too simplistic for the legs and you can clearly tell it is his robot legs in vehicle mode. And that is a shame because every other vehicle mode in this series rocks!!! Also, I really cant stand the lackluster articulation, there are only so many poses you can do. And his head doesnt snap up so it recedes whenever you touch it. I only paid 10$ for it and if it werent for the very nice paint apps, I would feel totally ripped off.
Comment by william-james88
Jul 30, 2015
Thormind wrote:Problem is they seem to have forgotten completely about CW products.
Well the fourth panel of Autobot August was about Combiner Wars but it didnt work with the rest of the RID news and it was just 1/4 with 0 deluxes. I will post the pic later.
Thormind wrote:the ones they got were mostly bought by scalpers.
How do you know that?
Thormind wrote:RID seems to be targeted heavily toward kids. Give me back my G1s!
But G1 was targeted at little kids back then by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that was on air. And what are they doing now? Targeting little kids by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that is on air. So in a way, toysrus is keeping the good old G1 tradition alive
And Hasbro wont stop saying that its all about getting new fans. For some kids out there, this is their G1 and I am glad TRU still sees TFs as an event worth promoting 30 years later.carytheone wrote:Wow, those are some cool RID displays. I'm happy to see that line taking up a strong footing. I just finished up the series and enjoyed it quite a bit. Also, I rarely every see any of our local TRUs that well stocked. I don't own a Prime mold yet, so the Clash version may be the one.
Word of advice, while the paint apps on this prime (and the sideswipe) are Takara quality (hence why they seem right at home in japan), the mold really blows. The transformation is far too simplistic for the legs and you can clearly tell it is his robot legs in vehicle mode. And that is a shame because every other vehicle mode in this series rocks!!! Also, I really cant stand the lackluster articulation, there are only so many poses you can do. And his head doesnt snap up so it recedes whenever you touch it. I only paid 10$ for it and if it werent for the very nice paint apps, I would feel totally ripped off.
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I was mostly referring to the store stocks. I know there are other waves comming. Close to where i live there seems to be a lot of people still waiting to get some wave 2/3 products.
-Went to my TRU, there was no huffer/blackjack. The day after i go back and there was 4 huffer but all blackjacks were already sold. Went on kijiji.ca and on same day a reseller i know posted an offer for blackjacks at 20$ each.
-In my area there is no Leader Ultra Magnus left anywhere. Same reseller is offering them at 80$ a piece. It's the same thing for "G1" leader Megatron.
-You can go on ebay and search for "transformers Blackjack".
-There was this post, from the news frontpage, about legends skywarp: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... arp/33579/
-Scalping of popular TF products has been a strong practice, especially in recent years. If you happen to have resellers in you area it's sometime a pain to get what you want. It's also harder for stores to stock properly.
I was just saying that to me RID products look to be aimed at a younger audience than the CW (G1 styled) line and that for this reason it was less appealing to me. I was also suggesting that there should be a balanced space for both CW and RID products on the shelves. Just a personnal opinion. I am well aware that i (and probably we
) am collecting toys that are normally meant for children.
In my last sentence i tried to be ironic. I said something is meant for kids and then i used a "childish" sentence... English is not my native language, maybe that part did not sound like i meant it to?
Comment by Thormind
Jul 30, 2015
william-james88 wrote:Thormind wrote:Problem is they seem to have forgotten completely about CW products.
Well the fourth panel of Autobot August was about Combiner Wars but it didnt work with the rest of the RID news and it was just 1/4 with 0 deluxes. I will post the pic later.
I was mostly referring to the store stocks. I know there are other waves comming. Close to where i live there seems to be a lot of people still waiting to get some wave 2/3 products.
william-james88 wrote:Thormind wrote:the ones they got were mostly bought by scalpers.
How do you know that?
-Went to my TRU, there was no huffer/blackjack. The day after i go back and there was 4 huffer but all blackjacks were already sold. Went on kijiji.ca and on same day a reseller i know posted an offer for blackjacks at 20$ each.
-In my area there is no Leader Ultra Magnus left anywhere. Same reseller is offering them at 80$ a piece. It's the same thing for "G1" leader Megatron.
-You can go on ebay and search for "transformers Blackjack".
-There was this post, from the news frontpage, about legends skywarp: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... arp/33579/
-Scalping of popular TF products has been a strong practice, especially in recent years. If you happen to have resellers in you area it's sometime a pain to get what you want. It's also harder for stores to stock properly.
william-james88 wrote:Thormind wrote:RID seems to be targeted heavily toward kids. Give me back my G1s!
But G1 was targeted at little kids back then by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that was on air. And what are they doing now? Targeting little kids by selling toys of Optimus, Jazz, Bumblebee and Sideswipe, among others, based on a show that is on air. So in a way, toysrus is keeping the good old G1 tradition alive
I was just saying that to me RID products look to be aimed at a younger audience than the CW (G1 styled) line and that for this reason it was less appealing to me. I was also suggesting that there should be a balanced space for both CW and RID products on the shelves. Just a personnal opinion. I am well aware that i (and probably we
) am collecting toys that are normally meant for children. In my last sentence i tried to be ironic. I said something is meant for kids and then i used a "childish" sentence... English is not my native language, maybe that part did not sound like i meant it to?
