Toys R Us Press Release for SDCC 2015 Exclusive with Transformers Masterpiece Bluestreak

Emerje wrote:"This item will become available at Toys”R”Us stores later this year."

Just adding that for emphasis since I still see people not reading the actual text from the PR and asking if it's coming to US stores.

Oh, and cue the resident Canadians gloating about it already being in their TRU stores.

Emerje

Those Canadians

mooncake623 wrote:

Emerje wrote:"This item will become available at Toys”R”Us stores later this year."

Just adding that for emphasis since I still see people not reading the actual text from the PR and asking if it's coming to US stores.

Oh, and cue the resident Canadians gloating about it already being in their TRU stores.

Emerje

Those Canadians

I know. Jerks.

william-james88 wrote:You mean like those snooty canadians that post pics of their current tru shelves, like the one I took today?

I wish all you Canadians would just move back to France already.

celebrate good times come on

william-james88 wrote:Also, just wondering, does this still count as an SDCC exclusive if they explicitly say its coming to stores too? What is the point of buying the hasbro version then and there (when there are surely other exclusive items you can only buy there) when you could wait for it to be in stores and maybe eventually discounted. Especially with the fact that the hardcore collectors already have the Takara version.

I think they are just trying to cash in on the "Gotta Get It First" factor.

Wha??? I need to hit TRU Times Square tomorrow morning...

Autobot032 wrote:"Online exclusive!" Yeah, right. Not to sound like a jerk, but does one hand at Hasbro know what the other one is doing? I mean, come on...

I think it's fairly obvious what one hand is doing .

Congrats!

Are there any known differences between this release and the original Takara release of MP-18 aside from the box?

Convoy wrote:I'm hoping mold degradation fixes that perma-clip, that occurs in the chest when this mold is "properly" transformed into robot mode, for prospective buyers.
My poor TakaraTomy Streak/Bluestreak is still afflicted by the Nucleon and stuck in robot mode.
I miss transforming that guy.
That one issue is what's keeping me from jumping on the Blue Bluesteak before it's out of a reasonable price range forever.

This is literally the first time I've heard any mention of that issue, so thanks for mentioning it. It's like nobody wants to talk about the issues with MP molds, they either never mention the issues or they walk right past posts that attempt to discuss them. Silly, since we're collectors and we should be sharing these sorts of things openly and honestly. Like the crap red paint color matching across the panels on MP-12 Sideswipe, the ill-fitting door panels/gaps, and the paint defects common on all variations of MP-12, regular and the black Lambor model. Few will even acknowledge that. So strange. And we have a re-release of it coming up for the Asian market (and who knows, Hasbro might bring it here, too), but hardly anyone actually asks the important questions like is the paint application or the quality control any better on that re-issue, or are we just spending the same $70 to get the same crap paint quality that's not even acceptable for a KO let alone an official product.

Nice [TRU Timesquare on Broadway & 44th] If any of my Toy's R'us could look like that. Man....... SMH.
An I personally don't get it-- A Billion $$ dollar company can't try an keep 2 or 3 Different MP's in stock at all times. I don't think they know how much $$$ they're loosing; buy not keeping ALL they're stores shelves Stocked. God forbid they have more than 4 or 5 Voyager-class choices, 2 or 3 (platinum) reissues, A few MP's it would be nice too see alot of this, Just once on the shelf.
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"Nucleon" hah.