Transformers Prime: No more First Edition toys!

Well *that* seemed like a waste of money. Create the molds and do a half-assed release, only to release the main line with shitty, different molds? I... don't get it. Here's hoping they revisit that Powerizer Prime mold.

Never saw Prime, CJ, or Bulkhead,,,,,,, go figure on that.

Yay, glad I managed to grab hold of Starscream!

Need to find out what happened to Optimus..

germismith wrote:Well *that* seemed like a waste of money. Create the molds and do a half-assed release, only to release the main line with shitty, different molds? I... don't get it. Here's hoping they revisit that Powerizer Prime mold.

It's the store's fault, not Hasbro. Hasbro has the figures on offer for retailers, but if retailers don't buy their stock... well, you saw what happened.

What the hell? So the Voyagers and the Deluxes we never got aren't coming to the US?

oh of course not. ass hats. well, guess im going BBTS. thanks for nothing stupid toys r us. im happy i got arcee, bumblebee and starscream from HTS

I shouldn't be surprised by this at all, but I am. Why would they make it only a limited release and only release 3 figures in the U.S.? I saw Bumblebee and Arcee at my TRU and they were gone the nect day and I haven't seen them since. It's insanely dissappointing. I will continue to watch the cartoon but I have to say I won't be picking up the toys now. Hasbro gets a big Eff-u on this one from me.

Hasbro always does crap like this. Last year it was reveal the shield and generations later waves. I don't care about these toys anyway; but it's so typical of hasbro to do something like this. I have bought enough of their toys to know they will all get remolded. Don't belive me look at the classics lines and the marvel universe lines. I mean really did you ever find wreck-gar( I got a couple I'll sell ya in about 6 months LOL)? No? well you'll settle for junkion when you see him huh? This is why Iv'e all but givin up collecting. It has to be really good for me to buy it. Or really rare. I drove everywhere lookin for rts toy and after months decided to get them from bbts. I bet they will have them only at a marked up price. Like $17 for a guy whose 12 at retail. It is cheaper though. when you factor in gas and insanity just get it from there

I had a feeling this would be the case as soon as I saw the first 'main line' (Powerizers, RID etc.) figures previewed.

I believe the First Editions were marketed for us collectors (especially in Japan, given the paint apps etc.) and to get the kiddies ready for the upcoming TF:Prime toys.

I'm glad I pre-ordered every First Edition figure (Hasbro AND Takara) on BBTS from the beginning (Takara ones already in hand of course) as I had suspicions we might not see these molds/color schemes again.

Maybe down the road Has/Tak will do a second wave of these (with all the molds available in Japan released in the US) for us collectors, but that will probably only be a trickle through store exclusive editions (TRU, Wal-Mart, Target etc.) which means they may be hard to track down.

Does that mean First Edition Toys that were released in Canada like the Entertainment pack, Cliffjumper and the voyagers will NOT get a US release? That's a bit off if you ask me.