Review for Transformers One Walmart Exclusive Energon Matrix Optimus Prime

It annoys me that I still cannot find Bee

Purchased a few of the new figures but also picked up this miss pack of Sentinel Prime in an Optimus Prime box. Anyone know if this is a common mistake going around??

Jack_Burton wrote:Purchased a few of the new figures but also picked up this miss pack of Sentinel Prime in an Optimus Prime box. Anyone know if this is a common mistake going around??

With toy swapping being a common practice, it’s more probable its a swap than a packing mistake

While Target had most of the Transformers One toys earlier than other retailers, Walmart is rolling out display areas for the Toyline. They have toys we’ve already covered, like the well received Prime Changers, but also the second set of Cog Changers (One Steps) along with the cube battle toys.

The images below are from Daimo, and show a Walmart in Virginia.

william-james88 wrote:

Jack_Burton wrote:Purchased a few of the new figures but also picked up this miss pack of Sentinel Prime in an Optimus Prime box. Anyone know if this is a common mistake going around??

With toy swapping being a common practice, it’s more probable its a swap than a packing mistake

Thank you for responding The only reason I ask is that the box does not look like it was tampered with at all. The box is clean with no signs of being opened and the tape seal looks like it has never been removed. It's clean and identical in placement to the other figures I bought.
If it is a swap, oh well, still a really cool figure!! Thanks again!

And, in a few months, all this garbage will be available at Ollie's, Big Lots or Dollar General.

Only thing I've seen at my local Walmart is the big $15 Bumblebee. At least they finally moved all of the ROTB stuff to clearance and updated the pegs for the fall reset.

Emerje

muddyjoe wrote:And, in a few months, all this garbage will be available at Ollie's, Big Lots or Dollar General.

Its been over a year since ROTB, did you see those at Ollie’s?

For some reasons, I keep getting unsubscribed from this thread.

william-james88 wrote:

muddyjoe wrote:And, in a few months, all this garbage will be available at Ollie's, Big Lots or Dollar General.

Its been over a year since ROTB, did you see those at Ollie’s?

I'll bet this holiday season. You might ask why not last year and that was because the toys were still sort of new and stores were figuring they might get sales.

-Kanrabat- wrote:For some reasons, I keep getting unsubscribed from this thread.

If you get an update email and don't come to the thread it'll assume you aren't interested and stop sending them. Or at least that's been my experience, but I just look for the red icons to tell me there's been a post and click on the orange icon next to it to be taken to the most recent post since my last visit, I rarely check my email for them.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:For some reasons, I keep getting unsubscribed from this thread.

If you get an update email and don't come to the thread it'll assume you aren't interested and stop sending them. Or at least that's been my experience, but I just look for the red icons to tell me there's been a post and click on the orange icon next to it to be taken to the most recent post since my last visit, I rarely check my email for them.

Emerje

Everything is normal, even in my profile. I just never get emails from that thread. I wonder if I clicked something wrong and there's no going back?

Man, Transformers day was a bust. It's hosted on Walmart.com which is really strange, it's just a QVC style show with them trying to sell stuff on the store. Started most with Three Zero stuff which is fine (it's hosted by their US president so that's no surprise) and a few One figures from them and Hasbro that are already in stores, but then randomly started talking about ROTB and Earthspark stuff that's long since been on clearance. The "big reveal" they teased through the show is a Bumblebee movie DLX Optimus Prime which I guess is going to be available for only a week on Walmart.com and then sold at other events later on.

So yeah, no new reveals, not worth watching. If you wonder the reason why today is Transformers day it's because Walmart apparently said so.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:If you wonder the reason why today is Transformers day it's because Walmart apparently said so.

September 17 is when the first episode of the G1 cartoon premiered back in 1984.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:If you wonder the reason why today is Transformers day it's because Walmart apparently said so.

September 17 is when the first episode of the G1 cartoon premiered back in 1984.

Oh, I thought people were complaining that the date was wrong.

Emerje

Every day is Transformers day!

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:If you wonder the reason why today is Transformers day it's because Walmart apparently said so.

September 17 is when the first episode of the G1 cartoon premiered back in 1984.

Oh, I thought people were complaining that the date was wrong.

Emerje

Well, I personally was complaining it ought to have been on May 8, which was the true 40th anniversary of the brand as a whole.

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Emerje wrote:If you wonder the reason why today is Transformers day it's because Walmart apparently said so.

September 17 is when the first episode of the G1 cartoon premiered back in 1984.

Oh, I thought people were complaining that the date was wrong.

Emerje

Well, I personally was complaining it ought to have been on May 8, which was the true 40th anniversary of the brand as a whole.

That's probably what I was thinking of.

Emerje

So, I have a bunch of new stuff TFOne toyline related, get ready.

first up, I got Alpha Trion and the Quintesson. Quintesson is alright, and B is fantastic. I wish his ankle tilts actually worked and that area was cleaned up some, but he is really nice. I think B may be my favorite of the 5 Prime Changers








I also got the big energon glow Optimus. And I have to say, he is really really fun. I love the translucent parts, and he is basically fully posable, which is impressive. He is just really fun, I would recommend trying him out








My daughter also loves him



Alpha Trion is also a really fun toy






And finally, I got the takara leader figure. He is pretty nice, though there are a couple things that bug me with him. The face sculpt feels off somehow, and I don't like how small the feet are and how limited the ankles are. Other than that, he is pretty nice, especially the truck mode.

Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

I've heard nothing about a wave 3, I believe these 4 are it

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

I've heard nothing about a wave 3, I believe these 4 are it

Yeah, and literally just those four, the Quintesson High Commander is a "Warrior class" figures because I guess only Autobots can be Prime Changers, which would possibly have disqualified Starscream anyway. Gotta love manufactured hair splitting.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

Were they released all at once? I got them all at the same time.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

Were they released all at once? I got them all at the same time.

Yes they were

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Do you think we'll get the Wave 02 Prime Changers? I thought Starscream was going to be part of the wave.

You mean wave 3 which I don't believe we've heard anything about if it happens at all.

Emerje

What was wave two? I thought the first four were all wave one.

Alpha and Optimus were wave 1, Bee and Sentinel were wave 2.

Emerje

Were they released all at once? I got them all at the same time.

Yes they were

But not everywhere, it was sort of a tossup if a store got both or just one. My local Target only got wave 1, my local Walmart only got Bumblebee as part of the big aisle display (with Optimus, AT and the Quint), I've yet to see a Sentinel at retail, got mine from Amazon.

Emerje

I made a custom with the deluxe High Commander.

Here it is, "in box" with a brand new one:



See the other pictures here:

tf1-quintesson-trooper-high-commander-quick-custom--t121462.php

Been messing around with the Takara Prime some more, and it really is a bummer the shoulders suck and his ankles didn't move more, otherwise he would really be nigh perfect






Also pretty incredible how the mainline Prime ended up being the best one