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Agamemnon wrote:william-james88 wrote:shajaki wrote:I wonder whats taking real retailers from getting this guy? BBTS pre-orders, in stock for brick-n-mortar.... something!?
Does BBTS even have any of these platinums?
They have the Insecticons, Predacons, Year of the Goat Soundwave & G2 Prime, and quite a few others from the Platinum line. I've been searching almost daily hoping the Coneheads and Trypticon make an appearance. I'm contemplating sending them an email asking about it...
william-james88 wrote:Agamemnon wrote:william-james88 wrote:shajaki wrote:I wonder whats taking real retailers from getting this guy? BBTS pre-orders, in stock for brick-n-mortar.... something!?
Does BBTS even have any of these platinums?
They have the Insecticons, Predacons, Year of the Goat Soundwave & G2 Prime, and quite a few others from the Platinum line. I've been searching almost daily hoping the Coneheads and Trypticon make an appearance. I'm contemplating sending them an email asking about it...
I was referring more to the G1 reissues, sorry for not being more clear. And yeah, I forgot they have the insecticons, but that makes even less sense. Why would they only have that one available? While I commend Hasbro in unleashing all these reissues at once (only 1 year after I started collecting too!), I find it really odd and puzzling that they are ignoring their release. They made a huge deal of Combiner Wars and RID but a consumer would really have to go out of their way to figure out what was out there and how to purchase them. There is obviously some passion there for these to be released in the first place but I would really like to see that passion follow through at this stage of the product cycle (selling/distribution). They are treating these reissues like the cheap legion toys found at dollar stores.
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
william-james88 wrote:They are treating these reissues like the cheap legion toys found at dollar stores.
Agamemnon wrote:I quite agree with you. I am nervous as BBTS doesn't have the Astrotrain and Blitzwing reissues (were they platinum?) either. I'm tempted to overpay for the Coneheads on Amazon right now...
Here is what BBTS lists under Transformers Platinum. The G1 reissues look to only be the Insecticons and Predaking. There's some Year of the X stuff. And some AoE and one Prime figure (UM).
ScottyP wrote:william-james88 wrote:They are treating these reissues like the cheap legion toys found at dollar stores.
The limited distribution channels through which these are being offered is Hasbro purposely not treating them like low-price point releases that go to every store ever.
william-james88 wrote:ScottyP wrote:william-james88 wrote:They are treating these reissues like the cheap legion toys found at dollar stores.
The limited distribution channels through which these are being offered is Hasbro purposely not treating them like low-price point releases that go to every store ever.
Dude, I was referring to these:
(Snipped image - Market Six Legends)
As far as I know they are NOT available at the big box retailers. And it has come to the point where people have to import them from robot kingdom who imported them from the states to begin with, just to get them. Online, those legions are offered as exclusively as the way these reissues are offered.
Care to revise your statement now?
ScottyP wrote: Your example is of toys purposely made for Market Six, and is a practice that has been going on for years. Limited/specialized distribution of these Platinum sets is a different/newer practice, and each one that's come out has generally been online-only or had a limited run in TRU (sometimes only in their Times Square location in the states). The Platinum Insecticons were a de-facto K-mart exclusive. The other known G1 Platinum sets seen so far have never been officially announced by Hasbro as something made for the US market. Maybe they weren't made with this market in mind and the online retailers that do have them (TF Source, Chosen Prime, etc) went through Hasbro Asia or who else knows who to stock them. Maybe poor performance of Platinum Predaking soured even Amazon's direct buyers on them. Maybe BBTS, having a direct Hasbro account, is embargoed from listing them yet. Maybe HTS is in the same boat.
Or here's a thought - maybe none of us actually know and should avoid blanket, "the sky is falling" assumptions on availability when absolutely zero has been officially stated about it. YotG Soundwave and G2 Laser Prime were available through specialty online and eBay for months before hitting all the usual suspects (HTS, BBTS, TRU.com) all at once. Are these following the same pattern? I don't know. Maybe. Maybe not.
Bottom line - I personally see nothing unusual about the distribution of these releases, and if anyone is super concerned about their availability, I'd just go here and save yourself some stress.
Oh, and if you know anywhere online selling those Market Six legends UM, Skywarp, and Cliffjumper in a straightforward manner, links please. I need a set
william-james88 wrote:Also be weary of hope in this hobby. Hope is just undiscovered disappointment.
Agamemnon, barebacked rider of flying robo-dragon, and not often constipated either...My nephew wrote:Bacon is meat candy.
Wheeljack808 wrote:Of course it's a Target exclusive and guess who just pulled out of Canada...thanks Hasbro.
Wheeljack808 wrote:Of course it's a Target exclusive and guess who just pulled out of Canada...thanks Hasbro.
Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
shajaki wrote:Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
Autobot032 wrote:shajaki wrote:Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
That's a really good point. How in the heck can three tiny Insecticons and three Energon cubes be more than three Seekers with more moving parts and accessories?
I don't get it, and I'm not sure it's K-Mart's doing.
Autobot032 wrote:shajaki wrote:Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
That's a really good point. How in the heck can three tiny Insecticons and three Energon cubes be more than three Seekers with more moving parts and accessories?
I don't get it, and I'm not sure it's K-Mart's doing.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
fenrir72 wrote:Autobot032 wrote:shajaki wrote:Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
That's a really good point. How in the heck can three tiny Insecticons and three Energon cubes be more than three Seekers with more moving parts and accessories?
I don't get it, and I'm not sure it's K-Mart's doing.
Someone in HB made a big booboo. Most probably overexpecting the nostalgia would trump over pragmmatism.
Cobotron wrote:Just got a pre-order notification from BBTS for this set. Their price, $84.99.
Target, $74.99.
Target. Expect more, pay less.![]()
Anybody seen/heard anything about where to acquire the Astrotrain-Blitzwing set?
That's the one I'm after.
william-james88 wrote:There are a bunch on ebay from Hongkong and China, priced very decently. I think that's where Scotty P got his, right?
Yeah! Just where in the heck is that one?Cobotron wrote:Anybody seen/heard anything about where to acquire the Astrotrain-Blitzwing set?
That's the one I'm after.
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:fenrir72 wrote:Autobot032 wrote:shajaki wrote:Awesome news, especially the price after the whole YOTG/Platinum Insecticon ordeal. And yeah, bring on Trypticon already!Agamemnon wrote:Now, where's Trypticon...? *whistles*
That's a really good point. How in the heck can three tiny Insecticons and three Energon cubes be more than three Seekers with more moving parts and accessories?
I don't get it, and I'm not sure it's K-Mart's doing.
Someone in HB made a big booboo. Most probably overexpecting the nostalgia would trump over pragmmatism.
Insecticons: 3 different molds
Seekers: 3 of the same base mold
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