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If it makes any difference, Rodimus Unicronus is also Unicron himself, in full inhabiting control of Rodimus as a vessel and avatar.

Wow, most seem in favor of Rodimus, eh? Any merits to Nemmy aside from the weapons and the whole Nemesis Prime appeal?

Speaking as someone who owns the toy, I'm really not that big of a fan of Rodimus Unicronus. The issues that I have with my copy have to do with balance and articulation. Even with the heel support, mine has a bad habit of falling backwards unless I have it standing as perfectly straight as possible. As for the articulation, I feel like Unicronus suffers from a lack of articulation in his shoulders due to how the evolution gimmick incorporates NemRod into Unicronus. Plus, I feel like the transformations for NemRod and Unicronus are just a pain in the ass (for me, anyways).

Since I'm still waiting on Primal and Nemesis Prime to arrive, I can't really offer solid testimonies on those two, but I feel like Primal is ultimately the best of the trio because his issues seem to be less severe than the issues with the Optimus and Rodimus molds.

That being said, they all seem like good Leader class toys. I just personally believe that Rodimus Prime/Unicronus is the weakest of the three molds.

nycPrime wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:The Throne of the Primes is still available as of my posting this reply. If you really want it, don't let spite get in the way of saving you some money and getting your figure sooner. Hasbro Toy Shop is not going to be stuck with unsold Thrones out of fan protest. If you don't buy it, someone else will, until they are gone.

Getting it earlier, sure.
Getting it cheaper, no.

Sure, 10$ cheaper on Amazon japan is not the biggest discount, but thats still the price of deluxe figure for me, so every bit counts.

Ha I had it in my cart in HTS but couldn't stomach the $85 charge. Decided to PO it from Amazon JP to save $10. May still cancel it as I have no real desire for the figure.

I consider something like $10 overall to be a "convenience" fee when we're talking about an item that's above the $60 range or so. $10 means getting what you want now instead of 4 or 5 months from now. I could figure out a way to save myself an extra $10 from now until next year pretty easily. If you're not really interested in the figure, though, then no reasonable price is going to do it for you.

There might be...a chance that I'm slightly biased, but I have Nemesis Prime and have no intention of getting SG Roddy. I've already seen him in a store and not bought him, even. Part of it has to do with nostalgia, given the Armada shout-outs Nemesis' accessories give him and my first figures being from the original RiD and Armada. Part of it has to do with always liking the various incarnations of NP and just not having one yet. Part of it is because I don't have any other Shattered Glass or SG-based figures, so I have no real need for a disguised SG Rodimus. I also have a Unicron, so I don't need him for that, and while I have TR Hot Rod, I don't actually have or really want a Rodimus Prime, so a Nemesis version of a character I don't have/want isn't that appealing. Plus, Nemesis Prime is just plain fun. Both his bot modes look great, his murder convoy is big and threatening, his excess of weapons is a joy to fool around with, he poses great, his transformation takes some effort but doesn't achieve Bayformer levels of frustration, and he just looks overall threatening and menacing. His color scheme works way better than the smatterings of trailer grey on Optimus' limbs, and had this version not existed, I would not have bought this mold.

...but my name is a theoretical nonexistent Nemesis version of a different good faction leader already, so what do I know, I'm most likely biased.

...If Nemesis Prime is a black repaint of a red figure, then would a Nemesis Primal be a red repaint of a black figure? Imagine a giant red murder gorilla...

So if your saying that you think nemesis primal should be red and blue...wouldn't that mean that primal prime was the true nemesis primal

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wow, most seem in favor of Rodimus, eh? Any merits to Nemmy aside from the weapons and the whole Nemesis Prime appeal?

I feel like Nemmy's combined bot mode is an overall tighter, more congruent, less awkward package. NemPax has a wicked head sculpt.

Nemesis Primal wrote:...Imagine a giant red murder gorilla...

I can imagine that...

Nemesis Primal wrote:...If Nemesis Prime is a black repaint of a red figure, then would a Nemesis Primal be a red repaint of a black figure? Imagine a giant red murder gorilla...

ZeroWolf wrote:So if your saying that you think nemesis primal should be red and blue...wouldn't that mean that primal prime was the true nemesis primal

carytheone wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Wow, most seem in favor of Rodimus, eh? Any merits to Nemmy aside from the weapons and the whole Nemesis Prime appeal?

I feel like Nemmy's combined bot mode is an overall tighter, more congruent, less awkward package. NemPax has a wicked head sculpt.

Nemesis Primal wrote:...Imagine a giant red murder gorilla...

I can imagine that...

Nah, you guys aren't thinking RED enough.



Though, there is also a black repaint of the RobotMasters toy that does look kinda like what a Nemesis Prime version of Optimus Primal's season 1 body might look like:



And interestingly enough, if the Throne of the Primes set had had its smaller Optimus Primal figure given black limbs instead of white, and a black helmet instead of blue, it might have made for a half-decent match to this RobotMasters redeco.

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...oh Primus, I DO exist maybe.

...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Nemesis Primal wrote:...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, same here. Every few days, I pop in to a few as I drive by on my way home from work. No luck. Some of them still have Titans Return figures on the pegs, like Chromedome and Highbrow.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, same here. Every few days, I pop in to a few as I drive by on my way home from work. No luck. Some of them still have Titans Return figures on the pegs, like Chromedome and Highbrow.

Oh, I wish that were the case here, I'd buy some early TR figures I missed, but instead, all this Walgreens has is a single leftover Cloudraker-Wingspan pack, two One-Step Changers that aren't even from the same line as each other, and some blind bagged Kreons. Sad.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, same here. Every few days, I pop in to a few as I drive by on my way home from work. No luck. Some of them still have Titans Return figures on the pegs, like Chromedome and Highbrow.

Ha, I've seen a few TR figures as well - like Twinferno

And it's not like you can rely on their website to check in store stock. Last time I checked there are 2-5 WGs at every store.

Has he even been spotted yet?

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, same here. Every few days, I pop in to a few as I drive by on my way home from work. No luck. Some of them still have Titans Return figures on the pegs, like Chromedome and Highbrow.

Oh, I wish that were the case here, I'd buy some early TR figures I missed, but instead, all this Walgreens has is a single leftover Cloudraker-Wingspan pack, two One-Step Changers that aren't even from the same line as each other, and some blind bagged Kreons. Sad.

Just check online. If it says "2-5 in stock" now, and when you check tomorrow, it's the same number, don't bother going. If they get more it will switch. The numbers they show are:

1-4, 2-5, 4-7, 6-9, or 10+

So if you are showing 2-5 then it jumps to 4-7 or 6-9, give it a shot. Pretty much identical to the way I found the Terrorcons at Walmart using Brickseek. Also, that is how I got Brainstorm and the Clone 2-Pack from Walgreens if I recall correctly.

carytheone wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:...um, back on topic, I checked Walgreens yesterday, still no Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, same here. Every few days, I pop in to a few as I drive by on my way home from work. No luck. Some of them still have Titans Return figures on the pegs, like Chromedome and Highbrow.

Ha, I've seen a few TR figures as well - like Twinferno

And it's not like you can rely on their website to check in store stock. Last time I checked there are 2-5 WGs at every store.

Has he even been spotted yet?

Nope no sightings yet, also BBTS has plenty of early TR figures, many of them cheaper than what you'd pay at Walgreens,

mordhelm wrote:So if you are showing 2-5 then it jumps to 4-7 or 6-9, give it a shot. Pretty much identical to the way I found the Terrorcons at Walmart using Brickseek. Also, that is how I got Brainstorm and the Clone 2-Pack from Walgreens if I recall correctly.

I haven't had any problems with WG, because unlike regular Hasbro toys that start showing up on the East Coast first, WG exclusives usually shows up on the West Coast First. Usually within a couple days of first sighting, I found Brainstorm and the Clones 2 pack in with several eat each store.

o.supreme wrote:Nope no sightings yet, also BBTS has plenty of early TR figures, many of them cheaper than what you'd pay at Walgreens,

Eh, not Chromedome or Mindwipe though, at least not without buying a second Wolfwire and a Highbrow I don't want. Oh well, I can wait.

Finally caved and ordered Wreck-Gar online. Will take a few weeks to get here, so with my luck I'll see it in the store first. LOL.

o.supreme wrote:

mordhelm wrote:So if you are showing 2-5 then it jumps to 4-7 or 6-9, give it a shot. Pretty much identical to the way I found the Terrorcons at Walmart using Brickseek. Also, that is how I got Brainstorm and the Clone 2-Pack from Walgreens if I recall correctly.

I haven't had any problems with WG, because unlike regular Hasbro toys that start showing up on the East Coast first, WG exclusives usually shows up on the West Coast First. Usually within a couple days of first sighting, I found Brainstorm and the Clones 2 pack in with several eat each store.

Me neither. I got the last two with ease and a discount even on the clones. Once BS hit he was clogging shelves and even hit clearance on their website.

If the pattern continues, I doubt anyone will have an issue finding Wreck Gar in stores. Unless you live where there are no Walgreens. But there's always one across from CVS

I check once a week when I see a WG just for giggles.

carytheone wrote:Unless you live where there are no Walgreens.

Hey if anybody needs a walgreens in their area, I can spare a few

That's a lot of walgreens.

o.supreme wrote:

carytheone wrote:Unless you live where there are no Walgreens.

Hey if anybody needs a walgreens in their area, I can spare a few

Yeah, I'll take a few, you seem to have more than twice as many in your area than I have in my entire state (14 total). The north east is Rite Aid country, those are all over the place. I have one local Walgreens and they never got Brainstorm or Cyber Series Shockwave. Thankfully I was able to get a Brainstorm while on vacation.

Emerje

o.supreme wrote:

carytheone wrote:Unless you live where there are no Walgreens.

Hey if anybody needs a walgreens in their area, I can spare a few

Haha, like a bad case of WalgreensPox. We had more than I expected in the area.

I know little of American geography, but is there really a town near you scram called Slaughter?

My area has a bunch of Walgreens, but they don't seem to put much priority on restocking the toys. The one near my job has had the same 3-4 Transformers for months.