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News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:35 am

I do wonder what the issue with Thrust is, my assumption was it was supposed to hit Target the same time as Runabout/Runamuck (which ever was the target Exclusive) yet at this point, he'll be showing up with the Kingdom Voyagers.

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:05 am

I'm hoping Scorponok gets a Pulse reissue or something

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:19 am

ZeroWolf wrote:I do wonder what the issue with Thrust is, my assumption was it was supposed to hit Target the same time as Runabout/Runamuck (which ever was the target Exclusive) yet at this point, he'll be showing up with the Kingdom Voyagers.

Like I think was brought up earlier in this thread, maybe a container of Thrusts were lost in that shipping container loss a few weeks back, and as a result only a very limited stock has made it out.

I did learn today that one of the containers held a bunch of Figuarts figures that were due this month, including the "I am Iron Man" version of the MK85 I had preordered, and who knows how that will affect that release. Thrust could be a similar thing.

Also noticing on social media that A LOT of people have the "order update" email going to their junk mail or something, because I've noticed in the past week at least 10 Twitter mutuals and several Facebook members of different groups have had their Thrusts outright cancelled when they went to their order to see if it had shipped.

But at the same time, a friend ordered 3 Thrusts and 1 shipped out last Friday, so there's that wrinkle too.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Dec 23, 2020 9:54 am

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm hoping Scorponok gets a Pulse reissue or something

I think there is a pretty reasonable chance of that happening in the middle of next year, just like Omega Supreme got a re-issue this year.

News Credits: 12 · by **Sentinel_Primal** » Fri Dec 25, 2020 7:03 pm

Just opened up my Airwave, Allicon, and Sky Lynx for Christmas, and I have to say, all three are amazing. Sky Lynx is probably my favorite just due to the fact that he's a shuttle dragon, but Allicon is a close second despite the visible arms in beast mode. Airwave's pretty good too, but I wish his eyes were either more vibrant or light piped

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Dec 25, 2020 10:52 pm

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Just opened up my Airwave, Allicon, and Sky Lynx for Christmas, and I have to say, all three are amazing. Sky Lynx is probably my favorite just due to the fact that he's a shuttle dragon, but Allicon is a close second despite the visible arms in beast mode. Airwave's pretty good too, but I wish his eyes were either more vibrant or light piped

You know, until you mentioned it I didn't even realize he has eyes, I thought he was a mono eye like Shockwave and Whirl. Makes me wonder if at some point the design team decided to paint the empty space where eyes would normally be instead of the obvious round lens in the middle of his face.

Emerje

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Dec 25, 2020 11:13 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm hoping Scorponok gets a Pulse reissue or something

I think there is a pretty reasonable chance of that happening in the middle of next year, just like Omega Supreme got a re-issue this year.

I really frakking hope so, because right now all the Scorponoks not in the hands of legit consumers are in scalper hoards.

News Credits: 31 · by **bacem** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:28 am

Emerje wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Just opened up my Airwave, Allicon, and Sky Lynx for Christmas, and I have to say, all three are amazing. Sky Lynx is probably my favorite just due to the fact that he's a shuttle dragon, but Allicon is a close second despite the visible arms in beast mode. Airwave's pretty good too, but I wish his eyes were either more vibrant or light piped

You know, until you mentioned it I didn't even realize he has eyes, I thought he was a mono eye like Shockwave and Whirl. Makes me wonder if at some point the design team decided to paint the empty space where eyes would normally be instead of the obvious round lens in the middle of his face.

Emerje

....he's not a monoeye?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:02 am

bacem wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:Just opened up my Airwave, Allicon, and Sky Lynx for Christmas, and I have to say, all three are amazing. Sky Lynx is probably my favorite just due to the fact that he's a shuttle dragon, but Allicon is a close second despite the visible arms in beast mode. Airwave's pretty good too, but I wish his eyes were either more vibrant or light piped

You know, until you mentioned it I didn't even realize he has eyes, I thought he was a mono eye like Shockwave and Whirl. Makes me wonder if at some point the design team decided to paint the empty space where eyes would normally be instead of the obvious round lens in the middle of his face.

Emerje

....he's not a monoeye?

Right? He certainly looks like one, but when you look closer you can see that they painted in his red eyes on each side so I guess he has a big round nose? I'm going to continue seeing him as a mono eye, I'm guessing they were trying to set him apart from Hot House who does have the lens painted in.

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Now that I think about it it reminds me of (but the opposite) the mysterious Frenzy reissue we got that was painted up as a mono eye for no obvious reason.

Emerje

News Credits: 3 · by **alekese** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:42 pm

Having opened up the astro patrol as part of clearing my pile of loot for christmas, I decided to make a mockup of the upcoming botropolis set, trying to create a crawler and launch tower setup. (Didn't bother digging out the battle patrol because it didn't affect the connections.)

The crawler is actually surprisingly stable when held so long as you keep it level. Probably going to headcanon the names of the botropolis set as new characters Launchpad (Airwave) and Gantry (Ironworks) for the modulators, Moonrock and Missile Master for the battle patrol retool, and Storm Jet and Raker for the astro patrol, after the original inspiration for the deco and the other use of said mold.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Sat Dec 26, 2020 1:50 pm

That's really well done, especially Ironworks! :APPLAUSE:

by **M. Spector** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 11:26 am

Found wave 3 last night at one of my local meijer! Only picked up Runamuck and Fasttrack, both are really quiet nice. I love how on Fasttracks box art you can see a gigantic Airwave standing in a forest! Really gives credence to the fact the baseforemrs are supposed to be HUGE in cannon.
As for Runamuck, gosh dang is that vehicle mode snazzy looking. It's a lil bit panel-y but I think the Runabout repaint fixes some of that yeah? Transformation is nice too, seemingly simple but very satisfying and interesting to do. If Sunstreaker came with a proper gun I'd probably have picked him up too >:oP

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:36 pm

My order has been sitting with no delivery date for a while but it wasn't canceled so I let it sit. Just now received an email saying I should have it tomorrow. If you still have an open order, don't give up hope!

News Credits: 13 · by **grimdragon2001** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:37 pm

Just waiting on Thrust to show up, then all I'll need is Scorponok to complete the set

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:05 pm

grimdragon2001 wrote:Just waiting on Thrust to show up, then all I'll need is Scorponok to complete the set

My local Target put Thrust shelf labels up this week. Doesn't really mean anything though since they had Seeker two pack labels up for months without ever putting anything on the shelf and this store cares so little about the Transformers section that it still has tags on the Deluxe pegs from the sale that ended on 12/19. Like the Seekers I'll probably get it online once they fill their backlog of orders.

Emerje

News Credits: 25 · by **LinaNui** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 11:23 am

My brother and I finally sat down and set up a large city and battle with our figures. I am really liking what WFC has been putting out (except for the beast half of kingdom). We did not put blast effects out since we ran out of time.

https://youtu.be/9a175W4iTZo (video of the setup on youtube)

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 6:21 pm

I checked out some Target stores earlier today, hoping to find any sign of Earthrise Thrust. Instead, I found the pegs and shelves nearly empty of Transformers toys. The holiday rush really did wipe it all out this year. There are no more Siege Shockwaves or Earthrise Grapples to be seen. There's basically nothing around at any size class, except for a few lingering Battle Masters and Micromasters. I guess if you wait long enough, people desperate for a gift for a child will buy whatever they can. The Cyberverse stuff was marginally more plentiful, but compared to how the pegs are usually bursting with that stuff, the stock is pretty low. Now, without any old product getting in the way, there should be no reason not to put Kingdom stuff out on the shelves as soon as it arrives.

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Mon Dec 28, 2020 10:49 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked out some Target stores earlier today, hoping to find any sign of Earthrise Thrust. Instead, I found the pegs and shelves nearly empty of Transformers toys. The holiday rush really did wipe it all out this year. There are no more Siege Shockwaves or Earthrise Grapples to be seen. There's basically nothing around at any size class, except for a few lingering Battle Masters and Micromasters. I guess if you wait long enough, people desperate for a gift for a child will buy whatever they can. The Cyberverse stuff was marginally more plentiful, but compared to how the pegs are usually bursting with that stuff, the stock is pretty low. Now, without any old product getting in the way, there should be no reason not to put Kingdom stuff out on the shelves as soon as it arrives.

I'm hearing rumors that the shelves look like that less from sales, and more from problems getting the product over here and off the boats. January/February might be a bit crazy.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 7:54 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked out some Target stores earlier today, hoping to find any sign of Earthrise Thrust. Instead, I found the pegs and shelves nearly empty of Transformers toys. The holiday rush really did wipe it all out this year. There are no more Siege Shockwaves or Earthrise Grapples to be seen. There's basically nothing around at any size class, except for a few lingering Battle Masters and Micromasters. I guess if you wait long enough, people desperate for a gift for a child will buy whatever they can. The Cyberverse stuff was marginally more plentiful, but compared to how the pegs are usually bursting with that stuff, the stock is pretty low. Now, without any old product getting in the way, there should be no reason not to put Kingdom stuff out on the shelves as soon as it arrives.

Heh, the only Generations figures of any kind at my local Target was two Siege Shockwaves and one SS Shockwave. Heck, the only other Transformers left in the section were some random Cyberverse one steps, one Seeker 4-pack, and bunch of clearanced Series 2 BotBots.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm hearing rumors that the shelves look like that less from sales, and more from problems getting the product over here and off the boats. January/February might be a bit crazy.

Not sure if I believe that. Online stores including Target.com didn't seem to have any issues getting stuff in stock (though maybe a little understock) and we've seen a bunch of things this month show up earlier than expected. Hasbro got stuff in even though they had to cancel wave 4 and alter their time tables to push things back a little (while still keeping Earthrise within it's planned time frame) to do it. But what happened after it left Hasbro's warehouse is anyone's guess.

Emerje

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:35 am

Yay for the 5th delay notice from Target on Thrust. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:36 am

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Yay for the 5th delay notice from Target on Thrust.

Got mine too, ugh.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:39 am

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm hearing rumors that the shelves look like that less from sales, and more from problems getting the product over here and off the boats. January/February might be a bit crazy.

This could be why Thrust keeps getting delayed; all the stock was on that container ship got tossed around. I wonder if any entrepreneurial divers will go looking for toys like they do shipwrecks :lol:

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 10:41 am

aronjlove wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm hearing rumors that the shelves look like that less from sales, and more from problems getting the product over here and off the boats. January/February might be a bit crazy.

This could be why Thrust keeps getting delayed; all the stock was on that container ship got tossed around. I wonder if any entrepreneurial divers will go looking for toys like they do shipwrecks

I got confirmation that my Figuarts I am Iron Man figure was among those lost and it was due this month, so it's very possible

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:39 pm

I toyed with my Ironworks a little and wow, the thick layer of paint on the ramp really makes things hard to properly connect, especially for the official tower mode. May have to come up with a different configuration... Funny thing: Greasepit was leaked on Ironworks' art :lol:

Are the hips supposed to be wiggly? On mine it feels like the rivet used is too small for the hole.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Tue Dec 29, 2020 5:22 pm

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:I toyed with my Ironworks a little and wow, the thick layer of paint on the ramp really makes things hard to properly connect, especially for the official tower mode. May have to come up with a different configuration... Funny thing: Greasepit was leaked on Ironworks' art

Are the hips supposed to be wiggly? On mine it feels like the rivet used is too small for the hole.

I've got 3 Ironworks and can't get his painted arm on the top of the tower mode for any of the 3. But I actually don't like the official configuration because the only connection point is in front of the gun and it is upside-down.

So instead I attach the arm that should go on top to the side which then gives me somewhere to connect to as well.

1 of my 3 is a little more wiggly in the hips than the other 2.