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Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know when this line is going to be released?
I may be trying to get the Stunticons, but would prefer to preorder.

First wave (Jazz, Cloud guy, Toxitron) is due in July. Not sure on the rest yet, they seem to be a 2nd wave.

Here's what we have so far:

Deluxe
Wave 1
Jazz

Undetermined
Mirage
Dead End

Voyager
Cloudcover

Leader
Wave 1
Toxitron

Wave 2
Grimlock

Deluxe and Voyager may have an unknown wave mate.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Does anyone know when this line is going to be released?
I may be trying to get the Stunticons, but would prefer to preorder.

First wave (Jazz, Cloud guy, Toxitron) is due in July. Not sure on the rest yet, they seem to be a 2nd wave.

Thanks for the info.
All I would want are the Stunticons, but I’m worried about getting them.
Especially all 5.
So I’m trying to keep on top of the release.

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Here's what we have so far:

Deluxe
Wave 1
Jazz

Undetermined
Mirage
Dead End

Voyager
Cloudcover

Leader
Wave 1
Toxitron

Wave 2
Grimlock

Deluxe and Voyager may have an unknown wave mate.

Yeah, everything but Grimlock is wave 1, no clue why the pre-orders were split like they were. Also Sideswipe and Shadowstrip are in there somewhere.

Emerje

Apparently, Shadowstrip is no longer getting a rerelease

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Here's what we have so far:

Deluxe
Wave 1
Jazz

Undetermined
Mirage
Dead End

Voyager
Cloudcover

Leader
Wave 1
Toxitron

Wave 2
Grimlock

Deluxe and Voyager may have an unknown wave mate.

Yeah, everything but Grimlock is wave 1, no clue why the pre-orders were split like they were. Also Sideswipe and Shadowstrip are in there somewhere.

Emerje

Apparently, Shadowstrip is no longer getting a rerelease

That was a misconception that lasted a few days because someone threw Wildrider's name into the mix and then realized later that they mixed up the names of the Stunticons. According to JTPrime posts, the Deluxe lineup has not changed from the original listings (Jazz, Mirage, Sideswipe, Dead End, Shadowstrip PR).

Nemesis Primal wrote:That was a misconception that lasted a few days because someone threw Wildrider's name into the mix and then realized later that they mixed up the names of the Stunticons. According to JTPrime posts, the Deluxe lineup has not changed from the original listings (Jazz, Mirage, Sideswipe, Dead End, Shadowstrip PR).

Ouch.... who are the 2 that are gonna be short packed I wonder.

I need them all.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ouch.... who are the 2 that are gonna be short packed I wonder.

Allegedly both Stunticons, which I imagine people will be displeased about....although I'm having difficulty finding that post again now, so maybe don't quote me on that.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ouch.... who are the 2 that are gonna be short packed I wonder.

Allegedly both Stunticons, which I imagine people will be displeased about....although I'm having difficulty finding that post again now, so maybe don't quote me on that.

I am hedging on a full G2 Stunticon team, and I got Shadowstrip, so I really hope I can secure Dead End.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ouch.... who are the 2 that are gonna be short packed I wonder.

Allegedly both Stunticons, which I imagine people will be displeased about....although I'm having difficulty finding that post again now, so maybe don't quote me on that.

I fully expect this. Walmart has screwed up the short packed bots in every single 5 deluxe exclusive wave so far. Decepticon Mirage and Scrapface, Elita-1 and VW Bee, Cosmos and Shadowstrip.

In all cases the most desirable were shortpacked.

Sorry for such a blurry photo; it was all I could find…
Looks like one of these has a cycle alt mode.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:That was a misconception that lasted a few days because someone threw Wildrider's name into the mix and then realized later that they mixed up the names of the Stunticons. According to JTPrime posts, the Deluxe lineup has not changed from the original listings (Jazz, Mirage, Sideswipe, Dead End, Shadowstrip PR).

Ouch.... who are the 2 that are gonna be short packed I wonder.

I need them all.

ok, so I am confused (as per usual ) So are they just going to release a G2 Wildrider in the main Legacy Evolution line? I keep seeing it on lists of upcoming toys.

Sowndwave76 wrote:Sorry for such a blurry photo; it was all I could find…
Looks like one of these has a cycle alt mode.

Yup, and that Jazz is definitely a A. Prowl repaint. Hopefully with a new head.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Yup, and that Jazz is definitely a A. Prowl repaint. Hopefully with a new head.

...No? That's clearly Road Rocket, whose original toy the unreleased Laser Cycle Jazz was going to be a redeco of.

Sabrblade wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Yup, and that Jazz is definitely a A. Prowl repaint. Hopefully with a new head.

...No? That's clearly Road Rocket, whose original toy the unreleased Laser Cycle Jazz was going to be a redeco of.

I didn't notice the huge-ass wheel thing he was holding for reasons.
Yeah, Road Rocket.

...well I certainly wasn't expecting 2 Jazz's, that came out of left field. No one seems to know where this picture came from, but considering it includes the packaging and seemingly-legit stock photos of the figures that have already had in-hand pics I guess it's legit? Unfortunate for anyone banking on that Shadowstrip repack though.

o.supreme wrote:ok, so I am confused (as per usual ) So are they just going to release a G2 Wildrider in the main Legacy Evolution line? I keep seeing it on lists of upcoming toys.

So back when this year's whole retail line-up became known from store listings, there was a listing for a Deluxe "ROBO WLD RDR". We don't know if that's G2 Wildrider using a new name like Shadowstrip, or if that's RiD X-Brawn and they're using his Car Robots name Wildride in the store listing to not get retailers confused by releasing a character named Brawn and a character named X-Brawn within months of each other. I personally think it's that second one, since Velocitron Scourge was labeled in listings as Black Convoy rather than Scourge, and considering we now know Shadow Striker is a Side-Burn pretool, putting out an X-Brawn to go with them would make sense. However, we also currently don't know how or if that listing is actually going to be released, since we've got all four waves accounted for already for the year (unless my personal theory that there's a Wave 5 turns out to be true), so right now it's probably easiest to just operate under the assumption that the only G2 Stunticons happening for certain are the already-released Shadowstrip and the currently-leaked Dead End, and then be pleasantly surprised if Wildrider also turns up.

The only reason Wildrider was ever mentioned in regards to the Toxitron capsule specifically was because someone got their hands on Dead End but mixed up which Stunticon is which, and thusly confused everyone by saying they had Toxitron capsule "Wildrider" in-hand.

Cool Thanks for the Explanation. Although if we are getting two different Jazz' in the same line, then there should be no reservations about Wild Ride/(ers).

I'd love it if they just went full meta and finally released a CW G2 Defensor in this line. You can have Deluxe Groove as a limb, And legends Groove (aka Groove Jr.) As the chest plate.

Lasercycle..:

And still the same torso, too.

I guess that's one way to make a female Jazz.

Emerje wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:Lasercycle..:

Imagine if they came out with a new Transformer named "Headmaster" or "Pretender". Not sure I'm crazy about replacing their name with their team name. Insecticon and Dinobot are one thing, but Lasercycle feels a little bit more generic.

I suppose we'll be seeing these go up for order Tuesday?

Emerje

There was that one time that the Turbomaster Scorch was renamed "Turbomaster".


Transformers Convention & Club Exclusives Turbomaster Gallery

We have some nice new official images for the upcoming "G2" Legacy Subline, thanks to eBay member rubyemeralite. Below you will see:

G2 Universe Dead End
G2 Universe Mirage 
G2 Universe Sideswipe
G2 Universe Laser Cycle

All of those are decos of toys that were meant to come out in the 90s but were instead cancelled. They go with the deluxe Jazz and leader Toxitron that we previously saw. These will all be exclusive to Walmart.

I understand, if money is no concern, why someone would pay top dollar to have an item before others. However, I've never understood paying a crazy amount for a pre-order that will likely ship not long before (or at the same time) that most other people will be getting them anyway.

Still a cool source for the pics. Just never understood 3rd party pre-orders on eBay for astronomical prices.