SnapTrap wrote:Most stores seem to have pretty low stock of Transformers right now. This is good news because it means that the next waves will be released very soon. The retailers most likely ordered a conservative amount to see if the movie would flop or not. Since it didn't, you can expect to start seeing more figures clogging shelves within the next few weeks. And just watch, within a month there will be tons of people complaining on these boards that all they see on the shelves is 08 Bumblebee...
Oh and SB, one thing to note about the Transformers mythos that all new collectors to the hobby should know is that many of the series are not linked all together. If you think of them as different "dimensions" or "alternate realities" you will save yourself some confusion. Here's the breakdown of the US mythos (the Japanese ones are entirely different from the US and more confusing for nubies):
G1 cartoon: (the toon from 1984)
G1 comic: (the comic from 1984) not related in any way to the toon.
G2 cartoon: (same as 1984 toon but has different "bumpers").
Beast Wars cartoon: (loose continuation and prequel to G1 toon)
Beast Machines cartoon: (sequel to Beast Wars)
Robots in Disguise (cartoon) not related to TF series
Armada cartoon: in a new reality not based on any previous one
Armada comics: in a new reality not based on any previous one, even the Armada toon.
Energon cartoon: Continuation of the Armada toon reality
Energon comics: Continuation of the Armada comic reality
Cybertron cartoon: Continuation of the Energon toon reality
Universe comic: its own reality but would take characters from any of the previous realities as needed.
Yeah I'm feeling the bite of addiction so I'm going to head over to TRU tomorrow morning and hopefully they have restocked since Friday. If not, then damn, lol.
Actually that little breakdown saved me from having a nervous breakdown, lol. With my other collections, I normally have everything fitting in together (i.e. everything from the save series so they look like they belong together). With TFs, it would nearly be impossible to get everything to fit in together, so whats the point? lol. It makes me feel better that I wont have to stress about my movie TFs not fitting in with my classic TFs and whatnot.
So yeah, props to you SnapTrap for extending my life (the stress woulda killed me) =)
And Galaxy Convoy, thanks for the official welcoming. This has, without a doubt, been the best welcoming I have ever gotten on any toy forum. Without a doubt.
I guess us TF fans have to stick together.
Metal: Yeah stay away from all the gimmicky TF figs. I think most of those are advertised towards children (no offense to anyone of course) more so than collectors. However, I think I might pick up a couple of Unleashed figs (man that Bumble Bee is bad ass) and the plushies (Softimus & Slumble for me and a Slumble for my gf.
Man, now I just need to buy some shelving for my room. Right now Ironhide has his guns drawn, chillin' on my dresser, protecting all of my clothes. He's a bad ass, but a real big softy at heart.
=)
SB