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News Credits: 187 · by **GetRightRobot** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:31 pm

Are you having a hard time finding Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Deluxes in your area? Well darthprime99 has brought it to our attention that whole cases are now available on HTS.com These cases are labeled as Deluxe Class Series 1, yet they come packed with an Arcee and Ratchet! The case of 8 includes:
-1 Arcee
-1 Ratchet
-1 Soundwave
-1 Cliffjumper
-1 Wheeljack
-3 Bumblebees

The box is $92.99 and just over $100 after shipping. Given the current gas prices, this might be a good alternative for some as opposed to the traditional brick and mortar stores.

Click here to get yours!

by **BulletSponge** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:39 pm

YAY!!!
3 Bumblebees for 1 of all the others...

How long do you think it will take this line to get stale on the shelves and the major retailers stop ordering new shipments due to low sales?

Oh Hasbro, will you ever learn? :roll:

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:41 pm

That's actually a really good deal, provided you can get rid of 2 Bumblebees.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:47 pm

Hey Hasbro, how about I buy these and return all the wave 1 figures I didn't want to a local retailer and screw up your ordering system?

Friggen stupid...

News Credits: 4 · by **craggy** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:52 pm

Delicon wrote:That's actually a really good deal, provided you can get rid of 2 Bumblebees.

c'mon, even cavemen learned to set fires. Bumblebee surplus sorted.

News Credits: 2 · by **Twitchythe3rd** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:58 pm

So they have the stock to sell entire cases of figures, but not enough to sell them individually?

Fut the whuck.

by **Hypershock** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 3:59 pm

so are there no voyagers for wave two?

by **munckee** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:06 pm

man im having a very hard time with this RID line...

so obviously just look at the case with all the deluxes together. its quite clear what figures are best by both toy design and how well they match the cgi models.

essentially as follows:

1. soundwave
2. wheeljack

3. ratchet
4. cliffjumper

5. arcee
6. bumblebee

now my issue is this separation you get. you simply CAN NOT display soundwave or wheeljack, with either arcee or bumblebee. the problem is that rc and bb basically look like the very young kid bots and soundwave and wheeljack look like MPs almost by comparison to their cgi. the transformation schemes on soundwave and wheeljack are also far superior.

-hey 12th grader, design a bumblebee for us.
-hey best designer whos been on our team for 15+ years, design soundwave for us.

collecting the RID line just looks ridiculous because not only are the deluxes all screwed up, but we also get a weird looking powerizer prime (who is a very cool toy just NOT even close to the cgi. FE wins HARDCORE here just as with bb and rc).

this case release really showed me what i already hated about the line but just beware that the line in itself doesnt really flow or look good together.

if you HATE autobots and love decepticons though youre in luck:

soundwave, FE starscream (easy cheap find), powerizer megatron, and RID vehicon, all look phenominal together. youll be happy with your decepticon team AS LONG AS you can grab an FE starscream. and hopefully the voyager dreadwing will fit well. we will have to FORCE knockout just because his toy is awesome. unfortunately his scaling is weird with the team (as is vehicon but hey we gotta do soooomething).

heres the list for a "good" autobot team for prime:
- FE optimus prime
- FE bulkhead
- FE bumblebee
- FE cliffjumper
- RID wheeljack

-youll be upset no matter what arcee you use and ratchet is just bad scale PERIOD. so these two standing by your autobots just make them ALL look weird hah.

its sad to say but through this little write-up I hope i've helped reveal to some ppl how lazy hasbro is getting (do NOT get me started on FOC Bruticus....). and unfortunately we as fans will keep buying

it really is a vicious cycle.

by **Hypershock** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:17 pm

wait it lists the case as series 01, so are arcee and ratchet a full-fledged wave 2 or just a case revision?

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:22 pm

here we go again bumblebee is going to flood the shelves and remain there forever and because of this the later waves will never be released because stores wont order them cause they are overstocked with bumblebees yet again.And its going to be worse this time around since no one is selling this at a good price, at least if one store had them for $10 each then there would be a chance of them being sold. Will hasbro ever learn how to pack case assortments? its not rocket science, ship out an equal amount of each figure then see what sells the best then adjust the cases accordingly. All they ever do is assume and they're always wrong. Im sure even the little kids who like bumblebee are getting sick of him by now.

by **Hypershock** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:31 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:here we go again bumblebee is going to flood the shelves and remain there forever and because of this the later waves will never be released because stores wont order them cause they are overstocked with bumblebees yet again.And its going to be worse this time around since no one is selling this at a good price, at least if one store had them for $10 each then there would be a chance of them being sold. Will hasbro ever learn how to pack case assortments? its not rocket science, ship out an equal amount of each figure then see what sells the best then adjust the cases accordingly. All they ever do is assume and they're always wrong. Im sure even the little kids who like bumblebee are getting sick of him by now.

You know what would have been funny is if Megatron stayed in Bumblebee's body for a while and created evil clones of himself, so when you'd be out hunting for PRID toys then you come upon a row of bumblebees and be like "Oh no its the Bumbletron clone army!!!! AHHHHHHHH!!!!" lolz 8-}

by **gothsaurus** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:43 pm

Okay Hasbro. Let's just cut to the chase...

The NEW Prime Deluxes are out...now each is packaged with its own Bumblebee®!

- Arcee and Bumblebee
- Ratchet and Bumblebee
- Soundwave and Bumblebee
- Cliffjumper and Bumblebee
- Wheeljack and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee
- Bumblebee and Bumblebee

by **griftimus prime** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 4:47 pm

when did hts become bbts? this is very disturbing

by **starscreamreturns** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:09 pm

Is Wheeljack worth it?
I seen him out
he looks awesome!
but i couldn't decide

News Credits: 5 · by **dedcat** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 8:53 pm

I saw Prime toy's on retail shelves for the very first time today. However, there was nothing left among the RiD Deluxe but Bee's. A sight, I fear, that is going to become very familiar.

Like Kylehudson1996 on Facebook · by **Kylehudson1996** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:28 pm

Now, Im not a Bee hater, but one of evereything and THREE bee's!!! Hasbro... why haven't u learned ur lesson?!?!?!? :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 9:36 pm

Me: I'd like to buy some RID figures, please.
Hasbro: How many Bumblebees would you like?
M: None.
H: One?
M: No, I said "none".
H: We'll give you 2.
M: I don't want any. They suck and I am sick of Bumblebee.
H: Ok then, 3.
M: #-o

by **r3devi7** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:10 pm

starscreamreturns wrote:Is Wheeljack worth it?
I seen him out
he looks awesome!
but i couldn't decide

I really like the Wheeljack mold, and I only do G1 and Classics stuff lol. Well done in both Bot and Alt modes, and transform is interesting but not complicated. Check youtube for reviews.

by **shin_hibiki** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 10:22 pm

So even the Hasbro-branded store has to acknowledge that the case assortments completely suck, forcing it to sell entire cases to avoid getting stuck with overstock. Awesome. Buy a clue.

by **Heckfire** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:37 pm

1. Buy case assortment.
2. Buy can of black paint, order sheet of Decepticon symbols from Reprolabels.
3. Repaint Bumblebees into Vehicons.
4. Enjoy playing with new custom Vehicons because HASBRO'S EFFED-UP CASE POLICY EFFECTIVELY DESTROYS ALL CHANCE OF EVER GETTING SUBSEQUENT WAVES IN CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
5. Save up several paychecks, order real Vehicon figure on eBay.

News Credits: 1 · by **Galvatron X** » Mon Feb 27, 2012 11:49 pm

I am thoroughly confused by Hasbro's distribution methods. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it.

People always say - "It's the retailers, not Hasbro!". Well, this time, all my local retailers have EMPTY pegs reserved for Transformers - yet there are none. Why are there cases available online, but nothing in stores? I don't get it...

News Credits: 3 · by **bvzxa** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:07 am

There could be several reasons behind this. I suspect stores didn't order enough of this wave because for every TF Prime shelf I see I see 'Bees left behind. I saw a couple of Wheeljacks, 2 CJ's and rarely any.

And the fiasco that was the FE's, probably left a sour taste in the mouth of retailers.

What is worse is lack of marketing and sales. It seems all Hasbro wants to do with Transformers is make movies and sell Bumblebee.

This is straight bananas to the fandom. I ordered a case because I fear the main figures in this wave Arcee, Ratchet, Soundwave, Wheeljack, and maybe CJ are the selling point.

I have seen Arcee go for $40 as well as Ratchet.

But why give Hasbro a knock in the gut for selling cases, TRU did the same thing with ROTF toys just at the bottom of the search page.

Now a few things to do with those 3 Bees:
1. Sell them on the 'bay or to Micheal Bay
2. Give some to a friend or kid...provided they don't give them back to you.
3. Donate to Goodwill, Salvation Army, Toys for Tots or any kid who needs a brand new toy to play with (My 1st Choice)
4. Walmart -- They except returns without a receipt as long as it is not over $40 and buy a voyager and/or get some gas if the Walmart has a gas station.

by **tpiro** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 1:32 am

I was just at a local Target. The inventory roughly consisted of

- 15 Transformers Prime Bumblebee
- 8 Dark of the Moon Bumblebee
- 6 Dark of the Moon Nitro Bumblebee
- 8 Dark of the Moon Cyberfire Bumblebee
- 5 Transformers Prime Cyberverse Legion Series Bumblebee
- A small assortment of other Dark of the Moon figures

Good times!

by **gothsaurus** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:24 am

Wow, bvzxa. Some nice thoughts there with #3. Hats off to you.

As for Wheeljack, he's been a favorite purchase this year. Really nice in both modes. The car mode really resembles that real life car, perhaps more than the G1 version. Definitely should track one down.

News Credits: 273 · by **Delicon** » Tue Feb 28, 2012 9:40 am

tpiro wrote:I was just at a local Target. The inventory roughly consisted of

- 15 Transformers Prime Bumblebee
- 8 Dark of the Moon Bumblebee
- 6 Dark of the Moon Nitro Bumblebee
- 8 Dark of the Moon Cyberfire Bumblebee
- 5 Transformers Prime Cyberverse Legion Series Bumblebee
- A small assortment of other Dark of the Moon figures

Good times!

First, welcome to the boards! Secondly, my stores look mostly like yours, although fortunately we have some other TF: Prime figs mixed in with our Bumblebees. At the one, I think your only deluxe sized options for DOTM are Bumblebee, Bumblebee and Bumblebee.