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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:17 am

Emerje wrote:Target email tells me they're going to be shipping pre-orders on the 15th.

Emerje

I had one preordered through target and pulse, since they have been less reliable lately with preorders. My pulse one shipped and should be here tomorrow, so i cancelled my Target order which was backordered to August 10 as of my cancellation

News Credits: 1 · by **Cheetron** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:35 am

I managed to snag mine last Sunday. Got lucky, the target that sucks actually had a lot. The new 3 pack, leader gridlock, prime and low line.

by **IcyAlan** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:24 pm

I need help with getting Studio Series ROTB Optimus Prime.
Hello. Lets get straight to the point, I do not live in the US, UK or Europe and i cannot order myself a SS ROTB Optimus Prime which is why I have to ask for help. There is a service in my country that can help me deliver packages from UK or US and if your local Target(or any other store) has him and you can purchase multiple of him, please contact me. I need 3 of him for myself and my friends. I will pay for the 3 figures and shipping. Thanks in advance
My Telegram: @IcyAlan
My Discord: IceyAlan#1409

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Aug 02, 2023 10:50 pm

IcyAlan wrote:I need help with getting Studio Series ROTB Optimus Prime.
Hello. Lets get straight to the point, I do not live in the US, UK or Europe and i cannot order myself a SS ROTB Optimus Prime which is why I have to ask for help. There is a service in my country that can help me deliver packages from UK or US and if your local Target(or any other store) has him and you can purchase multiple of him, please contact me. I need 3 of him for myself and my friends. I will pay for the 3 figures and shipping. Thanks in advance
My Telegram: @IcyAlan
My Discord: IceyAlan#1409

You should probably tell people what country you do live in rather than the ones you don't if you want people to commit to helping you.

Emerje

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:35 am

If you're looking for Tow-Line be sure to check everywhere. It has a tag on the main aisle endcap facing electronics, but for whatever reason they stuck him on the back endcap with the clearance stuff (at full price) at my local Target.

Emerje

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:43 pm

I am still waiting on Target's app to get the listing for Towline and the Scourge's Victims 3-pack. I won't be anywhere near a Target for probably a month now

News Credits: 4 · by **Quantum Surge** » Sun Aug 06, 2023 12:43 am

Well, I got IronProwl on Wednesday, Tow-Line on Thursday, and Prime on Friday. I was hoping the app would put the new 3-pack up for sale, but I'm scared that every Target I go to won't have it. Same goes for Beast Weaponizer Arcee.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:33 pm

I got my corpses and Prime, I'll talk about them more in their main threads. But for these purposes, the corpses are hilarious and I love the fun I am having, and Prime is pretty good.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Aug 07, 2023 7:37 pm

Meanwhile in Canada, nothing new. Still the same Kingdom/Cyberverse leftovers clogging the shelves on perma-clearance. >:oP

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:36 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Meanwhile in Canada, nothing new. Still the same Kingdom/Cyberverse leftovers clogging the shelves on perma-clearance.

Finally found Ironhide and Prowl last night in Ontario. Keep looking!

News Credits: 4 · by **Quantum Surge** » Thu Aug 10, 2023 12:38 pm

Jungle Mission 2 set with Bumblebee, Mirage, and Airazor can be bought here: https://www.target.com/p/transformers-buzzworthy-bumblebee-jungle-mission-action-figure-set-3pk/-/A-88883765

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:20 pm

I'm glad Pulse restocked Towline, I finally got him. Target really let me down this time

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:18 am

Think I finally got a configuration for Towline that I like. I wanted him to stand different from Scraphook in his modular parts area

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 7:27 am

The mainline 3 pack of Wheeljack, Nightbird, and Cheetor was finally in stock at Toys R Us Canada.
But of course, the time it took me to put the thing in my basket and fetch my credit card, it was sold out.
FUK YOU, BOTS!

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 11:12 am

Also posted to the SS thread, SS-102BB ROTB Optimus is back in stock at Pulse:
https://hasbropulse.com/collections/bac ... us-prime-1

Also Towline

News Credits: 4 · by **Quantum Surge** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 12:07 pm

AcademyofDrX wrote:Also posted to the SS thread, SS-102BB ROTB Optimus is back in stock at Pulse:
https://hasbropulse.com/collections/bac ... us-prime-1

Also Towline

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Aug 18, 2023 9:15 pm

At the moment Towline is relatively easy to locate in my area, if anyone wanting one is willing to do a straight trade for Toxitron G2 Dead End please PM me.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Sep 15, 2023 2:59 pm

I finally found the Scorponoks at my local TrU so I got 2 sets to troop build some minions for my ROTB Scourge. They are pretty damn awesome, despite the obvious hollows.

News Credits: 9 · by **Sowndwave76** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:20 pm

Finally took a little time and performed a parts swapping surgery with my Prowl and Ironhide figures.
I knew this wasn’t going to work out “perfectly”, however I’m more than happy with the results.

Prowl’s procedure was a bit more tedious because of the screws behind the front bumper/headlights.
Also, just fyi for anyone else who may try this— the interior of the ER figure’s head is smaller than the interior of the Buzzworthy/SS86 version’s…. It is a super tight fit…

Ironhide’s procedure was relatively smooth and straight forward. No issues with switching the head.
I don’t love having the transparent windshield, but who knows, at some point I may try and paint that myself. The good news with this one was that my SS86 figure had an issue with the torso not locking into the top of the waist. It wasn’t even close.
But this connection on my Buzzworthy version is tight and works as it should.

So there’s still some traces of clear plastic parts on these guys, but I’d say this was a success.
While I’m left with a couple unused figures, thankfully insurance, aka clearance, made this a less financially risky pair of surgeries.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 6:36 pm

That's a good idea.

On my end I won't do this because Toyhax did the deed.

News Credits: 10 · by **sol magnus** » Sat Sep 23, 2023 7:13 pm

Sowndwave76 wrote:Finally took a little time and performed a parts swapping surgery with my Prowl and Ironhide figures.
I knew this wasn’t going to work out “perfectly”, however I’m more than happy with the results.

Prowl’s procedure was a bit more tedious because of the screws behind the front bumper/headlights.
Also, just fyi for anyone else who may try this— the interior of the ER figure’s head is smaller than the interior of the Buzzworthy/SS86 version’s…. It is a super tight fit…

Ironhide’s procedure was relatively smooth and straight forward. No issues with switching the head.
I don’t love having the transparent windshield, but who knows, at some point I may try and paint that myself. The good news with this one was that my SS86 figure had an issue with the torso not locking into the top of the waist. It wasn’t even close.
But this connection on my Buzzworthy version is tight and works as it should.

So there’s still some traces of clear plastic parts on these guys, but I’d say this was a success.
While I’m left with a couple unused figures, thankfully insurance, aka clearance, made this a less financially risky pair of surgeries.

I did it with Prowl, less invasively than that (not that there's anything wrong with what you did, but I didn't feel like screwing with pins)

I already had a Siege head on my Earthrise version, but I just switched the waist, wheels and doors. At some point I make take the roof the car off so he can transform properly.

News Credits: 4837 · by **william-james88** » Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:44 am

We got potentially bad news for fans. TF fan Jared contacted us to let us know that his order for Studio Series 102 voyager ROTB Optimus Prime has been cancelled. His friend's order was cancelled too. We don't know if this is an isolated incident or not, but we wanted to share it with you. Has this been happening to you? Let us know!

Thought it might be interesting to know that in addition to Hasbro Pulse cancelling orders recently for Legacy Nacelle, a friend and I both had our orders for Studio Series 102 Buzzworthy Optimus Prime cancelled by Target last night. We had placed preorders in June and had the orders delayed multiple times before getting cancelled outright. When I contacted Target support about it I was told it was due to limited inventory. If you hear from anyone else about it and can determine that it's a widespread issue, could be an interesting article.

by **G1OptimusPAX** » Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:52 am

Announced last night. There are a number of Target stores closing due to retail theft, so this could be the beginning of a trend moving forward. Target has lost a ton of money over the past few years for a bunch of reasons.

News Credits: 17 · by **AcademyofDrX** » Wed Sep 27, 2023 7:58 am

G1OptimusPAX wrote:Announced last night. There are a number of Target stores closing due to retail theft, so this could be the beginning of a trend moving forward. Target has lost a ton of money over the past few years for a bunch of reasons.

Nine stores out of nearly two thousand, and in only four states. I wouldn't overgeneralize on the impact, especially from a toy collecting perspective.