The Energon Pub

Yes, yes he does.

I'm glad I have my spring job again this year, because I need him. I'll have to do some finagling to get him to fit, but I need him.

That is frickin' gorgeous.

~ Grim

So I guess DK-2 Guard is the only Selects not currently released? I hope we get some more reveals soon. In the absence of ToyFair, other companies have been having their own reveals. Hasbro hasn't done anything.

DK-2 Guard is the only Transformers selects figure yet to be released in the US, but his release date of April 1st is approaching soon. In the meantime, he has been found in Canada, at Toysrus Canada but for a hefty price. Toysrus is selling this figure for $45 CAD. This is more than a 100% increase from the price of deluxes when Titans Return was in stores. This sighting comes from evenstaves over at Cybertron.ca. We also have a review below in case you are curious of this black repaint of Earthrise Ironhide. And here is the link to order him on pulse if you like him: https://hasbropulse.com/products/transf ... dk-2-guard
He is $24.99 USD, which is only $31 CAD, making that $45 CAD price from Toysrus truly nonsensical.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Guard is a wonderful homage to the DiaKron toy from the very early 80s, a toy that I had, or maybe it was a KO, have never been sure. Vehicle mode is where Guard shines since the all-black deco blends better with the shoulder bits that stuck out on Earthrise Ironhide. Robot mode is very nice as well, but I feel Ironhide breaks up the color monotony a bit better. Guard is going to appeal to a very small audience but if that includes you, you'll be very happy with the figure.

Ok Hasbro, we are essentially caught up with Selects now. Are we going to get any new reveals any time soon?

Toys R Us can shove it.

I'll never buy anything there, ever. They takes us for fools. All of their "exclusives" can also be bought elsewhere and for ironically cheaper even when adding shipping.

So there.

Screw you, TrU. Screw you deeply.

Cant believe a currnt deluxe class is selling for 5$cad less than a titans return leader class

Brutal brawl wrote:Cant believe a currnt deluxe class is selling for 5$cad less than a titans return leader class

In Canada, a TR leader was 60 or 70$CAN if I remember.

Still, they were often on sale at 45$ or 50$CAN. Especially the overpacked ones like Overlord.

Regardless, Toys R Us must have smoked some amazing stuff to makes ALL of their prices explode like this. Especially for Transformers.

Brutal brawl wrote:Cant believe a currnt deluxe class is selling for 5$cad less than a titans return leader class

It's different currencies though, you have to convert to see the actual difference (which turns out to be $25 USD)

william-james88 wrote:

Brutal brawl wrote:Cant believe a currnt deluxe class is selling for 5$cad less than a titans return leader class

It's different currencies though, you have to convert to see the actual difference (which turns out to be $25 USD)

45$can is 36$US.

TrU think they are a eBay seller I guess.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Brutal brawl wrote:Cant believe a currnt deluxe class is selling for 5$cad less than a titans return leader class

It's different currencies though, you have to convert to see the actual difference (which turns out to be $25 USD)

45$can is 36$US.

TrU think they are a eBay seller I guess.

Ah right, I used the wrong number, it's a $20 USD difference then between what they charge for a deluxe and what Hasbro Pulse charges for a leader

william-james88 wrote:Ah right, I used the wrong number, it's a $20 USD difference then between what they charge for a deluxe and what Hasbro Pulse charges for a leader

Don't get me started on that 110$can (88$us) Ecto-1.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN THE AFTERLIFE VERSION!
When it came out 3 years ago, it was 60$can (48$us) and even then, I found it too expensive.

TrU has jumped the shark with their pricing.

They're turning into US TRU

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:They're turning into US TRU

Which means they don't have much longer and once they're gone, they will NOT be missed.

I recently heard that TRU Canada was sold to a different company and these price hikes are a direct result of that. Let's see if TRU still exists in Canada in 5 years with this kind of pricing.

o.supreme wrote:Ok Hasbro, we are essentially caught up with Selects now. Are we going to get any new reveals any time soon?

I'm guessing Hasbro will do a FFF or a Transformers Tuesday to announce the next round of Selects figures and one of them will be "available now" as they've done in the past. I feel like it was around this time last year that we had also caught up on Selects and then they announced a bunch of them, but I can't find the article.

Emerje

o.supreme wrote:Ok Hasbro, we are essentially caught up with Selects now. Are we going to get any new reveals any time soon?

I think it was said by leaker that those Beast Wars figures Walmart are getting, along with that Target Bluestreak, were all originally supposed to be the next selects figures. But since retailers are fond of exclusives, Hasbro worked out something with them and is releasing it in this new way instead. In the end, there is no difference in the type of toy a selects figure is and these upcoming 4 exclusives.

william-james88 wrote:In the end, there is no difference in the type of toy a selects figure is and these upcoming 4 exclusives.

True. But I see those 3 BW Legacy Walmart exclusives as more of a stand-in for what would have been a media tie-in line, and since there is none this year Walmart opted for those instead. For the past 3 years there were retailer exclusives in addition to Selects (although their "type" is essentially the same, I agree). It just means we are getting less toys overall, which is kind of disappointing.

I'm still hoping for some new Selects reveals at some point, so much unrealized potential there.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:In the end, there is no difference in the type of toy a selects figure is and these upcoming 4 exclusives.

True. But I see those 3 BW Legacy Walmart exclusives as more of a stand-in for what would have been a media tie-in line, and since there is none this year Walmart opted for those instead. For the past 3 years there were retailer exclusives in addition to Selects (although their "type" is essentially the same, I agree). It just means we are getting less toys overall, which is kind of disappointing.

Very glad you brought that up because that is the cherry on top that just seals the whole rumour as being true for me.

Walmart already has a confirmed stand in for what would have been the media tie in line: The upcoming velocitron line. Which is exactly like the netflix line with a mix of redecos and retools ranging from extensive to minimal, and in 3 different classes.

And they also have more BW reissues, so that fills the shelves as well.

So these BW redeco toys (and that silverstreak) end up being extra to that, and more exclusives than would have been planned if we compare year over year.

That really brings home those rumours that these BW redecos are selects figures. Comes out to the same thing of course, but we know for a fact that these are not stand ins for the WFC Netflix lines.

Oh that's cool. I Didn't know about the Velocitron line. Looking forward to hearing more about that.

o.supreme wrote:Oh that's cool. I Didn't know about the Velocitron line. Looking forward to hearing more about that.

There's a whole thread about it.

I was just in a TRU on the weekend while on vacation. The prices were so horrendous that I couldn't justify buying any Transformer they had on the shelf. It was $35.00 for the Bumblebee & Spike Witwicky set.

I went to Walmart afterwards and bought Hammerbyte for $20.00.

In terms of Selects reveals, we do still have Armada/Toy Colors Cyclonus and DK3/Blue Trailbreaker to get through, after that we're out of leaks (unless the Selects Clampdown isn't cancelled).

william-james88 wrote:I think it was said by leaker that those Beast Wars figures Walmart are getting, along with that Target Bluestreak, were all originally supposed to be the next selects figures.

BW Buzzsaw and Sandstorm started out rumored for Selects, yeah, but Silverstreak never was, that was just the early reviewers that originally leaked him talking out their asses because they didn't have instructions/packaging or any leaks/rumors to go off of in order to place what line he'd be in.

Not sure if this is real, sketch because it's already in box but I saw this on instagram

Looks pretty real.

-TF packaging doesn't use plastic trays anymore
-The plastic tray is also not shaped right for that box
-The instructions in the box appear to just be Siege Mirage's
-Tomorrow (or today, depending on timezone) is April Fool's

It would align with most of this year's Selects figures, but there's a lot of evidence here for it to be fake.
Also the "leaker" gave it an actual name instead of DK-16, Hasbro wouldn't put forth that much effort