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News Credits: 2 · Tue Aug 20, 2024 2:02 pm

smyths in Ireland have swoop up on their website as due to be out between the 22 and the 29th of August.

now sometimes a character pops up and it NEVER gets released but seeing as Snarl has just been reduced to €50 euro i think its fair bolted on that were getting him in the shops soon.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:31 pm

partholon wrote:smyths in Ireland have swoop up on their website as due to be out between the 22 and the 29th of August.

now sometimes a character pops up and it NEVER gets released but seeing as Snarl has just been reduced to €50 euro i think its fair bolted on that were getting him in the shops soon.

Holy ballz, that "reduced" price is the full price of a leader in Canada and USA. For how much a leader sell normally in Europe? :shock:

News Credits: 2 · Wed Aug 21, 2024 11:29 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
partholon wrote:smyths in Ireland have swoop up on their website as due to be out between the 22 and the 29th of August.

now sometimes a character pops up and it NEVER gets released but seeing as Snarl has just been reduced to €50 euro i think its fair bolted on that were getting him in the shops soon.

Holy ballz, that "reduced" price is the full price of a leader in Canada and USA. For how much a leader sell normally in Europe?

€65.99.

if ya wait a bit they usually drop the price. sandstorm for instance is €49.99 now and Blitzwing is €27.99 though the latter is fairly rare to go that low.

Nemisis dropped to €150 from €209 IIRC for the titan class.

I Dropped in today to have a look and theyve tidied up the shelve big time so i reckon the new stocks coming in this weekend.

News Credits: 101 · Wed Aug 21, 2024 3:38 pm

Europe get 5he short end of the stick for prices...

Still, if you don't have Blitzwing yet, that's a good price. He's better in hand than expected.

Thu Aug 22, 2024 1:40 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Europe get 5he short end of the stick for prices...

Still, if you don't have Blitzwing yet, that's a good price. He's better in hand than expected.

EU prices are insane. Why we don't complain.

News Credits: 2 · Fri Aug 23, 2024 9:51 am

i think theres a correlation between the price and what it costs to import it from the states

postage and tax are a right bastard. i had to fork out 83 euro to get a leader class slag recently, 34 quid of which was those charges.

on topic Smyths have updated their page to say SWOOP is now going on sale between the 5th and 12th of SEPT now.

TBH though it could turn up at anytime. i was in the jervis branch in dublin yesterday and theyre clearing out the shelves for new stock. i cant imagine they want to leave all that shelve space empty for long.

News Credits: 101 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:17 pm

It seems that the CC Optimus's toes are misassembled.

Will it be just the first batch, or will the whole production run be like this?

News Credits: 332 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 4:38 pm

Anybody hearing anything about miss-assembly issues on Commander class Optimus Prime?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:04 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Anybody hearing anything about miss-assembly issues on Commander class Optimus Prime?

Yes, in the post immediately above yours. :lol:

Emerje

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:36 pm

Thanks to a video, we now know that the early copies of Transformers Studio Series 86 Commander Class Optimus Prime have assembly issues. The heels are missassembled. The right and left heels have been switched and flipped upside down. You can see how it should look like compared to how it ends up looking like in the video below. The fact that both assembly methods result in the same symmetry makes it easy to see how this mistake came upon in the assembly. It is unknown how many copies have been affected with this missassembly.

News Credits: 462 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 7:39 pm

Pat Lee Optimus taillights strike again!

News Credits: 1 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:18 pm

Correction heals right?

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:43 pm

SkyFire Prime wrote:Correction heals right?

Yes, heels

News Credits: 332 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 9:32 pm

I watched the video twice and even a fix video, and I still don't know what the issue is or which way is right.

News Credits: 4877 · Sun Aug 25, 2024 10:15 pm

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I watched the video twice and even a fix video, and I still don't know what the issue is or which way is right.

The right way is to have the blue outline be at the top of the heels, not below them.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:02 am

william-james88 wrote:
SkyFire Prime wrote:Correction heals right?

Yes, heels

You wrote both heels and toes in the article. I blame Kanra. :-P

Emerje

News Credits: 101 · Mon Aug 26, 2024 5:57 am

Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
SkyFire Prime wrote:Correction heals right?

Yes, heels

You wrote both heels and toes in the article. I blame Kanra.

Emerje

That's confusing because since the G1 toy, most G1 style Optimusses have the rear lights as toes, not as heel. It's the opposite on the cartoon model and on the SS86. :-?

News Credits: 2 · Mon Aug 26, 2024 10:12 am

We need a technopodiatrist.....

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:22 pm

Switching topics ofr a bit, looking ahead to next years SS86 Constructicons. We wont see anything for a while, but we do know they are 2 deluxe for the arms, 2 voyager for the legs, and a CC Set for Long Haul & Hook.

Now , it doesn't take a 12th level intellect to deduce, they will likely be released later in a Gift set at some point. However, I didn't jump at the Legacy Stunticons Gift set (as pretty as it was) because I didn't think the toy deco was enough of a difference to buy them all over again. I am getting the G2 Legacy versions, because they are being released slowly over time.

At any rate however... I thought about something rather cool that TT did with MPG Raiden. They had an option to purchase the last member Kaen as an individual, or in a Gift set that contained spaces for the other 5 Trainbots, so you could have all 6 in their original packaging, in the box with all the extras!. Despite the toys themselves being a rather mixed bag, I thought the concept was neat...

Now, I seriously doubt Hasbro would do this but...what if, they released the CC offering (Long Haul and Hook) in an oversize giftset-style box, with spaces for the other 4 constructicons? I think it would be really cool, perhaps as a pulse exclusive or something? I realize retail shelf space is tough especially now. I'm shocked my daughter actually saw Magmatron at Target once! (of course she was the same one that found Motormaster, also only on one occasion, at that same Target 2 years ago) .

But instead of some fans/collectors feeling taken advantage of, once the inevitable Gift-Set is revealed, I think the partial-giftset idea is a nice compromise, and shows more goodwill towards the collectors.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:30 pm

No freaking way :HASBRO:

would put a toy in an overly oversized box just to accomodate the others.

Retailers are picky enough as they are for the titan boxes and even the regular commander boxes may be too big, several retailer refusing to carry them due to shelf space concerns.

Still, I would see :TAKARATOMY:

or a 3P making a giant-ass box that would be a direct nod to the G1 original gift set. They could sell the box as-is, maybe containing quality sticker sheets to give the Constructicons their G1 toy deco.

:-?

Just imagine how huge such a box would be! :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 56 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 3:58 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Just imagine how huge such a box would be!

It would be smaller than the SS69 (RotF) Devastator Box, probably smaller than the MPG Raiden one as well. Probably similar in size to the Pulse Exclusive Legacy Menasor set. The OG Box formatting wouldn't work because those 6 were roughly the same size, but now you have 2 of the 6 members at 3 different sizes

News Credits: 101 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 4:03 pm

o.supreme wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Just imagine how huge such a box would be!

It would be smaller than the SS69 (RotF) Devastator Box, probably smaller than the MPG Raiden one as well. Probably similar in size to the Pulse Exclusive Legacy Menasor set. The OG Box formatting wouldn't work because those 6 were roughly the same size, but now you have 2 of the 6 members at 3 different sizes

The SS69 box was stupidly huge, but I think a SS86 Devastator box would be the same size if they keep the G1 layout. Also, the "formatting" as you say won't be the same, but similar enough. Beside, there's plenty of space in that design to accomodate vehicles of various sizes.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:36 pm

I don't see Hastak doing any sort of special packaging for the Constructicons; while anything is possible, that's super niche... The vast majority of people who want those figures aren't buying them to display in the box, no matter how retro or cool it looks.
Hell, I'm most likely buying a second set, but it's to have those six figures individually in bot modes, and in a diorama.

News Credits: 101 · Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:56 pm

Sowndwave76 wrote:Hell, I'm most likely buying a second set, but it's to have those six figures individually in bot modes, and in a diorama.

Why not go all the way and buy 3 sets to display the bots, vehicles, and the combined robot all at once?

Still, that would kinda be a waste because you'll then never transform them ever again after that. :-?

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Aug 30, 2024 4:09 pm

Hasbro says they have no plans to make a Devastator box set, but how many times have we heard that before.

Thing is, it's unlikely that a box set would be SS86, it would more likely be in toy colors.

On that note, it's a little weird that Hasbro didn't do their own version of Encore 20A, maybe Walmart didn't want to do him again.

Emerje