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I just received my SS86 Megatron from BBTS, and while I haven’t had a chance to fully open up the package and explore his transformation yet, I can say right off the bat that the lower leg color is nowhere near as blue as some of the initial photos have suggested. It is a much more muted, slightly blueish gray, which gave me a sigh of relief. I can’t wait to get him open later this evening and get him posed on the shelf.

I got a surprise email notice from Amazon today that Scavenger and Megatron are already out for delivery along with Alchemist Prime from AotP. Can't wait!

My Perceptor and cassettes should be here tomorrow. Still nothing about Megatron, although reading that some of you guys got the ready email from Pulse, gives me some hope. I didn't think Megs would be out for a couple more months so good news.

WTH, it feels like only last week I preordered Megs and people already getting it delivered! Maybe because I had to order through Pulse because Amazon sold out before I could get to him. Which means another month wait most likely. Meanwhile i did get a notice for Grimlock.

Till-all-R1 wrote:WTH, it feels like only last week I preordered Megs and people already getting it delivered! Maybe because I had to order through Pulse because Amazon sold out before I could get to him. Which means another month wait most likely. Meanwhile i did get a notice for Grimlock.

That's what happens when Hasbro drags so long revealing something that Takara Tomy shows it first. They really dropped the ball, but at least it seems like there'll be enough to go around. We should have seen him back at Toy Fair and pre-orders in April.

Emerje

I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

In the future they should plan the limb releases better.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

In the future they should plan the limb releases better.

I think we say that with every combiner. Problem here is unlike the Age of the Primes line where all of the Aerialbot limbs are Deluxes paired in waves as a response to colossally screwing up the Stunticons, they appear to be doubling down on screwing it up with the Combaticons and Constructicons. Yeah, there's a necessity to mixing Deluxe and Voyager figures, but it sure doesn't make getting them easy for everybody.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

In the future they should plan the limb releases better.

I think we say that with every combiner. Problem here is unlike the Age of the Primes line where all of the Aerialbot limbs are Deluxes paired in waves as a response to colossally screwing up the Stunticons, they appear to be doubling down on screwing it up with the Combaticons and Constructicons. Yeah, there's a necessity to mixing Deluxe and Voyager figures, but it sure doesn't make getting them easy for everybody.

Emerje

For me, the biggest screw up with the constructions was making Scrapper in a split case with 2 other figures and Mixmaster 2 per case with 1 other figure. Assuming the same number of cases in a production run, that means there will be twice as many Mixmasters in existence than Scrappers without some type of repack.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

Big Bad Toy Store still has all 6 Constructicons available to order/preorder.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideSoldOut=true&PageSize=100&SortOrder=New&Series=13851

OK, Amazon seems to be a little confused about if my Scavenger is coming today or not. In several places it says arriving today, others say it hasn't shipped, and the tracking itself is telling me both!



¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Emerje

Emerje wrote:OK, Amazon seems to be a little confused about if my Scavenger is coming today or not. In several places it says arriving today, others say it hasn't shipped, and the tracking itself is telling me both!

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¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Emerje

Schrödinger’s Scavenger.

Got my 86 Studio Series Megatron and well.... I approve. That said, I do feel like my only issue is the transformation with the tabs and getting them lined up. It is a bit torturous and reminded me of trying to get ROTF Leader class Optimus Prime into truck mode somewhat.

Unlike that mold I am getting a hang of it myself and it is so much easier than that monster. I really do think Hasbro did a good job on capturing the animation model here perfectly, and I do like how the tank mode looks overall. It has a lot of the elements I love from the Combiner Wars mold and well, I love the fact he fits better in that command chair from the coronation Starscream set.

Going back to the whole, "tab this in" and "tab that in is" being really involved for me I always have trouble with the tabs because of how they always have to be lined up. An example sometimes I have a really hard time getting Studio Series 54 Megatron into his jet mode and it being "perfect" in terms of being secure. Anyone else generally have that issue too with the tabs? It does not help I find myself being a perfectionist with it.

Overall though I love it and it will replace my top spot choice for Megatron figures even though I will always, in some way, hold a candle for that Combiner Wars Megatron even though the Studio Series 86 version here is way superior to it in any and all ways.

adamage1 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I missed out on both Scavenger and Mixmaster from both Hasbro and Amazon the 1st time, so I was happy to see Scavenger back in stock. Of course, the only one left missing had to be a leg.

Big Bad Toy Store still has all 6 Constructicons available to order/preorder.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideSoldOut=true&PageSize=100&SortOrder=New&Series=13851

Thank you. It's been so long since I used BBTS I actually forgot I had an account there. It still had my address from 10 years ago

Anyway, preorder for Mixmaster is in. At least I won't miss out on him.