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Thu Jun 11, 2015 1:05 pm

Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Marcdachamp wrote:Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Swoop is Strafe now? I thought that was just his AoE counterpart of sorts. What's G1 Technobot Strafe called now then?

Strafe as well.

News Credits: 19 · Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:23 pm

BlueBefore wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:
Marcdachamp wrote:Strafe (Swoop)- Most likely to have his identity stolen

Swoop is Strafe now? I thought that was just his AoE counterpart of sorts. What's G1 Technobot Strafe called now then?

Strafe as well.

Am having flashbacks to Swoop Vs Divebomb fighting over names back in the Marvel UK comics.

News Credits: 23 · Thu Jun 11, 2015 3:51 pm

MUST HAVE.

News Credits: 6188 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:20 am

Following a previously established trend of advertising Kre-O products via stop-motion animation, the official Transformers Facebook page has shared another short clip featuring everyone's favourite grumpy dinobot [url]Grimlock[/url] from the Battle Changers line (check out a pictorial review here)! Could this be another indication that maybe these will eventually be found at wider release..? In the meantime, check out the embedded clip below.

Nothing gets Grimlock all riled up and his oil boiling like that impossible, unbeatable level in a videogame.

https://www.facebook.com/transformers/videos/839048359498693/?permPage=1

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:25 am

Snarl love JaAm, Grimlock love FoOsBaLl.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 11:55 am

And this why Me Grimlock not allowed in arcades ever again! :lol:

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:09 pm

OMG THAT IS HILARIOUS! :lol:

I didn't know Grimlock liked arcade games! XD

Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:12 pm

SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?

A Vehicon Kreon.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:14 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

News Credits: 3 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:15 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

My name is Gary! ;_;

Man I feel sorry for Gary.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:19 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SillySpringer wrote:Was that a generic Decepticon minifigure, or an actual character?
A Vehicon Kreon.

No!! Not Gary!!

Don't worry, it was Steve.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 12:26 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Don't worry, it was Steve.

No, Not Steve! I liked him! (Not as much as Gary) But still, NOOOOO!!

News Credits: 26 · Mon Jun 15, 2015 9:13 pm

A friend is gonna go to SDCC and this seriously makes me consider asking him to get me the Class of '85 boxset!

News Credits: 56 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 9:50 am

Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

News Credits: 656 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:16 am

o.supreme wrote:Well, I was able to order the Class of 85 set from Hasbro Toy Shop yesterday, and both Kreon Warrior sets from Robot Kingdom a while back. So now in order to get the RiD 2015 sets, I have to find the least expensive way to get them either from a Hong Kong or Canadian seller on eBay.... This might take a while.

Anyway... I am looking for something a bit more obscure. I have yet to see for sale anywhere the KRE-O Elite Transformers Optimus Prime that was given away free at TRU's in Canada on 9/27/14. If anyone has one for a reasonable price, please PM me, I would be interested. Thank you.

The RiD 2015 Bumblebee set has been found at some TJ Maxx stores here and there. Yet to see one myself. None of the others, however :/

That Elite Optimus Prime, yeah that's elusive, I have never even seen a listing for one on ebay. Wonder if one of our Canadian members could confirm it actually came out?

News Credits: 56 · Wed Jul 29, 2015 11:29 am

Thanks ScottyP, I'll keep an eye out. But here on the left coast even some things like the Kre-O Boxes at Family Dollar, or Series 2 AoE Microchangers showing up at Dollar Tree are elusive, even though we have plenty of those stores. I took my family to Oregon about a month ago, and found some Cityville Kreon's at one Dollar Tree, that was the closest I ever came, thankfully I got AoE Series 2 set a while back on eBay.

The elusiveness of that Canadian Elite Optimus Prime baffles me as well. At the U.S. event in June where the Dinobot Ride was given away, my kids each got one, and I actually got 2 to leave sealed. The TRU I went to seemed to have plenty of extras, I wonder what happened to them? One Canadian seller on eBay told me (take this with a grain of salt), that the Elite Optimus Prime was given strictly ONLY to children. Whether that is true or not, I cannot say, but it does provide one possible theory, though I would think even some loose ones might have appeared on ebay. But yes, if anyone out there can confirm if the event did in fact take place (I assume since all the TF sites reported it), and if anyone has this Kre-O, additional details would be appreciated. Thank you

News Credits: 9 · Fri Jul 31, 2015 3:10 pm

Not only can I confirm that the Elite Optimus was released, I actually have two of them. (quick edit: don't ask, I don't plan to sell.)

The TRU by my place had multiple events that day, with a LEGO one being the main attraction. When I headed in around 1PM the events were all being cleaned up, and it took checking with three different staffers to find one who had any idea that those where also being given out. She checked the back and handed me two of them.

In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

News Credits: 656 · Sat Aug 01, 2015 4:24 pm

Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

News Credits: 9 · Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:10 pm

ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

Sun Aug 02, 2015 1:34 pm

Editor wrote:
ScottyP wrote:Cool, thanks for the input! Good to know I'm not chasing vaporware

They are out there. Good hunting.

Aww man, I'm so jealous. Here's to hoping US retailers un-discontinue the line.

News Credits: 56 · Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:29 am

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 56 · Mon Aug 03, 2015 9:30 am

Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 9 · Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:02 am

o.supreme wrote:
Editor wrote:In conclusion, Yes they exist but not in any large capacity I could see, (likely as they were sitting on Star Trek Enterprise Kre-o give aways for ages) for an event with little to no fanfare.

Way to go TRU/Hasbro. 2015 - Keeping the product away from the U.S. fans that actually want it, and giving it to the Canadian market that couldn't care less.

Where did I say that the Canadian market couldn't care less? I know a few people that were pissed when they found out the event happened after the fact, and also missed out.

Please don't marginalize your fellow fans for something that a retailer mismanaged.

And as far as keeping the product away, Canadians got shafted on the GIJoe line, the only release after the first wave up here was the 2nd blind bag set.

News Credits: 56 · Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:15 am

You see where I bolded your text "for an event with little to no fanfare."

I assumed you meant there were hardly any interested fans at the event. If you meant it was TRU that was poorly promoting it, then I apologize. At the U.S. event in July, there were tons of kids and parents at my local TRU, and I don't know if there was any promotion at all. Still they had literally hundreds of the things to give away, thus the reason you see so many on eBay etc...

Of course because I am about a 15 hour drive away from the closest Canadian TRU (which coincidentally would be the one in Vancouver). I imagine in my mind all these 2015 RiD 2015 Kre-O sets just warming shelves, as the AoE ones did in both U.S. & Canada since they produced way too many. Of course you would be the one to know. I only collect Transformers Kreo-O, so I wouldn't be aware of any limitations from other lines, but many U.S. fans missed out on other waves, because they were so obscurely produced.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Aug 03, 2015 10:30 am

No this was purely a dropped ball by TRU. My TRU is 1/2 block away so I head in a couple days a week on my way home to check for anything new, (new releases usually arrive in short supply) and while the LEGO event for the same day was well advertised, I only found out about the Elite giveaway because of a posting on a fan site. Chatting with a few other local collectors who hit up the other TRU's around Vancouver, it sounds that most spotlighted the LEGO event, which in a sad way does make sense as those do pack the store.

As far as the RiD sets, you can erase that thought right away. Most didn't show up at TRU, and were found at Walmart and locally at London Drugs (likely with stock that was originally set for Canadian Target locations) they definitively are not shelf warming up here.

[sarcasm] It's a 15 hour drive, but why not come visit the land above the 49th, and revel in our left over AOE stock and dwindling Kreon Warriors supply.[/sarcasm]

No it is a different world as far as buying at retail up here, but if you have questions feel free to ask.