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[william-james88]

Just a note, Amazon has been funny with their toy pricing lately so be careful not to over pay. At one point Power Megatron was going for $18.00. The only figures priced reasonably are the Nitro figures and Energize Bumblebee. Amazon will NOT price match after the fact, they are very firm about that.

Price matching on Amazon is the easiest of all. Just buy the item again at the cheaper price, return the higher priced item, and you're good to go! No need to have phone calls or anything. Problem solved.

Maybe amazon.com for domestic orders, but that practice is not the same for Amazon in general.Amazon.ca will ask you to pay the return shipping if there is nothing defective regarding your item. And not sure if international orders placed on.com are extended free returns as well. So returning a higher priced item is not a winning strategy in every case.

[Seibertron]

Just a note, Amazon has been funny with their toy pricing lately so be careful not to over pay. At one point Power Megatron was going for $18.00. The only figures priced reasonably are the Nitro figures and Energize Bumblebee. Amazon will NOT price match after the fact, they are very firm about that.

Price matching on Amazon is the easiest of all. Just buy the item again at the cheaper price, return the higher priced item, and you're good to go! No need to have phone calls or anything. Problem solved.

Maybe amazon.com, but that practice is not the same for Amazon in general.Amazon.ca will ask you to pay the return shipping if there is nothing defective regarding your item. So returning a higher priced item is not a winning strategy in every case.

There's a way around it. You might have to mark that something is wrong with the item or something. Amazon wants to compete with Target, Walmart and other big box retailers. Only way they can do that is with free returns. In addition (at least in the US), we also have the option to return the item free-of-charge to our local Kohl's.

[william-james88]

Just a note, Amazon has been funny with their toy pricing lately so be careful not to over pay. At one point Power Megatron was going for $18.00. The only figures priced reasonably are the Nitro figures and Energize Bumblebee. Amazon will NOT price match after the fact, they are very firm about that.

Price matching on Amazon is the easiest of all. Just buy the item again at the cheaper price, return the higher priced item, and you're good to go! No need to have phone calls or anything. Problem solved.

Maybe amazon.com, but that practice is not the same for Amazon in general.Amazon.ca will ask you to pay the return shipping if there is nothing defective regarding your item. So returning a higher priced item is not a winning strategy in every case.

There's a way around it. You might have to mark that something is wrong with the item or something. Amazon wants to compete with Target, Walmart and other big box retailers. Only way they can do that is with free returns. In addition (at least in the US), we also have the option to return the item free-of-charge to our local Kohl's.

Thats pretty cool.

[william-james88]

Just wanted to say, if anyone in canada wants the bumblebee toys, they are also available on amazon.ca

Here is a link to the Bumblebee movie toys

https://www.amazon.ca/s/gp/search/ref=s ... 5690384011

And here is a link to studio series BB

https://www.amazon.ca/Transformers-Stud ... dio+series

[chuckdawg1999]

Just a note, Amazon has been funny with their toy pricing lately so be careful not to over pay. At one point Power Megatron was going for $18.00. The only figures priced reasonably are the Nitro figures and Energize Bumblebee. Amazon will NOT price match after the fact, they are very firm about that.

Price matching on Amazon is the easiest of all. Just buy the item again at the cheaper price, return the higher priced item, and you're good to go! No need to have phone calls or anything. Problem solved.

Maybe amazon.com, but that practice is not the same for Amazon in general.Amazon.ca will ask you to pay the return shipping if there is nothing defective regarding your item. So returning a higher priced item is not a winning strategy in every case.

There's a way around it. You might have to mark that something is wrong with the item or something. Amazon wants to compete with Target, Walmart and other big box retailers. Only way they can do that is with free returns. In addition (at least in the US), we also have the option to return the item free-of-charge to our local Kohl's.

Thats pretty cool.

There's also the hassle of getting to a post office in the alloted time and they won't refund your money until they get the original item.

[Seibertron]

That's weird, Amazon gives 30 days to return and refunds me as soon as ups scans it along the way, usually they sends it the next day.

[ScottyP]

That's weird, Amazon gives 30 days to return and refunds me as soon as ups scans it along the way, usually they sends it the next day.

Yeah this is my experience with it. Just returned something last week and the day after the return scan was made I had a refund.

[Cobotron]

That's weird, Amazon gives 30 days to return and refunds me as soon as ups scans it along the way, usually they sends it the next day.

Yeah this is my experience with it. Just returned something last week and the day after the return scan was made I had a refund.

I returned something last Friday (not TF related) and was credited the refund 2 hours after handing the package over to USPS.

[ScottyP]

That's weird, Amazon gives 30 days to return and refunds me as soon as ups scans it along the way, usually they sends it the next day.

Yeah this is my experience with it. Just returned something last week and the day after the return scan was made I had a refund.

I returned something last Friday (not TF related) and was credited the refund 2 hours after handing the package over to USPS.

I made a return next month and was credited with the refund in 1988. Thanks to compound interest, I now have $14. The Warren is a bit of a loan shark

What were we talking about here again? Oh yeah Bee movie toys. Mine are showing up tomorrow from HTS, should bee a fun afternoon, I'm abuzz about it.

[hausjam]

I am guessing you guys get a cut of the sales generated from the links. If not, I am trying to figure out why you hate and bash on the movies and their toys in one article, and promote the crap out of them in another.

[ScottyP]

I am guessing you guys get a cut of the sales generated from the links. If not, I am trying to figure out why you hate and bash on the movies and their toys in one article, and promote the crap out of them in another.

For the former, yes, as is noted by the disclaimer at the bottom of the site to comply with the FTC endorsement guidelines for such practices. Sites like this are costly to run and maintain so this helps keep it going!

For the latter, opinion articles are the sole, well, opinion of their authors. Staff do not censor their opinions in an effort to appease Hasbro, and the site's affiliate listings and sponsored content should be used responsibly. Just as affiliate listings are not an endorsement of quality, negative articles should not be taken as objective condemnation of the subject products.

Hope that helps clear it up, we appreciate your support!

[william-james88]

What were we talking about here again? Oh yeah Bee movie toys. Mine are showing up tomorrow from HTS, should bee a fun afternoon, I'm abuzz about it.

I have a fun story about those toys.

My one year old loves cars. I am impressed at how innate the play idea is that he can grab a car and have it roll on the floor, truly playing and not just doing random movements.

He also likes cars that can go by themselves. So this line will be perfect for him, and they will be his Christmas present (a power plus BB and a power series Megs or something like that). I was telling my 3 year old daughter this yesterday to let her in on my christmas plans for the baby and she asked if it would be ok to play with them. I told her for sure. She has one step toys of her own already, the rescue bot bee is her favourite, she likes how bot modes look good, especially the alt mode. She was making fun of my SS 18 bee that i picked up yesterday and how his unpegged alt mode looked terrible. She finds the simpler toys vastly superior for at least looking good in alt mode.

Listening to her, I can see exactly how smart Hasbro was with this whole Bee line. Honsetly, I am more excited about sharing these simpler toys with them than handling that SS Bee again.

[william-james88]

I am guessing you guys get a cut of the sales generated from the links. If not, I am trying to figure out why you hate and bash on the movies and their toys in one article, and promote the crap out of them in another.

Its exactly as Scotty said. Seibertron is a community and the articles are not written by the same person. So you will see different opinions from one article to the next. Some people like the movies and the movie toys, some just like the toys or just the film and some dont like either.

I personally like the movie toys but not the films

[ScottyP]

Yeah I feel like these are appropriately made for their target market, at least from a play pattern perspective. The VW Bee Studio deluxe is too fiddly for kids, but the multitude of other options seem to give parents plenty of choice here. I don't have kids though so my opinion on that stuff is only based on conjecture!

[Emerje]

Anyone else still not seeing these in stores? So glad Hasbro put a street date on these.

Emerje

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I am guessing you guys get a cut of the sales generated from the links. If not, I am trying to figure out why you hate and bash on the movies and their toys in one article, and promote the crap out of them in another.

Opinion of the author tragically. Not all share my love of the movies and their toys unfortunately, but understandably.

@Emerje, I have seen none at Walmart, but every Target around me got the Bee movie stuff, so it could be the store chain with the sightings

[BERSEKAEL]

just got my package and noticed one little detail, those movie legion class have a port like the energon igniters.

[chuckdawg1999]

There are also ports on the back of the figures to store the Core unit. Figures using the Dropkick mold have the torso hollowed out for it to fit in better. It makes me wonder if there were additional features that had to be cut.

[notsoalex]

Have you been trying to find the new Target-exclusives Bumblebee: Greatest Hits Leader Class Soundwave with Doombox? Or the Bumblebee Cassette Pack with Legends Class Frenzy, Howlback, and Buzzsaw? Or did you wanna snag a few Movie Edition Tiny Turbo Changers Series 3 and test your chances?

Well you can now, because all three items are available on Target.com and you can buy them right now!

We also get some more stock photos of the products!

Soundwave and Doombox
Bumblebee Cassette Pack
Tiny Turbo Changers Series 3





















So will you pick these up? Let us know in the Pub forums below!

[Overcracker]

Who takes these pictures that thought that the titan master head was supposed to face the same direction as Soundwave's face?

Also wouldn't that kind of block the leg hinges so Doombox can't actually sit down correctly?

[Wolfman Jake]

I still don't know why Hasbro decided to release Buzzsaw again in this "cassette multipack." They could have released anything else for that mold, honestly. Garboil would have fit the "blue" theme of Frenzy and Howlback, at least. Plus, Howlback and Garboil were packed together originally. If that's too much blue, there's always Sundor too. Yes, he's labeled as an Autobot, but he's also (sometimes?) a Decepticon double agent.

[Va'al]

One of our Italian fans on Seibertron.com, JazzLuca, has sent us notification of a new sighting for the Transformers Bumblebee Movie toylines - mostly the Energon Igniters series and the other younger audience products - appearing in Italy, at supermarket chains Auchan and Carrefour (French stores known for their bulk and budget purchases).

You can see the images below, showing the likes of Barricade, Optimus Prime, the various Bumblebees, Hot Rod (and some additional early Studio Series and Cyberverse figures too). The prices seem to range around the 15 to 30 euro per figure (approx 17 USD and 35 USD at the time of writing, respectively). If you come across these or any other new sightings, make sure to let us know, and to use the Sightings Database located right [urlhttps://www.seibertron.com/sightings/index.php]here[/url]!

[Katarn84]

Toys Centers too have the same Bumblebee Toys here in italy.

[Dr. Caelus]

If they ever start blindpacking Micromasters, I'll be financially ruined.

[RiddlerJ]

I still don't know why Hasbro decided to release Buzzsaw again in this "cassette multipack." They could have released anything else for that mold, honestly. Garboil would have fit the "blue" theme of Frenzy and Howlback, at least. Plus, Howlback and Garboil were packed together originally. If that's too much blue, there's always Sundor too. Yes, he's labeled as an Autobot, but he's also (sometimes?) a Decepticon double agent.

I'm thinking of using this one as Buzzsaw since he kinda matches Laserbeak layout wise and repurposing the original one as Sundor since he's so bright.