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I spoke with the guy at Target today & he said they were supposed to come in on the 4th. I forgot the word he used but they did something to let the distribution center know that they never received them. So now they have no idea when they'll show up.

I keep refreshing the webpage but who knows when they'll go active. I remember the Skywarp/Thundercracker set sat there for a while before being in stock.

So far, no Origin Bee at my local TrU.

Guess I'll miss out because no way am I going to pay more than normal retail for that.

I wonder if this it is for the Buzzworthy Bee line or if they will do another release of figures. If they do another round, what I want them to do is repaint Kingdom Waspinator black and yellow with a Bee head for a Bumblebee Bumblebee. It would be stupid and pointless and I would probably buy 2.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I wonder if this it is for the Buzzworthy Bee line or if they will do another release of figures. If they do another round, what I want them to do is repaint Kingdom Waspinator black and yellow with a Bee head for a Bumblebee Bumblebee. It would be stupid and pointless and I would probably buy 2.

Was the line ever officially announced in the first place?

I really like the Origins Bee alt mode, it was a long time coming to finally get that craft! Although I have to say it's probably one of the more complicated transformations I've come across at this scale, normally I don't have to reference the instruction but I had to for this guy to understand how things move.

I also feel he was a bit overpriced as a "Deluxe" fig and should have been $15, not that that price pint exists anymore but they should have found a way. Still a great looking toy and one worth having if your a Fan of the character an especially in this Cybertronian form!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I wonder if this it is for the Buzzworthy Bee line or if they will do another release of figures. If they do another round, what I want them to do is repaint Kingdom Waspinator black and yellow with a Bee head for a Bumblebee Bumblebee. It would be stupid and pointless and I would probably buy 2.

Was the line ever officially announced in the first place?

The info for the line is in the description of the products on Target's website. Hasbro just had Target handle all that. But it makes sense, this line is mostly non essential. It's just to have more product on the shelves.

Till-all-R1 wrote:
I also feel he was a bit overpriced as a "Deluxe" fig and should have been $15, not that that price pint exists anymore but they should have found a way.

The fact that you still bought it at that price is a good enough indication to Hasbro that they didn't need to find a way.

william-james88 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:
I also feel he was a bit overpriced as a "Deluxe" fig and should have been $15, not that that price pint exists anymore but they should have found a way.

The fact that you still bought it at that price is a good enough indication to Hasbro that they didn't need to find a way.

You want overpriced? How about that CORE Bee with that Sam who is more basic than a headmaster for 30 mother effing Canadian dollars?

What kind of sucker buy this at full price?

(Crying in shame in a corner.)

I also haven't seen that Worlds Collide set. Local stores got the tag, but still have not received deliveries.

I did however get one thanks to our buddy Ironhidensh. I am really enjoying the set so far. Nemesis Primal is a surprising standout so far

I adore this little dweeb, especially with an even bigger toy






He's just so cute!







Oh, and the kibble sticking out the back of the Worlds collide set is hilarious

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I adore this little dweeb

Its an amazing figure, and I would kill to get a nice glyph out of it, in fact I'd much rather this be the figure that they use for all the bumblebee retools, so much better than the parts-forming one

Just did the spider leg part swap from Buzzworthy Blackarachnia to Kingdom Blackarachnia, when I noticed I only have seven and a half orange legs. Did it come that way out of the package? Did I knock it out playing with it right away? Did I knock it loose while doing the part swap, and it's now lost among lose Lego and the rest of my messy toy room? I will probably never know.

I'm going to keep looking for it, but I suspect it is gone forever.

still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

-Kanrabat- wrote:still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

None

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

None

Damn.
We got EVERYTHING appart that specific figure.
Weird.

AcademyofDrX wrote:Just did the spider leg part swap from Buzzworthy Blackarachnia to Kingdom Blackarachnia, when I noticed I only have seven and a half orange legs. Did it come that way out of the package? Did I knock it out playing with it right away? Did I knock it loose while doing the part swap, and it's now lost among lose Lego and the rest of my messy toy room? I will probably never know.

I'm going to keep looking for it, but I suspect it is gone forever.

The same thing happened to me when I took her out of the package. Actually taking her out of the cardboard knocked one of the legs off. I clip all the ties over a garbage can and heard something rattle in there when I was clipping. Noticed the missing leg right away, then proceeded to empty the garbage can one piece at a time until I found it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

None

Damn.
We got EVERYTHING appart that specific figure.
Weird.

We get the Buzzworthy stuff later.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

None

Damn.
We got EVERYTHING appart that specific figure.
Weird.

We get the Buzzworthy stuff later.

But you got worlds collide 4 pack already, right? Those and Origins Bee showed up at the same time in the US. That is weird.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:still no traces of Origin Bee in Canada?

None

Damn.
We got EVERYTHING appart that specific figure.
Weird.

We get the Buzzworthy stuff later.

But you got worlds collide 4 pack already, right? Those and Origins Bee showed up at the same time in the US. That is weird.

Not only have I not seen Origins 'Bee in my neck of the woods (Ohio), I haven't seen any new TF stock at any store in months save for two of those crash combiner sets (Prime/Grimlock and 'Bee/Swoop, I think). There's plenty of new stock of other lines, like G. I. Joe, Marvel, Fortnite, LEGO, and even completely new toy lines like Akedo, but there's a suspicious TF drought that's starting to become maddening.

Glarryg

Glarryg wrote:Not only have I not seen Origins 'Bee in my neck of the woods (Ohio), I haven't seen any new TF stock at any store in months save for two of those crash combiner sets (Prime/Grimlock and 'Bee/Swoop, I think). There's plenty of new stock of other lines, like G. I. Joe, Marvel, Fortnite, LEGO, and even completely new toy lines like Akedo, but there's a suspicious TF drought that's starting to become maddening.

Glarryg

Mine has been stocking stuff, even spotted three Ultra Magnuses today (Galvatron was long gone), but still no sign of that four pack. Now I have to check every chance I get since I managed to find an Origin Bee in a beat up box on the shelf when Target.com said it was out of stock in my store.

Emerje

I've seen no 4-Pack within a large radius of me, alas the curse of the Midwest!
Target supposedly had them in stock one place over, but that was a lie made by the website...
I doubt we'll see a second wave of their distribution so that was probably the only time the four-pack will be stocked! Everyone prepare to pay 300 online.

If we're lucky we'll see a small run on Pulse (they did it with GO after the first pack was scalped to hell and back), but they haven't done that for any Target exclusives so far. Target probably wouldn't agree to the Pulse partner exclusive thing.

The GI Joe Cobra Island exclusives and Collaboration Transformers have been available on Pulse. I think the more likely explanation is that the Buzzworthy product line may not be included since it includes non-Pulse product types. It could be something more mundane, too, like distribution challenges from the ongoing supply chain disruption.

AcademyofDrX wrote:The GI Joe Cobra Island exclusives and Collaboration Transformers have been available on Pulse. I think the more likely explanation is that the Buzzworthy product line may not be included since it includes non-Pulse product types. It could be something more mundane, too, like distribution challenges from the ongoing supply chain disruption.

Wait the Collabs were Target Exclusives? Theoretically couldn't Hasbro pick and choose specific Buzzworthy sets since they're sold separately from the "main" Buzzworthy products (rereleases)?
Either way I agree... but it's weird that it seems to be almost entirely Target exclusives that miss the Pulse release (though I could easily be missing non-Target ones since I'm not specifically looking for them).

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:The GI Joe Cobra Island exclusives and Collaboration Transformers have been available on Pulse. I think the more likely explanation is that the Buzzworthy product line may not be included since it includes non-Pulse product types. It could be something more mundane, too, like distribution challenges from the ongoing supply chain disruption.

Wait the Collabs were Target Exclusives? Theoretically couldn't Hasbro pick and choose specific Buzzworthy sets since they're sold separately from the "main" Buzzworthy products (rereleases)?
Either way I agree... but it's weird that it seems to be almost entirely Target exclusives that miss the Pulse release (though I could easily be missing non-Target ones since I'm not specifically looking for them).

Not all Collab products were Target exclusives, but a couple have been: the X-Men jet and the second version of the Ghostbusters Ecto-1, which tied into Afterlife.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Nuclearxpotato wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:The GI Joe Cobra Island exclusives and Collaboration Transformers have been available on Pulse. I think the more likely explanation is that the Buzzworthy product line may not be included since it includes non-Pulse product types. It could be something more mundane, too, like distribution challenges from the ongoing supply chain disruption.

Wait the Collabs were Target Exclusives? Theoretically couldn't Hasbro pick and choose specific Buzzworthy sets since they're sold separately from the "main" Buzzworthy products (rereleases)?
Either way I agree... but it's weird that it seems to be almost entirely Target exclusives that miss the Pulse release (though I could easily be missing non-Target ones since I'm not specifically looking for them).

Not all Collab products were Target exclusives, but a couple have been: the X-Men jet and the second version of the Ghostbusters Ecto-1, which tied into Afterlife.

Same with Draculus in the US I believe. Granted, he's a shared exclusive with Pulse, but I think it still counts if we're counting the X-Jet