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Sowndwave76 wrote:Yeah I’ve been meaning to ask if the Buzzworthy Kup & Cliffjumper have been difficult for people to find…
As far as I know, my Target has only had them the time I saw them. There were 3 of each based on 3 B-127’s. There were two of each of them, & I took one of each.
I go to Target a lot, & haven’t seen them since.
Not any B-127’s either.
Today there were 8-9 Origin Bee’s, & that was it for that line minus the Megatron multi-pack things… 6-7 of those.

I would’ve thought with the work they put into those repaints, they would be really plentiful.
But maybe not?

My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee? They must be a separate thing altogether from the Deluxe Class cases that are mostly Studio Series repaints? Also, Cliffjumper is definitely the rarest find right now. I only found one by asking a kind employee to check the stock room. I’ve never seen one on the pegs, but I’ve seen a few Kups and even more B-127s.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee? They must be a separate thing altogether from the Deluxe Class cases that are mostly Studio Series repaints? Also, Cliffjumper is definitely the rarest find right now. I only found one by asking a kind employee to check the stock room. I’ve never seen one on the pegs, but I’ve seen a few Kups and even more B-127s.

Speaking of Cliffy, did you already sell your ER Cliffjumper?

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

Either way, again, I'm a little surprised those 2 have been at all difficult to get a hold of.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I checked five Targets yesterday. No Silverstreak, but I did find Legacy Bulkhead! He was the only legacy figure on the shelf, and the top of the box was a little damaged, but the figure itself was fine.

Congrats on finding Bulkhead! This is good news that these figures are showing up in stores...
And being just a couple states south of you, I'll definitely be on the hunt this week and next.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Is Silverstreak just his own solid case assortment like Origins Bumblebee?

I'm also wondering this... Like the others (CJ & Kup), I figured this guy would be relatively easy to find... Origins Bee has been basically overflowing in my area for a while now, so fingers crossed this means the same for Silverstreak.
I've decided I'll get him if I see him, especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

I'm just reporting what was there when I picked up mine. Somebody very well could have just bought Cliffjumper and left everything else, but there were 3 B-127s on that day. Could have been the leavings of a second case. Until I see them putting it out or seeing a case some way I wouldn't call it gospel.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:My area is different, but they are being bought. B-127 I see regularly, then Kup, almost never Cliffjumper. Based on the first time I saw them in on a shelf I'd say there's one Cliff to a case, 2 Kup , 3 B-127.

Interesting... I really would've thought it was a case of 2, 2, and 2...
If it's packed how you listed it, that means there was 6 B-127's on the pegs, and when I bought CJ and Kup there were only 3...
Obviously it's possible, but it seems odd that Cliffjumper would be the single when Kup has already been repacked in SS86.

Either way, again, I'm a little surprised those 2 have been at all difficult to get a hold of.

I think you are both off a little bit, deluxes come 8 to a case, so the split is most likely 2, 3 and 3, we just don't know for sure who was shorted. My guess is on Cliff only being 2 per case, based on his lack of sightings.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Speaking of Cliffy, did you already sell your ER Cliffjumper?

I have. Sorry

Nemesis Primal wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:Silverstreak's been found at retail.

In the US, or elswhere?

The US, I should have specific, my bad. TFW article says Chicago.

Annnnd they're already up on eBay for $75+ Gotta love it.

Crazy thing, cliff and Bee went quickly, and now all that's left at my local target are 6 SS86BB Kups, alongside 4 of his retail release still.

I will check for Silverstreak again Friday

Made a stop by Target early this afternoon...
They had 2 Kups, 1 CJ, and 1 B-127...

Yesterday they didn't have any of these.
Is there any chance a case is only 4 figures???
I know it's possible, but seems little unlikely that these same 4 figures all sold in under 24 hrs.
But I guess a case could be 4 Kups, 2 CJ's, and 2 B-127's.

I'll definitely be going back sooner than later to look for Silverstreak.

I might snag Silverstreak, might not.

I'll definitely snag Horri-Bull when he happens, as I'm sure he's going to in the wake of Fangry happening. He's a simple matter of giving the Skullcruncher mold a new beast head, hindlegs, and tail.

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Yes, ER Sunstreaker reeeally needs a reissue. Which is why I say the Wheeljack and Cheetor repacks in Legacy are wastes of slots. Most people who want those two have them already and if they don't... those two are tolerably priced online. Sunstreaker and Trailbreaker OTOH...

Till-all-R1 wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote: especially since I'm not paying $40-$60 to get ER Sunstreaker from the aftermarket.

If ever there were a bot more deserving of reissue, surely it's this one?

Right?!?
& this isn’t coming from someone who is a ginormous fan of that character…
Early on after the initial release I could’ve bought him on line…
But I was expecting to see him at least once in a store. Which never did happen
(Along with almost that entire wave… I saw Smokescreen once at Aldi).

I never saw it at retail, and it seemed to only last a very short time on Pulse because I was waiting on it until I could total enough to get free shipping and by the time that happened he was gone.

I totally expect a reissue at some point because this is Hasbro, but I'm a bit surprised at how long it's taking versus other quick repacks like Arcee!

It occurred to me a while back that it might be possible for HasTak to do a de-licensed reshell of JP93 as Armada Red Alert




If so, which line do people think it's more likely to happen in: this, or the Velocitron line?

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:It occurred to me a while back that it might be possible for HasTak to do a de-licensed reshell of JP93 as Armada Red Alert




If so, which line do people think it's more likely to happen in: this, or the Velocitron line?

I mean, if those are the options then I would probably say Velocitron (assuming there will be more than one wave of it, anyway), but honestly I would prefer Red Alert just a new mold in mainline Legacy. He shares a name with a G1 guy so he can bank in on the name recognition (and said G1 guy was an exclusive in his last appearance, so it's not like he was just on shelves), he was definitely one of the main characters of the trilogy seeing as how he was one of the few to actually get to be in more than one series/part, and I'm sure they could find someone he could share the mold with (obvious repaints like Cannonball, maybe retool into an RiD15 Strongarm?).

Yes I know Cannonball was a Cybertron Red Alert repaint and not an Armada one

Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while. There were also yet 2 more Kups compared to Tuesday, so I guess another wave came and the Bee and cliff were bought, or they were hidden somewhere

Sowndwave76 wrote:Made a stop by Target early this afternoon...
They had 2 Kups, 1 CJ, and 1 B-127...

Yesterday they didn't have any of these.
Is there any chance a case is only 4 figures???
I know it's possible, but seems little unlikely that these same 4 figures all sold in under 24 hrs.
But I guess a case could be 4 Kups, 2 CJ's, and 2 B-127's.

I'll definitely be going back sooner than later to look for Silverstreak.

No case of 4 figures. I've seen a number of stores just put out 4 at a time for whatever reason, which might be what you saw.

Sowndwave76 wrote:(Along with almost that entire wave… I saw Smokescreen once at Aldi).

FYI - Smokescreen was wave 2 with Allicon Arcee and Airwave. Wave 3 was Fasttrack, Runamuk, Trailbreaker and Sunstreaker.

Yeah, that's right...
Smokescreen was the only figure I saw from both waves 2 AND 3.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

Feel free to send one to New Zealand, I have no idea when we're getting him!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

That may not mean anything. The store I found my Silverstreak at had a peg of 4 streaks and a separate peg of 4 origin Bees.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Checked Target, no Silverstreak yet. But with the amount of Origin Bees that are around, it might be a while.

That may not mean anything. The store I found my Silverstreak at had a peg of 4 streaks and a separate peg of 4 origin Bees.

I've noticed over the last year or so that you usually find stuff in stores sooner than most of us do. I'm still looking for Buzzworthy Bluestreak,

My Target still doesn't have any of the new Buzzworthy stuff. Just some leftover Origin Bees, one Cyberverse Megatron with the helicopter armor, one Mega 1-Step Bumblebee from AOE, and one Bumblegrim crash combiner.

Though, I did find something I hadn't ever seen in stores: the big Cyberverse Volcanicus toy.

Grabbed Silverstreak in Baltimore from a solid case.