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beats the gi joe reveals which currently stands at GI joe the elevator music collection coming to walmarts around the globe on one continent.

o.supreme wrote:I'm kind of surprised the Pulse exclusives didn't have pre-orders go up right away (maybe they are waiting until after the GI Joe panel is done?)...Anyway....Of the bunch the only one I'll probably be getting is the Drone/weapons pack. The rest were nice, but not in my scope for collecting. I would have just got the drone by itself as I enjoy the weaponizers, but the extra pack is just kind of a cooncidental benefit. It will be nice for my Earthrise Prime to be "complete". Not sure if the Megatron accessories are for a specific version, or just a "whatever you feel like" scenario.

Were there any prices mentioned by chance?

No prices yet but the Hasbro Pulse site is down for maintenance and will be back up with the preorders at 1 pm ET which is 15 minutes or so from now.

Makes sense, probably adding all the TF and GI Joe reveals from today (the ones that are being offered through Pulse at least). I'm guessing the Drone/Weapons pack will be $40.00 US. I certainly hope its not more than that.

Well, Rotorstorm is incredibly disappointing. They didn't even give him a new head. Even Dead Prime got a new head, but not Rotorstorm? rip

The fact that the RED series is going to feature more than G1 is awesome, but they're still non-transforming 6" action figures.

The Centurion + accessories pack looks cool, but I kind of wish there were more just random guns, many of those go to very specific characters (or are very specific characters). The inclusion of Roller is definitely going to sell a ton of these.

Tuned Agent wrote:The fact that the RED series is going to feature more than G1 is awesome, but they're still non-transforming 6" action figures.

True, but at least they are their own line. History would look back much differently on Action Masters had they just been a new line of non-transforming action figures, instead of the next step of the main line/fiction , and thus the death of the original series.

Can you imagine what would happen if Hasbro announced the 3rd part of the WFC Trilogy was just a bunch of non-transforming action figures.

Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

£30 UK ID toys exclusive August supposedly

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

Yep, limit 2, and due in October with Tigertracks and Rotorstorm due in November.

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

After tax/Shipping it was almost $30, but that's fine, there was nothing else I wanted to make the order large enough to qualify for free shipping. Wow...seems like all this stuff, including Earthrise wave 2 and 3 are all coming between September and November....

BBTS also has Rotorstorm and Tigertrack pre-orders up, I wonder why no Drone...

o.supreme wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

After tax/Shipping it was almost $30, but that's fine, there was nothing else I wanted to make the order large enough to qualify for free shipping. Wow...seems like all this stuff, including Earthrise wave 2 and 3 are all coming between September and November....

BBTS also has Rotorstorm and Tigertrack pre-orders up, I wonder why no Drone...

The drone says Hasbro Pulse exclusive on their site.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

After tax/Shipping it was almost $30, but that's fine, there was nothing else I wanted to make the order large enough to qualify for free shipping. Wow...seems like all this stuff, including Earthrise wave 2 and 3 are all coming between September and November....

BBTS also has Rotorstorm and Tigertrack pre-orders up, I wonder why no Drone...

The drone says Hasbro Pulse exclusive on their site.

How much do you need to order for free shipping (even though it's only 6.99)?

I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

o.supreme wrote:Makes sense, probably adding all the TF and GI Joe reveals from today (the ones that are being offered through Pulse at least). I'm guessing the Drone/Weapons pack will be $40.00 US. I certainly hope its not more than that.

o.supreme wrote:I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

In general, Selects have been online exclusive but not necessarily exclusive to a particular retailer.

I threw a Snake Eyes on for free shipping. 50 bucks. Cool.

Just need a pimp starscream to go with pimp destro now...maybe that's the GI joe cross over...

Centurion ordered.

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

In general, Selects have been online exclusive but not necessarily exclusive to a particular retailer.

The drone set might not actually be Selects, and might be something similar to the Reflector 3 pack from last year that that was part of Siege but without a WFC number. I believe that was also a Hasbro Pulse only exclusive (at least in the US).

Selects is not mentioned anywhere on the drone Listing like it is for Tigertracks and Rotorstorm.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

In general, Selects have been online exclusive but not necessarily exclusive to a particular retailer.

The drone set might not actually be Selects, and might be something similar to the Reflector 3 pack from last year that that was part of Siege but without a WFC number. I believe that was also a Hasbro Pulse only exclusive (at least in the US).

Selects is not mentioned anywhere on the drone Listing like it is for Tigertracks and Rotorstorm.

That is certainly possible, but the Reflector 3 pack was offered by other online retailers, as is the Drone apparently , just not by BBTS. (a previous poster showed a UK retailer offering it)

Yeah, the video showed off the Centurion Drone in its own "Hasbro Pulse Exclusive" category before it moved on to talking about AU Optimus and then the Selects line, of which only Tigertrack and Rotorstorm were a part of.

o.supreme wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

In general, Selects have been online exclusive but not necessarily exclusive to a particular retailer.

The drone set might not actually be Selects, and might be something similar to the Reflector 3 pack from last year that that was part of Siege but without a WFC number. I believe that was also a Hasbro Pulse only exclusive (at least in the US).

Selects is not mentioned anywhere on the drone Listing like it is for Tigertracks and Rotorstorm.

That is certainly possible, but the Reflector 3 pack was offered by other online retailers, as is the Drone apparently , just not by BBTS. (a previous poster showed a UK retailer offering it)

We would have to see the price for the others to know whether they are getting it directly or through secondary means, or even if they have to wait it out a little while. When the reflector pack was first made available, I'm pretty sure it was Pulse only at least immediately after the reveal. Could be a similar delay happening here where Pulse gets first crack.

sol magnus wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

aronjlove wrote:Preorders are up and the Centurion drone with weapons is only $19.99!

After tax/Shipping it was almost $30, but that's fine, there was nothing else I wanted to make the order large enough to qualify for free shipping. Wow...seems like all this stuff, including Earthrise wave 2 and 3 are all coming between September and November....

BBTS also has Rotorstorm and Tigertrack pre-orders up, I wonder why no Drone...

The drone says Hasbro Pulse exclusive on their site.

How much do you need to order for free shipping (even though it's only 6.99)?

I've received free shipping on orders over $60.

Am I the only weirdo who want Centurion (but can't have him due to Pulse, damn it) because he'd go well with Six Gun if you assumed he's a form of Slammer?

Skritz wrote:Am I the only weirdo who want Centurion (but can't have him due to Pulse, damn it) because he'd go well with Six Gun if you assumed he's a form of Slammer?

Nope. I know of another guy on another board who was hoping the Centurion Drone would be Slammer, so you're not alone there.

o.supreme wrote:

Tuned Agent wrote:The fact that the RED series is going to feature more than G1 is awesome, but they're still non-transforming 6" action figures.

True, but at least they are their own line. History would look back much differently on Action Masters had they just been a new line of non-transforming action figures, instead of the next step of the main line/fiction , and thus the death of the original series.

Can you imagine what would happen if Hasbro announced the 3rd part of the WFC Trilogy was just a bunch of non-transforming action figures.

To be fair, the original series was already on it's last legs before action masters hit the scene (and only in America) so, action masters were just the last nail in the coffin

o.supreme wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:I thought all Selects were exclusive? (yet other sites have offered all the others)...Man this is getting way too convoluted.

In general, Selects have been online exclusive but not necessarily exclusive to a particular retailer.

The drone set might not actually be Selects, and might be something similar to the Reflector 3 pack from last year that that was part of Siege but without a WFC number. I believe that was also a Hasbro Pulse only exclusive (at least in the US).

Selects is not mentioned anywhere on the drone Listing like it is for Tigertracks and Rotorstorm.

That is certainly possible, but the Reflector 3 pack was offered by other online retailers, as is the Drone apparently , just not by BBTS. (a previous poster showed a UK retailer offering it)

Exclusives are handled a bit differently over here in the UK (usually as in not available at all), Selects stuff is usually stocked by two big online reatailers that have a single BNM store (maybe other online retailers but havent checked).

The 35th anniversary walmart exclusives were divided between the two as exclusives (soundblaster/bluestreak, I think prime/megs was available at both).

Smyths is the biggest bnm retailer and have had the netflix stuff (seeing as their isnt any other competitiors like toysrus they dont really feel exclusive and arent highlighted as exclusives instore unlike toysus does -smyhts does lable some exclusives from other toy ranges like imaginenext as such tho).

Amazon UK is a big hit and miss and will keep exclusives that they only ever stocked a tiny amount of listed as coming soon forever and a day (thundercracker, greenlight etc) or seriously over stock so they can drop them to nice prices (Potp nemesis prime). even MP Baynus megs was cheaper than a studio series leader megs at one point so it is a very double edged sword.