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News Credits: 462 · Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:08 pm

william-james88 wrote:

Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:24 pm

Sabrblade wrote:Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

The states didnt get voyager optimus in normal colours?

News Credits: 462 · Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:29 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

The states didnt get voyager optimus in normal colours?

That ain't a Voyager.

The version Hasbro put out looked like this:

Takara cleaned 'em up, but only as a special exclusive:

News Credits: 4877 · Sat Nov 28, 2015 3:57 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

The states didnt get voyager optimus in normal colours?
That ain't a Voyager.

The version Hasbro put out looked like this:

Takara cleaned 'em up, but only as a special exclusive:

Wow, he look so much like the voyager, thanks for the clarification!

Sat Nov 28, 2015 5:18 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

The states didnt get voyager optimus in normal colours?
That ain't a Voyager.

The version Hasbro put out looked like this:

Takara cleaned 'em up, but only as a special exclusive:

Wow, he look so much like the voyager, thanks for the clarification!

He came in a two pack with a cybertron mode Megatron. Those are the only animated figures I have.

News Credits: 174 · Sun Nov 29, 2015 6:22 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Hey look, it's the Optimus we should have gotten instead of the Venom symbiote-possessed one.

The states didnt get voyager optimus in normal colours?
That ain't a Voyager.

The version Hasbro put out looked like this:

Takara cleaned 'em up, but only as a special exclusive:

Would've made a cool Nemesis Prime, shame that design never had two axles in the back of the truck mode.

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Nov 29, 2015 9:39 pm

So called that Shockwave handle! So called it! And it looks good and functions beautifully too! All around win here. I am gonna love this Wave

News Credits: 174 · Sun Nov 29, 2015 10:58 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So called that Shockwave handle! So called it! And it looks good and functions beautifully too! All around win here. I am gonna love this Wave

Dude, you're gonna have to get him and a repaint so you can have bruticus dual-wield Shockwave 8-)

News Credits: 1646 · Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:06 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So called that Shockwave handle! So called it! And it looks good and functions beautifully too! All around win here. I am gonna love this Wave

Dude, you're gonna have to get him and a repaint so you can have bruticus dual-wield Shockwave

Or maybe I'll just buy 2 and pretend that Shockwave cloned himself (only logical thing to do) and that Bruticus is just super badass and Is just a beast

News Credits: 174 · Sun Nov 29, 2015 11:24 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So called that Shockwave handle! So called it! And it looks good and functions beautifully too! All around win here. I am gonna love this Wave

Dude, you're gonna have to get him and a repaint so you can have bruticus dual-wield Shockwave

Or maybe I'll just buy 2 and pretend that Shockwave cloned himself (only logical thing to do) and that Bruticus is just super badass and Is just a beast

Seems like the only appropriate thing to do :michaelbay:

News Credits: 462 · Mon Nov 30, 2015 11:35 am

Well, Shockwave's bio in the production bible of the G1 cartoon did say that he can create duplicates of himself. It's just this feature was never utilized in the cartoon or any fiction prior to Aligned Shockwave using something like it in the Rage of the Dinobots comics (in which he had several avatars of himself spread all over Cybertron), and G1 Shockwave eventually finally used it for the first time ever in the Devastation game.

News Credits: 332 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 2:54 am

I'm really excited for this figure now. Can't wait for it to come out.

News Credits: 6 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 8:18 am

Is it weird that I'm way more excited by chopshop?

I love to see more insecticons.

It'd be a good repaint for Bombshell into Barrage and the eventual Kickback into a Ransack aswell... sadly no Cicada based mold for venom to piggy back onto.

I say the kickback mold because we all know it's going to happen eventually.

If it doesn't I will be majorly pissed. Takara FOC kickback looks so out of place as a spot-filler. :BOOM:

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:21 pm

Fellow Seibertronian Death(Reviews) was nice enough to let us know that the first wave of 2016's Generations Legends line is now available on Hasbro Toy Shop. Shockwave, Chop Shop and Buzzsaw (whos is the first figure from the Titans Return segment of the Prime Wars Trilogy) can all be purchased for 9.99$. There is also a store wide 20% off and free shipping when you enter the code: CYBER.

Good luck and let us know what you think of these figures on the boards once you get them!

News Credits: 174 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:26 pm

Yeah, got my chopshop, shockwave, and warrior fracture ordered, I love it when they get new stock in around a holiday and you can stack benefits (stunticons around easter (20%+free shipping), protectobots around 4th of July (15%+free shipping), (though I got them earlier) the '84 'bot's and others now (20%+free shipping)...)

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:36 pm

Nice to see these guys coming out. Looking forward to getting Wave!

News Credits: 8 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:46 pm

Snagged Shockwave for $8! Goodbye, $13 BBTS preorder!

News Credits: 41 · Tue Dec 01, 2015 11:51 pm

Yup! Jumped on that bus as it drove by. :lol:

Got RID fracture too.

@WJ88 - Guess I was wrong about no new purchases til after the holidays. Can't beat that deal. :lol:

News Credits: 174 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:01 am

Cobotron wrote:Yup! Jumped on that bus as it drove by.
Got RID fracture too.

@WJ88 - Guess I was wrong about no new purchases til after the holidays. Can't beat that deal.

Yeah, bbts hasn't even got a pre-order up for fracture, but hts has them in stock already... nothing about their distribution makes any sense anymore - the one thing that always seemed to stay the same was that hts got 'em last :HEADHURTS:

, same goes for the legends figures, maybe they wanted to push them for the holidays, or something? Doesn't matter it's an infinitely better deal than anything through bbts or the like :-D

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:00 am

I am glad to see everyone is getting good deals, but no need to diss BBTS. We always knew those guys were never about the price. Most big retailers have discounts on TFs all the time anyways (and I just get a raincheck so that I get the upcoming figures for cheap) which usually makes BBTS the pricier place. BBTS was never about the price. They are there because some collectors dont want to worry about getting their figure. Some dont check this site every day anyways and if they check it a week from today then this news wont help them. BBTS is there so that you can avoid the distribution hassle, get help if there is anything wrong with your figure and for some ensure that the box has a particular grade.

I see a ven diagram in my head of which kinds of fans order from which places, but I am too tired now. The point is as long as you are happy, no need to diss other retailers.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:05 am

william-james88 wrote:I am glad to see everyone is getting good deals, but no need to diss BBTS. We always knew those guys were never about the price. Most big retailers have discounts on TFs all the time anyways (and I just get a raincheck so that I get the upcoming figures for cheap) which usually makes BBTS the pricier place. BBTS was never about the price. They are there because some collectors dont want to worry about getting their figure. Some dont check this site every day anyways and if they check it a week from today then this news wont help them. BBTS is there so that you can avoid the distribution hassle, get help if there is anything wrong with your figure and for some ensure that the box has a particular grade.

I see a ven diagram in my head of which kinds of fans order from which places, but I am too tired now. The point is as long as you are happy, no need to diss other retailers.

Sorry about that. I didn't mean to insult, I was just glad to get a good price.

News Credits: 8 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:10 am

For the record, I always preorder at BBTS. I have my Onslaught preorder up there right now with some Dragon Ball Z stuff.

News Credits: 332 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:11 am

Just happened by and saw this post. Got all 3 with the fastest shipping. Wonder what happened to Pipes.

News Credits: 174 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:15 am

william-james88 wrote:I am glad to see everyone is getting good deals, but no need to diss BBTS. We always knew those guys were never about the price. Most big retailers have discounts on TFs all the time anyways (and I just get a raincheck so that I get the upcoming figures for cheap) which usually makes BBTS the pricier place. BBTS was never about the price. They are there because some collectors dont want to worry about getting their figure. Some dont check this site every day anyways and if they check it a week from today then this news wont help them. BBTS is there so that you can avoid the distribution hassle, get help if there is anything wrong with your figure and for some ensure that the box has a particular grade.

I see a ven diagram in my head of which kinds of fans order from which places, but I am too tired now. The point is as long as you are happy, no need to diss other retailers.

Well, it's more the issue of them raising prices for figures like shockwave, because he is more sought after, they increase his price by $3, same goes for onslaught, $32 and he still sold out;

I don't know if this was to offset the fact that buzzsaw and pipes and (not)scattershot might shelfwarm, but, by that logic, then they could lower their (pipes, et al) by a similar amount to encourage people to buy them too (I would definitely consider tossing pipes in my p.o.l. if he were $7 (-$3 for shockwaves +$3 if this is the case)); or if this is a case of extorting money for a figure that people want, but, if this is the case, it's not cool, and I have every right to not only not buy it through them, but to also diss it. If both of these aren't the case, then I'm not sure what it is.

I think the bottom line is: tf distribution is total chaos, and plays by no ones rules |:|

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Dec 02, 2015 1:16 am

Autobot Roadburn wrote:
Sorry about that. I didn't mean to insult, I was just glad to get a good price.

Dude its fine, I was writing in general, not targeting you specifically. No one did anything wrong here, I just wanted to remind people that the retailers compliment each other to ensure that we get our toys no matter what