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News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:37 am

Hmm those Bumblebee movie exclusives turned up at Argos in the UK

I wonder what the chances of them getting in some of the generations exclusives

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 8:56 am

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Those were all easily findable in brick-and-mortar stores, though.

Doesn't change the point that target exclusives are usually exclusively at Target.
Also doesn't change the point that BBTS and TFSource have historically gotten a hold of other retailers' exclusives regardless. They both currently have the Entertainment Earth exclusives on preorder.

And, RobotKingdom did previously have Red Wing in stock long before the figure was put on Target.com.

Yeah but NOT target exclusives for BBTS. Thats the point. Thats your question.

And Robot Kingdom gets basically everything since they are china based. They had those previous target exclusives no one else got
http://www.robotkingdom.com/e2049h061.html

So to reiterate, BBTS and TFSource does not have a great track record for target exclusives, while RK does.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 9:36 am

Sabrblade wrote: They both currently have the Entertainment Earth exclusives on preorder.

Also FYI, Entertainment Earth should never be used as an example for exclusivity sharing. They specifically have a wholesale program for other retailers to buy from them. So of course you would see those end up at other collectable online retailers.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Mon Jul 22, 2019 5:34 pm

So any bets on when Hasbro Pulse finally starts shipping out the exclusives from last week? The rest of the gals would like to kick Wreck Gar out of the Elita-1 combiner and form a proper Orthia.

by **Jeddostotle7** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 3:36 pm

As someone whose debit REDcard was cancelled last August with no ability to get a new one for a year purely because of timing mismatches with charges and Target thinking I didn't have enough money in my account when I definitely did, I'm kinda pissed that they would make a figure REDcard exclusive since I'm not gonna get another one after they did that to me. I ended up just buying it on eBay for $50 shipped.

On the note of Hound retools: there's a lot more characters they could make him into than I initially thought. Now I'm hoping for the aformentioned Strongarm and Ironfist, as well as the previously predicted Hot Shot and the personally-assumed-inevitable Detritus.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Tue Jul 23, 2019 5:15 pm

Just got my Red Wing in the mail today, plus some toothpaste, lol.
Really glad that this iteration of the Seekers is turning out so nicely!
So glad to have a collection going of official Tetra Jets; another G1 homage whose time has been long over due.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:46 am

Just got a shipment notification from Pulse for Lancer, ETA is Friday. :DANCE:

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:41 am

Same as Cary however my ETA should be today

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:55 am

triKlops wrote:Same as Cary however my ETA should be today

Same here, except tomorrow ETA for me.

News Credits: 9 · by **triKlops** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:27 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:
triKlops wrote:Same as Cary however my ETA should be today

Same here, except tomorrow ETA for me.

Just got both Lancer and Shackwave .
Very nice on both accounts!

by **Lunartail** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 5:59 pm

Missed out on Lancer from Hasbro Pulse so had to snag her on enertainment earth, hopefully it ships soon. Just has an August shipment date tho :/

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 6:22 pm

Ugh, I envy you Lancer folks.

Got mine on pre-order with TFsource, so won't get her until next month or September. But at least she will ship with Ricochet and Red Swoop. Just gotta wait out Greenlight on regular Amazon and I can ship all 4 and complete the combiner teams!

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 8:49 pm

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Ugh, I envy you Lancer folks.

Got mine on pre-order with TFsource, so won't get her until next month or September. But at least she will ship with Ricochet and Red Swoop. Just gotta wait out Greenlight on regular Amazon and I can ship all 4 and complete the combiner teams!

Lol, i dont think mine will ship anytime soon since I asked that it ships with the refractor 3 pack

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Wed Jul 24, 2019 10:55 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote: They both currently have the Entertainment Earth exclusives on preorder.

Also FYI, Entertainment Earth should never be used as an example for exclusivity sharing. They specifically have a wholesale program for other retailers to buy from them. So of course you would see those end up at other collectable online retailers.

I'm not convinced that they're exclusive to Entertainment Earth and not just online exclusive. First they don't use the yellow "Entertainment Earth Exclusive" logo that they use on all of their own actual exclusives including Transformers. This proves that there's a difference between an exclusive sold on EE and an EE exclusive.

Second the Pulse listing doesn't mention EE even though when they've done shared exclusives in the past with specific stores they've mentioned the other store.

And third, no matter how good EE is at wholesale there's no way their prices are low enough for other stores to sell Selects figures at the same price as regular retail figures they got from Hasbro. They simply have to be coming from Hasbro to keep that price from jumping up even another dollar.

Also we've seen a so-called-but-not-really EE exclusive sold at Gamestop, a much larger physical store that certainly isn't going to go outside their normal suppliers to fulfill some random figure. I really think Hasbro just likes Entertainment Earth a lot and chooses to promote them as a featured store in their advertising, nothing more.

Emerje

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 10:32 am

Question: has anyone ever ordered with The Chosen Prime? I'm a little confused with this listing for Lancer:

says it's *In Stock NOW*, but has an arrival date of December?

I'm just trying to balance finding the most economical way & fastest way to get her.
BBTS, EE, and TFS all have her for *roughly* the same price after you factor in taxes & shipping as they have different prices and policies. But:

BBTS has estimated arrival of December, while EE & TFS are saying August...

The Chosen Prime is a bit more expensive but *if* they have it now... just not clear on things.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 5:57 pm

I've never ordered from Chosen Prime, I always use TFS or BBTS. That is odd that they somehow would have her in stock though

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:07 pm

From the main Siege thread:

Powerdashers Cromar and Zetar revealed

Are they in a single set? :???:

News Credits: 56 · by **Nathaniel Prime** » Thu Jul 25, 2019 11:33 pm

Fellow Seibertronians! Yours truly has once again discovered something "Galactic", with a new English review of Transformers Selects War For Cybertron Siege Galactic Man Shockwave! Thanks to YouTube Reviewer EmGo, we now present you with the blast from the past figure that'll rock off the Cog boots off of anyone. For those who are unfamiliar with the new figure, this is an exclusive Leader Class redeco of Siege Shockwave with a great and black color scheme that homages the original RadioShack Galactic Man Shockwave. In the review, EmGo shows off the new paint job, packaging, and how he compares to Siege Shockwave in both modes.

Will you be picking up this exclusive figure? Or are you content with regular PurpleWave? Tell us in the discussion below.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:37 am

https://twitter.com/mrlumptastic/status/1154766240067440645/photo/1

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:47 am

Wow, they are just kind of going crazy off the rails with the Selects...which is cool, because I don't feel obligated to get them all. I take it she's like Chromia and has no Combiner port, which is fine. definitely great for Nightbird fans. I feel like her name was dropped on a list somewhere recently...now I want to see that list again.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:59 am

Interesting, love the deco and the new head tooling.

News Credits: 3 · by **Randomhero** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 12:23 pm

Mine showed up yesterday. I love him

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:10 pm

This Nightbird looks better than the Takara version

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 1:30 pm

o.supreme wrote:Wow, they are just kind of going crazy off the rails with the Selects...which is cool, because I don't feel obligated to get them all. I take it she's like Chromia and has no Combiner port, which is fine. definitely great for Nightbird fans. I feel like her name was dropped on a list somewhere recently...now I want to see that list again.

Everything else that was on that list have been things we've seen confirmed in the past week or two, with the exception of Cybertron Defense Hot Shot from Hound and very vague hints at Coneheads being in the future.

Powerdashers? Check.
Rainmakers? Check.
Galactic Man? Check.
Refraktor 3-pack? Check.
Decepticon Impactor? Check.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:24 pm

Okay, so the whole Red Wing being a Target RedCard exclusive ended up being a real pain, but also real awesome. There was a promotion still running where they will send you a coupon for $40 of your next purchase in store or online of $40 or more. I'm not sure if you on;ly get the coupon from signing up in store or not, that's where I did.

Yep, that means that Redwing, plus a $15.99 LOL doll for my daughter's upcoming birthday came to only $6 and some change after the RedCard discount, coupon and taxes.

So basically free Red Wing and then some if you don't already have a card, assuming they don't sell out while you are waiting for your card. You do have to wait until you have the physical card before using it online.