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Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

I just bought Hotlink from Walmart in-store a few days ago.

I haven't been lucky in my city with the few times I've actually been able to go out since the whole pandemic unfortunately, that and I've been recovering finances for a little bit so I wasn't able to jump the gun on deals until this month.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Since it's not due till February 2021 according to the site I placed a preorder on BBTS even if it's not the ideal price for a Canadian.

The Seekers are that important to me to collect that I'm not gonna lose out on him like I possibly have with Red Wing and Hotlink, I'll cancel the order if a better deal pops up else where.

Hotlink is available here in the States still if you need help getting one.

I get payed on the first of September, I presume you mean on Seibertron Ebay or something?

If Hotlink would still be available then I would appreciate help getting him.

I just bought Hotlink from Walmart in-store a few days ago.

I haven't been lucky in my city with the few times I've actually been able to go out since the whole pandemic unfortunately, that and I've been recovering finances for a little bit so I wasn't able to jump the gun on deals until this month.

Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

I'll see If I can find them next time I'm out before I try online stuff, the Netflix figures that have been released that I'm looking to grab are Hotlink, Mirage, 1 Scrapface and maybe Megatron depending on how I feel if I see him in person.

Sad to hear about Scrapface though, I suppose that with him being a "new character" with a vastly different color scheme compared to the other Netflix sets it only makes sense.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Well, he should still be out there. All of them should. Except Scrapface, he's the only hard one to find. But the rest are pretty much shelfwarmers and pegwarmers at this point.

I'll see If I can find them next time I'm out before I try online stuff, the Netflix figures that have been released that I'm looking to grab are Hotlink, Mirage, 1 Scrapface and maybe Megatron depending on how I feel if I see him in person.

Sad to hear about Scrapface though, I suppose that with him being a "new character" with a vastly different color scheme compared to the other Netflix sets it only makes sense.

And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Sabrblade wrote:And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Huh

You would think that they would prefer to have more of the guy marketed to make a camera with 3 in a case.

Deadput wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And he's shortpacked.

I managed to find only one only once and never saw him again.

Huh

You would think that they would prefer to have more of the guy marketed to make a camera with 3 in a case.

Camera mode is not advertised for Scrapface.

Sabrblade wrote:Camera mode is not advertised for Scrapface.

Makes sense.

Well that's cool. I'm not interested in either of these, but this presumably opens up a couple more surprises for the 3 remaining TF Tuesdays. Roritchi will be one of them..... But looks like we have 2 unknowns now. I enjoy surprises

Sandstorms a want, always like shark faces on a plane. I might skip G2 megatron to save money with having the orig figure.

I feel Sandstobrm's weapons should have been black instead. And after looking at images of G2 Megatron his feel are okay BUT his hands should have matched the paint on his feet after all.

I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

WiseMan wrote:I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

That's because Takara Tomy Mail will release a Megastorm of their own. Just you wait.

WiseMan wrote:I think G2 Megatron was a missed opportunity. He could have been all green (BWII Megastorm) with a sticker set to make him G2 Megatron for those that wanted to.

Megastorm wasn't all-green, he had camo too, but it was olive camo.

Hrmmm, not sure whether to print the speculation here, or in Kingdom proper, but it seems odd because while several of the BW molds were reused (in both show and non show characters), I'm not sure if we will see them in selects or not, also the opportunity to revisit past botcon entries because of the unusual way these are being released. So far... Selects have all been deluxe, Voyager, or the occasional leader. I was thniking Packrat from Rattrap would be a slam dunk, but he is the smaller size class, so probably not. Also Fractyl or Laserbeak from Terrorsaur, but oddly enough, Terrorsaur isn't anywhere on the list.

Then the obvious ones. There is BA, but no Tarantulas. Cheetor & Tigatron are different sizes, so obviously different toys, probably Shadow panther will be a Cheetor repaint though.

At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line, although repaints of the current line make the most sense, which is a good thing. I'm hoping Hasbro/TT use Selects as an opportunity in the future to focus on more original series characters that haven't had a proper release since before 2015 because Kingdom is focusing mostly on BW.

o.supreme wrote:At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line,

What do you mean? Selects has always accompanied whatever the current Generations line is. The first two Selects releases were for Power of the Primes, then we got a lot of Siege ones, and soon we'll be getting Earthrise ones.

o.supreme wrote:So far... Selects have all been deluxe, Voyager, or the occasional leader. I was thinking Packrat from Rattrap would be a slam dunk, but he is the smaller size class, so probably not.

Technically we did get Selects Micromasters in the form of the cassettes, they just put 2 pairs in the box to bump it up to Deluxe price. Core class is replacing the Micromasters price point, so 2 Cores in a box would lead to the same result, and given how Hasbro has been repainting all their partsforming gimmick bots at least once in this trilogy and there's 2 Fossilizers in Core class, plus a tiny Starscream they could crank out repaints of, I wouldn't necessarily write Packrat off yet.

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:At any rate, it seems like the Selects line is getting more entries, (at least during ER) not less, and are no longer tied to a specific line,

What do you mean? Selects has always accompanied whatever the current Generations line is. The first two Selects releases were for Power of the Primes, then we got a lot of Siege ones, and soon we'll be getting Earthrise ones.

As in, made from Earthrise molds, but not labeled as "Earthrise": they're labeled as "War for Cybertron Trilogy" instead.

wow sold out fast

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:As in, made from Earthrise molds, but not labeled as "Earthrise": they're labeled as "War for Cybertron Trilogy" instead.

Exactly. It also gives them freedom if they wanted (as TT has shown) to use older concepts to release new toys

We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Nemesis Destron wrote:We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Funnily enough, it would work for both Megatron and Megastorm because that sticker was carried over without changes

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:We need to have the quote "Peace Through Tyranny" for this Megs either from / or Toyhax...'nuff said!

Funnily enough, it would work for both Megatron and Megastorm because that sticker was carried over without changes

Oh wow!!!

To be frank, I was surprised yet not at G2 Sandstorm. I'm very aware Hasbro can be "cheeky" with that sorta thing, but I never know when they're planning a magic trick like that.

Oh, Smokescreen's preorder came and went, huh? Guess I'll have to buy it at stupid prices. Geez.

Edit: Never mind, I'm just getting confused.

Is the Head issue on Megatron fixed in Earthrise ?