o.supreme wrote:hopefully *35th* is just still part of the Siege mainline, but with slightly different packaging...
Lol, first there was War for Cybertron: Siege, next there will be war for Cybertron: 35th Anniversary...
Talk about a time skip
o.supreme wrote:hopefully *35th* is just still part of the Siege mainline, but with slightly different packaging...
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
That's a good way to look at it. And really, what's wrong with that?Aimless Misfire wrote:So basically the Selects line is just the old Universe line.
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Wolfman Jake wrote:I would be surprised if we didn't start seeing some "Studio Series" repaints in the "Generations Selects" line down the road. After all, the Studio Series is still a "Transformers Generations" imprint. It's just that it's concurrent with the other Generations mainline in stores, "War for Cybertron Trilogy." Generations Selects may be where we get some movie repaints that would otherwise clog store shelves or confuse or disinterest more casual consumers, like Blackout into Grindor, Rampage into Skipjack/Yellow Rampage, and Scavenger into Demolisher. Maybe they could even give us some more troop-building fodder, like additional color options for the KSI Sentries. There is still a LOT of ground to cover with the movie series in terms of on-screen characters, both major and minor, and using the Generations Selects line to keep the mass retail selection closer to the A and B List characters would be a smart decision by Hasbro and Takara Tomy.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I am pretty happy with the line, some more obscure repaints or completed teams are good with me!
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
william-james88 wrote:You'll notice everyone happy is american, and thats because sadly no where else internationally do we have a clue of how to obtain these exclusives. Kinda sucks. Grotusque and Arcee were never made available for people outside the US, I am scared this will be the same.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:You'll notice everyone happy is american, and thats because sadly no where else internationally do we have a clue of how to obtain these exclusives. Kinda sucks. Grotusque and Arcee were never made available for people outside the US, I am scared this will be the same.
Maybe it's worth emailing your respective e-tailers and express interest and ask if it's something they can stock/have access to?
Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
its to avoid scalpers
Bounti76 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
its to avoid scalpers
Right, and I get that but wouldn't allowing you to order as many as you like allow everyone who wants one to get one at a fair price, and nip scalpers in the bud at the same time?
william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
its to avoid scalpers
Right, and I get that but wouldn't allowing you to order as many as you like allow everyone who wants one to get one at a fair price, and nip scalpers in the bud at the same time?
I dont understand this statement. Isnt that exactly what happens when the limit is 1? Everyone who wants one can get one at a fair price.
Manterax Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
its to avoid scalpers
Right, and I get that but wouldn't allowing you to order as many as you like allow everyone who wants one to get one at a fair price, and nip scalpers in the bud at the same time?
I dont understand this statement. Isnt that exactly what happens when the limit is 1? Everyone who wants one can get one at a fair price.
On this, you are indeed correct.
Kinda wish more places did that.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Hellscream9999 wrote:Manterax Prime wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:william-james88 wrote:Bounti76 wrote:Just tried preordering Smokescreen on Hasbro Pulse, and they don't say it, but there's a limit of 1 that you can preorder. If they really are being made to order, then why not allow you to order as many as you like? Put an order in with BBTS instead.
its to avoid scalpers
Right, and I get that but wouldn't allowing you to order as many as you like allow everyone who wants one to get one at a fair price, and nip scalpers in the bud at the same time?
I dont understand this statement. Isnt that exactly what happens when the limit is 1? Everyone who wants one can get one at a fair price.
On this, you are indeed correct.
Kinda wish more places did that.
Yeah, I guess the only people this hurts are one's with datsun-bro shrines and they might want two of him, but if you have to have 2 that badly, just order one from bbts
william-james88 wrote:You'll notice everyone happy is american, and thats because sadly no where else internationally do we have a clue of how to obtain these exclusives. Kinda sucks. Grotusque and Arcee were never made available for people outside the US, I am scared this will be the same.
Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:You'll notice everyone happy is american, and thats because sadly no where else internationally do we have a clue of how to obtain these exclusives. Kinda sucks. Grotusque and Arcee were never made available for people outside the US, I am scared this will be the same.
Grotusque and Arcee were shared exclusives with TRU in the US, I'm surprised they didn't turn up there everywhere. Grotusque did get that box set with Repugnus from Takara Tomy that anyone could buy.
Emerje
Hellscream9999 wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:I would be surprised if we didn't start seeing some "Studio Series" repaints in the "Generations Selects" line down the road. After all, the Studio Series is still a "Transformers Generations" imprint. It's just that it's concurrent with the other Generations mainline in stores, "War for Cybertron Trilogy." Generations Selects may be where we get some movie repaints that would otherwise clog store shelves or confuse or disinterest more casual consumers, like Blackout into Grindor, Rampage into Skipjack/Yellow Rampage, and Scavenger into Demolisher. Maybe they could even give us some more troop-building fodder, like additional color options for the KSI Sentries. There is still a LOT of ground to cover with the movie series in terms of on-screen characters, both major and minor, and using the Generations Selects line to keep the mass retail selection closer to the A and B List characters would be a smart decision by Hasbro and Takara Tomy.
Why would they put any under the selects line when it has to run until the end of 2020? Maybe - MAYBE - they would do a set of repainted constructicons to avoid them being on shelves again, but one could make the argument that running all the parts of devs at one time on store shelves could be a good thing; beyond that, they would just use them to fill out the waves for this and next year, I would think.
william-james88 wrote:You'll notice everyone happy is american, and thats because sadly no where else internationally do we have a clue of how to obtain these exclusives. Kinda sucks. Grotusque and Arcee were never made available for people outside the US, I am scared this will be the same.
Aimless Misfire wrote:I'm American & I'll NEVER be able to complete my Combiner Wars collection thanks to Botcon & the Collectors Club. I'll never be able to add the Predacus boxed set to my collection. And I can't afford the TFCC prices. I'm not paying scalpers over $100 for a straight repaint of a little $10 or $20 deluxe. And unfortunately the Prime Wars trilogy is the main thing I collect.
o.supreme wrote:Will-as you said in an article not to long ago, the strategy with the one year Generations line seems to have worked, so things appear to be getting better in terms of availability, slowly, one step at a time. *Hopefully* a strategy to make online exclusives available to all interested parties at fair shipping prices is on Hasbro's agenda.
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