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carytheone wrote: I just got notification from BBTS that Rico Stepper is in stock.

FINALLY! Jeez that was a long tease.
But I'm really more excited for the other things that were in my POL that have been waiting an eternity for Steppochet to get to steppin'.

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote: I just got notification from BBTS that Rico Stepper is in stock.

FINALLY! Jeez that was a long tease.
But I'm really more excited for the other things that were in my POL that have been waiting an eternity for SteppoChet to get to steppin'.

You rang?


"game over man!"

Whoa, I'm getting my characters confused again

Thank goodness Rwoop & Ricochet are finally in. I've been holding off preordering them as I didn't want to risk getting my credit card charged on a random day when I don't have the available money.

And yeah, as of recent, The Transformers line(s) have been confusing the heck out of me. So we have Siege, as well as generation selects, which is a subline of siege, but is also a subline of Potp due to Rwoop & Ricochet, then we have the 35th anniversary subline for Siege, which I have no idea whether or not that counts as selects or not, then we have Takara doing their own thing with their mall exclusives.

...My head hurts, but it isn't really a bad thing, as it just means more things to look forward to.

carytheone wrote:Not really a Selects figure, but I just got notification from BBTS that Rico Stepper is in stock. So is Rwoop.

Finally! Guess that means my TFsource stack should get a pay request here later this week. Then I'll just need to wait out Flame Bumblebee to ship the stack... maybe

Flashwave wrote:What if the "Targetmaster" used the same gimmick as Siege Cog and Sixgun? Thunk about it, all of the Seacons had detachable guns anyway, and Overbite had detachable shark arms (yes I just wrote that).

Then that guy couldn't be a combiner limb and the other guys still couldn't be guns. I'd like to think that'd be acceptable, but I know better. Even if four limbs and one gun is good enough in theory. it's guaranteed to start an argument over why they made the one they did guns instead of a limb and who should have been the guns instead.

Wireless_Phantom wrote:

Skritz wrote:Btw another neat, obscure-completionist detail: if Piranacon/King Poseidon gets a full release (and not just Snaptrap/Turtler) it means the Nine Demon Generals are ALMOST fully complete beside Black Zarak.

I mean, it's not quite perfect, but isn't there that one giant action black zarak?

Isn't it pretty much a given that we're getting a Titan Scorponok? So a Titan Black Zarak isn't a stretch, right? Maybe as an exclusive?

Rodimus Prime wrote:WHERE THE HELL IS MY RED SWOOP?!

I'll have it available at https://shop.seibertron.com on Thursday or Friday.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Also kinda funny how much info we have learned about the line, but the first 2 revealed STILL aren't out, Armada prime is still a bit of an enigma, Greenlight was revealed but we've got little else, and we are supposedly getting Lancer, so there is a ton of stuff right now that is all up in the air.

Greenlight and the supposed Lancer aren't Selects figures (or at least we know Greenlight isn't), they're just regular Siege exclusives. I do want to know where my Ricochet is though...

I'll have Ricochet available as well as Red Swoop at https://shop.seibertron.com on Thursday or Friday.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Wireless_Phantom wrote:

Skritz wrote:Btw another neat, obscure-completionist detail: if Piranacon/King Poseidon gets a full release (and not just Snaptrap/Turtler) it means the Nine Demon Generals are ALMOST fully complete beside Black Zarak.

I mean, it's not quite perfect, but isn't there that one giant action black zarak?

Isn't it pretty much a given that we're getting a Titan Scorponok? So a Titan Black Zarak isn't a stretch, right? Maybe as an exclusive?

If Grand Max was any indication, a BlackZarak would probably be a Takara initiative, albeit possibly made based on a preorder quota.

Seibertron wrote:I'll have Ricochet available as well as Red Swoop at https://shop.seibertron.com on Thursday or Friday.

Does this mean we can also expect galleries of them in the near future as well?

Sabrblade wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Wireless_Phantom wrote:

Skritz wrote:Btw another neat, obscure-completionist detail: if Piranacon/King Poseidon gets a full release (and not just Snaptrap/Turtler) it means the Nine Demon Generals are ALMOST fully complete beside Black Zarak.

I mean, it's not quite perfect, but isn't there that one giant action black zarak?

Isn't it pretty much a given that we're getting a Titan Scorponok? So a Titan Black Zarak isn't a stretch, right? Maybe as an exclusive?

If Grand Max was any indication, a BlackZarak would probably be a Takara initiative, albeit possibly made based on a preorder quota.

They'll have the foresight to pre-make the parts for him, like a new helmet, face and weapon.

Observation about Snaptrap/Turtler:

There don't appear to be any POTP-style feet in this picture.

One possibility is that they are considered extra accessories and not pictured; Possible, but I put that at about 30 % likely.

Second possibility is that Hasbro acknowledged what seemed to be mostly negative feedback about the POTP-appendage pieces and went back to Combiner Wars HFGs; This seems most likely to me.

Third possibility is that there are pieces like Computron/Baldigus and Victorion/Megatronia. This seems almost as likely as possibility 2.

Fourth and least likely; NEW combiner pieces that function similar to the Perfect Effect pieces and will (hopefully) become available for all previous combiners. I only even bring up this dream scenario because HasTak has been throwing us A BUNCH of bones, lately.

Just received Ricochet and Red Swoop from Entertainment Earth today. Can't wait to get home and combine them with Jazz, Blue Swoop, and Inferno!

Short Circuit wrote:Just received Ricochet and Red Swoop from Entertainment Earth today. Can't wait to get home and combine them with Jazz, Blue Swoop, and Inferno!

What type of packaging do they have? Standard carded or the sweet selects box?

carytheone wrote:

Short Circuit wrote:Just received Ricochet and Red Swoop from Entertainment Earth today. Can't wait to get home and combine them with Jazz, Blue Swoop, and Inferno!

What type of packaging do they have? Standard carded or the sweet selects box?

It’s a selects box, but I didn’t get much past opening the shipping box and seeing the individually boxed items. I ended up forgetting them at work. I don’t know if the reversible side is the same as megatron but the exterior is the same.

Short Circuit wrote:

carytheone wrote:

Short Circuit wrote:Just received Ricochet and Red Swoop from Entertainment Earth today. Can't wait to get home and combine them with Jazz, Blue Swoop, and Inferno!

What type of packaging do they have? Standard carded or the sweet selects box?

It’s a selects box, but I didn’t get much past opening the shipping box and seeing the individually boxed items. I ended up forgetting them at work. I don’t know if the reversible side is the same as megatron but the exterior is the same.

They have different designs. Megatron had a Siege design while Red Swoop and Ricochet are PotP themed.




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Opened them up today, the all blacked out inside is a nice touch!

Short Circuit wrote:

Opened them up today, the all blacked out inside is a nice touch!

Its so you can flip it out to change the box' look

Got to mess around with my Ricochet and Red Swoop today. They look great but man...are they loose! For something you are paying slightly higher than retail for, you would think the QC would be better, not worse. They almost feel like knockoff plastic, not typical Hasbro product....

I'm glad to have them I guess, but one of my combiners will always have a super floppy arm, and leg that can barely hold its own, as long as you don't touch it while being *fiddly* propped up...

o.supreme wrote:Got to mess around with my Ricochet and Red Swoop today. They look great but man...are they loose! For something you are paying slightly higher than retail for, you would think the QC would be better, not worse. They almost feel like knockoff plastic, not typical Hasbro product....

I'm glad to have them I guess, but one of my combiners will always have a super floppy arm, and leg that can barely hold its own, as long as you don't touch it while being *fiddly* propped up...

Which joints are loose exactly, and what type?

Anybody else still waiting to hear from TFSource that Red Swoop and Ricochet are in stock and ready to ship at last?

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anybody else still waiting to hear from TFSource that Red Swoop and Ricochet are in stock and ready to ship at last?

Yes.

Sabrblade wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Anybody else still waiting to hear from TFSource that Red Swoop and Ricochet are in stock and ready to ship at last?

Yes.

Same. newsletter this week said they are arriving this week though

o.supreme wrote:Got to mess around with my Ricochet and Red Swoop today. They look great but man...are they loose! For something you are paying slightly higher than retail for, you would think the QC would be better, not worse.

These were not available at standard retail price?

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:Got to mess around with my Ricochet and Red Swoop today. They look great but man...are they loose! For something you are paying slightly higher than retail for, you would think the QC would be better, not worse.

These were not available at standard retail price?

They are standard retail, unless you are trying to compare them to a standard PotPie deluxe release from last year, which would have been a couple bucks lower.