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News Credits: 1 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:14 am

shajaki wrote:Damn really??! I've had Wave 2 for like 2 months

Nothing but wave 1 figures shelfwarming ALL of the Walmarts, Targets, and TRU's in my area. Haven't seen any other waves at all.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:16 am

shajaki wrote:Damn really??! I've had Wave 2 for like 2 months

Yeah, thats the universe trying to give us something extra for the prices going from 20-30 for us.

News Credits: 12 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:20 am

I've only seen wave 1 stuff clogging shelves at my local stores. Lots and lots of Slash and Berserker (the latter of which I kiiiinda want to get, but for those prices...maybe not).

News Credits: 41 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:47 am

I'm not too actively seeking these figs, but it's down right shameful how much wave 1 stuff is just, hangin' around. Both at Walmart and Target.

News Credits: 191 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:55 am

On the bright side, if they're shelfwarming, they should go down to decent prices eventually!

... instead of the Wave 3 stuff we'd love and want on sale.

News Credits: 42 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:55 am

Cobotron wrote:I'm not too actively seeking these figs, but it's down right shameful how much wave 1 stuff is just, hangin' around. Both at Walmart and Target.

This reminds me of when the AOE toyline came out. The shelfwarming around my area was so bad that it extended into CW, which didn't even get to saturate until around June thanks to all of the AOE stuff.

News Credits: 191 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:58 am

I was still seeing AoE stuff last year alongside TR wave 2 and the Scorponok RiD wave. So many rippersnapper Grimlocks... So many...

News Credits: 19 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:14 am

STILL nothing but Wave 1 TLK and Wave 3 Titans Return at my nearest Toys R Us/The Entertainer in Cambridge, England. Argos still the only place that had Wave 2 figures (and even then they have Drift misnamed as Sideswipe in the catalogue). Good thing I already got Deluxe Sqweeks and voyager Megatron from other sources many, many months ago now or I'd really be pissed off.
And still only wave 1 Tiny Turbo Changers. I want tiny Sqweeks from Wave 2 dammit.

News Credits: 13 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 10:33 am

Autobot N wrote:
Cobotron wrote:I'm not too actively seeking these figs, but it's down right shameful how much wave 1 stuff is just, hangin' around. Both at Walmart and Target.
This reminds me of when the AOE toyline came out. The shelfwarming around my area was so bad that it extended into CW, which didn't even get to saturate until around June thanks to all of the AOE stuff.

I never saw Leader class CW at Target because the shelf was stuffed with AOE leader grimlock. Who knows if I will ever see Voyager nitro because it is stuffed with TLK Voyager grimlock.

News Credits: 4877 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 11:16 am

Kurona wrote:I was still seeing AoE stuff last year alongside TR wave 2 and the Scorponok RiD wave. So many rippersnapper Grimlocks... So many...

Oh man that Scorponok wave. I dont know why that one is so resilient but I still see it at my TRUs, even though they have moved past onto later waves.

Well good luck to you all on your TLK hunts!

News Credits: 42 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 12:47 pm

I stopped by 4 stores today, 2 TRU, 1 Walmart and 1 Target. I saw a sum total of 47 Grimlocks. So, maybe next year for Nitro?

News Credits: 4 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:04 pm

My Walmart has the Leader Optimus repaint, I love the Voyager of this year, but part of me still wants an AOE Leader Prime, even if the mold kind of sucks.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:12 pm

Quantum Surge wrote:My Walmart has the Leader Optimus repaint, I love the Voyager of this year, but part of me still wants an AOE Leader Prime, even if the mold kind of sucks.

For some reason I can't explain, I'm really fond of my AOE Leader Prime. That TLK one looks like unpainted crap, though. :SICK:

Why can't Hasbro be the hero for once and import Callibur Prime, if not for my sake, then for my wallet's?

Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:00 pm

Probably because of all the people hatin' on the movie over here. Why sell the good stuff here when all the movie money is being made overseas?

If you really want a Calibur Optimus, order one from Hobby Link Japan. It cost me $72.88, about $20 more than buying Leader Optimus locally after tax, and he came with an extra gold-plated shield in the box that's running $40.00 separate elsewhere.

News Credits: 295 · Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:06 pm

Steelbane looks really cool.

I'm with Shajaki on this one, my target takes forever to get anything new so seeing wave 2 is news for me.

Tue Aug 29, 2017 3:08 pm

Really? I've already had time to buy and lose my TLK Drift.

Tue Aug 29, 2017 7:26 pm

Wave one deluxes are still shelfwarming all the stores in my area too. And that's with all the Walmarts selling them for $15 and change since they put them on the pegs. They were NEVER the full $20 there as far as I've seen and they just aren't selling quickly. I could understand Toys R Us and Target having problems selling them since they all have them at the $20 but at $15, you'd think they'd be selling faster.

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Aug 30, 2017 1:02 pm

Checked yesterday, and we are still at wave 1 with the toyline. That wave, they so screwed up. Barricade is the only figure I have seen consistently move, and slash and grimlock the 2 who consistently won't.

On the plus side, I received a nice package from Canada from a certain James of William, and it had a Sqweeks and deluxe Megatron in it.

Megs is alright. I never had the mold, so this is my first go, and I am amazed at how tiny it is compared to the other deluxes. Reminds me of the poor 2013 days.

Sqweeks however is an absolute joy. this little guy may not move much, but he has so much playability. I love him! he's cute and fun and has lots of cool things to mess around with

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:43 am

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Checked yesterday, and we are still at wave 1 with the toyline. That wave, they so screwed up. Barricade is the only figure I have seen consistently move, and slash and grimlock the 2 who consistently won't.

On the plus side, I received a nice package from Canada from a certain James of William, and it had a Sqweeks and deluxe Megatron in it.

Megs is alright. I never had the mold, so this is my first go, and I am amazed at how tiny it is compared to the other deluxes. Reminds me of the poor 2013 days.

Sqweeks however is an absolute joy. this little guy may not move much, but he has so much playability. I love him! he's cute and fun and has lots of cool things to mess around with

yeah, even though Sqweeks is technically smaller I felt he was the best bang for my buck amongst all movie deluxes so far. And yes, Deluxe Megatron is small and the mold is from 2013 :lol:

I really dont like that era of Transformers due to how cheap the figures felt. Hence why I was baffled when people preffered the Club Krok over the TR Krok. Why spend something like 40$ for this mold when you could get the TR one, which is bigger and feels more solid (and cheaper of course).

I will give that mold and other molds from that era some credit though, it has a nice complexity. More complex than every movie deluxe released I feel (and more complex than the TR deluxes). Its odd but transfomrers have this 3 pillar system of Feeling Solid, Being Complex, and Being Low Price that are hard to always obtain. I can only think of a handful like that (HFTD Leader Starscream, ROTF Bludgeon and a few Animated toys come to mind).

So yeah, the mold definitely has its weaknesses but it is still better than other deluxes of that time, like FOC Shockwave which has the same small stature and felt even cheaper and had a super simple transformation. I am glad we are far away from that era.

And plus I really really love that headsculpt on deluxe megs, a fun mix of styles which I feel works with this toy. I am happy to own it.

News Credits: 101 · Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:22 pm

I'll use Will Holy Trinity, Meaning Quality, size, and price.

The WORST deluxe I ever had (and still have) is definitely FOC Jazz. Tiny, gapy, feel cheap as fak, with almost clear white plastics, and come with a ridiculously tiny gun. Plus almost no paint. That toy was almost like rubbery at gun point.

Best deluxe is without contest HFTD Battle Blades Bumblebee. Huge, solid, masterfully painted, and loaded with non-intrusive gimmicks. No wonder Takara reissued it as a "voyager".

News Credits: 4877 · Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:54 pm

Ok so through coupons and deals I got these 4 toys because it worked out that getting more was more worth it. These 4 are not my favourites though and will be exchanging 2 for wave 3 deluxes when they arrive. But I ont know which 2 to keep and which 2 to eventually exchange for toys I know I want more (new Bee and Crosshairs). So from your experiences with these, guys, let me know which 2 are the better of the 4:

News Credits: 102 · Thu Aug 31, 2017 10:01 pm

william-james88 wrote:Ok so through coupons and deals I got these 4 toys because it worked out that getting more was more worth it. These 4 are not my favourites though and will be exchanging 2 for wave 3 deluxes when they arrive. But I ont know which 2 to keep and which 2 to eventually exchange for toys I know I want more (new Bee and Crosshairs). So from your experiences with these, guys, let me know which 2 are the better of the 4:

I can't speak from experience on any of these exact toys, but I'd advocate for keeping Barricade and Steelbane (especially if you've already got a version of the other two from AoE). Consensus on Barricade seems to be that he's good if small; Steelbane seems to be decent with a few design flaws, but his main problem is loose joints which are of course fixable. Meanwhile I haven't heard anything about the Bumblebee aside from the fact that there are variants with more/less paint, and from my own experience with the AoE Deluxe Drift he's probably one of my most regretted TF purchases overall. Just my two cents obviously - you'd most certainly be better off with advice from people with these exact figures - but at the very least I'd strongly advocate for not keeping Drift, if my feelings on his base-tooling from the previous movie are anything to go by.

News Credits: 388 · Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:17 am

They've been seen online, but now we have a sighting in the wild! The Target Exclusive 3-pack of Tiny Turbo Changers, consisting of Optimus Prime, Steelbane, and Bumblebee has been sighted at a Target near downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, by yours truly. Hopefully, (especially for fans of the Tiny Turbo Changers line) these will be showing up at a Target near you soon! Happy Hunting!

News Credits: 101 · Fri Sep 01, 2017 4:37 am

@Will

Didn't you already have that Drift and Barricade? If yes, exchange them, if not, they're keepers. One thing for sure is that Bee gotta go. One thing for sure is you have to keep Barricade if you don't have it. He's a classic figure lost in a Movie line and I like it. I hope you'll too.

As for Steelbane, if you have the patience to use Pledge floor Finish, you have something that still look awesome and is interesting. I'd keep it.

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Sep 01, 2017 9:18 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:@Will

Didn't you already have that Drift and Barricade? If yes, exchange them, if not, they're keepers. One thing for sure is that Bee gotta go. One thing for sure is you have to keep Barricade if you don't have it. He's a classic figure lost in a Movie line and I like it. I hope you'll too.

As for Steelbane, if you have the patience to use Pledge floor Finish, you have something that still look awesome and is interesting. I'd keep it.

Thanks for the feedback, thats what I will do. And yes I did have those 2 but I returned them to walmart since I thought they sucked and I was waiting to see if they would issue box sets with beter paint apps like last time. But since its not the case, I got them again because of the deal with the coupons.
I opened barricade