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nycPrime wrote:The Amazon listings for TR Blaster and PMOP states that the figures are discontinued by manufacturer. I've never seen this before. Does anyone have any idea why?

Yeah, because they are mistaken I wouldnt make anything of it, they are still steadily being released and shipped across Canada and the US.

Oh shucks, I spoke too soon. YC Prime, I apologise, it seemed too odd to be true, but I did get word from hasbro just now about the tf line. They said:

this line is on back order right now.

Its not the same as discontinued, but it means that all the current stock has been claimed, meaning that if it is sold out at a retailer, retialers will be unable to get more right away. That may be what Amazon meant.

all of it ??????

Bumblebee21 wrote:all of it ??????

I think so. My question to Hasbro was about deluxes (since they have to send me a replcement since 1 broke) and the amazon list is for leaders. So those are 2 distinct classes, leading me to believe that when hasbro said "line" they meant all of it. Also, the order is by wave and the generations line is all organized by a way in all classes, so it would make sense that it has simultaneous orders for a whole wave and thus simultaneous backorders.

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:all of it ??????

I think so. My question to Hasbro was about deluxes (since they have to send me a replcement since 1 broke) and the amazon list is for leaders. So those are 2 distinct classes, leading me to believe that when hasbro said "line" they meant all of it. Also, the order is by wave and the generations line is all organized by a way in all classes, so it would make sense that it has simultaneous orders for a whole wave and thus simultaneous backorders.

is that why target and walmart keeps stocking wave 1 deluxes

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:all of it ??????

I think so. My question to Hasbro was about deluxes (since they have to send me a replcement since 1 broke) and the amazon list is for leaders. So those are 2 distinct classes, leading me to believe that when hasbro said "line" they meant all of it. Also, the order is by wave and the generations line is all organized by a way in all classes, so it would make sense that it has simultaneous orders for a whole wave and thus simultaneous backorders.

is that why target and walmart keeps stocking wave 1 deluxes

I wouldnt know.

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:all of it ??????

I think so. My question to Hasbro was about deluxes (since they have to send me a replcement since 1 broke) and the amazon list is for leaders. So those are 2 distinct classes, leading me to believe that when hasbro said "line" they meant all of it. Also, the order is by wave and the generations line is all organized by a way in all classes, so it would make sense that it has simultaneous orders for a whole wave and thus simultaneous backorders.

is that why target and walmart keeps stocking wave 1 deluxes

I wouldnt know.

oh.
they had a whole case of wave 2 deluxes and then went back too wave 1. not just 1 case but 2 or 3 cases of them

william-james88 wrote:Oh shucks, I spoke too soon. YC Prime, I apologise, it seemed too odd to be true, but I did get word from hasbro just now about the tf line. They said:

this line is on back order right now.

Its not the same as discontinued, but it means that all the current stock has been claimed, meaning that if it is sold out at a retailer, retialers will be unable to get more right away. That may be what Amazon meant.

Interesting. Thx for finding out. The leaders are still widely available online at full retail. I'm still holding out for a deal. Hopefully they don't sell out before then.

Well that is definitely misleading when Amazon states it was discontinued by Hasbro. Would be better just to say something like on "back order" or whatever. Bleh. :/

It also seems to say the same about TR Rumble.

Not just TR Rumble, but TR Ravage as well I noticed too. I wonder if this is a "seller thing" instead of an "Amazon thing". Maybe it's a tactic to gouge the market too at the same time to get a percentage more than retail too for profit. That's a bit tin hat I admit, but it does happen occasionally.

So is CW Devastator, Voyager Prime, Ultra Magnus,Rescue Bots High Tide Play Set, Rescue Bots Quick Shadow, Thrilling 30 Jetfire, AOE Evasion Prime, G1 Preadaking, DOTM Voyager Prime, Leigon Clampdown, Warrior Megatronus, CW Vortex, Rumble, and Ravage
thats all the ones with discounted on them

Yeah. I saw that too. :/ I don't know what to make of it, but I really do feel like it is meant to get more than retail from people.

Bumblebee21 wrote:So is CW Devastator, Voyager Prime, Ultra Magnus,Rescue Bots High Tide Play Set, Rescue Bots Quick Shadow, Thrilling 30 Jetfire, AOE Evasion Prime, G1 Predaking, DOTM Voyager Prime, Legion Clampdown, Warrior Megatronus, CW Vortex, Rumble, and Ravage
that is all the ones with discounted on them

Some of the ones listed there are past toys they are discontinued.
The High tide Playset, AOE Optimus, DOTM prime, Warrior Megatronus & Jetfire for example.

Something like Vortex they'd have long since stopped making but there may be some floating about in distribution warehouses still.

I consider it unlikely that Rumble & Ravage have gone completely unless they've been under manufactured - but I'd guess both of those will show up in refresh waves for several more months. Heck they are barely out internationally yet - so they certainly have not stopped making them.

As for Rescue Bots Quick Shadow - I'd say if you see one GRAB HER !
as remember it's only now that Rescue Bots Blurr has started showing up again after months of having disappeared... and that is only because some sensible person slotted him into the European ranges this quite often leads to some sort of similar refresh case showing up somewhere like BBTS, Target, Entertainment Earth etc..

Kurona wrote:I really hope Reprolabels makes an Optimus-burning-down-forests set for Voyager Optimus.

There weren't forests involved, but they did a really nice set for the third party trailer for the Deluxe class RTS Laser Prime:





So I figure there's a decent shot they'll do something.

Already seen this configuration?

Good.

RAR wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:So is CW Devastator, Voyager Prime, Ultra Magnus,Rescue Bots High Tide Play Set, Rescue Bots Quick Shadow, Thrilling 30 Jetfire, AOE Evasion Prime, G1 Predaking, DOTM Voyager Prime, Legion Clampdown, Warrior Megatronus, CW Vortex, Rumble, and Ravage
that is all the ones with discounted on them

Some of the ones listed there are past toys they are discontinued.
The High tide Playset, AOE Optimus, DOTM prime, Warrior Megatronus & Jetfire for example.

Something like Vortex they'd have long since stopped making but there may be some floating about in distribution warehouses still.

I consider it unlikely that Rumble & Ravage have gone completely unless they've been under manufactured - but I'd guess both of those will show up in refresh waves for several more months. Heck they are barely out internationally yet - so they certainly have not stopped making them.

As for Rescue Bots Quick Shadow - I'd say if you see one GRAB HER !
as remember it's only now that Rescue Bots Blurr has started showing up again after months of having disappeared... and that is only because some sensible person slotted him into the European ranges this quite often leads to some sort of similar refresh case showing up somewhere like BBTS, Target, Entertainment Earth etc..

Aye! the Blurr/Morbot repaint!

Logan. wrote:Already seen this configuration?

Yeah, that's how I assumed it was supposed to be, what with the wheels on the guns...

Then from this...





...to this

I... don't get it. What's different?

Titans Return Wave 2 now starting to appear in Toys R Us UK, they had Highbrow, Chromedome and Soundwave in my local one

Kurona wrote:I... don't get it. What's different?

The wheels on the guns

Logan. wrote:

Kurona wrote:I... don't get it. What's different?

The wheels on the guns

What about them?

Kurona wrote:What about them?

Explanatory pic