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RodimusConvoy13 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:WOOOOOH

Found me a Shuffler and a Repugnus hidden away at the back of a peg at my Meijer today

For some reason, they only had 1 of each, but piles of apeface, hound, loudmouth, nightbeat, guess hasbro still can't get their sh|t together and make the new figures easy to get from a case

I'd like to thank anyone who kept an eye for me for these unnecessarily hard-to-find figures

Actually, a case of wave 4 titan masters is 3 Repugnus, 3 shufflers, 3 Nightbeats, and 3 flywheels. Meijer also got slammed with wave 2. That's why there still so many of those there. The Meijer in Ann Arbor, have a ton of wave 2, no wave 3, and I've seen wave 4 once.

At least wave 2 is repurposable. All the Targets near me have wave 3 Titan masters shelfwarming like it's the middle of winter (if Christmas shopping wasn't a thing).

Hellscream9999 wrote:WOOOOOH

Found me a Shuffler and a Repugnus hidden away at the back of a peg at my Meijer today

For some reason, they only had 1 of each, but piles of apeface, hound, loudmouth, nightbeat, guess hasbro still can't get their sh|t together and make the new figures easy to get from a case

I'd like to thank anyone who kept an eye for me for these unnecessarily hard-to-find figures

Hound? I'm drawing a blank on who this could be. Do you mean Brawn?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:WOOOOOH

Found me a Shuffler and a Repugnus hidden away at the back of a peg at my Meijer today

For some reason, they only had 1 of each, but piles of apeface, hound, loudmouth, nightbeat, guess hasbro still can't get their sh|t together and make the new figures easy to get from a case

I'd like to thank anyone who kept an eye for me for these unnecessarily hard-to-find figures

Hound? I'm drawing a blank on who this could be. Do you mean Brawn?

unannounced figure leaked?

Terrsolpix wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:WOOOOOH

Found me a Shuffler and a Repugnus hidden away at the back of a peg at my Meijer today

For some reason, they only had 1 of each, but piles of apeface, hound, loudmouth, nightbeat, guess hasbro still can't get their sh|t together and make the new figures easy to get from a case

I'd like to thank anyone who kept an eye for me for these unnecessarily hard-to-find figures

Hound? I'm drawing a blank on who this could be. Do you mean Brawn?

unannounced figure leaked?

Yeah, one of the lame, green ones

So I have to say, repugnus is adorable

Shuffler is incredible, gotta try his head out on some figures, but, man is his tm vehicle just amazing

Hellscream9999 wrote:So I have to say, repugnus is adorable

Shuffler is incredible, gotta try his head out on some figures, but, man is his tm vehicle just amazing

It gets better when you realize every figure can hold his gun double handed and not look terrible!

Hellscream9999 wrote:WOOOOOH

Found me a Shuffler and a Repugnus hidden away at the back of a peg at my Meijer today

For some reason, they only had 1 of each, but piles of apeface, hound, loudmouth, nightbeat, guess hasbro still can't get their sh|t together and make the new figures easy to get from a case

I'd like to thank anyone who kept an eye for me for these unnecessarily hard-to-find figures

WOOOOO HOOOOO!

First: Awesome! Glad you found them.

Second: You're welcome. Even though I came up short.

Third: Stop blaming Hasbro for distribution, man. Blame Meijer, Target, Walmart, and the rest. Hasbro fills their orders to the retailers, collects their money, and goes about their business. Once the orders are filled, crap distribution is solely the fault of the retailers.
You can blame Hasbro for bad QC all day long though.

P.S. So do you like Repugnus more than you thought you would?

Cobotron wrote:First: Awesome! Glad you found them.

Second: You're welcome. Even though I came up short.

Third: Stop blaming Hasbro for distribution, man. Blame Meijer, Target, Walmart, and the rest. Hasbro fills their orders to the retailers, collects their money, and goes about their business. Once the orders are filled, crap distribution is solely the fault of the retailers.
You can blame Hasbro for bad QC all day long though.

P.S. So do you like Repugnus more than you thought you would?

I know the distribution isn't their fault, but they don't need to pad out every case with old figures, when they don't sell... I feel like the only ones that sell well are the ones that hasbro doesn't re-issue, and it ends up with the same tms shelfwarming because they get re-issued. It's always brawn, nightbeat, and loudmouth. They could have taken the chance to fill out the wave with sawback, ptero, or fangry, which I've heard and seen are still pretty rare. It just bugs me

And repugnus is pretty cute, I like his monster mode, and I like how large his weapon mode is, reminds me of foc kickbacks weapon a little. His head mode is still kind of weak, but I'm gonna try it out on Sentinel Prime and see if it fits.

Wish this line had been a little more color-coordinated, especially with as much thought as they're putting into mold re-use

We have wave4s in Oregon, but no so much for Leaders....I got lucky snagging Shadow at Walmart.

Hellscream9999 wrote:And repugnus is pretty cute, I like his monster mode, and I like how large his weapon mode is, reminds me of foc kickbacks weapon a little. His head mode is still kind of weak, but I'm gonna try it out on Sentinel Prime and see if it fits.

I don't have Shuffler yet (and that makes me sad ) but I did manage to get Repugnus recently and I also quite like the little guy. His weapon mode isn't incredible, and his vehicle mode... what vehicle mode? ... but I do love the little Monsterbot configuration, especially how his teeny head sits inside the main bug head like a little mech-suit. It feels almost Power/Brainmaster-y, and he's probably the only TM accessory that I enjoy swapping little guys in and out of so they all get a go in the teeny bug-mech.

I've found his head mode works great with Twinferno, actually - the colors don't match of course, but surprisingly they don't clash either, and it obviously works thematically (if you can get over them both being Headmasters, which at this point I imagine most people have). I think someone posted an image of said configuration (bodrock maybe?) way back in this thread, but if I get a chance later today I'll toss a picture of my own up.

Did anyone got Blitzwing yet? He's a good to be a repainted

Albatross250 wrote:Did anyone got Blitzwing yet? He's a good to be a repainted

I managed to get both Blitzwing and Octone. They have popped up sporadically in the US so far, mainly at Targets. But most target's I've seen are overflowing with Braodside. I lucked out with perfect timing and Seibertron sightings and happened to be close to one of the places he was found by to others right as they opened and snagged them.

Albatross250 wrote:Did anyone got Blitzwing yet? He's a good to be a repainted

No, but he's definitely on my list of ones to buy. I'LL really like to get Voyager class Optimus Prime first.

"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

Introspective Grax is one of my new favorite things.

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Sabrblade wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Ugh, congratulations, you've ruined coffee.

(EDIT: Originally auto corrected to "Ugh, Constipation". The jokes literally write themselves.)

Bronzewolf wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Ugh, congratulations, you've ruined coffee.

(EDIT: Originally auto corrected to "Ugh, Constipation". The jokes literally write themselves.)

Pretty sure it's Grax who ruined that coffee, if Sabr is to be believed

Qwan wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Ugh, congratulations, you've ruined coffee.

(EDIT: Originally auto corrected to "Ugh, Constipation". The jokes literally write themselves.)

Pretty sure it's Grax who ruined that coffee, if Sabr is to be believed

I'm surprised Starbucks haven't started using this in their marketing yet. "Made with 100% organic robotic alligator excrement."
On second thought, maybe that wouldn't fly very well.

Bronzewolf wrote:

Qwan wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Ugh, congratulations, you've ruined coffee.

(EDIT: Originally auto corrected to "Ugh, Constipation". The jokes literally write themselves.)

Pretty sure it's Grax who ruined that coffee, if Sabr is to be believed

I'm surprised Starbucks haven't started using this in their marketing yet. "Made with 100% organic robotic alligator excrement."
On second thought, maybe that wouldn't fly very well.

I mean Kopi Luwak is not only well-regarded, but also some of the most-desired and most expensive coffee in the world, so maybe it's not that crazy...

...and with that I think we're officially off-topic. HEY HOW 'BOUT THEM TITANS RETURNS, AMIRITE

Qwan wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

Qwan wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Bronzewolf wrote:"Am alligator, but why am alligator? Am Head? Am alligator head?"

He better wash his hands after he's flushed.

Ugh, congratulations, you've ruined coffee.

(EDIT: Originally auto corrected to "Ugh, Constipation". The jokes literally write themselves.)

Pretty sure it's Grax who ruined that coffee, if Sabr is to be believed

I'm surprised Starbucks haven't started using this in their marketing yet. "Made with 100% organic robotic alligator excrement."
On second thought, maybe that wouldn't fly very well.

I mean Kopi Luwak is not only well-regarded, but also some of the most-desired and most expensive coffee in the world, so maybe it's not that crazy...

...and with that I think we're officially off-topic. HEY HOW 'BOUT THEM TITANS RETURNS, AMIRITE

Holy crap (hah) I had no idea Kopi Luwak was a thing. Why?! Why would you-Oh, right YES, MMMHMMM I TOO ENJOY THE TRANSFORMABLE TOYS, WHAT SAY YOU?
In all seriousness, I've been wondering. Nearly every TR deluxe has gotten a remold/repaint, but there are a few that haven't. So this is less of a legitimate question and more of a challenge. What characters Would you think fit molds like Preceptor or Wolfwire that haven't gotten remolds?
Go super obscure, if you want, too.

Bronzewolf wrote:In all seriousness, I've been wondering. Nearly every TR deluxe has gotten a remold/repaint, but there are a few that haven't. So this is less of a legitimate question and more of a challenge. What characters Would you think fit molds like Preceptor or Wolfwire that haven't gotten remolds?
Go super obscure, if you want, too.

I think the general consensus is that as far as repaints (with or without new heads) go, Magnificus and Carnivac are the top choices for those two. Given Perceptor's "tank" mode, they might be able to extract some obscure tank-based character from that (and give them a 'hidden microscope mode' ), but aside from that I'd have to think hard about what could be done with each of them. Give me some time to consider and I'll get back to you.

Personally, I'm more interested in what/who Galvatron could become. I've heard some convincing arguments that he could be (significantly) remolded into Snapdragon, were the Horrorcons to happen, but aside from that I haven't come across many ideas that seems plausible to me. (Shockwave might be possible by virtue of also being a huge gun, but none of the robot-mode details match like, at all, and I'd be surprised if Hasbro decides it's a good idea to put out two fully-purple versions of the same mold.)

You guys are too easily amused

Bronzewolf wrote:In all seriousness, I've been wondering. Nearly every TR deluxe has gotten a remold/repaint, but there are a few that haven't. So this is less of a legitimate question and more of a challenge. What characters Would you think fit molds like Preceptor or Wolfwire that haven't gotten remolds?
Go super obscure, if you want, too.

For Scourge, I'll turn traitor and suggest an homage to Monster Gobot Klaws

I'd rather see that Snapdragon and Munkky jet (Apeface) might be new molds, like Sky lynx lol