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News Credits: 2 · Tue Nov 03, 2020 9:35 pm

Still haven't seen wave 1; nothing but the Netflix figures up here.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:56 am

Ordered Bluestreak a week ago from Walgreen's. The rest of my order arrived (filled out the order with some stuff I needed and made it to free shipping), but Bluestreak did not. Tracking says shipment info sent to FedEx and nothing after that.

So I called Walgreen's CS today. Bluestreak is out of stock, and they are not receiving any more. :-(

If you want it, in-store would seem to be your best bet (and if you see two, I'll gladly pay you to ship it to me).

News Credits: 65 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:02 am

I just received a shipping update from Amazon that the Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack, which they had told me was arriving today, has been pushed back to November 20 - December 4. WTF, Amazon!? You did this with the Ratchet and Lifeline set too! Don't get my hopes up like that!

Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:03 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:I just received a shipping update from Amazon that the Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack, which they had told me was arriving today, has been pushed back to November 20 - December 4. WTF, Amazon!? You did this with the Ratchet and Lifeline set too! Don't get my hopes up like that!

Must be out of stock at the moment. I literally just had UPS at the door dropping mine off.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:17 am

WeatherManNX01 wrote:Must be out of stock at the moment. I literally just had UPS at the door dropping mine off.

Son of a...

Prowl is missing a wheel. :-(

News Credits: 42 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:28 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:I just received a shipping update from Amazon that the Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack, which they had told me was arriving today, has been pushed back to November 20 - December 4. WTF, Amazon!? You did this with the Ratchet and Lifeline set too! Don't get my hopes up like that!

I just got a similar one for Runamuk. Prowl/Ironhide is supposed to arrive today, hope Prowl has all his wheels.

News Credits: 23 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:46 am

Wolfman Jake wrote:I just received a shipping update from Amazon that the Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack, which they had told me was arriving today, has been pushed back to November 20 - December 4. WTF, Amazon!? You did this with the Ratchet and Lifeline set too! Don't get my hopes up like that!

You and me both. What has me irritated is they waited until today instead of informing us Monday like they did others.

News Credits: 56 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:08 pm

WeatherManNX01 wrote:
WeatherManNX01 wrote:Must be out of stock at the moment. I literally just had UPS at the door dropping mine off.

Son of a...

Prowl is missing a wheel.

wow seems like the Datsuns are having issues. I've heard from a couple people that the clear plastic connection for Bluestreak's hood has snapped off. Both Prowl & Bluestreak being exclusives this should NOT happen.

In fact, I saw someone do a breakdown showing that more than 40% (basically 4 of every 10 toys), of the ER line are exclusive in one way or another, that is extremely discouraging if this is the way things are going. At least in Japan, if things are exclusive, it's only to one source (TT Mall). This hunt to get things you can only find on Pulse, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Walgreens... Where will it end? Also I know many who live in other parts of the world don't even have much of an option except to pay over inflated scalper prices. I can't imagine how frustrating that is.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:49 pm

o.supreme wrote:
WeatherManNX01 wrote:
WeatherManNX01 wrote:Must be out of stock at the moment. I literally just had UPS at the door dropping mine off.

Son of a...

Prowl is missing a wheel.

wow seems like the Datsuns are having issues. I've heard from a couple people that the clear plastic connection for Bluestreak's hood has snapped off. Both Prowl & Bluestreak being exclusives this should NOT happen.

In fact, I saw someone do a breakdown showing that more than 40% (basically 4 of every 10 toys), of the ER line are exclusive in one way or another, that is extremely discouraging if this is the way things are going. At least in Japan, if things are exclusive, it's only to one source (TT Mall). This hunt to get things you can only find on Pulse, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Walgreens... Where will it end? Also I know many who live in other parts of the world don't even have much of an option except to pay over inflated scalper prices. I can't imagine how frustrating that is.

I don't mind exclusives, but there needs to be enough stock. Bluestreak was barely in-stock, so if one gets lost or broken, you're screwed.

And as an aside, I checked eBay. I'm sure you'll all be shocked to learn that there are plenty of Bluestreaks to go around (including one person selling a lot of five of them).

I have some hope that Amazon will get more Prowl/Ironhide. Seems like they still have enough stock of some of their previous exclusives. If not, I might try picking up a Siege Prowl to do a head swap and harvest a wheel (and paint it black).

News Credits: 56 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 1:52 pm

Yeah, I am fortunate to have Many Walgreens near by. There was 4 of them in my closest store when I checked last weeked, so I got the one to gift to someone, and left the others. Hopefully they weren't scalped.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:01 pm

I have at least one Walgreen's in a reasonable driving distance. I've got some things to do tomorrow anyway, so I might run up and check in-store before resorting to eBay. I really don't want to reward those people for what they do.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:05 pm

And just as a point of information, Amazon is now in its extended return period (through January 31) for the holidays. So if you have a problem like I've got with Prowl's missing wheel, and it's currently out of stock, you can keep an eye out to see if it gets restocked.

News Credits: 56 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:10 pm

...which actually doesn't make sense in this case, but you get the idea.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 2:16 pm

I knew my luck with Amazon would run out...
I hope I get my order, even if it is 3 weeks later than expected.
Also, I don’t have a ton of hope that I’ll find Bluestreak.

Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:40 pm

Just got my prowl ironhide two pack from Amazon and the shipping label was on the box and was torn up on the top of the box but the figures were ok

Wed Nov 04, 2020 3:48 pm

Anyone done a headlight upgrade kit for the Datsun mold yet?

Part of me wants to suggest anyone who hasn't gotten their Prowl-Ironhide 2-pack yet cancel it and hope Hasbro gives Prowl (IMO the only worthwhile figure in the pack, Ironhide is "meh") a real release at a later date.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 5:44 pm

Gaping hole in mine. Wtf Amazon.

News Credits: 4 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:06 pm

Cheetron wrote:Gaping hole in mine. Wtf Amazon.

That's so weird, mine came in a padded envelope.

News Credits: 22 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:20 pm

King Kuuga wrote:
Cheetron wrote:Gaping hole in mine. Wtf Amazon.

That's so weird, mine came in a padded envelope.

At least you guys got yours. >:oP

News Credits: 4 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:36 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:At least you guys got yours.

You got me there.

News Credits: 5 · Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:01 pm

I noticed that Ironhide's shield had some unused slots... and oddly they fit the Datsun shoulder-cannons (seen here with Bluestreak's). Judging by photos of Ratchet, it seems that Prowl's lightbar was retooled to have these two tabs. But this could allows for some interesting display options to those of you with extra shoulder-cannons (or Siege Datsuns) lying around.

Overall I like the Two-pack, Ironhide somehow feels different from Siege Ironhide and Prowl's roof holds together better than Bluestreak's. Obviously the biggest issue with Ironhide is the shield, I really don't know what to do with it in robot mode. Not sure why Ironhide has had large, cumbersome weapons that impossible to hold reasonably.

I thankfully didn't get too major of a QA issue on Prowl besides a part of the hood being chipped off. Personally I wish Prowl came with some toy-inspired shoulder-cannons (chunky rockets). I skipped out on the Siege Datsuns because they just looked bad to me, so I'm glad there's ER versions.

News Credits: 22 · Thu Nov 05, 2020 12:29 am

If you're displaying them in robot mode, you can give the shield and Siege's cannon to someone else. I gave the cannon to Ultra Magnus, it looks better with him because he's bigger, and Ironhide got his guns. Maybe give his shield to a combiner, or a voyager figure? I intend to give the shield to either Siege Ironhide or PoTP Inferno. If my 2-pack actually shows up.

News Credits: 56 · Thu Nov 05, 2020 1:46 am

Got Fasttrack today. I really love how each Modulator becomes more solid in its design. I was worried about looseness, but Fasttrack holds amazingly well together, even in the spear mode. My only regret is I wish there was some way to actually peg it into Scorponok's claw instead of just hanging loosely.

I've seem some floppiness on those who got Black Roritchi early and reviewed it. I hope the one I get does not suffer the curse of many other selects releases.

Also the Fossilizers have a high bar set after the Weaponizers and Modulators have been designed so well. I only hope they are as stable and hold together well.

News Credits: 10 · Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:21 am

WeatherManNX01 wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
WeatherManNX01 wrote:
WeatherManNX01 wrote:Must be out of stock at the moment. I literally just had UPS at the door dropping mine off.

Son of a...

Prowl is missing a wheel.

wow seems like the Datsuns are having issues. I've heard from a couple people that the clear plastic connection for Bluestreak's hood has snapped off. Both Prowl & Bluestreak being exclusives this should NOT happen.

In fact, I saw someone do a breakdown showing that more than 40% (basically 4 of every 10 toys), of the ER line are exclusive in one way or another, that is extremely discouraging if this is the way things are going. At least in Japan, if things are exclusive, it's only to one source (TT Mall). This hunt to get things you can only find on Pulse, Amazon, Target, Walmart, Walgreens... Where will it end? Also I know many who live in other parts of the world don't even have much of an option except to pay over inflated scalper prices. I can't imagine how frustrating that is.

I don't mind exclusives, but there needs to be enough stock. Bluestreak was barely in-stock, so if one gets lost or broken, you're screwed.

And as an aside, I checked eBay. I'm sure you'll all be shocked to learn that there are plenty of Bluestreaks to go around (including one person selling a lot of five of them).

I have some hope that Amazon will get more Prowl/Ironhide. Seems like they still have enough stock of some of their previous exclusives. If not, I might try picking up a Siege Prowl to do a head swap and harvest a wheel (and paint it black).

You'd be much better off swapping a wheel from Smokescreen.

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:50 am

Yeah, my Ironhide/Prowl set got delayed to Nov. 23 to Dec. 4. Well, there's still a better chance of Amazon fulfilling their delayed figures than, say, Walmart or even Target. I did get Fasttrack and Runamuck from Target yesterday (haven't opened them yet) and Tigertracks is supposed to arrive from Pulse today so I'm not hurting for new things.

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