The Energon Pub

[william-james88]

So, yesterday was the approximate ship date for wave 1 of Earthrise from Pulse. Has anybody heard anything? My 2 remaining pre orders (Starscream and Grapple) are still listed as unfulfilled. Just curious.

Cant talk for pulse, but it was the same day for amazon canada and they were delivered that day. My new Grapple holds together much better than my previous copy, which turns out was a dud.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Finally Earthrise showed up at my Target. Cliffy and Ironworks were the only ones on the peg. Hoist is their wavemate, correct?

Target also had the Siege battlemasters at 30% off, and they had Singes and Rungs.

Hoist is their wavemate correct.

none of my stores have Earthrise yet, we might be last to get them

[sol magnus]

If management wants to clear existing shelf stock before selling anything in the back, then there's nothing the associates can do.

You're right. I didn't even think of that. I just need to be patient bc they'll be on shelves in full for months on end before I know it.

Why not just take a bunch of the stuff, stick it in an ottoman or something and go back saying 'there's nothing on the shelves?'

[M. Spector]

If management wants to clear existing shelf stock before selling anything in the back, then there's nothing the associates can do.

You're right. I didn't even think of that. I just need to be patient bc they'll be on shelves in full for months on end before I know it.

Why not just take a bunch of the stuff, stick it in an ottoman or something and go back saying 'there's nothing on the shelves?'

That sir, is genius On a similar note, my local Target had the Micromaster minicons out, along with the repack of Smashdown! Very happy to have found him was getting nervous there

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

If management wants to clear existing shelf stock before selling anything in the back, then there's nothing the associates can do.

You're right. I didn't even think of that. I just need to be patient bc they'll be on shelves in full for months on end before I know it.

Why not just take a bunch of the stuff, stick it in an ottoman or something and go back saying 'there's nothing on the shelves?'

Because that's an extremely dickish thing to do to the staff, bub.

[Vic Zanzibar]

If management wants to clear existing shelf stock before selling anything in the back, then there's nothing the associates can do.

You're right. I didn't even think of that. I just need to be patient bc they'll be on shelves in full for months on end before I know it.

Why not just take a bunch of the stuff, stick it in an ottoman or something and go back saying 'there's nothing on the shelves?'

Their inventory system will still show those hidden figures as being present in the store. Probably wouldn’t trigger a reorder; it’d just make more work for the staff.

[sol magnus]

If management wants to clear existing shelf stock before selling anything in the back, then there's nothing the associates can do.

You're right. I didn't even think of that. I just need to be patient bc they'll be on shelves in full for months on end before I know it.

Why not just take a bunch of the stuff, stick it in an ottoman or something and go back saying 'there's nothing on the shelves?'

Because that's an extremely dickish thing to do to the staff, bub.

Then put the stuff back after you've impelled them to get you the new stuff. It's not rocket science.

And as far as 'dickish,' compared to the crap I've seen from collectors returning figures in wrong packages (sometimes not even Transformers), this half-joking suggestion is on the low end of the 'dickish' spectrum.

[aronjlove]

And if Target has all this freaking inventory, where was it last year? I can remember going and the aisles were completely empty of Siege figures, just Cyberverse and Studio Series. I've literally seen more Siege in the first two months of this year than I saw the last four or so last year. And it ain't late wave figures. There are freaking Thundercrackers on the shelf, not one but several!

[Tuned Agent]

I don't think I'll see much of ER at my local Targets anytime soon. The only things that seemed to move during their sale last week were some battlemasters and a few Shockwaves (at just one Target, the other still has like 6 Shockwaves). The shelves are just as clogged with Megatrons, Thundercrackers and Siege deluxes as they were before the sale.

[o.supreme]

It doesn't help that half the Targets in my area didn't even put their adds out. Truly a missed opportunity to move some of those Shockwaves. But somehow I managed to still get Prime and Astrotrain.

[TF-fan kev777]

Hasbro Pulse just put up Earthrise Astrotrain, and the Hot Rod and Millitary Patrols. No signs of the battle masters yet.

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... astrotrain

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... ary-patrol

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/tra ... rod-patrol

[o.supreme]

So...with Presumably Both Astrotrains in stock at the same time...I wonder if someone could complain if they got the *wrong* one , . I guess it depends. I don't generally keep packaging except for some Titans or any TT toys I get, or exclusives, but I do keep instructions. Siege Astrotrains have Siege instructions. Earthrise has Earthrise, plus a nifty little map and decoder...

[LRJ2007]

Sunstreaker looks like a different mold than Wheeljack. the designs for everything looks different.

[Omegatrion84]

Greetings all. We have confirmation that an unexpected retailer is joining in on selling Transformers Earthrise product! Yours truly found Earthrise Starscream sitting on the shelf all by his lonesome at a Best Buy in Oklahoma City, OK. Best Buy is no stranger to selling toys as they have had a small toy section in most stores for sometime now since the death of Toys R Us here in the states, but most of the product that would be appealing to collectors has been limited to Hasbro's Marvel Legends and Star Wars Black Series lines. Cyberverse has made a presence on Best Buy's shelves but that line is geared toward a younger audience. The new War for Cybertron: Siege line directed at the adult collecting community has been left out until just recently.

Best Buy has price tags on the shelves not just for Voyagers but for other class sizes as well such as Leader class, all priced to match if you were to buy the figures at Target or Walmart. Best Buy also has a selection of Earthrise figures available on their website as well, including Titan Scorponok for $149.99! Time to get out there and start checking your local Best Buys on your hunt run folks!

Do you make frequent stops at Best Buy? Are you excited you can now check out their toy section for Transformers Earthrise? Let us know in the comments down below and keep it tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers needs!

[o.supreme]

I walked into a Best Buy for probably the first time in over a year last week to purchase a PS4 game, that oddly enough wasn't available anywhere else. I did see some Cyberverse toys, but nothing of interest. Still knowing they may have a small selection of Earthrise is encouraging.

I've seen other generations figures at Fry's Electronics in the past as well, just FYI, not sure about current ones, may have to take a trip out there just to see.

[Fox Thiagarajan]

Stopped by local Best Buy here in Central New York state and they had nothing. Maybe in stock later this week.

[Emerje]

I guess they figured out they were stocking the wrong Transformers last year. It was strange seeing Cyberverse stocked next to more collector friendly lines last year, it really seemed like the wrong demographic they prefer to cater to. Especially when they're competing with Game Stop who is getting Siege and Studio Series and even some exclusives.

Emerje

[Nemesis Destron]

I got my claws on OP and it is indeed a cool figure. What I'm getting a kick out of is this so called Leader figure almost scales with Voyager Henkei OP. The Fansproject trailer totally dwarfs Earthrise OP trailer.

[greenlightprint]

I ordered mine online and got em today. I grabbed wheeljack, ironworks and cliff

[Jeddostotle7]

I got my claws on OP and it is indeed a cool figure. What I'm getting a kick out of is this so called Leader figure almost scales with Voyager Henkei OP. The Fansproject trailer totally dwarfs Earthrise OP trailer.

I mean, it's not like this figure being as tall as Voyager Classics/etc. Optimus is particularly indicative of size-class shrinkage or anything, considering the trailer is part of the mass and cost that makes it a Leader, and the figure itself is as tall as the Voyager Optimus we got in Siege, which means that Voyager is still as tall as a Voyager from 2006. And how much did the Fansproject trailer cost on release?

[Randomhero]

I got my claws on OP and it is indeed a cool figure. What I'm getting a kick out of is this so called Leader figure almost scales with Voyager Henkei OP. The Fansproject trailer totally dwarfs Earthrise OP trailer.

I mean, it's not like this figure being as tall as Voyager Classics/etc. Optimus is particularly indicative of size-class shrinkage or anything, considering the trailer is part of the mass and cost that makes it a Leader, and the figure itself is as tall as the Voyager Optimus we got in Siege, which means that Voyager is still as tall as a Voyager from 2006. And how much did the Fansproject trailer cost on release?

$80-$100 for their trailer.

ER Optimus has quite a lot going on in his transformation. A good chuck of his leader cost goes into his engineering, he’s more complex than his siege predecessor. It’s not about height. I’d rather have what we’re getting than the hallow, bare minimum articulated leaders we used to get.

[Seibertron]

I got my claws on OP and it is indeed a cool figure. What I'm getting a kick out of is this so called Leader figure almost scales with Voyager Henkei OP. The Fansproject trailer totally dwarfs Earthrise OP trailer.

I mean, it's not like this figure being as tall as Voyager Classics/etc. Optimus is particularly indicative of size-class shrinkage or anything, considering the trailer is part of the mass and cost that makes it a Leader, and the figure itself is as tall as the Voyager Optimus we got in Siege, which means that Voyager is still as tall as a Voyager from 2006. And how much did the Fansproject trailer cost on release?

$80-$100 for their trailer.

ER Optimus has quite a lot going on in his transformation. A good chuck of his leader cost goes into his engineering, he’s more complex than his siege predecessor. It’s not about height. I’d rather have what we’re getting than the hallow, bare minimum articulated leaders we used to get.

I agree! Not to mention "out-of-scale" Leader Class figures. Shockwave is the only one that I feel like we didn't get our bang for the buck, which I think is evident by how this figure shelf warms everywhere.

And thanks to this news story, I grabbed Optimus Prime at the Best Buy in Schaumburg, IL literally as the guy brought it to the aisle. It was like he knew I was coming and brought it out for me. Easiest toy hunting in a LONG time.

[Emerje]

Speaking of Optimus, we've been getting multiple Optimus Prime figures at retail in each line over the last few years (except form PotP, but that line was a Prime overload), what do you think the second Optimus will be in Earthrise? I'd like to see something like a Voyager G2 Hero Prime since it's long overdue and Megatron is getting his third G2 tank repaint in the last few years (Optimus has the PotP G2 box set repaint and much older 2011 mold and it's repaint), or even G2 Go Bot Prime since it's been a long time since we've gotten a Deluxe Optimus.




The Go-Bot version would probably need the colors reworked to be more Prime-like, but could be a potential Sunstreaker repaint.

Then there's Machine Wars OP, I think most of us realize the repaint value of this guy. Probably just be a trailerless Voyager.



But what about something that hasn't had a toy before? I'm pretty partial to this Marvel design.



Emerje

[Rodimus Prime]

I brought up in the other thread that that pre-Earth version of Prime should have been in Siege. It won't be in Earthrise, because it's a Cybertronian form, but it would have been nice to finally see it, even as an exclusive. But maybe it's just too obscure, it only appeared in 1 issue and for only a few panels.

[Hellscream9999]

I'm ready for an rid'01 optimus update