The Energon Pub

[D-Maximal_Primal]

So, has anyone else received an email from Amazon about the Paradron Medics arriving this Friday instead of freaking December 3rd? This is getting ridiculous, like why even bother with a date then send it two months early?

I too just now received an email saying the new delivery estimate for mine is Friday, October 9, 2020 - Wednesday, October 14, 2020.

So, not this coming Friday but the next.

Lol, as I'm reading your reply I get another email from Amazon saying Fasttrack will also be here Friday, October 2nd, and not November 4th. I mean, I guess I should be glad Amazon emailed before charging unlike Pulse and Target so I can prepare

I just got the exact same set of emails, Ratchet and Lifeline are going to be Wedding presents instead of Christmas present, and Fasttrack will arrive right after them

[Nemesis Primal]

I can confirm that while I did not preorder any of these things, I did just check Amazon and the page for said set now says it releases tomorrow, as do the Wave 3 Deluxes.

It is INCREDIBLY strange that this year, in addition to everything else going on, we have had instances of "This release date is wrong because we're pushing it back" AND "This release date is wrong because here's the thing a month early" at the same time. It almost makes me think that the things that have come out early weren't actually early, and that the release date we were given was Hasbro giving themselves insurance by putting up estimated dates in case they were to get pushed back.

Almost.

[o.supreme]

Yeah I just got an email from Amazon saying my fast track is expected to arrive this Friday October 2nd, crazy since I just got Airwave from Target last week.

I still have a fast track on pre-order with target, just decided to go with Amazon also because they had a cheaper price and was waiting to see which one would ship first

I'll be quite happily surprised if it does come come considering my drone still hasn't shown up 8 days after shipping from Hasbro in PA

Free shipping from Pulse is never consistent..

Neither is paid shipping, apparently, because my shipping certainly wasn't free. Probably just sticking it to me for getting the error price

[aronjlove]

Yeah I just got an email from Amazon saying my fast track is expected to arrive this Friday October 2nd, crazy since I just got Airwave from Target last week.

I still have a fast track on pre-order with target, just decided to go with Amazon also because they had a cheaper price and was waiting to see which one would ship first

I'll be quite happily surprised if it does come come considering my drone still hasn't shown up 8 days after shipping from Hasbro in PA

Free shipping from Pulse is never consistent..

Neither is paid shipping, apparently, because my shipping certainly wasn't free. Probably just sticking it to me for getting the error price

Ugh, that sucks. And I wonder if someone got fired over that because I think quite a few people got the error price, myself included.

[Autobot N]

My Lifeline and Ratchet are also arriving Friday. Between them and my SS Blitzwing coming tomorrow, this'll be a good week.

[TF-fan kev777]

Yep, Amazon sending Fastrack, Runamuk and Ratchet/Paradon Medic set with all 3 arriving Friday. I can use a good weekend.

[Emerje]

Yeah, my Ratchet/Medic set is also coming Friday. I'm guessing a lot of retailers planned for the worst with the pandemic and padded the release dates expecting delays, only for some stuff to come in early (or on time).

Emerje

[Rysquad]

I just picked up Earthrise Optimus Prime at Target as Centurion Drone arrived from Pulse. And now Ratchet and Paradon Medic are coming early?

Have also been checking on and picking up some Siege toys from Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshall's, and Burlington - recently picked up Siege Crosshairs, Springer, and Starscream.

And picked up Studio Series Leadfoot recently too. :/

Good times.

[chuckdawg1999]

The wave three deluxes and ratchet are supposed to be delivered by Friday too. After wave three, who's left?

[Rodimus Prime]

Okay so I wasn't the only one to get the email. It certainly surprised me. Ratchet and Runamuck supposed to get here on Friday. And I was just about to cancel ratchet because I decided to keep the Siege version and I don't need 2 of him.

[Nemesis Primal]

The wave three deluxes and ratchet are supposed to be delivered by Friday too. After wave three, who's left?

The Autobot Clones, the mysteries of Thrust, Runabout, Bluestreak, whoever E28 is, and the last three GO sets, some rogue Selects, and then as far as we know there's nothing until Kingdom, since there is no Wave 4. Only surprise could be more exclusives.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

The funniest thing with how this is all working out is Lifeline, a repaint from wave 2, will arrive before I see any wave 2 deluxes at retail; Fasttrack (wave 3) is now on schedule to arrive before my Allicon and Airwave (wave 2), depending on if I can order the rest of wave 3 from Amazon and cancel my TFsource orders, I might get wave 2 and wave 3 deluxes at the same time despite having some members of wave 2 for 2 and a half months; and I will get the Bailiff from the Pit set before I get the original Allicon.

The timing on all of this is crazy.

[Wolfman Jake]

I too got notification from Amazon that my Ratchet and Lifeline set are due to arrive on Friday, just in time for my birthday! I also finally found Earthrise Megatron and a Quintesson Judge at Target yesterday on the way home from work. A friend tracked down Snapdragon for me two months ago, but now they are popping up in considerable numbers at various Walmart and Target stores in my area. Still, NOTHING of Deluxe Wave 2. I've even spotted Wave 2 of the Micromasters once and the Wave 2 Battle Masters, though in that case, I haven't spotted Slitherfang, only several leftover Rungs. As for the Micromasters, it seems most stores around here have skipped over Wave 2, except for the one sighting I had a couple weeks ago, and have moved on to Wave 3, as there are TONS of Earthrise Battle Squads clogging up the pegs along with the yet unsold Wave 1 figures.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Prepare for Judgement

[aronjlove]

Prepare for Judgement

Wow, that was fast!

[Munkky]

I got the e-mail about the Paradron Medics set too, it could be arriving as early as next week. What a lovely surprise!

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Guilty or Innocent?

[Sabrblade]

BOTH!!

[Mindmaster]

Guilty or Innocent?

Still waiting for my set and Snake Supreme Cobra Commander to ship....

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Sharkticomparisons:

[Sabrblade]

Sharkticomparisons:

Get the Takara Legends one and you could have one of each from The Tails, The Fins, and The Snouts.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Sharkticomparisons:

Get the Takara Legends one and you could have one of each from The Tails, The Fins, and The Snouts.

........goddammit.

and this is probably the only comparison I can personally do, I do not own any other Sharkticons, my Allicon still hasn't shipped, and i did not get a retail Quint. Probably all I can do is grab some TR Hot Rod and Kup as well as my Cyberverse Quintesson (still my favorite and proper pronunciation)

[TF-fan kev777]

Nice D-Max!

Now c'mon already Pulse! I ordered mine the second it went live for Pulse premium members and still not even a shipping notification yet.

[Wolfman Jake]

I think they kind of dropped the ball on the Sharkticon repaint for the Pit of Judgement set. It's not very accurate to anything, not the original toy, and not the movie or cartoon character models either. The Legends version is still the best, in my opinion. We're allegedly getting Gnaw/Sharkitcon in the Studio Series 86 line-up, probably based upon whatever would have been the Deluxe sized Gnaw figure for Earthrise had he won the fan poll instead of Runamuck. I hope that effort matches the "screen accurate" credo of the Studio Series line much more than this odd repaint.

[Sabrblade]

I think they kind of dropped the ball on the Sharkticon repaint for the Pit of Judgement set. It's not very accurate to anything, not the original toy, and not the movie or cartoon character models either.

I think they said it was based on an early color scheme by Floro Dery.