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News Credits: 194 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 4:56 pm

Just stopped at my local Meijer. They have 2 Jetfires. Surprised to see them.

News Credits: 4877 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 5:36 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Stargrave wrote::lol:

Hey my Shockwave got delivered by an alien Bigfoot named Hank. Nice guy. Killer handshake. It’s a weird hobby bro.

Lucky! I wanna meet a Bigfoot! Oh wait...I already did!

Holy ****! You do look like Wolfman Jack!

News Credits: 1646 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 6:40 pm

Been playing around with Redwing more. Man, this mold is actually pretty fun, and the color scheme on Redwing is delicious. The micro 10-pack is also bearing some nice fruits. The cons have great color schemes!!

Also waiting on amazon to get them in stock before i order the 2 sets. Greenlight will be bought at the same time they are

News Credits: 340 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 7:12 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:
Stargrave wrote::lol:

Hey my Shockwave got delivered by an alien Bigfoot named Hank. Nice guy. Killer handshake. It’s a weird hobby bro.

Lucky! I wanna meet a Bigfoot! Oh wait...I already did!

That’s awesome! Wait, no, no that’s not Hank, I’d still watch that handshake though.

News Credits: 10 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:15 pm

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Finally saw these at retail, at my local Target no less...no travelling. Faced with an either / or dilemma I decided not to get either. I have Springer.

In the case of Galaxy Upgrade Prime, I just feel like I already have Optimus, so doubling up just doesn't make any sense to me. The collector in me wants to buy it. The pragmatist who can't get every Siege figure says you got your Optimus.

As far as the Rainmakers, I will get them - eventually. I dont have my Skywarp (until Monday), and Thundercracker isn't out yet. Obviously, I favor those guys over the Rainmakers in general, but there's a practical consideration too: My shelf space. Decepticons being generally larger, I'm not even sure where Skywarp will go, to say nothing of Thundercracker and Rainmakers.

I have a table I'm going to use for a giant Siege battle scene. Gonna need it for Jetfire, anyway.

News Credits: 10 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 8:20 pm

Not sure why the pics are upside down. Apologies.

News Credits: 65 · Wed Aug 14, 2019 11:38 pm

william-james88 wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Stargrave wrote::lol:

Hey my Shockwave got delivered by an alien Bigfoot named Hank. Nice guy. Killer handshake. It’s a weird hobby bro.

Lucky! I wanna meet a Bigfoot! Oh wait...I already did!

Holy ****! You do look like Wolfman Jack!

Unlike him, I don’t sound like I eat two packs of cigarettes a day. :lol:

News Credits: 340 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:22 am

The ultimate melee weapon:

News Credits: 2 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:43 am

Jeddostotle7 wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:What other Action Master Partners do people want to see brought back as Battlemasters?

All.

Speaking more realistically, though, at least Gatoraider, to go with TR Krok.

Poopoo...

Yeah!
Wingthing?
Scorpulator.
Any and ALL Targetmasters, sure.
All of the Actionmasters' partners:
Razor-Sharp, Fire Beast, Sights, Kick-Off.

Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:24 am

My Skywarp and Swipedance sets just arrived.

News Credits: 340 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:12 pm

Scoring another win is our own Chuckdawg1999 with a video review of the brand new Transformers War for Cybertron Off Road Patrol with Powertrain & Highjump! Chuck's also included a comparison with their Target Ten-pack counterparts for you. We've also been alerted that this two pack has been spotted at UK retail thanks to the TFW2005 board member Sol Fury. They were spotted at a Toys UK in High Wycombe.

Make sure to report in as soon as you find them in your neck of the woods as any fellow Micromaster fan is itching to complete their Siege Micromaster collection. Let us know your thoughts in the forum and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

From Chuck:
"The Siege Micromaster Off-Road Patrol are ok robots, great vehicles, and a weapon mode that should be burned with fire. The combined blaster had the potential of being great but the tightness of a peg and hole connection, as well as no real way to lock the legs in, leaves it wanting. If you have or are interested in getting the Target exclusive 10 pack then I don't think you need to pick this set up."

News Credits: 3 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 2:23 pm

That’s awesome!

SGM

News Credits: 9 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:31 pm

o.supreme wrote:Good to, Thank you . I just remember working for a retailer back in the mid-late 90's, and seeing those cool purple-banded Hasbro Boxes with Pawutucket RI on them (yeah like you said 20 years ago). It was neat seeing Beast Wars toys come case fresh. Too bad I only ever purchased a select few.

Cool that you have a positive memory of Pawtucket. Even better that its due to Transformers! :HASBRO:

Stargrave wrote: That’s such a cool story thanks for sharing!

Thank you, "The Bucket"" is a unique place with a lot of unique stories. :CYBERTRON:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:I got my ship notification as well and will end up getting mine tomorrow as well. I also suspect Wolfman will be getting his ship notification today and getting his tomorrow or Saturday. I'm assuming pretty much all of us ordered right when it opened, so first come, first service won't 100% explain how quickly or slowly some of us will be getting our ship notifications. Since Amazon ships from multiple distributions centers, I'm assuming all the pre-orders are split up regionally first and then first come first serve from there. The actual ship notifications go out once it is in package and has a tracking number, so if one regional distribution center is starting earlier than another, it can explain why some of us are delayed more than others. But overall it should even out where pretty much everyone that ordered right when they posts became available should be getting theirs tomorrow or Saturday.

I don't disagree with any of your ideas with this. Regional FIFO is where i was starting my theory about this but Nothing of what I am saying is definitive. It would be interesting to pin down an Amazon rep involved with Hasbro/ TFs to explain their preorder distribution process. Sounds like an interesting Seibertron exclusive article topic! :-?

News Credits: 30 · Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:23 pm

These have been an easy pass for me. Not much lure...

MyFigureCollection.net collection · Fri Aug 16, 2019 2:59 am

Got my Jetfire at Walmart and my Rainmakers at Target today. Jetfire is well worth the price I think. When you have one in hand you can really see how much care the design team put into him. They did so many little things that we don't see enough of in Transformers today and if it took this price point to make it happen then I don't mind. The wings alone have way more moving parts than people realize just looking at photos, all to make them a little smaller in bot mode. Such a fun figure, I can't wait to see what the next new mold Commander looks like!

Emerje

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:18 am

While it's exciting that both Amazon exclusive Siege sets are shipping and arriving to American consumers, several fans are now reporting a very specific breakage issue for Deluxe Class Slamdance, which comes in the pack officially titled Transformers Generations War for Cybertron Deluxe WFC-S26 Autobot Alphastrike Counterforce 3 Pack - Final Strike Figure Series: Part 1. Slamdance is also packaged with Deluxe Class G2 clone Sideswipe and Battle Masters Trenchfoot.

The breakage with Slamdance is on his left ankle, which you can see in the images below. This problem has been reported several times to the Seibertron.com news staff as well as several Transformers fans on Twitter. Apparently the breakage is caused because the feet are very tight and it's the same plastic material on those parts as Flywheels which are susceptible to stress from the get-go. The figure needs to be handled carefully to avoid the breakage, though it is not clear at this time if even that will prevent breakage.

Here are a handful of twitter posts showing the defect and more reports are coming in as people get them:

https://twitter.com/N0tsofriendly/status/1162089529328701440?s=19
https://twitter.com/UnderscoreZeus/status/1162116742727868417/photo/1
https://twitter.com/KPAutobotX/status/1162140505616068612

Good luck to all of you with your Slamdance! Please let us know if you experience any problems with your Slamdance figure so that we can continue to share this information with other Seibertronians.

News Credits: 19 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:25 am

Next stage of Siege's battle damage gimmick: Broken toys!

News Credits: 42 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:26 am

william-james88 wrote:We have some bad news.
The breakage in on the ankle, specifically the left ankle, as you will see in images below. The feet are very tight and it's the same plastic material on those parts as Flywheels which was susceptible to stress from the get-go. Gotta handle it really gingerly.

Good luck to all of you!

Well crap, I'm going to be opening him tonight, good to know to be careful. Are there actually 2 breakage points? The first and last photo show the ankle breaking, but the middle photo looks like the knee might be suspect as well.

News Credits: 56 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:30 am

I have 2 thoughts....

1. I'm seeing this more and more on the *second use* of any particular figure type, I wonder what the reason is? Definitely causes concern for pretty much all the 35th anniversary packaged figures, Ratchet etc...

Has anyone who purchased Red Alert yet had similar issues?

2. I'm glad they delayed Omega Supreme. I know he is a brand new toy, but taking extra time to QC everything is worth it IMHO.

Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:36 am

The question to ask is "What is Hasbro doing to rectify this to customers' satisfaction?" This is a rather expensive exclusive set for one of the figures to be defective and end up broken after a couple of transformations. It's not like one can take the defective figure back to the retail store and exchange it for another figure. Will Hasbro send out replacement parts? Will Hasbro do partial refunds?

News Credits: 42 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:41 am

wolverinetodd wrote:The question to ask is "What is Hasbro doing to rectify this to customers' satisfaction?" This is a rather expensive exclusive set for one of the figures to be defective and end up broken after a couple of transformations. It's not like one can take the defective figure back to the retail store and exchange it for another figure. Will Hasbro send out replacement parts? Will Hasbro do partial refunds?

No and no to your questions. I don't ever recall a case before where replacement parts were sent out, it is usually a replacement or a refund. And since this was an Amazon exclusive, Amazon will offer replacement or refund and then work it out directly with Hasbro.

I'll be opening mine right when I get home from work today to see if I ended up with a bad one, and if so, package it right back up for Amazon.

News Credits: 11 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:45 am

Nooooooooooooo! Mine arrives Monday

News Credits: 4877 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:49 am

wolverinetodd wrote:The question to ask is "What is Hasbro doing to rectify this to customers' satisfaction?" This is a rather expensive exclusive set for one of the figures to be defective and end up broken after a couple of transformations. It's not like one can take the defective figure back to the retail store and exchange it for another figure. Will Hasbro send out replacement parts? Will Hasbro do partial refunds?

Hasbro will send you an item of equal value but you have to send them every component of this set first.
You are better off to just return to Amazon for refund.

News Credits: 194 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:50 am

o.supreme wrote:I have 2 thoughts....

1. I'm seeing this more and more on the *second use* of any particular figure type, I wonder what the reason is? Definitely causes concern for pretty much all the 35th anniversary packaged figures, Ratchet etc...

Has anyone who purchased Red Alert yet had similar issues?

2. I'm glad they delayed Omega Supreme. I know he is a brand new toy, but taking extra time to QC everything is worth it IMHO.

It doesn't seem to be happening with the Seekers. And there's 7 uses of that one. Skytread had issues with his ankles on some of the figures too. It sounds like it's a problem with this specific mold, not a line wide issue.

News Credits: 42 · Fri Aug 16, 2019 10:54 am

o.supreme wrote:1. I'm seeing this more and more on the *second use* of any particular figure type, I wonder what the reason is? Definitely causes concern for pretty much all the 35th anniversary packaged figures, Ratchet etc...

Has anyone who purchased Red Alert yet had similar issues?

Do you have any specific examples? The only recent one that comes to mind for me is Red Swoop.

Red Alert is just as solid, if not more than Sideswipe for me. All the Siege seekers after Starscream have been better than Starscream. Ricochet and Combat Hero Megs were equal to Jazz and reg Megs for me.

The Skytread mold already had issues right from the start, so I wonder if they actually adjusted the mold to fix one issue and instead caused another one. Or it could be nothing to do with the molds themselves and rather be an issue with the plastic material used.