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[Deadput]

As a reward for helping with yardwork over the weekend, I took my boys to the store after school so they could each pick out a toy. They picked Seige Mirage and Barricade, so I got to mess with them a little after they went to bed.

Barricade has a very nice paint job, but I hate that mold. Same with Mirage. God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Strange, for me Siege is the most "solid" bunch of figures since the ROTF days.

Most of them just feel better and more "heavy/solid" then the Generations figures from the past few years, I was just fiddling with some Combiner Wars figures and it's really made me notice the difference.

Prowl's probably on the weaker end of the pool out of the Siege figures in quality though, I still like the figure though.

Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

[Ironhidensh]

Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

Oh, I know I'm defiantly in the minority on this. In all honesty, It could be a bias thing. I've pretty much hated siege since the first images started to arrive, and that could very well cloud my perceptions of these things.


My kids love it though, even if these figures break under play faster than any other transformer I've given them.

[emlit]

God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

[ZeroWolf]

God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

To be fair I think they are starting to turn a corner with Cyberverse, if the recent Deluxe Class reveals are anything to go by, and I've heard a lot of good things about the Spark Armour figures to boot.

[Immortal Starscream]

Walgreens exclusive ratchet is finally live on their website store... however it errors out when you add it to cart and wont let you check out. at least not yet anyway

https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/transformers-deluxe-ratchet-figure/ID=300393692-product

[Immortal Starscream]

says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

[Bounti76]

Now that War for Cybertron Siege Ratchet has started showing up at U.S. retail, it was only a matter of time before he showed up on their website, as well. Thanks to Seibertronians Mangamike and Immortal Starscream, we have word that Ratchet's listing is now live! There is a catch at the moment, however. As shown to us by Immortal Starscream, you can add Ratchet to your cart, but can't yet check out; doing so will get you the following error message:




Hopefully this will be sorted out soon, and those of you who haven't found the Autobot Doc in the wild will be able to have him shipped to your door. Good luck to all those hunting for Ratchet or hitting the refresh button on your devices!

[spider2k]

Grabbed one this morning. Our closest Walgreens has about 4 Transformers, luckily 2 of them were ratchet. I'm not big on the vehicle mode but the robot mode makes me think of G1.

[no-one]

says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

I came to say the same thing.

You sure about that? Picked one up at lunch time.

Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right

[Wolfman Jake]

Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right

Ratchet definitely wore his **** kickin' boots, lol!

[Ultra Markus]

ordered

[aronjlove]

ordered

It was not working about 20 minutes ago but my order just went through!

[no-one]

Found a handy place to store Ratchet's wrench when his hands are full.

[LinaNui]

Ratchet has been found in Alexandria MN! I am not sure how many are left since I had my brother pick him up for me (I don't have any Walgreens near me, but he does!). I can not wait to get him this weekend!

Also, I picked up the cell shaded OP and Megs and they very interesting. The lighter gray on Megs is nice, but OP is just not doing it for me. If they did not have all the wavy lines on them, they would be much better.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Saw the 35th Anniversary figures at my local Wal-Mart today. Gotta be honest, the Cel-shading actually doesn't look as bad as I though it would on Prime, but it's still not great in my opinion. Definitely going to pick up Bluestreak and Soundblaster, but has anyone else noticed Soundblaster's paint being a bit sloppy/fuzzy? Like, the Decepticon badge was almost covered with the silver on multiple copies that I saw

[Rodimus Prime]

Just ordered Ratchet. Honestly, hunting for TFs is an exciting thing for me, and I have 3 Walgreens in town, but for some reason I didn't think I should leave it up to chance, not with this figure.

As for the 35th anniversary figures, the display is up at my Walmart, and I was able to check it out. I thought in-hand cel-shaded Megatron looks better than the original Siege voyager, so I picked up one. Passed on Prime and the others. I thought about Blue Streak, but I'm going to pass. I would much rather have a comic-accurate blue Blue Streak. I did notice that the display at my store had a bunch of Brunts. Like 8 or 10 of them.

[Mangamike]

was able to order it last night, i'm currently homebound after rotator cuff surgery and was bummed i wouldn't be able to go out and hunt for him. He shipped today! so happy!

[Wolfman Jake]

I got an email from TFSource letting me know the final wave of Siege Micromasters (Soundwave Spy Patrol 2nd Unit and Battle Patrol) is in stock and ready to ship! I just wish they'd put up the final Battle Masters too. They still have no listings for Rung or Singe (and neither does Hasbro Pulse). What gives? They've got the rest of the Battle Masters up on TFSource. I've got Crosshairs, Spinister, Apeface, and Astrotrain preordered on Hasbro Pulse, so Battle Masters Rung and Singe are the only Siege figures left that I haven't secured. I hope I can find them at retail, even though distribution of any Battle Masters beyond Wave 1 has been trash in the U.S. Seriously, I saw Wave 2 Battle Masters on the pegs maybe twice this whole year, and never did I see Wave 3. I had to order Smashdown and Caliburst online from Amazon. Even the Micromasters had better distribution, with only Wave 2 being a little scarce in my area.

[blackeyedprime]

Passing on Ratchet in case he gets an Earthrise figure but at least I'll still have a version of the mold when I pick up Crosswise, also means one less headache of looking for an exclusive or overpaying.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Have we seen/heard anything about Apeface's Amazon page disappearing? Like anything from Hasbro or even Amazon? Because I have Apeface pre-ordered on there, and haven't actually gotten any notification saying it's cancelled, but I'm also worried they may end up just not sending out copies to people who pre-ordered with them

[TF-fan kev777]

Have we seen/heard anything about Apeface's Amazon page disappearing? Like anything from Hasbro or even Amazon? Because I have Apeface pre-ordered on there, and haven't actually gotten any notification saying it's cancelled, but I'm also worried they may end up just not sending out copies to people who pre-ordered with them

I wouldn't be too worried yet. This happened before on something transformers that I pre-ordered from them, but I don't remember which one. The page was eventually restored and I ended up getting whichever one it was on time. I would keep an eye on the ship date (mine says November 15th release, arriving November 17th.) If they miss that date, then I would pre-order from Hasbro Pulse if you have a premium membership, or add something else you would end up buying anyway to get above $70 for free shipping.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Have we seen/heard anything about Apeface's Amazon page disappearing? Like anything from Hasbro or even Amazon? Because I have Apeface pre-ordered on there, and haven't actually gotten any notification saying it's cancelled, but I'm also worried they may end up just not sending out copies to people who pre-ordered with them

I wouldn't be too worried yet. This happened before on something transformers that I pre-ordered from them, but I don't remember which one. The page was eventually restored and I ended up getting whichever one it was on time. I would keep an eye on the ship date (mine says November 15th release, arriving November 17th.) If they miss that date, then I would pre-order from Hasbro Pulse if you have a premium membership, or add something else you would end up buying anyway to get above $70 for free shipping.

Alright, fair enough. The only other time I've ordered anything from Amazon was Punch/Counterpunch so I was just concerned, but thanks for the quick reply

[aronjlove]

I got an email from TFSource letting me know the final wave of Siege Micromasters (Soundwave Spy Patrol 2nd Unit and Battle Patrol) is in stock and ready to ship! I just wish they'd put up the final Battle Masters too. They still have no listings for Rung or Singe (and neither does Hasbro Pulse). What gives? They've got the rest of the Battle Masters up on TFSource. I've got Crosshairs, Spinister, Apeface, and Astrotrain preordered on Hasbro Pulse, so Battle Masters Rung and Singe are the only Siege figures left that I haven't secured. I hope I can find them at retail, even though distribution of any Battle Masters beyond Wave 1 has been trash in the U.S. Seriously, I saw Wave 2 Battle Masters on the pegs maybe twice this whole year, and never did I see Wave 3. I had to order Smashdown and Caliburst online from Amazon. Even the Micromasters had better distribution, with only Wave 2 being a little scarce in my area.

I have Singe in the mail from an Ebay seller who also has Rung but I already have Rung and Spy Patrol 2 on pre-order through Collecticon Toys. Rung would be cool to have two of so I can keep one in each mode so I might hit up the Ebay person again.

[Stargrave]

Posted to Hasbro Pulse today is a very interesting and enjoyable behind the scenes making-of vignette for the Transformers War for Cybertron: Siege commercial we saw a few months ago. Using a combination of both practical and digital effects this team has definitely created a new caliber of Transformers toy commercial. Click HERE to head to Hasbro Pulse and enjoy the three minute feature which is followed by the actual commercial with all the elements put together. What are some of your favorite Transformers commercials from the last 35 years? Share your view with the Seibertron crew in the forum and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

[STngAR]

Saw the 35th Anniversary figures at my local Wal-Mart today. Gotta be honest, the Cel-shading actually doesn't look as bad as I though it would on Prime, but it's still not great in my opinion. Definitely going to pick up Bluestreak and Soundblaster, but has anyone else noticed Soundblaster's paint being a bit sloppy/fuzzy? Like, the Decepticon badge was almost covered with the silver on multiple copies that I saw

Still waiting for that dispaly to show up at the Walmart where im working. If not its gonna be a long ride home Monday stopping at every walmart till i find it.