The Energon Pub

[Skritz]

The local Target still hasn't gotten Siege stuff in yet.

Emerje

Patience, one of my local ones got the Battle Masters on the pegs. It's pretty normal for anything new to pop up after Black Friday after older stock has been cleared... Except in my neighbourhood there hasn't been much clearing in the TF department

Yeah, seriously, I'm sure that we'll all be complaining about how siege wave 1 is shelfwarming by the end of december

I bet it's going to be Sideswipe and Hound that shelfwarm. Yeah they look good, but they're the most mundane figures and also lack the brand recognition of Optimus and Megatron.

[Burn]

The local Target still hasn't gotten Siege stuff in yet.

At least they're in your country ...

[Wolfman Jake]

I checked several of my local Targets on Sunday evening. No Siege stuff in site. Then, after work today, I stopped by the Target that's a bit out of my way, the one where I found Power of the Primes Leader Optimal Optimus a few weeks ago, and they finally had something from Siege. I got myself the entire first wave of the Micro Masters tonight! Siege is finally starting to trickle into the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

I would have loved to have found the Deluxes or Voyagers, but this is a start, at least. It could have just as easily been the Battle Masters, which would have been a bit of a bummer, since all I want from the first wave of that size class is Lionizer.

[TF-fan kev777]

I checked several of my local Targets on Sunday evening. No Siege stuff in site. Then, after work today, I stopped by the Target that's a bit out of my way, the one where I found Power of the Primes Leader Optimal Optimus a few weeks ago, and they finally had something from Siege. I got myself the entire first wave of the Micro Masters tonight! Siege is finally starting to trickle into the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

I would have loved to have found the Deluxes or Voyagers, but this is a start, at least. It could have just as easily been the Battle Masters, which would have been a bit of a bummer, since all I want from the first wave of that size class is Lionizer.

I've found the Battle Masters and Micro Masters in the Chicago area so far. I want the deluxes and above more, but I'm actually glad I found the little fellas first as I had some time to fool around with them and enjoy them before they will likely get overlooked once the deluxes are in hand.

Fun extra bit, the Race Patrol "cars being naughty" gun is reversible. Both of them have a waist swivel so you can have either Roadhandler or Swindler on top.

That sounds bad doesn't it?

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Still not as naughty as using a Japanese-release G1 Megatron's bullet-firing gimmick in robot mode. Or the rubsign placement on certain G1 toys (looking at you Scattershot and Scorponok). Or the G1 Fort Max mold's crank.

[Big Grim]

Hey there.

Anyone else seen this issue with Skytreads legs? Somewhat irritating as the hip swivel is just solid and the knee cannot bend any further forward on the left leg. Annoying.

~ Grim

[Wolfman Jake]

Fun extra bit, the Race Patrol "cars being naughty" gun is reversible. Both of them have a waist swivel so you can have either Roadhandler or Swindler on top.

That sounds bad doesn't it?

Not at all! It's good to take turns and be "versatile."

[Emerje]

Fun extra bit, the Race Patrol "cars being naughty" gun is reversible. Both of them have a waist swivel so you can have either Roadhandler or Swindler on top.

That sounds bad doesn't it?

Not at all! It's good to take turns and be "versatile."

You'd think these guys came out in '69 not '89.

Emerje

[Wolfman Jake]

Sorry, I've got one more:

The Carma Sutra is required reading for the entire Race Car Patrol.

Okay, I'm done!

[ZeroWolf]

Thanks to fellow Seibertron user, Cyberpath, we've learned that Loopaza Mega Store's Facebook page has revealed Takara Tomy's Siege releases that are set to hit stores in May 2019.



The releases are as follows:

Battle Master Pteraxadon - 900 yen
Micromasters Red Heat and Stakeout - 1,800 yen
Deluxe Chromia - 3,500 yen
Deluxe Prowl - 3,500 yen
Voyager Soundwave - 5,500 yen

Please remember that due to the brand unification, these are exactly the same as the domestic Hasbro releases.

Will you be getting any of these? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

[no-one]

Battle Master Pteraxadon - 900 yen
Micromasters Red Heat and Stakeout - 1,800 yen
Deluxe Chromia - 3,500 yen
Deluxe Prowl - 3,500 yen
Voyager Soundwave - 5,500 yen

Maybe I'm doing a quick conversion in my head wrong, but that seems kinda pricey, no?

Well the brand unification is a win for some of us

Carma Sutra

Is there a word for wanting to applaud and boo someone at the same time

[william-james88]

Battle Master Pteraxadon - 900 yen
Micromasters Red Heat and Stakeout - 1,800 yen
Deluxe Chromia - 3,500 yen
Deluxe Prowl - 3,500 yen
Voyager Soundwave - 5,500 yen

Maybe I'm doing a quick conversion in my head wrong, but that seems kinda pricey, no?

Wat your seeing is MSRP from Takara not the price retaillers will sell it for in Japan (like Amazon and such).

That price will be more like

Micromasters Red Heat and Stakeout - 1,300 yen
Deluxe Chromia - 2,500 yen
Deluxe Prowl - 2,500 yen
Voyager Soundwave - 3,850 yen

Thats more or less the same as what they will cost here (give or take depending exchange).

[no-one]

Thats more or less the same as what they will cost here (give or take depending exchange).

AH, that makes more sense, since the unification things have cost basically the same in both territories. Thanks.

[chuckdawg1999]

Do we know yet if Takara will be releasing certain Siege figures before Hasbro, like Chromia will be in an earlier wave in Japan than the US?

[o.supreme]

By default this may happen, because TT has official release dates, whereas Hasbro just kind of randomly rolls out there stuff *seasonally* but usually little no nothing is mentioned. I thought it was a pretty big deal that PotP Optimal Optimus was released by before , but nobody seemed to care to want to discuss it much.

[william-james88]

Thats more or less the same as what they will cost here (give or take depending exchange).

AH, that makes more sense, since the unification things have cost basically the same in both territories. Thanks.

The retail prices between companies were also the same prices in previous lines. Even with difference decos toys in the TAV line cost the same in Japan as RID toys in the US.

The reason we couldnt do such an easy comparison in the legends line, right before the unification, is because Takara releases in the gen line included different things like extra titan masters and accessories, or targetmasters.

But generally, the same toys cost as much in relative markets. Whether they were the same deco or not.

[chuckdawg1999]

I checked several of my local Targets on Sunday evening. No Siege stuff in site. Then, after work today, I stopped by the Target that's a bit out of my way, the one where I found Power of the Primes Leader Optimal Optimus a few weeks ago, and they finally had something from Siege. I got myself the entire first wave of the Micro Masters tonight! Siege is finally starting to trickle into the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.

I would have loved to have found the Deluxes or Voyagers, but this is a start, at least. It could have just as easily been the Battle Masters, which would have been a bit of a bummer, since all I want from the first wave of that size class is Lionizer.

I've found the Battle Masters and Micro Masters in the Chicago area so far. I want the deluxes and above more, but I'm actually glad I found the little fellas first as I had some time to fool around with them and enjoy them before they will likely get overlooked once the deluxes are in hand.

Fun extra bit, the Race Patrol "cars being naughty" gun is reversible. Both of them have a waist swivel so you can have either Roadhandler or Swindler on top.

That sounds bad doesn't it?

I just tried this now and never realized Roadhandler's waist could rotate. Pro tip, unpeg the arms to make things easier, the gun actually works better reversed.

[no-one]

Thats more or less the same as what they will cost here (give or take depending exchange).

AH, that makes more sense, since the unification things have cost basically the same in both territories. Thanks.

The reason we couldnt do such an easy comparison in the legends line, right before the unification, is because Takara releases in the gen line included different things like extra titan masters and accessories, or targetmasters.

Well that was specifically what I was talking about, when the legend figures came with remolding, different decos and/or extra accessories. I couldn't really remember the prices, apple for apple before then.

My point ultimately is that regardless of the price paid, all territories are getting the same figure. One could make an argument before for paying the "Takara premium (shipping included)" and now that temptation is gone. I don't have to stress over which figure to get and just pick it up at retail.

[Wolfman Jake]

Carma Sutra

Is there a word for wanting to applaud and boo someone at the same time

I think Mr. Conan O'Brien invented this many years ago: "yay-boo!"

[RodimusConvoy13]

Sorry, jumping into this thread really late. When I've looked for the DPCI for Siege, I'm seeing individual DPCIs for each figure. Do we know if those work at Target, or is there a blanket one for each size class. Looking for the Deluxe DPCI.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Has anyone seen that new listing thing for Greenlight, Sideswipe, Slamdance, Skywarp? And do we have any reason to believe that these might be real?

[william-james88]

Has anyone seen that new listing thing for Greenlight, Sideswipe, Slamdance, Skywarp? And do we have any reason to believe that these might be real?

We have not, please send us a link to we can see what you are talking about.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Has anyone seen that new listing thing for Greenlight, Sideswipe, Slamdance, Skywarp? And do we have any reason to believe that these might be real?

We have not, please send us a link to we can see what you are talking about.

Not sure how credible it is, cause I can't find the original source, but here's the link to a tweet with it: https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1068499686351355905. Like I said, not sure of it's actual credibility, but I figured it might be worth mentioning in the thread

[Sabrblade]

Has anyone seen that new listing thing for Greenlight, Sideswipe, Slamdance, Skywarp? And do we have any reason to believe that these might be real?

We have not, please send us a link to we can see what you are talking about.

Not sure how credible it is, cause I can't find the original source, but here's the link to a tweet with it: https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1068499686351355905. Like I said, not sure of it's actual credibility, but I figured it might be worth mentioning in the thread

Original source with every listing - http://tieba.baidu.com/p/5965348997

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Skywrap.
Trademark retemtion, or has the typo fairy struck again?