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[sol magnus]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

I bought mine from Target. He didn't last long, but I saw him a few times at other stores even after I got mine. What I've never seen is Siege Astrotrain, Singe, the 2nd Spy Pack and Aimless (I got him from Amazon).

[Rodimus Prime]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

No, he was general retail, as far as I know. I saw him once and bought him, and I haven't seen another one since. EBay has a lot of Barricades, for good prices. You can pick one up easily.

[Nemesis Primal]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

I just saw the entirety of Wave 4, Barry included, on shelves still and readily available two days ago, plus Barricade is still in stock on Hasbro Pulse at the very least.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

If you've seen Barricade's Wave mates Mirage and Impactor, but not Barricade himself, chances he's been scalped.

I will say that most stores didn't make it past Wave 3 (Red Alert, Refraktor & Brunt), because of how slow the assortments moved towards the end of the year, and may not have reordered in anticipation of Earthrise.

I know of two Targets in my local area that still has him, along with some stragglers like Chromia.

[Sabrblade]

I saw Barricade at stores a handful of times, but only in late 2019 and only prior to New Year's. He was gone by January 2020.

[RodimusRex]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

What I always heard was that Hasbro has to negotiate with Walmart to put normal, general release figures up for sale individually online. They bargain for a limited number of items that can be displayed at conventions and preordered. Walmart really would prefer the figures be in-store selection only. So a compromise gets struck.

[Hellscream9999]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

What are you talking about? He's still available on pulse and has been for months

[Nemesis Destron]

I know a lot of us are under lockdown but can anyone tell me why the HELL did Siege Barricade never appear in online listings or shelves? Was he an exclusive and I somehow missed that detail?

Sorry to hear that dude! I definitely saw his wave in retail around me. The one I never saw but so damn lucky I scored was Jetfire.

I went and found him at my local Target and a buddy of mine pointed out the white bar code on the box. According to him someone returned the sought after figure and now he's mine. But never saw him in stores.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I saw Barry on the shelves once, but passed on him because I had my heart set on hopefully finding other things.

Ultimately I got the Rainmaker set on that trip.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I'll have to get Barricade eventually, Caliburst seems a nice color match for him, more than Slugslinger. Can anyone verify?

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I'll have to get Barricade eventually, Caliburst seems a nice color match for him, more than Slugslinger. Can anyone verify?

It's because SIEGE "Caliburst" is more like G2 Blowpipe.

I swear, the next HasLab project should be financing a do-over of "The Trainwreck The Rebirth"..

[Jelze Bunnycat]

I'll have to get Barricade eventually, Caliburst seems a nice color match for him, more than Slugslinger. Can anyone verify?

It's because SIEGE "Caliburst" is more like G2 Blowpipe.

Yeah, Caliburst needed his own set of parts. O well...

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I'll have to get Barricade eventually, Caliburst seems a nice color match for him, more than Slugslinger. Can anyone verify?

It's because SIEGE "Caliburst" is more like G2 Blowpipe.

Yeah, Caliburst needed his own set of parts. O well...

Needed his own set of parts, and to be in the right smegging colors!

[AcademyofDrX]

I'm pretty sure I've seen every mass retail Siege release on shelves with the notable exception of Rumble and Ratbat. All things considered, I've been pretty happy with Siege distribution.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Only figures I never saw at retail were Apeface, Astrotrain, Rumble, Ratbat, Direct Hit, and Power Punch(?). Overall it's good, but I feel like Hasbro did the best they could for the last wave by having that be the wave stores could stock around Christmas/Black Friday, but stores chose to restock Wave 1 and 2 instead

[TF-fan kev777]

Only figures I never saw at retail were Apeface, Astrotrain, Rumble, Ratbat, Direct Hit, and Power Punch(?). Overall it's good, but I feel like Hasbro did the best they could for the last wave by having that be the wave stores could stock around Christmas/Black Friday, but stores chose to restock Wave 1 and 2 instead

I don't think that the stores necessarily made a choice there. Rather, I'm guessing they had more Wave 1 and 2 in their regional warehouses that needed to be moved first before restocking with the last wave.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I saw Barricade more than his wavemates, whom I only saw once each (when I bought them)

[Emerje]

Saw Barricade's wave a few times at Walmart and Target. On Amazon he went down to around $15 for a while, but I bought mine on Walmart.com for $13 back in January.

Only Siege figures I never saw in stores was the last wave of Deluxes and Micromasters. Spinister and Crosshairs are pretty easy to find online, but for the latter there must have been some shenanigans there. The Battle Squad was readily available online (I got mine on Amazon for $10), but Spy Patrol 2 was never at regular retailers (not even from third party sellers) and sold out in pre-order bundles through specialty sellers. Even Pulse didn't offer the Spies, but did the Battle Squad. It's almost like Hasbro came up short on them and could only offer solid Battle Squad cases. I still think they should have been in Earthrise wave 1 where they were probably originally intended instead of the rushed Siege wave 5. I guess they rushed them too soon and came up short. I did snag Spy Patrol on eBay recently from China for $20 so I'll still be able to complete the set.

I don't know if I'll be able to get Nemesis Prime, by the time it was obvious Pulse wouldn't be getting him he was sold out everywhere (and BBTS never offered him).

Emerje

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

In my area the Micromasters seem to have shelfwarmed HARD. Pretty sure I was seeing the Wave 1 Micromaster packs on every trip I made.

[Sentinel_Primal]

Well, despite being stuck at home due to the obvious, the USPS came through and delivered Rumble and Ratbat. I think these two are tied with Laserbeak and Irontread for my favorite micromasters. I can't wait for Frenzy and Wingthing to be released. Only major member of Soundwave's crew left is Buzzsaw, but I could easily see him being packaged with a repainted Ravage, maybe as Glit or Howlback

[chuckdawg1999]

Saw Barricade's wave a few times at Walmart and Target. On Amazon he went down to around $15 for a while, but I bought mine on Walmart.com for $13 back in January.

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Only Siege figures I never saw in stores was the last wave of Deluxes and Micromasters. Spinister and Crosshairs are pretty easy to find online, but for the latter there must have been some shenanigans there. The Battle Squad was readily available online (I got mine on Amazon for $10), but Spy Patrol 2 was never at regular retailers (not even from third party sellers) and sold out in pre-order bundles through specialty sellers. Even Pulse didn't offer the Spies, but did the Battle Squad. It's almost like Hasbro came up short on them and could only offer solid Battle Squad cases. I still think they should have been in Earthrise wave 1 where they were probably originally intended instead of the rushed Siege wave 5. I guess they rushed them too soon and came up short. I did snag Spy Patrol on eBay recently from China for $20 so I'll still be able to complete the set.

I don't know if I'll be able to get Nemesis Prime, by the time it was obvious Pulse wouldn't be getting him he was sold out everywhere (and BBTS never offered him).

Emerje

Is nemesis prime still happening? I haven't heard a peep about it.

[Emerje]

Only major member of Soundwave's crew left is Buzzsaw, but I could easily see him being packaged with a repainted Ravage, maybe as Glit or Howlback

Overkill and Slugfest might like to have a word with you. They at least got to be in the cartoon, unlike Beastbox and Squawktalk. Maybe Buzzsaw can be paired with Enemy in a future Selects set since his "partner" Wingthing (they've been paired together twice now) is already being made.

Is nemesis prime still happening? I haven't heard a peep about it.

Why wouldn't he be? He's still scheduled for the end of March so we should be seeing some in hand pics soon.

Emerje

[Wolfman Jake]

The final wave of Siege Micromasters got a fair bit of distribution in my area, mostly around the Xmas shopping season. I personally saw Frenzy and Ratbat on the shelves a number of times, along with the Battle Squad, which I probably saw just a bit more often, to be honest. I chalk that up to the fact that Soundwave's buddies are probably the most sought-after Micromasters of the series. They're A-list characters, like Soundwave himself. The G1 Micromasters were never even featured in the original cartoon. Laserbeak and Ravage from wave 2 of Siege were also more scarce, but they were around, and often if I couldn't find them, I saw their wave mates Red Heat and Stakeout at least. I've also seen the Battle Masters and the Deluxe Class figures from wave 5 several times. In fact, I continue to see them even now. I only saw Apeface once, and never saw Siege Astrotrain on shelves. Siege wave 5 was probably one of the better tail end waves in the past 10 years in terms of in-store availability.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

In my area the Micromasters seem to have shelfwarmed HARD. Pretty sure I was seeing the Wave 1 Micromaster packs on every trip I made.

Wave 1 Micros were right there beside my wave 1 Earthrise micros yesterday, they are not popular it seems, same with the wave 1 battlemasters

[M. Spector]

Barricade has had a consistent presence here in the North, the only ones I never saw at retail are Astrotrain, Rumble & Ratbat, Caliburst and Smashdown. Although the later popped up in the earthrise repack. Micromasters do seem to be sticking around as well, hopefully this doesn't clog up distribution down the road here ..