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News Credits: 19 · Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:46 am

Old studio series figures, but it's better than nowt

and in time for money off

SS World war bee and others have disappeared from the website with a listing for siege Barricade and Astrotrain up for preorders. Completing Devestator is going to be hard work and I might be better off waiting for a box set if there ever is one though I'd prefer money wise to pick the individual figures up so that I'd 'forget' how much it cost to complete him.

News Credits: 8 · Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:54 am

blackeyedprime wrote:Old studio series figures, but it's better than nowt and in time for money off

SS World war bee and others have disappeared from the website with a listing for siege Barricade and Astrotrain up for preorders. Completing Devestator is going to be hard work and I might be better off waiting for a box set if there ever is one though I'd prefer money wise to pick the individual figures up so that I'd 'forget' how much it cost to complete him.

IDToys have both Long Haul and Hightower in stock, Scrapmetal and Rampage you're better off getting from Amazon.com

News Credits: 11 · Thu Sep 26, 2019 4:11 pm

Impactor is also listed on the Smyths website with the same arrival date as Barricade of 4-11 of October. This honestly goes to show just how delayed wave 3 was considering how quickly we should be getting wave 4... Barring any possible delays. Also, Thundercracker is listed for late October same as Omega Supreme. There is no listing for Mirage yet but considering how the cases are sorted, I don't see why he wouldn't be arriving at the same time as the rest of the deluxes.

News Credits: 19 · Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:15 am

Thundercrackers already been available at retail but at least it should be easier to get one when it's it in smyths.

Refraktor Toy colours at £63 delivered through ID toys Ebay with 10% discount code PLEASED.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Transformers ... Sw5PldiixL

One more exclusive down, thirty more to go...or it feels like it. Hopefully some UK store/site gets the rainmakers.

News Credits: 19 · Fri Sep 27, 2019 9:45 am

Also just because it is random, forbidden planet may have the ghostbusters optimus in at £150 depending on the store.

Fri Sep 27, 2019 1:59 pm

LeAwesome1 wrote:
blackeyedprime wrote:Old studio series figures, but it's better than nowt and in time for money off

SS World war bee and others have disappeared from the website with a listing for siege Barricade and Astrotrain up for preorders. Completing Devestator is going to be hard work and I might be better off waiting for a box set if there ever is one though I'd prefer money wise to pick the individual figures up so that I'd 'forget' how much it cost to complete him.

IDToys have both Long Haul and Hightower in stock, Scrapmetal and Rampage you're better off getting from Amazon.com

Long haul is available cheaper at Amazon UK at the moment for £30.99:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Transformers-S ... B07KMDLBP5

News Credits: 19 · Sun Sep 29, 2019 8:17 am

Take with a pinch of salt, barricade, impactor and six gun meant to be in store at various smyths but none at the ones near me that say they have them. Either the early birds got them, some one miscomputed or their online indicators are reliable as pants with out any holes.

News Credits: 12 · Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:36 am

Hi guys. Just got in from Smyths Northampton. Picked up. Siege deluxe impactor, mirage and Barrricade.
There was at least another Impactor and Barricade left. Even though there was only one of each listed on the website last night.
Happy Hunting.

News Credits: 11 · Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:58 am

I can confirm this is a similar case in Smyths Longton as well. Stock on the website is usually one less than actual stock to avoid problems with click and collect.

News Credits: 19 · Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:00 am

Nice

I'm going to try to be good and only pick up six gun out of the wave if I go for the powerdasher set.

Amazons saying 16/17th October for jetfire and unknown on sideswipe/grandslam (they basically say it's supplier problems on the sideswip set and no mention of skywarp but it's likely the same).

Thu Oct 03, 2019 7:44 am

Crumplezone wrote:Hi guys. Just got in from Smyths Northampton. Picked up. Siege deluxe impactor, mirage and Barrricade.
There was at least another Impactor and Barricade left. Even though there was only one of each listed on the website last night.
Happy Hunting.

Oooh! Might have to see about getting in for Impactor.

Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:32 am

Hello folks, been ages since I did any serious searching.

I stop by Smyths and The Entertainer every so often on my travels but cannot seem to find any more of the Siege Micromaster beyond the initial wave.

Does anyone know if they actually made it to UK retailers or if Evilbay is my only real hope?

News Credits: 11 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:15 am

Smyths, unfortunately, doesn't stock micromasters at all (unless you live in Germany). And I've only ever seen wave 1 in the Entertainer but they don't seem to be that good at getting new stock. There's a Forbidden Planet near me that I've seen wave 2 micromasters in but, again, never anything beyond that. Honestly, online retailers are probably your best bet. I got most of mine from Indemand. However, if you're looking for a larger instock selection, the Japanese retailer Hobbysearch has most of them in stock. Granted, you'll get the Japanese releases but postage, honestly, isn't that bad (especially if you go for the cheapest option, it's usually only a couple of quid but can take up to a month to arrive). Hope this helps your search!

To save you from searching; https://1999.co.jp/eng/m/search?typ1_c= ... mers+SIEGE
Hobbysearch currently don't have any stock of wave 1 and laserbeak+ravage but have the others. The wave 4 micromasters aren't out yet. But they do have reservations for wave 4 & 5, as well as Battlemaster Rung and Singe.

News Credits: 19 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:20 am

Something was said of Smyths not selling 'small toys' which is why they do not stock them (kind of weird when they have lots of small toys).

Entertainer has been pretty much useless though they have Siege/Mirage/Impactor listed on their website as coming soon (tho the same can be said of wave 1 on their site) but at least they have added the items.

Asda would usually be best bet but looks like their owners Walmart are not stocking transformers and opting for generic X robots with flashing lights.

UK online retailers Kapow/ID/Amazon and unfortunately ebay seem to be the best way to get them and early wave nicromasters may be a pain to get (they were overpriced to begin with so paying more is even more of a pain).

News Credits: 1350 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:23 am

Asda stopped selling Generations toys around about the first wave of Power of the Primes (even then it was only certain stores)

News Credits: 19 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:33 am

ZeroWolf wrote:Asda stopped selling Generations toys around about the first wave of Power of the Primes (even then it was only certain stores)

Kind of sad when Asda is where I started buying commbiner war/generations figures from after what was supposed to be cutting down to only MP figures and reissues.

News Credits: 1350 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 4:51 am

I keep hoping that B&M or Home Bargains will get some generations stock in but there's nothing but in sold Bumblebee toys and The Last Knight voyagers at £20 a pop

Wed Oct 09, 2019 1:59 pm

My bargain Jetfire has arrived from Amazon for £55.77 , sadly back up to full price on Amazon UK now.

News Credits: 19 · Wed Oct 09, 2019 2:20 pm

eltawater wrote:My bargain Jetfire has arrived from Amazon for £55.77 , sadly back up to full price on Amazon UK now.

Same, and he is ready to believe you... could hsve done with s blsnk flip panel to stick a ghostbusters logo on it

the reds aren't red enough/toylike for me (shame autobot symbol is the same red too) but very nice in robot mode and the wing flaps are a nice bonus as part of the transformation.

Ectotrons legs are backwards on purpose, not really a fan of its robot mode as it seems a throwback to the star wars tf's and a lot of solid plastic where some transforming magic might have made it better.

Wed Oct 09, 2019 3:51 pm

Jetfire feels good and chunky in the hand especially in alt mode. Folding in the shoulders underneath is a right PITA on mine but once done it feels like the transformers of old, worthy of the high price tag compared to some of the pitiful "leader" class toys we're getting in siege at the moment.

News Credits: 11 · Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:32 pm

So, SIEGE Crosshairs and Spinister have now been added to the Smyths internal system, so keep an eye out on the website for their public listings. As of now, Apeface isn't listed but, unless we get a repeat of the wave 2 deluxes, he should have a listing soon. I also have other news about a sale but, I'm not allowed to share that until the close of business today.

News Credits: 1350 · Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:40 pm

CyclonusG1 wrote:So, SIEGE Crosshairs and Spinister have now been added to the Smyths internal system, so keep an eye out on the website for their public listings. As of now, Apeface isn't listed but, unless we get a repeat of the wave 2 deluxes, he should have a listing soon. I also have other news about a sale but, I'm not allowed to share that until the close of business today.

Depending on how good it is, submit it for news

We get so few stories compared to the rest of the world

Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:54 pm

Bit late if it's this one....

https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/smyths ... ak-3308975

News Credits: 11 · Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:30 pm

Yeah it is that sale. But I can at least tell you that TR Overlord is one of the items on sale along with one of the AoE leaders, I just can't remember which.

News Credits: 19 · Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:45 pm

CyclonusG1 wrote:Yeah it is that sale. But I can at least tell you that TR Overlord is one of the items on sale along with one of the AoE leaders, I just can't remember which.

You said the magic words

been waiting for TR overlord to drop so I'll definitely pick him up to go with the takara version and cheesey power up mode.

it's likely the AoE dragonstorm two knights into a dragon thing which I might pick up as well if that's the case because the I like the concept more than anything else even though I think it suffers from easy breakages if memory serves.