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The Deployers/Mini-cons from RiD15 were my sons favorite back when the series was current. Because they were relatively inexpensive, I had no problem getting as many as we could for him. Unfortunately distribution woes weren't immune to these toys either. The last few waves of minicons either didn't ship to the United States, or were extremely hard to find. We found a few later at discount stores like Marshalls/Ross, but never even come close to getting them all. The only deployer my son never got was Crazy Bolt. Oddly enough, I was able to find the Takara version online for about the same price as the Hasbro version would have been, about a year after the show ended. Unfortunately my son had lost interest and moved on to other things. C’est la vie .

o.supreme wrote:The Deployers/Mini-cons from RiD15 were my sons favorite back when the series was current. Because they were relatively inexpensive, I had no problem getting as many as we could for him. Unfortunately distribution woes weren't immune to these toys either. The last few waves of minicons either didn't ship to the United States, or were extremely hard to find. We found a few later at discount stores like Marshalls/Ross, but never even come close to getting them all. The only deployer my son never got was Crazy Bolt. Oddly enough, I was able to find the Takara version online for about the same price as the Hasbro version would have been, about a year after the show ended. Unfortunately my son had lost interest and moved on to other things. C’est la vie .

Last wave distribution has always been an issue. Those Minicons, especially the ones with the armor on a tree go for a pretty penny now while most of the line is still relatively affordable.