Re: Transformers Legacy Line Discussion
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2024 7:16 pm
That's awesome, I was bummed about sureshot being canceled
And I'll happily get cosmos and Armada wheeljack
And I'll happily get cosmos and Armada wheeljack
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Sowndwave76 wrote:Which also reminds me how annoying it is that two of the Stunticons were hard to find exclusives. When figures are part of a combiner, that's just poor form.
o.supreme wrote:Sowndwave76 wrote:Which also reminds me how annoying it is that two of the Stunticons were hard to find exclusives. When figures are part of a combiner, that's just poor form.
Not so much exclusivity vs being shortpacked or not-available.
The problem with dead end was being only 1 per case (like Cosmos). If they were 2 per case, and had wider sidtribution, the problem goes away. But again like yuo said, Good on Hasbro for fixing Walmarts Blunder. Same for Galaxy Shuttle. I was one of the fortunate ones that managed to get him on walmart.com, but he was never in store.
I understand when there is an uneven number of toys, someone has to get shorted, but thats what Package refreshes are ideally for. Not re re-release toys readily available.
Many complained about how difficult it was to obtain all the limbs for PotP Orthia. While it was an Amazon Exclusive, a Selects, and 2 standard retail. All were pretty easy to obtain at the time.
Jtprime17 wrote:Tra Gen legacy UNI Core BW Dinobot
Product Number: F8519
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Dlx G1 Sureshot
Product Number: F8531
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Dlx G2 Breakdown
Product Number: G0134
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Dlx Armada Wheeljack
Product Number: G0135
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Deluxe Cosmos PR (Package Refresh)
Product Number: G0133
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Voy Ramjet PR (Package Refresh)
Product Number: G0136
Tra Gen Legacy UNI Voy Tarn PR (Package Refresh)
Product Number: G0137
Tra Gen Legacy UNI LDR G1 Overcharge
Product Number: G0139
Tra Gen Legacy UnI Galaxy Shuttle PR (Package Refresh)
Product Number: G0138
Oh, Galvy's still hanging around. In droves. He and Blitzwing have formed an endless sea of purple at retail.Nemesis Destron wrote:Blitzwing definitely holds the shelf warming title for this line. Galvatron held that title for a while but lost it to that wacky triple changer!
Sabrblade wrote:Oh no. Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!
Amid all these awesome listings, I just noticed the one that terrifies me the most: Leader class Overcharge.
Who is Overcharge, you ask? Not "who", "what". Overcharge is a redeco of Blitzwing. In very ordinary, non-striking colors. And is a troop-builder, no less, so there might be a lot of them to go around.
With how badly Blitzwing has shelf-warmed thus far, I dread how badly Overcharge is going to do the same.
We just can't escape that mold.
Sabrblade wrote:Oh no. Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!
Amid all these awesome listings, I just noticed the one that terrifies me the most: Leader class Overcharge.
Who is Overcharge, you ask? Not "who", "what". Overcharge is a redeco of Blitzwing. In very ordinary, non-striking colors. And is a troop-builder, no less, so there might be a lot of them to go around.
Emerje wrote:I for one will be treating him as a Diaclone transplant, if I wanted an accurate army of Overcharges I'd sticker up some Blitzwing figures.
Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh no. Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!
Amid all these awesome listings, I just noticed the one that terrifies me the most: Leader class Overcharge.
Who is Overcharge, you ask? Not "who", "what". Overcharge is a redeco of Blitzwing. In very ordinary, non-striking colors. And is a troop-builder, no less, so there might be a lot of them to go around.
With how badly Blitzwing has shelf-warmed thus far, I dread how badly Overcharge is going to do the same.
We just can't escape that mold.
I for one will be treating him as a Diaclone transplant, if I wanted an accurate army of Overcharges I'd sticker up some Blitzwing figures.
I'm curious just how close to the exclusive these PRs will be. We've never really seen Hasbro do this before, but considering Legacy Dirge wasn't 100% like the original I'm guessing we'll see some slight changes here as well.
Meanwhile, still no Bumblebee.
Emerje
Rtron wrote:Emerje wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Oh no. Oh NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...!
Amid all these awesome listings, I just noticed the one that terrifies me the most: Leader class Overcharge.
Who is Overcharge, you ask? Not "who", "what". Overcharge is a redeco of Blitzwing. In very ordinary, non-striking colors. And is a troop-builder, no less, so there might be a lot of them to go around.
With how badly Blitzwing has shelf-warmed thus far, I dread how badly Overcharge is going to do the same.
We just can't escape that mold.
I for one will be treating him as a Diaclone transplant, if I wanted an accurate army of Overcharges I'd sticker up some Blitzwing figures.
I'm curious just how close to the exclusive these PRs will be. We've never really seen Hasbro do this before, but considering Legacy Dirge wasn't 100% like the original I'm guessing we'll see some slight changes here as well.
Meanwhile, still no Bumblebee.
Emerje
The lack of Bumblebee is getting a bit suspicious. It could just be typical corporate hypercorrection, with them just not wanting to release any extra Bumblebees AT ALL now. They did make sure not to feature him in the comic book, for example. But there's another possibility: that they're not rerealising the Netflix Bumblebee because a new one is in the works. ALthough they're taking their sweet time to rerelease Soundwave too, so maybe it's just them taking a long time and that's it.
#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Armada Wheeljack is a big surprise for me. Of the Armada characters that I would have expected to get the Legacy treatment, he was pretty low on the list, but I'm all for it.
Randomhero wrote:#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:You’re really surprised? How? We’ve already seen the toy last year as shattered glass sideswipe
The SG Sideswipe even came with his Mini-Con.#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Randomhero wrote:#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:You’re really surprised? How? We’ve already seen the toy last year as shattered glass sideswipe
Somehow I missed this one, so this is the first time I'm seeing it. In light of that, it makes a lot of sense to make Armada Wheeljack, especially given that they already have the scar on the mold and everything.
Sabrblade wrote:The SG Sideswipe even came with his Mini-Con.
Though, sadly, I don't expect the Wheeljack version to come with his Mini-Con since it's just going to be a normal retail release, and none of the normal retail releases of Armada characters in the Legacy line have come with theirs. It took Hot Shot getting a special online exclusive in order for him to get Jolt included.#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The SG Sideswipe even came with his Mini-Con.
Wow, yeah in light of this Armada Wheeljack is very unsurprising.
While Armada Wheeljack isn't a character I would have guessed there would be enough demand for, I hadn't thought about how easy of toy it is to make using Sideswipe molds, so that makes a lot of sense.
Sabrblade wrote:Though, sadly, I don't expect the Wheeljack version to come with his Mini-Con since it's just going to be a normal retail release, and none of the normal retail releases of Armada characters in the Legacy line have come with theirs. It took Hot Shot getting a special online exclusive in order for him to get Jolt included.#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The SG Sideswipe even came with his Mini-Con.
Wow, yeah in light of this Armada Wheeljack is very unsurprising.
While Armada Wheeljack isn't a character I would have guessed there would be enough demand for, I hadn't thought about how easy of toy it is to make using Sideswipe molds, so that makes a lot of sense.
First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Though, sadly, I don't expect the Wheeljack version to come with his Mini-Con since it's just going to be a normal retail release, and none of the normal retail releases of Armada characters in the Legacy line have come with theirs. It took Hot Shot getting a special online exclusive in order for him to get Jolt included.#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:Sabrblade wrote:The SG Sideswipe even came with his Mini-Con.
Wow, yeah in light of this Armada Wheeljack is very unsurprising.
While Armada Wheeljack isn't a character I would have guessed there would be enough demand for, I hadn't thought about how easy of toy it is to make using Sideswipe molds, so that makes a lot of sense.
So now we've seen Armada Prime, Hot Shot, and Wheeljack, and Megatron and Starscream. I wonder if we are going to see one of the other 'Cons (besides Tidal Wave). I said when it came out that the Jhiaxus mold had Armada Thrust vibes to it but it may be a bit big.
First-Aid wrote:So now we've seen Armada Prime, Hot Shot, and Wheeljack, and Megatron and Starscream. I wonder if we are going to see one of the other 'Cons (besides Tidal Wave). I said when it came out that the Jhiaxus mold had Armada Thrust vibes to it but it may be a bit big.
Sowndwave76 wrote:No, it is 100% an exclusivity thing.
My local Walmart carried almost nothing from Velocitron, and I still have yet to see ANYTHING from Toxitron. Literally not one figure.
Had either of these Stunticons been regular retail releases, I could've bought them from any number of online retailers (possibly with free shipping) very, very easily.
You can throw-out "readily available" if you want to, but that's not the reality with exclusives.
#1 Signal Lancer fan wrote:First-Aid wrote:So now we've seen Armada Prime, Hot Shot, and Wheeljack, and Megatron and Starscream. I wonder if we are going to see one of the other 'Cons (besides Tidal Wave). I said when it came out that the Jhiaxus mold had Armada Thrust vibes to it but it may be a bit big.
My Armada wish list right now (in order):
Sideways
Jetfire (hopefully with a Legacy Prime combination)
Blurr
Demolishor
Thrust
A Nemesis Prime repaint