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Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 6:47 am**

Kurona wrote:So here's a question.

Due to certain circumstances, it's turned out that I will likely have to get rid of two of my CW Deluxes. I'm definetely prioritizing my Blast Off, Brawl and Swindle for Onslaught to make a kind of Bruticus, but I'm struggling on what to keep out of the other three - First Aid, Rook and Alpha Bravo.
Rook I find the most fun and enjoyable, but he shares a mold with Swindle.
Alpha Bravo is a unique mold out of my little collection and he makes a decent replacement Vortex for now.
First Aid is undoubtebly my favourite and is a unique mold, but he fits in as a replacement Bruticus limb the least.
I'm keeping all their weapons so those won't come into it. What would you guys do?

Prioritize first aid. Its the best and most versatile mold If you like crambling, its the only mold that makes as good an arm as a leg. And the robot and vehicle mode looks great too.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 7:24 am**

william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:So here's a question.

Due to certain circumstances, it's turned out that I will likely have to get rid of two of my CW Deluxes. I'm definetely prioritizing my Blast Off, Brawl and Swindle for Onslaught to make a kind of Bruticus, but I'm struggling on what to keep out of the other three - First Aid, Rook and Alpha Bravo.
Rook I find the most fun and enjoyable, but he shares a mold with Swindle.
Alpha Bravo is a unique mold out of my little collection and he makes a decent replacement Vortex for now.
First Aid is undoubtebly my favourite and is a unique mold, but he fits in as a replacement Bruticus limb the least.
I'm keeping all their weapons so those won't come into it. What would you guys do?

Prioritize first aid. Its the best and most versatile mold If you like scrambling, its the only mold that makes as good an arm as a leg. And the robot and vehicle mode looks great too.

What he said.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 7:41 am**

I'd go for Rook, personally. Easily the best mold in the line, and you'll need someone with a lot of brute force to stand up to all those Decepticons.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 7:43 am**

I agree with N. It's distinct enough from Swindle to be worth keeping.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 7:47 am**

william-james88 wrote:
Megatron Wolf wrote:sparse on canadian shelves more like sparse on all shelves, i still have yet to find skylynx and only saw onslaught once.

We just got skylynx and only in a few places. he has yet to reach saturation in north america. New York still doesnt have him.

Not true I bought my sky lynx at a local target.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 8:35 am**

william-james88 wrote:Got Skylynx today and I was not fond of where his shuttle nose lies in combiner mode. I found this configuration to work much better. Its nice and compact and it looks far less inapropriate.

Death suggested the same thing for SkyLynx makes sense...

And why is it that at TRU Canada CW are super cheap, and in the US pricing are increasing

(Deluxes started at $17, then $19, now are $22!!!) They are $15 at Wal-Mart, but the selection at most Wal-Mart's is pretty bad in my area.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:15 am**

Kurona wrote:So here's a question.

Due to certain circumstances, it's turned out that I will likely have to get rid of two of my CW Deluxes. I'm definetely prioritizing my Blast Off, Brawl and Swindle for Onslaught to make a kind of Bruticus, but I'm struggling on what to keep out of the other three - First Aid, Rook and Alpha Bravo.
Rook I find the most fun and enjoyable, but he shares a mold with Swindle.
Alpha Bravo is a unique mold out of my little collection and he makes a decent replacement Vortex for now.
First Aid is undoubtebly my favourite and is a unique mold, but he fits in as a replacement Bruticus limb the least.
I'm keeping all their weapons so those won't come into it. What would you guys do?

Keep Rook. The answer is always Rook.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:55 am**

Delta Magnus wrote:
Kurona wrote:So here's a question.

Due to certain circumstances, it's turned out that I will likely have to get rid of two of my CW Deluxes. I'm definetely prioritizing my Blast Off, Brawl and Swindle for Onslaught to make a kind of Bruticus, but I'm struggling on what to keep out of the other three - First Aid, Rook and Alpha Bravo.
Rook I find the most fun and enjoyable, but he shares a mold with Swindle.
Alpha Bravo is a unique mold out of my little collection and he makes a decent replacement Vortex for now.
First Aid is undoubtebly my favourite and is a unique mold, but he fits in as a replacement Bruticus limb the least.
I'm keeping all their weapons so those won't come into it. What would you guys do?

Keep Rook. The answer is always Rook.

I cannot describe how happy I am that this exists.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 11:17 am**

I love that picture so much and Rook sorta fits as Dredd.

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:07 pm**

May Mayhem at BBTS.

Preorder!

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:10 pm**

Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS #-o

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:12 pm**

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS

I think it is a balance between assurance and trying to grab from another site. I'll still try to grab him from Amazon, but I want him bad enough to at least grab this preorder...

Posted: **Mon May 23, 2016 10:19 pm**

Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS

I think it is a balance between assurance and trying to grab from another site. I'll still try to grab him from Amazon, but I want him bad enough to at least grab this preorder...

Not worth it to me, I hate this anti-scalping thing, this is as bad as their prices for onslaught (wave 1) and sky-lynx :BANG_HEAD:

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 5:06 am**

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS

I think it is a balance between assurance and trying to grab from another site. I'll still try to grab him from Amazon, but I want him bad enough to at least grab this preorder...

Not worth it to me, I hate this anti-scalping thing, this is as bad as their prices for onslaught (wave 1) and sky-lynx

While I hate those practices, at least there I understood that its because they wanted to make up for all the scattershots they would end up having to sell at a discount. But with Groove, its 8 grooves in a box. He's not sharing it with anyone, its all just him in one box. So the higher price is just because they think they can get away with it. well guess what, I'm not gonna fall for it.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 7:51 am**

william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS

I think it is a balance between assurance and trying to grab from another site. I'll still try to grab him from Amazon, but I want him bad enough to at least grab this preorder...

Not worth it to me, I hate this anti-scalping thing, this is as bad as their prices for onslaught (wave 1) and sky-lynx

While I hate those practices, at least there I understood that its because they wanted to make up for all the scattershots they would end up having to sell at a discount. But with Groove, its 8 grooves in a box. He's not sharing it with anyone, its all just him in one box. So the higher price is just because they think they can get away with it. well guess what, I'm not gonna fall for it.

The price is still less than what he was going on at Amazon last night, and only about $5 more than the regular deluxe figures at Target these days. (I'm surprised I am not more shocked at that than I am.) My purpose for paying a bit of a premium at BBTS for all of these figures is the guarantee I get them on Preorder versus having to spend time hunting them in the stores. I do miss the excitement of the hunt, but I just don't have the time any more.

And as long as there are people like me willing to pay these online retailers, they will stay in business. You all have a right to vote with your wallets, just like I do.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 10:34 am**

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:May Mayhem at BBTS.

Generations Deluxe Combiner Wars 2016 - Groove $24.99

Can Amazon's listing be far behind?

Wow, screw that price, I'll wait for HTS

This is the same price both BBTS and HTS had Quickslinger and Brake-Neck listed for last year. I'm reasonably confident it's not going any lower.

Okay never mind, Hasbro's website lists them at a $16.99 MSRP
http://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/tra ... 91D284BB97
http://www.hasbro.com/en-us/product/tra ... F6FB91DCED

I've preordered from BBTS as a placeholder but we'll see what Hasbro Toy Shop does I guess.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 11:50 am**

Groove is available at:

Entertaiment Earth for $ 17.99 http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... 0ST_pErK00

Scramble Core for $ 17.50 https://scramblecore.com/products/trans ... bot-groove

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:02 pm**

william-james88 wrote:Groove is available at:

Entertaiment Earth for $ 17.99 http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... 0ST_pErK00

Scramble Core for $ 17.50 https://scramblecore.com/products/trans ... bot-groove

THANKS!!!!

W/ shipping it was $24.94, basically what I paid to get Wildrider last year.
Pretty excited for this because I didn't want to have a substitute limb for my Defensor combo.
Glad that's taken care of.

I owe ya WJ! IF we ever meet, you have a couple beers on me!!

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:11 pm**

Ah, I got excited. I thought that meant he was released but they're both preorders(one even says it will be delivered in October?!).

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:17 pm**

Mr Skram wrote:Ah, I got excited. I thought that meant he was released but they're both preorders(one even says it will be delivered in October?!).

But they are all preorders, BBTS as well.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:18 pm**

Sowndwave76 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Groove is available at:

Entertaiment Earth for $ 17.99 http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... 0ST_pErK00

Scramble Core for $ 17.50 https://scramblecore.com/products/trans ... bot-groove

THANKS!!!!
I owe ya WJ! IF we ever meet, you have a couple beers on me!!

Its no problem I just want people to have every chance of getting the toys they want at the best prices possible

Your post is a reward on its own.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:21 pm**

Mr Skram wrote:Ah, I got excited. I thought that meant he was released but they're both preorders(one even says it will be delivered in October?!).

Yeah but at that price it's worth the wait.
Free shipping would've been nice, but pretty easy to justify if you've bought any of your figures from this line on sale or with free shipping.
I ordered Cyclonus from TFSource for $18 and it'll ship free with another order,
so this option for Groove is a wash and no-brainer. I wasn't going to risk having to spend $42+ at amazon or ebay.
Between August and October I have a pretty substantial haul coming in!
UW Supe
UW Brut
UW Comp
3 PE add-on kits
Cyclonus,
and for good measure, a Hasbro Onslaught

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:24 pm**

william-james88 wrote:
Mr Skram wrote:Ah, I got excited. I thought that meant he was released but they're both preorders(one even says it will be delivered in October?!).

But they are all preorders, BBTS as well.

Right, I just thought 'available' meant available now. It's alright though, I'm still keeping an eye on HTS daily.

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:25 pm**

william-james88 wrote:
Sowndwave76 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Groove is available at:

Entertaiment Earth for $ 17.99 http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... 0ST_pErK00

Scramble Core for $ 17.50 https://scramblecore.com/products/trans ... bot-groove

THANKS!!!!
I owe ya WJ! IF we ever meet, you have a couple beers on me!!

Its no problem I just want people to have every chance of getting the toys they want at the best prices possible Your post is a reward on its own.

Well either way, it's much appreciated!!
In the grand scheme of all this, I only picked up Blades and Streetwise because I knew Groove was going to be available. So securing him was a pretty big deal for me.
If you're ever in the KC area, there are plenty of good beers that will be waiting for you!

Posted: **Tue May 24, 2016 12:34 pm**

Sowndwave76 wrote:If you're ever in the KC area, there are plenty of good beers that will be waiting for you!

Mmmmmmmmmm ...Boulevard!

So this seems to definitely be creating some mayhem. :lol:

October is strange. Quite a ways away. So I wonder if Hasbro made the May Mayhem sale at HTS to cover their butts, knowing Groove wasn't going to make it on time.

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