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According to ruinnatn of the TFW2005.com boards, there is an upcoming Costco exclusive figure soon to be arriving at distribution centers across the country.

ruinnatn is an employee of Costco, and this is what he has to say regarding his findings:

ruinnatn wrote:Not that big but Costco is getting the leader class Optimus Prime and it comes with Legends figures (not sure which ones or how many although it is plural) it is schedualed to hit the distribution center ( depot) on June 2 so they should be showing up around the same time as everything else. The Costco item number is 196085 and it's retail is 34.59-35.99 depending on region.( I work at a Costco in VA so ours is 34.99)

So there is no word how many Legends figures will be included, nor which ones. For that matter, they, or the Prime figure itself, could possibly be repaints.

Continue to watch Seibertron.com and we'll keep you posted when more details about this exclusive are revealed.

Huh, interesting, be nice to know if it will maybe be released elsewhere, like New Zealand for instance
we have got other "exclusives" before, so its possible.

[yawn]
I'm already passing on Leader-class.

I want the leader Prime more than the rest of the movie stuff for sure. Depending on the bonuses here, this may be the way for me to go!

ok this may be stupid to ask but what are "legend figures"?? im not sure if i understand what toy line they are..

Bombus distinguendus wrote:ok this may be stupid to ask but what are "legend figures"?? im not sure if i understand what toy line they are..

Legends of Cybertron are listed as "micro class" in the Vector Sigma Database. For the sake of giving you an example I defer to the LOC Bumblebee figure from Classics here.

Edit: They were introduced during Cybertron as smaller scale versions of major characters in the series. The Bumblebee figure I've linked to above is a repaint of Cybertron's LOC Hot Shot figure.

looks like they're doing anything to shift old figures these days

Not interested to be honest.

$5 less than the regular version, and it comes with free Legends figures?

I wonder if there's a Costco in Providence.

-Nick

I'm hoping it won't share a paint scheme with the other Costco exclusive Optimus release. I don't want to imagine movie Prime in yellow!

Where the Hell is there a COSTCO in SE WI or NE IL?
I've never seen one of these stores.

no costcos around here so im passing

It'll be painted yellow with cheaper plastic and plastic tires.

For those wondering if there's a Costco near you, here's a link to all the warehouse locations.

http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/Locatio ... d%20States

I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

Cheetron wrote:I'm hoping it won't share a paint scheme with the other Costco exclusive Optimus release. I don't want to imagine movie Prime in yellow!

Couldn't agree more! I hope it stays primarily red a blue in some form or fashion!

1337W422102 wrote:I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

I don't think so, just because the Costco-exclusive Cybertron Optimus/Wing Saber 2-pack weren't repaints. They were just the normal versions repackaged with a DVD and Wing Saber in robot mode. Exclusives are more often repaints than not, though, so who knows.

Costco and Sams club get some good versions of common stuff.

I would like to get the legends prime... random thought

ShGarland_1383 wrote:

1337W422102 wrote:I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

I don't think so, just because the Costco-exclusive Cybertron Optimus/Wing Saber 2-pack weren't repaints. They were just the normal versions repackaged with a DVD and Wing Saber in robot mode. Exclusives are more often repaints than not, though, so who knows.

I wanted that one but missed out.