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In an e-mail update to its shoppers, UK online retailer KAPOW toys is reporting that the two Energon/Universe Bruticus Maximus upgrades, Crossfire XF-02A Explorer with Combat Unit Appendage Kit, Crossfire XF-02B Munitioner with Combat Unit Appendage Kit, would be delayed, with a new release date set for July 2010.

The Fans Project created sets were expected to be shipping this month to online retailers.

Good and bad news I suppose. Longer to save for the expensive sets. But these sets are in the top five of most collector's 'MUST HAVE' lists, so waiting longer for them is a bit disappointing.

Other online retailers to this point, have not updated their expected delivery dates, although unlikely, perhaps this delay is only effecting KAPOW? Or is it for all online stores?







Stay tuned to Seibertron.com, as we let you know more as more facts are known about this story.

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Well that sucks! On the brite side I've got a bunch of pre-orders about to hit so the delay will help in that respect. Hopefully they will be released at the same time.

I'm in no hurry to not be able to display another awesome FansProject piece.

Yes more time to have the money ready!

Boo! I've set aside money since this stuff was announced!

Dead Metal wrote:Yes more time to have the money ready!

Same here. My birthday's in July so hoping to get some B-day cash to put towards this.

Can't say I'm too surprised. But I'm more than willing to wait for the awesomeness

One word if true:

FFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

i have nooo problems waiting. i just know that these delays are because they just want their best product out. and if they don't think its ready, then waiting is a non-issue for me. buut it does make me wanna ship my pile o loot now so i can have defender in my hands!

If it get's delayed too much I may be able to ship with Headrobots Hardhead too!

I recently sent a message to TFSource on facebook asking if they had a more specific release date. They replied "Unless things change... right now FP said they won't be out until after Botcon."

Damn it. I have a Universe Bruticus with two empty limbs (they are being used for customs) just waiting for these guys. Another couple of months is going to be torture.

The more I see of this set the more annoyed I am that I cannot find the Bruticus set. Seems that nowhere in the UK has it!

Actually to tell you guys the truth im glad its delayed, cause i need to save up some money for some minor car repair and the extra $100 will come in handy. And if the car repair is under a $100, then ill get some G1 Re-issues... Who knows, maybe it will be delay again until august... hope not, but it could happen...

Ravage XK wrote:The more I see of this set the more annoyed I am that I cannot find the Bruticus set. Seems that nowhere in the UK has it!

I know how you feel Ravage, I managed to get one preordered on BigBadToyStore before they sold out. The picures attached to the post don't make it any easier. Regular Bruticus sucks in comparison.

That's great and sucks at the same time. Great because I'm moving soon and don't have the cash. Sucks because it may get shipped to the wrong house! I've already got to worry about Dion and P/CP from the club but throw in two Munitioneers, an Explorer and Defender and the rest of my PoL? Nearly enough to make me put off moving for a few months!

NOOOO!!!!!!

I was hoping to ship these with Alternity Starscream. I don't want to sit on him in my POL for 2+ months.

zodconvoy wrote:That's great and sucks at the same time. Great because I'm moving soon and don't have the cash. Sucks because it may get shipped to the wrong house! I've already got to worry about Dion and P/CP from the club but throw in two Munitioneers, an Explorer and Defender and the rest of my PoL? Nearly enough to make me put off moving for a few months!

If you have to move, you gotta do it sometime.

That's a good point to update your address with TFClub. I'm moving a week or two after Botcon, and I'll be damned if some punk ass 5-year-old gets my Dion by mistake.

Trikeboy wrote:I recently sent a message to TFSource on facebook asking if they had a more specific release date. They replied "Unless things change... right now FP said they won't be out until after Botcon."

Why, are they waiting for Hasbro to shut them down?

Or maybe it's because of the recent shipping delays out of China?

The worst part of this is my Defender is still sitting in my PoL because I was waiting for these. Man. This is going to be a LONG 2 months with no new TFs. We still haven't seen the last wave of ROTF or the Animated Exclusives in TRUs around here... if it's taking them this long to get those, how long are we going to have to wait for the new lines? Augh, the wait is killing me!

Prime Evil wrote:i have nooo problems waiting. i just know that these delays are because they just want their best product out. and if they don't think its ready, then waiting is a non-issue for me. buut it does make me wanna ship my pile o loot now so i can have defender in my hands!

I think I'm going to ship mine now.

Well, I'm okay with this, actually. I just bought a van and the down payment cost more than expected. So, this will give me time to come up with the money. June would be a good month because it'll be my birthday, but this will work.

I'm just not sure why the dang things are being delayed so much. First April, then May, then June, now July.

I'm not sure what to do about getting Rodimus. I want to buy the figure, but I'm only interested in buying him for the Protector set, and if Protector's delayed, we might not see it for a year or so.

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Razorclaw0000 wrote:

Prime Evil wrote:i have nooo problems waiting. i just know that these delays are because they just want their best product out. and if they don't think its ready, then waiting is a non-issue for me. buut it does make me wanna ship my pile o loot now so i can have defender in my hands!

I think I'm going to ship mine now.

I was about to ship mine as well, but just remembered that my crazy devy Devastator head should come to bbts this month. once THAT gets in, im shippin my pile...damnit, and i was THIS close to shippin as well. July is to long for Defender, he'll hold me over till the crossfire sets.

Boo! I have the money and a half-built Bruticus.

It sucks that they may be delayed. However if the delay is based on the known issue for smaller companies transporting product within a decreased shipping market, then I would rather wait that have them jack the prices in order to pay to get the product forced on the ships or shipped air.

Well if you ordered from BBTS they haven't changed the release date on the set, but if TFSource and Kapow Toys have changed the release date then we can expect the same from other sites as well.

But now next month (the month of my birthday, I'll be getting some pretty good TF Stuff!