The Energon Pub

[Slip?Stream]

Meh, not interested in a single one of them.
Wheelie's color scheme looks nice, but that's about it.
Cliffjumper looks lame as hell.

[Cobalt Prime]

Yeah, why should this "Asia" place get any exclusives? Everyone knows the Western hemisphere is the BESTern hemisphere and we're entitled to ALL THE THINGS.

Nobody is denying anyone the right to ANY exclusives, Sir. However, when there seems to be MASSES of exclusives pouring into one market and barely a trickle of anything coming into another people have a right to at least vent a little. Heck, we aren't even seeing hide nor hair of stuff we're SUPPOSED to be getting half of the time! Meanwhile, EVERY DAY I see Japan getting "Arms Micron this or that" or some awesome Hasbro item which just happens to be meant for some market on the other side of the world, while we in the US and Europe seem to have been shoved onto the back burner.

Maybe you live in a perfectly centralized geographical location where you easily have access to ALL markets and never have to deal with this frustration, but most of us don't. M'kay?

[Diem]

Yeah, why should this "Asia" place get any exclusives? Everyone knows the Western hemisphere is the BESTern hemisphere and we're entitled to ALL THE THINGS.

Nobody is denying anyone the right to ANY exclusives, Sir. However, when there seems to be MASSES of exclusives pouring into one market and barely a trickle of anything coming into another people have a right to at least vent a little. Heck, we aren't even seeing hide nor hair of stuff we're SUPPOSED to be getting half of the time! Meanwhile, EVERY DAY I see Japan getting "Arms Micron this or that" or some awesome Hasbro item which just happens to be meant for some market on the other side of the world, while we in the US and Europe seem to have been shoved onto the back burner.

Maybe you live in a perfectly centralized geographical location where you easily have access to ALL markets and never have to deal with this frustration, but most of us don't. M'kay?

Note that the Arms Micron figures are not an addition to the PRID line in Japan, they ARE the PRID line, meaning that for any deluxe figure you can buy for $15 Japan pays around $30-$35 plus they have to apply stickers...or they need to pay for the import costs of figures we can get here on the cheap. Note also that the US gets Botcon, the TFCC, all of the media (you don't want to know what the cost is on importing tiny 40-page comics but it ain't cheap), the TRU exclusives, the Walmart, Kmart and Costco exclusives and so on. The US is waaaaaaay in front in terms of the availabilty and cheapness of figures, both exclusives and general releases. Even Japan is only second place.

It really pisses me off when another country gets an exclusive and western fans (not meaning to victimise you in particular) start bawling. Sometimes you can get off the swing and let another kid have a turn, huh?

[Stormrider]

I don't understand why these are Hasbro Asia exclusives. Doesn't make much sense that this many figures will be limited to one region.

By that same logic, any store-exclusive should also not exist.

It's a marketing device!

What I meant is - I am shocked that this many exclusive repaints are being released at one time in one market by Hasbro as an exclusive. I am not convinced that these will only be released in the Asian market. I bet Hasbro has plans to roll these out in other regional markets as well.

[Va'al]

I don't understand why these are Hasbro Asia exclusives. Doesn't make much sense that this many figures will be limited to one region.

By that same logic, any store-exclusive should also not exist.

It's a marketing device!

What I meant is - I am shocked that this many exclusive repaints are being released at one time in one market by Hasbro as an exclusive. I am not convinced that these will only be released in the Asian market. I bet Hasbro has plans to roll these out in other regional markets as well.

That I can agree with. I seriously hope for a European release of most of what has been revealed this past week.

But not these, really not fussed.

[Krok]

It really pisses me off when another country gets an exclusive and western fans (not meaning to victimise you in particular) start bawling. Sometimes you can get off the swing and let another kid have a turn, huh?

Hear, hear! Could not have said it better.

Though as I'm in the UK and we rarely get nice things, I could just be bitter.

[ILL-Star]

I want most of these. But with the generations line continuing and knowing that we are getting Legends Motormaster and Thundercracker, I'm going to hold out. We may not get all of them, but I find it hard to believe we'll only get those two.

[Bounti76]

Of all these, only Swerve and Hot Spot really appeal to me.

Also, I too would like to know what GDO stands for..

[Cobalt Prime]

Yeah, why should this "Asia" place get any exclusives? Everyone knows the Western hemisphere is the BESTern hemisphere and we're entitled to ALL THE THINGS.

Nobody is denying anyone the right to ANY exclusives, Sir. However, when there seems to be MASSES of exclusives pouring into one market and barely a trickle of anything coming into another people have a right to at least vent a little. Heck, we aren't even seeing hide nor hair of stuff we're SUPPOSED to be getting half of the time! Meanwhile, EVERY DAY I see Japan getting "Arms Micron this or that" or some awesome Hasbro item which just happens to be meant for some market on the other side of the world, while we in the US and Europe seem to have been shoved onto the back burner.

Maybe you live in a perfectly centralized geographical location where you easily have access to ALL markets and never have to deal with this frustration, but most of us don't. M'kay?

Note that the Arms Micron figures are not an addition to the PRID line in Japan, they ARE the PRID line, meaning that for any deluxe figure you can buy for $15 Japan pays around $30-$35 plus they have to apply stickers...or they need to pay for the import costs of figures we can get here on the cheap. Note also that the US gets Botcon, the TFCC, all of the media (you don't want to know what the cost is on importing tiny 40-page comics but it ain't cheap), the TRU exclusives, the Walmart, Kmart and Costco exclusives and so on. The US is waaaaaaay in front in terms of the availabilty and cheapness of figures, both exclusives and general releases. Even Japan is only second place.

It really pisses me off when another country gets an exclusive and western fans (not meaning to victimise you in particular) start bawling. Sometimes you can get off the swing and let another kid have a turn, huh?

You know, I could come off like a jerk and push the case, but you know? I guess I'm really just kind of acting out a bit because of the constant hunting and failing. I'm frustrated. I see pegs full of BB and BotShots in my sleep. American retail is in shambles TF wise, and though I should have known the heyday wouldn't last forever, I just never saw it getting this bad this fast. I'm sorry if I ruffled any feathers by conveying the wrong idea. My angst isn't that other countries can have stuff. More power to 'em. I'm just not reacting well to the nightmarish retail climate that we have here. I guess we're finally getting a taste of what the UK was getting for so long.

Is there a US chapter of the Disgruntled Brits Crew?

[Seibertron]

This has been removed from the news section for the time being per the request of RobotKingdom. Not sure why. Will let you guys know more as information becomes available.

[triKlops]

some pretty interesting repaints going on here
don't know if i am going to grab any yet but Springer pops up first on the list for me

[Stormrider]

Swerve should have a white head, correct?

[Li0nD0g]

I bet no one here knows what GDO even stands for.

[Seibertron]

I bet no one here knows what GDO even stands for.

I don't!

[El Duque]

I bet no one here knows what GDO even stands for.

I don't!

Me either. Don't keep us in suspense, what the Hell does it mean?

[xyl360]

I wonder why they wanted the article pulled? Perhaps with the preorders sold out they realized there's more demand for these than they initiall thought and they're trying to order more from Hasbro?

I won't order them from RK anyway as the shipping to the US costs waaaaaaaaay too much. I just hope the other stores start getting their preorders for these guys soon.

[Banjo-Tron]

GDO = God Damn Ordinary (apart from Hotspot, who looks Neon blue)

[gavinfuzzy]

I don't understand why these are Hasbro Asia exclusives. Doesn't make much sense that this many figures will be limited to one region.

I know! Hasbro's gone out of its way to kiss some Asian market hyne recently. More to the point-aren't Asian stores pegs crammed full of shelfwarmers too, or is it just the US and Europe? Are the Asian retailers just shovelling the surplus Bees and DOTM stuff into a great big furnace and calling Hasbro saying "Send more product! Your'e not sending us enough product!" ? WTF?

Apparently the Bumblebee-shelfwarmer syndrome for PRID is becomming less distinct. There are rather few PRID bumblebees now...

[NamelessOne]

The Deluxes have just gone up for preorder on TFSource -

All 4 as a set, or Springer, Cliffjumper, Swerve as singles - poor ol' Wheelie has indeed been short packed then, contrary to all RKs case allocations - set of 4 costs $30 less than the price of a whole case from RK (if you could get one)