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News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:41 am

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Tamiya TS-19 Metallic blue

Banned in Canada since over a year....

by **megatran** » Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:23 pm

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Thanks! It’s Tamiya TS-19 Metallic blue, I have a full list of the other paints I used as well on my customs page!

Is Tamiya spray paint banned in Canada or somewhere? Remember reading it.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Oct 07, 2025 4:35 am

megatran wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Thanks! It’s Tamiya TS-19 Metallic blue, I have a full list of the other paints I used as well on my customs page!

Is Tamiya spray paint banned in Canada or somewhere? Remember reading it.

Banned in Canada since September 2024.
The only spray cans that remains are the inventories store owners keep selling. If you're lucky, you may still find some, but the available colors are at the mercy of a dice throw.

by **megatran** » Tue Oct 07, 2025 11:00 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
megatran wrote:
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Thanks! It’s Tamiya TS-19 Metallic blue, I have a full list of the other paints I used as well on my customs page!

Is Tamiya spray paint banned in Canada or somewhere? Remember reading it.

Banned in Canada since September 2024.
The only spray cans that remains are the inventories store owners keep selling. If you're lucky, you may still find some, but the available colors are at the mercy of a dice throw.

I missed your previous post mentioning it was banned in Canada. In my defence I'm an idiot. Haha.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Oct 08, 2025 4:30 am

To be fair, it was on a previous page. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

News Credits: 331 · by **chuckdawg1999** » Wed Oct 08, 2025 7:31 am

News Credits: 4860 · by **william-james88** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:32 am

While the news dates from a couple days ago, we wanted to cover the preorder for Skybound Optimus Prime. This is a figure released as a leader class toy in the Studio Series line but it is exclusive to Pulse and won’t be available elsewhere, at least in the US. While it’s a leader figure, the price is $80 and it will come out in October … 2026.

We also have a confirmed list of accessories and if you thought that’s where the extra money is going, it isnt. There is no trailer either.

Below is the description of the toy, with the 3 accessories listed as well as a link to preorder and stock images.

Long requested by fans, Energon Universe Optimus Prime is here, complete with Megatron's arm and fusion cannon.
Step into the Energon Universe with this comic-inspired Optimus Prime action figure.
7.25-inch (18 cm) Leader Class Optimus Prime figure with Megatron arm
Converts to iconic semi-truck mode
Includes removable fusion cannon, blaster, and Matrix of Leadership accessories

https://www.hasbropulse.com/product/tra ... /G22705L00

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 4:03 pm

Commander price for a leader...
Might as well just get the SS86 optimus and some upgrade kit.
>:oP

by **megatran** » Wed Oct 15, 2025 10:12 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Commander price for a leader...
Might as well just get the SS86 optimus and some upgrade kit.

Megatron's arm and fusion cannon costs well... an arm (& a leg).

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 2:17 am

They get Megatron's Fusion Cannon looking right on Prime but not Megatron? Spectacular!

~ Grim

by **Tekyuinajar** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 2:54 pm

This whole thing feels kind of embarrassing. Like I love this figure, but the high price and huge delay when there's literally 3P/4P Skybound Primes of numerous flavors and sizes already available right now. Curious to note: most are swamped with accessories by comparison to the Hasbro $80 bare bones figure.

Forget that HasTak shows up late to a party after the fever for Skybound Prime made a pocket industry for cheap and easy upgrades so you can obtain this within DAYS and not wait, but there's that pesky KO that has everything and more that the SS89 Prime missed including the megatron arm. The only thing it has to set it apart are the official channels of the people that should have been the first to put this on the shelf and less everything.

Bad enough they're greedily price gouging out the gate with a Trailer-less release that chucks the defining accessories for a toy LITERALLY DESIGNED TO COMPLETE WITH MASTERPIECE RELEASES, then gut all save 2 the original accessories and apply barking mad pricing to a "limited release" figure that'll probably see 10 repaints to justify costs to any changes in molding.

News Credits: 226 · by **Burn** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 7:20 pm

Australian pre-order for Energon Universe Optimus Prime - $99.95AUD
If Gamesmen have him, chances are JB Hi-Fi and/or Zing/EB Games will have him as well.

by **megatran** » Thu Oct 16, 2025 11:08 pm

Burn wrote:Australian pre-order for Energon Universe Optimus Prime - $99.95AUD
If Gamesmen have him, chances are JB Hi-Fi and/or Zing/EB Games will have him as well.

... And it's a Hasbro Pulse exclusive in the US for $80 USD + taxes. :HEADHURTS:

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 10:48 am

People were pretty upset when the pre-orders opened because during Rob Kirkman's panel he read off a sheet of bullet point info he was given and it said the price was $59.99. People insisted that Kirkman said the price was wrong on Pulse, he didn't, he just read a statement from Hasbro, Hasbro changed the price just like how Nemesis Prime went from $75 to $90. This is the world we live in now.

It's still stupid that they're charging $80 for what's effectively a Leader now. With Commanders now $100 does that mean the trailer and accessories are worth $20? I guess Hasbro is back to charging us an "exclusives tax" like they always used to until around 10 years ago, on top of the tariffs upcharge.

Emerje

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Fri Oct 17, 2025 5:00 pm

See, I do think that Optimus looks good (I actually like that head sculpt better than the one on the first release), it's just definitely not worth that price, and I have no real need or want for it in my collection anyway. This whole 3-waves-a-year thing certainly feels like it's doing some funky stuff to the reveal schedule (or lack thereof) though, it feels weird to see entire panels to reveal only 1-2 preorders, or reveal a whole wave but have it not go up for preorder for months.

Emerje wrote:It's still stupid that they're charging $80 for what's effectively a Leader now. With Commanders now $100 does that mean the trailer and accessories are worth $20? I guess Hasbro is back to charging us an "exclusives tax" like they always used to until around 10 years ago, on top of the tariffs upcharge.

...okay see this sentiment was stated about Nemesis as well, and I gotta admit I'm kinda confused why people are talking about this like it's a new phenomenon? Optimus and Nemesis both are the fall/Pulsecon exclusive for their respective years, like Powerlinx Hot Shot and Dinoking the past two years, and that exclusive has consistently had a $20 markup I wanna say since it's inception. Are people just forgetting this and think this entire price is a tariff thing, did people not notice this before? Or is this literally just because the old price was said at the panel?