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[Cobotron]

HasbroToyShop.com has Siege Deluxes for $10 plus 20% off with code ALLNEW and free shipping if you order enough.
This price may be a mistake and may not last.

I just got Hound, Cog and Skytread for about $25 total shipped free!

I submitted this as a news item already.

Thanks! I got Hound and Sideswipe for 16.94! Wish I'd waited one day on Cog.

HOLY SCRAP! I jumped on that deal! Thanks for the post Bonfireben!

They each came to $7.99 before tax with the ALLNEW promo code. Unbelievable!

Somebody made a big boo boo at the toyshop. Hope they get to keep their job at least until after the holidays.

[no-one]

All gone now. I had SS and ST go out of stock in my cart. Hound is out as well.

I'll play the F5 game for a few. Bummer, what a steal.

[AcademyofDrX]

I got Sideswipe, Skytread, and Hound. I'm waiting for a shipping confirmation before celebrating.

[o.supreme]

yeah I guess one way to look at it is...If they come back and say "oh sorry, we messed up", and cancel all those orders, and offer a 20% off coupon (that wont be good for any new product) as compensation, that's one way to know they weren't just trying to dump defective product quickly.

[DecepticonFinishline]

Oh man, that backpack on Chromia was really minimized after removing the combiner peg...

The best thing that could've been done was have a combiner peg that could attach or detach from the figure.

Except a combiner peg won't do you any good if there is no 5mm port to attach a hand or foot. That was the other thing removed when Siege Chromia was designed.

They could've left the ports attached too.

What I meant was when they were retooling Chromia, to basically leave the option for her to be a combiner but if people weren't interested in that feature or hated the backback, to just be able to slide that part off.

Hopefully Generations Select will do a less-stupid Chromia release.

[ZeroWolf]

Thanks to due diligence from fellow Seibertron user, Bonfireben, we've learned of a massive sale on Siege Deluxe figures! We don't know at this time if it's a glitch or human error but the prices for the deluxes are currently $10! They are all currently out of stock (as of writing, the only Siege figures in stock are the Micromaster packs for $9.99)

There is also a new promo code that can be used to get 20% off (ALLNEW) and if the order is over $14.99, then its eligible for free shipping.



Does this deal sound too good to be true? Keep an eye out for restocks and try to grab a bargain if you can. Let us know if you succeed in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews.

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I doubt it but I really, really hope the new cassettes are compatible with the MP/G1 cassettes. I do love me some cross compatibility.

These casettes are much smaller.

Which is disappointing. Not exactly unexpected because of them being Micromasters, but still. I think the G1 cassettes are basically the right size compared to Generations figures going by the cartoon: Smaller than minibots but not by too much.

On the other hand, with them being smaller you would probably be able to stick at least 2 in TR Soundwave's chest because it was designed for toys larger than the G1 cassettes.

[Black Bumblebee]

Everything was sold out other than the micromasters, but was able to get them with the promo code and free shipping, so was still worth getting them.

[Emerje]

The "HASFAM18" code also works for the same discount and it works on everything, not just new stuff. Got all three Micro Master sets and tossed in PotP Tailgate for $8 each.

Emerje

[starrhero]

Man, HTS was raided faster than I could imagine. I was able to pick up one of the micromaster sets, but every deluxe sold out as I was trying to purchase them. This was one heck of a deal, which makes me question wether or not this was intentional. If it was, Hasbro seems to be heavily in the holliday spirit, if not, someone isn't going to have a job at Hasbro much longer.

It probably was intentional, but it's so shocking that I can hardly believe it. What a steal.

[YoungPrime]

Man, HTS was raided faster than I could imagine. I was able to pick up one of the micromaster sets, but every deluxe sold out as I was trying to purchase them. This was one heck of a deal, which makes me question wether or not this was intentional. If it was, Hasbro seems to be heavily in the holliday spirit, if not, someone isn't going to have a job at Hasbro much longer.

It probably was intentional, but it's so shocking that I can hardly believe it. What a steal.

Yeah, I'm a little skeptical to.

I was just on TFW2005 bashing HTS for being so slow when it came to releasing new figures. And how I rarely even shopped there anymore then a half hour latter BAM!

Someone posted news that HTS had them and the dlx's were only $9.99, $7.99 with the promo and free shipping. I manage to get Prime, Meg, Sideswipe and Tread. Which were the main ones I wanted anyway (along with Shockwave).

[Jeddostotle7]

Soooo... the official reveal and promo pics of the Firestormers set I thought I saw was just a dream, wasn't it?

That's... unusual, for my dreams. Imagining a realistic toy reveal.

[Nemesis Primal]

Soooo... the official reveal and promo pics of the Firestormers set I thought I saw was just a dream, wasn't it?

That's... unusual, for my dreams. Imagining a realistic toy reveal.

Eh, it happens. I dreamed there was a Combiner Wars Armada Sideways once. Out of curiosity, what did your dream come up with for them, mold and member-wise?

In other news, while I personally did not do anything about that deal, I feel I can fairly confidently say I'm getting Skytread and Hound for Christmas because of this, having passed the info on before everything sold out.

[Cyber Bishop]

I nabbed three of the deluxes with no problem! I am thankful for the local tip I got about them.

[Jeddostotle7]

Soooo... the official reveal and promo pics of the Firestormers set I thought I saw was just a dream, wasn't it?

That's... unusual, for my dreams. Imagining a realistic toy reveal.

Eh, it happens. I dreamed there was a Combiner Wars Armada Sideways once. Out of curiosity, what did your dream come up with for them, mold and member-wise?

It was mostly matching the rumors - Siege Sideswipe mold repainted in G2 colors, Skytread repainted for Slamdance. Don't know if my brain came up with anything for the Battlemaster though.

[Wolfman Jake]

A lot of people seem to be quite pleased with Siege Hound right now, so I thought I'd share some of my own opinions of the figure. He does look VERY cool. I had originally intended to pass on him, sticking with my Autobot Specialists Hound (redecoed Universe 2008/Classics 2.0/Henkei mold). When I saw him in store, though, I couldn't resist.

Siege Hound is a solid figure. There isn't a lot of obvious gapping in the robot mode, which is quite refreshing. He sports a very dark green this time around, a bit darker than I think we're used too, but the same too can be said of the red used on Siege Sideswipe. Maybe this is part of how Hasbro conveys the "darker and grittier" direction they're going with in Transformers: SIEGE, along with the painted on "battle damage" details. Hound's accessories are great too. He's got his shoulder cannon/holo-emitter, a rifle, and an ammo clip. The three can be arranged in several different configurations. I do wish that, instead of the ammo clip, the shoulder cannon had a missile or something to put in it. It looks kinda "empty" as is, and putting his gun in there leaves him without a handheld weapon.

Hound's Transformation is fun and mostly intuitive. I got hung up on figuring out where to put his arms in alt mode for a while, though. I don't use the instructions unless I absolutely have to. After studying some pictures of Hound in "Jeep" mode for a while, I figured out home the arms work. It's a little sad that they just kind of contort a bit and lazily lay under everything else in vehicle mode. At least they do tab in, but I feel like they could have used some empty space in there a little more creatively. I also have some issue with how the legs fold out and back in during transformation. There's definitely a bit of clearance issue getting them past the roll cage. It's not horrible, and there are a few joints that can help, but you still end up having to "bend" some plastic around other plastic just a bit to get things where they need to go (unless I'm missing something really big).

I'm not sure yet if Siege Hound will be my "display" Hound in the future. I'm sticking with the Autobot Specialist version for now. I did give him the Siege version's gun, though. There is a lot to like about Siege Hound, but I feel, for me at least, the Specialist version has such a good grasp on both the G1 cartoon silhouette, colors, and details that it's hard to really surpass it, especially when Siege Hound skews more G1 toy accurate with the bronze stripe detailing and the stars on the shoulders. I'll post some comparison pics later tonight of Siege, Autobot Specialist, and Unite Warriors Hound.

[Cheetron]

I'm so over hts having things on sale but never in stock. I was excited when I saw this but lost it when I saw where

[D-Maximal_Primal]

I got messaged at work by a member in a Line chat saying the deluxes were at HTS at $9.99. I didn't believe him, went to look at HTS as I was ending my lunch break, saw it was true with the 20% off coupon on top of it, and jumped.

I was going to wait to find them in stores, but at $8 a deluxe and a total of $33.89, when the total would be around $85, I couldn't say no to $50 off.

so now, just to keep an eye on Leaders, battlemasters, and micromasters in stores. Wasn't concerned about getting the micromasters online yet, they can wait for the store.

[Lore Keeper]

That moment when you spent all day searching for Siege deluxes just to have them pop up and sell out in the span of driving home... I could punch a kitten right now. Ten kittens!!!

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

I'm so over hts having things on sale but never in stock. I was excited when I saw this but lost it when I saw where

It's a problem whenever an online store has something on sale - big runs on the inventory are unrestrained by proximity, physically going through the aisles, and checkout lines.

[DeathReviews]

Normally I'm all over this stuff - but I missed this until it was too late. All out of stock except Micros. Bummer....

[ebonyleopard]

Damn it. I never see these articles in time to take advantage of them.

[Lore Keeper]

I learned something fun today while at one of my local Targets. Turns out, there is a reason inventory trackers aren't working to locate these figures remotely. Target is blocking tracking from all external sources. The associate showed me that the items are even blocked from displaying on Target's website, unless you're accessing it from an employee's device. This was all done to make it so you must go into a Target store to look up an item. Want to guess why the change was made? Scalpers, everyone's best friends! Manufacturers of items like the NES Classic were getting pissed that their products were being scalped so easily, and put pressure on retailers to take measures against it.
Now, I have only the associate's word to go off of here, but if he made all this up, he has one hell of an imagination. So, I'm taking this on as fact. As if we needed another reason to hate scalpers...

[Cyber Bishop]

I learned something fun today while at one of my local Targets. Turns out, there is a reason inventory trackers aren't working to locate these figures remotely. Target is blocking tracking from all external sources. The associate showed me that the items are even blocked from displaying on Target's website, unless you're accessing it from an employee's device. This was all done to make it so you must go into a Target store to look up an item. Want to guess why the change was made? Scalpers, everyone's best friends! Manufacturers of items like the NES Classic were getting pissed that their products were being scalped so easily, and put pressure on retailers to take measures against it.
Now, I have only the associate's word to go off of here, but if he made all this up, he has one hell of an imagination. So, I'm taking this on as fact. As if we needed another reason to hate scalpers...

I have been checking inventory checkers and they have shown nothing but have been getting in the micros, weapons and even today the deluxes. Brickseek said they had nothing in stock so there might be some truth to this.

[Nemesis Maximo]

That moment when you spent all day searching for Siege deluxes just to have them pop up and sell out in the span of driving home... I could punch a kitten right now. Ten kittens!!!

I am totally stealing that line.