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News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:27 pm

Secured my preorders for Thrust and Runabout. So I will have 12 seekers and both battlechargers now, splendid.

Also managed to use the Target $10 off $50 coupon to pre-order them, so that helped

News Credits: 54 · by **Deadput** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:30 pm

Oh I see you don't need a Red(wing) card to order them this time, should I grab them or wait for a better retailer for Canadian?

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:34 pm

Deadput wrote:Oh I see you don't need a Red(wing) card to order them this time, should I grab them or wait for a better retailer for Canadian?

Yes Redwing was selects. Thrust and Runabout are normal ER (basically wave 4) that just happen to be Exclusive to Target in the U.S.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:44 pm

Deadput wrote:Oh I see you don't need a Red(wing) card to order them this time, should I grab them or wait for a better retailer for Canadian?

depends, if you absolutely want to ensure you get him, then buy him now. I will wait for the canadian release. And if it doesn't happen, so be it.

News Credits: 19 · by **blackeyedprime** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:45 pm

wouldnt have minded the micromasters but they will probably not be offered over here.

Having to pay more than a deluxe for runabout kills him off for me and then I have no need of wave 3 Runamuck so that's money saved.

Headmasters are tempting for the Japanese decos at £80 but something new and shiny wins over versions of something I already have for the most part, dampens the temptation.

*thruust, not much point not being able to get the other seekers so I'll stick with my classics that I'm also missing seekers from... hard to believe brand spanking new G1 (reissues) were the easiest to get out of all the toylines.

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:52 pm

Well Thrust is sold out. Bleh.

Does anyone else but me find it odd that Thrust's nosecone is solid maroon, but his cone head is black?

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 12:54 pm

Bounti76 wrote:Well Thrust is sold out. Bleh.

Does anyone else but me find it odd that Thrust's nosecone is solid maroon, but his cone head is black?

As someone whose favorite "G1" seeker toy is the CW Thundercracker, nope

News Credits: 1 · by **bluecatcinema** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:02 pm

Yellow-eyed Thrust for the win!

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:12 pm

I find it odd that Barricade isn't called Barricade. Guess it's to not be confusing given the Siege and upcoming Selects ones but the venn diagram of "people that care about both" and "people that know what G1 Micromaster Barricade looks like" is just a circle. Not sure who it helps to use "Runner".

Was shocked by how easy it was to get in on Thrust and Runabout. Had just assumed they'd sell out in mere seconds like most of the other Target exclusive stuff lately.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:14 pm

ScottyP wrote:Was shocked by how easy it was to get in on Thrust and Runabout. Had just assumed they'd sell out in mere seconds like most of the other Target exclusive stuff lately.

That really surprised me too, it took an hour and 20 minutes to sell out after it showed up in the store. Maybe it actually caught people off guard enough scalperbots weren't actually ready for it

by **ZeldaTheSwordsman** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 1:24 pm

Bounti76 wrote:Well Thrust is sold out. Bleh.

Does anyone else but me find it odd that Thrust's nosecone is solid maroon, but his cone head is black?

It does kinda spoil the illusion of his head being the real nosecone, but that's paint budget for you.

I'm just glad he doesn't have the halfassed turbofans that Henkei/Generations Thrust did. Remember those?

(Botcon Thrust on the left, Henkei Thrust on the right)

EDIT:

Snapdragon in jet mode, together with fellow SR-71 knockoff the Megajet. Has anyone else posted a pic of these together?

by **Whifflefire** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:02 pm

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:EDIT:

Snapdragon in jet mode, together with fellow SR-71 knockoff the Megajet. Has anyone else posted a pic of these together?

I haven't got my Overlord with me (since I'm at college), but I have noticed how similar their alt-modes look since I picked up Snapdragon a couple of weeks ago. I've been wanting to compare them, so thanks for the image!

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:07 pm

Whifflefire wrote:
ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:EDIT:

Snapdragon in jet mode, together with fellow SR-71 knockoff the Megajet. Has anyone else posted a pic of these together?

I haven't got my Overlord with me (since I'm at college), but I have noticed how similar their alt-modes look since I picked up Snapdragon a couple of weeks ago. I've been wanting to compare them, so thanks for the image!

Now this makes me want that Takara Overlord I keep seeing on Ebay. Snapdragon is such a cool space jet.

News Credits: 42 · by **TF-fan kev777** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:14 pm

So, since Thrust and Runabout are going to the Target exclusives, are they both going to really screw up the TF aisle in Target? SS Leadfoot got his own peg. If they do the same thing, then Runaout will need his own peg, and Thrust would need his own shelf space.

News Credits: 48 · by **Nemesis Primal** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:19 pm

Hmm, without that space Ironworks that was rumored that Micron set is suddenly...completely uninteresting, cool, that's some money saved. I will have to track down a Runabout still though, and I am now curious to see how accurate those other rumors for GO are/were since this one was only half right.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So, since Thrust and Runabout are going to the Target exclusives, are they both going to really screw up the TF aisle in Target? SS Leadfoot got his own peg. If they do the same thing, then Runaout will need his own peg, and Thrust would need his own shelf space.

Maybe this is why Skywarp and Thundercracker are reportedly getting clearanced now, to make space for this next "wave" of Target exclusives?

by **Whifflefire** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 2:20 pm

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So, since Thrust and Runabout are going to the Target exclusives, are they both going to really screw up the TF aisle in Target? SS Leadfoot got his own peg. If they do the same thing, then Runaout will need his own peg, and Thrust would need his own shelf space.

If it means they don't get shortpacked, or otherwise are hard to find, then they can take up as much space as they want, in my view.

News Credits: 387 · by **Bounti76** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:26 pm

Whifflefire wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:So, since Thrust and Runabout are going to the Target exclusives, are they both going to really screw up the TF aisle in Target? SS Leadfoot got his own peg. If they do the same thing, then Runaout will need his own peg, and Thrust would need his own shelf space.

If it means they don't get shortpacked, or otherwise are hard to find, then they can take up as much space as they want, in my view.

They won't get shortpacked. Target exclusive figures generally come in solid cases. Leadfoot was packed that way, at least.

News Credits: 65 · by **Wolfman Jake** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:45 pm

I finally got my first of the Earthrise Wave 2 Deluxe Class figures from Amazon, Arcee. She's worse than I though she'd be. The plastic is thin. The transformation is not fun. The robot parts are just smooshed underneath the car and don't really peg or tab into anything from the car securely. Mine also has a big quality control issue where one of the pink pegs won't snap into the white hole on the inner armature of the car hood and front fenders. It prevents the fender side panel from pegging in correctly, leaving a huge panel line gap and making it impossible to roll the car flat on its wheels.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:45 pm

Also Target exclusives seem to be released in much smaller quantities overall, despite being sold in solid cases. I have yet to see one shelf warm, several I have only seen once.

News Credits: 23 · by **aronjlove** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 3:51 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I finally got my first of the Earthrise Wave 2 Deluxe Class figures from Amazon, Arcee. She's worse than I though she'd be. The plastic is thin. The transformation is not fun. The robot parts are just smooshed underneath the car and don't really peg or tab into anything from the car securely. Mine also has a big quality control issue where one of the pink pegs won't snap into the white hole on the inner armature of the car hood and front fenders. It prevents the fender side panel from pegging in correctly, leaving a huge panel line gap and making it impossible to roll the car flat on its wheels.

I have similar issues with a panel on mine, and I do feel the plastic on the backpack could be better, but the figure itself to me is better than the T30. Her hands can hold more weapons and she can stand in better poses. Plus she has a 5mm port on each foot so she can Weaponize a bit. I wish they could have merged the two, the ER figure with the T30 backpack and Face.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:41 pm

ScottyP wrote:I find it odd that Barricade isn't called Barricade. Guess it's to not be confusing given the Siege and upcoming Selects ones but the venn diagram of "people that care about both" and "people that know what G1 Micromaster Barricade looks like" is just a circle. Not sure who it helps to use "Runner".

I think it's another case like how G1 Chase was named "Roadburn" in Titans Return because that name having become more associated with the Rescue Bot.

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 4:57 pm

Yeah, Micromasters, not having any personality or bios in fiction outside of Victory & Zone in Japan until DW comics means probably very few of them, that share a name with any other character, will be prominently known.

News Credits: 11 · by **Munkky** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:07 pm

Looks like Runabout is already sold out on at least one UK site. I've been at work all evening so I wasn't able to put in any pre-orders until now. I'm not holding out much hope on ever owning Thrust or the other Coneheads either.

I like that Micromaster set, it's cute how they've still managed to complete the Decepticon Race Track Patrol even though Barricade is someone completely different now. I'll either pre-order the Micron set or buy the Earthrise Wave 2 Micromasters (the Astro Squad and the Race Track Patrol), but not both because I don't want my shelf to be over-run with too many Micromasters.

It's nice to see the Deluxe Headmasters being made available again, I never owned Chromedome or Brainstorm, but I did used to have Hardhead and Mindwipe years ago and they were good. I may skip them purely for the sake of conserving money and shelf space, but regardless I'm happy the moulds are getting another run.

News Credits: 4835 · by **william-james88** » Fri Oct 16, 2020 5:48 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:I finally got my first of the Earthrise Wave 2 Deluxe Class figures from Amazon, Arcee. She's worse than I though she'd be. The plastic is thin. The transformation is not fun. The robot parts are just smooshed underneath the car and don't really peg or tab into anything from the car securely. Mine also has a big quality control issue where one of the pink pegs won't snap into the white hole on the inner armature of the car hood and front fenders. It prevents the fender side panel from pegging in correctly, leaving a huge panel line gap and making it impossible to roll the car flat on its wheels.

I am grateful for your sacrifice in getting a toy I was pretty sure I'd hate but was still curious about. Glad to know I can trust my intuition. Looking forward to your review if the MP.