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News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:12 am

UK catalogue chain argos has listed Hasbro's Master Piece Skywarp on their site.
The listed price is GBP 59.99 it is currently listed as being out of stock but it can be reserved for you at your local argos.
To visit the website please just click here.

Don't shop for it, argos it!

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News Credits: 4 · by **Neurie** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:48 am

YAY! Now all I need is for Thundercracker to come out through Asda and ill have all 3 seakers

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:03 am

/////////Reserved!////////

Strike that, it won't let me reserve it until it's actually in stock.

Doh.

by **Rated X** » Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:39 pm

This was the one Ive been waiting for. Skywarp was my first G1 Transformer and the only one that got banged up from horseplay...It will be nice to have him back next to Starscream.

Hope Thundercracker is next

Like magnusalpha on Facebook · by **magnusalpha** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:44 am

Tekka wrote://///////Reserved!////////

Strike that, it won't let me reserve it until it's actually in stock.

Doh.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You can't reserve something until it's in stock? I think that's called "ordering."

I feel your pain, good sir.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 10:51 am

In stock at my local and now £44.99 :DANCE:

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 11:30 am

Lucky bastard.

I just placed an order for home delivery. I don't mind the extra charge, and I don't want to wait for it to appear in stock locally.

News Credits: 10 · by **Trikeboy** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:30 pm

As cool as it is, I don't feel it is necessary if you have the TakaraTomy version. The colours were close enough for Skywarp. Starscream needed the Hasbro release for the G1 colour but TakaraTomy Skywarp and Thundercracker are pretty good representations of the characters. The black used for the TakaraTomy version makes the mold stand out. I get a feeling the black will be dull on the Hasbro release.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 12:31 pm

Tekka wrote:Lucky bastard.

I just placed an order for home delivery. I don't mind the extra charge, and I don't want to wait for it to appear in stock locally.

I don't actually have it in my hands yet, I've reserved it online so I'll make the trip out 2moro to pick it up.

I'll report back then on if the price is confirmed and whether or not it's in a Euro-box.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Wed Oct 14, 2009 1:24 pm

I just reserved the last one at my local store. Have to go pick it up before the end of tomorrow (thursday). £44.99 is a fair price I think, shame it isnt included in the 25% off promo.

Dont know if I really want it or not given I have the Takara version but I have both Starscreams so might as well.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:34 am

Grabbed him today and can confirm US/English language only packaging. I'm assuming that the £44.99 pricepoint is due to the current 25% off promo.

He does have those annoying catalogue code stickers on the side of the box, but as they are on part of the plastic, they shouldn't be too hard to remove.

Utter bargain, I just wonder why it didn't show up at Asda :-?

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:54 am

Awesome. I always prefer the english only packaging. I'm going to take the day off work tomorrow and wait for him to arrive, haha.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:57 am

I couldnt get out of work to pick up my reserved item. Luckily a mate who works up in London has offered to pick one up for me there. So I will get one today!

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:33 am

Tekka wrote:Awesome. I always prefer the english only packaging. I'm going to take the day off work tomorrow and wait for him to arrive, haha.

I know what you mean, the Euro-boxes always look a little "cluttered". What I don't get is that if stuff has ben printed up in a Euro-box (such as the recent K-mart exclusive Mini-con 10pk for example) and Hasbro know they've printed it up in a Euro-box, presumably for Europe, is why they can't communicate as to what they intend to release here :BANG_HEAD:

A little off topic I know, but a valid point.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:39 am

It is a little out of the blue. How hard would it be to have a release schedule on their web site. If it counted down the days to the release of new stuff it could work people up and help people plan where to spend their cash.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Thu Oct 15, 2009 9:55 am

Ravage XK wrote:It is a little out of the blue. How hard would it be to have a release schedule on their web site. If it counted down the days to the release of new stuff it could work people up and help people plan where to spend their cash.

I think (and don't quote me on this) that the English only packaging tends to be US overstock, sourced away from Hasbro UK, as they are nearly always store-exclusives, I've never seen a "mass retail" figure in anything but a Euro-box.

I'm wondering if Hasbro UK ever intended for MP-Skywarp to come out over here or if retailers knowing that TF's are big business at the moment a looking for other channels of distribution:-?

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:59 am

Just had it delivered to my door 30 mins ago. It's a beautiful box, I really love it as a presentation piece. The box is flawed though, thanks to Argos not taking care of their **** before sending it out to me so I can't really call it mint.

But whatever, it's the bottom of the box so no one will ever see it but me. And after finally getting all "four" of the enormous stickers off the side of the box and cleaning up the sticky crap they leave behind, it's now sitting nicely in my display case.

I really need to get a new case because it's on the verge of overflowing.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 10:34 am

Got mine last night. Havent tried to take the stickers off it yet but happily they are stuck to the clear plastic shell and not the cardboard. I find pc cleaning wipes shift the any sticky residue fairly easily.

Looks ok, havent opened it. Not sure if I will as I have Masterpiece Skywarp out of his box.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 1:00 pm

Ravage XK wrote:I just reserved the last one at my local store. Have to go pick it up before the end of tomorrow (thursday). £44.99 is a fair price I think, shame it isnt included in the 25% off promo.

As it was £60 the other day it kindof IS! I only paid £45 or SS. As SW has come down I'm gonna have to buy this. This is strange as I normally hate the idea of buying duplicate molds.

News Credits: 15 · by **Ravage XK** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:32 pm

Mykltron wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I just reserved the last one at my local store. Have to go pick it up before the end of tomorrow (thursday). £44.99 is a fair price I think, shame it isnt included in the 25% off promo.

As it was £60 the other day it kindof IS! I only paid £45 or SS. As SW has come down I'm gonna have to buy this. This is strange as I normally hate the idea of buying duplicate molds.

I didnt see it at £60 and it doesnt have the little red save £ sign against it.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Fri Oct 16, 2009 4:44 pm

Ravage XK wrote:
Mykltron wrote:
Ravage XK wrote:I just reserved the last one at my local store. Have to go pick it up before the end of tomorrow (thursday). £44.99 is a fair price I think, shame it isnt included in the 25% off promo.

As it was £60 the other day it kindof IS! I only paid £45 or SS. As SW has come down I'm gonna have to buy this. This is strange as I normally hate the idea of buying duplicate molds.

I didnt see it at £60 and it doesnt have the little red save £ sign against it.

Check Dead Metal's post up top^. I saw it at that price myself.