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[Primeultimus]

Good Luck Hunting everyone!

087-06-2583 TRANSFORMERS 4 CNSTRCTBOTS WAR $19.99
087-06-2584 TRANSFORMERS 4 CONSTRUCTBOTS R $5.99
087-06-2585 TRANSFORMERS 4 CONSTRUCT-BOTS $9.99
087-06-2586 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS DEL $14.99
087-06-2587 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS LEA $44.99
087-06-2588 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS VOY $24.99
087-06-2589 TRANSFORMERS 4 JOUST SPARKERS $4.99
087-06-2590 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE 4 JOUSTERS $12.99
087-06-2591 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID 12IN TITAN $9.99
087-06-2592 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID FLP & SMASH $19.99
087-06-2593 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID OPTIMUS PRI $32.99
087-06-2594 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID ONE STEP MA $9.99
087-06-2595 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID POWER ATTAC $12.99

[GuyIncognito]

Is there any reason to think these might be in Target warehouses already, or do we know anything about the intended release/street date? I've had luck in the past with getting a Target employee to check a DCPI number and pull a case from the back, but I don't want to waste my time if these aren't supposed to show up for several more weeks or months.

[Primeultimus]

Is there any reason to think these might be in Target warehouses already, or do we know anything about the intended release/street date? I've had luck in the past with getting a Target employee to check a DCPI number and pull a case from the back, but I don't want to waste my time if these aren't supposed to show up for several more weeks or months.

The choice to waste your time is yours.

No one ever knows the exact date these will come out. I have to have Target employees grab stuff out of the back all of the time.

I was sharing this info for when it is needed.

[njb902]

This stuff might be at the distribution centers, but it won't be at the stores yet.

[Jelze Bunnycat]

This stuff might be at the distribution centers, but it won't be at the stores yet.

So soon? I was more under the impression that these numbers were "set aside" after ordering from Hasbro, for when they would eventually arrive.

[njb902]

This stuff might be at the distribution centers, but it won't be at the stores yet.

So soon? I was more under the impression that these numbers were "set aside" after ordering from Hasbro, for when they would eventually arrive.

It all depends on how much cushion time Hasbro and the retailer's think is appropriate. I don't know how long it takes to set up and make a production run. It takes 2 to 4 weeks for cargo ships to make the voyage from China to the US. I honestly have no idea how long it takes to unload a freighter or for the cargo to pass customs. A week or so to work it's way around the country to the distribution centers. Then it'll take a few days for the distribution centers to sort it all. Then a day or so from the distribution center to the stores. The movie comes out at the end of June. So the toys will be out around the beginning of may. I'm betting the stores will receive their initial inventory mid April.

So I have no idea if the distribution centers have it or not, but I know the stores don't.

[GuyIncognito]

Thanks, njb902. I think I'll wait until at least April before I start pestering Target employees for Leader Grimlock.

And thanks to Primeultimus for the numbers.

[Mindmaster]

Today, Seibertron.com user Primeultimus brought to our attention some Age of Extinction-related merchandise news: Target listings of several of the toys planned for release! According to the listings, Construct-Bots, Generations, "Joust Sparkers", "Jousters" (which may or may not be related to the aforementioned Joust Sparkers), and miscellaneous figures under the banner of "Robots in Disguise".

087-06-2583 TRANSFORMERS 4 CNSTRCTBOTS WAR $19.99
087-06-2584 TRANSFORMERS 4 CONSTRUCTBOTS R $5.99
087-06-2585 TRANSFORMERS 4 CONSTRUCT-BOTS $9.99
087-06-2586 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS DEL $14.99
087-06-2587 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS LEA $44.99
087-06-2588 TRANSFORMERS 4 GENERATIONS VOY $24.99
087-06-2589 TRANSFORMERS 4 JOUST SPARKERS $4.99
087-06-2590 TRANSFORMERS MOVIE 4 JOUSTERS $12.99
087-06-2591 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID 12IN TITAN $9.99
087-06-2592 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID FLP & SMASH $19.99
087-06-2593 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID OPTIMUS PRI $32.99
087-06-2594 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID ONE STEP MA $9.99
087-06-2595 TRANSFORMERS 4 RID POWER ATTAC $12.99

[GuyIncognito]

"TRANSFORMERS 4 RID OPTIMUS PRI $32.99"

$32.99 is an interesting price point - more than a Voyager but less than a Leader and less than the Prime "Weaponizers". So what do you think it might be? Something like an Ultra class, or a Voyager with electronic gimmicks?

Another thought: the other "RID" items listed here all sound like items for younger kids (12" titans, flip % smash, one-step, etc.). Maybe this RID OP will be another upscaled figure, perhaps a Voyager upscaled to Leader size, and thus the price point being in between.

[welcometothedarksyde]

Transformers 4 Generations... Are the rest of the Thrilling 30 toys going to be filled with TF4 toys?

[Jelze Bunnycat]

Transformers 4 Generations... Are the rest of the Thrilling 30 toys going to be filled with TF4 toys?

No, it's possible the new Movie toys will be put in Generations as a new series. Like:

"Series 0": WFC & Classics
Series 1: FOC
Series 2: Thrilling 30's
Series 3: Age of Extinction?

Looking at the lineups we're at proper cut-off points compared to earlier series and Prime: 16-18 for Deluxe and 6 for Voyager. But I must stress we still don't know the finer details about how they'll do the lines yet.

[Bounti76]

I'm REALLY not excited that the Deluxe pricepoint has gone up to $14.99. Nor the Voyager to $24.99. I realize that they will likely be on sale or a discount at some point, but to have a price jump that big (nearly $5, as I remember DOTM deluxes as $9-10)...I just hope that they are at least as big as the ROTF Deluxes and Voyagers, otherwise it'll be the same amount of plastic as DOTM figures but at a higher price.

I suppose that passing on most of the line means I'll have more money for Masterpieces, though.

[jamesbenjamin]

I'm REALLY not excited that the Deluxe pricepoint has gone up to $14.99. Nor the Voyager to $24.99. I realize that they will likely be on sale or a discount at some point, but to have a price jump that big (nearly $5, as I remember DOTM deluxes as $9-10)...I just hope that they are at least as big as the ROTF Deluxes and Voyagers, otherwise it'll be the same amount of plastic as DOTM figures but at a higher price.

I suppose that passing on most of the line means I'll have more money for Masterpieces, though.

DotM Deluxe figures official retail price was $12.99, which is the same as the red-carded Generations, and the yellow-carded "transformers"/HftD line.

It is also the pricepoint for Prime: RiD & Beast Hunters deluxes.

[Spider5800]

Transformers 4 Generations... Are the rest of the Thrilling 30 toys going to be filled with TF4 toys?

Maybe it's the molds from DotM that were never released in the US and don't fit into the TF4 line. Leadfoot, Wheeljack, Mercedes Soundwave, etc?

[Bounti76]

I'm REALLY not excited that the Deluxe pricepoint has gone up to $14.99. Nor the Voyager to $24.99. I realize that they will likely be on sale or a discount at some point, but to have a price jump that big (nearly $5, as I remember DOTM deluxes as $9-10)...I just hope that they are at least as big as the ROTF Deluxes and Voyagers, otherwise it'll be the same amount of plastic as DOTM figures but at a higher price.

I suppose that passing on most of the line means I'll have more money for Masterpieces, though.

DotM Deluxe figures official retail price was $12.99, which is the same as the red-carded Generations, and the yellow-carded "transformers"/HftD line.

It is also the pricepoint for Prime: RiD & Beast Hunters deluxes.

Right, and that's the pricing I see in Target now. Walmart is $9.96 for Deluxes at the moment. But I distinctly remember DOTM Deluxes at Walmart being $9.88 when the line was released. Though the prices did fluctuate somewhat, they stayed near the $10-11 dollar mark. Now they're nearly $15? My whole point is that if they are actually sold for near $15, and are the same size as the DOTM Deluxes, I'll probably be skipping most of the line.

[Zordon]

i think the "Jousters" description might have something to do with that display we have seen with Optimus atop Grimlock, its turning into Knights tale.

[OptimalOptimus2]

i think the "Jousters" description might have something to do with that display we have seen with Optimus atop Grimlock, its turning into Knights tale.

I agree, but there needs to be a Decepticon jouster.

[T-Macksimus]

I'm REALLY not excited that the Deluxe pricepoint has gone up to $14.99. Nor the Voyager to $24.99. I realize that they will likely be on sale or a discount at some point, but to have a price jump that big (nearly $5, as I remember DOTM deluxes as $9-10)...I just hope that they are at least as big as the ROTF Deluxes and Voyagers, otherwise it'll be the same amount of plastic as DOTM figures but at a higher price.

I suppose that passing on most of the line means I'll have more money for Masterpieces, though.

DotM Deluxe figures official retail price was $12.99, which is the same as the red-carded Generations, and the yellow-carded "transformers"/HftD line.

It is also the pricepoint for Prime: RiD & Beast Hunters deluxes.

Right, and that's the pricing I see in Target now. Walmart is $9.96 for Deluxes at the moment. But I distinctly remember DOTM Deluxes at Walmart being $9.88 when the line was released. Though the prices did fluctuate somewhat, they stayed near the $10-11 dollar mark. Now they're nearly $15? My whole point is that if they are actually sold for near $15, and are the same size as the DOTM Deluxes, I'll probably be skipping most of the line.

Prepare to save a load of money on this line then. That's a major part of why I only bought 2 DotM figures out of the entire line. The prices kept increasing and the size of the figures decreasing.

For them to jack these things up yet another $2.00 is absolutely ludicrous and for many stores to be running Prime and Generations lines at one price point and to have Movie line at another for the same class figure... that's just flat out insulting. I would like to know their supposed justification for this latest jump and for the variation between lines. And I'd like a DECENT explanation from someone at the top of the retail chain and not the standard bull****, intelligence insulting excuses they always lay on us. Or at the very least have them be honest and come right out and say "Yes, we are screwing you over... deal with it!!" At least have the balls to do that much.