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-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:From the stream today:

Per B-Mac: As of right now, Velocitron Hot Rod does not have an official plan for release at this time. It isn't officially canceled, but there is no plan for release.

What a "Velocitron Hot-Rod" would look like anyway? He would be based on which version of the character? If it's the Energon truck, that would be special and surprising.

It's this one.

I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:From the stream today:

Per B-Mac: As of right now, Velocitron Hot Rod does not have an official plan for release at this time. It isn't officially canceled, but there is no plan for release.

Well, crap. I was looking forward to that one. I love that color on him.

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

What I mean is I wonder if Walmart moved on early causing these not to get into stores and leaving Hot Rod in limbo. My Walmart still has lots of wave one Deluxes but no space for Velocitron Leaders or Voyagers on the shelf after the reset.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

What I mean is I wonder if Walmart moved on early causing these not to get into stores and leaving Hot Rod in limbo. My Walmart still has lots of wave one Deluxes but no space for Velocitron Leaders or Voyagers on the shelf after the reset.

Emerje

Walmart is clearancing out the entire Voyager Assortment, not just Road Hauler and Override separately, from what I can tell. That news is what probably got Hot Rod into forced relocation. Galaxy Shuttle probably got squeezed in because to Hasbro, he's separate from Scourge: Leader Class in this case has no code, like the main line Commander and Titan Classes.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

What I mean is I wonder if Walmart moved on early causing these not to get into stores and leaving Hot Rod in limbo. My Walmart still has lots of wave one Deluxes but no space for Velocitron Leaders or Voyagers on the shelf after the reset.

Emerje

Walmart is clearancing out the entire Voyager Assortment, not just Road Hauler and Override separately, from what I can tell. That news is what probably got Hot Rod into forced relocation. Galaxy Shuttle probably got squeezed in because to Hasbro, he's separate from Scourge: Leader Class in this case has no code, like the main line Commander and Titan Classes.

Are you sure? My Walmart definitely had space set aside for both Legacy and SS Voyagers in the new planogram.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

What I mean is I wonder if Walmart moved on early causing these not to get into stores and leaving Hot Rod in limbo. My Walmart still has lots of wave one Deluxes but no space for Velocitron Leaders or Voyagers on the shelf after the reset.

Emerje

Walmart is clearancing out the entire Voyager Assortment, not just Road Hauler and Override separately, from what I can tell. That news is what probably got Hot Rod into forced relocation. Galaxy Shuttle probably got squeezed in because to Hasbro, he's separate from Scourge: Leader Class in this case has no code, like the main line Commander and Titan Classes.

Are you sure? My Walmart definitely had space set aside for both Legacy and SS Voyagers in the new planogram.

Emerje

Velocitron only, given the thread topic.

This may be a case like Target (I noticed only some Targets in my area are carrying Legacy now, some dont have shelf space for that line at all). The couple of Walmarts I've seen have had Earth Spark come in, and some new plushies (some sort of Megatron reformatting plush toy), but no Gen Legacy Evo at all.



So apparently this was just a mock up, if its not actually being released? But one odd thing I did notice was that all the Velocitron deluxes have the vehicle front facing the right side of the package The Voyager fronts are facing left. Hot Rod in this pic (as a voyager) is facing right....Just an odd observation.

o.supreme wrote:This may be a case like Target (I noticed only some Targets in my area are carrying Legacy now, some dont have shelf space for that line at all).

They do but for some reason they are using tags that don't say Legacy for the Legacy figures, just the generic Generations Leader/Voyager/Deluxe notations. The voyagers and leaders have been moved to the pegs for some dumb reason with Target applying stick on plastic hooks that last about 2 days before the package falls off. The plus side is the prices on those newer pegs, Tarn was $29.99.

I didn't think it mattered much being as Leaders seem to just share the same home whenever I've seen them in Walmart. What'll likely end up happening is one sku will be clearance while the new item is placed in its home making people then think Galaxy Shuttle is as well. lol

I've seen some stores putting the larger toys on pegs, and some don't. There's no consistency. But yeah, it was a pleasant surprise last week when I was at one of the few Targets deciding to carry Legacy Evolution and Leo Prime rang up at $29.99.

o.supreme wrote:This may be a case like Target (I noticed only some Targets in my area are carrying Legacy now, some dont have shelf space for that line at all). The couple of Walmarts I've seen have had Earth Spark come in, and some new plushies (some sort of Megatron reformatting plush toy), but no Gen Legacy Evo at all.



So apparently this was just a mock up, if its not actually being released? But one odd thing I did notice was that all the Velocitron deluxes have the vehicle front facing the right side of the package The Voyager fronts are facing left. Hot Rod in this pic (as a voyager) is facing right....Just an odd observation.

I think when we realized that the box art used the core Hot Rod instead of SS Hot Rod, that should have been a clue that this release was not quite up to snuff yet.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

I doubt it, Galaxy Shuttle arrived in ports and is very much available north of your border. Sounds instead like Walmart distribution issues on your end, no different than the lack of other released toys in your stores (ex Legacy Wave 3 deluxes)

What I mean is I wonder if Walmart moved on early causing these not to get into stores and leaving Hot Rod in limbo. My Walmart still has lots of wave one Deluxes but no space for Velocitron Leaders or Voyagers on the shelf after the reset.

Emerje

Walmart is clearancing out the entire Voyager Assortment, not just Road Hauler and Override separately, from what I can tell. That news is what probably got Hot Rod into forced relocation. Galaxy Shuttle probably got squeezed in because to Hasbro, he's separate from Scourge: Leader Class in this case has no code, like the main line Commander and Titan Classes.

Are you sure? My Walmart definitely had space set aside for both Legacy and SS Voyagers in the new planogram.

Emerje

Velocitron only, given the thread topic.

OK, then I don't know why you said "not just Road Hauler and Override", they are the entire Velocitron Voyager line since Hot Rod is in limbo.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:OK, then I don't know why you said "not just Road Hauler and Override", they are the entire Velocitron Voyager line since Hot Rod is in limbo.

Emerje

He is now, with the entire assortment gone before he was solicited.

As figures are slapped with "clearance" stickers around when can we expect the next wave?

Nemesis Destron wrote:As figures are slapped with "clearance" stickers around when can we expect the next wave?

The next "wave" will be either Toxitron or G2 Grimlock or both, I don't think it will be out before mid summer. Vepoxitron was found end July 2022. Also, it will be a different planet probably so not velocitron but the same kind of universe colliding theme.

What they are cleaning out space for is the movie line.

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

Deluxe Wave two is a real thing. I've reviewed both figures. I have yet to see the mythical Galaxy Shuttle in store, nor heard of anyone else seeing it in store. Which is a bummer, because I missed the preorder.

Pretty sure Galaxy Shuttle was online only at least in the United States. As for deluxe wave 2. I'm not sure exactly what the case breakdown was. All I know is I found a G2 Shadowstrip once, very randomly at a Walmart I usually don't find anything at, and I felt like I won the lottery ( especially since I never saw Cosmos).

sol magnus wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

Deluxe Wave two is a real thing. I've reviewed both figures. I have yet to see the mythical Galaxy Shuttle in store, nor heard of anyone else seeing it in store. Which is a bummer, because I missed the preorder.

Yeah Galaxy Shuttle has yet to be released in stores. Can people confirm if the Walmart preorders were sent out?

I got my Walmart pre-order. Yes. Only delayed a few weeks surprisingly.

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

Deluxe Wave two is a real thing. I've reviewed both figures. I have yet to see the mythical Galaxy Shuttle in store, nor heard of anyone else seeing it in store. Which is a bummer, because I missed the preorder.

Yeah Galaxy Shuttle has yet to be released in stores. Can people confirm if the Walmart preorders were sent out?

At least in Canada Galaxy Shuttle has been out. and apparently since day one.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Emerje wrote:I wonder if this has anything to do with me not being able to find Deluxe wave 2 or Galaxy Shuttle in store yet.

Emerje

Deluxe Wave two is a real thing. I've reviewed both figures. I have yet to see the mythical Galaxy Shuttle in store, nor heard of anyone else seeing it in store. Which is a bummer, because I missed the preorder.

Yeah Galaxy Shuttle has yet to be released in stores. Can people confirm if the Walmart preorders were sent out?

At least in Canada Galaxy Shuttle has been out. and apparently since day one.

Haha, of that I am well aware. But I wasn't sure about the US situation.

Thanks for the clarification @o Supreme

Second Chance to get Cosmos via TT

https://tformers.com/cosmos-ex06-inhand ... /news.html

Importing the toy will no doubt cost more than U.S. retail, but you can guarantee it will be far less expensive than paying scalper prices on the secondary market.