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TF-fan kev777 wrote:

cruizerdave wrote:Way to go Hasbro. Pack three nonsense repaints no one in their right mind has any interest in with one figure that people may actually want. Great.

If you are talking about the Buzzworthy Bee set, then by your measure most of us on the thread aren't in our right minds, because Bee is the only one that most people don't seem to care for.

Plus bee gets another wfc bee out there that doesn't have to worry about VW.

I finally found Kingdom Galvatron! Unfortunately, it’s got the shoulder misassembly issue. I tried to do the fix as seen on YouTube, but it requires much more force to just pop out the pin than I am comfortable with, so for now, I just twist the shoulders around and accept having the pin holes face the front. I’ll keep looking for a correctly assembled copy in the meantime. Otherwise, it’s a great figure with an intricate, but not convoluted conversion, great articulation, and minimal hollow gaps in either mode, and is the best official “G1” version of Galvatron yet.

I also found Core Class Soundwave at the same time. There was only one on the shelf among about 7 or 8 Dracodons. I don’t think Dracodon is coming in solid cases. Either Soundwave is shortpacked, or he is just flying off the shelves as soon as a case is put on the shelves. Soundwave himself is great. The shoulders don’t line up flush in alt mode, due to the tight ball joints, but they’re on the back of the figure, so it’s not a constant eyesore. He’s a welcome addition to my growing collection of desk toys at work.

VW has some awesome 70s serial killer playmobil sets so there should be some more VW Bees, even murdery ones.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

cruizerdave wrote:Way to go Hasbro. Pack three nonsense repaints no one in their right mind has any interest in with one figure that people may actually want. Great.

If you are talking about the Buzzworthy Bee set, then by your measure most of us on the thread aren't in our right minds, because Bee is the only one that most people don't seem to care for.

That's what I was thinking.

Thanks to Seibertronian Thundertron for alerting us to the news that Kingdom Leader Class T-Wrecks is now available for preorder! He's on Target's website and/or app in the U.S., though as of now, he's only available to preorder to those who have Target's RedCard, which is a Target branded credit card, or a debit card tied to your personal debit card.





While he is available to RedCard holders for preorder now, previous information indicated that he'd be available for non-RedCard holders on July 25th, which is indicated as his release date. Thundertron (and myself) was able to place an order, with an arrival date of August 28th to September 2nd. If you have Early Access, you can place your order by clicking either picture above to be taken to his listing page. It should also be noted that even RedCard holders are limited to a single figure. Happy Hunting, Seibertronians!

Ugh...that bland gray chest still irks me. I'm glad I have no attachment to this figure/character, makes this an easy pass.

I'm really loving the dual heavy pistol thing Ravage has going AND how distinct the two modes are! Neat stuff. Probably in a week or two we'all get order/purchase info, meantime, still be waiting for Wave 3 Core class to hit here in the north

Rodimus Prime wrote:Ugh...that bland gray chest still irks me. I'm glad I have no attachment to this figure/character, makes this an easy pass.

Accurate to the original tho, even if the color is off. I hope they catch on with the head in later runs.

Ugh!!! I can't find my Red Card and had to order a replacement. Hopefully it shows up before the 25th.

william-james88 wrote:By the way, I must say, it's pretty funny to read a bunch of comments online that really make it seem like people have no clue what a panther is. And they talk with such certainty about an animal that doesn't exist haha

FYI to anyone who may not know, black panthers are not an actual animal/species. There is no such thing as a species of big cat that has fully black fur.

Some Jaguars, and some Leopards (two different species of big cats from different parts of the world) can sometimes have black on their fur along with their spots. And that's it.

TIL

william-james88 wrote:...Some Jaguars, and some Leopards (two different species of big cats from different parts of the world) can sometimes have black on their fur along with their spots. And that's it...

...and in even rarer cases, some Tigers

i know its not real

Rodimus Prime wrote:Ugh...that bland gray chest still irks me. I'm glad I have no attachment to this figure/character, makes this an easy pass.

Same.
Plus I have on preorder the repaint that is actually worthwhile, the Jurassic Park T-Rex and he little friend.

I wish they had written his name as "Covert Agent Rabich" on the box, in Russian script. Thanks to Beast Wars, I've retconned his accent whenever I've read comics with him talking in them in that accent.

I am sad that he never said "In Karn, energon drinks YOU!"...

Rodimus Prime wrote:Ugh...that bland gray chest still irks me. I'm glad I have no attachment to this figure/character, makes this an easy pass.

I have the original, which makes this a really easy pass. Plus, I'll get that Jurassic park set eventually so I'll already have more than enough of that T Rex mode.

Not to derail the discussion, but does Tyrannocon have a faction? I know the vehicle is literally named Autobot JP93 so no confusion there but is the dino a Decepticon or a Predacon? The Amazon listing doesn't have any clues and I don't see a faction symbol, on either of them, in the pictures.

Check the box:



Also, separate thread right here.

aronjlove wrote:Not to derail the discussion, but does Tyrannocon have a faction? I know the vehicle is literally named Autobot JP93 so no confusion there but is the dino a Decepticon or a Predacon? The Amazon listing doesn't have any clues and I don't see a faction symbol, on either of them, in the pictures.

More than likely Autobot. None of the crossovers have been eeeevil and jurrasic park might not have given permission for the licence incase people remembered what they did in the 40s.. XD

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Check the box.

You are correct, I guess I missed that

We have news that Transformers War for Cybertron Kingdom wave 3 have been found at US retail. Ian found them at a Target in Oregon. These are actually right on time, since online stores also have a due date of July 2021 and July is the first month of the 3rd quarter, when wave 3 is scheduled to come out. Here are the full contents of cases:

2x TRA GEN WFC K DELUXE SCORPONOK
2x TRA GEN WFC K DELUXE WHEELJACK
2x TRA GEN WFC K DELUXE WINGFINGER
2x TRA GEN WFC K DELUXE TRACKS

If you have found them, share your sightings with our community in the sightings section and on our boards in your region related thread.

This sighting was originally posted here.

Those poor wheeljacks left on the pegs

aronjlove wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Check the box.

You are correct, I guess I missed that

She is definitely a Decepticon.

thanks for the update, just placed my order!

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Those poor wheeljacks left on the pegs

Then they'll keep all those SS86 Blurrs company.

SpikeyTigertron wrote:Those poor wheeljacks left on the pegs

They'll keep all the Arcee's company. In hindsight, if Hasbro wanted to rerelease ER Deluxes, they should have picked characters from wave 3, those had very little distribution in the United States. I never even saw them in store. I'm glad I ordered them online.

primalxconvoy wrote:I wish they had written his name as "Covert Agent Rabich" on the box, in Russian script.

I'm glad they didn't. Not only does using Russian letters as English not make any sense ("я" doesn't make an "r" noise) but it's also tacky as all hell and one of my biggest pet peeves.

Turning Ravage to Russian (using direct sounds) would look like: "Равэгж" or "Ravehj" (there is no J in Russian so you often combine their G and Zh letters). I'm not an expert in Russian, but I can just barely speak it.