The Energon Pub

by **OptiMagnus** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 7:12 pm

I remember seeing pictures of this pack months ago, with an "only at Target" sticker on the box. I case you don't know what I'm talking about, this is a HFTD pack that contains deluxe Sideways with a movie-accurate paint scheme and a "tear" down the middle, and it includes in-scale legends class Arcee, Chromia, and Elita-1. I haven't heard anything about a release for this set, but I've seen in-package pictures. Hasbro doesn't have it on their website and it's not in Seibertron's listings. None of my local Targets have it, and this current movieverse line has pretty much officially ended to be replaced by classic figures. What the slag happened to this?

by **Ungie** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 8:23 pm

This has been pondering me too. I need some scale good sisters to fill my near perfect movie cast collection, my best collective series yet. Im glad to see you enjoy them as much as I do. :lol:

News Credits: 1 · by **jlogano20** » Fri Jan 07, 2011 9:01 pm

great may have to resort to ebay for this the 1 exclusive i was actually looking foreword too lol

News Credits: 1 · by **chrisc4** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:34 am

they got lost in the burmuda triangle!

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:50 am

They have the instructions on the Hasbro site but no mention of the actual product.

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimus1138** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 11:13 am

I had been wondering that myself. I had liked the colour scheme Sideways had, and I was thinking about getting Reprolabels for him. The Arcee sisters looked pretty good too, and it would be nice to have them in scale.

by **OptiMagnus** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 1:44 pm

Ungie wrote:This has been pondering me too. I need some scale good sisters to fill my near perfect movie cast collection, my best collective series yet. Im glad to see you enjoy them as much as I do.

I was thinking the same, because I like having as much of the cast as possible (and as much in scale as possible). The movies do seem to be the easiest to collect for me for whatever reason. And yes, I am obsessed with the movies. Ask anyone who hates me.

by **Dinoswipe** » Sat Jan 08, 2011 7:22 pm

it looked neat but i wasnt gonna wast money on it though
best bet is ebay
thats where i got...
HUMAN ALLIANCE MUDFLAP TODAY!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 1:36 am

Yeah... you're not going to get it on Ebay when something's unreleased. This set was aimed to be released in October and it's a bit unfortunate that it hasn't come out yet. Either it's coming and we'll getting it before TF3 comes out. Or it's going to be overseas exclusive like The Ravage Infiltration or it just plain out got cancelled.

News Credits: 36 · by **Pretender Skywarp** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 9:39 am

The "Sneak attack" set is on the cross sell with the "Ravage Infiltration" set, but it hasn'r shown up over here either.

by **Dinoswipe** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:31 pm

Blurrz wrote:Yeah... you're not going to get it on Ebay when something's unreleased. This set was aimed to be released in October and it's a bit unfortunate that it hasn't come out yet. Either it's coming and we'll getting it before TF3 comes out. Or it's going to be overseas exclusive like The Ravage Infiltration or it just plain out got cancelled.

if you read it was only uk release

by **OptiMagnus** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 12:38 pm

Blurrz wrote:Yeah... you're not going to get it on Ebay when something's unreleased. This set was aimed to be released in October and it's a bit unfortunate that it hasn't come out yet. Either it's coming and we'll getting it before TF3 comes out. Or it's going to be overseas exclusive like The Ravage Infiltration or it just plain out got cancelled.

If this thing goes UK only or is cancelled, I'll be extremely pissed.

by **Protoform-Goblin** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 2:33 pm

ROARBO wrote:it looked neat but i wasnt gonna wast money on it though
best bet is ebay
thats where i got...
HUMAN ALLIANCE MUDFLAP TODAY!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
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What i find interasting about this is why everyone is looking so hard for mudflap? my kmart has tons of them not to mention you can still order them on there site for 34$

by **Dinoswipe** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 3:47 pm

have you beeen around lately on the forums
there was a HUGE ordeal to the fact that when people ordered him
1. they got a different fig
. got cancelled

by **Protoform-Goblin** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 4:27 pm

No I never heard that at all but never really cared about that figure at all and kept finding him in stores so didn't see why everyone was looking for him.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 5:38 pm

Protoform-Goblin wrote:What i find interasting about this is why everyone is looking so hard for mudflap? my kmart has tons of them not to mention you can still order them on there site for 34$

I don't know anybody who has ordered HA Mudflap from k-mart.com has actually gotten HA Mudflap. You usually end up with Bumblebee.

by **OptiMagnus** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 8:58 pm

LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Protoform-Goblin wrote:What i find interasting about this is why everyone is looking so hard for mudflap? my kmart has tons of them not to mention you can still order them on there site for 34$

I don't know anybody who has ordered HA Mudflap from k-mart.com has actually gotten HA Mudflap. You usually end up with Bumblebee.

Yes, because whoever made the listings must have accidentally put Bee's model number twice, so now when the orders are received the model number for Bee is shown so naturally they ship the product with the "matching" model number.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:03 pm

OptiMagnus10 wrote:
LOST Cybertronian wrote:
Protoform-Goblin wrote:What i find interasting about this is why everyone is looking so hard for mudflap? my kmart has tons of them not to mention you can still order them on there site for 34$

I don't know anybody who has ordered HA Mudflap from k-mart.com has actually gotten HA Mudflap. You usually end up with Bumblebee.

Yes, because whoever made the listings must have accidentally put Bee's model number twice, so now when the orders are received the model number for Bee is shown so naturally they ship the product with the "matching" model number.

This is an explanation from Counterpunch taken from another thread:

Counterpunch wrote:The K-Mart orders will not work.

Basically, they check their system and if there is a Mudflap anywhere in their stores the online system "sells" it to you. Then they wait a week to contact the store and ask a very confused employee to go find it and ship it to you. This of course either doesn't happen because the figure sells in the store about 5 minutes later or they send you a HUMAN ALLIANCE figure, probably Bumblebee.

Dustin Hoffman was right, K-Mart sucks. Well, technically, Tom Cruise was right but that guy is captial K krazy.

It is taken from this thread full of horror stories about K-mart.com

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 12:09 am

ROARBO wrote:
Blurrz wrote:Yeah... you're not going to get it on Ebay when something's unreleased. This set was aimed to be released in October and it's a bit unfortunate that it hasn't come out yet. Either it's coming and we'll getting it before TF3 comes out. Or it's going to be overseas exclusive like The Ravage Infiltration or it just plain out got cancelled.

if you read it was only uk release

Of course I read it, I wrote the article. It`s not a UK exclusive only, it`s an exclusive within the UK. Doesn`t mean it`s not showing up in the States, but seeing as it`s 2011 I doubt that it ever will.

Protoform-Goblin wrote:What i find interasting about this is why everyone is looking so hard for mudflap? my kmart has tons of them not to mention you can still order them on there site for 34$

Scarce in the US, prominent in Canada

by **Protoform-Goblin** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:52 am

My apogees then I was unaware that kmart.com sucks at life. But I did see a number of them on the shelves and I don't live in canada, I love in colorado hence my confusion on the matter.

News Credits: 1235 · by **LOST Cybertronian** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 6:56 am

Protoform-Goblin wrote:My apogees then I was unaware that kmart.com sucks at life. But I did see a number of them on the shelves and I don't live in canada, I love in colorado hence my confusion on the matter.

They must have sent them all to your store because most of us have never seen one in person. LOL!

News Credits: 4 · by **Swiftknife24** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:51 pm

So nobody knows what's happened to Sideways Sneak Attack?

Some people have mentioned eBay; just scoured it...Nothing!

Really hope they haven't cancelled it.

(By the way, can't remember who mentioned the Ravage Infiltration set, but it's 70% off at Sainsbury's at the moment!)

EDIT/UPDATE: Wikipedia's Arcee page lists Sideways Sneak Attack as 'not yet released'...

EDIT/UPDATE (2): Just got a response from Hasbro and it won't be released in the US. :-?