Deluxe Hot Rod from Transformers: The Last Knight Finally Found at Walmart Stores in Canada
Monday, November 20th, 2017 12:02AM CST
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While Transformers: The Last Knight deluxe Hot Rod has been found in the UK as well as available for ordering from Walmart.com in the US, there was no word of it ever reaching Canada. It was not part of their holiday catalog where they highlighted some of their exclusives and it never appeared on their walmart.ca website, not even as a placeholder listing. With the main Age of Extinction Walmart exclusives never making it to Canada a few years ago, several fans thought deluxe Hot Rod was simply not going to show up, and that pricey alternative channels were probably going to have to be used. However, we finally have news of it being found in a Walmart store in Canada. This specific sighting comes to us from timcrook of cybertron.ca who found it in the Vancouver area.
There is still no word of the other Walmart exclusives that still have not reached the great white north such as the two packs that have recently surfaced at Ross in the US. This is not an indication that this toy will appear in stores in the US since Walmart Canada is run independently, and channels by which particular toys are sold wildly differ with this figure never being offered online in Canada, for instance.
Good luck on the hunt everyone!
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Posted by Quantum Surge on November 20th, 2017 @ 12:11am CST
Real talk, I have felt less confident with buying figures that I want if they disappear too soon or they show up too late. Hopefully, I can get either Hot Rod, Cogman, or Nitro Zeus (and I'll see what I can do with the others I want down the line).
Posted by nemesisorion on November 20th, 2017 @ 2:16am CST
Posted by noctorro on November 20th, 2017 @ 3:26am CST
Not very invested in the toyline because I hated the movie. Cogsman looks a bit dull but overall solid, might get him cheap on ebay or not. Would like a Nitro, his altmode looks hood and he's a KSI model so that's cool.
That's about it, maybe a Leader Megatron as a Knight brute and Skullitron/Steelbane for a good price.
This movie line deluxes cost 33 euro's!!!!! That's insane! That's an expensive voyager price. I don't know what Hasbro is doing in The Netherlands but that's unforgivably expensive. I refuse to buy a deluxe that's close to a third party price.
I hope HasTak dicides to make.... well no wishes actually for The Last Knight. I hipe they get back to Age of Extinction. Get us more KSI figures. Revisit Dark of the Moon maybe a bit. Do a deluxe sized dread dog dude,
Oh yes, Infernocus, that guy needs a Power of the Primus Beast combiner remold. That wouls be cool.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on November 20th, 2017 @ 10:46am CST
Posted by DeathReviews on November 20th, 2017 @ 12:03pm CST
The movie's toys should be on clearance now to make room for the newer stuff coming out (cough cough Power of the Primes cough cough Misfire Slugslinger cough cough cough).
Posted by hurricane567 on November 20th, 2017 @ 2:07pm CST
Posted by King Kuuga on November 20th, 2017 @ 7:42pm CST
DeathReviews wrote:The movie flushed in and out of theaters and is already on DVD. Most of the movie stuff didn't sell even when the film was still on screens, and they're still warming shelf at TRU and other retailers. Walmarts have tons of unsold Skweeks and Spark power stuff that won't go anywhere at full retail price because nobody really wanted them.
The movie's toys should be on clearance now to make room for the newer stuff coming out (cough cough Power of the Primes cough cough Misfire Slugslinger cough cough cough).
There's still the Christmas season to account for. The general interest in movie Transformers should pick up around now, at least by retailer logic. This should thin the numbers.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on November 21st, 2017 @ 1:27pm CST
No matter, a Berserker only uses his fists I've repurposed both Legion Barricade and Berserker as Aligned/G1, by the way. I'll be treating Ravenspar the same way once I find him.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 6th, 2017 @ 10:08am CST
I don't have Grimlock, but I got the idea watching emgo's review when he put it on Hot Rod
Posted by Skritz on December 6th, 2017 @ 6:25pm CST
Posted by Emerje on December 7th, 2017 @ 2:27am CST
Emerje
Posted by Madeus Prime on December 7th, 2017 @ 2:39am CST
Skritz wrote:I just got Nitro Zeus. Oh damn, do I not regret getting this guy. He's deceptively (heh) good: solid body, unique transformation, nice chunky side and little hollow parts. The Titan Master headport is just icing on an already good cake. I bought him for 'custom fodder' but he's quite nice on his own almost to the point that I think he would have made a better earth mode Megatron design than what we got from the actual movie.
Honestly, as someone who does not like Movie Starscream's design, I would've adored Nitro's design as his.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 7th, 2017 @ 4:31am CST
Emerje wrote:Am I the only one that doesn't really care that much for Nitro? His robot mode is OK, his Transformation is different, and it's cool that he has a Titan Master slot. But his jet mode only looks good from the top, the bottom is a wreck, the wings don't like to straighten out, and to me sticking a Titan Master in there is just making a movie version of a G1 character rather than giving a G1 character a proper body.
Emerje
I see no problem with that.
It work surprisingly well in fact.
Posted by Emerje on December 7th, 2017 @ 12:23pm CST
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 7th, 2017 @ 4:37pm CST
Emerje wrote:Yeah, I'm perfectly fine with as well, I have a lot of love for my movie style Seaspray. It's the other way around that bothers me. Especially when people say things like "this mold should have been in Titans Return". Why? Because it has a Titan Master slot? It's still a movie design.
Emerje
Still WAY less "alien" like than the first trilogy though.
Posted by Emerje on December 7th, 2017 @ 11:19pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:Yeah, I'm perfectly fine with as well, I have a lot of love for my movie style Seaspray. It's the other way around that bothers me. Especially when people say things like "this mold should have been in Titans Return". Why? Because it has a Titan Master slot? It's still a movie design.
Emerje
Still WAY less "alien" like than the first trilogy though.
I can't disagree with this. Although, there are some first trilogy figures that do fit the AOE/TLK look like Wreckage, Longarm, and Breacher. Of course, none of those were actually in the movies...
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 8th, 2017 @ 4:49am CST
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Emerje wrote:Yeah, I'm perfectly fine with as well, I have a lot of love for my movie style Seaspray. It's the other way around that bothers me. Especially when people say things like "this mold should have been in Titans Return". Why? Because it has a Titan Master slot? It's still a movie design.
Emerje
Still WAY less "alien" like than the first trilogy though.
I can't disagree with this. Although, there are some first trilogy figures that do fit the AOE/TLK look like Wreckage, Longarm, and Breacher. Of course, none of those were actually in the movies...
Emerje
Yup. Those were "classics" bonus figures.
I'm pretty glad that the Movie designs went "classic" for the Knight Trilogy. Even though the insect/alien look of the first trilogy had it's appeal.
I wonder though... If Starscream get somehow resurrected,, how will he look?
Posted by Emerje on December 8th, 2017 @ 5:32am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder though... If Starscream get somehow resurrected,, how will he look?
I mean, if Megatron can be a truck...
Emerje
Posted by Va'al on December 8th, 2017 @ 11:33am CST
The bulky (geddit) simplified toy rang up at 19990 Chilean pesos (approx 30.5 USD) while the smaller ones 5990 (9 USD), and Heht Rehd a slightly higher price of 6990 (10 USD). The former three were all found at Falabella de Paseo Puente, in Santiago Centro, whereas Hurht Rohrd was spotted in the Supermercado Líder de General Velasquez (Santiago Central Station). Check out the images below, and make sure to use the Sightings Database for any sightings of your own, too!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 8th, 2017 @ 3:56pm CST
Emerje wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:I wonder though... If Starscream get somehow resurrected,, how will he look?
I mean, if Megatron can be a truck...
Emerje
Eh, I used to own this guy. This mold suck mighty ass though.
As for altmode, Megatron can never settle on one form. He's like a prima-diva with a huge walk-in and change shoes to match his purse. Through the universes, Starscream was always a type of fighter jet. So I do hope the trend will remain.
If they release a Starscream Titan Master, I know what to do................
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 10th, 2017 @ 9:23am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 12th, 2017 @ 10:34am CST
The bummer though, and the reason I am not more excited for him:
Very first transformation, the crotch piece broke. Very first piece I went to transform. it sucks. But if it weren't for that piece, I would sing his praises. Probably the best deluxe of the line, though he competes some with Sqweeks there. I'll need to take some more pictures of him later with the Autobot crew from the knight trilogy (or at least what is supposed to be a knight trilogy)
Posted by ToaLeePrime on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:01pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:16pm CST
ToaLeePrime wrote:On the subject of Mr Cogman, has anybody in Australia or New Zealand spotted him yet?. I've been scouring every supplier I know of and have only found the wave 3 bots.
Cogman is an exclusive to the most random store you will never expect to find him.
No, seriously.
Don't take any chances. Pay 10$ more than retail and import him. He's very, VERY worth it.
OOOOOOooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Well well well, seem like it's only 5ish bucks more instead. So don't wait:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fitm%2FHASBRO-TRANSFORM%20...%20SwH6tZjt3a%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
Posted by ToaLeePrime on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:21pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:ToaLeePrime wrote:On the subject of Mr Cogman, has anybody in Australia or New Zealand spotted him yet?. I've been scouring every supplier I know of and have only found the wave 3 bots.
Cogman is an exclusive to the most random store you will never expect to find him.
No, seriously.
Don't take any chances. Pay 10$ more than retail and import him. He's very, VERY worth it.
OOOOOOooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
Well well well, seem like it's only 5ish bucks more instead. So don't wait:
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.ca%2Fitm%2FHASBRO-TRANSFORM%20...%20SwH6tZjt3a%3C%2Fa%3E%3F
I might just have to take you up on that offer, Cogman is the one figure in this line I can't afford to miss!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:23pm CST
ToaLeePrime wrote:
I might just have to take you up on that offer, Cogman is the one figure in this line I can't afford to miss!
Not only you will have it 5$ cheaper than me, I'm pretty sure you Aussies are used to pay insane price for about everything. So that Cogman may be at (almost) exactly retail price for you, including taxes.
EDIT:
If you are not Australian, please move over there ASAP so I don't look like a fool.
Posted by ToaLeePrime on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:41pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:ToaLeePrime wrote:
I might just have to take you up on that offer, Cogman is the one figure in this line I can't afford to miss!
Not only you will have it 5$ cheaper than me, I'm pretty sure you Aussies are used to pay insane price for about everything. So that Cogman may be at (almost) exactly retail price for you, including taxes.
EDIT:
If you are not Australian, please move over there ASAP so I don't look like a fool.
Haha! I come from the land down under NZ, not Aussie! Moving on, I can confirm the pricing here is indeed insane, this Cogman ain't to far off what I usually pay though.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:53pm CST
ToaLeePrime wrote:Haha! I come from the land down under NZ, not Aussie! Moving on, I can confirm the pricing here is indeed insane, this Cogman ain't to far off what I usually pay though.
Eh, close enough!
Too bad deluxe Cogman suffer from the "tail line" syndrome.
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been like this trio of deluxes from DOTM: Soundwave, Q, and Leadfoot.
All 3 had very limited release in non-Japan Asia only. At the time, and mostly today, Deluxe Soundwave and Leadfoot have insane prices. Like 100-200$ insane.
Posted by ToaLeePrime on December 12th, 2017 @ 9:06pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:ToaLeePrime wrote:Haha! I come from the land down under NZ, not Aussie! Moving on, I can confirm the pricing here is indeed insane, this Cogman ain't to far off what I usually pay though.
Eh, close enough!
Too bad deluxe Cogman suffer from the "tail line" syndrome.
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been like this trio of deluxes from DOTM: Soundwave, Q, and Leadfoot.
All 3 had very limited release in non-Japan Asia only. At the time, and mostly today, Deluxe Soundwave and Leadfoot have insane prices. Like 100-200$ insane.
Poor Leadfoot, Both Que and Soundwave got there molds released in later lines, but he's still stuck in 2011 with the rest of the wreckers
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on December 12th, 2017 @ 11:27pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:So i landed myself a Cogman finally (funny enough, I didn't know I was getting the Takara packaged one. He even came with both paper and laminated directions!). Overall, he is a pretty good figure. The paint work on him is spectacular! And I love the Headmaster. The transformation feels like TLK Barricade mixed with AoE Ninja Bee, and it is quite satisfying.
The bummer though, and the reason I am not more excited for him:
Very first transformation, the crotch piece broke. Very first piece I went to transform. it sucks. But if it weren't for that piece, I would sing his praises. Probably the best deluxe of the line, though he competes some with Sqweeks there. I'll need to take some more pictures of him later with the Autobot crew from the knight trilogy (or at least what is supposed to be a knight trilogy)
Takara Cogman is out?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 13th, 2017 @ 10:18am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Eh, close enough!
Too bad deluxe Cogman suffer from the "tail line" syndrome.
Still, it could have been worse. It could have been like this trio of deluxes from DOTM: Soundwave, Q, and Leadfoot.
All 3 had very limited release in non-Japan Asia only. At the time, and mostly today, Deluxe Soundwave and Leadfoot have insane prices. Like 100-200$ insane.
I got my Cogman from China too. I have yet to see a deluxe past wave 1 anywhere here, and most likely won't.
As for these 3, I got Que on Amazon for $27 back at the end of 2011, and I love him, one of my favorite movie deluxes actually, and he is my 2nd favorite DotM figure after Topspin. Never saw the other 2 for a decent price ever. Just had to use my RotF Soundwave and HA Leadfoot.
I hate tail enders and the difficulty with getting them, especially when they are figures I would prefer to get over beginning of the liners
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Takara Cogman is out?
I guess
Posted by Budder Prime on December 16th, 2017 @ 1:25pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 16th, 2017 @ 1:28pm CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 18th, 2017 @ 10:50am CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally decided to get myself a TLK voyager Scorn despite having the stellar AoE deluxe. But guess what? Voyager Scorn ROCK! Simple but clever transformation, beautiful all over, and the dino mode is HUGE.
He has made my life difficult with choosing the best TLK figure. But he is awesome, and I am glad others find him as awesome. The dino mode is huge and awesome! And the robot mode is pretty beefy too
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 18th, 2017 @ 5:41pm CST
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally decided to get myself a TLK voyager Scorn despite having the stellar AoE deluxe. But guess what? Voyager Scorn ROCK! Simple but clever transformation, beautiful all over, and the dino mode is HUGE.
He has made my life difficult with choosing the best TLK figure. But he is awesome, and I am glad others find him as awesome. The dino mode is huge and awesome! And the robot mode is pretty beefy too
Make me wonder why I waited for so long to get him.
Posted by Bronzewolf on December 20th, 2017 @ 1:05am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 20th, 2017 @ 9:31am CST
I decided to pick up Steelbane because they had him and I wanted to support wave 2, which was out of Drifts and there was still a mountain of wave 1 sitting on top of the shelf.
He is very substandard. Robot mode is pretty sweet with the knight look that I like, but his alt mode just shouldn't exist. Mine had a floopy right shoulder and ankle, but after moving them a little bit, they tightened up, though I still added some tissues to the joints.
Probably should have just passed, but, finally saw wave 2
Posted by Emerje on December 22nd, 2017 @ 1:15am CST
Still available for the next 45 minutes. Only came to $17 after tax for me.
Emerje
Posted by -Kanrabat- on December 22nd, 2017 @ 4:09am CST
Anyone who don't have him yet shouldn't miss out.
Posted by Va'al on January 4th, 2018 @ 5:17am CST
Part of the latter end of the movie toyline, the Allspark Tech toys are podgy little box figures which feature electronics and an interactive play pattern of sorts, with cubes fitting the various characters' chests. Check out below how this works for Sqweeks in particular, which follows the likes of Optimus Prime, Nemesis Prime, Megatron, Barricade, Drift, Bumblebee and Hound, then let us know what you think in the Energon Pub discussion boards.
Posted by Bounti76 on January 5th, 2018 @ 2:02am CST
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 5th, 2018 @ 5:44pm CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 5th, 2018 @ 11:48pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I broke down and bought The Takara version of Cogman from Amazon Japan. All said and done it was still $10 cheaper than the cheapest price I've seen for the Hasbro version.
You won't regret it. Cogman is one of those figures that is worth the extra money.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 6th, 2018 @ 10:12am CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I broke down and bought The Takara version of Cogman from Amazon Japan. All said and done it was still $10 cheaper than the cheapest price I've seen for the Hasbro version.
Just be very careful with the crotch piece. Mine broke during the first transformation
Posted by william-james88 on January 6th, 2018 @ 1:03pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I broke down and bought The Takara version of Cogman from Amazon Japan. All said and done it was still $10 cheaper than the cheapest price I've seen for the Hasbro version.
He started appearing at Walmarts in Canada so its possible he will be found at Walmarts in the US in the coming month.
Also there is no such thing as a Takara "version", since both are the same version. Its just released by two different companies.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 6th, 2018 @ 5:44pm CST
william-james88 wrote:Also there is no such thing as a Takara "version", since both are the same version. Its just released by two different companies.
Well, there's the Japanese / Chinese sticker on the packaging.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 6th, 2018 @ 6:01pm CST
-Kanrabat- wrote:Japanese / Chinese
Don't let anyone of either country hear you say that! They're not the same, in fact it's a big pet peeve.
Besides, China is serviced by Hasbro.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 6th, 2018 @ 6:22pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Japanese / Chinese
Don't let anyone of either country hear you say that! They're not the same, in fact it's a big pet peeve.
Besides, China is serviced by Hasbro.
What I meant is one OR the other.
I got the "Chinese" version so my sticker was in Chinese. There was even a Chinese instruction manual include beside the standard one.
I'm also a big fan of Chinese Cartoons so I know the difference.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 6th, 2018 @ 9:57pm CST
william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I broke down and bought The Takara version of Cogman from Amazon Japan. All said and done it was still $10 cheaper than the cheapest price I've seen for the Hasbro version.
He started appearing at Walmarts in Canada so its possible he will be found at Walmarts in the US in the coming month.
Also there is no such thing as a Takara "version", since both are the same version. Its just released by two different companies.
By version I meant release and IDK, the pics make the figure look darker
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 6th, 2018 @ 10:11pm CST
chuckdawg1999 wrote:william-james88 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I broke down and bought The Takara version of Cogman from Amazon Japan. All said and done it was still $10 cheaper than the cheapest price I've seen for the Hasbro version.
He started appearing at Walmarts in Canada so its possible he will be found at Walmarts in the US in the coming month.
Also there is no such thing as a Takara "version", since both are the same version. Its just released by two different companies.
By version I meant release and IDK, the pics make the figure look darker
Don't be fooled by pictures. It's really the exact same toy, box and all. Just a Japanese sticker added on the back and possibly a Japanese instruction manual added inside. Like the "Chinese" version.
The only reason to chose an Asian release over a local one is if the local one just won't show up. Like I did. Ironically, I was still waiting for my Cogman when I finally found one in store. Even though I paid 11$CAN extra over the regular price, I still had to wait a bit for my Chinese one to arrive...