Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy

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Those wishing for a more magenta coloured Hot Rod will be out of luck. Thanks to JT Prime, we have the description that will appear in the online listing of the upcoming Velocitron Speedia 500 voyager Hot Rod.

It gives us that nice blurb we already saw, adding some fiction to the line (which Takara has since illustrated as well), the burn rubber line is a nice touch. The description shows that this will be the SS86 Hot Rod we already got but in toy colours. Regardless of the deco, it will at least help those who did not get the original SS86 toy since despite the seemingly high price for a smaller bot, the toy sold out at retail and was highly rated by fans.

Universes collide! Transformers: Legacy brings together fan-favorite characters from across the Transformers multiverse. Figures feature deco inspired by their universe with an updated Generations design. In honor of the almost 40-year legacy of Transformers entertainment, the fandoms come together from across the Transformers multiverse, all in one toy line. The race is on! Bots from across the multiverse have gathered on Velocitron to participate in the Speedia 500, a planet-wide race to determine its next leader. Hot Rod joins the Speedia 500 to show how fast he can burn rubber. Transformers and all related characters are trademarks of Hasbro.

Universes collide: universes collide with transformers: legacy! this epic line of transformers toys brings together fan-favorite characters from across the transformers multiverse
Velocitron speedia 500 collection: the race is on! bots from across the multiverse have gathered on velocitron to participate in the speedia 500, a planet-wide race to determine its next leader
G1-inspired design: this transformers 7-inch autobot hot rod robot toy is inspired by the animated series, the transformers, updated with a generations-style design
2 epic modes: action figure converts from robot to racecar mode in 29 steps. features red deco, similar to the original 1986 release
Awesome accessories: comes with buzzsaw and 2 blaster accessories. also comes with 2 blast effects that attach to vehicle mode exhaust pipes. accessories attach to figure in both modes

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Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144531)
Posted by Overcracker on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:41am CDT

o.supreme wrote:Wow.... G2 "Shadowstrip" and Crasher found in New Zealand Kmart...

Crazy...

Wait... did we know we were getting repaint of Dragstrip? Or is this the leaked "Shadow Striker"?

Interesting its out without any pics before hand.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144532)
Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:42am CDT

Ok well, this was unexpected. Not only do we have a sighting we didn't think we'd get any time soon, but it reveals a new toy we did not know we were getting. The second wave of deluxes in the Velocitron line was found at a KMart in New Zealand. The two new deluxes found in that line were Shadowstrip and Decepticon Crasher. While we had seen Crasher before, this is our first look at Shadowstrip, which is a Dragstrip G2 redeco. What is odd here is that we thought we were getting Shadowstriker, according to the listings, but we have Shadowstrip instead. Could it have been an error in the listings then? And thus, we aren't getting Shadowstriker afterall? We'll see, but till further confirmation, here are the images of the toys in packaging, on shelves ad in hand. The images come from python5003.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144533)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:55am CDT

No universe designation for "Decepticon Crasher". Guess that makes her a G1 native (rather than a GoBot) after all.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144534)
Posted by Gearslide on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:57am CDT

Huh.

That's an interesting way to release the G2 Stunticon decoes. Kind of clever, but did it really warrant creating a new character/name trademark instead of just calling it "Shadow Dragstrip?"

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Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2022 @ 11:01am CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:"Shadowstrip"... Well played Hasbro. Making him not G2 Drag Strip, so no inherent obligation to finish off the team.

I don't follow. Is there a difference between G2 dragstrip and shadowstrip? I don,t see how those are different characters.

Overcracker wrote:
Wait... did we know we were getting repaint of Dragstrip? Or is this the leaked "Shadow Striker"?

Interesting its out without any pics before hand.

Yes it's a fun surprise in that sense but a letdown that it isn't the shadowstriker we had in a listing. And yes, this would indeed be that shadowstriker since it was confirmed that the next wave would only have 2 new bots and be padded with repacks. The part that makes no sense though is that Cosmos is not one of those getting repacked.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144536)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 14th, 2022 @ 11:01am CDT

Gearslide wrote:Huh.

That's an interesting way to release the G2 Stunticon decoes. Kind of clever, but did it really warrant creating a new character/name trademark instead of just calling it "Shadow Dragstrip?"

That way they avoid the obligation of releasing the rest of the team in G2 colors: new character that homages the deco, so he can be a mere substitute :lol:

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144537)
Posted by Overcracker on September 14th, 2022 @ 11:09am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Overcracker wrote:
Wait... did we know we were getting repaint of Dragstrip? Or is this the leaked "Shadow Striker"?

Interesting its out without any pics before hand.

Yes it's a fun surprise in that sense but a letdown that it isn't the shadowstriker we had in a listing. And yes, this would indeed be that shadowstriker since it was confirmed that the next wave would only have 2 new bots and be padded with repacks. The part that makes no sense though is that Cosmos is not one of those getting repacked.

Interesting... thanks.

At least its one less figure I need to get. Already have Drag Strip, and don't need a G2 repaint that may or may to get a complete team as cool as the black, gold and blue is.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144541)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on September 14th, 2022 @ 12:19pm CDT

Toy Colors Hot Rod? Boring, easy pass.

As for the Shadow Striker-Shadowstrip situation, sad reminder that the listing we got technically didn't actually say Shadow Striker:

shadow striker.jpg

It's just that between that and JTPrime referring to it as "Shadow Stri" based off of more extensive info they had (I could be misremembering that part, but I think I remember that being the case), everyone autofilled the full name as Shadow Striker because there was no other existing name it could be. So yes, no Shadow Striker.

I cannot decide whether I actually like Shadowstrip here, I'm gonna have to do some thinking on this one. It's either gonna be my first Legacy Stunticon purchase or another pass. This is probably a part of why Crasher didn't use the Dragstrip mold I guess?

EDIT: Also for anyone on the fence about Shadowstrip specifically for the reasoning of "what if they don't do a full G2 Menasor and just make Dragstrip", JTPrime did find a listing for a Legacy "Deluxe E Robo WLD Ridr" and up until this instance had no clue what it could be, so make of that what you will.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144542)
Posted by Razorbeast88 on September 14th, 2022 @ 12:30pm CDT

So much for Shadowstriker:( guess that's money saved

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144543)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on September 14th, 2022 @ 12:31pm CDT

Nemesis Primal wrote:Toy Colors Hot Rod? Boring, easy pass.

Agreed, Toon accurate colors would have been nice.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144545)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 14th, 2022 @ 12:49pm CDT

And in the meantime, there's STILL no sign of Deluxe Cosmos anywhere near my realm! Boo!

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144549)
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on September 14th, 2022 @ 1:40pm CDT

So I guess that's it, Crasher really is stuck using the inferior version of the mold. I guess the moron who wasted Hasbro's money on the downgrade (it looks no more earthlike or G1 than SIEGE, while having worse plastic color layout and losing the shoulder port; what a total waste) to increase the ROI on their bad decision.

Nice to have G2 Drag Strip though. So I guess G2 Motormaster will either be the Commander-class for this line, or a Selects release, and they won't be doing a box set. I'm not too surprised that it turned out not to be Shadow Striker, since we haven't had a new Side Burn or anything resembling him. It's not like with our expectation of Armada Blurr where we were seeing Unicron Trilogy signs everywhere and knew we were getting a suitable base mold (Pointblank).

As for Hot Rod... Well, good for people who missed out on the mold and don't want to pay $90 or whatever he's going for. But I do seriously wish Hasbro get the smeg over their block about doing him in magenta already. It's been 36 smegging years, damnit. Although by that same token I'm not surprised they once again didn't do it. Only other possibility besides toy colors that I would have expected was a Cybertron Hot Shot homage.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144552)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on September 14th, 2022 @ 2:31pm CDT

At first I wanted Shadowstrip to stand in as a SG version of Dragstrip, but bow I think I'd want him to be a bodyguard for SG Goldbug.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144553)
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 14th, 2022 @ 2:38pm CDT

I'll be pasing on theese two. Race car modes for both are still pretty bad though Shadow Strip looks pretty good as an arm -the colors make him look less like a bulldozer gone wrong. Honestly prefer fracture over crasher, if she had been the potp Jazz mold then maybe (it's not like its a big deal to hasbro to have incompletable combiners hahahaha). Depends on what/if they use a figure as a repaint/retool for Gobots Psycho.

Hotrods still going to be crazy priced if it's £33 for a voyager deluxe but seeing as they havent got his colors right yet the toy color version might work for me (and if they paint his roof the right color -they finally got clampdowns lambo panels paint matching so who knows)

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144554)
Posted by sol magnus on September 14th, 2022 @ 2:58pm CDT

Definitely want Crasher, will probably cave and get Shadowstrip.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144556)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on September 14th, 2022 @ 3:23pm CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:
Nemesis Primal wrote:Toy Colors Hot Rod? Boring, easy pass.

Agreed, Toon accurate colors would have been nice.

I was personally hoping for an IDW Rodimus (considering IDW Blurr exists) or a SG Hot Rod, but it does seem like even the people who are saying they might get the Toy Colors one would still rather have the magenta anyway, magenta seems like it would have been a safer bet than what they're going with.

ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:I'm not too surprised that it turned out not to be Shadow Striker, since we haven't had a new Side Burn or anything resembling him. It's not like with our expectation of Armada Blurr where we were seeing Unicron Trilogy signs everywhere and knew we were getting a suitable base mold (Pointblank).

People weren't expecting Universe Shadow Striker, they were expecting a Generations version of the much-more-well-known Cyberverse Shadow Striker as presumably an Elita-1 repaint/remold.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144561)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 14th, 2022 @ 4:55pm CDT

"Shadowstrip" actually looks like a pretty cool repaint. Kinda makes me wish that Menasor's other arm could use it. Sadly, I gather it was set up only to work with Dead End. But a matching black car looks really good as Menasor's arm...

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144564)
Posted by SpaceEagle on September 14th, 2022 @ 5:35pm CDT

I'm always a sucker for toy-accuracy, I'll happily pick this Hot Rod up if it even has tampographs to mimic the sticker detailing like what was done with the Titans Return toys.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144565)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on September 14th, 2022 @ 5:37pm CDT

SpaceEagle wrote:I'm always a sucker for toy-accuracy, I'll happily pick this Hot Rod up if even has tampographs to mimic the sticker detailing like what was done with the Titans Return toys.

Hot rod interesting because the legs on the origional toy and animation model are very different.

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Posted by SpaceEagle on September 14th, 2022 @ 5:38pm CDT

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:
SpaceEagle wrote:I'm always a sucker for toy-accuracy, I'll happily pick this Hot Rod up if even has tampographs to mimic the sticker detailing like what was done with the Titans Return toys.

Hot rod interesting because the legs on the origional toy and animation model are very different.

Yeah, that's what makes me interested to see how they'll go about it. I still prefer the toy colours over the 'toon colours anyway but I'm still hoping they lean more into it to really make it more worthwhile than that one Netflix Prime set that vaguely had the same colours as the toy and nothing else.

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Posted by primalxconvoy on September 14th, 2022 @ 5:38pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:...Shadostrip and Deceopticon...

Er, "Shadowstrip" and "Decepticon", surely?

Anyway, it's nice that they're (hopefully) giving (all?) the G2 versions new names, so we can either imagine they're upgraded forms of the same characters (à la Soundblaster and Twincast) or new characters in their own right (à la Soundblaster again).

This latest version of G2 Dragstrip reminds me of the old "John Player Special" version of the Tyrrell P34 car, which Dragstrip was based upon.

Shadowstrip vs John Player Special F1 Car.png

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144569)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 14th, 2022 @ 6:18pm CDT

Fuck, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it :HEADHURTS:

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144570)
Posted by Flashwave on September 14th, 2022 @ 6:20pm CDT

I would love an additional Stunticon and that deco is awesome. I had some of the CW repaint a I liked as bonus Stunticons so it will be nice to roll over some more of that team

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144573)
Posted by SpaceEagle on September 14th, 2022 @ 6:36pm CDT

I do kinda personally wish they used a toy-based head for Shadowstrip to help differentiate him from Drag Strip (well, aside from the entirely different deco.)
But I'm likewise open to having more Stunticons, it was pretty fun getting Offroad.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144581)
Posted by Emerje on September 14th, 2022 @ 7:40pm CDT

I'll get Crasher and Shadostrip. Hopefully we get the rest of G2 Stunticons and none of them are tied to unrelated box sets.

Going to have to see Hot Rod first and hope the blurb for it is just wrong (since toys colors are more rust orange than true red). The only major difference between SS86 Hot Rod and G1 toy Hot Rod would be orange legs, lots of tampographs and maybe the flame designs. Not sure if that's enough to warrant a rebuy. It's especially frustrating knowing SS86 Hot Rod was supposed to be magenta but got nixed by higher ups at Hasbro, this was probably its last chance of happening. Maybe Target will finally do it in the Buzzworthy line like they did Kup and Cliffjumper.

Emerje

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144582)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on September 14th, 2022 @ 8:12pm CDT

Not sure if I'll go for Crasher. I have Fracture already and I like the idea of having her as a different mold from Mirage, plus Fracture's feet are more Seismic Stomp worthy
Shadowstrip, I'll grab. I do hope we get a full set of G2 Stunticons

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144586)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 14th, 2022 @ 8:35pm CDT

Crasher looks pretty good, I guess I can get her to go with the other Gobots in Road Ranger and BugBite so far.

I wish Shadowstrip had been Cyberverse Shadow Striker instead using a different mold, or that he had gotten a new head at least, but that paint scheme is super nice, and I think I'll get him solely for that reason, plus it's a good mold.

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Posted by primeisboss on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:04pm CDT

I wonder why they decided to call G2 Dragstrip "Shadowstrip." Also, those colors look very nice on the Legacy mold. While I'm not getting this figure, I hope that they release all of the G2 stunticons because I know a lot of people would want that.

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Posted by Seibertron on September 14th, 2022 @ 10:29pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2022 @ 11:12pm CDT

I just want to point something else out about this whole "too many Hauler" thing that some fans are unaware of. Unlike the deluxe case assortment, US walmarts are using SOLID CASES for voyagers. The assortment is 2 overrides and 1 Hauler BUT since you guys are getting solid cases instead, you will have some walmarts with nothing but Hauler and others with nothing but Override. Since Hauler is the short packed one, he is one of the rarest toys in wave 1, like Cosmos, in countries which are only getting assortments. So when you hear of countries like the UK getting boxes of just Cosmos, a short packed figure, and wish you were as lucky, well you are. With Hauler.

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Posted by Emerje on September 15th, 2022 @ 12:17am CDT

Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

One of my local Walmarts hasn't even put tags out yet. As of last Saturday they had a few Haulers on the overhead shelf and that was it, the pegs and lower shelves were full of other stuff.

Emerje

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144604)
Posted by Big Grim on September 15th, 2022 @ 4:32am CDT

That Shadowstrip is all kindsa gorgeous! Kinda dig that Crasher too!

~ Grim

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144611)
Posted by DeathReviews on September 15th, 2022 @ 9:12am CDT

My minions have seen all the wave 1 Velocitron figures at the nearby walmarts, except Cosmos. Bah! They've even seen a few Haulers, though I've passed on that one since I already have ER Grapple.

They also gave notification that the Wild Rider figures are (finally) shipping from Pulse.

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Posted by sol magnus on September 15th, 2022 @ 12:08pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

In my area, everything except Cosmos is starting to shelf-warm, INCLUDING Clampdown. I've been to 3 Walmarts in two days and they all had at least 1 Clampdown and plenty of the others. Of course, this is one are, but they were definitely flying the first few cases. Now the rabid have all theirs and it's regular product.

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Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2022 @ 3:30pm CDT

sol magnus wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

In my area, everything except Cosmos is starting to shelf-warm, INCLUDING Clampdown. I've been to 3 Walmarts in two days and they all had at least 1 Clampdown and plenty of the others. Of course, this is one are, but they were definitely flying the first few cases. Now the rabid have all theirs and it's regular product.

I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

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Posted by sol magnus on September 15th, 2022 @ 3:34pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

In my area, everything except Cosmos is starting to shelf-warm, INCLUDING Clampdown. I've been to 3 Walmarts in two days and they all had at least 1 Clampdown and plenty of the others. Of course, this is one are, but they were definitely flying the first few cases. Now the rabid have all theirs and it's regular product.

I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

No, I agree....I use the term as familiar, but not to kill the meaning of it. I don't think any of them are actual shelf warmers just yet. The market is starting to cool, lets say. But in the case of Clampdown, he was going right along with Cosmos. Now I can walk in dry and see him.

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Posted by primalxconvoy on September 15th, 2022 @ 3:37pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

Well, then they're both shelf-warmers, just with possibly slightly different reasons for the state they are viewed as being in.

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Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 15th, 2022 @ 4:15pm CDT

primalxconvoy wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

Well, then they're both shelf-warmers, just with possibly slightly different reasons for the state they are viewed as being in.

I think the point is we need a new term for "figures that don't sell as fast as their case mates" vs. "figures that don't sell, period."

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Posted by Sabrblade on September 15th, 2022 @ 4:21pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

"Shelf-hobos"?

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Posted by primalxconvoy on September 15th, 2022 @ 4:23pm CDT

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

Well, then they're both shelf-warmers, just with possibly slightly different reasons for the state they are viewed as being in.

I think the point is we need a new term for "figures that don't sell as fast as their case mates" vs. "figures that don't sell, period."

Arguably, the "don't sell at all" belief might not be accurate. Perhaps both "groups" of toys we've just discussed differ only by the length of time warming the shelves? I suppose one way would be to (hypothetically) see which ones were sold (at a discounted price?) to customers or a discount chain of shops (like the ones that sell liquidation stock, etc)?

Perhaps "bargain bucket-fodder"?

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Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2022 @ 6:03pm CDT

sol magnus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:
Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:****, my walmarts haven't even started stocking this line yet, and these guys have wave 2 before hasbro even announces it

Are you sure your Walmart didn't get them and they're gone already? Came out about a month ago. I feel like I saw them and then they were gone just as fast. I thought they were going to be shelf warmers, but people seem to really like these.

In my area, everything except Cosmos is starting to shelf-warm, INCLUDING Clampdown. I've been to 3 Walmarts in two days and they all had at least 1 Clampdown and plenty of the others. Of course, this is one are, but they were definitely flying the first few cases. Now the rabid have all theirs and it's regular product.

I really think we are using the "shelf-warm" term too loosely to the point where it loses meaning. If Clampdown, which has been on shelves for barely a month, is considered a shelfwarmer, then what do we call the Studio Series Blurrs and Kups from last year that I still see on shelves?

No, I agree....I use the term as familiar, but not to kill the meaning of it. I don't think any of them are actual shelf warmers just yet. The market is starting to cool, lets say. But in the case of Clampdown, he was going right along with Cosmos. Now I can walk in dry and see him.

It's cool, I do like following your analysis. We see the speed at which some fly off the shelves and as there is more supply, we see which toys end up having met that immediate demand vs the ones that still don't. And from what we see in that pic of New Zealand, Clampdown will eventually stay on the shelves as much as any other toy since it will be repacked in the next wave.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144655)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 15th, 2022 @ 8:01pm CDT

I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144656)
Posted by grimdragon2001 on September 15th, 2022 @ 8:04pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

the police lights are with his weapons

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144664)
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2022 @ 11:17pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

They arent missing, they just arent placed on the alt mode since that would be really easy to either fall off or get stolen due to the open window.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144666)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 15th, 2022 @ 11:34pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

They arent missing, they just arent placed on the alt mode since that would be really easy to either fall off or get stolen due to the open window.

The open window as nothing to do with that. Remember the Prowl family, the Red Alerts, and ER Ratchet. All had their "cherries" on top removed and segregated among the weapons. That is, if I remember correctly.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144667)
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2022 @ 11:52pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

They arent missing, they just arent placed on the alt mode since that would be really easy to either fall off or get stolen due to the open window.

The open window as nothing to do with that. Remember the Prowl family, the Red Alerts, and ER Ratchet. All had their "cherries" on top removed and segregated among the weapons. That is, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, but they were all packaged in robot mode so you wouldn't see it. That's why this is the only release where one would think it's missing from looking at the toy.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144671)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 16th, 2022 @ 2:48am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:I got Hauler and he's the only one that's a must-buy for me since he's one of the few TFs from the cartoon that hadn't had a modern style release yet.

I would have gotten Cosmos, but I never saw him.

I did see Clampdown, but his police lights were missing.

They arent missing, they just arent placed on the alt mode since that would be really easy to either fall off or get stolen due to the open window.

The open window as nothing to do with that. Remember the Prowl family, the Red Alerts, and ER Ratchet. All had their "cherries" on top removed and segregated among the weapons. That is, if I remember correctly.

Yeah, but they were all packaged in robot mode so you wouldn't see it. That's why this is the only release where one would think it's missing from looking at the toy.

Yeah, exactly that.
Also, it's a pretty damn genius move to separate those lights. It keep production costs of the repaints way down. The downside is that it's one more loose part that can be missing. I predict some of those lights will sell for 50$ on eBay 20 years from now.

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144673)
Posted by Nemesis Destron on September 16th, 2022 @ 7:06am CDT

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You know seeing as how I feel like a minion of the bad guys....root for the bad guys....it would be nice if the Generations symbol were altered for the

symbol for a while. C'mon :HASBRO:

only greatness can come from this. :-P

How about the term peg-squatters....shelf-squatters?

And regarding Cosmos.... >:oP

....'nuff said! :VEHI:

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144722)
Posted by X3ROhour on September 16th, 2022 @ 3:49pm CDT

More Shattered Glass for me please!

Re: Description for Velocitron Hot Rod says it will be Inspired by the Deco of the Original Toy (2144723)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 16th, 2022 @ 4:02pm CDT