Hasbro Press Release - SDCC 2013 Transformers Exclusives
Friday, July 12th, 2013 3:38PM CDT
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TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS TITAN CLASS METROPLEX SDCC EDITION
(Approximate retail price: $149.99; Ages 5 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego)
The TRANSFORMERS GENERATIONS TITAN CLASS METROPLEX is the largest converting TRANSFORMERS toy at over two feet tall, and San Diego Comic-Con will be the fans' first opportunity to feast their optics on him! METROPLEX converts from robot mode to rolling battle platform mode, and also converts into an AUTOBOT city! This special edition version of METROPLEX features two giant blasters, metallic coated armor, chrome foil stickers, as well as a Legends-scale SCAMPER figure and 12 miniature AUTOBOT and DECEPTICON figures to inhabit his AUTOBOT city mode! TITAN CLASS METROPLEX SDCC Edition is the official figure #1 in the TRANSFORMERS Thrilling 30 line of toys celebrating TRANSFORMERS 30th Anniversary.
TRANSFORMERS PRIME BEAST HUNTERS SHOCKWAVE'S LABORATORY
(Approximate retail price: $49.99; Ages 5 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego)
Where do PREDACONS come from? Why, SHOCKWAVE'S lab, of course! The evil DECEPTICON scientist and his cloning chamber are featured in this SDCC special edition figure set, featuring a VOYAGER CLASS SHOCKWAVE with a special G1-inspired paint scheme, as well as a COMMANDER CLASS PREDAKING figure with an ENERGON-infused translucent design. Sold in special collectible "Laboratory" packaging based on the hit TV series, TRANSFORMERS PRIME: BEAST HUNTERS, this set is an official part of the TRANSFORMERS 30th Anniversary celebration!
TRANSFORMERS TITAN GUARDIANS Action Figure Set
(Approximate retail price: $39.99; Ages 5 & up; Available through HasbroToyShop.com, Booth #3329 at Comic-Con International in San Diego)
Featuring five classic TRANSFORMERS characters - OPTIMUS PRIME, MEGATRON, STARSCREAM, SOUNDWAVE, and GRIMLOCK - this set of five non-converting 6-inch tall figures delivers classic G1 styles that fans will love!
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Posted by sixshot20 on July 12th, 2013 @ 3:54pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 12th, 2013 @ 4:21pm CDT
To get the SDCC version, I'll have to pay the 150$ price tag, plus at least 50$ of shipping, plus the innevitable custom fees that would be around 30$. So, that quite literally DOUBLE the price of the normal one I'd buy in store, even with 15% taxes added. So, yeah, I'll pass on the SDCC Metroplex and I will wait for it to come out in stores.
Posted by Va'al on July 12th, 2013 @ 4:30pm CDT
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Posted by Megatron Wolf on July 12th, 2013 @ 4:39pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 12th, 2013 @ 4:39pm CDT
- This is 30th anniversary celebration #2 out of 30, according to the bottom of the box
- Box has a slip cover (hence the two different sets of pics for in-box)
- Text from box:
Deep within a secret facility, SHOCKWAVE labored, pushing DECEPTICON science to its absolute limits and beyond. His discovery of ancient Cybertronian genetic material led him to breakthrough after breakthrough, until he was able to realize a dream - one that would become an apocalyptic nightmare for the AUTOBOTS. It was there in that lab that SHOCKWAVE created his masterpiece - the resurrection of the mighty, remorseless and barbarous PREDAKING.
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Posted by jamesbenjamin on July 12th, 2013 @ 4:47pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on July 12th, 2013 @ 5:10pm CDT
What do you think of the lab? Is it sturdy/heavy/good plastic quality?
People keep reiterating that it's not worth $50 bucks, but it IS an SDCC exclusive, and comes with a new deco of BH Voyager shockwave + mini-Predaking in addition to the lab apparatus itself.
Do you think it's worth it?
Posted by Seibertron on July 12th, 2013 @ 5:23pm CDT
megatronus wrote:Ryan -
What do you think of the lab? Is it sturdy/heavy/good plastic quality?
People keep reiterating that it's not worth $50 bucks, but it IS an SDCC exclusive, and comes with a new deco of BH Voyager shockwave + mini-Predaking in addition to the lab apparatus itself.
Do you think it's worth it?
The lab is just made of the plastic you see a lot on the inside of packages for the interior tray. I think it's worth $50 for a premium repaint of a popular figure and a variant of a smaller figure that I think many of us would be $50 just for Predaking if it had been a Japanese variant. If the $50 is worth two variants to you, then go for it. But don't buy it for the "lab" which is just interior packaging and not an actual "toy" per se.
Posted by Mindmaster on July 12th, 2013 @ 5:54pm CDT
Really want that Shockwave Laboratory set. If I got this, Predaking can just stay in that tube of his.
I still dislike that Titan Guardian set. For one, they should've added another Autobot, like Bumblebee. Second, they just don't look at all appealing to me.
I'm interested to learn more about the exclusive 30 toys they're doing. So the SDCC exclusives make up the first three, then the Platinum toys make up five more?
Posted by optimuscarlos on July 12th, 2013 @ 6:08pm CDT
I don't need to pay $50 for that, I could do it myself at home.
Actually… I will do it myself, hahaha
Posted by Ultra Markus on July 12th, 2013 @ 6:50pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 12th, 2013 @ 7:54pm CDT
Ultra Markus wrote:SIX? i only see FIVE... WTF?
That is due to me getting measurements and amounts mixed up, apologies.
News post corrected!
Posted by Trikeboy on July 12th, 2013 @ 9:59pm CDT
Posted by TimothyR on July 12th, 2013 @ 10:34pm CDT
but the titan guardians could've been sooo much better. i wish they were more like robot replicas.. i wish they were articulated.. at 6 inches, they look like down scaled G1 versions of those crappy optimus and bumblebee prime toys that are showing up at toys r us.
the guardians were cool when i thought they'd be like 3-4 inches tall and could look decent with metroplex.
oh well.
i'm tempted to pick up the sdcc metroplex, but i'm undecided at this point. i wish the face was painted silver rather than being chrome, i just don't understand the chrome, it doesn't really fit (in my opinion). i wish the retail version had the extra red gun.. it would make my decision MUCH easier.
also.. i think it's really lame that the mini figures aren't G1 versions of the characters.. instead, it just looks like a mishmash of more recently released/upcoming toys, which i think is quite lame. and to not have any paint on them at all is pretty lame as well. they managed to paint the small titanium figures.. i'd prefer something like that instead.
again, oh well.
won't all of these be available through hasbro's online store?
Posted by xyl360 on July 12th, 2013 @ 11:30pm CDT
As for Metroplex, I'll be skipping him. I've got the Takara version on preorder already and I actually like the gunmetal metallic gray paint Takara used on his hips better than the chrome used on the SDCC version.
Posted by zatara1701 on July 12th, 2013 @ 11:44pm CDT
Pics? Check
When???
I know I am debating camping out for TRU.com the 18th, but when the frack do these go on HTS??
Just thought I would ask.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 13th, 2013 @ 12:46am CDT
The Go! version is just a more shiny and more detailed version of the normal BH version. The SDCC version, however, it colored to be more G1-accurate, with more yellow highlights, a yellow optic, and less show-accurate purple and gray placements.xyl360 wrote:So how does this Shockwave repaint compare to the Takara TF Go version? I have Takara's and it's beautiful. Is the SDCC version any different/worth getting if I have the Takara version already?
Posted by leokearon on July 13th, 2013 @ 1:47am CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on July 13th, 2013 @ 3:56am CDT
Still, the fact that HTS charge taxes to Canadians clear them out of any custom charges... probably. So, instead of around 230$ total, it would be... 225$ total.
So, yay?
Oh yeah, The Guardians? Lol no.
Shockwave? Got the BH version so I'm good.
I'm gonna skip on all of them. Mostly because of HTS bullshit policy of absolutely using FedEx to ship things to Canada, which mean 30$ minimum of shipping fees plus the innevitable extra because the 30$ base price is set for just a couple of deluxes. Also, I had to make them deliver at work or I would never have my stuff. Plus, any somewhat large orders will be delivered by multiple packages over multiple days. Final nail in the coffin is the fact that they charges at least another 12% for the taxes.
I ordered one time for HTS to get the Generations figures that I missed. Ironically, 2 months later, they showed up at my Walmart at 10$ each.
So, never again, HTS.
Unless you start selling some Masterpieces.
Posted by NTESHFT on July 13th, 2013 @ 10:32am CDT
Posted by Va'al on July 13th, 2013 @ 5:09pm CDT
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Posted by TulioDude on July 13th, 2013 @ 5:52pm CDT
Are they meant to be small exclusives that look nice(like small statues)?
Posted by Crystal Rodimus on July 13th, 2013 @ 8:40pm CDT
No more.
Ugh.
Posted by Mkall on July 13th, 2013 @ 8:43pm CDT
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on July 13th, 2013 @ 8:48pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on July 13th, 2013 @ 9:51pm CDT
Posted by Autobot Megatron on July 13th, 2013 @ 11:37pm CDT
How much are these things again?
Posted by LiKwid on July 14th, 2013 @ 10:12pm CDT
Im passin on the HTS stakeout this year, BBTS has my back =)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 14th, 2013 @ 11:41pm CDT
LiKwid wrote:As in past years I post a warning to those who are wanting to get these from HTS..BE WARNED that HTS normally ships this things like they are angry. The past 4 years I have gotten the exclusives and the boxes they ship in are normally 4 sizes to big with no packing what so ever. If your a misb collector be warned, if you plan on opening these they go right ahead...
Im passin on the HTS stakeout this year, BBTS has my back =)
Also their servers really get backed up and the site slows down if not crashes.
Posted by blackfreeze75 on July 17th, 2013 @ 9:28am CDT
Posted by jamesbenjamin on July 17th, 2013 @ 3:21pm CDT
This is the page they'll show up on:
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/exclusives
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 17th, 2013 @ 10:40pm CDT
jamesbenjamin wrote:Its usually the monday, tuesday, or wednesday after the con, between 9am and noon.
This is the page they'll show up on:
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/exclusives
Will this be the page we'll all loiter on waiting for notice that they're live?
Posted by Mindmaster on July 17th, 2013 @ 10:42pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:jamesbenjamin wrote:Its usually the monday, tuesday, or wednesday after the con, between 9am and noon.
This is the page they'll show up on:
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/exclusives
Will this be the page we'll all loiter on waiting for notice that they're live?
Unquestionably, yes.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 17th, 2013 @ 10:45pm CDT
Mindmaster wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:jamesbenjamin wrote:Its usually the monday, tuesday, or wednesday after the con, between 9am and noon.
This is the page they'll show up on:
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/exclusives
Will this be the page we'll all loiter on waiting for notice that they're live?
Unquestionably, yes.
Who's bringing the eggs because I got the bacon to make breakfast?
Posted by Mindmaster on July 17th, 2013 @ 10:47pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Mindmaster wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:jamesbenjamin wrote:Its usually the monday, tuesday, or wednesday after the con, between 9am and noon.
This is the page they'll show up on:
http://www.hasbrotoyshop.com/exclusives
Will this be the page we'll all loiter on waiting for notice that they're live?
Unquestionably, yes.
Who's bringing the eggs because I got the bacon to make breakfast?
Well, I have some in my fridge. But there's only enough to feed two or three.
Posted by Va'al on July 18th, 2013 @ 4:27am CDT
Posted by Sclifford5 on July 18th, 2013 @ 5:00am CDT
Posted by Tigertrack on July 18th, 2013 @ 8:37am CDT
Posted by Convotron on July 18th, 2013 @ 8:58am CDT
Posted by Metrosuplex on July 18th, 2013 @ 9:07am CDT
Seriously, Hasbro! Throw us poor people a bone!
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 21st, 2013 @ 6:21pm CDT
Posted by SLUGSLINGER81 on July 21st, 2013 @ 8:32pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sooo with SDCC2013 just about over the next question is when will HTS get the exclusives up and ready to rock? Will it be Tuesday or Wednesday and what time?
I'm hoping for tomorrow, but you're right it's usually been either on a tue or web...but with HTS you never know...btw, would these show under the "exclusives" in the HTS page?
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 21st, 2013 @ 11:56pm CDT
SLUGSLINGER81 wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sooo with SDCC2013 just about over the next question is when will HTS get the exclusives up and ready to rock? Will it be Tuesday or Wednesday and what time?
I'm hoping for tomorrow, but you're right it's usually been either on a tue or web...but with HTS you never know...btw, would these show under the "exclusives" in the HTS page?
I think so. It's been my experience that the SDCC stuff never goes up on Monday because the team needs a day to recover.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 23rd, 2013 @ 2:25pm CDT
Posted by Pigbeard on July 24th, 2013 @ 7:52am CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 24th, 2013 @ 8:13am CDT
Pigbeard wrote:Time for refresh button camping!
I hope today is the right day
Posted by Pigbeard on July 24th, 2013 @ 8:15am CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Pigbeard wrote:Time for refresh button camping!
I hope today is the right day
I think Weds after the con is the latest they've ever come up? Or no?
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 24th, 2013 @ 8:16am CDT
Pigbeard wrote:chuckdawg1999 wrote:Pigbeard wrote:Time for refresh button camping!
I hope today is the right day
I think Weds after the con is the latest they've ever come up? Or no?
Actually it's been the day the last few years. Anybody got eggs? I got bacon!
Posted by ScottyP on July 24th, 2013 @ 8:44am CDT
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on July 24th, 2013 @ 8:46am CDT
ScottyP wrote:Is this where we hang out while waiting on them? I'm hoping they get posted before 1 pm eastern because I actually have real work to do after that.
Yup this is where we're hanging. Can someone find the thread from last year and see what time it all went live? Hopefully it'll all be over before 1PM EST.