Hasbro Pulse is the New HastroToyShop with Preorders on New MPs, Siege and More

TF-fan kev777 wrote:So wait, if we just placed a pre-order then are we automatically enrolled in premium? Or was there some kind of check-box that I missed?

carytheone wrote:I heard that from someone else so I went to check my order - cancelled.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I heard that from someone else so I went to check my order - cancelled.

Did you get an email with the cancellation or just check you status. No email for me yet, and my order still shows up as Payment Status Authorized and Fulfillment Status Unfulfilled.

carytheone wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I heard that from someone else so I went to check my order - cancelled.

Did you get an email with the cancellation or just check you status. No email for me yet, and my order still shows up as Payment Status Authorized and Fulfillment Status Unfulfilled.

I'm getting mixed results. I went ahead and created an account and I have three orders A, B & C all with the same status unfulfilled. But if I click the link from the email it says cancelled and only one order. Same nubmer as the three. I'm waiting on a chat now.

Bounti76 wrote:And of course they're already presold out on all the Wave 2 deluxes. Just like last time they had Wave 1 up at $9.99 each. It's just HTS with a new name.

leokearon wrote:I wonder if they will ever do international shipping

leokearon wrote:I wonder if they will ever do international shipping

leokearon wrote:I wonder if they will ever do international shipping

Bounti76 wrote:It's just HTS with a new name.

Product Description
Limit of 2 per customer.
This 7-inch Generations Selects is a fan-dedicated line of figures featuring special edition versions of characters that can’t be found in the main line, like a combat deco’d Megatron. Fans expected it in 1995, and now almost 25 years later, it’s finally happened. Gear up this Generations Selects WFC-GS01 Combat Megatron with awesome weapons. Figure is equipped with a HPR Telescopic Laserstrike Launcher weapon accessory with converting sword and blaster modes and a D50-R35 Fusion Cannon accessory. The 2 weapon accessories mod-lock together to form a larger weapon, the NFM Particle Beam Mega-Launcher. Combat Megatron figure features classic conversion between robot and Cybertronian battle tank modes in 17 steps. Turret rotates 360 degrees in tank mode.

Includes: Voyager Class Decepticon Red Wing figure, 2 weapon accessories, and instructions.

Figure scale: 7 inches

Ages 8 and up

Nemesis Primal wrote:Was anyone ever able to confirm whether placing a pre-order counted towards getting Premium? I haven't found anything definitive short of placing the order to find out, and I'm not worried enough about having difficulty getting any of them that I necessarily want to pre-order any of the figures without that added incentive.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Was anyone ever able to confirm whether placing a pre-order counted towards getting Premium? I haven't found anything definitive short of placing the order to find out, and I'm not worried enough about having difficulty getting any of them that I necessarily want to pre-order any of the figures without that added incentive.

Hasbro Pulse wrote:Hi carytheone,

We apologize that we got disconnected from our chat. We do show that the orders were split into 3 separate orders because they are pre-orders. We do apologize for any confusion that this may have caused you, and we greatly appreciate your patience. As of right now, this order did qualify you for the Hasbro Pulse Premium membership. If you have any other questions or require additional assistance, please feel free to reach back out to us.
Warm Regards,

Hasbro Pulse

Hasbro Pulse wrote:Hi carytheone,

Thank you very much for getting back to us. Yes, your premium membership is free for the rest of the year. We do not currently have any information on if there will be an auto-billing for a renewal of the membership. However, that information should be provided along with the email with further information about the membership within the next few weeks. If there is anything else we can do to assist you, please reach back out to us.
Warm Regards,

Hasbro Pulse

Emerje wrote:I wish the paid membership included an incentive figure because $50 a year is asking a lot just to get free shipping a few times. I'd rather hold onto stuff and ship it together for free on TFSource than drop $50 all at once for "free" shipping that I may not get the full benefit of.

Emerje

Hasbro Pulse Premium
Want free standard continental U.S. shipping for the balance of 2019? Join Hasbro Pulse Premium. Just make a purchase between now and 2/25/19.* And free shipping isn't all, we have some other perks planned just for our best customers.

Hurry, this offer won't last long! (Starting 2/26/19, there will be a $50 enrollment fee.)

Free standard continental U.S. shipping for the rest of 2019
Monthly Premium-only discounts & flash sales
Other perks throughout the year at select fan conventions & more
Did you place an order and have questions about your Hasbro Pulse Premium status? Don’t worry! We’ll be sending out email confirmations confirming your status by 2/26/19. Make sure you've opted in to marketing emails to receive updates on additional perks/incentives. Thanks for being a fan! (*Continental U.S. Customers Only)

*HASBRO PULSE PREMIUM TERMS
Free standard shipping on orders placed on HasbroPulse.com through December 31, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST when you make a purchase(s) on HasbroPulse.com between February 15, 2019 and February 25, 2019 at 11:59 PM EST. Must create and check out with a HasbroPulse.com account to be eligible. Exclusions may apply. No rain checks. Offer not valid on previous orders. Does not apply to HasLab campaigns. Offer valid for shipping in continental U.S. only. Subject to terms of use, HasbroPulse.com shipping and other policies. Must opt-in to marketing emails to receive updates on additional perks/incentives.

I am intrigued by go to market pulse initiative. How do you balance being a global consumer products company with thousands or retail doors and how do you balance that in terms of not threatening those retailers with the go to consumer initiative.

We have a unique take about how to approach and connect with our fans.
As everyone knows we have hundreds of thousands of doors around the world, our offering is really broad. When you look at what we are doing with Pulse, it's really a content and product initiative targeted at the fan economy. Its increasing our direct relation with consumers but in a very focused way and it will give us an opportunity to test and learn many things we can then bring to our partners globally. It's really not meant to be taking something for ourselves. It is allowing us to be the tip of the spear to foster these relationships and what we learn from this interaction will be shared with our partners around the world.

Bucky wrote:Just curious, but did anyone else who ordered the next wave of Siege Deluxes from Hasbropulse, when they were $9.99 notice that their order suddenly changed? Up until today, mine was all fine and dandy, but now on my HP account my order has been split into four separate orders, states that the orders were placed on the 22nd of February (which is well after I ordered them), and says that they’re $19.99 each.

I just wanted to know if this happened to anyone else, before I try contacting Hasbropulse to ask what’s up, and to let people know that it might be an issue. In case people weren’t aware.

william-james88 wrote:From this we can gather that the US collector market (meaning anyone reading this article)

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hmm, why do I have a feeling that within 5 years Generations will be an online only line?

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:From this we can gather that the US collector market (meaning anyone reading this article)

ummm...what?

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:From this we can gather that the US collector market (meaning anyone reading this article)

ummm...what?

I think Willy-J had a few before writing the article.

Easy Tiger wrote:

Nemesis Maximo wrote:

Burn wrote:

william-james88 wrote:From this we can gather that the US collector market (meaning anyone reading this article)

ummm...what?

I think Willy-J had a few before writing the article.

Maybe it's because we all speak fluent American? Y'all.

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hmm, why do I have a feeling that within 5 years Generations will be an online only line?

What part about using the information they gather from Pulse to help improve the way things are handled at retail make you think they're going to pull Generations from retail? If anything I read this as better things coming from Generations at retail in the next 5 years.

Emerje

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This also ties into my belief that most stores don't like 30+ year old men in toy isles.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hmm, why do I have a feeling that within 5 years Generations will be an online only line?

What part about using the information they gather from Pulse to help improve the way things are handled at retail make you think they're going to pull Generations from retail? If anything I read this as better things coming from Generations at retail in the next 5 years.

Emerje

This also ties into my belief that most stores don't like 30+ year old men in toy isles.

cruizerdave wrote:This whole Pulse thing seems like a bad deal. Give us $50 cuz, and we'll give you some crappy repaints you can pay for, but free shipping!

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Hmm, why do I have a feeling that within 5 years Generations will be an online only line?

What part about using the information they gather from Pulse to help improve the way things are handled at retail make you think they're going to pull Generations from retail? If anything I read this as better things coming from Generations at retail in the next 5 years.

Emerje

This also ties into my belief that most stores don't like 30+ year old men in toy isles.

Then they best stop selling action figures, because that's who buys them. Kids aren't interested. Adults have driven the action figure industry for the past two decades. Why else would Hasbro bring us such obscure stuff from 30 years ago as redos of Slugslinger, the Duocons or the stinking Jumpstarters. Kids are not interested in any of that.

Also, most retailers seem to have a hard time keeping the CHUG stuff in stock, while the movie stuff clogs shelves for months at a time until it's cleared out on clearance.

And it's not just Transformers. Who buys their kids $20 Black Series or Marvel Legends figures? No one. Or those stupid Pop figures that cover everything 80s? Kids are not buying action figures. If it bothers them that adult collectors on in their stores, they shouldn't stock the stuff adult collectors buy.

Burn wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This also ties into my belief that most stores don't like 30+ year old men in toy isles.

This right here. Unless you've got a kid with you, you're automatically branded a creep.

And some are.

But most aren't.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Burn wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This also ties into my belief that most stores don't like 30+ year old men in toy isles.

This right here. Unless you've got a kid with you, you're automatically branded a creep.

And some are.

But most aren't.

I used to tell myself that the moms were checking me out when they were looking at me, they weren't

carytheone wrote:Anyone else get one?

Emerje wrote:

carytheone wrote:Anyone else get one?

Yep, about half an hour ago.

Emerje

carytheone wrote:

Emerje wrote:

carytheone wrote:Anyone else get one?

Yep, about half an hour ago.

Emerje

They should send out bracelets.

Burn wrote:I'm suddenly glad I live in Australia so I can't be part of this bracelet club.

carytheone wrote:On the subject of being or feeling like a creeper while in the toy section. I can say that I've never noticed any weird looks from other shoppers, employees or cashiers. Doesn't mean they weren't happening. I used to feel weird lurking around, but I got over it. Most of this is internal perception.

On the "recognized collector demographic" front, I got this email from Hasbro Pulse. I've only ordered the Siege wave 2 deluxes.

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Anyone else get one?