Legacy Evolution Dirge and Nemesis Leo Prime found at U.S. Retail

Man so many GameStop's I hit in my area had nothing in the way of TFs.

My only one is only open like 2 days a week for like 3 hours. But when I managed to make it, no transformers at all.

*counts* 3 in my immediate area, including 1 just down the street, and mostly misses with what I'm looking for. O well...

Nemesis Destron wrote:Man so many GameStop's I hit in my area had nothing in the way of TFs.

I used to work at a Gamestop from 2019-2021. We never carried any Transformers. To this day, when I go into my local Gamestops, I never see any. So maybe it's just a region thing?

LordBludgeon wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Man so many GameStop's I hit in my area had nothing in the way of TFs.

I used to work at a Gamestop from 2019-2021. We never carried any Transformers. To this day, when I go into my local Gamestops, I never see any. So maybe it's just a region thing?

More like up to the discretion of whoever runs any given store.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Heads are gonna roll... Taking a stance against breaking street dates for not just games, but everything for the sake of fairness...

Just found out this morning one of the local GS stores had ROTB SS Arcee (her street date was 7/7 as well per GS) and someone sold her early last week. The employee that sold it was fired last night for breaking the street date and the store was hit with some kind of fine from GS corporate.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Heads are gonna roll... Taking a stance against breaking street dates for not just games, but everything for the sake of fairness...

Just found out this morning one of the local GS stores had ROTB SS Arcee (her street date was 7/7 as well per GS) and someone sold her early last week. The employee that sold it was fired last night for breaking the street date and the store was hit with some kind of fine from GS corporate.

The same SS ROTB core Arcee that's been out for several months now?

GameStops in my area dont carry Transformers at all anymore. The one and only thing I ever got was Selects Artfire. It was brand new, cheaper than on Pulse.com, and right there in store before Pulse shipped theirs, so I got it.

Still, The one thing Target stores have been consistent about in my area are Voyagers (no other size classes mind you...), so I expect Dirge & Dark Leo to show up soon,even though neither is on my want list. I already got my wave 3 Legacy Core Dino's and Axelgrease from Amazon.

The Nemesis should arrive right around my anniversary (July 20th), then its just waiting for wave 4 pre-orders to go live.

I got my Axlegrease today, and she is pretty neat. I really like her colors, and the muscle car mode looks good, though I wish she had a spoiler.

She also looks good with RotB Smash Changer Scourge, and the Junk Squad is shaping up nicely

Most of the Generations re-packs going all the way back to Siege and Earthrise Astrotrain have been identical to their previous releases, but the recent wide release of Legacy Evolution's Voyager Class Dirge figure doesn't entirely continue this trend. While the overall deco is unchanged, there are two small differences for collectors to be aware of.

The most notable difference is found with the wings, though it may be noted that a quick internet search shows there was some awareness of this change already. The Earthrise release, seen below on the left, features painted plastic wings whereas the Legacy Evolution release, on the right, is molded as tan plastic. This creates a matte versus gloss finish difference that immediately jumps out when putting the two toys side-by-side.


The "knee" paint is also noticeably different in the newer release. Earthrise Dirge features very purple knees (or perhaps kneepads if you prefer), as seen on the left once again in the image below. Meanwhile, the Legacy Evolution version sports a much redder shade of paint, landing somewhere between purple and lilac.


And those two small changes are really it, at least as far as this Transformers toy collector can tell. For most collectors these are not practical differences and add no reason to keep two extremely similar Dirge toys on the shelf, but it's always fun to see some variation when the same toy gets released years after its first outing.

This won't remove any value of the original.
So for the hardcore collector, that's a good thing.

Emgo got his hands on the Nemesis.

I know how Tarn could get a second Legacy figure from a different mold.

Make Glitch from the Studio Series Gamer Edition Bumblebee/Cliffjumper mold.

https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/1678078904605474817

Glitch pencil commission done for @tfconofficial

#Transformers #Hasbro #MTMTE #Tarn #commission #TFcon

https://twitter.com/markerguru/status/822606066752036864

well if you go back to see Glitch's body in Shadowplay you might notice it's based on WFC bee's body

Pulse just charged for (the) Nemesis. Hopefully I'll have it in-hand in just a few days.

AcademyofDrX wrote:Pulse just charged for (the) Nemesis. Hopefully I'll have it in-hand in just a few days.

Yeah I already got the tracking email, says Wednesday. Neato!

-Kanrabat- wrote:This won't remove any value of the original.
So for the hardcore collector, that's a good thing.

On the contrary, this sucks for hardcore collectors because now we have to buy a second Dirge to get all of the mold variations...

ScottyP wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:Pulse just charged for (the) Nemesis. Hopefully I'll have it in-hand in just a few days.

Yeah I already got the tracking email, says Wednesday. Neato!

I wonder if Amazon will bump up their release date then, it currently says next week.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:This won't remove any value of the original.
So for the hardcore collector, that's a good thing.

On the contrary, this sucks for hardcore collectors because now we have to buy a second Dirge to get all of the mold variations...

ScottyP wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:Pulse just charged for (the) Nemesis. Hopefully I'll have it in-hand in just a few days.

Yeah I already got the tracking email, says Wednesday. Neato!

I wonder if Amazon will bump up their release date then, it currently says next week.

Emerje

BBTS already got theirs in, too

While I was re-arranging my Transformer shelves today I started thinking about the upcoming Shadow Striker and her (probable if not very, very likely) repaint/retool into Side Burn. If Prowl and X-Brawn get new toys, if they're not original moulds (obviously it would be better if they were, but if that's not an option), which existing figures would work as retools?
I remember there was a leaked product listing a while ago for "ROBO WILD RIDE" that some speculated was X-Brawn because "Wild Ride" is his Japanese name, but until we know more I still suspect that listing is just a Wildrider repaint, maybe his G2 colours for the Toxitron Collection.

Munkky wrote:While I was re-arranging my Transformer shelves today I started thinking about the upcoming Shadow Striker and her (probable if not very, very likely) repaint/retool into Side Burn. If Prowl and X-Brawn get new toys, if they're not original moulds (obviously it would be better if they were, but if that's not an option), which existing figures would work as retools?
I remember there was a leaked product listing a while ago for "ROBO WILD RIDE" that some speculated was X-Brawn because "Wild Ride" is his Japanese name, but until we know more I still suspect that listing is just a Wildrider repaint, maybe his G2 colours for the Toxitron Collection.

While Prowl could potentially be a Sunstreaker or Sideswipe retool, I just don't see how any other figure can be used for X-Brawn.

That big massive, Mercedes SUV front end for a forearm can't be done from an existing mold.

I'd expect all 3 to be new molds, since they have some repaints pretty much built in. I'm sure the Shadow Striker pre-tool was just them tying to avoid the Super side Burn repaint in Hot Rod red and flames.

But for the other 2, the repaints are easy and right there.

There are of course also, these 2 color schemes for them, that would work nicely in their Walmart G2 line.

Overcracker wrote:While Prowl could potentially be a Sunstreaker or Sideswipe retool, I just don't see how any other figure can be used for X-Brawn.

I think I see Clampdown weeping in the corner...

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:While Prowl could potentially be a Sunstreaker or Sideswipe retool, I just don't see how any other figure can be used for X-Brawn.

I think I see Clampdown weeping in the corner...

Well, Clampdown is already a retool of Sideswipe. So a retool of a retool I guess.

Overcracker wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:While Prowl could potentially be a Sunstreaker or Sideswipe retool, I just don't see how any other figure can be used for X-Brawn.

I think I see Clampdown weeping in the corner...

Well, Clampdown is already a retool of Sideswipe. So a retool of a retool I guess.

And a Police Car to boot.

Munkky wrote:I remember there was a leaked product listing a while ago for "ROBO WILD RIDE"

It was "ROBO WLD RDR", indicating "Rider" rather than "Ride".

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Overcracker wrote:While Prowl could potentially be a Sunstreaker or Sideswipe retool, I just don't see how any other figure can be used for X-Brawn.

I think I see Clampdown weeping in the corner...

Well, Clampdown is already a retool of Sideswipe. So a retool of a retool I guess.

And a Police Car to boot.

Yup.

Got Blitzwing from Amazon's little sale (not sure if it counts as Prime day since it wasn't locked behind Prime). Gotta say, $37 USD for him is a solid price. I'm enjoying him, and he definitely has some fun bits, but my copy has some overly tight joints in places, and overall he feels a little lacking for the full $55.

That said, the second they announce a Gen Selects Overcharge, I'm grabbing that

Sentinel_Primal wrote:That said, the second they announce a Gen Selects Overcharge, I'm grabbing that

I am truly surprised that that isn't even rumored yet.

Have some Axlegrease

Thanks to the wonderful Mark Maher AKA Markclonus on Instagram, we now have new designer notes for the recently revealed Legacy Evolution Voyager Class Bludgeon. Bludgeon is a new head and weapon retool of Tarn, with a wicked new headsculpt. In the notes, we learn about the design of that head, and the desire to match Alex Milne's IDW2019 Bludgeon design, as seen in the 2021 Annual.

Check out the notes and images below, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!

Ah yes, Legacy Evolution Voyager Bludgeon, what a fierce decepticon to add to your collection. I don’t think I’ve ever actually encountered anyone that doesn’t have some kind of love for this character.

I’m honored to have had the pleasure of trying to live up to Alex Milne’s design featured in the IDW comic series. As you may already know this is a redeco of Tarn, but he comes with a new head, new sword, and a new delicious colorway!

Huge shout out to Yuya san over at Takara, his design aesthetic is just amazing!

I had to take some time to draw up a wicked head sculpt for this maniac, slide on through the pics for some other treats and deets. He has a sick weapon load out and the sword sculpt details look pretty vicious. I’m not sure if some people noticed on Tarn but the front tank guns are not only blast effect compatible, they are perfectly sized to be used as a set of hit sticks. With this great range of articulation, you can really get wild with the posing.

Had alot of fun with this mold as you can see, somtimes figures just seem like they have a mind of their own as you play with them. Happy Transformers Tuesday yall!

The only thing I wish they did was retool the chest. The paint apps help, but I still see Tarn's chest plate. It's not a dealbreaker, just a wish.

sol magnus wrote:The only thing I wish they did was retool the chest. The paint apps help, but I still see Tarn's chest plate. It's not a dealbreaker, just a wish.

I agree, he really only needed the new chest to truly stand apart

That Bludgeon is 100% pure disappointment.
Seriously.

Now, if only Super 7 would release their damn figures already!

For those of you playing along at home, Amazon finally swapped the images and descriptions on their exclusive listings for the two packs. Guess they got tired of all the returns. Pretty sure they reset the reviews, too.

Emerje

Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

Nemesis Destron wrote:Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

I've never seen him in stores, I'm still waiting for Entertainment Earth to ship mine which they've delayed several times already (now expected in August). He was single packed with Leo Prime so if you've seen him in stores you've missed Tarn. His artificial rarity plus high demand are what's leading to those high aftermarket prices.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

I've never seen him in stores, I'm still waiting for Entertainment Earth to ship mine which they've delayed several times already (now expected in August). He was single packed with Leo Prime so if you've seen him in stores you've missed Tarn. His artificial rarity plus high demand are what's leading to those high aftermarket prices.

Emerje

Got Tarn on Amazon and it's been delayed as well

Nemesis Destron wrote:Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

I found mine in Target months back.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

I found mine in Target months back.

Really? And if what Emerje said is a fact on the count per box that hits shelves I may try to hunt for a great deal unless another wave of Tarn figures is released....then quickly sell out of course.

Nemesis Destron wrote:Speaking of Tarn those fans that managed to secure said figure did those of you score at retail? We are to expect Tarn to hit retail on the horizon and be just be as illousive as Cosmos?

For anyone that hasn't noticed on eBay the figure is as pricey as Cosmos. In fact some mental seller wants over $400 for the figure!

I got mine in store and have seen him a few times. He's not sticking around, but it's not unheard of to see him.

I've never seen Tarn in stores, ever.

I've seen Tarn twice a while ago, before Amazon pre-orders started shipping. The first time I bought him and cancelled my pre-order and the second time was about a week later. Both times at Target, but 2 different stores.

I have not seen Tarn in stores, but I have seen Lio Convoy at least 4 times, so Tarn was there, and was promptly bought out before I got there

I saw one Tarn and one Leo Prime once in Target.
And that was the only time I've seen Tarn.
Originally he was one I was willing to wait to get if/when he went on a sale.
Really glad I bought him.
Even though I still think Jhiaxus is a better figure overall, Tarn is a welcomed, fresh and unexpected addition to the collection.

sol magnus wrote:I got mine in store and have seen him a few times. He's not sticking around, but it's not unheard of to see him.

Same. I've seen plenty of all the voyagers at Target. Though strangely I've seen Armada Starscream and BW Inferno AFTER the first two waves of Legacy Evolution. But while Tarn and Twincast being shrtpacked sell quicker, even when Ive seen some stores with 4 Leo's or 4 Metalhawks. They are moving and not shelf warming.

Emerje wrote:For those of you playing along at home, Amazon finally swapped the images and descriptions on their exclusive listings for the two packs. Guess they got tired of all the returns. Pretty sure they reset the reviews, too.

Emerje

My Orion Pax and Senator Shockwave set should be delivered today. I hope it actually is the right set this time! I’ll let you all know either way.

Update! Yes, I got the right set this time.

Got a cheap Armada Starsacream during Prime Day, and I'm of 2 minds about it.

While it does do some things better than the original, I can't help but miss the original's size, heft and gimmicks.

The Jet mode is good, If a bit odd to get the legs in position, at least they hold up correctly.

The original had a bad tendency of not allowing the legs to clip on to the underside of the plane, so they'd just dangle below it.

Surprisingly enough I don't miss the sounds. They got annoying really fast, but I would have liked at least a couple of missiles to plug into the shoulder cannons.

The folding cannons are great improvement.

The Wing Sword never worked well in my copy, it was super floppy, so I appreciate the solid one this one has. The tiny Star Saber on the other hand is just silly. I think it goes better with Hot Shot. Which is not half bad all things considered.







Weirdly I have a stress mark on Starscrem's right foot.




Picked up Bulkhead for 15 bucks too, but have not yet opened him.

Amazon has charged me for The Nemesis, so I imagine it will be shipping soon.

o.supreme wrote:Amazon has charged me for The Nemesis, so I imagine it will be shipping soon.

Mine hasn't shipped yet, but supposedly will arrive Monday.

Emerje

Since we are/were doing figure sighting bingo again, I guess I'll throw in what I've seen of Evolution thus far.
Target: Core Waves 1-3, Animated Prowl, Crosscut, Leo Prime, Metalhawk, Twincast, Blitzwing, Armada Megatron (supplemented by last year's Deluxe Wave 3, Voyager Wave 3, and Galvatron)
Walmart: Crosscut, Metalhawk (supplemented by last year's Core Wave 1, Deluxe Wave 3, Jhiaxus, Galvatron, and Blitzwing)
Gamestop: Scarr, Beachcomber, Blitzwing
Local comic store: Slug, Bomb-Burst, Grimlock, Scraphook, Needlenose, Armada Hot Shot, Deluxe Wave 2, Axlegrease, Voyager Wave 2, Nemesis Leo, Prime Skyquake (supplemented by last year's Deluxe Wave 2, Crankcase, Skullgrin, Pointblank, Voyager Wave 3, and Blitzwing)

So far I've bought Metalhawk at Walmart (and Dead End because I never saw him last year), the comic store provided me with Needlenose and Shrapnel, and then I got Bomb-Burst, Scarr, Crashbar, Animated Prowl, Leo Prime, Tarn, Twincast, and Prime Skyquake all online because either they were available online before they were at brick-and-mortar, I never saw them at brick-and-mortar (Tarn), or it was cheaper to get them online than it was at the comic store. Everything else I'm planning to get this year either isn't out yet (all of Wave 4 sans Snarl, exclusives) and/or I'm intending to get on sale if possible (Nemesis).

My Pulse packages finally arrived, including my Copy Convoy, Armada Megatron, and Armada Optimus Prime.

Full disclosure on Copy Convoy: i was not going to get him, because I do not like the Legacy Lio Convoy mold. But with the colors and some pictures a buddy took, I decided to get him anyways. He's not bad. I like lion mode, and the colors are very nice. It's just the robot mode that I do not like. So he will likely remain in beast mode.

Armada Megatron is interesting. I was excited for him, and I do like him, but I feel the whole "he's too vanilla" thing. He needed the blade in the left arm, the face plate for alt mode to slide instead of flip, and I feel like he needed some of his compartments jointed. He's just a bit too bland really. i like him, don't get me wrong, but this may be the first case where i miss the gimmicks compared to the articulation. Which, I hate that he has Legacy Laser Prime shoulders. Bah.

Armada Optimus Prime, however, obliterates everything in Legacy this year. This isn't just figure of the year; this is the figure of Legacy so far. He is incredible. The alt mode is chunky, strong, and just looks mean. Robot mode is really nice, and very posable. And the super mode is perfect. He puts Motormaster/Menasor to shame in every capacity. He's well painted, beautiful colors, and so so playable. He is amazing, plain and simple. And he is purposely compatible with the old overload toy, which adds to the fun.

I'd love to try the overload combination with my Armada Prime when it comes, but I just can't bring myself to bust out a 20 year old toy.

I finally decided to open and fiddle with my Nemesis.

First and foremost, something that is never shown in any reviews. When you open the box, you notice right away that the thing must obviously be assembled.



These tiny planes are as small as a 10 cents coin. Luckily, they peg in solidly.



Assembling everything is just a matter of minutes and is easily done. The ship is huge and magnificent.





The transformation isn't harder than the Ark. Once again, you'll have to deal with 2 panels that pop off too easily. There's even stress marks on it.



The bot mode is imposing and is decently articulated. She's pretty bad-ass looking. I know her face is supposed to be a , but that's not the face of a fembot. Especially not whit that small chin beard. I mean, come on now.



Despite the face mishaps, I fin her adorable with her sailgun and her little cheerleader flag.



She pair perfectly well with the Ark.



Overall, she's well worth it. And surprisingly, with minimum hollows. Appart for the obvious articulated hands, I wonder what a D.N.A. de sign upgrade kit would offer to improves her? A new face? A big-ass flight stand?

TlDr; get Nemesis. She's awesome.