More info on Upcoming Walmart Transformers Bundles Featuring Leftover Stock from Hasbro

The only one in that bunch that I might be interested in is 86 SS Jazz. I never saw him in stores. Everything else are things I don't want, or which I already have in hand. And a lot of these are ones which are still warming shelves in Walmart already. I hope they have some holiday clearance shelf space set aside, because if they're going to pile up huge numbers of these figures which people already weren't buying? They'll need the space.

DeathReviews wrote:The only one in that bunch that I might be interested in is 86 SS Jazz. I never saw him in stores. Everything else are things I don't want, or which I already have in hand. And a lot of these are ones which are still warming shelves in Walmart already. I hope they have some holiday clearance shelf space set aside, because if they're going to pile up huge numbers of these figures which people already weren't buying? They'll need the space.

Fortunately for you, Jazz comes packed with Gnaw, a figure that Hasbro intended for us to purchase multiples of.

So the current shelf warmers get a new spot to shelf warm again. My stores are all full of most of these guys.

Really turning the tables on Ollie's.... Walmart will be full of old toys sigh.

I still love that Skullgrin gets packaged with his horns playing peek-a-boo.

Are they still blaming past supply chain issues for decisions like this?

Dino-Snarl wrote:Are they still blaming past supply chain issues for decisions like this?

No

william-james88 wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Are they still blaming past supply chain issues for decisions like this?

No

It's like they want to piss off people. Oh wait the last 4 years...

Dino-Snarl wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Are they still blaming past supply chain issues for decisions like this?

No

It's like they want to piss off people. Oh wait the last 4 years...

I don't get the issue. It's just a 2 for 1 deal on old figures.

william-james88 wrote:
I don't get the issue. It's just a 2 for 1 deal on old figures.

Me neither, I’m excited to grab some Bay figures for repaints! Hopefully we find out what’s in the other TF2 and TF5 packs soon.

If the TF5 pack includes Hot Rod, that’d be awesome as he was a little less common at retail from what I’ve been hearing on the forums!

I dunno if these 2-for-1 bundles would pop in Canada, but if they do, I would love to grab some, even if it means getting duplicates.

Dino-Snarl wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Are they still blaming past supply chain issues for decisions like this?

No

It's like they want to piss off people. Oh wait the last 4 years...

I don't know why you care. They aren't going to take up more space in the toy aisle and they aren't preventing other stuff from being stocked. And most importantly they aren't doing this for you, they're doing these to entice parents into buying them, that's why they're going in the gift section at the front of the store.

I really doubt these will shelf warm at these prices, and even if they do they're technically holiday stock so they'll hit clearance at the end of the year anyway.

Emerje

Yeah I mean, Some of these will be nice to have a shot at duplicates Jazz/Gnaw will be good for custom fodder/potential replacement jazz if my existing one breaks, and army building Gnaw.
Deadend and Wildrider will be good for customs. But yeah, many of these... ESPECIALLY the Bee Movie Arcee are clogging up the shelves as it is. So why?
These would be better off filling the Aldi shelves like the Prime Deluxes and later the Earthrise figures like Allicon did.
Let me guess, they're going to restock for the holidays with even more of those lame bear looking things that almost no one bought?

sideswipe6520 wrote:Yeah I mean, Some of these will be nice to have a shot at duplicates Jazz/Gnaw will be good for custom fodder/potential replacement jazz if my existing one breaks, and army building Gnaw.
Deadend and Wildrider will be good for customs. But yeah, many of these... ESPECIALLY the Bee Movie Arcee are clogging up the shelves as it is. So why?

It's amazing how many people look at price first, then the product... and how many people go goo-goo over BOGO which those two-packs effectively are.

Looking at Pointblank with Crankcase, and nothing else. Still waiting to score Legacy Snarl, Slug and Sludge.

2 for 1 TRANSFORMERS! HECK YEAH! "I DON'T WANNA GROW UP, I'M A TOYS-R-US KID"

It's certainly a great deal! Now execution on the other had with how the 2-pks are bundled are a very different matter as they don't always appeal to everyone. In several cases most people will have already gotten one or the other in each set thus still needing to buy two sets to get the two figures they're really after. That said, it's still an opportunity for gift givers for the holiday season, and really that's who it's aimed at. Not Collectors who've preordered these items two years ago.

Are they available online or in store only?

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:Are they available online or in store only?

They haven't even been formally announced yet. We only know about them now because of leaks. And all of these are old leftover stock from two years ago that were also notorious shelfwarmers. Some of which are even still shelfwarming to this day.

I understand alot of them are "shelf warmers", but if Wildrider is out there I still need him. If someone has an extra they'll sell me for $12 I'll gladly accept. After that maybe I'll jump on the complaining btch wagon with the rest of you...

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:I understand alot of them are "shelf warmers", but if Wildrider is out there I still need him. If someone has an extra they'll sell me for $12 I'll gladly accept. After that maybe I'll jump on the complaining btch wagon with the rest of you...

It amaze me that they almost have all the Stunticons in these bundles. This will give a chance for many to complete or begin their team.
Too bad Breakdown doesn't count for these bundles.

Someone found some of the bundles! (From u/theredrosespider on Reddit). Unfortunately no sign of the Studio Series ones, but hopefully we see them soon.



https://www.reddit.com/r/transformers/s/atm0uZnNPm

Someone found some of the Transformers bundles at Walmart and posted it on Reddit (photo below from u/theredrosespider on Reddit). Unfortunately no sign of the Studio Series ones, but hopefully we see them soon. Some of the bundles are also available online, and we have a link for you below.

For those wondering, these bundles are made up of excess US stock which Hasbro is selling to Walmart at a steep discount. There is no indication of these being made available in other countries.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... om=/search?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

Checked Walmart this morning to see if these were showing up, but I couldn't even find a price tag for them. Meanwhile they had four shelves for Barbie campers and Hot Wheels T-rex trucks but only the top shelf had anything on them. There was a bunch of Lego so this picture at least tells me where to check.

Emerje

Transtopias Rodimus Prime wrote:Are they available online or in store only?

I put an online link in the article to one of the bundles

Thanks for the link!

A couple pretty cool bits from the livestream today, first is that the design team said they had a lot of demand for Mohawk and second is that Evan specifically mentioned the current concept art figures as the gateway to figures of characters from the Bayverse movie games, which would be awesome!

The extended cast roster for Studio Series September this year ended up being pretty well timed!

Mohawk's bike mode is pretty cool.

Megatron, don't know. Might wait until he goes on sale. The triple changing is a bit crude. Seems like tanks turning into jets is always a hard thing to get right. *cough,* looks at Legacy Blitzwing *cough*.

Overcracker wrote:Megatron, don;t know. Might wait until he goes on sale. The triple changing is a bit crude. Seems like tanks turning into jets is always a hard thing to get right. *cough,* looks at Legacy Blitzwing *cough*.

I'd have preferred a more faithful "concept art" rendition of this guy:



As opposed to a Movieverse adaptation.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:A couple pretty cool bits from the livestream today, first is that the design team said they had a lot of demand for Mohawk and second is that Evan specifically mentioned the current concept art figures as the gateway to figures of characters from the Bayverse movie games, which would be awesome!

The extended cast roster for Studio Series September this year ended up being pretty well timed!

Also really felt like they were trying to hint to some degree at Stratosphere coming in the future too

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Overcracker wrote:Megatron, don;t know. Might wait until he goes on sale. The triple changing is a bit crude. Seems like tanks turning into jets is always a hard thing to get right. *cough,* looks at Legacy Blitzwing *cough*.

I'd have preferred a more faithful "concept art" rendition of this guy:



As opposed to a Movieverse adaptation.

I agree, that Prototype looked really good in both modes, and you were hard pressed to tell it turned into the other mode.

But alas, the actual BB Megatron toy, does not even look like the concept art all that much in either tank or jet modes.

They mentioned the connection between BB Megs and Marauder Megs in the Pulse stream today. I saw a resemblance. But it is a very loose one. Another example of the original design being better than the modern interpretation IE Gamer Series Starscream.

To provide an update on the bundles, Legacy and Studio Series 86/BB packs have been spotted at retail. My local one only had Legacy, but there’s been no in-person sightings of the Studio Series Bayverse packs yet. The bundle initially labelled as TF2 bundle 2 had its named changed to Arcee and Sideways, someone on TFW ordered it and confirmed the naming is correct, which then raises questions about the “TF6 and 86 Bundle 1” which uses the picture of Arcee and Sideways.

Still no info on the TF5 bundle.

I spotted the MV6 Brawn and MV6 Ironhidde and SS86 Perceptor and MV6 Wheeljack bundles along with some from Legacy in my local Walmart. Those were the only 2 SS bundles I saw at my store.

Quick update, some of the packs just became available online! I ordered the ROTF Bumblebee and Jolt pack, looking forwards to a DOTM Jolt repaint!

Found the BB/86/Legacy packs at my local Walmart. They’re up in the front in the holiday section rather than back in with the rest of the toys:

I found the following two packs at my local Walmart last night:
BB Ratchet and Brawn
BB Ironhide and Arcee
BB Wheeljack and 86 Preceptor
Legacy Tarantulas and Elita-1
Legacy Skullgrin and Dead End
Legacy Wildrider and Knock Out

They're in the holiday section near the front, NOT the regular toy section.

Spruced up my paint work on DOTM Shockwave, Wheelie, Brains, and the NEST Soldier!

This is really such a great set, I hope it gets reissued so more people can get ahold of it. By the way, did you know that Shockwave's horns in DOTM are asymmetrical? I didn't find out until someone else pointed it out recently, and the Studio Series figure actually reflects that too!

ROTF Bumblebee and Jolt Walmart bundle arrived!

Picking up this discussion from the 86 thread,

Which live action characters would you like to see in Studio Series Commander Class?

My first pick would be DOTM Devcon! That'd be a proper size for how he appeared on screen and has been surprisingly popular in stuff like the fan vote we held the other year. He's a more obscure character, but we're also getting Magmatron as a Commander, so obscure characters are on the table!

If we get a core class AOE/TLK Knight Prime to go with SS Grimlock, a Commander Dragonstorm to fit that same relative scale would be great! I like the idea of 3 bots or so that are roughly Optimus height in robot mode (thus scaling with standard Studio Series in robot mode) that then works with core class figures/ Grimlock in robot mode.

Similarly going with that core class scale, ROTB Stratosphere would be a good pick! He really needs a figure.

The dinobots are tricky because they'd be titan scale in actual SS scale (if not bigger), so I'd probably like to see the rest as Leaders just to scale with Grimlock, and then we get some aforementioned AOE core class Autobots to go with them.

Demolishor as a non-combining new mold Commander class would be awesome, but a repaint of Scavenger would be much more likely.

Stratosphere would be cool, or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic
Deluxe toy sucks, voyager price point would probably make it better

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic

Being reasonable kinda goes without saying.

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic
Deluxe toy sucks, voyager price point would probably make it better

I could see a "voyager" Lockdown. Improve the engineering, increase the parts count, and manage to hide as much car kibble as possible à la Unique Toys Perukill. Finalise the set by adding his huge face-sniper canon and a cyber dog.

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic

Being reasonable kinda goes without saying.

If it was something I expected to happen, then yes. Expectations should be reasonable
But a little pipe dream never hurt anyone

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic
Deluxe toy sucks, voyager price point would probably make it better

I could see a "voyager" Lockdown. Improve the engineering, increase the parts count, and manage to hide as much car kibble as possible à la Unique Toys Perukill. Finalise the set by adding his huge face-sniper canon and a cyber dog.

That would be pretty cool
Though I think with cyber dog and proper face cannon they'd make that a leader
Unless the dog is sold separately as a core class or something, maybe a set of 2

Razorbeast88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Razorbeast88 wrote:or a really nice lockdown with all the bells and whistles

They're not gonna do a Deluxe-sized Lamborghini as a Commander class.

Okay, but I was asked what I would like. Not what was realistic
Deluxe toy sucks, voyager price point would probably make it better

I could see a "voyager" Lockdown. Improve the engineering, increase the parts count, and manage to hide as much car kibble as possible à la Unique Toys Perukill. Finalise the set by adding his huge face-sniper canon and a cyber dog.

That would be pretty cool
Though I think with cyber dog and proper face cannon they'd make that a leader
Unless the dog is sold separately as a core class or something, maybe a set of 2

With the tiniest "leader" ever that is ROTB Optimus Primal, I can definitely see that happening.

I’d personally love to see SS try a Lamborghini Mirage, since the proper Porche one has way too much kibble in robot mode.

Didn’t realize we were exclusively talking about the commander class.