New Walmart Exclusive Velocitron Line Rumoured for 2022 + List of Other Retail Exclusives

Tra Gen Velocitron Black Convoy x2

Here's your Laser Convoy repaint right here, and I'm here for it.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Also according to a new post, they'll be calling RiD Scourge by his Japanese name Black Convoy to minimize name reuse, I guess.

So, will this be the first official Hasbro Transformers toy released at American retail stores to bear the name "Convoy"?

CyclonusG1 wrote:I'm going to be really disappointed if Minerva really is a walgreens exclusive. Being in the UK, the walgreens exclusives never seem to show up, I had to import Ratchet back in Siege. Hopefully, Pulse UK will stock it so those of us outside of the States have some kind of chance to get one.

This year's Walgreen's exclusive, Red Alert, did make it to the UK, and at brick-and-mortar to boot. I found mine at a comic book shop in Birmingham called Worlds Apart, but even then, he's still available on Hasbro Pulse UK. I think the same thing will happen with Minerva, she'll pop up in a few smaller retailers like Forbidden Planet or Worlds Apart, and have a listing on Hasbro Pulse UK. It's clear that Hasbro have learned their lesson from the Amazon exclusive Earthrise box sets, because it's a lot easier to get exclusives now than it was a few years ago.

For the figures listed here, I am interested in Minerva and Override, but seeing as Override is going to be an extensive retool of Studio Series 1986 Hot Rod, I'll wait to see how that actually turns out before I commit to buying one.

Munkky wrote:

CyclonusG1 wrote:I'm going to be really disappointed if Minerva really is a walgreens exclusive. Being in the UK, the walgreens exclusives never seem to show up, I had to import Ratchet back in Siege. Hopefully, Pulse UK will stock it so those of us outside of the States have some kind of chance to get one.

This year's Walgreen's exclusive, Red Alert, did make it to the UK, and at brick-and-mortar to boot. I found mine at a comic book shop in Birmingham called Worlds Apart, but even then, he's still available on Hasbro Pulse UK. I think the same thing will happen with Minerva, she'll pop up in a few smaller retailers like Forbidden Planet or Worlds Apart, and have a listing on Hasbro Pulse UK. It's clear that Hasbro have learned their lesson from the Amazon exclusive Earthrise box sets, because it's a lot easier to get exclusives now than it was a few years ago.

For the figures listed here, I am interested in Minerva and Override, but seeing as Override is going to be an extensive retool of Studio Series 1986 Hot Rod, I'll wait to see how that actually turns out before I commit to buying one.

I honestly completely forgot about Red Alert. I forgot he was even an exclusive considering how relatively easy he has been to aquire with a lot of online stores stocking him, never seen it in stores but then again the closest to me that might is Forbidden Planet which I've not been to in a while. Hopefully it's a ttend that will continue. Some of the older exclusives are showing up here to, with the Rainmakers coming in stock online frequently so at least Hasbro aren't completely ignoring their European fanbase

Coptur wrote:Well looks like Cosmos is next year's VW bumblebee

Are you talking about his size? Like Huffer/Pipes/Warpath in Kingdom?

I think the licence issue may have prevented anything other then a 1 time use for the mold (hence why we got that bee in the worlds collide set)

At least there won't be anything stopping Cosmos from getting re-issued.

MPM BLACKOUT!!!! He’s gonna be a BIG BOY Heck yeah!!!

I get that.
But trying to hide the history doesn't change the history.

Walgreens:
Tra Gen legacy Dlx Minerva x8

Probably another repaint of Arcee. It would be nice if they actually did the Headmaster juniors as their own thing and look a little more like them instead of just redoing the body's of previous headmasters.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:Walgreens:
Tra Gen legacy Dlx Minerva x8

Probably another repaint of Arcee. It would be nice if they actually did the Headmaster juniors as their own thing and look a little more like them instead of just redoing the body's of previous headmasters.

Rumors/leaks say she'll be using the new Legacy Elita-1's mold, but also that Minerva is actually said mold's intended use and it's being released as Elita first since she's more marketable (I guess) in a similar vein to how we saw Titans Return Optimus and Megatron before we saw Octane and Blitzwing.

That sounds a little more promising. Will she be a headmaster or will she just be a "normal" transformer?
I'd like to see the version from Super God Masterforce, but they might be going more for the brief appearance in animated.