Possible Walmart Exclusive G1 Autobot Hot Rod Reissue
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May 4, 2018 at 4:39am CDT
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The site itself doesn't confirm the image used - which is just stock image of the original toy, and which you can also see in our galleries right here - but we do get a shipping date of 1st June 2018, and a price of $35.90 USD. Check out the listing here, and let us know what you think of this surprising reissue in the Energon Pub discussion boards!
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Comment by steve2275
May 4, 2018
id go there and buy one
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Comment by Rated X
May 4, 2018
Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Walmart is the new TRU.
When was the last time we got one of those?
Walmart is the new TRU.
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2 to 3 years ago, actually. That's when the Platinum Series was all G1 reissues
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
May 4, 2018
Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
2 to 3 years ago, actually. That's when the Platinum Series was all G1 reissues
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Comment by Black Bumblebee
May 4, 2018
Well, since Walmart is pretty much the only place around here I can find Transformers other than Walgreens and Target... (shrug).
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Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.
Comment by Randomhero
May 4, 2018
Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Walmart is the new TRU.
Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.
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Alternately, I failed to detect sarcasm and if so I'm sorry
Comment by ScottyP
May 4, 2018
There were TLK Walmart exclusives out and available six months ago.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
2 to 3 years ago, actually. That's when the Platinum Series was all G1 reissues
Alternately, I failed to detect sarcasm and if so I'm sorry
Re: Possible Walmart Exclusive G1 Autobot Hot Rod Reissue
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Just a few months ago:
Comment by william-james88
May 4, 2018
Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Just a few months ago:
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Cogman was a regular retail figure that just never showed up here in the States. All Hot Rod figures from TLK were Walmart exclusives last year.
Comment by Seibertron
May 4, 2018
Randomhero wrote:Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Walmart is the new TRU.
Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.
Cogman was a regular retail figure that just never showed up here in the States. All Hot Rod figures from TLK were Walmart exclusives last year.
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 4, 2018
What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?
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Would be a pretty high price if it was
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
May 4, 2018
Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?
Would be a pretty high price if it was
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Comment by Sabrblade
May 4, 2018
Bonus diecast construction as a surprise.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?
Would be a pretty high price if it was
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Comment by ScottyP
May 4, 2018
If it were some other source, maybe, but RK is pretty reliableSabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?
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I would bite on this one too, especially since I never saw the other one at any of the 10÷ locations around where I live.
The G1 reissue version- definitely bought too
Comment by NTESHFT
May 4, 2018
Sabrblade wrote:Bonus diecast construction as a surprise.JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?
Would be a pretty high price if it was
I would bite on this one too, especially since I never saw the other one at any of the 10÷ locations around where I live.
The G1 reissue version- definitely bought too
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I guess it was just sightings I noticed but I thought robot kingdom also listed it as Walmart. My bad
But I know any figure from age of extinction was Walmart only for some reason. Even down to stinger DLC for the games.
Walmart gets a lot exclusives. Maybe not transformers so much but a lot of Marvel Legends and Star Wars 3.75 black series are exclusive ever since Force Awakens have been
Comment by Randomhero
May 4, 2018
Seibertron wrote:Randomhero wrote:Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Walmart is the new TRU.
Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.
Cogman was a regular retail figure that just never showed up here in the States. All Hot Rod figures from TLK were Walmart exclusives last year.
I guess it was just sightings I noticed but I thought robot kingdom also listed it as Walmart. My bad
But I know any figure from age of extinction was Walmart only for some reason. Even down to stinger DLC for the games.
Walmart gets a lot exclusives. Maybe not transformers so much but a lot of Marvel Legends and Star Wars 3.75 black series are exclusive ever since Force Awakens have been
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Comment by Blitzwing is bae
May 4, 2018
Ive been waiting for a g1 reissue just to find in a store like in the 80s. Plus, Hot Rod is my faviorite autobot! 
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Comment by Hotconvoy
May 4, 2018
Oh please let him be avilable in store! 
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Comment by Lore Keeper
May 4, 2018
100% would buy! I’d love it if they actually used the die cast feet the original run of the toy had, but a must buy either way for me.
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Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.
Comment by william-james88
May 4, 2018
Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!
Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.
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Comment by Overcracker
May 4, 2018
Completely unexpected. The real question is will it have the diecast toes, or plastic toes?
I wonder if it will be a platinum release or what banner it will be under.
I wonder if it will be a platinum release or what banner it will be under.
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I meant like....walmart exclusives that actually made it to the shelves of a walmart?
Anybody (in the US) seen this thing hanging on some pegs ? I havent. Ditto for Cogman. Ill meet you at the halfway...I did see the larger dumbed down version of TLK hot rod a few times. I probably could have gotten either of them online if I had been focused on having them. But for me those two are more impulse buys, not must haves.
Either way, as long as transformers are profitable, exclusives will keep coming. The question is now who will get the contract to sell them? Looks like walmart is stepping up to the plate. And using a G1 mold is a sign that they might swing in the adult collectors direction. You know no 5 year old kid wants a retro hot rod brick. So I forsee the MP line and maybe things like TR arcee/grotesque hitting walmart down the line. So yeah, its all good in the hood.
Comment by Rated X
May 4, 2018
william-james88 wrote:Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !
When was the last time we got one of those?
Just a few months ago:
I meant like....walmart exclusives that actually made it to the shelves of a walmart?
Anybody (in the US) seen this thing hanging on some pegs ? I havent. Ditto for Cogman. Ill meet you at the halfway...I did see the larger dumbed down version of TLK hot rod a few times. I probably could have gotten either of them online if I had been focused on having them. But for me those two are more impulse buys, not must haves.
Either way, as long as transformers are profitable, exclusives will keep coming. The question is now who will get the contract to sell them? Looks like walmart is stepping up to the plate. And using a G1 mold is a sign that they might swing in the adult collectors direction. You know no 5 year old kid wants a retro hot rod brick. So I forsee the MP line and maybe things like TR arcee/grotesque hitting walmart down the line. So yeah, its all good in the hood.
