Studio Series Wave 5 Deluxe Toys with Barricade and Sideswipe Spotted in Australia

eh, Crankcase ain't a bad figure, just a baffling choice of mold. I'd really love to know Hasbro's reasons for not using the original Berserker mold. Did someone there lose that mold, maybe down the back of the couch or something? I'm saying mold too much in a short post. Mold.



Mold.


I'm still impatiently waiting for the online retailers here in UK to get Swipe and Baz back in stock. I got Jetfire and Optimus from two different sites and neither has those two deluxes in at the moment. One of them I think did but sold out really quickly (as did Prime, Jetfire, Boney and Moonatron, but of course Crank & Clunk are still available) and are waiting restock.

Went to Toyworld, saw the new Siege as reported before. Saw all deluxes, voyagers and leaders and 2 battlemasters

Also found these which I didn't think I would.

Seibertronian Rainmaker found several toys he had not seen on the shelves yet in Ausrtalia. One of them is MPM Barricade for $159.99S AUD and the Vission Vision Bumblebee Movie toys that have already been spotted in the US. If you find these toys in your area, or if there are other toys you wish to share with the community, you can post in our sightings forum or sighitngs section.

Rainmaker wrote:Went to Toyworld, saw the new Siege as reported before. Saw all deluxes, voyagers and leaders and 2 battlemasters.

Also found these which I didn't think I would. MPM Barricade and Mission Vision Shatter and Bumblebee at Toyworld in Canberra

Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Rainmaker wrote:Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Wait what?????? We need pics

william-james88 wrote:

Rainmaker wrote:Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Wait what?????? We need pics

If I had realised those were the wave 2 battlemasters I would've taken pictures. But unfortunately I won't be there again until next week or so. I didn't bother taking pictures of the Siege toys because there were already reports of it in Australia at Toyworld and now I regret not taking them.

Edit: If I'm lucky I can be there by Sunday

This image is not my own, I got it from Discord by an Australian user called DrLockdown. I am using it show proof of the wave 2 Battlemasters until I can get my own, he bought these at a store called Hobbyco which I had not have heard of until now. Pteraxadon and Aimless lie next to Lionizer.

Thanks to the keen eye of fellow Seibetronian Prismartyr, we have new sightings for several Bumblebee-series figures. Found at a Big W in Erina, New South Wales in Australia, the figures found include Energon Igniters Power Series Ratchet and Nitro Series Blitzwing and Dropkick, though Dropkick was not photographed.

Astute readers will recall the memorable discovery of Ratchet prior to a reveal from Hasbro late last year in the US, so it appears the figure is finally seeing better distribution among foreign markets.





As always, be sure to be neighborly and report your sightings of any of these figures in your location’s sightings forum and be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more Transformers news and reviews.

Thanks to a post on Ozformers' Facebook page we have some confirmation of pricepoints on Transformers toylines that will be (or are) available for sale this year in Australia. Hasbro's official suggested retail pricing is as follows, though as the post states, various retailers look to be more expensive than others:

Hasbro's official RRP
Botbots 1-pack - 5
Botbots 5-pack - 15
Botbots 8-pack - 25
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WFCS BattleM - 10
WFCS MicroM - 20
WFCS Deluxe- - 35
WFCS Voyager - 50
WFCS Leader- - 90

These prices work out to the following in USD, just for comparison:

Botbots 1-pack - 3.58 USD
Botbots 5-pack - 10.74 USD
Botbots 8-pack - 17.91 USD
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WFCS BattleM - 7.16 USD
WFCS MicroM - 14.32 USD
WFCS Deluxe- - 25.07 USD
WFCS Voyager - 35.82 USD
WFCS Leader- - 64.48 USD

KMart looks to have the lowest pricing as of now, so that might be a good starting point if there's one near you in your corner of Australia.

BigW
Botbots 1-pack - N (Not in system)
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - N
-
WFCS BattleM - 10
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - N
WFCS Voyager - N
WFCS Leader- - U (Unknown)

Kmart
Botbots 1-pack - 5 - OUT
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - U
-
WFCS BattleM - 9
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - 29
WFCS Voyager - 49
WFCS Leader- - U

Target
Botbots 1-pack - N
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - N
-
WFCS BattleM - N
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - 34
WFCS Voyager - 49
WFCS Leader- - U

Toyworld
Botbots 1-pack - 5 - OUT
Botbots 5-pack - 15 - OUT
Botbots 8-pack - 25 - OUT
-
WFCS BattleM - 10-12 - OUT
WFCS MicroM - 20 - OUT
WFCS Deluxe- - 35-40 - OUT
WFCS Voyager - 50-60 - OUT
WFCS Leader- - 90-100 - OUT

If you are down under and see a figure that hasn't been reported as being found at retail in your country, why not drop us a line, with photo evidence? Thanks for helping your fellow collectors and countrymen!

Why the Hell is it taking so frigging long for Siege to come out over here?

Prime Target wrote:Why the Hell is it taking so frigging long for Siege to come out over here?

Fuck knows, but I'm nearly at a point where I'll just give up and walk away from collecting. It's a fucking joke.

As an Aussie I'm sick of finishing lines by going on ebay, that is where I had to get my sludge.

ausbot wrote:As an Aussie I'm sick of finishing lines by going on ebay, that is where I had to get my sludge.

Hobby Link Japan.

Even with the 10% GST and postage they'll probably work out cheaper than the eBay sellers.

Good news for Australians who are looking to get their hands on Ectotron but didn't want to import!

Seibertron.com Energon Pub forum member VonDoom has dropped us an e-mail to let us know that EB Games Australia will be the exclusive retailer in Australia for Ectotron, and that he is now available for pre-order!

Ectotron is set to be available from June 6 for $80AUD, but you can secure your pre-order now for $10AUD with options for in-store click-n-collector or home delivery.

Will you be like our Forum Admin Burn and pre-ordering your Ectotron through EB Games Australia? Let us know on the Energon Pub Forums!

You can also pre-order it from Zing, but they're the same company

Burn wrote:Will you be like our Forum Admin Burn and pre-ordering your Ectotron through EB Games Australia?

Congratulations

Who ya gonna call?

Prime Target wrote:Who ya gonna call?

EB Games or Zing.

Hi all,

Found some Siege stuff at Big W in Eastland shopping centre, Ringwood Victoria.
Lionizer, Pteraxadon, Aimless, Laserbeak and Ravage, Red Heat and Stakeout.

Also found wave 1 and 2 Botbots line at Toyworld in Ferntree Gully.



Edit: Whoa! Burn is still here! Nice to see a familiar name still going strong!

Siege stuff at Toyworld in Eastland, Ringwood Victoria.

Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Ironhide, Starscream, Soundwave, Sixgun, Chromia, Prowl, Ravage/Laserbeak, Red Heat/Stakeout.

Also had wave 2 Botbots.

Sixgun, Soundwave, Starscream and Chromia also spotted at Target Eastland.