Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Wave 1 Voyagers & Deluxes Now In Stock @ Amazon

Autobot032 wrote:Thanks to TWO submissions, we've been alerted to Combiner Wars Wave 1 Voyagers and Deluxes (!) being in stock and shipped from Amazon themselves. One slight wrinkle, one possibly big wrinkle: Slight is an extra 1-2 days to process on the limb bots themselves, while the big one is that they're now priced the highest on the market right now at $18.99 per limb!

If you want them, you better act fast before Amazon sells out, even at those prices.

Alpha Bravo

Dragstrip

Firefly

Optimus Prime

Silverbolt

Skydive



While these have not hit saturation, yet, they will if you're patient. If you want 'em now and you're willing to pay a premium to obtain them, Amazon will be your best bet right now. Not to mention, with distribution issues in certain parts of the country/world, gas spent, and time most likely wasted, this is actually more economical in the long run. All of the figures are Prime eligible and after $35.00 their shipping is free.

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They've also hit the Amazon UK site with Deluxes and Voyagers going for £15.99 and £22.99 respectively.

Awesome. I can cancel my BBTS preorder and nab Prime now.

That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

If they had stuck with the current MSRP, which I believe is...$14.99? It would've been slightly more affordable.

Voyagers still show in most stores at around the $25.00 mark, which with tax brings it to about $26.50 or so, out the door, no shipping required.
If the limbs would stick to the $14.99 price point, (with tax, that's $15.88 or so where I live) that would bring the grand total to $90.06, which isn't much cheaper than what Amazon is asking, but it's enough to throw about 2-3 gallons of gas in your car and still come home with the full set of Aerialbots or the full set of Ultra Prime, etc.

Amazon's known for dropping prices when you least expect it, they might compete with Target which is currently selling these for $11.99 each until the 17th, I believe.

Just got the 4 limbs at Target for 11.99 each.

And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Yo dawg, we heard you like to use Prime to buy Prime, so we shipped your Prime using Prime, mo'f*cka!

TCK wrote:Just got the 4 limbs at Target for 11.99 each.

Oh yer killin' me here. At least tell us what state your in.
Please

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

Counterpunch wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:And they don't take standard paypal. Amazon can suck it.

Yeah, I made that mistake once. Gave up and let them have my card number. =\

While I used my Amazon Prime account to purchase Optimus Prime.

Prime inception!

I don't use that.

I made reference to it a post ago, but...
Amazon Prime gives you a 30 day free trial. You get access to a bunch of features, but most important, you get FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING on most purchases. Primarily on Amazon stock.

The trick is remembering to cancel it or you get charged $100.

Cobotron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

It's both, but its optimized mostly for mobile, so if you have a smart phone or tablet, your going to have a good time. If you shop and order from amazon allot, the 100 dollars is worth it, seeing as it's the charge of once a year.

Cobotron wrote:I made reference to it a post ago, but...
Amazon Prime gives you a 30 day free trial. You get access to a bunch of features, but most important, you get FREE 2 DAY SHIPPING on most purchases. Primarily on Amazon stock.

The trick is remembering to cancel it or you get charged $100.

I can tell you from experience that Amazon Prime is so worth it. I have made 54 orders this year with them. If you average out $6-$7 shipping per order (I'm taking the high end)...that's $399.00 in shipping charges shaved. Plus if you live in a state that Amazon doesn't collect tax from it's a no brainer . I'll pay the $100 annual fee...I get more out of Amazon than I do my Costco card...how many people reading this have Costco or SAMs memberships? I've purchased a computer, a 30 gallon trashcan, several Transformers, Blu Rays, you name it...all arrived in a timely manner and I could track it all the way. I have saved so much in shipping and sales tax.

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:Aw man, I took the plunge with prime not to long ago, can't beat free 2 day shipping.

I like to work the 30 day free trial, but I'm considering taking the plunge as well.
SW's SH, do you know if their music library is downloadable, or only accessible?

Good job on the podcast BTW.

It's both, but its optimized mostly for mobile, so if you have a smart phone or tablet, your going to have a good time. If you shop and order from amazon allot, the 100 dollars is worth it, seeing as it's the charge of once a year.

Thank you much!
I'm now all for it. At $100 per year, it's cheaper than Netflix, and you get so much more.

In Massachusetts, the South Shore mall Target had all the Superion limbs were available for 11.99. Only missing Silverbolt and the other Voyagers. Waiting for Wave 2 with Air Raid so my Superion will pure Aerialbots, not with a random Decepticon forced into a power link.

I just found all four deluxe figures at Target here in Richmond, VA for $11.99 each. No voyager figures though.

Autobot032 wrote:
Yo dawg, we heard you like to use Prime to buy Prime, so we shipped your Prime using Prime, mo'f*cka!

This was hilarious!

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

whats a full CW set of 5 gonna cost us canadians? im guessing 16ish per deluxe, 29ish per voyager. so 90-100 bucks give or take? being one whos spent big bucks on 3P combiners and who likes hasbros offerings, $100 is an easy pill to swallow.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

whats a full CW set of 5 gonna cost us canadians? im guessing 16ish per deluxe, 29ish per voyager. so 90-100 bucks give or take? being one whos spent big bucks on 3P combiners and who likes hasbros offerings, $100 is an easy pill to swallow.

And when it comes to Transformers, shajaki is a pill JUNKIE! TUH-DOW!

Cobotron wrote:And when it comes to Transformers, shajaki is a pill JUNKIE! TUH-DOW!

tuh-dow

and yes. this man speaks truthiness.

I'm not in THAT big a rush to get these - they'll be in stores by and by. I can wait...

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

I have Intimidator. I love it. It ain't no $429. TFSource out they damn minds.

Even at regular prices, Intimidator goes for $60.00 per limb, plus $150.00 for Diesel, bringing the grand total to $390.00

Free shipping or no, that price is highway robbery, especially when you can pay shipping and still be well under that and order the full set from BBTS. (I do recommend Intimidator. Wholeheartedly. I love it, did I mention that? DID I?!)

william-james88 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:That's like $100 for a full Combiner. Forget that.

Would you rather pay 429$ instead?

I spent less than $15

For those of you who will be getting the limbs in the next few days here are a few tips:

1) It's easier to push Superions head/chest out before folding Silverbolts in.

2) The instructions are vague to say the least on which way is front on the limbs. To have fully functional knees the plane/car parts need to face forward and for double elbows (utilizing the ratcheting knees) make sure the robot feet are facing forwards for the Aerialbots and backwards for Drag Strip.

3) Moving the arms out of a neutral pose on Superion will cause it to lean forward slightly in between two detentes on the ratchet joints. It would've been nice if the hips had a few more clicks but such is life, Superion hasn't fallen over and I doubt it will anytime soon.

4) Properly transformed Ultra Prime's hips are a bit bowed but the weight of the limbs pull them down so the legs appear straight and flush. I'm not sure if that will be a problem down the line.

Now for the good stuff. I heard some rumors that come from a trusted source about the remainder of the year, confirming some speculation we've had and unfortunately causing me at least a bit of disappointment.

1) Devastator will be a 6 Voyager gift set sold at TRU as a Titan class figure. It is all the original Constructicons and looks more like Giant than Hercules. Expect pics and official confirmation either January or February.

2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

4) Sadly that means we will not get a proper Bruticus. I also don't know about store exclusives or anything like that.

I gotta say, if this is truth, the only thing that kinda bums me out is 3 torsos from the same mold.
Other than that I'm IN!

Cobotron wrote:I gotta say, if this is truth, the only thing that kinda bums me out is 3 torsos from the same mold.
Other than that I'm IN!

That's what worries me too. It's good to remember that all the joints that matter are ratchet joints so they should hold through 3 uses.

One thing I forgot to mention and this might be the most important, Drag Strip has two pegs on the gun sword; one is round to hold like a sword while the one to hold like a blaster is almost T-Shaped, that one LOVES to stress ports, it almost broke the port on Optimus Prime's smaller pistol. I highly recommend never using that peg outside of Drag Strip's hands.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

We knew about those Ultra Prime limbs, that isn't really new. What we dont know is if those said limbs will all be repaints . Also, I find it odd how this means that in scale, we would have 3 autobot combiners and only one decepticon. I see Devastator as more of a figure on it's own since it's a different scale and sold exclusively.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:2) After Superion, Menasor, and Devastator, the fourth combiner will be... Ultra Prime! Let me explain, those deluxe Autobot cars we heard about? Those are meant to be the true limbs of Ultra Prime and complete that combiner.

3) The last Gestalt will be Defensor. Alpha Bravo will be repainted into Blades while Hot Spot will be a repaint/remold of the Optimus Prime voyager. As we've already heard Groove will not be a limb.

We knew about those Ultra Prime limbs, that isn't really new. What we dont know is if those said limbs will all be repaints . Also, I find it odd how this means that in scale, we would have 3 autobot combiners and only one decepticon. I see Devastator as more of a figure on it's own since it's a different scale and sold exclusively.

There are always more Autobots than Cons, when it comes to the toys. It's always been that way. I've always figured it's just because Hero's sell better than villains.

Cobotron wrote:
There are always more Autobots than Cons, when it comes to the toys. It's always been that way. I've always figured it's just because Hero's sell better than villains.

It feels like looking at each Batman toyline and seeing Batman in 6 different outfits and one Joker figure. If what Chuck herd is true, then that's even closer to the truth with 3 torsos being simple repaints of one another

im also kinda bummed about hotspot being another prime retool. maketoys may yet still get my money...

Please let that Devastator rumour be true, I'm not interested in any of the others.

I think it is weird that they wouldn't make a Bruticus and make Hotspot and Onslaught mold mates? It just makes so much sense!

So apparently these guys hit my area yesterday and I missed out. I'm gonna hit a couple Targets after work today in hopes of finding possible restocks.

william-james88 wrote:It feels like looking at each Batman toyline and seeing Batman in 6 different outfits and one Joker figure. If what Chuck herd is true, then that's even closer to the truth with 3 torsos being simple repaints of one another

ERRRRR! The Batman effect.

warzon3 wrote:I think it is weird that they wouldn't make a Bruticus and make Hotspot and Onslaught mold mates? It just makes so much sense!

It DOES make sense.

Robogeek1973 wrote:So apparently these guys hit my area yesterday and I missed out. I'm gonna hit a couple Targets after work today in hopes of finding possible restocks.

If you don't mind, are you out east?

warzon3 wrote:I think it is weird that they wouldn't make a Bruticus and make Hotspot and Onslaught mold mates? It just makes so much sense!
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It DOES make sense. !

My point is Superion's rival is Menasor.

Defensor's rival is Bruticus.

Why 3 autobot Combiners once you add in Ultra Prime and only 1 decepticon? Decepticons always had the cooler combiners.

warzon3 wrote:

warzon3 wrote:I think it is weird that they wouldn't make a Bruticus and make Hotspot and Onslaught mold mates? It just makes so much sense!
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It DOES make sense. !

My point is Superion's rival is Menasor.

Defensor's rival is Bruticus.

Why 3 autobot Combiners once you add in Ultra Prime and only 1 decepticon? Decepticons always had the cooler combiners.

I can only assume it's because we've recently had a Bruticus. I'm cool with my Bruticus (with 3P upgrades however), but I'd still rather another gestalt than Ultra Prime.

Anyway, posted this on the UK Sightings page but I'll post it here too. Just noticed on the Smyths UK site that they're now listing a few of the CW figures (albeit not able to purchase yet). Powerglide, Drag Strip, Firefly, Skydive and a "Slpha Bravo", whoever that is.

Here's the pic for Drag Strip. Menasor still looks a little underwhelming to me.

Syn_13 wrote:Here's the pic for Drag Strip. Menasor still looks a little underwhelming to me.

Well, no wonder, the kid transformed Menasors entire legs backwards (both the upper and lower legs).

Sabrblade wrote:

Syn_13 wrote:Here's the pic for Drag Strip. Menasor still looks a little underwhelming to me.

Well, no wonder, the kid transformed Menasors entire legs backwards (both the upper and lower legs).

Wasn't paying enough attention to notice that. To be honest, it wasn't really that. Menasor's head sculpt is still odd, I just don't like the bull horns. Also, I find that chest to be so damn wide compared to the hips. Not keen on Blackjack sitting in the middle, but you can close it up so I may opt for that.

It is going to be considerably difficult to find these figures in SoCal. There's just too many resellers around here. Especially when the Frank & Son collectible show is around where I live. And it looks like Amazon has sold out of the aerialbots.

I have a strong feeling that if CW does well we'll see it dragged out somehow. Store exclusive repaints perhaps?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I have a strong feeling that if CW does well we'll see it dragged out somehow.

I hope so.

Store exclusive repaints perhaps?

This is inevitable, yeah? I'd like to see it continue with new releases.
Or, what ever the next Generations line is, it would be great to see 1 or 2 combiner teams per year. Hasbro now has the tech. 2016 we get classic style Dinobots pitted againt some monstrous combiner like Predaking, Monstructor, or Abominus.

You know, I don't think we've ever gotten any store exclusive Hasbro Generations toys (outside of the GDO ones coming to TRU, that is, but those were Hasbro Asia toys). All exclusive Generations toys have thus far been either convention exclusives, online exclusives, or Asian market exclusives.

Have all the Gen. exclusives been re-purposed molds? There has never been an original mold exclusive, has there?
I wonder if this "Devy" would be a shared exclusive.

Cobotron wrote:Have all the Gen. exclusives been re-purposed molds? There has never been an original mold exclusive, has there?

Well, the SDCC version of Bruticus did come out before the retail version, so that could be seen as five exclusive molds that later got redecoed (and later remolded) for retail.

And, IIRC, the SDCC version of Metroplex came out before the retail version, so that might also sorta count.

Cobotron wrote:

Robogeek1973 wrote:So apparently these guys hit my area yesterday and I missed out. I'm gonna hit a couple Targets after work today in hopes of finding possible restocks.

If you don't mind, are you out east?

Yeah, I'm in Schenectady NY area.


So I missed out on a set the other day, and a buddy just texted me that he found another set today at the same store. Sadly before he could grab me a set someone else took it, so as of now I'm still without Combiner parts.