Transformers Kingdom Red Alert Finally Available on Walgreens Website
Tuesday, January 25th, 2022 10:02PM CST
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Posted by LordBludgeon on January 25th, 2022 @ 10:10pm CST
Posted by Sowndwave76 on January 25th, 2022 @ 11:29pm CST
I wasn't going to be crushed if I didn't get this guy, but I'm more than happy this worked out.
Posted by william-james88 on January 25th, 2022 @ 11:50pm CST
Sowndwave76 wrote:Thanks for sharing this news!
I wasn't going to be crushed if I didn't get this guy, but I'm more than happy this worked out.
Very glad I could help
Posted by patahrak on January 26th, 2022 @ 2:12am CST
Posted by Crosscheck on January 26th, 2022 @ 2:31am CST
Posted by AcademyofDrX on January 26th, 2022 @ 7:27am CST
Crosscheck wrote:I got mine off the Walgreens website months ago, so I don't know how this is news.
Because after that initial limited availability, he wasn't in stock and there was still demand? Multiple people have already said, "thanks for the heads up, that's how I got him," that's why it's news.
Posted by YoungPrime on January 26th, 2022 @ 9:11am CST
I'm glad that I was content with the SIEGE version of Red Alert being that it took this long for this exclusive to finally show up on their own website. I get that it's likely due to COVID and Shipping issues but I shutter to think about how much madness collectors will be going through if the leaks about Minerva being a Walgreen's exclusive are true.
The only thing keeping me from not being as worried is because of so many other figures who rank higher on my to get list (Blitzwing, Sludge, Black Convoy, Crankcase, A3, Omega Guardian, etc.) this year.
Posted by o.supreme on January 26th, 2022 @ 9:15am CST
Crosscheck wrote:I got mine off the Walgreens website months ago, so I don't know how this is news.
The article probably could have been worded slightly differently. Instead of implying it was the first time available on the website, they could have said "it is once again available', or something like that.
Still, it is appreciated because it is a high demand item that has been mostly unavailable except for a brief few hours one day in Pulse, then again a couple months ago on Walgreens.com, only for a few hours before selling out. Why it didn't make it to stores is a mystery, but hopefully everyone who wants a Kingdom Red Alert can now get one.
Posted by WaspinatorEngage on January 26th, 2022 @ 9:41am CST
Posted by william-james88 on January 26th, 2022 @ 11:13am CST
o.supreme wrote:Crosscheck wrote:I got mine off the Walgreens website months ago, so I don't know how this is news.
The article probably could have been worded slightly differently. Instead of implying it was the first time available on the website, they could have said "it is once again available', or something like that.
Thanks, I worded it better, or at least I hope I did
Posted by Overcracker on January 26th, 2022 @ 11:22am CST
My white Tigatron should arrive a bit later than that.
Posted by o.supreme on January 26th, 2022 @ 11:34am CST
william-james88 wrote:Thanks, I worded it better, or at least I hope I did
Awesome . I just wanted to make sure that I didn't cut down the value of your original news in general. a LOT of people are appreciative of being informed as K Red Alert was super limited on Pulse and WG previously.
It's hard to find a balance, because occasionally I'll see items that come back in stock on Pulse or other places, and just make a post to a thread, because sometimes they were hard to find items, but I'm not the one to judge whether it was newsworthy or not. I'm not the judge here either, but as just a shlub, I think it was defintely helpful to the community overall in this case.
Posted by william-james88 on January 26th, 2022 @ 12:21pm CST
o.supreme wrote:william-james88 wrote:Thanks, I worded it better, or at least I hope I did
Awesome . I just wanted to make sure that I didn't cut down the value of your original news in general. a LOT of people are appreciative of being informed as K Red Alert was super limited on Pulse and WG previously.
It's hard to find a balance, because occasionally I'll see items that come back in stock on Pulse or other places, and just make a post to a thread, because sometimes they were hard to find items, but I'm not the one to judge whether it was newsworthy or not. I'm not the judge here either, but as just a shlub, I think it was defintely helpful to the community overall in this case.
Thanks man.
Posted by Solrac333 on January 26th, 2022 @ 1:34pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 27th, 2022 @ 9:26am CST
Posted by DeathReviews on January 27th, 2022 @ 9:59am CST
Posted by o.supreme on January 27th, 2022 @ 10:03am CST
DeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
Maybe in Malibu?
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on January 27th, 2022 @ 10:05am CST
DeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
I know the police in Dubai have Bugatti's and other high end vehicles (as well as normal police cars), so it wouldn't surprise me to find one there.
Posted by blackeyedprime on January 27th, 2022 @ 11:32am CST
Despite thinking the figure isn't good and that was before finding his chest is a bit off color in beast mode I opted for a replacement.
Posted by Autobot N on January 27th, 2022 @ 12:15pm CST
For "robots in disguise," the Autobots sure do have a lot of conspicuous alt modesDeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on January 27th, 2022 @ 4:16pm CST
Autobot N wrote:For "robots in disguise," the Autobots sure do have a lot of conspicuous alt modesDeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
But if you see any kind of vehicle, even one very much out of place, would you say it can turn into a robot?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on January 27th, 2022 @ 7:40pm CST
Have some pictures.
Also, I would have liked to compared him with the regular voyager Tigatron, but I never ever saw the damn thing in store so have the "vintage" one instead.
This is really an upscaled and slightly improved Cheetor. But eh, if it ain't broke...
Posted by Sabrblade on January 27th, 2022 @ 10:30pm CST
This could be what became of a Tigatron who really did quit the Beast Wars in "Law of the Jungle" and never rejoined the Maximals. The death of Snowstalker and the lack of receiving sympathy and convincing from Optimus hardened him to the point that he became something of a wandering protector of nature, an isolated creature who would strike down any who would do harm to the planet, his home, with little mercy. He'd show the Maximals some, but Predacons would be dealt without hesitation. The Mutant Head would represent a mask he'd wear to hide his face and inner shame behind his colder exterior that, ironically, is now colored to better match the wrath of Nature's Fury.
Posted by Emerje on January 28th, 2022 @ 8:09pm CST
Emerje
Posted by ZeldaTheSwordsman on January 29th, 2022 @ 3:37am CST
A Lambo is just barely possible as a fire chief's fast-response car. I don't find it quiiite as much of a stretch as a Lambo being a patrol car (especially a Lambo with a supercharger - looking at you, Cordon). And making Red Alert a Fire Chief car did further distinguish him from Prowl, the police car the line already had (and the most realistic option amongst the Diaclone police-deco toys, because Japanese PDs actually did use Datsun Fairladies as patrol cars).Autobot N wrote:For "robots in disguise," the Autobots sure do have a lot of conspicuous alt modesDeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
Mirage, Wheeljack, and Smokescreen are easily the worst though (especially Mirage).
Got Cyclonus in this week (he was a birthday gift), and am quite happy to have him.
I very much appreciate how much better this view is compared to his 2008 counterpart.
Ooh, very interesting headcanon.Sabrblade wrote:Seeing how the Mutant Head looks more like a mask than a proper head unto itself, I just had an idea for how to headcanon this figure outside of its online bio backstory:
This could be what became of a Tigatron who really did quit the Beast Wars in "Law of the Jungle" and never rejoined the Maximals. The death of Snowstalker and the lack of receiving sympathy and convincing from Optimus hardened him to the point that he became something of a wandering protector of nature, an isolated creature who would strike down any who would do harm to the planet, his home, with little mercy. He'd show the Maximals some, but Predacons would be dealt without hesitation. The Mutant Head would represent a mask he'd wear to hide his face and inner shame behind his colder exterior that, ironically, is now colored to better match the wrath of Nature's Fury.
Somewhat related, I personally like to headcanon Optimus Primal and BW Megs' "mutant head" masks as war masks rather than actual mutant noggins.
Posted by Sabrblade on January 29th, 2022 @ 8:36am CST
Similarly, T-Wrecks's mutant head was treated as a battle mask on his original toy's appearance in The Wreckers issue #2.ZeldaTheSwordsman wrote:Somewhat related, I personally like to headcanon Optimus Primal and BW Megs' "mutant head" masks as war masks rather than actual mutant noggins.
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on January 29th, 2022 @ 5:08pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on January 29th, 2022 @ 10:10pm CST
Well, Takara did also use a Lambo as a police car in the Car Robots line back in 2000.chuckdawg1999 wrote:For what it's worth, I read years ago that back in the 80s Japanese Fire and Police commanders used sports cars for fast response times. Not sure if that still happens now.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on January 30th, 2022 @ 11:10am CST
The only thing I can think of is that my package missed a scan somewhere and never showed up as delivered in Amazon's system and after some period of time, they automatically issued a refund. It is sitting in the basement, so it definitely made it here.
Makes me wonder how many other orders I might have gotten free after the fact.
Posted by o.supreme on January 30th, 2022 @ 11:23am CST
Posted by AllNewSuperRobot on January 30th, 2022 @ 11:39am CST
Autobot N wrote:For "robots in disguise," the Autobots sure do have a lot of conspicuous alt modesDeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
I know a lot of fan consensus points to The Movie and beyond. As the moment when the "robots in disguise" motif was abandoned. But there were a lot of Questionable altmodes before that...
Posted by Sabrblade on January 30th, 2022 @ 5:43pm CST
AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Autobot N wrote:For "robots in disguise," the Autobots sure do have a lot of conspicuous alt modesDeathReviews wrote:I don't believe I have ever seen the chief of any fire department, tooling around in a custom painted Lamborghini.
I know a lot of fan consensus points to The Movie and beyond. As the moment when the "robots in disguise" motif was abandoned. But there were a lot of Questionable altmodes before that...
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on January 30th, 2022 @ 6:57pm CST
And have a couple of Iaconus with Megatron as well. I will continue to say Iaconus is my favorite Kingdom figure, period.
Posted by Razorbeast88 on January 30th, 2022 @ 7:20pm CST
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I managed to get the Sideswipe/Skywarp for $7 thanks to a warehouse deal and a gift card at Amazon, and I got a couple of Cores for my birthday this weekend, so here is a photodump of them plus pipes, since they are all proving to be plenty of fun.
And have a couple of Iaconus with Megatron as well. I will continue to say Iaconus is my favorite Kingdom figure, period.
Loving the pics of Pipes, they're having me leaning towards just getting him and passing on Puffer and road Ranger
Posted by Razorbeast88 on January 30th, 2022 @ 7:21pm CST
Life of Pi anyone?
Posted by Autobot_Benz on February 1st, 2022 @ 1:29am CST
Posted by -Kanrabat- on February 1st, 2022 @ 4:58am CST
Autobot_Benz wrote:Looks like Terrorsaur will be with me Thursday Feb 3rd. Amazon updated my delivery date. So I am getting him and two marvel legends the same day not to shabby
My Terrosaur is estimated to come at March 8 or 11 from Amazon.com.
If an Amazon.ca listing for Terrosaur pop in before that, I'll cancel that preorder just like I did with Mutant Tigatron.
Posted by Overcracker on February 1st, 2022 @ 10:59am CST
Will head cannon this one to be an evil version and stick him with Megs since he has a distinct lack of minions at this point.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 1st, 2022 @ 11:25am CST
Posted by Overcracker on February 1st, 2022 @ 11:52am CST
Sabrblade wrote:My Terroraur has shipped and is estimated to arrive tomorrow.
Congrats.
Mine is still set for February 14 though. Hope Amazon does not cancel it like they did with my White Tigatron. Which is why he's coming much later than Golden Disk Tigatron did.
Hopefully G2 Prime is is kept on the back burner for a bit longer so I can save up some money in the mean time. Having them ship this early messed a bit with the finances.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 1st, 2022 @ 12:46pm CST
Posted by Overcracker on February 1st, 2022 @ 6:41pm CST
Rodimus Prime wrote:That's why I have a separate account just for Transformers. It gets replenished with every paycheck and I can keep track easily of what gets charged. In case of an early shipment, I can just transfer emergency funds.
Good idea. I may do that. Thanks.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 2nd, 2022 @ 11:49am CST
As for his Golden Disk accessory, some have rightfully complained about it being the Vok disk instead of the Voyager disk. But, the thing is, this particular disk is both and neither. One side is the Vok glyphs, while the other side is the Voyager record labeled "The Sounds of Earth". It's like someone either couldn't make up their mind and decided to make a weird fusion of the two disks, or just plain goofed and simply assumed that the Vok disk had the same Sounds of Earth side as the Voyager disk instead of glyphs on both sides.
EDIT: His inner wing joints are also misassembled upside-down. Luckily, these can be popped off gently and reassembled right-side up.
He also has two tiny silver spike accessories that are wrapped in thin paper in the back of his cardboard shell. Do not forget to retrieve these before discarding the packaging as they complete the look of his robot arms.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 2nd, 2022 @ 12:22pm CST
Although, there are two tiny paint chips on my Terrorsaur's robot face, right below his mouth, making his face look scuffed or bruised since it's red plastic under white paint.
Posted by Nemesis Primal on February 2nd, 2022 @ 12:26pm CST
That's actually battle damage, he tried to usurp Megatron before he left the Amazon facility.Sabrblade wrote:Although, there are two tiny paint chips on my Terrorsaur's robot face, right below his mouth, making his face look scuffed or bruised since it's red plastic under white paint.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 2nd, 2022 @ 12:30pm CST
This just makes me glad that I still own the old Unicron.com Golden Disks.
Posted by william-james88 on February 2nd, 2022 @ 1:10pm CST
We thank xrotorstormx for the news.
Posted by Autobot_Benz on February 2nd, 2022 @ 1:14pm CST
Posted by AcademyofDrX on February 2nd, 2022 @ 1:15pm CST