Transformers Legacy Minerva Found at U.S. Retail

william-james88 wrote:f I recall correctly, the Walgreens exclusive Brainstorm was also found at Walmart once, randomly, then only at Walgreens again during the holiday season.

Bounti76 wrote:Is this an aberration that she's shown up at Walmart instead of the rumored Walgreens?

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

alekese wrote:Got emails from pulse today saying that wreckers bulkhead, wreckers springer, motormaster and metroplex have come in and will be billing/shipping soon, so those should be shipping out this week or next for those who ordered through pulse.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

I have Blaster. Same with Eject. He WILL shatter eventually though . Someone please tell me when a solid eject upgrade kit comes out!

Rogue-Primal wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Rogue-Primal wrote:Purchased Blaster last saturday. Still not liking that in my store the deluxes are starting to cost just as much as a voyagers but deluxes are small. The pricing is getting weird.


Blaster is great but i'm keeping Eject inside...with toy prices rising i'm not gonna risk cracking or fracture him.

I have Blaster. Same with Eject. He WILL shatter eventually though . Someone please tell me when a solid eject upgrade kit comes out!

My Eject hasn't been transformed once, just chest filler and it's ok. TF wiki is the reason i knew about it.
My carefulness stems from to PotP Landmine who bad quality control with super loose shoulder pegs making the arms unable to stay up posed. I had to get mine replaced by a Submarauder the same day. And later went on a hunt for a different Landmine at a different store just to be sure avoid it.

They're no longer in stores but the prime armor shoulder peg have a gap, but bad shoulders will look bent or crushed together instead normal.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

really? I already see stress marks on Eject's knees. Check my collection on the first page. ctrl+f Eject.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:I regularly mess with my Eject and he's fine, no stress marks or anything

really? I already see stress marks on Eject's knees. Check my collection on the first page. ctrl+f Eject.

Same as Sentinel here, transformed mine at least 20 times, no stress marks.

Bounti76 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

That box is weird. First off Walgreens doesn't get cases shipped to the store, their distribution center breaks them up based on the individual needs of each store. Then there's the writing describing it simply as Tra Gen W 1 (Transformers Generations wave 1). There's the WK 28 sticker which means week 28 which was two weeks ago. And finally it was delivered air mail which means this was probably dropped off by a UPS or FedEx truck which is how the Target Worlds Collide set was found at Walmart. I can understand how this would happen, a box shows up in the back, it says wave 1, it has an assortment number similar to what's already on the shelves, dated for two weeks ago, of course a random stock person would try to quickly get it on shelves.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:

That box is weird. First off Walgreens doesn't get cases shipped to the store, their distribution center breaks them up based on the individual needs of each store. Then there's the writing describing it simply as Tra Gen W 1 (Transformers Generations wave 1). There's the WK 28 sticker which means week 28 which was two weeks ago. And finally it was delivered air mail which means this was probably dropped off by a UPS or FedEx truck which is how the Target Worlds Collide set was found at Walmart. I can understand how this would happen, a box shows up in the back, it says wave 1, it has an assortment number similar to what's already on the shelves, dated for two weeks ago, of course a random stock person would try to quickly get it on shelves.

Emerje

Tra Gen W 1 is the short version of the following longerusting found on the shipping doc: Transformers Generations Walgreens 1

Rodimus Prime wrote:So are we getting a Peacemaker with Blanker here in the West? Would that make him voyager priced? Or will peacemaker be sold separately?

Personally, I prefer the combo sold at higher price, like they did with Selects Cyclonus.

When it comes to Blanker (this is the Japanese name for Point Blank)

Rodimus Prime wrote:So are we getting a Peacemaker with Blanker here in the West? Would that make him voyager priced? Or will peacemaker be sold separately?

Personally, I prefer the combo sold at higher price, like they did with Selects Cyclonus.

Sabrblade wrote:Peacemaker looks basically like an all-too-faithful recreation of his G1 mold.

Sabrblade wrote:Peacemaker looks basically like an all-too-faithful recreation of his G1 mold.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So are we getting a Peacemaker with Blanker here in the West? Would that make him voyager priced? Or will peacemaker be sold separately?

Personally, I prefer the combo sold at higher price, like they did with Selects Cyclonus.

Uh..

When it comes to Blanker (this is the Japanese name for Point Blank)

Blanker is not the targetmaster gun's name, we will most likely be getting pointblank with his Targetmaster peacemaker.

Sabrblade wrote:Peacemaker looks basically like an all-too-faithful recreation of his G1 mold.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:So are we getting a Peacemaker with Blanker here in the West? Would that make him voyager priced? Or will peacemaker be sold separately?

Personally, I prefer the combo sold at higher price, like they did with Selects Cyclonus.

He'll just be deluxe priced and his accessory will be the simple targetmaster you see there.

We saw that they can plan for 2 packs without having to go higher. Like Blaster and Eject still just being a voyager release.

AcademyofDrX wrote:I don't have any complaints about Point Blank, but I have like a dozen Battle Masters set aside for my season four line up, and now they're doing a new Targetmaster mold? They won't match! I guess now I know how all the ride-or-diw CW Scramble City people feel about new Menasor.

AcademyofDrX wrote:I don't have any complaints about Point Blank, but I have like a dozen Battle Masters set aside for my season four line up, and now they're doing a new Targetmaster mold? They won't match! I guess now I know how all the ride-or-diw CW Scramble City people feel about new Menasor.

Nemesis Primal wrote:1. They called the Targetmaster by the correct name in that quote, not sure what you're correcting.
2. Hasbro revealed the figure as Autobot Blanker, not Pointblank, so he will be releasing in the West as Blanker.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:1. They called the Targetmaster by the correct name in that quote, not sure what you're correcting.
2. Hasbro revealed the figure as Autobot Blanker, not Pointblank, so he will be releasing in the West as Blanker.

Blanker is the stupidest f-ing name to replace his actual name of Pointblank. I went back and saw that they were releasing him under this stupid ass name after I posted.

So no correction, this name swap crap confused the hell out of me.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:1. They called the Targetmaster by the correct name in that quote, not sure what you're correcting.
2. Hasbro revealed the figure as Autobot Blanker, not Pointblank, so he will be releasing in the West as Blanker.

Blanker is the stupidest f-ing name to replace his actual name of Pointblank. I went back and saw that they were releasing him under this stupid ass name after I posted.

So no correction, this name swap crap confused the hell out of me.

I agree, blanker is the dumbest copyright name swap they could do.

william-james88 wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Nemesis Primal wrote:1. They called the Targetmaster by the correct name in that quote, not sure what you're correcting.
2. Hasbro revealed the figure as Autobot Blanker, not Pointblank, so he will be releasing in the West as Blanker.

Blanker is the stupidest f-ing name to replace his actual name of Pointblank. I went back and saw that they were releasing him under this stupid ass name after I posted.

So no correction, this name swap crap confused the hell out of me.

I agree, blanker is the dumbest copyright name swap they could do.

I'd say it's the least dumb one. At least Blanker is the character's name in Japan, so they are still calling the character by a name linked to him since G1. It's not like they called him "Redcar" or "Poopybot".

Bounti76 wrote:Maybe I'm in the minority, but I really like the Peacemaker mold. It pushes all the right nostalgia buttons for me, since Pointblank was the only Targetmaster I had as a kid.

While it might have been nice to get a more "modern" looking Peacemaker, similar to the Siege Battlemasters, I think it's an issue of how the molding on those works. The limbs have to be a different color than the torso, so they look more uniform in gun mode. Sure, they could paint them, but that's likely not an option with the budget they have. Take Selects Cyclonus. He's a figure all about toy accuracy. So wouldn't they make Nightstick with black arms and a black torso, and make him with silver legs, since that's what his G1 toy had? Nope. Silver legs and arms, black torso.

Sowndwave76 wrote:My copy of Menasor doesn't have any yellowing either... Seems like that was some weird, rare situation.

Dead End's car mode does look pretty dang good!
I also can't wait to get this set completed...
As of right now, the plan for my second set of Stunticons is to have them in vehicle modes.
Other than my Sharkticons, they'll be the only figures that aren't displayed in their bot modes.

Wolfman Jake wrote:That's why I did this!

Big Grim wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:That's why I did this!

Which one did you use for Fracas? I'm not at all familiar with these newer Target Master figures.

~ Grim

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Big Grim wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:That's why I did this!

Which one did you use for Fracas? I'm not at all familiar with these newer Target Master figures.

~ Grim

Fracas, the second from the left, is the torso and legs of Nightstick from Generations Selects Artfire with the arms and gun barrel of “Shrute” (AKA, Fracas) from the Siege Phantomstrike Squadron multipack.

Wolfman Jake wrote:“Shrute” (AKA, Fracas) from the Siege Phantomstrike Squadron multipack.