Transformers Studio Series SS-31 Battle Damaged Megatron now Available at Target In Store and Online
Thursday, March 28th, 2019 3:42PM CDT
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We reported a while back that a listing for Transformers: Studio Series SS-31 Voyager Class Battle Damaged Revenge of the Fallen Megatron (Whew, what a mouthful!) had been found on the United States Target.com website. At the time, this special edition of the Revenge of the Fallen Megatron figure, featuring a resculpted head and scorch-mark paint applications, was not available to purchase or pre-order quite yet. That's changed now as Seibertron.com user bounti76 was able to order SS-31 Megatron from Target.com as of last night (Wednesday, March 27, 2019)! It's important to note that, as of the time of publishing this article, the Target.com listing for SS-31 Megatron again has his listed as "Temporarily Out of Stock" for online ordering, so you may need to keep checking back frequently. Luckily enough, if you want your Battle Damaged Megatron sooner rather than later, he is available in select Target stores now too! Check with Target.com to see if SS-31 Battle Damaged Megatron is available in one of your local stores! A lucky fan named Grimlock25 over on http://www.tfw2005.com found one about a week ago at a Target store in Largo, Florida, USA! Take a look at this photographic evidence provided by Grimlock25 below, along with some nice stock photography of this highly anticipated figure for the Studio Series line!
Will you be picking up Battle Damaged Megatron any time soon? Had you passed on the first release in favor of a redeco down the line? Are you impressed enough to double-dip on this figure if you picked up the regular SS-13 Voyager Class Megatron earlier? Tell us what you think in the comments below, and stay tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest news on all things Transformers!
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Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 28th, 2019 @ 3:52pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 28th, 2019 @ 4:20pm CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
I think the clear plastic ball joint cracked on mine. There is a straight line going right through it, and I don't know if it is a crack or an intended thing. It is really a tight fit and really hard to get everything lined up
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on March 28th, 2019 @ 4:24pm CDT
Posted by cruizerdave on March 28th, 2019 @ 5:24pm CDT
Thanks Hasbro.
Posted by Inactive_____ on March 28th, 2019 @ 5:25pm CDT
First, and lease important, his gun feels a little small, nd I wish it was able to tab properly onto his trailer hitch or something, rather than awkwardly sticking off the nose or cab. The way th sword store on SS05 was better IMO.
Second, while I much prefer the paint and colours of this one, SS32's alt mode doesn't seem to tab together quite as well as SS05. In particular, the front wheels love to hang loose if I pick him up. Lastly, and I'm cheating a little bit here, his Instructions are terrible! I could barely figure out what I was supposed to be doing, and this is the first time I've had to look up a video just to see how to transform him. Seriously, what was wrong with the old Classics/Unicron Trilogy style instructions?
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 28th, 2019 @ 5:32pm CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
You know, I've heard this time and again whenever a Transformers figure comes out that has a lot of painted over clear plastic, and I've honestly never had a problem with any of them, not even a little hairline crack, let alone a major joint breaking. If you're careful with your figures, you should be fine, honestly.
Gemstonegemini wrote:Second, while I much prefer the paint and colours of this one, SS32's alt mode doesn't seem to tab together quite as well as SS05. In particular, the front wheels love to hang loose if I pick him up.
I know what you mean about the front cab wheels. They actually do tab in pretty solidly, but you have to make sure everything else is lined up exactly right. The tolerances are very strict for whatever reason. If anything is even a hair off, the wheel assemblies won't tab securely to the rest of the cab's wheel well structure, and they'll flop down rather easily. On my copy, one side was easier to get lined up and tabbed in than the other too.
Posted by Ravage2031 on March 28th, 2019 @ 6:37pm CDT
Posted by Seibertron on March 29th, 2019 @ 1:01am CDT
EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.
Posted by Seibertron on March 29th, 2019 @ 1:06am CDT
Posted by Nathaniel Prime on March 29th, 2019 @ 10:39am CDT
The new SS Long Haul looks good, even makes the old ROTF Voyager look like it's wearing skinny jeans
Source: https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/03/29/tra ... age-386196
Note: the actual original source is on Facebook, but somehow Facebook won't let me put a link so I had to put the next best thing
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 29th, 2019 @ 12:42pm CDT
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on March 29th, 2019 @ 1:02pm CDT
Posted by CobraLaLaLaLaLa on March 29th, 2019 @ 5:14pm CDT
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 29th, 2019 @ 7:47pm CDT
CobraLaLaLaLaLa wrote:I bought 2 of these in store on 03/20... no way to add screen shots or pics in toy sightings section though. I guess now that they’re everywhere I can return them since I didn’t get them up for sale soon enough.
Where did you find Long Haul? What country?
Posted by Hellscream9999 on March 29th, 2019 @ 7:58pm CDT
Ig89ninja wrote:CobraLaLaLaLaLa wrote:I bought 2 of these in store on 03/20... no way to add screen shots or pics in toy sightings section though. I guess now that they’re everywhere I can return them since I didn’t get them up for sale soon enough.
Where did you find Long Haul? What country?
Pretty sure he was replying to the battle-damaged megs news story
Posted by notsoalex on March 29th, 2019 @ 8:13pm CDT
And if you would like to see some great images of the original Revenge of the Fallen Voyager Long Haul toy, and maybe see how far HasTak has gone in ten years, check out the gallery below! Be sure to drop off your thoughts in the Pub forums too!
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on March 29th, 2019 @ 8:35pm CDT
Posted by Grimlocktimus on March 29th, 2019 @ 8:47pm CDT
Posted by SpikeyTigertron on March 29th, 2019 @ 8:50pm CDT
That said an SDCC box set in a scaled pyramid would be perfect lol
Posted by Prime Target on March 29th, 2019 @ 10:34pm CDT
Posted by Prime Target on March 29th, 2019 @ 10:35pm CDT
Posted by Wolfman Jake on March 29th, 2019 @ 10:46pm CDT
Seibertron wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.
Duly noted!
Posted by william-james88 on March 29th, 2019 @ 10:52pm CDT
Prime Target wrote:Any Chance of him showing up in Australia?
Sure, wont be out for a few months though.
Posted by Extork Trion on March 29th, 2019 @ 11:00pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on March 29th, 2019 @ 11:52pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Seibertron wrote:EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:
Barricade can close up nice and tight. He just takes a bit of finesse to get EVERYTHING in just the right spot, but it can be done. I had a lot easier time getting Barricade lined up than say, VW Bumblebee, which is still a nightmare for me to perfect transforming. My only issue with Barricade is that one of his black rubber wings came bent right out of the package. I haven't had time yet to fix it with a hairdryer.
I've read that some people have had issues with the clear plastic on Barricade breaking. Has anyone here experienced that? I do want to get SS Barricade but not if he's going to break.
PLEASE DO NOT USE A HAIR DRYER ON YOUR TRANSFORMERS! The heat from a hair dryer can get to melting point. If you need to fix bent rubber or soft plastic pieces, use boiling water which is not hot enough to melt plastic. If you do need to use a hair dryer, please use with extreme caution. Boiling water is preferred in this scenario.
Duly noted!
In fairness I've warped figures by accidentally boiling them too long as well so I don't think there's really a "safe" way of doing it, just use caution and do whatever you feel most comfortable with.
Emerje
Posted by noctorro on March 30th, 2019 @ 4:37am CDT
Who's a cute boy, who is, yes you are Longhaul.
I love him, have a softspot for those big CAT dumptrucks.
Have both ROTF Long Hauls and they are pretty cool, but this one is better.
Posted by blackeyedprime on March 30th, 2019 @ 5:38am CDT
Posted by Evil Eye on March 30th, 2019 @ 7:19am CDT
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 30th, 2019 @ 8:49am CDT
Black Hat wrote:Looking nice! I definitely want him, but I'm tempted to track down ROTF Payload as well as a "big brother" to him. IMO the old mold, for all its inaccuracies, still looks really cool.
I can totally see where you are coming from, what makes it even harder to resist is that ROTF had clones of half the Constructicons members, so you could justify having copies of the same character!
Posted by SGMLordMirage on March 30th, 2019 @ 12:12pm CDT
SGM
Posted by Extork Trion on March 30th, 2019 @ 6:02pm CDT
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on March 30th, 2019 @ 7:01pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on March 30th, 2019 @ 7:23pm CDT
Katakana Romanization fail.Nemesis Maximo wrote:Thought the name they use for Rampage on Amazon Japan was pretty funny.
Posted by BombshellDaBug on March 30th, 2019 @ 10:50pm CDT
SGMLordMirage wrote:I was out and about, spotted the SS 31 Megatron (battle damaged) at a couple of Targets here in my AO. Also wanted to joyously show an empty SS OP (bumblebee movie). This was the same Walmart that I spotted one that had been opened and the weapon taken out. Who knows maybe they put it back out and they came back to finish the job, lol.
SGM
Seems like there's been a lot of that and toy swapping going around recently.
Anyways, Long Haul looks really good. I like the more compact look he has going for him. I can also easily see him being retooled into TLK Onslaught.
Also,picked up SS Cogman recently. Nice to have a version of that guy that I could finally find at retail.
Posted by SGMLordMirage on March 30th, 2019 @ 11:12pm CDT
Posted by notsoalex on March 31st, 2019 @ 12:54pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on March 31st, 2019 @ 1:04pm CDT
notirishman wrote:It's a good thing I don't have an ROTF Long Haul, but instead, I have Payload! It's perfect!
The one time redecos are one's saving grace. I got the G1 redeco Mixmaster and white Demolishor (with a break in one of the hinges), so things work out for me too.
Posted by Ig89ninja on March 31st, 2019 @ 1:42pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:notirishman wrote:It's a good thing I don't have an ROTF Long Haul, but instead, I have Payload! It's perfect!
The one time redecos are one's saving grace. I got the G1 redeco Mixmaster and white Demolishor (with a break in one of the hinges), so things work out for me too.
Don’t forget about yellow Rampage (or Skip-Jack as people call him now)
Posted by MadProject on April 1st, 2019 @ 11:22am CDT
Posted by bacem on April 1st, 2019 @ 11:23am CDT
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 1st, 2019 @ 12:15pm CDT
Check out his review to see every facet of this figure looked over and compared to his previous release in the Revenge of the Fallen toyline (where again he was released as a voyager but did not combine with his fellows)
We have embedded the video below for your convenience:
What do you think of the review? Are you building towards your own Devesator already? Or has Long Haul convinced you that you need to start construction on a bigger display shelf? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 1st, 2019 @ 12:22pm CDT
bacem wrote:Found a video review on youtube, by tonton. Man this guy is quick.
You'd be surprised how fast you can get reviews out when you're just using stolen figures
Posted by MadProject on April 1st, 2019 @ 12:51pm CDT
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 1st, 2019 @ 12:55pm CDT
MadProject wrote:I know it may sound harsh, but I posted the news first on page 211, last post of the page.
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.
Did you actually submit it to the news crew?
Posted by ZeroWolf on April 1st, 2019 @ 12:56pm CDT
MadProject wrote:I know it may sound harsh, but I posted the news first on page 211, last post of the page.
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.
My apologies, you were ghosted (my term for last post on page syndrome). It seems like all three of you were very close in time sending this in! I'll amend the story now, thank you and my apologies again
Posted by MadProject on April 1st, 2019 @ 1:09pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:MadProject wrote:I know it may sound harsh, but I posted the news first on page 211, last post of the page.
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.
My apologies, you were ghosted (my term for last post on page syndrome). It seems like all three of you were very close in time sending this in! I'll amend the story now, thank you and my apologies again
no prob man, thank you.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 1st, 2019 @ 1:33pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:bacem wrote:Found a video review on youtube, by tonton. Man this guy is quick.
You'd be surprised how fast you can get reviews out when you're just using stolen figures
Or get them from the Philippines. If it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt they were stolen...
Posted by william-james88 on April 1st, 2019 @ 1:39pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:MadProject wrote:I know it may sound harsh, but I posted the news first on page 211, last post of the page.
Also, I know it's not a race about how many news credits we get, but it would be nice to get recognized when I'm the first posting a news.
Did you actually submit it to the news crew?
He did not. Posting it on the boards in no way guarantees the news crew will see it, news must be submitted.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on April 1st, 2019 @ 2:20pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:bacem wrote:Found a video review on youtube, by tonton. Man this guy is quick.
You'd be surprised how fast you can get reviews out when you're just using stolen figures
Or get them from the Philippines. If it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt they were stolen...
Fair enough, the distribution has gone so far off the rails even in the US, I guess this stuff could just already be at retail over there
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on April 1st, 2019 @ 2:43pm CDT