Transformers Targets Summer Geek-Out Offerings Revealed with Tonka Devastator and Street Fighter, Preorders Today

Glad the x over quality is improving even if it has to use pre hasbro x overs to do it as for the Tonka decy really cool but I'm pretty sure no one would attribute Tonka quality to g1 devy haha

I already have the Street Fighter figures so that's an easy pass. I do want the Tonka set, but I'm concerned about how much Hasbro will try to mark it up despite owning Tonka and refreshing the molds a few years ago.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I already have the Street Fighter figures so that's an easy pass. I do want the Tonka set, but I'm concerned about how much Hasbro will try to mark it up despite owning Tonka and refreshing the molds a few years ago.

Emerje

To answer your question, $104.99.

the price is not too unfair imho, but still not worth the investment for me. I have the last Devy re-issue, and I literally just sold off my street fighters, so I'm good passing on all of these.

The Target Summer Geek-out preorders are now live! The Transformers day of this event includes the revealed this morning Hasbro release of the Transformers x Street Fighter figures from Titans Return and Thrilling 30, as well as the Tonka crossover Devastator. These figures are all available for preorder, though no release date is given for the preorders, in line with Target's recent preorder policy.

The Street Fighter sets are still being sold in 2 packs, while Tonka Devastator is 1 big set.

The Autobot Hot Rod Ken vs. Arcee Chun-Li set is set at $74.99, the Optimus Prime Ryu vs. Megatron M. Bison set is $112.99, and Tonka Devastator is $104.99. You can see the links below for the listings for the sets.

Autobot Hot Rod Ken vs. Arcee Chun-Li: https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... nk=sametab

Optimus Prime Ryu vs. Megatron M. Bison: https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... nk=sametab

Tonka-stator: https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... nk=sametab

They went up on time! https://www.target.com/p/transformers-c ... A-86918794

Hey, Autobot Constructicons! Names are... interesting. They love the word "mega" apparently.

Tonkanator
Mega Dozer
Power Digger
Motorload
Skyhook
Mega Hauler
Motormix

I wonder if they were going to just name the guy Hauler before they realized it was not only already taken but being used by Walmart for Road Hauler.

Pretty neat, ordered mine for $105.

Emerje

These sets are also live on hasbro pulse for premium members until 10 am est, then open to all after that

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-street-fighter-ii-mash-up-autobot-hot-rod-ken-vs-arcee-chun-li

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-street-fighter-ii-mash-up-optimus-prime-ryu-vs-megatron-m-bison

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-tonka-mash-up-tonkanator

also his name is Tonkanator

Tonkanator... That is amazing.

Those prices are utter nonsense

I wonder if the Street Fighter toys are just leftovers from a few years ago. It'll be obvious when the packaging is revealed I guess. Seems odd since not much is going on with Street Fighter right now.

william-james88 wrote:Those prices are utter nonsense

For Devastator Tonka Deco I agree. I was also about to agree for the Street Fighter toys as well, but it seems Hasbro being able to offer these directly has kept cost down somewhat. Still in light of these being based on toys from 4 years ago, with the tools already made, but cost of materials going up, I guess it's an even trade.

Lastly, depending truly if these are leftovers, or newly made toys, the originals went on sale before leaving most online retailers. Unless Hasbro's quantities are extremally in short supply there is a good chance these will go on sale as well. I just dont see Street Fighter as a hot IP right now.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65321 (2018) $90 originally, down to $80. (2022 on Pulse $75.00)
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65318 (2018) $130 originally, down to $91. (2022 on Pulse $113.00)

Don't forget, if you have a RedCard you save 5% which on Tonkanator ended up being about what taxes cost (you also get free shipping) so ordering via Target if you have the card makes more sense than Pulse

o.supreme wrote:I wonder if the Street Fighter toys are just leftovers from a few years ago. It'll be obvious when the packaging is revealed I guess. Seems odd since not much is going on with Street Fighter right now.

william-james88 wrote:Those prices are utter nonsense

For Devastator Tonka Deco I agree. I was also about to agree for the Street Fighter toys as well, but it seems Hasbro being able to offer these directly has kept cost down somewhat. Still in light of these being based on toys from 4 years ago, with the tools already made, but cost of materials going up, I guess it's an even trade.

Lastly, depending truly if these are leftovers, or newly made toys, the originals went on sale before leaving most online retailers. Unless Hasbro's quantities are extremally in short supply there is a good chance these will go on sale as well. I just dont see Street Fighter as a hot IP right now.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65321 (2018) $90 originally, down to $80. (2022 on Pulse $75.00)
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65318 (2018) $130 originally, down to $91. (2022 on Pulse $113.00)

Since they're calling it Street Fighter II and not trying to keep up with the hype and calling it Street Fighter VI it'll probably just be the same box with a slip cover/outer box, Hasbro loves those.

The $30 mark up on Tonkanator over the $75 price that the reissue from 2019 is a blatant cash grab on Hasbro's part. There's no way it costs that much more to produce in three years, especially when they own Tonka so there's no gratuitous license fees involved this time.

Shame it looks like the Tonka logo is tampographed on rather than a sticker, they really didn't want people using this as G2 Devastator. I kinda like the use of black instead of purple, though there are G2 KOs that do the same thing.

Emerje

The Tonka Devastator is surely worth a smile (not any real money though, sorry Hasbro).

Shame they never released Constructicons in Diaclone colors as the Constructibots or something like that.

Reissue ? Whatever, I dont care.

might have paid £105 if tonkatron was die cast metal but I thought the encores were over priced back when and skipped on them despite collecting all reisues. Tampos are often really nice on the reissues like with hoist etc.

Think I'd have preferred a CW repaint or evn if Hasbro KO'd the undersized KO rather than the G1 figures

I had zero interest in them before when they were a Takara/Tomy release and that interest is the same now that Hasbro is releasing them. Tonkatron, nice little set but nof'ing way would I pick it up at 70 or the current cash grab price.

The SF guys being reissued is nice, but I don't really care for.

But that Tonka Devastator is absolutely awesome and it's a brilliant repaint. Too bad it's so freakishly expensive.

Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

I would have definitely preferred the Titan remold for the simple reason that it was never repainted before.

The last Walmart reissue of the G1 constructicons were 100$CAN and I thought that was expensive. At 110$US, I can't imagine what the Canadian price will be. 170$CAN?

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

This was my exact thought when i saw it. Why not use the titan? why?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

This was my exact thought when i saw it. Why not use the titan? why?

Because reusing the G1 mold for the 999th time is easy mode.