Transformers Titans Return Krok, Quake, Triggerhappy, and Twinferno Sighted at Large Discount in UK

For you fans in the UK who haven't gotten him yet: get Triggerhappy!

Skritz wrote:For you fans in the UK who haven't gotten him yet: get Triggerhappy!

I did ages ago cos was half price with my Hot Rod purchase but I didn't even bother opening Trigger from his package cos he looked boring. And from all the pics i seen of him since, still ain't my thing. But hey £10 is way better price for these guys than the usual £18-£23 they usually are

Has anyone seen studio series leaders and wave 2 voyagers yet?

I was almost tempted to pick a second quake to use as machine wars soundwave or someething like, but I think it would have to be cheaper than the £8 at home bargains for me to bite.

Triggerhappys got some fun poses, gun arms and a nice transformation, I'm not keen on his white decepticon symbol tho, I was tempted to pick a legends to get his target master but it's great that blowpipes going to be available in the siege series.

Carnivius_Prime wrote:cos he looked boring

...how does a Decepticon who turn into a crazy '80 spaceship shooter design crossed with an X-Wing look boring?

I found my TR Decepticon Triggerhappy at home bargains yesterday for £7.99

counterprime321 wrote:I found my TR Decepticon Triggerhappy at home bargains yesterday for £7.99

Why can't I find these in any of the home bargains near me?

Those figs are rare? They are like shelf warmers in my neck of the woods.

Shelf warmers sadly. We want Slugslinger and the last 2 waves of POTP please!

great news...

rushed around at lunchtime to grab a load....CLOSED DOWN

Slugslinger hit B&M stores a few months back

Was slugsinger in that wave with topspin? I was only able to snag topspin from b&m

ZeroWolf wrote:Was slugsinger in that wave with topspin? I was only able to snag topspin from b&m

we just had a shelf full of Slugslingers.

Coptur wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Was slugsinger in that wave with topspin? I was only able to snag topspin from b&m

we just had a shelf full of Slugslingers.

Slugsilnger was the sole wave 6 new figure with a bunch of repacks from previous waves. So it wouldn't have been "shelves full" of them. 2 Slugslingers per case, along with 2 per case of the other figures.

Now if you were saying you personally saw that, I am impressed. I never saw Slugslinger en masse at retail.

mordhelm wrote:

Coptur wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Was slugsinger in that wave with topspin? I was only able to snag topspin from b&m

we just had a shelf full of Slugslingers.

Slugsilnger was the sole wave 6 new figure with a bunch of repacks from previous waves. So it wouldn't have been "shelves full" of them. 2 Slugslingers per case, along with 2 per case of the other figures.

Now if you were saying you personally saw that, I am impressed. I never saw Slugslinger en masse at retail.

Slugslinger was 3x per case with Hardhead being shortpacked at 1x for wave 6.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Slugslinger was 3x per case with Hardhead being shortpacked at 1x for wave 6.

Fair enough, though the point remains the same.

Seen Quake & Triggerhappy for £7. But be good if they are back to Tesco prices £5 (Skullsmasher & Blurr on time of release) 19/4/17

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:We would also like to add we have received word that these figures have also been sighted at the UK store Home Bargains, though we have no pictorial proof of that currently.

Here you go!

Took this at the Heaton Park Home Bargains last week, but was sure someone else had clocked it already.

Picked up a Krok and Quake. Hoping the get a Triggerhappy without a badly painted face (the dream!)

Where abouts are you located? (just to see how far up the country they are...these are all bought on sight if I see them)

Heaton Park's about 15 mins north of Manchester Centre. Probably worth pointing out that no Quality Saves seem to have them, just the Home Bargains.

So they are making a slow way up north then

ZeroWolf wrote:Where abouts are you located? (just to see how far up the country they are...these are all bought on sight if I see them)

I'm based in Buckinghamshire.


TF-fan kev777 & mordhelm I can confirm Hardhead was also on the shelf.

It was a shelf (1) full of Slugslingers and Hardheads. I work close to the store and anything 'Generations' goes very quickly. I didn't intend to mislead the masses by letting people think there were 100s.

Same with Combiner Wars Wheeljack, Hound, Smokescreen & Trailbreaker when they had 1 shelf full of them.


The store usually gets 2-3 boxes of anything transformers generations related as I have asked the stores toys and games staff.

The store is currently littered with a lot of transformers movie stuff and naff RID15 bits and nothing generations.

If you guys want to start a UK transformers toy 'web' on here I don't see a problem with that and with a DBaD policy to buy and sell to each other.

DBaD = don't be a dick; basically no marking up prices etc just retail price paid and very fair p&p for example '2nd class sign for' is currently £3.95.

I swung by Home Bargains again this dinner time. This is the state of play right now.



2 x Twinferno
1 x Quake
1 x Krok

Again, this is the Heaton Park HB.

OK, so over in the UK it's the same as the USA? You get tons of this wave with Triggerhappy/Krok/Twinferno/Quake & then it skips over the Misfire wave (Wave 5) & goes straight to Wave 6 Slugslinger? Is that right?

What the hell happened to the Misfire/Windblade/Twin Twist wave??? It never showed up in the USA either. Ollie's is loaded with Triggerhappy/Krok/Twinferno/Quake but I can't find Misfire, Windblade or Twin Twist to save myself.

Aimless Misfire wrote:OK, so over in the UK it's the same as the USA? You get tons of this wave with Triggerhappy/Krok/Twinferno/Quake & then it skips over the Misfire wave (Wave 5) & goes straight to Wave 6 Slugslinger? Is that right?

What the hell happened to the Misfire/Windblade/Twin Twist wave??? It never showed up in the USA either. Ollie's is loaded with Triggerhappy/Krok/Twinferno/Quake but I can't find Misfire, Windblade or Twin Twist to save myself.

TR Wave 5 did apparently show up in extremely limited locations and quantities in the US. I'm thankful that I just bit the bullet and pre-ordered Misfire/Windblade/TwinTwist from BBTS as I never found them myself in stores, but I did find evidence of Wave 5 at a single Target just once. The empty box from Hasbro in their pile of broken down boxes, and a lone Wolfwire on the shelf. I already had them in hand from BBTS at the time or I would have really been pissed to have just missed them in store.

Has anyone picked up the Target exclusive "Bumblebee Cassette Pack," yet? (Technically, this could go in the "Bumblebee movie toys" thread, but it fits here too, especially because it's a comparison to a Titans Return release that I'm making.) I was looking forward to this, expressly because we would finally get the blue redeco companion to red "Rumble" from Titans Return to complete the duo of Soundwave's humanoid robot spy buddies. I'm happy blue "Frenzy" is finally out. I like it. I like it paired with Rumble. But, I'm not sure if I "love" it.

In robot mode, the pair look fantastic together. They have exactly the same paint apps applied, so they're perfect "twinsies"...almost. Frenzy has blue optics for whatever reason. It makes no real sense, as there isn't blue paint anywhere else on the figure. It could have easily been red to match with Rumble and with their cartoon appearances (and with most other Decepticon appearances, for that matter). I know there are always some prominent exceptions to the rule, but blue eyes are for Autobots, and red eyes are for Decepticons. Even the live action movies mostly follow this rule!

Besides the blue optics issue, I actually would have preferred that Frenzy had gotten silver paint apps in place of the gold/bronze ones. They do match up with TR Rumble perfectly, which is appealing to many people, but I always like cartoon accuracy. The "blue guy" in the G1 cartoon had the silver detailing while the "red guy" had gold. It's not exactly a deal breaker, and it is more just a personal preference, so I can't really say Hasbro "did it wrong." I believe the original toys both had the gold detailing on the robots, so, of course, that's Hasbro's bag.

What is a little disappointing is that the two don't quite match up as well with one another in alt mode. The stickers to emulate their "tablet screens" are completely different. They should be the same image in different colors, like the G1 toys/cartoon character models. What's worse, though, is that Frenzy is actually missing a few paint details in alt mode that Rumble has, such as coloring in his "Home" button, the black on the "rubber grips" on the side of the tablet case, and the Decepticon sigil tampographs in the upper right corner of the device.

So, all in all, Frenzy is a welcome addition to the Titans Return line via a movie line release (sneaky Hasbro!). Rumble and Frenzy look great together in robot mode, but don't quite get it right with their alt mode paint and sticker differences. For now, though, they haven't quite surpassed "Transformers Adventure" Rumble and Frenzy for me on my Classics shelf. Here's hoping War for Cybertron: Siege will bring us a "Soundwave Battle Pack" of the red and blue duo next year!

That set makes me regret not picking up the red guy and Ravage while I was vacationing in the Netherlands.

You know, with Titans Return having come and gone its a shame we never got the 'green and purple camo G2 Megatron' deco for the TR Blitzwing/Megatron mold. Granted we did get the Hero Megatron/Archforce deco from Takara, at least. But still: no eggplant field camo tank and neither did we get it for the CW Leader mold.

Skritz wrote:You know, with Titans Return having come and gone its a shame we never got the 'green and purple camo G2 Megatron' deco for the TR Blitzwing/Megatron mold. Granted we did get the Hero Megatron/Archforce deco from Takara, at least. But still: no eggplant field camo tank and neither did we get it for the CW Leader mold.

The Purple camo type was released as BW Megatron in his new form. Well BW Megatron from the Legends universe in Japan.

fenrir72 wrote:

Skritz wrote:You know, with Titans Return having come and gone its a shame we never got the 'green and purple camo G2 Megatron' deco for the TR Blitzwing/Megatron mold. Granted we did get the Hero Megatron/Archforce deco from Takara, at least. But still: no eggplant field camo tank and neither did we get it for the CW Leader mold.

The Purple camo type was released as BW Megatron in his new form. Well BW Megatron from the Legends universe in Japan.

He said the GREEN and purple camo, as in the first G2 Megatron. The one Japan only got as Megastorm in Beast Wars Second.

Now that this thread is somewhat alive: Have there been any repro parts to change out Overboard's face plate and T-Rex head?

Greetings All,

Just for my own clarification. I wanted to know if there were any substantial differences between the Legends release of Super Ginrai (LG35), the combined LG-EX release, and Magnus Prime from the TR "Chaos"set. I mean other than paint apps/stickers etc...is there a structural difference?

I have Magnus Prime and LG42 (God Bomber), and they work perfectly fine as my God Ginrai. Also, are there any other releases of this Prime/Ginrai I am missing?

Just trying to compile what my final Grand Cybertronian city will look like. I know it sounds odd, but I can justify purchasing Primitive Optimus, even though it is pretty much just a Black Repaint of PM Prime, it has additional accessories, and is basically a different character. But to me, TR Magnus Prime & LG35 are basically the same, or at the very least not different enough to justify purchasing both.

Nope, it's the same, just paint/stickers

The differences between regular Super Ginrai and Magnus Prime or mostly cosmetic with some color changes. Apparently some have a missing peg used to connect his feet to God Bomber.

The LG-EX version has the most changes with Super Ginrai (and God Bomber) having clear blue windows and his heels being modified to lock in place making him more stable.

Emerje

Yeah, the clear blue windows on the LG-EX version are a completely new tooling since they had to replace the opaque plastic of the LG35 and Magnus Prime versions' windows.

Thanks for the replies. The differences being minimal cements my decision to not need to obtain either version of Legends Super Ginrai or God Ginrai. So, when it's all said and done, here is what my Super Cybertron city will hopefully entail:

Titans- a *Triangular* formation with Fort Max, Grand Max, and Trypticon at the 3 points, and Metroplex in the center.

Then there are 12 "Leaders", there are 8 Autobots, and 4 Decepticons. So 4 will form each "side" of the triangle, just not sure exactly in what order I'll place them. I could alternate them, or pattern them after the various molds...still contemplating, but the 12 Leaders Are:

Power Master Optimus Prime
Magnus Prime
Primitive Optimus Prime
Blaster
Soundwave
God Bomber
Sixshot
Quickswitch
Greatshot
Dai Atlas
Overlord
Skyshadow

9 of the 12 are basically the same mold x3, then there are the Casette Rivals (Soundwave & Blaster), and God Bomber being the only unique one. I should also mention, to complete this grand Project I still need four items, 3 of which are pretty expensive, but at least all are still obtainable

Needed to complete this Project -Metroplex (Legends release is currently $260 on BBTS, but I'd even love a nice condition 100% complete loose T30 version for around $100-$120, I'm contstantly looking on eBay)

Grand Max Currently $260 on BBTS, I dont have the money for this currently
Greatshot Currently $95 on BBTS (This will probably be the next one I get, just tryign to see if I can get a better price somewhere else)
Big Powered Currently $160 Pre-Order on BBTS. -Dosen't even come out until April 2019, and I'm in no hurry, just looking to see if there is a better pre order price somewhere else.

Thanks to Chris McFeely, among others, we have huge news for those living in the UK and Ireland. It appears as though the Titans Return Chaos on Velocitron set, originally a Toys'R'Us exclusive, has made it to the UK and Ireland and is showing up in a store called Home Bargains, and is available for £30! This is a great price for the set considering in the US it was originally $100 US.

This set features the Titan Master Rodimus Prime (which can replace the matrix in the Rodimus Prime figure from Power of the Primes); the Autobot Clone Fastlane, who's partner Cloudraker can be found in the Walgreens exclusive 2-pack with Wingspan; Deluxe Class Nautica, the first figure ever of this popular IDW gal, done up from the Blurr mold; Voyager Laser Prime, who is a repaint of the Titans Return Voyager figure in the black and red G2 tanker color scheme, complete with giant stickers of Prime burning down a forest; And Leader Class Quickswitch, a slight retool and repaint of Sixshot.

So if you are in the UK and Ireland, head on out and go get yourself this set! And let us know when you get on in the comments section below!

One of those days... It had better not land in mainland Europe before my wedding anniversary this February!

Given that I've yet to see any transformers things in the home bargains stores near me, I'm not holding out much hope.

ZeroWolf wrote:Given that I've yet to see any transformers things in the home bargains stores near me, I'm not holding out much hope.

i'm checking out the stores near me (3 in total)
i'll pick up an extra one if they have any in stock

I need a Fastlane!

So, IF someone finds one of these AND doesn't want Nautica AND is willing to ship to the US, please let me know.
...
Yeah, I'll just go hold my breath.

I managed to get a set from my local Home Bargains today, and while I've had bad experiences with Transformers from there in the past (brittle plastic, covered in production scars, smelling of smoke), my set thankfully didn't have many problems, the only things of note are the odd white flaky stuff on Fastlane's shoulders and thighs, clumsy splashes of white paint on the sides of Rodimus Primes' head mode, and some rather flimsy-feeling plastic on Quickswitch. But still, you can't argue with a set like Chaos on Velocitron for less than the price of one Voyager!

Munkky wrote:I managed to get a set from my local Home Bargains today

Plus one set for me yeah?

where was your store?

I've yet to try my local ones.


if i do find any i'll pick up 4 sets and sell off 3 complete sets for the same price + p&p

I have checked the Maidstone and Ashford stores in Kent and nothing, no Transformers at all.

Coptur wrote:if i do find any i'll pick up 4 sets and sell off 3 complete sets for the same price + p&p

That sounds good to me!

MCutter wrote:

Coptur wrote:if i do find any i'll pick up 4 sets and sell off 3 complete sets for the same price + p&p

That sounds good to me!

Yeah count me in if you can post to the NL

Sjeng wrote:

MCutter wrote:

Coptur wrote:if i do find any i'll pick up 4 sets and sell off 3 complete sets for the same price + p&p

That sounds good to me!

Yeah count me in if you can post to the NL

I'm going tomorrow morning.

i'm happy to post international but i'll use a trackable post option.

I won't be breaking down any boxes as i don't want to be stuck with a surplus figures i really don't want.

wish me luck!!!

High Wycombe was a wasted journey (awful shop)

2 more shops to go (tomorrow morning)

Good luck! I'm fine with breaking down the box myself