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Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada

Transformers News: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada

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The US will go down in history as being the very first country to get the Power of the Primes figures, but the second is none other than its big sister, Canada. And not to be outdone, Canada now becomes the very first country to have the Voyager figures. These sighitngs come to us from Cybertron.ca members anotheran and Matrix_Holder at Walmarts in the Toronto region. They were said to be near the pet food, away from the Transformers section. As you will see in the images below, these were heavily stocked, and they should be making their way across Canada soon. The prices were $12.97, $19.97, and $29.97 for the legends, deluxe and voyager classes respectively, confirming that there is no price increase mirroring the 30-100% increase what we saw with the Transformers: The Last Knight toyline.

Here is a rundown of the toys found and if anyone wants a rundown of all that has been revealed so far, please click here. Do note that the leader class figures, Rodimus and Optimus Prime, have yet to be found anywhere so please let us know if you find them. You can also post your findings in the sightings section and sightings forum.

Legends: Beachcomber, Dinobot Slash, Skrapnel, Windcharger

Deluxe: Autobot Jazz, Dinobot Slug, Dinobot Swoop, Dreadwind

Voyager: Grimlock, Starscream

Transformers News: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada

Transformers News: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada
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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926036)
Posted by Tranzilla on December 10th, 2017 @ 12:12am CST
Now THAT'S how it's done!!!! ;)^
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926038)
Posted by bodrock on December 10th, 2017 @ 1:08am CST
NICE, Canada!

I decided the hunt won't be so fun the next several weeks....so I hit the Easy button with the hasbrotoyshop and pre-ordered both humanoid Prime Masters.
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They won't ship out til the 14th...and S&H was $6. But this way I don't have to fight the Xmas crowd. :HASBRO:
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926041)
Posted by Matrix_Holder on December 10th, 2017 @ 2:10am CST
I grabbed each deluxe, voyagers and 2 legends besides beachcomber whom is being shipped right now and I already had a shrapnel. Got the deluxes price matched for 13 canadian and voyagers for 20 Canadian via thr tru canada 30 % off sale. That display pic I took was from the Walmart in waterdown ontario Canada.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926044)
Posted by Va'al on December 10th, 2017 @ 3:48am CST
We return to YouTube toy vlogger Kevin Liu - who already brought us the majority of the video reviews for this line, in fact - and the Transformers Power of the Primes toyline from Hasbro, to take a look at another Leader class figure in the first waves - and the one which has had a bit more buzz than others, on average: Rodimus Prime.

The figure includes a smaller, deluxe-ish Hot Rod figure, which then interacts with the armor for the Evolution gimmick, including some partsforming for the arms; we also see this figure's Matrix and the compatibility with Prime Masters (and potentially Titan Masters, if so inclined). Check out the Chinese language review of this latest incarnation of everyone's favourite space winnebago below, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub!

Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926045)
Posted by Cybertronius Primus on December 10th, 2017 @ 3:57am CST
I wonder how long we will have to wait in the UK.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926051)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on December 10th, 2017 @ 6:43am CST
somehow I see Pointblank being made out of that Hot Rod mold :-?

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didn't know the Insecticons could carry these
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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926052)
Posted by Mechastrike on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:12am CST
10:50 - i hope they're going to "fix" that hole... like putting his guns there or something.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926053)
Posted by dragons on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:18am CST
Stuartmaximus wrote:somehow I see Pointblank being made out of that Hot Rod mold :-?

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didn't know the Insecticons could carry these
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Ok looking. Figure. Didn't know insect icons figures could do that as well

Rodimus leader figure combined rodimus mode is ok hot rod looks better car and bot mode I skipped past articulation in video watching gijoe figure reviews oh look three differnt gijoe but they all move same nothing special same with transformers articulation reviews rodimus combined mode look like brick but better looking from other rodimus primes. Figures we had in past
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926054)
Posted by Ironhidensh on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:27am CST
So when the he'll are the leaders coming out?
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926064)
Posted by Flashwave on December 10th, 2017 @ 11:35am CST
Ironhidensh wrote:So when the he'll are the leaders coming out?

Soon. Remwmbwr we got these figures WAY early. If its anything to go by, Amazon isnt releaaing them until the 15th. Canada didnt roll them out until just now. Awe were it supposed to have anything until this week
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926069)
Posted by Randomhero on December 10th, 2017 @ 12:36pm CST
Flashwave wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:So when the he'll are the leaders coming out?

Soon. Remwmbwr we got these figures WAY early. If its anything to go by, Amazon isnt releaaing them until the 15th. Canada didnt roll them out until just now. Awe were it supposed to have anything until this week


Not really. The release time for power of the primes wave 1 was always beginning of December
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926073)
Posted by Nemesis Destron on December 10th, 2017 @ 1:06pm CST
It would have been cooler had they used the same wheels on RP trailer for Hot Rod as well IMHO. >:oP :VEHI:
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926079)
Posted by shajaki on December 10th, 2017 @ 3:05pm CST
That vid almost made me buy a LeadeRod for double the price to get him early. Not because he's the next coming or anything, just cause he looks fun. But I'm trying out this new thing called "patience" :lol:
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926094)
Posted by ToaLeePrime on December 10th, 2017 @ 6:52pm CST
Ewww parts forming. :SICK: But I will concede that it does end up being a really good looking Rodimus, and the combination of the two halves reminds me a lot of Armada Prime, maybe CW Armada Megatron could have a worthy challenger from this mold in the future
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926100)
Posted by Ted_Spaghetti on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:18pm CST
I've been waiting for a proper Rodimus for nearly 7 years, so I was really excited about this when I first saw images of it in the summer, but everytime I see a new picture or In- Hand- Images, I have more and more doubts about it. For starters, Hot Rod's bot mode is great, but ruined by the windshield backpack. Then the Rodimus Prime mode. The back is pretty crap with the trailer bits hanging off, while in the front, the chest sticks out way too much. At least I can say the vehicle mode is better than leader Optimus'. Let's hope that Primal will work better than these two we're getting in Wave 1.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926101)
Posted by Quantum Surge on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:22pm CST
The Hot Rod figure on it's own looks like it makes a better Rodimus, and it's not just the design! If he was put next to Classics Prime, I think the two would scale better (though their designsl styles would be jarring next to each other: one is more modern looking and the other looks like one of those Funko Kenner style figures in TF form).
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926102)
Posted by shajaki on December 10th, 2017 @ 7:34pm CST
MegaX Master wrote:I've been waiting for a proper Rodimus for nearly 7 years
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All joking aside, Classics Rod is limited but ok, TR is pretty great, and MP-28 is an absolute dream 8-}
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926108)
Posted by Quantum Surge on December 10th, 2017 @ 9:53pm CST
Quantum Surge wrote:The Hot Rod figure on it's own looks like it makes a better Rodimus, and it's not just the design! If he was put next to Classics Prime, I think the two would scale better (though their designsl styles would be jarring next to each other: one is more modern looking and the other looks like one of those Funko Kenner style figures in TF form).

The pic below isn't mine, but I will say that the scale between Prime and Rodimus would look pretty good. Again, their aesthetics would honestly be jarring considering what they're meant to represent (Classics Prime being more like a modern version of G1 Prime and Rodimus being more like a simplified version of Masterpiece Rodimus Prime if there would be one); plus, Classics Prime has that '6-inch action figure for older collectors' vibe while POTP Roddy gives me a Funko ReAction vibe that I'm not really into since I'm more into the Classics-T30 Generations aesthetic.

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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926109)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 10th, 2017 @ 9:56pm CST
MegaX Master wrote:I've been waiting for a proper Rodimus for nearly 7 years, so I was really excited about this when I first saw images of it in the summer, but everytime I see a new picture or In- Hand- Images, I have more and more doubts about it. For starters, Hot Rod's bot mode is great, but ruined by the windshield backpack. Then the Rodimus Prime mode. The back is pretty crap with the trailer bits hanging off, while in the front, the chest sticks out way too much. At least I can say the vehicle mode is better than leader Optimus'. Let's hope that Primal will work better than these two we're getting in Wave 1.


Yeah, that windshield "butt flap" kind of ruins an otherwise great looking Hot Rod figure. I wonder if you can at least fold that up to sit more against the back instead of just hanging down behind the thighs. It looks like the hinges might allow for that, but it's hard to tell without actually having the figure in hand. It's certainly not a perfect solution either, but it would at least make Hot Rod look better from the front. For now, I think my Transformers Legends Targetmaster Hot Rod will remain my defacto Hot Rod on my "Classics" shelf.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926110)
Posted by william-james88 on December 10th, 2017 @ 10:16pm CST
shajaki wrote:
MegaX Master wrote:I've been waiting for a proper Rodimus for nearly 7 years
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All joking aside, Classics Rod is limited but ok, TR is pretty great, and MP-28 is an absolute dream 8-}

But the problem there is that those are all Hot Rods and none of them are Rodimus toys. The only full bodied Rodimus toys we got were the G1 version, Titanium and MP 09.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926112)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 10th, 2017 @ 10:35pm CST
william-james88 wrote:
shajaki wrote:
MegaX Master wrote:I've been waiting for a proper Rodimus for nearly 7 years
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All joking aside, Classics Rod is limited but ok, TR is pretty great, and MP-28 is an absolute dream 8-}

But the problem there is that those are all Hot Rods and none of them are Rodimus toys. The only full bodied Rodimus toys we got were the G1 version, Titanium and MP 09.


There was this Rodimus Prime-colored released in United:

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Best of both worlds? Nah.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926116)
Posted by Skritz on December 10th, 2017 @ 11:15pm CST
If anyone has it in hand: how well could Voyager Screamer make a Leozack? It seem, at least at a glance, that he'd have plenty of space for new 3d-printed heads. Asking because I found a Combiner Wars Liokaiser boxset for (relatively) cheap.

I mean, to my knowledge its far too early for such pieces to exist (and be available) but still...

Edit: And nevermind, those actually do exist already, albeit for Cyclonus. Neat!
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926120)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 11th, 2017 @ 12:44am CST
I think Starscream does not fit the slender form that is Liokaiser, because of his width in Torso Mode:

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Did you know he pulls a Silverbolt btw?
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926123)
Posted by Va'al on December 11th, 2017 @ 1:32am CST
We receive news from Instagram and Twitter user Optimarcus, who contacted us on our social media platforms, that Canada was not in fact the second country to see the mass retail release of the new Transformers Power of the Primes toyline - but in fact third, as Singapore has seen the full first wave of Prime Masters, Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers already as of last week! The images below show the figures found at independent toy retailer Robo Robo, with Prime Masters found at 10-20 S$ (7-14 USD), Legends Skrapnel, Slash, Windcharger, Beachcomber at 15-25 S$ (18 USD max) Deluxe Dreadwind, Jazz, Swoop and Slug priced between 30-40 S$ (30 USD max), and Grimlock and Starscream at 50-65 S$ (cap of 48 USD) each. We do not have confirmed prices at the time of writing.

As we wrote for the Canada story, however, do note that the leader class figures, Rodimus Prime and Optimus Prime, have yet to be found anywhere so please let us know if you find them. You can also post your findings in the Sightings section and Sightings forums in the Energon Pub.



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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926125)
Posted by Flashwave on December 11th, 2017 @ 1:44am CST
Following the Hot Tip about the Legends in the Stocking Stuffer section, I tracked them down in my Walmart and canceled my Amazon Pre-Order. I picked up Beachcomber and Slash, whom I had pre-ordered, and windcharger, whom I was initially going to Pass on.

Like most of you, I boo'd Windcharger because of his head, which in stock photos looks like its just painted on a flat block. In person, his face does actually have some distinctive depth to it. The vehicle mode is cool and the transformation is stable while still hollow in the middle for a driver, unlike the floppy Wheelie. He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure. The head is not great, and I Windcharger is not a character I get Jazzed about, but I am all and all glad I had added him to the collection. He'll be different from my CHUG Tailgate (I never got the windcharger redeco of that)

Slash is a fun little Dino, but she's extremely thin compared to all of her wave mates. The Swivel Joints on mine's thighs are tighter than the hall joints, so when I transform her I keep wrenching the legs off the hips. Excited about a new Dinobot character though. And a light, fast "Motorcycle" Dinobot like Slash is a nice juxtipose to the heavy armored "Tank" Dinobots. To be Honest, I was more hoping for a Scorn, I prefer Movie Scorn's figure to Movie Slash's, but to each their own.

I do however think Beachcomber is my favorite. Not because of the character or having his G1 figure, but we don't have many Dune Buggy TFs, and I love a "relative Scale." Big guys are big, small guys are small, alt modes are relatively close. Beach Comber is a small bot, an his alt mode is somewhat smaller than the Deluxe Cars, like a Dune Buggy should be. But he also has a Stocky Robot mode and feels like a figure who is close to worth the $10 price point for no more than he is.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926127)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on December 11th, 2017 @ 2:23am CST
I think Hasbro learned from Wheelie and designed these legends with a dedicated cockpit.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926152)
Posted by gothsaurus on December 11th, 2017 @ 9:41am CST
If it helps those searching, I found the Wal Mart red bin OUTSIDE my Wal Mart (ie. in the garden section awning-covered section among gift wrap, nerf guns, etc.)

I'd chime in to say the designs of these toys are fantastic. They look very G1 and the transformations are clever, not too simple. The new female dinobot is a welcome new character with design so consistent to the style and feel of the original toys that it fits right in. Bravo Hasbro/Takara.

On the down side, the paint was the worst I've seen in YEARS. I literally culled through the entire bin trying just to find one each of each toy without a glaring paint mishap. Some had globs on their face, a swash of bright blue eye color across the side of the head, chips out of the chest, or black marred areas on the silver of the dino legs.

I ended up buying TWO Windchargers to attempt to assemble a complete, decent-looking one out of two... because none had a passable chest AND face together on the same toy.

Bottom line, give them a good looking over before you buy. Quality control on paint is very lacking.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926153)
Posted by Super Megatron on December 11th, 2017 @ 9:41am CST
I was really skeptical about getting Prime when I first saw the promo pics, but after seeing this new review, I really love how Hasbro managed to incorporate Hot Rod and Prime into one figure.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926167)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on December 11th, 2017 @ 10:45am CST
Emerje wrote:
D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Oh my gosh, guys!!! I just realized something!!! Grimlock's enigma of combination would go perfectly with TLK Nitro to make him a Shockwave!!!!

Doesn't Nitro already basically have a Shockwave head?

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Shockwave on the left, Nitro Zeus on the right.

Emerje

Ok, maybe a different version of a Shockwave that would still be really cool
albnok wrote:
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So here's Grimlock's enigma on Titans Return Nitro and Titans Return Cogman. Head doesn't turn!

Thanks for doing this! While Cogman doesn't really work, Nitro Zeus actually really works with that to me :lol:
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926187)
Posted by Flashwave on December 11th, 2017 @ 12:24pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:I think Starscream does not fit the slender form that is Liokaiser, because of his width in Torso Mode:

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Did you know he pulls a Silverbolt btw?

To me, assomeone who has the Hasbro set, I would be okay with the proportions, but I need enough to be different. Jarguar and the hlicopter dude, for example, that would make the set less like a repeat of the Hasbro limbs
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926188)
Posted by steals_your_goats on December 11th, 2017 @ 12:25pm CST
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926190)
Posted by Rodimus Knight on December 11th, 2017 @ 12:31pm CST
I'm disappointed to see that there is apparently nothing to do with the Trailer when it's not being used for either Rodimus Mode.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926193)
Posted by Bucky on December 11th, 2017 @ 1:41pm CST
gothsaurus wrote:On the down side, the paint was the worst I've seen in YEARS. I literally culled through the entire bin trying just to find one each of each toy without a glaring paint mishap. Some had globs on their face, a swash of bright blue eye color across the side of the head, chips out of the chest, or black marred areas on the silver of the dino legs.


Yeah, my deluxes came from TRU today, and I was surprised that my Dreadwind has paint splatters all around his head and face, and quite a lot of excess plastic that I needed to cut away. I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before on a transformer.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926195)
Posted by Wolfman Jake on December 11th, 2017 @ 1:50pm CST
Rodimus Knight wrote:I'm disappointed to see that there is apparently nothing to do with the Trailer when it's not being used for either Rodimus Mode.


Were you hoping for a base mode too, a la the G1 toy? I think that was sacrificed for the "evolution" gimmick this time. It would probably be hard to work a base into the trailers for Optimus and Hot Rod if they also have to be "armor" pieces to add to a separate deluxe figure that look enough like their G1 selves as well as being convincing trailers in alt mode. I know Titans Return was able to do base modes with their leader figures, but honestly, those were pretty iffy at best.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926198)
Posted by WreckerJack on December 11th, 2017 @ 2:03pm CST
I think my top pick would be Jazz. I'm diggin' Swoop's mohawk too.

There is something suspiciously familiar about Dreadwind's colors...

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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926237)
Posted by Flashwave on December 11th, 2017 @ 10:18pm CST
steals_your_goats wrote:
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?


5 years ago. ;)
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926239)
Posted by Mindmaster on December 11th, 2017 @ 10:34pm CST
Flashwave wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?


5 years ago. ;)


More like eight years ago.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926241)
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on December 11th, 2017 @ 10:46pm CST
Mindmaster wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?


5 years ago. ;)


More like eight years ago.


Try 10 years. ;)
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926242)
Posted by william-james88 on December 11th, 2017 @ 11:08pm CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?


5 years ago. ;)


More like eight years ago.


Try 10 years. ;)

Yeah, it was 10 years ago. And we have it better than most. I remember Marvel legends being 10$ and now its nuts, especially for what you get. I remember their build a figure being Galactus and a Sentinel, not another 6 inch figure.

But this is all pointless really. What is the use of comparing to prices from another time when the dollar was worth more and people were paid less?

In reality, Transformers have not increased in their prices compared to what they went for in the 80s when they first came out. They were actually more expensive then with seekers being $15 in 1984, which is $35 today.

That means having all 3 seekers would mean a parent spends the equivalent of $100 for their kid. Thats a shit ton of money for parents trying to make ends meet with a mortgage and kids on just 3 airplanes that look the same. Whoever had 3 seekers growing up in the 80s is luckier then they could ever realize.

So once again, there is little to no point in this comparison.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926260)
Posted by Emerje on December 12th, 2017 @ 1:53am CST
william-james88 wrote:Yeah, it was 10 years ago. And we have it better than most. I remember Marvel legends being 10$ and now its nuts, especially for what you get. I remember their build a figure being Galactus and a Sentinel, not another 6 inch figure.

That's about as good an example as any of the difference between licensing your characters and making your own. Marvel Legends' higher prices and smaller BAFs are a direct result of the higher license fees that came with their exploding popularity. Meanwhile Transformers don't have a licensing fee (outside of the occasional car) so what they want to do is only limited by how much they want to charge us.

Emerje
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926263)
Posted by Targetmaster Kup on December 12th, 2017 @ 4:05am CST
Oil costs are higher now too, and oil is where we get plastic from.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926268)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on December 12th, 2017 @ 7:39am CST
william-james88 wrote:
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Mindmaster wrote:
Flashwave wrote:
steals_your_goats wrote:
Flashwave wrote: He's a good size too for being a (Deluxe priced) Legends figure.

What do you mean by this? Where are deluxe figures $10?


5 years ago. ;)


More like eight years ago.


Try 10 years. ;)

Yeah, it was 10 years ago. And we have it better than most. I remember Marvel legends being 10$ and now its nuts, especially for what you get. I remember their build a figure being Galactus and a Sentinel, not another 6 inch figure.

But this is all pointless really. What is the use of comparing to prices from another time when the dollar was worth more and people were paid less?

In reality, Transformers have not increased in their prices compared to what they went for in the 80s when they first came out. They were actually more expensive then with seekers being $15 in 1984, which is $35 today.

That means having all 3 seekers would mean a parent spends the equivalent of $100 for their kid. Thats a **** ton of money for parents trying to make ends meet with a mortgage and kids on just 3 airplanes that look the same. Whoever had 3 seekers growing up in the 80s is luckier then they could ever realize.

So once again, there is little to no point in this comparison.


Um, I got the Wave 3 TR deluxes at Target last year before Christmas for $10 each. That was their sale in late November/early December and I was lucky enough to snag them at $10 each before those pegs went unfilled for the next 5 months. But this is the exception rather than the rule.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926269)
Posted by Emerje on December 12th, 2017 @ 7:42am CST
Nik Hero wrote:Oil costs are higher now too, and oil is where we get plastic from.

Oil prices have dropped considerably in recent years so theoretically plastic should be cheaper than it was 10 years ago.

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Emerje
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926288)
Posted by Skritz on December 12th, 2017 @ 10:39am CST
Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Yeah, it was 10 years ago. And we have it better than most. I remember Marvel legends being 10$ and now its nuts, especially for what you get. I remember their build a figure being Galactus and a Sentinel, not another 6 inch figure.

That's about as good an example as any of the difference between licensing your characters and making your own. Marvel Legends' higher prices and smaller BAFs are a direct result of the higher license fees that came with their exploding popularity. Meanwhile Transformers don't have a licensing fee (outside of the occasional car) so what they want to do is only limited by how much they want to charge us.

Emerje


Aren't Transformers costlier to design/build/assemble due to all the smaller pieces that move to allow for transformations, compared to a simpler action figure with only a few points of articulation?
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926289)
Posted by o.supreme on December 12th, 2017 @ 10:55am CST
william-james88 wrote:That means having all 3 seekers would mean a parent spends the equivalent of $100 for their kid. Thats a **** ton of money for parents trying to make ends meet with a mortgage and kids on just 3 airplanes that look the same. Whoever had 3 seekers growing up in the 80s is luckier then they could ever realize.

So once again, there is little to no point in this comparison.


True, I remember being the "poor" kid, though my grandparents did spoil a bit, being one of only two grandchildren. Unfortunately I had friends with parents who were generally more well-off than myself, so yeah, they got all the cool toys. Transformers were more expensive to be sure when compared with todays prices, but they were also made of much higher quality materials overall, especially they 1984-1986 lines. Definitely made of "sterner stuff" ;) .
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926290)
Posted by bodrock on December 12th, 2017 @ 10:58am CST
No sign of other PotP figures yet here in Oregon. I've seen the occasional deluxe on the shelves, but TLK remains supreme....
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Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926291)
Posted by WreckerJack on December 12th, 2017 @ 11:14am CST
I have only been collecting Transformers since 2015 so I don't have much of a frame of reference.

I do remember collecting Dragon Ball Z figures and they were about 7.99 to 9.99. (We got mad when they started costing 9.99 lol) This was back in about 2001-2004 ish I think. I didn't get back into the action figure game till 2015 but I was suspicious when I saw how much marvel legends and WWE Elite figures are. I will say that technology has definitely improved and marvel legends and WWE figures are light years ahead of the DBZ figures.

I do own some Transformers from years past thanks to conventions and Ebay. The oldest I own is probably from TFA and I must say the quality is amazing. It feels like ABS plastic (Which is often used to make airsoft guns and even car dashboards) compare that to the toys from TFP and it feels like they used something else which feels a bit more thin. The toys from RiD15 are even thinner and more fragile and brittle.

I think that the reason for this isn't oil costs but the fact that the market has changed. We know TRU is going TU if they can't pay off their debt. We also know more kids play with videogames and tablets so less parents are buying. When the market is smaller, companies need to raise prices to get the same profits. So my theory is that with less overall buyers, hasbro needs to raise prices so that loyal customers will pitch in for the bill.

Of course what we don't know is the total operating costs. Sure oil prices are down from what they were in the mid to late 00's but what other things have gone up? Paint and metal are also used (Think molds) and labor. Also what is the rent like? Assuming a lot of this is done over seas its harder to gauge what the demands are like over there.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926305)
Posted by william-james88 on December 12th, 2017 @ 2:50pm CST
o.supreme wrote:
william-james88 wrote:That means having all 3 seekers would mean a parent spends the equivalent of $100 for their kid. Thats a **** ton of money for parents trying to make ends meet with a mortgage and kids on just 3 airplanes that look the same. Whoever had 3 seekers growing up in the 80s is luckier then they could ever realize.

So once again, there is little to no point in this comparison.


True, I remember being the "poor" kid, though my grandparents did spoil a bit, being one of only two grandchildren. Unfortunately I had friends with parents who were generally more well-off than myself, so yeah, they got all the cool toys. Transformers were more expensive to be sure when compared with todays prices, but they were also made of much higher quality materials overall, especially they 1984-1986 lines. Definitely made of "sterner stuff" ;) .

Well the first years before the movie were, yes. But while they had diecast, they had less paint apps than today, less parts, less articultion and there was 0 design and engineering cost from Hasbro since they were all toys that pre existed. Toys were also smaller back in G1.

So I think all in all, we are getting pretty good deals.

Also to answer other posts I see above, I too have seen deluxes go to $10 on sale but once again there is no point to speaking of sales when we were comparing to full prices. I bought TR Broadside for $2 a year ago at a thrift store, but I dont say voyagers are $2 toys, I instead say I got a nice toy for cheap.

Also, the poil prices people are quoting have nothing to do with the oil used to make these toys. Hasbro has told us time and time again that its the resin cost that matters, not oil costs. The oil prices are the ones used for fuel and for your car to drive. Resin however is a synthetic using a different type of oil (not fuel) and its the labour costs that go into making this resin which is the biggest factor. So not necessarily the fluctuation in the organic source.
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926346)
Posted by Emerje on December 12th, 2017 @ 8:19pm CST
Skritz wrote:
Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Yeah, it was 10 years ago. And we have it better than most. I remember Marvel legends being 10$ and now its nuts, especially for what you get. I remember their build a figure being Galactus and a Sentinel, not another 6 inch figure.

That's about as good an example as any of the difference between licensing your characters and making your own. Marvel Legends' higher prices and smaller BAFs are a direct result of the higher license fees that came with their exploding popularity. Meanwhile Transformers don't have a licensing fee (outside of the occasional car) so what they want to do is only limited by how much they want to charge us.

Emerje


Aren't Transformers costlier to design/build/assemble due to all the smaller pieces that move to allow for transformations, compared to a simpler action figure with only a few points of articulation?

Exactly. They have all that going against them and they're still far cheaper than the licensed products that all share the same relative articulation and in many cases even the same parts.

william-james88 wrote:Also, the poil prices people are quoting have nothing to do with the oil used to make these toys. Hasbro has told us time and time again that its the resin cost that matters, not oil costs. The oil prices are the ones used for fuel and for your car to drive. Resin however is a synthetic using a different type of oil (not fuel) and its the labour costs that go into making this resin which is the biggest factor. So not necessarily the fluctuation in the organic source.

The graph I gave was for crude oil, the raw stuff straight from the ground, not refined oil used for fuel. This is what's used to make plastic. The resin they're talking about is the plastic itself in its final form (when plastic is sorted for recycling the number inside the triangle is the "resin identification code"), but you can't get to that point without starting from crude oil so of course it's going to have a big impact on the production costs.

A couple quotes from Wikipedia:
Plastics are typically organic polymers of high molecular mass, but they often contain other substances. They are usually synthetic, most commonly derived from petrochemicals, but many are made from renewable materials such as polylactic acid from corn or cellulosics from cotton linters.

FYI: Polylactic acid (PLA) is a biodegradable plastic used most commonly in food packaging and medical procedures, and 3D printers, not something like toys you'd want to last a long time.

The two most common petrochemical classes are olefins (including ethylene and propylene) and aromatics (including benzene, toluene and xylene isomers). [...] Olefins are the basis for polymers and oligomers used in plastics, resins, fibers, elastomers, lubricants, and gels.[...] Olefins includes ethylene, propylene, and butadiene. Ethylene and propylene are important sources of industrial chemicals and plastics products. Butadiene is used in making synthetic rubber.

Another quote from this article regarding the effect of crude prices on products made from it:

When the cost of oil goes up, production costs are increased and profits reduced for industries that depend on oil. Producer costs — not consumer gasoline costs — are the reason high oil prices threaten to shrink industrial production of goods directly affected and also of energy-intensive products such as aluminum and paper.

So yeah, I don't know what Hasbro is talking about if they think crude oil prices don't effect the cost of the plastic they make their figures out of. Maybe the question was outside the scope of the person answering it or they're simply in denial or knowingly being misleading because they weren't exactly being upfront about the figures shrinking in 2012?

And I don't deny that there are labor and production costs in making the plastic, but those are stable expenses, those change gradually. You can't get that far without your biggest raw material which fluctuates all the time.

Emerje
Re: Wave 1 Legends, Deluxes and Voyagers from Transformers Power of the Primes Found in Canada (1926358)
Posted by william-james88 on December 12th, 2017 @ 9:26pm CST
Thanks Emerje, sorry I mistook the crude oil price you were showing for the fuel prices (what we see at gaz stations).

And just for reference, here is when Hasbro mentioned resin instead of crude oil when it comes to rising material costs:

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