Combiner Wars Leader Class Armada Megatron In Stock On TRU.com

Spelling things conventionally is for other web sites. Thanks for standing up to those grammar conformists, TRU. I salute you.

Same crap with HTS. Armada Megatron has shown up several times with no restock of regular Megatron. Assuming it was ever in stock to begin with. Why it is not the other way around is beyond me. Obviously no one wants these Armada Megatrons. Why they did not pack these in a case of four and do a 3:1 ratio is beyond me. More of those intelligent decisions from the Hasbro board room.

Actually I have no interest in the G1 version of megatron because he is out of scale with the rest of my CHUG collection. Plus he is a stupid tank. However, I am very interested in armada megatron because Its a more obscure homage, even if the scale is off. But ill wait for this to show up in retail since I dont live in BFE.

Optimizzy wrote:I dont think it's that no one wants them, I think people want g1 megs more. But yes, they should have thought of this. I'm not sure when it became a good business decision to restrict supply of popular items. Does Hasbro have some sort of deal with a Scalping Cabal?

It's anecdotal evidence, but my local TRU has managed to get these in stock a few times, and both figures sell out very quickly. There is demand for Armada Megatron, just not as much as for G1 Megatron.

Sabrblade wrote:

Rated X wrote:However, I am very interested in armada megatron because Its a more obscure homage, even if the scale is off. But ill wait for this to show up in retail since I dont live in BFE.

The scale isn't off for him. Armada Megatron was a BIG guy. Armada Starscream, however, should have been a Voyager instead of a mere Deluxe.

Agreed.

The case assortment makes perfect sense to me.

A lot of people who either got back into Transformers as young adults, or who got into Transformers the first time as kids, did so via Armada/Energon/Cybertron. I think there's definite appeal for that figure, especially since the 'G1' deco is really IDW Megatron, which just may have less appeal than a tradition gun Megatron.

Plus, we'll probably see a case revision in the near future. It's happened before. I'm not too worried yet - patience has on average paid off for me.

Just bought both Leader Megatrons from my local TRU this morning. I almost missed them entirely, as they were down on the bottom shelf (foot level). Glad I picked them up, as they look great in person. Sorry to TFSource, but I've canceled my stacked pre-order. Nothing beats instant gratification!

Kyleor wrote:Out of the two I'd rather get the G1 version. That 'Armada' version is just a whole pile of bleh, rather have the original Armada version.

I would have agreed with you a couple months ago, but after seeing it in person I think it's a wonderful looking character.

I wish IDW would pull a "Gigatron" and put him in the current fiction.

Optimizzy wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Out of the two I'd rather get the G1 version. That 'Armada' version is just a whole pile of bleh, rather have the original Armada version.

I would have agreed with you a couple months ago, but after seeing it in person I think it's a wonderful looking character.

I wish IDW would pull a "Gigatron" and put him in the current fiction.

Didn't IDW put a Gigatron in the recent Drift mini-series?

Sabrblade wrote:

megatronus wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

Kyleor wrote:Out of the two I'd rather get the G1 version. That 'Armada' version is just a whole pile of bleh, rather have the original Armada version.

I would have agreed with you a couple months ago, but after seeing it in person I think it's a wonderful looking character.

I wish IDW would pull a "Gigatron" and put him in the current fiction.

Didn't IDW put a Gigatron in the recent Drift mini-series?

That's what he's talking about. "Pull a Gigatron" as in "Take a non-G1 Megatron and make it into a differently-named separate character"

I misread it on my tiny phone screen as "put" a Gigatron. My mistake!