Entire Fall Wave of Transformers Legacy United Found at US Retail

Overcracker wrote:Takara Legacy United Menasor Boxset incoming.

Looking at those pics and comparing them with others, this might simply be a Japanese release of the Toy Colors giftset that Hasbro already put out in their own markets. The main clue is the silver hood with the offset on Wildrider.



EDIT: Yeah, these are definitely the same vehicle mode stock photos.

Man was I totally blown away with shock. Never that I can recall did I find an item in store after the news was posted by days. Usually it's weeks before I can find said items.

But they have made it to the West at a local Walmart as I was able to pick up Slipstream and Quake, the only figs I wanted...awesome finds 'nuff said!!!

I was charged by Hasbro Pulse for the Dinoking giftset, so Guess that's coming soon.

o.supreme wrote:I was charged by Hasbro Pulse for the Dinoking giftset, so Guess that's coming soon.

I got charged Yesterday (after my card tried to block it for fraud for some reason) and it's already shipped today.

Emerje

Dinoking is shipping from Pulse!

No notification from Pulse for me, just a surprise "Your order is ouit for delivery today" from Fedex. Guess I'll have Dinoking today!

TF-fan kev777 wrote:No notification from Pulse for me, just a surprise "Your order is ouit for delivery today" from Fedex. Guess I'll have Dinoking today!

Same thing for me and the Kup GI Joe collab. Communication would be nice...LOL

The Walmart in my hometown immediately clearanced Animated Motormaster to $25 as soon as it arrived

Hairball178 wrote:The Walmart in my hometown immediately clearanced Animated Motormaster to $25 as soon as it arrived

must have been a mistake.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Hairball178 wrote:The Walmart in my hometown immediately clearanced Animated Motormaster to $25 as soon as it arrived

must have been a mistake.

Nah, big retail stores often do that for reasons.
It was also the case with MPM Starscream at Target. Furthermore, if a toy wave arrive late, even if that store never had it before, it will often go straight to clearance.

Got my mini Dinoking set today. Its pretty much what I expected. Though you can easily tell the design/sculpting for the feet was planned in advance. Not sure why they didn't offer these with the retail release? Its not like the complexity or "parts count" would have broken the bank at between 10-12 dollars for a core figure (I mean they can pack in a cassette with Blaster and not charge more for him as a voyager, knowing there are less complex voyagers out there).

oh well, he will remain on shelf as a rival for Core Volcanicus. Hoping at some point in the future we get a better Dinoking that scales with previous Generations combiners.

-Kanrabat- wrote:A Animated Optimus Prime super mode popped in and I just had to slam my credit card on the table.





This thing is a mix between the "upgraded" form of Optimus at the end of the last animated season and Cybertron Optimus. And DAMN, does this thing look cool.
And of course, the kit is more expensive than a leader class Transformers but oh well...

Mine arrived today. I love it, to be completely honest. Really, really impressed with it!



~ Grim

Oh, that's a good sign!

No idea when mine will come, but I'm looking forward to it.

There's also a different upgrade kit that gives Optimus just the upgrades he had in the series finale instead of the full Powermaster armor from the unmade season 4.

o.supreme wrote:Got my mini Dinoking set today. Its pretty much what I expected. Though you can easily tell the design/sculpting for the feet was planned in advance. Not sure why they didn't offer these with the retail release? Its not like the complexity or "parts count" would have broken the bank at between 10-12 dollars for a core figure.

I think it is as simple as making the extra parts exclusive for Pulsecon. I believe each Pulsecon exclusive so far has had some exclusive parts or tooling that has only been used for Pulsecon. Hard to put a Pulsecon premium price on a simple receco without something extra.

I finally got around to fiddle with Dinoking.

Never had owned the Core Dinobots before, I went blind.

I had to look up the instructions just to see what accessories went to each bots. Once that was done, I just referred to the box if I was stumped.

The transformation of each bots was easy enough to figure out, but the combine mode wasn't that easy. Still, I just looked at the box 2 or 3 times before figuring everything else.

It was quite fun and it makes me want to hunt down the regular Core dinos and the upgrade kit so that my Dinoking can have a rival.

Well, time for my Legacy mega catch up with photos.

First up, SDCC Megatron is an alright figure, and his accessories are the best part. Love the sword.





Next up, a Legacy Cybertron groupshot



I also think i finally found my Lockdown setup I like



SDCC Orion Pax is super cool, so glad i didn't get the MMC one, they did him nice






some more Lockdown






Cybertron vs Legacy Hot Shot. I think both have their merits, though I think Legacy actually edges out Cybertron as my favorite






Cybertron vs Legacy Vector Prime. I think we have a similar case to Hot Shot, both are great, but I think I like Legacy more






I also got the new Thundertron leader set. I like this Thundertron for Prime more, I put him there and moved the voyager release to my generations con set. And Calcitron went to the rock lord/Junkion shelf






Touching on G2 for a sec, I like how this little squad came together



I also got Road Pig. he is pretty nice, love the colors on him. And he looks pretty decent compared to his OG self too





Ferak is definitely the best use of the Cyclonus mold





Got my Straxus, he is perfect



also got Flame and Xaaron. They are both really fun, I love this set!













Mayhem bludgeon is cool



Combined Tidal Wave and Megatron



Got my dinoking, this is a great set, and I would argue the combined bits here are better than the DNA upgrade kit





Speaking of, here is Volcanicus in his perfect form





and some side by sides



I also got Ruckus, who is decent, but very boring





Finally, Tidal wave by himself is super cool

I finally saw the Star Raiders deluxes in-store at the Walmart in Manchester, CT. I have seen Ferak at a few stores, but never any of these guys. There was at least one of each of both waves, Filch, Cannonball, Roadpig, and a Lockdown hiding on the topstock shelf. Unless this was a fluke, I guess if you've yet to see this subline now is the time to start looking!

I gotta say, Animated Prime is great, but Motormaster might be even better. These colors pop so hard!

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I gotta say, Animated Prime is great, but Motormaster might be even better. These colors pop so hard!

I have zero attachment to this version of the character but that figure looks SO good in those colours.

~ Grim

I didn't bother with any video reviews but did anyone else get a Quake figure with a loose left leg? I'm giving heavy consideration getting another based on everyone's comment, thanks all.

Nemesis Destron wrote:I didn't bother with any video reviews but did anyone else get a Quake figure with a loose left leg? I'm giving heavy consideration getting another based on everyone's comment, thanks all.

I wouldn't waste anymore money on a Quake. Mine is pretty loose in the legs as well, also has a strange neck ball joint(we really need much better range of articulation with neck joints, looking up/down etc, while I'm at it more wrist swivels). Worse part is the cheap KO quality of the plastic. It feels like a toy you would get from a gumball type machine for a quarter. I don't know what happened with Quake, holding it in one hand and Needlenose or Blaster in the other, they don't feel like their from the same toyline. His bot mode looks so badass though, just don't touch it. Hopefully its an anomaly and so far has been, since most figures, especially SS86, have been killing it.

My Quake doesn't feel very loose. His right hip swings ever so slightly easier than his left hip, but not egregiously so. The only thing mine is really guilty of is the same thing that all of them are: Having a very awkward-looking tank mode.

My Quake also doesn't seem very loose, with no other real complaints.

So BBTS has the latest 3rd Party release for Drift by MMC and I got to thinking why hasn't HasTak even considered delivering a modern version of this guy?

I wager there would be plenty of fans that would so want this. Well perhaps the Powers have this figure in the works for 2025.

Oh and my thanks to you fans on commenting on Quake!

Nemesis Destron wrote:So BBTS has the latest 3rd Party release for Drift by MMC and I got to thinking why hasn't HasTak even considered delivering a modern version of this guy?

I wager there would be plenty of fans that would so want this. Well perhaps the Powers have this figure in the works for 2025.

Well, the first one they did was already pretty modern and kinda the perfect depiction of him in toy form. Not a whole lot to improve upon when they got it right the first time.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:So BBTS has the latest 3rd Party release for Drift by MMC and I got to thinking why hasn't HasTak even considered delivering a modern version of this guy?

I wager there would be plenty of fans that would so want this. Well perhaps the Powers have this figure in the works for 2025.

Well, the first one they did was already pretty modern and kinda the perfect depiction of him in toy form. Not a whole lot to improve upon when they got it right the first time.

His more "futuristic" cybertronian form is yet to be made.
If they do, let's hope he will be his own mold, not a lame-ass repaint of something else.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:So BBTS has the latest 3rd Party release for Drift by MMC and I got to thinking why hasn't HasTak even considered delivering a modern version of this guy?

I wager there would be plenty of fans that would so want this. Well perhaps the Powers have this figure in the works for 2025.

Well, the first one they did was already pretty modern and kinda the perfect depiction of him in toy form. Not a whole lot to improve upon when they got it right the first time.

His more "futuristic" cybertronian form is yet to be made.

This one?

Sabrblade wrote:This one?

Almost.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:So BBTS has the latest 3rd Party release for Drift by MMC and I got to thinking why hasn't HasTak even considered delivering a modern version of this guy?

I wager there would be plenty of fans that would so want this. Well perhaps the Powers have this figure in the works for 2025.

Well, the first one they did was already pretty modern and kinda the perfect depiction of him in toy form. Not a whole lot to improve upon when they got it right the first time.

Really no room for improvements at all? I feel more superior articulation alone makes for a great reason to get a modern version. Well let's see what 2025 brings!

Nemesis Destron wrote:Well let's see what 2025 brings!

Yes indeed.

I do think it's weird that Drift has gotten so few figures since his initial release. I'm sure Hasbro would say it's to prevent confusion with the movie, but RID Drift also happened. Drift was the first big addition to the G1 lineup in years, they even retconned him into G1 stories. And then... nothing, just one figure from Hasbro and nothing else, not even a version of Deadlock. Meanwhile, how many Windblade figures have we gotten since 2014? Four if you don't count Takara Tomy versions and repurposed figures. Heck, Cyberverse is now on her third figure, all different molds. At the very least newer fans deserve an affordable option.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:I do think it's weird that Drift has gotten so few figures since his initial release. I'm sure Hasbro would say it's to prevent confusion with the movie, but RID Drift also happened. Drift was the first big addition to the G1 lineup in years, they even retconned him into G1 stories. And then... nothing, just one figure from Hasbro and nothing else, not even a version of Deadlock. Meanwhile, how many Windblade figures have we gotten since 2014? Four if you don't count Takara Tomy versions and repurposed figures. Heck, Cyberverse is now on her third figure, all different molds. At the very least newer fans deserve an affordable option.

Emerje

True. IDW Drift is super popular, yet he basically have just 1 figure.
Meanwhile, Windblade. Windblade everywhere.

I was thinking the other day, after seeing the episode called Autobot Spike, how complected would it be to make, After all it's not just about using different limbs, but his chest was two different vehicle front ends. But most of all would anyone even be interested in that to make it worth their trouble? Because it's not like Hasbro could repaint it to get further use of the mold.

TBH, I'm surprised they haven't made several all gold deco releases from that one episode. It's an easy thing to paint all one color, though maybe demand isn't there due to scene specificity. Yet they don't mind doing battle damage versions that are likely more costly. lol

After getting RID Strongarm I'm kind of wanting that version of Drift.

Till-all-R1 wrote:I was thinking the other day, after seeing the episode called Autobot Spike, how complected would it be to make, After all it's not just about using different limbs, but his chest was two different vehicle front ends. But most of all would anyone even be interested in that to make it worth their trouble? Because it's not like Hasbro could repaint it to get further use of the mold.

Hero Mashers was the perfect place for that, and they totally missed the boat.

Till-all-R1 wrote:I
TBH, I'm surprised they haven't made several all gold deco releases from that one episode. It's an easy thing to paint all one color, though maybe demand isn't there due to scene specificity. Yet they don't mind doing battle damage versions that are likely more costly. lol

.

Uhhm...

Those gold decos can still be found for a relatively reasonable price pretty much everywhere like Mandarake.

Speaking of Legacy. I got an E-Mail from Hasbro Pulse. Legacy United G1 Ramjet has been delayed and is scheduled to ship the 27th of January.

I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Hell yeah that counts...how long ago was that?

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Yeah that counts...how long ago was that?

I wanna say sometime during the beginning of December. Maybe even during November after Thanksgiving.

EDIT: No, that's not right. I checked my emails and found that the purchase was made on November 24th, 2024, just a few days before Thanksgiving.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Yeah that counts...how long ago was that?

I wanna say sometime during the beginning of December. Maybe even during November after Thanksgiving.

EDIT: No, that's not right. I checked my emails and found that the purchase was made on November 24th, 2024, just a few days before Thanksgiving.

So that was pretty recent then, interesting. I just figured it was one of those that were few to hit stores and that was that. It's gonna sting some if I see it on retail shelves soon.

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Yeah that counts...how long ago was that?

I wanna say sometime during the beginning of December. Maybe even during November after Thanksgiving.

EDIT: No, that's not right. I checked my emails and found that the purchase was made on November 24th, 2024, just a few days before Thanksgiving.

So that was pretty recent then, interesting. I just figured it was one of those that were few to hit stores and that was that. It's gonna sting some if I see it on retail shelves soon.

Well, it was also the only Galvatron that that GameStop had. They also had one Leader Soundwave (which I also bought), two Core class Energon Galvatrons, and one Deluxe Quake. Very few TFs overall, but all ones from that same wave.

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

He's currently on shelves in the UK (Smyths), could be one of those weird ones that shows up here but barely appears in the states.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:I got Leader Armada Galvatron from eBay today, but did this it ever make it to stores?

I picked up mine from a local GameStop, if that counts.

Yeah that counts...how long ago was that?

I wanna say sometime during the beginning of December. Maybe even during November after Thanksgiving.

EDIT: No, that's not right. I checked my emails and found that the purchase was made on November 24th, 2024, just a few days before Thanksgiving.

So that was pretty recent then, interesting. I just figured it was one of those that were few to hit stores and that was that. It's gonna sting some if I see it on retail shelves soon.

Well, it was also the only Galvatron that that GameStop had. They also had one Leader Soundwave (which I also bought), two Core class Energon Galvatrons, and one Deluxe Quake. Very few TFs overall, but all ones from that same wave.

Incidentally, I picked up my Galvatron at Gamestop the week before Christmas (no Soundwave) but never saw him or Soundwave at retail before that. Have not see Deluxe wave 4 or any of the final wave stuff yet at retail. Now that I think about it, on Studio Series I haven't seen a new Core all year or a Leader since Concept Megatron. Thankfully nothing has been too hard to find online this year.

Emerje

I'm so jelous Glyph that you and everyone in your region (especially TF fans) have Smyths!

I was curious to look up Smyths thinking it was just a retail store but I was really surprised how huge they are not just in the UK. It clearly took me back to when Toys R Us once existed here coast to coast and now just memories of what once was.

I would totally make it a point to shop at one if I ever took a holiday to the UK and I wish for you all that they never go under!!!

Damnation!!! I almost broke off Galvatrons head pinchers! Do they not come off/fall off like Megatrons???

Nemesis Destron wrote:I'm so jelous Glyph that you and everyone in your region (especially TF fans) have Smyths!

I was curious to look up Smyths thinking it was just a retail store but I was really surprised how huge they are not just in the UK. It clearly took me back to when Toys R Us once existed here coast to coast and now just memories of what once was.

I would totally make it a point to shop at one if I ever took a holiday to the UK and I wish for you all that they never go under!!!

They slowly moved into the gap left behind by TRU, for sure, and are about the only physical store you'll fairly reliably find retail TFs at here, outside of the most basic for-kids lines. Wish we had more options but glad we have this one!

(Not that it's all sunshine and roses - a retail price Leader is still $70 over here...)

I saw 1 Armada Galvatron at Wal-Mart a week or 2 into Dec. Only time I have seen it anywhere in store.