European Exclusive Iron Claw Mini-Con Found at US Retail

I was fortunate enough to pick up the original gift set when it first came out, although living in Europe didn't make it any easier. Hasbro originally stated that this would be shipping in the European Union.

There are 27 member states in the EU and I was only able to confirm its release in 3 of them! I eventually managed to get mine from a French eBay seller for about £30 posted. I think this and the Ravage infiltration pack were two of the hardest releases to pick up from the HFTD/TF2010 range.

Hopefully this release will mean more opportunities for fans to get these, assuming the whole assortment has been made available and not just a select few like the single releases of the Universe 12 pack.

Nice find

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

PrymeStriker wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

At least those will stick with liquidator stores, not Walmart and the like.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

At least those will stick with liquidator stores, not Walmart and the like.

Its not like they were widely available in the first place either, for all intents and purposes; this is a brand new release to US fans :-/

I never even found it in it's intended market.

TCWJoe wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

Except for the couple big box stores everything near me that would carry transformers still has a bunch of min-cons on the pegs despite when I read about the figures hitting to that level because no one wants the damn mini-cons and now I might end up with more taking up peg space. I just bought the purple one of this mode a couple months ago and the store I bought it from still has a bunch.

I dunno where you shop, but where I shop for Transformers, the closest thing I see to a Mini-Con is the Cyberverse/Legends figures. Haven't seen any Mini-Cons since the end of the Classics line.

TCWJoe wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

Except for the couple big box stores everything near me that would carry transformers still has a bunch of min-cons on the pegs despite when I read about the figures hitting to that level because no one wants the damn mini-cons and now I might end up with more taking up peg space. I just bought the purple one of this mode a couple months ago and the store I bought it from still has a bunch.

Unless you're in a very strange, middle of nowhere-y place, there's no way a "Big box" store would have pegs of old minicons. Ollie's and Big Lots are not "big box" stores, friend. They're clearance stores. Major stores would be Walmart, Target, K-mart, etc. and none of those would have stock that old on shelves (outside of clearance setions, which are entirely separate from the primary aisles).

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:

PrymeStriker wrote:

TCWJoe wrote:Great, another Mini-Con repaint to crap up store shelves so they won't order other figures.

What?

Except for the couple big box stores everything near me that would carry transformers still has a bunch of min-cons on the pegs despite when I read about the figures hitting to that level because no one wants the damn mini-cons and now I might end up with more taking up peg space. I just bought the purple one of this mode a couple months ago and the store I bought it from still has a bunch.

I dunno where you shop, but where I shop for Transformers, the closest thing I see to a Mini-Con is the Cyberverse/Legends figures. Haven't seen any Mini-Cons since the end of the Classics line.

Try liquidator stores like Big Lots!, Tuesday Morning, or even Dollar General and Family Dollar. Those stores get the smaller exclusives like Mini-Cons. Walmart, Target and Toys 'R Us do not carry them.

I take a look every now and then at those places. They mainly supply Scouts and Legends from . Haven't seen a Mini-Con yet.

One final thing: Cyberverse figures are not Mini-Cons.

I know. I was referring to their similar sizes, not their functionality. Sorry about that.

Counterpunch wrote:See?

Pal around with me IRL and Mini-cons will find you.

That's not the only thing that finds you...