First Sighting of Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Deluxes at US Retail

Posted by william-james88 Feb 27, 2018 at 12:01pm CST 25,793 views

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Big thanks to TF Fan Phil who reached out to us with some pretty awesome news. He found the Studio Series figures while doing his groceries:

Found the Studio Series Deluxes last night at Dillons Marketplace (part of the Kroger chain) in Derby, Kansas.

He says there were 2 of each deluxe, which makes sense in a case of 8. These were priced at $24.99 USD. While it appeared that these would only be coming to retail in April, this confirms that these deluxes are ready to ship to retailers and that Hasbro has already shipped some out.

The ones found at Dillons Marketplace were Ratchet, Stinger, Bumblebee, Crowbar, and you can see in hand images of those toys here if you are thinking of picking them up. Also, for those unaware, the Takara version of this line will have the exact same toys, as you can see here, so fans don't need to wait for their releases this time.

If you find them, let us know in our sightings section and sightings forum!

Transformers Studio Series Wave 1 Deluxes Found at Us Retail

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Comment by Solrac333 Feb 27, 2018

$25 deluxes. Yeah. I'm not buying these.

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Comment by Rated X Feb 27, 2018

Ill grab stinger and the dread. Totally skipping the ratchet and bee. It seems they said f**k scale with this line, at least with ratchet. That ambulance is bigger than an H2 hummer but some idiot at hasbro thought it was the same size as a camaro.

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Comment by Ig89ninja Feb 27, 2018

25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?! :-x

EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

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Comment by Ironhidensh Feb 27, 2018

Ig89ninja wrote:25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!

EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

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Comment by Ig89ninja Feb 27, 2018

Ironhidensh wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!

EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

...we shall see >:oP

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Comment by skylynkfloyd Feb 27, 2018

Dillon's / Kroger do in fact Jack up prices, 25 dollars is how much they charge for most Deluxes, so the walmart/target prices of these Figures will most likely be 20/22.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 27, 2018

Ig89ninja wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Ig89ninja wrote:25 DOLLARS!?!?! Why is hasbro raising the deluxe price to that of a voyager?!? ARE THEY TRYING TO LOSE CUSTOMERS!?!

EDIT: Especially since the official website lists them at 20!

Relax, I'm willing to bet that is just the store chain jacking the price.

...we shall see

It is the chain, trust me. Dillon's is a grocery store like Albertson's, Tom Thumb, and of course Kroger. Surprised they appeared there of all places, but that may be a store not paying attention to the 4/20 street date.

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Comment by Va'al Feb 27, 2018

Regular source of toy news NOTRAB, user on the Chinese social media platform Weibo, has shared some new in hand images of a Studio Series figure that many have been quite keen on: the new Leader class Age of Extinction-debuting Dinobot leader Grimlock!

Check out the images below, featuring Grimlock in both Tyrannosaurus Rex (liberally inspired by) and robot modes, plus some poses, including a very static one with the background that is part of the line's packaging. Is this movieverse design something that interests you at all? Will you picking one up? Make sure to let us know in the Energon Pub discussion forums, and join the conversation!

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Comment by Bounti76 Feb 27, 2018

Sweet Solus Prime.......THIS is what movie Grimlock's Leader Class toy should have been from the start. It's like it stepped right off the screen. While not 100% perfectly proportioned, it's quantum leaps ahead of what the original toy was.

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Comment by steals_your_goats Feb 27, 2018

While I'm no movie fan this thing does look very nice. I'll definitely be picking him up.

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Comment by Jack Hallows Feb 27, 2018

Guyver looks cool here.

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Feb 27, 2018

Too detailed... :HALUC:

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Comment by LE0KING Feb 27, 2018

Just a guess, but I think it will have a similar transformation to Last Knight Scorn.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Feb 27, 2018

DAT GRIMLOCK! :michaelbay:

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Comment by hinomars19 Feb 27, 2018

When and how are the studio series available? Because I want that Grimlock!

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Comment by william-james88 Feb 27, 2018

hinomars19 wrote:When and how are the studio series available? Because I want that Grimlock!

These are standard retail toys available sometime this year between now and summer

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Comment by primalxconvoy Feb 27, 2018

hinomars19 wrote:When and how are the studio series available? Because I want that Grimlock!

I posted above that some of them are officially available to preorder from Amazon Japan, although Grimlock is only available via a private seller for silly money. Amazon Japan exports toys outside Japan, btw.

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Comment by ricemazter Feb 27, 2018

I don't even collect movie figures and I want this guy. He's gorgeous!

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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Feb 27, 2018

OK firstly, the Takara scans with Optimus riding Grimlock are great!

Secondly, and more importantly, holy hell that Grimlock is amazing!!!! He is worth every penny that he'll cost, he is gorgeous, amazing, and awesome. This is what Grimlock always needed to look like

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Comment by User897 Feb 27, 2018

No sword or accessories?

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