Generations 2012 Series 01 and Transformers Prime Deluxe Wave 4 Listed for Pre-Order on BBTS

AutobotMR2 wrote:Thanks for adding the link. I'm at work right now and our computers are awful, plus I actually have to look like I'm working. LOL

Not a problem. And yeah, distribution around here has sucked, so got them. *Sigh*

maybe this will cheer you up then: they also listed the next wave of Prime deluxes, but just like they did with vehicon in the previous wave, you can only get airachnid if you get the full set of 3, the others are repaints of bumblebee and wheeljack
razzafrazzamgnen. why oh why did they have to do it this way? i only want airachnid, i don't need repaints.

AutobotMR2 wrote:

GuyIncognito wrote:Jazz and Shockwave are must-buys for me. I'll pass on OP as I prefer the WFC version, which I already have.

I'm surprised by the case assortment, though. 3 OPs, 3 Jazzes, and 2 Shockwaves? That's too even and makes too much sense. It should be 5 Bumblebees, and 1 of each of the others.

Right??!!! Maybe Hasbro has actually listened to us. If this is a sign of change in the distribution practices of Hasbro I fully welcome it.

I disagree.....they should ONLY have bumblebees in every case. It's the new fad/craze, move over planking, move over cat daddy-ing....here comes Corporate Trolling!

AutobotMR2 wrote:if I can sell off my DOTM Shockwave I will be getting this version! I can't stand duplicates in my collection.

Are you saying you only have one version of each character in your collection? Like, you only have one Shockwave, one Bumblebee, one Optimus, etc.?

Still can't bring myself to enjoy that Shockwave with its horrendously ugly legs. Whata waste.

AutobotMR2 wrote:I can't stand duplicates in my collection.

I'm the same way.

GuyIncognito wrote:

AutobotMR2 wrote:if I can sell off my DOTM Shockwave I will be getting this version! I can't stand duplicates in my collection.

Are you saying you only have one version of each character in your collection? Like, you only have one Shockwave, one Bumblebee, one Optimus, etc.?

if you don't include mold repaints like the seekers and the prowl molds, then yes that is exactly what I mean. The only ones I could even think of are my 2 Masterpieces, Grimlock and Hot Rod. Evrything else is one version of one character. I'm very finicky with my collection, which is and is not my own fault. Having a family and a limited income for Transformers causes me to be very picky on which figures go on my shelf. I wish I could go and buy every TF that came out, just not in the cards for me.

Well, I suppose those of us who only want to get Shockwave have to either by a set of three or wait for some other place to list them.

Dont get too discouraged. With that case breakdown it looks like finding him at retail should be easy.

Fistful of Energon wrote:There isnt even a price break for getting all 3!?! That's crap. Im preordering just avoid hunting hassles but i am a little disappointed in BBTS.

Have you never shopped there before? Aside from clearance sales, everything at BBTS is priced higher than retail. You're paying for the convenience of preordering.

craggy wrote:still amazed that that Prime is so terrible. It's like they took the great design from the first game, made an 8-bit version of it, and then got a kid to draw it in crayon, then photographed the drawing from space, and used that as the blueprint for this character model.

They probably just made him easier to transform than the WFC version. That thing was a pain in the @ss!

The only one I am interested in is Shockwave. I need him for the Classics shelf.