Hasbro Toy Shop Siege Deluxes Blowout and Promo Code!

Everything was sold out other than the micromasters, but was able to get them with the promo code and free shipping, so was still worth getting them.

Man, HTS was raided faster than I could imagine. I was able to pick up one of the micromaster sets, but every deluxe sold out as I was trying to purchase them. This was one heck of a deal, which makes me question wether or not this was intentional. If it was, Hasbro seems to be heavily in the holliday spirit, if not, someone isn't going to have a job at Hasbro much longer.

It probably was intentional, but it's so shocking that I can hardly believe it. What a steal.

Soooo... the official reveal and promo pics of the Firestormers set I thought I saw was just a dream, wasn't it?

That's... unusual, for my dreams. Imagining a realistic toy reveal.

I nabbed three of the deluxes with no problem! I am thankful for the local tip I got about them.

A lot of people seem to be quite pleased with Siege Hound right now, so I thought I'd share some of my own opinions of the figure. He does look VERY cool. I had originally intended to pass on him, sticking with my Autobot Specialists Hound (redecoed Universe 2008/Classics 2.0/Henkei mold). When I saw him in store, though, I couldn't resist.

Siege Hound is a solid figure. There isn't a lot of obvious gapping in the robot mode, which is quite refreshing. He sports a very dark green this time around, a bit darker than I think we're used too, but the same too can be said of the red used on Siege Sideswipe. Maybe this is part of how Hasbro conveys the "darker and grittier" direction they're going with in Transformers: SIEGE, along with the painted on "battle damage" details. Hound's accessories are great too. He's got his shoulder cannon/holo-emitter, a rifle, and an ammo clip. The three can be arranged in several different configurations. I do wish that, instead of the ammo clip, the shoulder cannon had a missile or something to put in it. It looks kinda "empty" as is, and putting his gun in there leaves him without a handheld weapon.

Hound's Transformation is fun and mostly intuitive. I got hung up on figuring out where to put his arms in alt mode for a while, though. I don't use the instructions unless I absolutely have to. After studying some pictures of Hound in "Jeep" mode for a while, I figured out home the arms work. It's a little sad that they just kind of contort a bit and lazily lay under everything else in vehicle mode. At least they do tab in, but I feel like they could have used some empty space in there a little more creatively. I also have some issue with how the legs fold out and back in during transformation. There's definitely a bit of clearance issue getting them past the roll cage. It's not horrible, and there are a few joints that can help, but you still end up having to "bend" some plastic around other plastic just a bit to get things where they need to go (unless I'm missing something really big).

I'm not sure yet if Siege Hound will be my "display" Hound in the future. I'm sticking with the Autobot Specialist version for now. I did give him the Siege version's gun, though. There is a lot to like about Siege Hound, but I feel, for me at least, the Specialist version has such a good grasp on both the G1 cartoon silhouette, colors, and details that it's hard to really surpass it, especially when Siege Hound skews more G1 toy accurate with the bronze stripe detailing and the stars on the shoulders. I'll post some comparison pics later tonight of Siege, Autobot Specialist, and Unite Warriors Hound.

I got messaged at work by a member in a Line chat saying the deluxes were at HTS at $9.99. I didn't believe him, went to look at HTS as I was ending my lunch break, saw it was true with the 20% off coupon on top of it, and jumped.

I was going to wait to find them in stores, but at $8 a deluxe and a total of $33.89, when the total would be around $85, I couldn't say no to $50 off.

so now, just to keep an eye on Leaders, battlemasters, and micromasters in stores. Wasn't concerned about getting the micromasters online yet, they can wait for the store.

Cheetron wrote:I'm so over hts having things on sale but never in stock. I was excited when I saw this but lost it when I saw where

It's a problem whenever an online store has something on sale - big runs on the inventory are unrestrained by proximity, physically going through the aisles, and checkout lines.

Damn it. I never see these articles in time to take advantage of them.

Lore Keeper wrote:I learned something fun today while at one of my local Targets. Turns out, there is a reason inventory trackers aren't working to locate these figures remotely. Target is blocking tracking from all external sources. The associate showed me that the items are even blocked from displaying on Target's website, unless you're accessing it from an employee's device. This was all done to make it so you must go into a Target store to look up an item. Want to guess why the change was made? Scalpers, everyone's best friends! Manufacturers of items like the NES Classic were getting pissed that their products were being scalped so easily, and put pressure on retailers to take measures against it.
Now, I have only the associate's word to go off of here, but if he made all this up, he has one hell of an imagination. So, I'm taking this on as fact. As if we needed another reason to hate scalpers...

I have been checking inventory checkers and they have shown nothing but have been getting in the micros, weapons and even today the deluxes. Brickseek said they had nothing in stock so there might be some truth to this.

sold out

i bet it was accidental anyways

poop.