Images of Hotwheels' Transformers Ultra Magnus Reveal
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Comment by Flashwave
Oct 7, 2024
This looks great, but I really wish they had done these in their larger truck+car sets. None of my Walmarts or Targets are carrying these smaller track performance semis in stores that I can find. Give me Optimus and Bumblebee as a set, or if you want to leave Bee as an assortment use one of the Porsche models and make a Jazz. I don’t know who you bundle with Magnus but there are several “good” choices
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Yeah, I've only seen the Super Rigs in stores, never seen the Track Fleet trucks. I found listings for Prime on Walmart.com and Target.com, but both are sold out, priced at $5.50 while BBTS has bumped it up to $10.
Emerje
Comment by Emerje
Oct 8, 2024
Flashwave wrote:This looks great, but I really wish they had done these in their larger truck+car sets. None of my Walmarts or Targets are carrying these smaller track performance semis in stores that I can find. Give me Optimus and Bumblebee as a set, or if you want to leave Bee as an assortment use one of the Porsche models and make a Jazz. I don’t know who you bundle with Magnus but there are several “good” choices
Yeah, I've only seen the Super Rigs in stores, never seen the Track Fleet trucks. I found listings for Prime on Walmart.com and Target.com, but both are sold out, priced at $5.50 while BBTS has bumped it up to $10.
Emerje
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Comment by Dino-Snarl
Oct 11, 2024
Will buy. Love these.
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Comment by william-james88
Oct 22, 2024
Have you all found your Hotwheels Bumblebees yet? It appeared in 2 cases which have come and are now gone, with later 2024 cases now being used for restocking the Hotwheels bins/shelves. If you didnt find one, the gold « repaint » will be coming shortly and in better supply. Not only is demand for this variant less than the original (as the original is also the very first time we had a Hasbro transformers car in the Hotwheels mainline in history), it will also be in better supply. While the gold variant is only one per case in the Q case (the final case of 2024) it appears twice in the A case of 2025 as a default. This is a big improvement on the original color which appeared only one per case in multiple markets, with only some markets ever getting 2 per case.
So yes, the variant will be less rare than the original.
You can see the case breakdown of the 2024 Q case and 2025 A case in the videos below. The gold variant should be hitting stores in the holiday season.
So yes, the variant will be less rare than the original.
You can see the case breakdown of the 2024 Q case and 2025 A case in the videos below. The gold variant should be hitting stores in the holiday season.
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Comment by william-james88
Oct 22, 2024
Hot Wheels is recalling their release of Transformers Barricade. We have word from suppliers that their shipments arrived with Barricade missing from the set of Hot Wheels Transformers cars and a sticker has been placed over the back, hiding Barricade where we see the full set. While the recall is true, the reason is just a rumour, and that rumour is that it's been recalled due to the words "punish and enslave".
Western retailers are now selling the complete set as a pack of 4 and not 5. However, not all retailers are sending theirs back to Mattel, with certain Asian based sellers still selling Barricade online, albeit at higher prices.
We don't know if this toy will be rereleased (with out without the words on the side) but right now this toy has the potential to become a really hot Hot Wheels collectible.
https://www.instagram.com/kenbotbot/reel/DBO1X4ZgFxr/
Western retailers are now selling the complete set as a pack of 4 and not 5. However, not all retailers are sending theirs back to Mattel, with certain Asian based sellers still selling Barricade online, albeit at higher prices.
We don't know if this toy will be rereleased (with out without the words on the side) but right now this toy has the potential to become a really hot Hot Wheels collectible.
https://www.instagram.com/kenbotbot/reel/DBO1X4ZgFxr/
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Comment by Triceratops3
Oct 22, 2024
They're barricading us from getting this awesome toy.
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Comment by DeathReviews
Oct 22, 2024
Oh for cryin' oot loud - are we all THAT hypersensitive? Is this to become the new "S" word that nobody dares to use, either in print or by voice? Clutch at thine pearls, mortal insects! Reel to thine fainting couches!
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Comment by Rtron
Oct 22, 2024
How did this shit circle all the way back to not being able to criticize the cops like it's the 50's?
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Comment by bbird
Oct 23, 2024
He's being recalled because BARRICADE IS NOT A FORD MUSTANG (he's a Saleen Mustang). They do not have permission to use the Ford Mustang trademark in this way, and that's why they've blanked out the words "Ford Mustang" on all the other packages in addition to removing Barricade from the assortment.
If it had anything to do with "punish and enslave" or consumer sensitivity, they'd just do a running change to stop printing it on the car.
If it had anything to do with "punish and enslave" or consumer sensitivity, they'd just do a running change to stop printing it on the car.
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Comment by -Kanrabat-
Oct 23, 2024
Poor Barricade is still being bullied by the strange coalition of catholic soccer moms and "progressive" purple-haired wokesters.
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Comment by threeonetwo
Oct 24, 2024
I'm glad i got one, kinda wish i gotten the rest of the barricades available at that time.
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Comment by Bumblevivisector
Oct 25, 2024
Good gag, will. One misleading rumor = instant bizarro-bubble thread. Funniest thing I've seen all week.
Hot Wheels collecting is logically TF-adjacent, but every glimpse I get at HW distribution and scarcity makes it seem almost as alien to me as limited edition sneaker fandom. Well, here's hoping they do Barricade in the correct model next year.
Hot Wheels collecting is logically TF-adjacent, but every glimpse I get at HW distribution and scarcity makes it seem almost as alien to me as limited edition sneaker fandom. Well, here's hoping they do Barricade in the correct model next year.
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I'd agree if it weren't for the deco change they did to both Studio Series Barricade rereleases. You might be underestimating how dumb corporations can be about this stuff.
Comment by Rtron
Oct 25, 2024
Bumblevivisector wrote:Good gag, will. One misleading rumor = instant bizarro-bubble thread. Funniest thing I've seen all week.
Hot Wheels collecting is logically TF-adjacent, but every glimpse I get at HW distribution and scarcity makes it seem almost as alien to me as limited edition sneaker fandom. Well, here's hoping they do Barricade in the correct model next year.
I'd agree if it weren't for the deco change they did to both Studio Series Barricade rereleases. You might be underestimating how dumb corporations can be about this stuff.
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Whether Barricade's been blanked for both, either, or neither reason, there's a second layer of misdirection that immediately cropped up, which I saw coming thanks in part to, of all things, the Scopes Monkey Trial almost a century ago...and I'll leave it at that. Don't wanna' derail this thread, no sir, just wait for 'em to come down the track, and see if any more magic happens. Place your faith in the orange extensions...
Comment by Bumblevivisector
Oct 26, 2024
Oh don't worry, no Seibertronian is making that mistake anytime soon, thanks to the thread four news posts after this one.Rtron wrote:You might be underestimating how dumb corporations can be about this stuff.
Whether Barricade's been blanked for both, either, or neither reason, there's a second layer of misdirection that immediately cropped up, which I saw coming thanks in part to, of all things, the Scopes Monkey Trial almost a century ago...and I'll leave it at that. Don't wanna' derail this thread, no sir, just wait for 'em to come down the track, and see if any more magic happens. Place your faith in the orange extensions...
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My source was the instagram video I linked which showed how the cards are being altered. And that was the rumor in the video. Didn't mean to spark anything here, just sharing what's reported and making sure fans get him while they can. But yes, I did have fun with the headline, though I would not have written it if I didn't believe it.
Thanks, but does this mean he'll just be rereleased with a new card that writes it properly?
Comment by william-james88
Oct 26, 2024
Bumblevivisector wrote:Good gag, will. One misleading rumor = instant bizarro-bubble thread. Funniest thing I've seen all week.
Hot Wheels collecting is logically TF-adjacent, but every glimpse I get at HW distribution and scarcity makes it seem almost as alien to me as limited edition sneaker fandom. Well, here's hoping they do Barricade in the correct model next year.
My source was the instagram video I linked which showed how the cards are being altered. And that was the rumor in the video. Didn't mean to spark anything here, just sharing what's reported and making sure fans get him while they can. But yes, I did have fun with the headline, though I would not have written it if I didn't believe it.
bbird wrote:He's being recalled because BARRICADE IS NOT A FORD MUSTANG (he's a Saleen Mustang). They do not have permission to use the Ford Mustang trademark in this way, and that's why they've blanked out the words "Ford Mustang" on all the other packages in addition to removing Barricade from the assortment.
If it had anything to do with "punish and enslave" or consumer sensitivity, they'd just do a running change to stop printing it on the car.
Thanks, but does this mean he'll just be rereleased with a new card that writes it properly?
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal
Oct 28, 2024
I have had no interest in any of the hot wheels bots yet, so why does Magnus intrigue me
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Because he's pretty damn cool. Dammit, this extension into Hotwheels has made me start collecting Hotwheels. I just bought a whole case to see the kind of stuff I get inside.
The cops? They get pretty defensive at times.
Comment by william-james88
Oct 31, 2024
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I have had no interest in any of the hot wheels bots yet, so why does Magnus intrigue me
Because he's pretty damn cool. Dammit, this extension into Hotwheels has made me start collecting Hotwheels. I just bought a whole case to see the kind of stuff I get inside.
DeathReviews wrote:Oh for cryin' oot loud - are we all THAT hypersensitive?
The cops? They get pretty defensive at times.
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Comment by william-james88
Oct 31, 2024
It's a sure thing now, the Hot Wheels world has got themselves a new chase figure. We now know that Barricade has gotten a revised version which will be what is sent out to retailers from here on out and indeed, the words "to punish and enslave" are no longer written on the side. This was also confirmed through an instagram shared below, along with an image of the change in livery.
It's a feeding frenzy on e-bay for those that want the early version, with a current e-bay auction already being over $300 : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/286127721558?_s&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 ... R86ApL_cZA
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBykmnHv5ec/
It's a feeding frenzy on e-bay for those that want the early version, with a current e-bay auction already being over $300 : https://www.ebay.ca/itm/286127721558?_s&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1 ... R86ApL_cZA
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBykmnHv5ec/
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Comment by cloudballoon
Oct 31, 2024
It's the nature of the collecting beast. I guess I should be happy that some lucky Hotwheels/TF collectors got this unexpected windfall (if they're willing to sell oc). But who knows how much this "October Surprise" benefits scalpers than collectors though.
Would be evil funny if Toyhax comes out with a sticker set to bring back the "To punish and enslave" slogan and charge $299 for it, and another sticker with the screen accurate "643" for the roof for $1 to even out things.... all in the Halloween spirit!
Truly though, Toyhax should take up the 1st idea and charge a reasonable price for the hassle and call it a day to make everyone happy. Scalpers be damned!
Would be evil funny if Toyhax comes out with a sticker set to bring back the "To punish and enslave" slogan and charge $299 for it, and another sticker with the screen accurate "643" for the roof for $1 to even out things.... all in the Halloween spirit!
Truly though, Toyhax should take up the 1st idea and charge a reasonable price for the hassle and call it a day to make everyone happy. Scalpers be damned!
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I dont really see how the word scalper can be used in this scenario.
Comment by william-james88
Oct 31, 2024
cloudballoon wrote:It's the nature of the collecting beast. I guess I should be happy that some lucky Hotwheels/TF collectors got this unexpected windfall (if they're willing to sell oc). But who knows how much this "October Surprise" benefits scalpers than collectors though.
Would be evil funny if Toyhax comes out with a sticker set to bring back the "To punish and enslave" slogan and charge $299 for it, and another sticker with the screen accurate "643" for the roof for $1 to even out things.... all in the Halloween spirit!
Truly though, Toyhax should take up the 1st idea and charge a reasonable price for the hassle and call it a day to make everyone happy. Scalpers be damned!
I dont really see how the word scalper can be used in this scenario.
