New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras?

Saturday, April 28th, 2007 10:52PM CDT

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According to ruinnatn of the TFW2005.com boards, there is an upcoming Costco exclusive figure soon to be arriving at distribution centers across the country.

ruinnatn is an employee of Costco, and this is what he has to say regarding his findings:

ruinnatn :

Not that big but Costco is getting the leader class Optimus Prime and it comes with Legends figures (not sure which ones or how many although it is plural) it is schedualed to hit the distribution center ( depot) on June 2 so they should be showing up around the same time as everything else. The Costco item number is 196085 and it's retail is 34.59-35.99 depending on region.( I work at a Costco in VA so ours is 34.99)

So there is no word how many Legends figures will be included, nor which ones. For that matter, they, or the Prime figure itself, could possibly be repaints.

Continue to watch Seibertron.com and we'll keep you posted when more details about this exclusive are revealed.

Credit(s): ruinnatn of TFW2005.com

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Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102500)
Posted by Powersurge on April 28th, 2007 @ 11:06pm CDT

Huh, interesting, be nice to know if it will maybe be released elsewhere, like New Zealand for instance :-?

we have got other "exclusives" before, so its possible.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102521)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on April 28th, 2007 @ 11:29pm CDT

[yawn]
I'm already passing on Leader-class.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102564)
Posted by Roboto750 on April 29th, 2007 @ 12:29am CDT

I want the leader Prime more than the rest of the movie stuff for sure. Depending on the bonuses here, this may be the way for me to go!

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102643)
Posted by Bombus distinguendus on April 29th, 2007 @ 2:31am CDT

ok this may be stupid to ask but what are "legend figures"?? im not sure if i understand what toy line they are..

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102659)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on April 29th, 2007 @ 3:07am CDT

Bombus distinguendus wrote:ok this may be stupid to ask but what are "legend figures"?? im not sure if i understand what toy line they are..

Legends of Cybertron are listed as "micro class" in the Vector Sigma Database. For the sake of giving you an example I defer to the LOC Bumblebee figure from Classics here.

Edit: They were introduced during Cybertron as smaller scale versions of major characters in the series. The Bumblebee figure I've linked to above is a repaint of Cybertron's LOC Hot Shot figure.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102682)
Posted by Exulted Unicron on April 29th, 2007 @ 4:29am CDT

looks like they're doing anything to shift old figures these days

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102689)
Posted by City Commander on April 29th, 2007 @ 4:52am CDT

Not interested to be honest.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102706)
Posted by Kayevcee on April 29th, 2007 @ 5:49am CDT

$5 less than the regular version, and it comes with free Legends figures?

I wonder if there's a Costco in Providence.

-Nick

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102747)
Posted by Cheetron on April 29th, 2007 @ 7:57am CDT

I'm hoping it won't share a paint scheme with the other Costco exclusive Optimus release. I don't want to imagine movie Prime in yellow!

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102769)
Posted by DISCHARGE on April 29th, 2007 @ 9:23am CDT

Where the Hell is there a COSTCO in SE WI or NE IL?
I've never seen one of these stores.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102825)
Posted by jgilkinson on April 29th, 2007 @ 10:46am CDT

no costcos around here so im passing

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102840)
Posted by Anonymous on April 29th, 2007 @ 11:08am CDT

It'll be painted yellow with cheaper plastic and plastic tires.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102850)
Posted by Cheetron on April 29th, 2007 @ 11:15am CDT

For those wondering if there's a Costco near you, here's a link to all the warehouse locations.

http://www.costco.com/Warehouse/Locatio ... d%20States

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102851)
Posted by 1337W422102 on April 29th, 2007 @ 11:16am CDT

I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (102971)
Posted by Roboto750 on April 29th, 2007 @ 2:07pm CDT

Cheetron wrote:I'm hoping it won't share a paint scheme with the other Costco exclusive Optimus release. I don't want to imagine movie Prime in yellow!

Couldn't agree more! I hope it stays primarily red a blue in some form or fashion!

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (103062)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on April 29th, 2007 @ 3:53pm CDT

1337W422102 wrote:I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

I don't think so, just because the Costco-exclusive Cybertron Optimus/Wing Saber 2-pack weren't repaints. They were just the normal versions repackaged with a DVD and Wing Saber in robot mode. Exclusives are more often repaints than not, though, so who knows.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (103098)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on April 29th, 2007 @ 4:27pm CDT

Costco and Sams club get some good versions of common stuff.

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (103175)
Posted by Crossfire on April 29th, 2007 @ 6:00pm CDT

I would like to get the legends prime... random thought

Re: New Costco Exclusive: Movie Leader Prime w/ extras? (103601)
Posted by Wolfspiritzero on April 30th, 2007 @ 2:51am CDT

ShGarland_1383 wrote:
1337W422102 wrote:I'm guessing that the paintjob will be different, maybe more G1-ish?

I don't think so, just because the Costco-exclusive Cybertron Optimus/Wing Saber 2-pack weren't repaints. They were just the normal versions repackaged with a DVD and Wing Saber in robot mode. Exclusives are more often repaints than not, though, so who knows.

I wanted that one but missed out.