SDCC 2013 Titan Guardians Found at Big Lots for 5$ each

To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?

jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?

That person is not on this board. I am assuming it's Grimlock since he was the only one absent from the line up when mass retail was first announced.

is the bumblebee a g1 like the rest or is it the beast hunters titan guardian?

thanks.

I bought a G1 Titan Optimus a while back and was curious about what was under that sticker. To my surprise, it listed not only Grimlock's name, but Wheeljack! If this series continued like the Heroes of Cybertron/SCF PVC type figures, they'd be tempting. I thought that the SDCC set versions would be somehow better or shinier than the regular release figures, but they look identical to me. They're hollow, non-transforming rubbery toys, with limited-articulation, but they're really OK figures to me, and I don't hate them one bit; being G1 helps a lot!

william-james88 wrote:

jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?

That person is not on this board. I am assuming it's Grimlock since he was the only one absent from the line up when mass retail was first announced.

They never made a G1 Bumblebee or Shockwave either and the tags were made for the retail versions and aren't the same as the Beast Hunters tags. I'm guessing at some point Hasbro had intended to do a series two with G1 versions of Bumblebee, Grimlock, Shockwave, and Wheeljack, and left the tag with Bee and Shockwave still listed because of the Beast Hunters figures.

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jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?

He wrote back the following:

It says grimlock and wheeljack under the tag. Not sure why they covered the names up.

Found all 4 at the local Big Lots in Lenoir, NC. They had several sets. My wife picked them up for me this evening and she said they still had 3 or 4 complete sets left. They are OP, Megs, SS and SW, like reported. Also can confirm the writing under the tag, as Grimlock and Wheeljack. They are simple but pretty cool for what they are, um, basically dust collectors! just joking! My only disappointment with them would be that smirk on SS's face, and Megatron's nose, which looks like OP must of broke it several thousand times for it to be so flat and yet so wide. It looks like an elongated hexagon stuck to his face! Oh, well!

These things have been sold at Kohl's for over a year. I got one for my 2 year old niece cause I rarely see her, as something to remind her of me when she gets older. They were 7.99 I think.

Soundgrave wrote:These things have been sold at Kohl's for over a year. I got one for my 2 year old niece cause I rarely see her, as something to remind her of me when she gets older. They were 7.99 I think.

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Damn, I guess this means I camped out for the Hasbro line at Comic Con for nothing

You have not read that wrong. The non transforming Transformers Titan Guardian figures, based on G1 characters models were at first SDCC exclusives and came in a box set at the 2013 show. Two years later, these same toys recieved an individual release at Big Lots, for $5 USD each. And 5 years after first appearing at SDCC, these have now reach Walmart Canada as Walmart exclusives.

An extra wrinkle is that the selection appearing at Walmart Canada is a mix of the G1 toys which were at first SDCC exclusives and the Prime toys. Megatron, Starscream, Optimus and Soundwave are from the G1 line while Shockwave and Bumblebee are from the Prime (Beast Hunters) line. This information was gathered from a few sigthings and the images below come from fellow Seibertronian Sunstar. This fan already owns the SDCC version and commented on the differences:

Here we have SDCC Starscream on the right hand side and walmart ex on the left hand side. they are absolutely identical - with two exceptions as far as I can tell. The hole in the back from the placement of the label for walmarts and the gold canopy seems more gold on the SDCC than on the Walmart variant (seems more bronze).

I found the G1 style ones at Koals like 3 years ago and all of them at Walmart US about a month later. FYI they sat there not selling for ever. And i still say that "Transformers" aren't Transformers unless they transform.

Well, talk about something completely random.

A logic way to milk the molds I guess. ¯\_ツ_/¯

OK, product codes please This is to see if they're completely new, or leftovers from who knows when.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:OK, product codes please This is to see if they're completely new, or leftovers from who knows when.

You can see it on the zoomed in sticker,
SKU: 150672872

UPC: 630509720415

Can't find any on brickseek though

Product page (not in stock online)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff ... 14&veh=aff

Takaratron wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:OK, product codes please This is to see if they're completely new, or leftovers from who knows when.

You can see it on the zoomed in sticker,
SKU: 150672872

UPC: 630509720415

Can't find any on brickseek though

Product page (not in stock online)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff ... 14&veh=aff

I meant the 5-character code on the tags, a letter followed by 4 digits. Like C**** from Titans Return and RiD 2015, or the more current E**** for Power of the Primes....

And I think Starscream's is E2987. The "E" alone means it's a newly produced assortment.