Studio Series 86 Sweep Found Discounted at US Retail + Colour Comparison with Scourge

I think I might actually use Sweep as Scourge. I like the brighter toy blue. The paler blue kind of makes it look like a copy or a clone of the original (which is what Sweeps are).

DeathReviews wrote:They've made FINDING either of these figures more trouble than it's worth in many ways...

That's why Hasbro has made it extra easy to preorder the Sweep. That's all that they can control on their end.

It is odd because when Hotrod & Scourge first started showing up in stores, I only saw Scourge maybe 2 or 3 times (and it was only ever 1 of him), Whereas I saw Hotrod on a regular basis. I don't want to say he was a shelf warmer, but he was always around. Still, I guess with the slowness of product restocking, even all those Hotrods are gone now. Generations Voyagers (Kingdom or SS), only come about once case every few weeks, and they sell quickly.

The Sweeps?

Pah!

Worthless release not even coming with a broom accessory.

o.supreme wrote:It is odd because when Hotrod & Scourge first started showing up in stores, I only saw Scourge maybe 2 or 3 times (and it was only ever 1 of him), Whereas I saw Hotrod on a regular basis. I don't want to say he was a shelf warmer, but he was always around. Still, I guess with the slowness of product restocking, even all those Hotrods are gone now. Generations Voyagers (Kingdom or SS), only come about once case every few weeks, and they sell quickly.

Is Blurr still sticking around or has he sold out as well?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:It is odd because when Hotrod & Scourge first started showing up in stores, I only saw Scourge maybe 2 or 3 times (and it was only ever 1 of him), Whereas I saw Hotrod on a regular basis. I don't want to say he was a shelf warmer, but he was always around. Still, I guess with the slowness of product restocking, even all those Hotrods are gone now. Generations Voyagers (Kingdom or SS), only come about once case every few weeks, and they sell quickly.

Voyagers are going to be a problem for a while since Hasbro is making them 3 to a case meaning someone is always shortpacked. The problem with Scourge is that he was shortpacked 1 for every 2 Hot Rods. Then Hot Rod was shortpacked with Bee movie Screamer in the next wave. That's why you saw him around for a while.

And also people were buying duplicate Scourges to use as Sweeps, since we didn't know about this release yet.

o.supreme wrote:So, who does The Sweep come packed with? I think the last new SS Voyager I saw in store was Starscream (and only once). Haven't seen BB "Thrust" or Wreck-Gar yet.

This case is supposed to be 2 Sweeps, 1 Wreck-Gar.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:It is odd because when Hotrod & Scourge first started showing up in stores, I only saw Scourge maybe 2 or 3 times (and it was only ever 1 of him), Whereas I saw Hotrod on a regular basis. I don't want to say he was a shelf warmer, but he was always around. Still, I guess with the slowness of product restocking, even all those Hotrods are gone now. Generations Voyagers (Kingdom or SS), only come about once case every few weeks, and they sell quickly.

Voyagers are going to be a problem for a while since Hasbro is making them 3 to a case meaning someone is always shortpacked. The problem with Scourge is that he was shortpacked 1 for every 2 Hot Rods. Then Hot Rod was shortpacked with Bee movie Screamer in the next wave. That's why you saw him around for a while.

And also people were buying duplicate Scourges to use as Sweeps, since we didn't know about this release yet.

o.supreme wrote:So, who does The Sweep come packed with? I think the last new SS Voyager I saw in store was Starscream (and only once). Haven't seen BB "Thrust" or Wreck-Gar yet.

This case is supposed to be 2 Sweeps, 1 Wreck-Gar.

Yeah, they kind of mitigated things by making Wreck-Gar shortpacked, but in back to back waves, so you essentially get even distribution of BB Thrust, Wreck Gar and Sweep over 2 waves.

Kinda hoping SS gets a gaming greats line similar to star wars figures, it would be a nice way of getting some newer versions of the baynus game only figures, cell shaded Devy which would probably fit with ss86 stuff, FOC stuff (eeeww) and a 8bit style Ultra Magnus & Rodimus colored Magnus from mystery of Convoy

Rodimus Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Worthless release not even coming with a broom accessory.

If it did we would have to pay leader class price. Like Siege Astrotrain.

Lol, true that!

Razorbeast88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:The Sweeps?

Pah!

Worthless release not even coming with a broom accessory.

Yeah and there isn't even a chimney transformer for them to team up with smh

In the UK, some people might imagine this when they hear of "the Sweeps":

- https://youtu.be/0zThQ4jDNEc

Every time Unicron says "And these shall be your minions, the Sweeps", I imagine them all making that annoying sound effect, and requiring Scourge to translate for them to Galvatron, just like Matthew Corbett.

Anyway, I thought this new version came with a different face? It's a bit silly not to.