Transformers Exclusive WFC Earthrise Thundercracker and Skywarp Found at Target

Rodimus Prime wrote:Target.com still doesn't have them. I guess I'm checking my Target in the morning.

I can say with 100% certainty that target prioritizes it's stores over the site; I know this cuz my studio series scrapper pre-order got delayed by several weeks, but the day I got the email, I found his case being put out on the shelves at my local target - that's right, a pre-order got delayed, but they had already sent that same product to their stores

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Wow, interesting to see us Overseas fans haven't been screwed over by this exclusivity nonsense, for a change.

At least nowadays, it's more "exclusivity" than anything. Hasbro want to sell their toys to the maximum of people after all. That is, unless it's the MPM line to Quebec via Toys R Us.

Speaking of "exclusive", any idea who will pick up the Select Spy Team for Canada? Because I missed the Age 3 And Up preorders like a jackass.

The Rainmakers didn’t show up in my area until Christmas last year. Back in July, the Target website said they were at a store in Long Island and I drove something like 50 miles to find out that they hadn’t been put on the shelves yet. Plus, there was already a guy in the toy isle who said he had been waiting hours for staff to bring them out. I wound up ordering them on eBay for $150.

This year I’m skipping the hunt and going straight to eBay for Skywarp and Thundercracker. Come to think of it, in 10 years of collecting (classics era), I’ve never bought anything from a brick and mortar that hadn’t been out for at least 3 months already.

Guess it's time to start looking. In a way, I was enjoying the break.

Seems like a lot of *firsts* are found in the bay Area, one of the aspects I miss about living there, though general distribution usually starts on the East Coast and moves West (Unless its Walgreens and its the opposite)

I'm living proof as I live only about 100 miles away, and rarely if ever see anything until months later despite living in a largely populated area with many stores to choose from. Its fine, the seeker duo ore not on my bucket list, but I have been itching a bit just to see something new. I believe it when you say the Target stores have priority over the website. I preordered wave 2 and 3 deluxes back in February (wasn't even the BOGO sale), but if I see them anywhere else first, then I'll definitely be canceling those pre-orders. Still hoping to see *something* from wave 2 over the first weekend of July based on nothing but a hunch and probably false hope.

All you folks getting SkyLynx & Scorponok early; enjoy, because who knows when we will be getting them. Also, I know I shouldn't complain because MANY geographical areas do miss out on certain items, but the US is certainly not immune. There are several TF's we never get, so the whole "distributing to the most fans" thing goes out the window, I have no idea what Hasbro's thought process is, or why they do what they do.

MeGrimlock78 wrote:Retailer "Exclusives" are generally just by country. If Best Buy US has an exclusive DVD, Best Buy Canada has first right of refusal on said DVD. If they opt out, another retailer then has the opportunity to pick it up.

Same is true of toys. In Canada, Zellers and TRU would split the Target exclusives.

Still wondering who in Canada will pick this up. I'm thinking EB...

Their existence was first discovered through TRU Canada shelf tags.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:I forsee Maverick being repainted into a GI Joe skystriker.

My first thought when I saw Skylynx was the Defiant Shuttle Complex.

It was said in a leak a while back that we do have a G.I.Joe crossover figure coming sometime soon. At the time I said a Sky Lynx Defiant would be ideal, but now with Maverick revealed I'm leaning towards a Skystriker repaint, maybe named Ace (or probably Captain Ace). I hope Maverick turns out well because it has a lot of potential.

Fasttrack's spear mode looks better than I thought it would. I do wish it had the extra prongs, but if you look closely he does have the prongs sculpted into the underside of his cockpit/inside his chest so maybe the Roritchi repaint will have the details painted red to make them pop out? They wouldn't be visible in bot and alt mode.



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Checked the Targets in El Paso, Texas. Nada, hoping not to miss out on these guys

As I assume the Part Work is drawing to a close (maybe?) they have been releasing a lot more of the GI Joe/Transformers crossovers to fill in the gaps. They all vary wildly in tone and execution. I'm surprised they haven't done more crossover figures. A few of them in Earthrise alone could have been great as knowing redecos or minor retools.

Fasttrack's spear mode is neat but I'm also curious if he has any decent Weaponizer/Modulator configurations for other figures.