Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release

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Site sponsor BigBadToyStore have sent out an email to all people with pre-orders for the Series 5 figures from the Transformers Generations line, with some news about the wave that includes highly anticipated but yet to be revealed Arcee and Chromia. Check it out below.

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HAS23636 Generations 2014 Series 05 - Case of 8 [including Arcee and Chromia]

The estimated time of arrival has been moved from March 2014 to September 2014 due to manufacturer informing us that this assortment will not be available until the Fall of 2014. We apologize for this delay, and will update our website if there are any further changes.

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Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559183)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on March 21st, 2014 @ 12:57pm CDT

Rescheduled to September? Ah, good, that's a couple more meals on the table during the lean months of the summer.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559186)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 21st, 2014 @ 12:59pm CDT

Reasonable. There was no way they were gonna come out as early as BBTS's original preorder release date ridiculously claimed. This date makes far more sense.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559203)
Posted by Mkall on March 21st, 2014 @ 2:22pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Reasonable. There was no way they were gonna come out as early as BBTS's original preorder release date ridiculously claimed. This date makes far more sense.

Agreed. Also explains why wave 4 hasn't shown up yet.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559208)
Posted by Deathscythetransform on March 21st, 2014 @ 2:35pm CDT

All I want is pictures to see which molds they are using. I dont expect new molds for g1 arcee and chromia though. I just hope they wont use the rotf bikes AGAIN!

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559209)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 21st, 2014 @ 2:35pm CDT

Deathscythetransform wrote:All I want is pictures to see which molds they are using. I dont expect new molds for g1 arcee and chromia though. I just hope they wont use the rotf bikes AGAIN!

They can't use those molds for non-Movie purposes.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559217)
Posted by Optimizzy on March 21st, 2014 @ 3:09pm CDT

I too wish they would show us a picture. If they are supposed to be based on IDW designs they are a "probably gonna get" rating for me.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559218)
Posted by Optimizzy on March 21st, 2014 @ 3:11pm CDT

craggy wrote:i hear unconfirmed rumours that Arcee will be red. probably looking a fair bit like the newest comics.

oh...I dont know about the red...I hope its red and white, with more white than red. Too much red going on it seems. Everybody's red.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559242)
Posted by craggy on March 21st, 2014 @ 4:44pm CDT

as much as I'm against the "this toy is a girl's toy and must be pink!" gender-stereotyping that goes on in the toy aisles I really would like if we could just get a pink and white Arcee that looks more or less G1 and turns into a car for our Classics collections. I've wanted one for nearly 30years, and it's not like we've not had an abundance of pink TFs before now. Nearly every 'Con from 88-91 had pink or pastel blue on them.

Still the new IDW design (you can see some of it on the recently News'd article) looks pretty good, the red is still balanced out with white and It doesn't look like Arcee has changed so much that she'll not be some kind of car thing. There's no motorbike kibble I can see at least.

Worst case scenario I get her and Chromia and repurpose Arcee as someone else and get a Motobot or MMC's one.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559243)
Posted by Rated X on March 21st, 2014 @ 4:44pm CDT

Optimizzy wrote:
craggy wrote:i hear unconfirmed rumours that Arcee will be red. probably looking a fair bit like the newest comics.

oh...I dont know about the red...I hope its red and white, with more white than red. Too much red going on it seems. Everybody's red.

If Arcee's gonna be red, Dr. Wu just start planning to make Firestar heads already. Maybe Takara will get it right and give us a pink car. If not we still "officially" have Delicate Warrior and eventually MMC Azela.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559259)
Posted by Downbeat on March 21st, 2014 @ 6:03pm CDT

I'm totally against the whole "girls must be pink and boys must have everything but pink mentality", so as much as I dislike the fact that Arcee was initially pink because she's a girl, it's important that she doesnt get her colors changed to me.

The only reason why she was blue in Prime was because they didn't want Jack to ride a pink motorcyle, because he's a boy. That's lousy. Just as important as girls being allowed to have non-pink toys, boys should be able to have pink things if they want. Arcee being pink and in the boys' toy aisle is a good step. I'd prefer nongendered toy aisles, but this could help.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559279)
Posted by Rated X on March 21st, 2014 @ 7:16pm CDT

Downbeat wrote:I'm totally against the whole "girls must be pink and boys must have everything but pink mentality", so as much as I dislike the fact that Arcee was initially pink because she's a girl, it's important that she doesnt get her colors changed to me.

The only reason why she was blue in Prime was because they didn't want Jack to ride a pink motorcyle, because he's a boy. That's lousy. Just as important as girls being allowed to have non-pink toys, boys should be able to have pink things if they want. Arcee being pink and in the boys' toy aisle is a good step. I'd prefer nongendered toy aisles, but this could help.

Didnt Hasbro get blasted by some mom who was upset that Easy Bake Bake Ovens only came in pink and she wanted to buy one for her son ? :lol:

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559303)
Posted by KnightStrike on March 21st, 2014 @ 9:31pm CDT

Okay, don't get me wrong, I am kind of glad about this as it gives me time to save up for all these awesome releases, but one thing I was wondering about. Didn't Hasbro state that Generations wouldn't disappear from stores when they released movie stuff the way it did during the previous flicks and yet unless I am missing something isn't that is exactly what just happened? The Walmarts around me haven't stocked any TFs in ages now, the same as what happened in the months leading up to each of the previous movie lines hitting shelves and now they reschedule these. I had Scoop pre-ordered and got the same email about him. Like I said, least this way I can save money all summer and avoid retail hunting completely. I will just pre-order everything through BBTS when they get them all listed later

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559329)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 21st, 2014 @ 11:11pm CDT

The reason people think she's gonna be red is because of this:

Arcee just got a new body in Dark Cybertron, and a new body these days is usually a sign of a new toy coming.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559343)
Posted by zodconvoy on March 22nd, 2014 @ 4:18am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:The reason people think she's gonna be red is because of this:

Arcee just got a new body in Dark Cybertron, and a new body these days is usually a sign of a new toy coming.

Milne said he based the new design on the roughs of the upcoming Arcee as the toy isn't done yet so while it will end up being similar, the toy is going to be different. The color probably isn't finalized yet.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559359)
Posted by Hammer on March 22nd, 2014 @ 9:09am CDT

Waves 1,2,5,3 & 4.
Makes perfect sense 8-}

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559682)
Posted by shockblast2 on March 24th, 2014 @ 9:43am CDT

This was to be expected. How can they really call it wave 5 then if some of the TF4 toys will be under the Generations banner? More like wave 8 or 9.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1559685)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 24th, 2014 @ 9:46am CDT

shockblast2 wrote:This was to be expected. How can they really call it wave 5 then if some of the TF4 toys will be under the Generations banner? More like wave 8 or 9.

Technically, there will be two categorical lines of Generations running concurrently. AOE and the Classics-style ones. These will be Wave 5 of the latter.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1560035)
Posted by shockblast2 on March 25th, 2014 @ 9:17am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:This was to be expected. How can they really call it wave 5 then if some of the TF4 toys will be under the Generations banner? More like wave 8 or 9.
Technically, there will be two categorical lines of Generations running concurrently. AOE and the Classics-style ones. These will be Wave 5 of the latter.

If so, then why the gap? We had new waves every month so far this year except March. So Jan, Feb, then April, then September. What about May, June July, and August? Furthermore, I do not see big box retailers holding pegs for separate Generations lines. That doesn't make sense.

Re: Transformers Generations Series 5 (Arcee, Chromia) Rescheduled for September Release (1560070)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 25th, 2014 @ 10:47am CDT

shockblast2 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
shockblast2 wrote:This was to be expected. How can they really call it wave 5 then if some of the TF4 toys will be under the Generations banner? More like wave 8 or 9.
Technically, there will be two categorical lines of Generations running concurrently. AOE and the Classics-style ones. These will be Wave 5 of the latter.

If so, then why the gap? We had new waves every month so far this year except March. So Jan, Feb, then April, then September. What about May, June July, and August? Furthermore, I do not see big box retailers holding pegs for separate Generations lines. That doesn't make sense.

I guess we'll just have to wait and see what's up.