Transformers Titan Class Trypticon Found at US Retail

Posted by william-james88 Jul 11, 2017 at 10:46am CDT 18,541 views

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Trypticon is OUT!!!! Not only is he shipping from online retailers like BBTS (for those who preordered him), but he has appeared at US retail. The picture below comes from a sighting at a Think Geek store in Oklahoma. The price is the MSRP of $150 and it was found by TFW2005 board member Heat Guy.

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Comment by Carnivius_Prime Jul 11, 2017

That's a lot of money for dodgy legs.

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Comment by galvatron00 Jul 11, 2017

Carnivius_Prime wrote:That's a lot of money for dodgy legs.

LOLOLOL

We didn't really have any out of the box major issues with the other Titans did we? I mean yeah, Metro and Maxi have legs that collapse under their own weight sometimes but they didn't break.

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Comment by mazingaspidey Jul 11, 2017

Has anyone actually confirmed that the legs are breaking? All I've seen are videos with people concerned about them, but no actual breaking yet.

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Comment by mordhelm Jul 11, 2017

Wait, Trypticon is shipping for some people from BBTS? I thought I was one of the first to pre-order (I even got a News credit here for being the first to mention it). Do certain people get priority regardless of order time?

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Comment by Randomhero Jul 11, 2017

I checked out in Des Moines Iowa. Nothing at the toysrus yet.

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Comment by Overcracker Jul 11, 2017

mazingaspidey wrote:Has anyone actually confirmed that the legs are breaking? All I've seen are videos with people concerned about them, but no actual breaking yet.

Qwan back in page 24 of this very thread posted some pics of the damage and explanation. He followed up with a fix tutorial in page 26.

transformers-generations-titan-class-trypticon-thread-t108671s575.php#p1892170

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Comment by Cprime18 Jul 11, 2017

I just checked my local thinkgeek and found 4

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Comment by mazingaspidey Jul 11, 2017

I saw that, but has the damage been displayed on any other toys? One person's report doesn't mean it's an epidemic and you can't rule out improper handling until it's replicated via normal use.

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Comment by Overcracker Jul 11, 2017

Since its just now starting to get a full release, we may need to wait a bit before we get actual reports of it.

If it even is a QC issue affecting more than a few samples.

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Comment by DeathReviews Jul 11, 2017

Nice. How do you find the hips? Do they carry all the flaws that have been profiled in other threads, or was that just a fluke?

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Comment by DeathReviews Jul 11, 2017

mordhelm wrote:Wait, Trypticon is shipping for some people from BBTS? I thought I was one of the first to pre-order (I even got a News credit here for being the first to mention it). Do certain people get priority regardless of order time?

I feel thine agony. I had it on pre-order too. Guess some pre-order is more 'order' than 'pre'.....

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Comment by Kurona Jul 11, 2017

So if your Trypticon's hip thingy does turn out to be a dud one, what's the extent of the damage? Is it as bad as causing parts to fall off, or does it just become very loose and unable to support anything? Is it something you could viably take back to the store to return it and say "hey this is broken gimme my money back"?

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Comment by MadProject Jul 11, 2017

itscramtastic wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:That's a lot of money for dodgy legs.
LOLOLOL

We didn't really have any out of the box major issues with the other Titans did we? I mean yeah, Metro and Maxi have legs that collapse under their own weight sometimes but they didn't break.

Devastator too didn't have any issue of that kind

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Comment by Dr. Caelus Jul 11, 2017

Kurona wrote:So if your Trypticon's hip thingy does turn out to be a dud one, what's the extent of the damage? Is it as bad as causing parts to fall off, or does it just become very loose and unable to support anything? Is it something you could viably take back to the store to return it and say "hey this is broken gimme my money back"?

That probably depends on the store, but in most cases, I imagine so.

If his ratchet-jointed legs become loose to the point that he can't stand up, I'm sure that in itself is either 'broken' or 'defective' enough by the standards of Wal-Mart or Target to exchange.

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Comment by Optimum Supreme Jul 11, 2017

Trypticon is OUT!!!! Not only is he shipping from online retailers like BBTS (for those who preordered him), but he has appeared at US retail. The picture below comes from a sighting at a Think Geek store in Oklahoma.

I don't think a small chain of specialty shops counts as "being out" at retail any more than BBTS shipping preorders does. Try again when it shows up en masse at TRU, Walmart, Target, etc. you know, actual mass retail. (not that it'll show up at any of the ones in my area :HEADHURTS:

)

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Comment by RiddlerJ Jul 11, 2017

No worries. Hasbro is promptly sending out replacement legs to all defective Trypticons.

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Comment by Optimum Supreme Jul 11, 2017

MadProject wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:That's a lot of money for dodgy legs.
LOLOLOL

We didn't really have any out of the box major issues with the other Titans did we? I mean yeah, Metro and Maxi have legs that collapse under their own weight sometimes but they didn't break.

Devastator too didn't have any issue of that kind

Some people had issues with a tab on Scrapper that keeps his scoop/blade/whatever in position for foot mode snapping off when transforming. I don't know the level of widespread it was, it hasn't happened on mine (mine did have two right hands, though, a completely different, one off issue!)

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 11, 2017

Optimum Supreme wrote:
MadProject wrote:
itscramtastic wrote:
Carnivius_Prime wrote:That's a lot of money for dodgy legs.
LOLOLOL

We didn't really have any out of the box major issues with the other Titans did we? I mean yeah, Metro and Maxi have legs that collapse under their own weight sometimes but they didn't break.

Devastator too didn't have any issue of that kind

Some people had issues with a tab on Scrapper that keeps his scoop/blade/whatever in position for foot mode snapping off when transforming. I don't know the level of widespread it was, it hasn't happened on mine (mine did have two right hands, though, a completely different, one off issue!)

I had that issue but it was because transforming wasnt done in the proper order for that particular peg. Mistransforming it would lead to a snap on any version, Hasbro or Takara. That was more the user`s fault (I would know, I did the same mistake). Of course the debate remains on how much Hasbro or Takara shoudl rely on the user respecting the precise instructions.

mazingaspidey wrote:I saw that, but has the damage been displayed on any other toys? One person's report doesn't mean it's an epidemic and you can't rule out improper handling until it's replicated via normal use.

We will find out soon enough

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 11, 2017

Optimum Supreme wrote:
Trypticon is OUT!!!! Not only is he shipping from online retailers like BBTS (for those who preordered him), but he has appeared at US retail. The picture below comes from a sighting at a Think Geek store in Oklahoma.

I don't think a small chain of specialty shops counts as "being out" at retail any more than BBTS shipping preorders does. Try again when it shows up en masse at TRU, Walmart, Target, etc. you know, actual mass retail. (not that it'll show up at any of the ones in my area )

It does count. If we waited for the combienr box sets to show up at your retail to write an article saying they were out, we still wouldnt have an article.

Point is, its out somewhere so it might come out elsewhere.

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Comment by TF-fan kev777 Jul 11, 2017