Transformers Universe: Mini-Con sweet figures.

He said so, but I would prefer if he sent us a few picks of the figures.

Doesnt say where he found them.

Ravage XK wrote:Doesnt say where he found them.

Going back and reviewing it, I think he said Tesco service stations.

IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these. I will be more than willing to send some US exclusives your way.

I can tell you that the pictures on the packaging show the same deco's -at least as far as I could tell when I saw them in The Entertainer toy shop a few weeks back.

I have the 12-pack, so I didn't buy any and, thus, can't tell you if the actual figures are different.

If they are different, I can imagine it's likely only in the way that some of the 12-pack mini-cons differ from the stock images, like Skyhammer's face:

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Image:Universe_s ... _robot.jpg
http://www.tfu.info/2008/Decepticon/Sky ... otmode.jpg

EDIT:

Counterpunch wrote:IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these.

I'd be happy to help a fellow mini-con fan

Counterpunch wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Doesnt say where he found them.

Going back and reviewing it, I think he said Tesco service stations.

IF these are different, I would appreciate someone in the UK helping me out in obtaining these. I will be more than willing to send some US exclusives your way.

Ah, thanks. Will check my local Tesco out on the way home. Need to go anyway. I'll pick a few up if I find them.

Also, I would love a hookup of a full set.

If anyone can figure out how many are in a case, what the distribution is, and what a full case costs, it may be more economical to ship a case to one of us in the states for redistribution.

Im not too much into mini cons. I pick em up at the flea market when I see em used in a pile of small toys. But I dont like em enough to buy blind and gorge on junk candy to get em. Thats a little too extreme.

Dead Metal wrote:To our US readers, candy is the American word for sweets.

Corrected

Dead Metal wrote:The Mini-Cons inside of these packs are supposed to have different pain applications

Interesting!

Seriously though, I want. Buying sweets and getting a toy. I want.

Hmmm... it appears that it is time to once again tap into my resources in other countries.

I'm in the process of putting some pics up now, If you guys can bear with me, my computer is a piece of crap.
I'll also copy the email I sent so you can read all the info I put in it that didnt get carried over in the news article.

I'm also eating the "candy" now. It's far too sugary for kids so I will have to say this product is not suitable for them, only collectors (adults) should eat this.

Here's what I said in the email:
I have found packets of sweets on sale marked as being under the Universe sub-line containing single repackaged (and mostly redecoed, i think) Woolworth's (UK) / K-mart (US)exclusive mini-cons from the 2009 Universe 12 pack.
All 12 are available; I got Brimstone in a slightly different paint scheme: the mustard yellow is replaced with bright green and the dark green replaced with a lighter shade. this seems contrary to the packaging, which at first glance appears to show all 12 mini-cons in their original paint schemes but on closer inspection does show subtle differences to the original releases.
For those in the UK who are interested, this assortment seems to be UK exclusive as the packet states "confectionery made in the UK" and as far as I know is only available in Tesco service stations (that's where I found mine). The item was priced as £1.99 and contained s handful of sweets as well as the mini-con (I got 4 cola bottles).
(I will post images as soon as I can as the news submission form contains no facility to attach images.)
also the packet shows a 2010 trademark, so it's new.it also says "manufactured by The Little Factory under license from hasbro" does this mean theyre not made by hasbro? there is a hasbro logo on the packet.

here's the pics:
i've included a comparison shot with the original 12 pack brimstone. as you can see the yellow's gone and you can just make out the green on thw wings and arms is different. i dont know about any of the other figures being different paint schemes as the package shows them as they were originally.
there is no mold degradation as far as I can tell with this figure. the legs are loose at the knees but otherwise everything's solid. the wings actually appear to have more positive ratcheting (is that what you call it?) / notched jointing than the original but that might be because i've worn mine out, i'm not sure.

Well, that tears it...

Who can hook me up with the different ones?

I'll be happy to return the favor.

nice where abouts in the uk is it

Counterpunch wrote:Well, that tears it...

Who can hook me up with the different ones?

I'll be happy to return the favor.

if i can get any and i get duplicates i will contact you and let you know which one

Cool, can anyone say stocking filler? I guess we won't be hearing complaints about the UK not getting stuff. £2 for a minicon and some sweets, bargin.

Yes, please.

I got mine from the Tesco petrol station in Broadstairs, Kent.
if I get any duplicates, I'll let people know through either the uk sightings forum or here. Pm me if you want them (that's if I get any, I've already got the original 12 pack so there isn't really a reason for me to actively hunt these down.)

I wonder if they will be available in Ireland

Updated the news article and the first post with the new images and, well the information I forgot to mention.

They have these in Dollar General but on the card of course for $5

Wheeljack35 wrote:They have these in Dollar General but on the card of course for $5

No man, you're missing the important small detail...

There ARE (at least one) confirmed variations.

Welcome to Thunderdome...er, Micron collecting.

Wasp-shot23 wrote:I got mine from the Tesco petrol station in Broadstairs, Kent.
if I get any duplicates, I'll let people know through either the uk sightings forum or here. Pm me if you want them (that's if I get any, I've already got the original 12 pack so there isn't really a reason for me to actively hunt these down.)

Same here, I'm totally up for supplying (or swapping for anybody's own spare mini-cons!) if there are any left in my local shop.

The first Brimstone I find is mine though, I love that mould. That reminds me, I'm after Classics Nightscream, and I'll gladly do a swap for one of these new guys!

Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

Cos you get cool stuff like wave 2 onwards.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

US citizens envying the UK getting TFs they don't? Did I wake up in a parallel universe where up is down and black is white?

The Legend wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

US citizens envying the UK getting TFs they don't? Did I wake up in a parallel universe where up is down and black is white?

yeah, lol.
At least in the us you could go and walk into a walmart and buy jazz right now, I'm gonna have to wait months for him.

Wasp-shot23 wrote:

The Legend wrote:

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

US citizens envying the UK getting TFs they don't? Did I wake up in a parallel universe where up is down and black is white?

yeah, lol.
At least in the us you could go and walk into a walmart and buy jazz right now, I'm gonna have to wait months for him.

Then pay 2 to 3 times the price for it.

Damn straight.
Maybe I'd send out a few mini-cons to someone who sent me a jazz...?
Lol joke, I didn't mean that...but....

See!? This is the kind of stuff Hasbro should be doing in the U.S. as well, since Armada came out back on '03! Just toss minicons into cereal boxes, and have a label saying "Hey, kids! Buy our teeth rotting cereal and get a FREE Transformers minicon toy!" I'd jump on that promotion in a heart beat!

awesome, not a huge fan of these minicons, but I do like impossibly sugary sweets

Energon fizzy jellies? Right on!

None in Tesco, plenty in Tesco petrol station. I got Suppressor and Boltflash and they are identical to the box-set versions, QC aside. The sweets are made of old glue. There may be variants, looks like Waspy found one. This could become a sub-habit.....

Now the question is, how many variants exist for each Mini-Con? And how rare are they?
This could prove to be expensive as f**k to have an entire set.

Just been to my local Tesco store in Maidstone and they had nothing. There is another that my sister uses so will ask her to check that one out for me.

Bit of a treasure hunt.

Ok, so far I need that Green dragon variant. Please let me know if you get one and would be willing to ship it off or trade.

Thanks!

Megatron Wolf wrote:Why does the US never get anything cool like this? Oh wait we get crappy Halo ones thats right. I remember growing up there were a ton of blind figure things with & without candy, now theres none.

We also got the blind packed Lego minifigs via Borders.

FYI, the Halo minifigs are awesome.

I cant do it...

Im not buying kiddie candy. I have no problem telling a cashier that figures are for me because Im a collector. But buying candy at a toystore, I couldnt live it down.

Ravage XK wrote:Just been to my local Tesco store in Maidstone and they had nothing. There is another that my sister uses so will ask her to check that one out for me.

Bit of a treasure hunt.

You don't look in the shop, look in the petrol station. The big shop won't have any as far as I know.

Wasp-shot23 wrote:You don't look in the shop, look in the petrol station. The big shop won't have any as far as I know.

OK, checking both Tesco Express and petrol station on the way home.

Wasp-shot23 wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Just been to my local Tesco store in Maidstone and they had nothing. There is another that my sister uses so will ask her to check that one out for me.

Bit of a treasure hunt.

You don't look in the shop, look in the petrol station. The big shop won't have any as far as I know.

Word. I scoured the place and there was no sign of them but the petrol station outside had them in abundance. Don't know why, don't get it but there it is. This was Tesco Extra in Newport.

Ok, have been monitoring this thread but not had time to post, so this is what I've figured so far...

I'll edit THIS post with any info we do or don't find. I found contact info for the confectionary company concerned and have emailed them, but have yet to recieve a response.

The teams are as follows;

Safeguard Team

Flatfoot @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).
Heavytread @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).
Makeshift @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).

Overcast Team

Boltflash @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).
Cloudraker @TFU - "Remoulded Rotor/Vibrant Green" Variant found 12thDec2010 .
Skyhammer @TFU- No known variant found at time of writing, but all samples misassembled (Sample found).

Landslide Team

Backstop @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).
Bodyblock @TFU - "Orange Suspension" Variant found 12thDec2010.
Knockdown @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).

Ransack Team

Blight @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample found).
Brimstone @TFU - "Green Dragon" Variant found 07thDec2010.
Supressor @TFU - No known variant at time of writing (Sample Found).

EDIT: List now complete as of 13thDec2010, with all 12 Mini-Cons found and the variants documented. Thanks go to Wasp-shot 23 for starting the whole hunt off, JGR for his awesome knowledge and keen eye, Mr.O and Phill_D for providing comaparisons and second opinions as needed

Please post here or PM me with your findings, hopfully before long we will have a complete and accurate list. I have included links to TFwiki and TFU, one uses stock photography, the other doesn't. Check your figures agaisnt both and the 12 pack if you have it for a comprehensive comparison.

One thing, were all 12 of these released as single cards? If so is there any chance that the variants have already been released but were dismissed as being simple re-packages and due to low distribution, subsequently flew under the radar of most collectors?

I have been unable to find any decent pictures of the carded versions, maybe a US fan could help us out with that one?

Clarified by JelZe GoldRabbit three posts down, thanks buddy!.

Whilst I appreciate a double post is a little unorthodox, I want to keep the reference post "clean", so I hope you all understand on this occasion.

Anyways, hit my local last night and bought three of these. I scored Boltflash, Supressor and Skyhammer.

Skyhammer would appear to be a (albeit slight) variant



See the red paint between the two engines at the rear? That is absent on my 12pk and also on the picture at TFU. Interestingly it is present on the "stock-photography" shown on TFwiki, my reference post reflects this and I have classified it as such.

Mine are still bagged, so MR.O could I trouble you to check the colur of the visor on Boltflash, we could be looking for details that small!

EDIT: Many thanks to Wasp-shot23 for correcting me, mine is misassembled, NOT a variant. I've left the picture in situ for reference. See the TFwiki link above for a view of misassembled stock-photography!

Here are the ones that were individually carded:

Boltflash
Makeshift
Blight
Brimstone
Suppressor
Bodyblock

They were all identical to the K-Mart 12-pack releases.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Here are the ones that were individually carded:

Boltflash
Makeshift
Blight
Brimstone
Suppressor
Bodyblock

They were all identical to the K-Mart 12-pack releases.

Mate, I'd kiss you, but it might be miscontrued

Legend as always, thanks for the clarification. I wasn't sure if it was the whole box-set or not.

If we get enough info on these variants I'll write and post an article about them.
Keep this going mates!
Any and all variants you find post them with pics. That should make it easier for us all to see which ones will be needed for our Mini-Con collecting friends overseas.

Man this is pretty exiting, I'll contact my uncle and ask him to get a couple for me and I'll have a look if I can find them over here, we sometimes get stuff like this at odd little shops.

Despite there being only some variants, I firmly believe I want a full set.

Razorclaw0000 wrote:Despite there being only some variants, I firmly believe I want a full set.

Variations only for me please and thank you United Kingdom.