Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Deluxe Class Ratchet Found in Hong Kong Toys R Us

But we can't get it until Christmas?

I can't wait for Ratchet. I hope they fixed the hinges though

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

I hope so, especially since the pre-ordering with Walgreens was bunkum.

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Any possibility for the "outsiders" can't get him in USA?

Microbot wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Any possibility for the "outsiders" can't get him in USA?

Takara release import?

They did it with POTP Wreckgar, so that's a possibility.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Microbot wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Any possibility for the "outsiders" can't get him in USA?

Takara release import?

They did it with POTP Wreckgar, so that's a possibility.

Don't forget Grotusque and Repugnus in a two-pack since Japan did not get these retool initially, being TRU and Amazon exclusives.

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Not from walgreens, been that way for years now.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Not from walgreens, been that way for years now.

Yep, definitely won't see him in Walgreens until they reset the stores ahead of Christmas. Was that way with Brainstorm, the Clones and Wreck Gar. Most other countries that will be getting him will have him a few months ahead of the US. Robot Kingdom should have them pretty early as well. I remember seriously considering pulling the trigger on the clones from robot Kingdom because of how the tail end of TR was winding down and not wanting to miss them. Glad I waited, as they were everywhere once they showed up. Hell one store by me still has one on the shelf.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Microbot wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Any possibility for the "outsiders" can't get him in USA?

Takara release import?

They did it with POTP Wreckgar, so that's a possibility.

we could possibly see him for order at robotkingdom soon

I'm glad so many of y'all love the new Astrotrain, but I'm gonna be skipping him. All of the extra bits just seem like stuff that will need to be stored outside of the shelf he'll be displayed on like has happened for me with Siege Shockwave. Also, without a lot of that mass, he presumably won't be much larger than the already very well-designed TR version that I am a huge fan of. Thus, there is no reason for me to spend $50 for a figure who won't be an upgrade over what I have.

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Not from walgreens, been that way for years now.

We first found out about the 2018 Wreck-Gar in July 2017 and our first look at the figure was finished figure in March 2018 and was in Taiwanese stores in July 2018 (at which point Hasbro still hadn't officially announced him yet), yet we still had to wait until November to buy him. Definitely not coming early.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:

sol magnus wrote:But we can't get it until Christmas?

Maybe more like Oct-Nov?
I wonder though, if these are already produced, could we see them earlier?

Not from walgreens, been that way for years now.

We first found out about the 2018 Wreck-Gar in July 2017 and our first look at the figure was finished figure in March 2018 and was in Taiwanese stores in July 2018 (at which point Hasbro still hadn't officially announced him yet), yet we still had to wait until November to buy him. Definitely not coming early.

Emerje

Contemplate this...on the Tree of Woe.

John Warden interview:



Among the things discussed...

* Siege has been so popular that Hasbro added a Wave 5 to the line.
* Leader Astrotrain is based directly on the G1 cartoon model sheet with cartoon-accurate colors. Included with him is a weapons box that holds a lot of weapons and becomes a tender for the steam train mode and opens up to become a launch gantry in shuttle mode.
* The launch gantry is indeed compatible with the likes of Omega Supreme, Fortress Maximus, and Titans Return Soundwave.
* Warden calls the two Decepticon Micromasters who combine together in vehicle mode "Duocons"
* Warden acknowledges Rung as the popular IDW character that he is, along with Rumble and Ratbat (yes, this Rumble toy is RIRFIB/FIBRIR)
* The Battle Master next to Spinister is identified as Singe
* Confirms Apeface to be completely backwards-compatible with Titans Return Titan Masters.
* Warden pronounces Orthia's name as "Or-THEE-uh"
* Warden calls Ricon a "brand new truck Transformer", suggesting him to be an all new character despite everyone else in the set being a preexisting character.
* He also pronounces Ricon's name as "Ry-con"
* Omega Supreme is expected to ship in the Fall, contrary to some places listing him as an August release. They wanna make sure that Omega is done right, so he's set for a Fall release, not August.
* Warden says Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime is based on the "Armada series"
* Voyager Thundercracker is said to be in the lighter blue of the cartoon
* Confirms that Soundblaster can hold two tapes inside his chest

Anyone know who is re-shipping with Apeface and Astrotrain in wave 5? My guess is Voyager Optimus and Leader Magnus, so families can have big-name s for the holidays, but I'm still hoping Voyager Springer or Leader Optimus have a shot.

Why does this matter? Repacked figures seem to have better chances of getting marked down, like most of the PotP Leaders, PotP Jazz, TR Wolfwire, some Prime Masters, and even Siege Shockwave a few days ago.

Sabrblade wrote:* Warden says Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime is based on the "Armada series.

In other words, Warden says "Please bap me over the head, Aaron Archer."
Speaking of Galaxy Upgrade Optimus Prime, I got him at Target today and am having some serious buyer's remorse.. I passed up Hound and Red Alert to get him, and in hand out of package I'm finding him very "meh". Is it too late to exchange?

Since Wave 5 was added in then, I wonder if the likes of Astrotrain and Ape face etc were supposed to debut in the next part Though I'm a bit confused by it, since Siege is popular because of the toys, not because of the name, so why add a wave five? As long as the toys are of the same quality, what does it matter?

Sabrblade wrote:John Warden interview:

Among the things discussed...

[...]

* Leader Astrotrain is based directly on the G1 cartoon model sheet with cartoon-accurate colors. Included with him is a weapons box that holds a lot of weapons and becomes a tender for the steam train mode and opens up to become a launch gantry in shuttle mode.

Not the final model it seems. The one TOEI Animation used had purple wings. Takara made the same "mistake" with the Legends deco.



Have to say that the storage-box/launchpad/rails gimmick is pretty cool, but the look of the alt-modes put me off the figure.





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Sabrblade wrote:Confirms that Soundblaster can hold two tapes inside his chest

I'm just happy that Soundblaster has red optics. My plan since his leak months ago was to switch his with Soundwave's to give Soundwave the cartoon accurate colored eyes, IF they were indeed red instead of yellow. Anyone know how easy it is to pop the light piping plastic out of Soundwave's head? I hope it's not glued in there.

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fresh from his recent appearance at SDCC, Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Deluxe Class Ratchet has been found in a Toy's R Us in Hong Kong! And it wasn't just one that was found either but a whole shelf full. The sighting appears couresty of fellow Seibertron user, TFanPage101, who found it on the Snakas blog, who presented the picture. According to Snakas, the image was posted to the HK-TF Facebook group.

I'm glad I could help. I hope to find this figure out here soon. We don't have Walgreens and the store that's supposed to sell them in Canada doesn't usually get them here. It's weird.

TFanPage101 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fresh from his recent appearance at SDCC, Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Deluxe Class Ratchet has been found in a Toy's R Us in Hong Kong! And it wasn't just one that was found either but a whole shelf full. The sighting appears couresty of fellow Seibertron user, TFanPage101, who found it on the Snakas blog, who presented the picture. According to Snakas, the image was posted to the HK-TF Facebook group.

I'm glad I could help. I hope to find this figure out here soon. We don't have Walgreens and the store that's supposed to sell them in Canada doesn't usually get them here. It's weird.

What do you mean? EB Games has had the exclusives and they were very easy to find the past 2 years.

william-james88 wrote:What do you mean? EB Games has had the exclusives and they were very easy to find the past 2 years.

Wreckgar can still be found. Beside, if a toy is unavailable at a E.B store, they can check their system and tell us where it can be found. Then simply call and they'll set it aside. There's E.B Games everywhere.

I love the current E.B Games, who is now a pretty decent geek store. Let's hope Gamestop will not bring E.B Games to the grave with them.

BTW, Entertainment Earth cancelled my order of Gen Select Stepper and Lancer for reasons. I'll have to order them from somewhere else in due time.

william-james88 wrote:

TFanPage101 wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Greetings Seibertronians! Fresh from his recent appearance at SDCC, Transformers War for Cybertron Siege Deluxe Class Ratchet has been found in a Toy's R Us in Hong Kong! And it wasn't just one that was found either but a whole shelf full. The sighting appears couresty of fellow Seibertron user, TFanPage101, who found it on the Snakas blog, who presented the picture. According to Snakas, the image was posted to the HK-TF Facebook group.

I'm glad I could help. I hope to find this figure out here soon. We don't have Walgreens and the store that's supposed to sell them in Canada doesn't usually get them here. It's weird.

What do you mean? EB Games has had the exclusives and they were very easy to find the past 2 years.

"Here" being the west coast, more specifically my area. We're like the tail end of the country and usually we don't get all the exclusives. Never saw the clone pack in the stores.

Found this on reddit, not sure if I respect or hate the effort put into this.

Will Walmart release the 35th Anniversary guys at brick and mortar?.....missed out on preordering Bluestreak.....

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

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Found this on reddit, not sure if I respect or hate the effort put into this.

Hate

Finally got Brunt. He is smaller, true, but I love him.

Be careful everyone - you need to gently pull out his forearms in robot mode until they 'click' but it's easy for the whole forearm to pop off the swivel joint if too much force is applied.

Weaponizers feels like owning Micronauts or Diaclone toys it's just too much fun there's so much versatility.

https://transformers.hasbro.com/en-us/teletraan1

ARCWELDER


"Engineer Wheeljack"

Maybe a third retool of Hound then? Just because those are Hounds weapons, then again you've got weapons from all over right there.

Stargrave wrote:Be careful everyone - you need to gently pull out his forearms in robot mode until they 'click' but it's easy for the whole forearm to pop off the swivel joint if too much force is applied.

Yup. Happened to me a zillion times when I was fiddling with him yesterday. He is indeed pretty fantastic though. I somehow spent like an hour messing around with various backpack modes for him with his buddy Full Tilt. Weaponizers are fun even with older figures not designed for the play pattern.

Vic Zanzibar wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Be careful everyone - you need to gently pull out his forearms in robot mode until they 'click' but it's easy for the whole forearm to pop off the swivel joint if too much force is applied.

Yup. Happened to me a zillion times when I was fiddling with him yesterday. He is indeed pretty fantastic though. I somehow spent like an hour messing around with various backpack modes for him with his buddy Full Tilt. Weaponizers are fun even with older figures not designed for the play pattern.

My wife got to hear my ten minute dissertation on the significance of having Brunt now with Trypticon and why that’s important I had diagrams and everything

Did you show her the Powerpoint presentation?

Stargrave wrote:

Vic Zanzibar wrote:

Stargrave wrote:Be careful everyone - you need to gently pull out his forearms in robot mode until they 'click' but it's easy for the whole forearm to pop off the swivel joint if too much force is applied.

Yup. Happened to me a zillion times when I was fiddling with him yesterday. He is indeed pretty fantastic though. I somehow spent like an hour messing around with various backpack modes for him with his buddy Full Tilt. Weaponizers are fun even with older figures not designed for the play pattern.

My wife got to hear my ten minute dissertation on the significance of having Brunt now with Trypticon and why that’s important I had diagrams and everything

Nice job condensing it down to an easily digestible ten minutes.

Amazon delivered Smashdown and he’s just too neat.

Personality-wise though I try not to judge but he’s always in the red and has a serious stick up his butt.

Stargrave wrote:Amazon delivered Smashdown and he’s just too neat.

Personality-wise though I try not to judge but he’s always in the red and has a serious stick up his butt.

Way to hammer out a good joke!
I mean it. No bull!

Remember when all of you said that the Rainmakers looked like knockoffs? And that you wanted more color variation?



Do you take it back now?...

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Remember when all of you said that the Rainmakers looked like knockoffs? And that you wanted more color variation?

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Do you take it back now?...

Dude... you just gave people more reasons to troop-build the Rainmakers for another Seeker army.

Sabrblade wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Remember when all of you said that the Rainmakers looked like knockoffs? And that you wanted more color variation?

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Do you take it back now?...

Dude... you just gave people more reasons to troop-build the Rainmakers for another Seeker army.

80$ for 3 Voyagers is a bargain...

Have fun troop building. I'll be crying in Canada.

Siege Apeface, Astrotrain, Spinister, and the 35th anniversary figures are on preorder at Walmart. They start shipping early October.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Siege Apeface, Astrotrain, Spinister, and the 35th anniversary figures are on preorder at Walmart. They start shipping early October.

Still saying Bluestreak is out of stock...

Still want Lancer.
I'll have to preorder her at BBTS because I'm not allowed to buy it at Entertainment Earth.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still want Lancer.
I'll have to preorder her at BBTS because I'm not allowed to buy it at Entertainment Earth.

Why not wait for it to show up at a canadian retailer? You are stucj waiting months regardless

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still want Lancer.
I'll have to preorder her at BBTS because I'm not allowed to buy it at Entertainment Earth.

Why not wait for it to show up at a canadian retailer? You are stucj waiting months regardless

It will? When, and especially, who will carry the Selects?
For now, I had to buy Ricochet from BBTS because my friend already paid for it. While I was at it, I finally decided to get TR Brainstorm. Now I'll have to hunt G1 Brainstorm to go with the TR one.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still want Lancer.
I'll have to preorder her at BBTS because I'm not allowed to buy it at Entertainment Earth.

Why not wait for it to show up at a canadian retailer? You are stucj waiting months regardless

I don't see why not. The 35th Anniversary versions of G1 and SS38 Primes will be exclusive to EB Games in Australia, so the same might apply to Canada, with other exclusives as well.

Got Screamer. Quite a delight and the chest piece stays on pretty fine for me. I’ll be happy to buy this mold at least a dozen more times.

Vic Zanzibar wrote:Got Screamer. Quite a delight and the chest piece stays on pretty fine for me. I’ll be happy to buy this mold at least a dozen more times.

I'm glad to hear that the chest issue has been resolved. I have played with handled the figure, and it is quite possibly the best Starscream we have to date (Yup, better than the MP)

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

Vic Zanzibar wrote:Got Screamer. Quite a delight and the chest piece stays on pretty fine for me. I’ll be happy to buy this mold at least a dozen more times.

I'm glad to hear that the chest issue has been resolved. I have played with handled the figure, and it is quite possibly the best Starscream we have to date (Yup, better than the MP)

Remember the unkillable Classic Seeker mold?
Well, it's successor is definitely the Siege voyager. I expect that mold to be repainted and retooled for a few years to come.

And I'm glad for it!
Seriously, I want my Coneheads!

Ok so catching up with the Siege images and reveals from SDCC:

Reflector pack: ugh, right after I completed the retail guys. But I really think I will be OK with my retail guys. I can't really justify 2 $60 cameras and basically 6 of the same mold in such a fashion with no real attachment to them.

Impactor 3 Pack: That is the head that should have been on the retail one, that looks much better. Holo Mirage is really cool and I will get him and regular Mirage. Love the Marvel G1 head. Who is Aragon? And what is a Powerdasher?

The previously revealed guys look really good, Astrotrain is my favorite so far.

RUNG!!! That one got me all hyped up. I think the Battlemaster class works out perfectly for him, and he can work with Swerve!

Galactic Man Shockwave is still a pretty easy pass.

Micromasters: I think I'll have to hunt down that set eventually. I like the looks of that pack.

Rainmakers: Really gaudy color schemes, but again I think I'll pick them up. Some new characters for the con shelf, like Redwing hopefully will be.

Kinda funny thinking about getting 5 of that mold but not my favorite seeker or Starscream