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Walmart Canada Proudly Displays Cosmos in their Christmas Toy Catalogue

Posted by william-james88 Oct 21, 2022 at 1:45pm CDT 59,020 views
This made me chuckle, it seems Walmart is well aware of which Tansformers are hotter than others. Walmart released a catalogue in Canada and the page featuring Transformers has the 2 brand new molds Cosmos and Override. While Override has been rather easy to obtain, Cosmos has been a hassle for many Canadians (though the online preorders did pull through) so it definitely adds some salt to the wound to have them promoting a toy that is hard to find. Of course, it could all be a coincidence. Fans of mistransformed shots will love this one of Override. Lastly, while the page shows discount on several toys, the Transformers are not marked down. Not that they need to, Cosmos is selling quite well at 35.97$ CAD plus taxes.

As we learn yesterday, while Hasbro can advise Walmart on case distribution, Walmart has the final say. Which in turn just makes it odd that they promote a toy that they themselves shortpacked. It could of course just be a coincidence since Walmart is huge and the person making the catalogue probably has 0 knowledge of the case assortment or the distribution issues.

Walmart Canada Proudly Displays Cosmos in their Christmas Toy Catalogue
Walmart Canada Proudly Displays Cosmos in their Christmas Toy Catalogue

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Comment by Cyber Bishop Oct 21, 2022
william-james88 wrote:Image


The mis-transformations have my OCD ready to pop..
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Comment by sol magnus Oct 21, 2022
And the prices are nonsense, too!
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Comment by Overcracker Oct 21, 2022
What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....
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Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2022
sol magnus wrote:And the prices are nonsense, too!


Cosmos still sold out in stores and online at those prices.
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Comment by Bumblevivisector Oct 21, 2022
Overcracker wrote:What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....
It's like he's popping a wheelie away from his wheels.

Cosmos looks like he's running off to find RTS Windcharger in that 5 below ad a decade ago.
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Comment by Decepticon Stryker Oct 21, 2022
Hauler’s face suddenly makes a lot more sense. He’s horrified at what’s happened to his friends.
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Comment by Overcracker Oct 21, 2022
Bumblevivisector wrote:
Overcracker wrote:What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....
It's like he's popping a wheelie away from his wheels.

Cosmos looks like he's running off to find RTS Windcharger in that 5 below ad a decade ago.


Yup. Its so strange. Why would anybody do that?
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Comment by D-Maximal_Primal Oct 21, 2022
Decepticon Stryker wrote:Hauler’s face suddenly makes a lot more sense. He’s horrified at what’s happened to his friends.

I share his horror
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Comment by sol magnus Oct 21, 2022
william-james88 wrote:
sol magnus wrote:And the prices are nonsense, too!


Cosmos still sold out in stores and online at those prices.

Oh, I get it. But Canadian prices are the worst...sold out or no.
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Comment by First-Aid Oct 21, 2022
So...are there any qualifications for being a toy photographer like this? Obviously, familiarity with the subject isn't one of them...
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Oct 21, 2022
I never, ever saw Override in stores, nor Scourge. Same thing on Walmart.ca. Both were instantly sold out before I ever had the chance to preorder.

At least I got Cosmos. The pinned shoulders was a very bad design choice.
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Comment by SpaceEagle Oct 21, 2022
I like how, aside from the glaring mistransformations, they also seemed to refuse to have them hold their guns like normal guns. For Road Rocket they just left the blades off to the side instead of even trying to figure out where it goes! :lol:
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Comment by Mkall Oct 21, 2022
I wonder why they didn't use the promo material that we've seen before? Likely left to an intern with time constraints and way too many pictures to take.
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Comment by Mkall Oct 21, 2022
whoops, posted in eror.
Re: Walmart Canada Proudly Displays Cosmos in their Christmas Toy Catalogue (view post)
Comment by william-james88 Oct 21, 2022
-Kanrabat- wrote:I never, ever saw Override in stores, nor Scourge. Same thing on Walmart.ca. Both were instantly sold out before I ever had the chance to preorder.

At least I got Cosmos. The pinned shoulders was a very bad design choice.


I see lots of Scourge and Override in my stores, if you want me to pick it up for you, let me know
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Oct 21, 2022
william-james88 wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:I never, ever saw Override in stores, nor Scourge. Same thing on Walmart.ca. Both were instantly sold out before I ever had the chance to preorder.

At least I got Cosmos. The pinned shoulders was a very bad design choice.


I see lots of Scourge and Override in my stores, if you want me to pick it up for you, let me know


Thanks!
Sending a PM.

No having to suffer through any shipping fees is a boon. ;)^
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Comment by just_aCloud Oct 21, 2022
Amazing how they pretty much made all the transformers look bad in this image.
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Comment by Emerje Oct 22, 2022
I'm actually surprised they figured out what to do with Hauler's gun hand and then somehow stuck his regular gun to the side of his arm.

Emerje
Re: Walmart Canada Proudly Displays Cosmos in their Christmas Toy Catalogue (view post)
Comment by Flashwave Oct 22, 2022
Bumblevivisector wrote:
Overcracker wrote:What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....
It's like he's popping a wheelie away from his wheels.

Cosmos looks like he's running off to find RTS Windcharger in that 5 below ad a decade ago.


Look at the Disc Weapon from Road Rocket, I *think* they were trying to make it look like he launched it like a catapult, whixh wouldn't make much sense for a Disc weapon except thats how the Rotor Force weapons were launched in G2. It just looks bad without and contextualizing.

Override is just melting it looks like.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Oct 22, 2022
Emerje wrote:I'm actually surprised they figured out what to do with Hauler's gun hand and then somehow stuck his regular gun to the side of his arm.

Emerje


I do the same. It looks nice and it's a way to have an "overkill" bot. 8-)

Wait... Now that I've properly seen the picture, WTF am I looking at?

What I do is both hands tuck away, claw on the right, nozzle on the left, and the gun use the side-peg and plug on the left forearm along the nozzle.
What the photographer did here is a mess.

Also, poor Override, not even bothering finishing transforming him. #-o
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