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Is anyone in the US still missing a Kingdom Red Alert? For all intents and purposes, this toy was an online exclusive in the US and if anyone waited to see him in stores and never did, well now you have a chance to get him online again. He was restocked a week ago so this is more of an FYI in case it helps. Let us know if it does. We thank fellow Seibertronian TF-fan kev777 for letting us know.
TF-fan kev777 wrote:So kind of random, but Walgreens.com appears to have Kingdom Red Alert available for shipping if you missed out.
Fellow Seibertronian SGMLordMirage found the Walmart exclusive Funko Pop Optimus Prime ornament today. Yes, that means Walmarts are already putting up Christmas decorations in early Septeber.
SGMLordMirage wrote:Found this at a local Walmart today in Nixa, MO. Gotta love Walmart for already putting out Christmas stuff. This Hallmark Ornaments Funko Pop Optimus Prime measures around 3 1/2 inches tall. Even though it has some scratches or scuff marks it is still pretty detailed for the size.
Here's something many of you Americans thought you would never hear or see again: news of plenty of exclusive Transformers at a Toysrus in the US. The Toysrus store at American Dream Mall in New Jersey does indeed have the exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Creatures Collide set. And from the looks of it, they have a lot. As the person who posted the photo below wrote, they are "swimming in 'em". They are currently being sold for $74.99.
With Toysrus Canada having fallen from grace with very little Transformers product available, being late with releases and charging higher than any other direct retailer (winning strategy right there), the only two Canada wide brick and mortar locations left for new Transformers is Walmart and Gamestop. And Gamestop happens to be where Transformers are found first and that is why these new Canadian sightings are from Gamestop and why that will be the case for most new sightings of mainline toys in Canada. Jhiaxus has been found there, as was deluxe Sidesways from the third wave of 2022 Studio Series deluxes. SS86 Arcee has been found in Gamestop as well.
This Classic Heroes Team line is on a roll. Not only did we get our first Decepticon recently, that being G1 Megatron as a drill tank, but now we have Beast Wars Megatron too. This toy is an homage to the very first Beast Wars Megatron basic toy which also turned into a Crocodile. And funny enough it was a one step too, like this toy. This toy was found on Toysrus shelves in the Philippines by Cubedude. Speaking of toys which transform in just one step, we now know of the next wave of rereleased One Steps for the Buzzworthy Bumblebee line. The pictures come from JT Prime17. This is simply to have affordable Transformers products on shelves at all times for kids and parents and while having more Optimus and Megatron (Cybertronian tank in this case) is routine, it is cool to see that Sky-Byte is being reissued as well. These one steps have already been found on shelves in Target.
Fellow Seibertronian Whirlkick has some fun news for fans in the Uk looking for deals. Here is what they wrote:
I've got some Transformers sighting news for you
I was in TK Maxx in the UK today and saw that they had some Studio Series 86 and live action figures, as well as Kingdom Tigatron. I took some photos of what I saw [you can see them below].
The prices can be found in the pictures. Scavenger is still pretty expensive but a discount is always nice. Everyone else is pretty well reduced in price though.
While the wave 2 deluxe class figures have been available at specialty retailers, like comic shops, in the Us for over a month, they never hit full on retail. Well, they have now. A few fans posted their sightings on this Facebook group. All sightings are from Targets but we have sightings in both Arizona and California. This wave includes Tarantulas, Elita-1, Wild Rider and Knockout.
While the rescue Bots Line is technically over, the style of figure and it's spcae at retail is very much alive, with new entries too. One that's been found in the US in the past month, we have a sighting below from fellow Seibetronian Rysquad, is the new Megatron mold, the first ever Decepticon found in that line. If you have seen it and are curious as to what it's all about, we have a video review for you below.
Enjoy!
chuckdawg1999 wrote:It's incredible to think that for all the time that Rescue Bots has been around, the longest-running Transformers line, Megatron of all characters hasn't made an appearance, until now. Sure, this is a simplified figure, but it's cool to see Megs reimagined as a drill tank, a standard of Japanese mecha stories. If you collect Rescue Bots then adding Megatron to your collection is a must.
Rysquad wrote:Found Megatron at Walmart in Temecula, CA.
We have news that Transformers Studio Series 2022 Wave 3, or wave 17 as it is referenced by certain retailers, has been found at US retail. ApocalypseThruster found them at a Target in California. This wave has no repacks and of the 3 new toys, it is Bumblebee who ends up shortpacked. Here are the full contents:
2x Dark of the Moon Bumblebee
3x Revenge of the Fallen Sideways
3x Arcee
We also have reviews for Arcee and Sideways if you want to get to know more about those toys before picking them up.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Sideways is a bot of many hats. Herald of Unicron, glorified movie cameo, and Master Yogi to name a few. As far as I can tell this isn't a licensed car, which is ok as it allows for more wiggle room with the design and it shows. This is one of the few car transformers I didn't struggle with getting panels lined up and pegged into place. Robot mode is squat and lanky but once you have the legs bent properly they hold Sideways up well and it's pretty posable. If you've been looking for some of the more obscure characters from the live-action movies to get a figure, Sideways is a solid purchase.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:When Studio Series 86 Arcee was originally announced, many fans thought it would be a slight repaint of the current Earthrise mold that has been re-released in the Kingdom line. Well SS86 Arcee is a heavy retool of the older 30th-anniversary mold that results in the best G1 Arcee we've gotten to date, it's by no means perfect though. Transformation is a bit more involved than you would think, especially when you realize that having enough clearance in vehicle mode is a difference of millimeters. Car mode is the closest to the G1 animation I've seen, I'm very impressed with how the designers were able to pull it off. Unfortunately, there is still a sizable backpack to deal with in robot mode, but the joints are tight enough for now to handle it. There are plenty of better Arcee toys, but if you're looking for a pure G1 experience this is the best you can do.
Countries outside the US never know for sure if they will get a line of exclusives until they are found on shelves. So I'm happy to report that Australians have been finding the Velocitron line on shelves. It is a KMart exclusive in Australia and the entire first wave, from deluxes to the leader, have been found. Many sightings come from the Moreton Bay area, in Queensland. That's where the image below was taken by gollumn6874 who posted it on the TFW2005 message boards. It's interesting how for this particular line, continents from across the globe are getting these and distributing them within their respective stores (be it Smiths, Walmart or KMart) at the same time.
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