Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic

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This is the moment that many of us have been waiting months for! Takara Tomy Mall has begun taking pre-orders on the first two Japanese Transformers Generations Selects Seacons, Turtler (Snaptrap) and Gulf (Scalor). As expected they're being sold as singles, but are also available in pairs with this duo being designated "wave 1" (no pun intended I'm sure). And along with the pre-orders come our first colored stock photos. They're looking great with decos fairly accurate to the original figures including an appropriate use of chrome on Turtler's shield. And, yes, Gulf has a gun mode! The combiner peg appears to stick in the back of the hand part with the hand peg becoming the handle.

The price is set at ￥11,124 (about $104 USD) and scheduled for release in late January 2020. Photos can be found below, but that's not all! We're also given our first new comic entry featuring Galvatron, Turtler, and non other than Beast Wars II Halfshell. Perhaps they're already planting seeds for a future repaint? Too early to say since his design is still based on the original figure, but it sure would be great!

Are you excited for the return of the Seacons? How are you fealing about that price tag? Sound off in the Energon Pub forums below and let us know what you think!

Credit(s): Takara Tomy Mall

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Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032861)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:22pm CDT

Emerje wrote:Surprise! They're not singles like first believed but actually sold in pairs with this duo being designated "wave 1" (no pun intended I'm sure).

They are being sold separately OR together.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032862)
Posted by skycutter on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:23pm CDT

i hope there not takra tomy mall exclusive and if they are, they don't stay that way for long

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032863)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:25pm CDT

skycutter wrote:i hope there not takra tomy mall exclusive and if they are, they don't stay that way for long

They are. Other online retailers like BBTS and TFSource tend to get a hold of TTM exclusives.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032865)
Posted by Emerje on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:28pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Emerje wrote:Surprise! They're not singles like first believed but actually sold in pairs with this duo being designated "wave 1" (no pun intended I'm sure).
They are being sold separately OR together.

Would you look at that. I have an account with TTM and the special news letter they sent out for the figures started with a link to the two pack, but scrolling further down it does have links to the individuals. I'll update that really quickly.

Emerje

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032867)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:39pm CDT

Looking forward to this comic's translation. Did including the BWII space-pirate Seacons make someone think "One Piece homage", so they had Galvatron eat devil-fruit? It sort of reminds me of that April-Fools comic page where he was eating sheep.

Great to see official gun modes, but now I'm wondering if they'll each have stands, or capture the spirit of Siege and be interchangeable Targetmasters for any Cons strong enough to pass around.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032868)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:42pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
skycutter wrote:i hope there not takra tomy mall exclusive and if they are, they don't stay that way for long
They are. Other online retailers like BBTS and TFSource tend to get a hold of TTM exclusives.

Are you sure, though? Isn't that what we thought about Star Convoy?

I mean. You're more knowledgeable on the whole about all things, but it seems like something that will be on Pulse eventually.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032869)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:44pm CDT

DecepticonFinishline wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
skycutter wrote:i hope there not takra tomy mall exclusive and if they are, they don't stay that way for long
They are. Other online retailers like BBTS and TFSource tend to get a hold of TTM exclusives.

Are you sure, though? Isn't that what we thought about Star Convoy?

I mean. You're more knowledgeable on the whole about all things, but it seems like something that will be on Pulse eventually.

The product pages call them TakaraTomy Mall exclusives.

Star Convoy is as well, but he's also coming to Hasbro Pulse as a direct import similar to how BBTS and TFSource also sell TTM exclusives. We'll have to wait and see who all will get to carry these Seacons as imports.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032870)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on August 1st, 2019 @ 11:46pm CDT

These Seacons are eye-searing in all the right ways! :-D

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032871)
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2019 @ 12:03am CDT

Here's hoping for Beast Wars II Seacon Space Pirates set!

Still makes me bummed that we never saw a G1 toy Gestalt set at BotCon (or other convention) featuring BWII "Nautilator" alongside G1 versions of Rook, "Blast Off", Alpha Bravo and Offroad. Now that would have been an amazing set. Ah, one day!

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032873)
Posted by Sentinel_Primal on August 2nd, 2019 @ 12:17am CDT

Seibertron wrote:Here's hoping for Beast Wars II Seacon Space Pirates set!

Still makes me bummed that we never saw a G1 toy Gestalt set at BotCon (or other convention) featuring BWII "Nautilator" alongside G1 versions of Rook, "Blast Off", Alpha Bravo and Offroad. Now that would have been an amazing set. Ah, one day!

Oh, now I wish that Generations Selects would do some G1 toys too. Specifically a combiner with BWII "Nautilator" as the Targetmaster, the other 4 as limbs for an Optimus-themed repaint of G1 Motormaster to serve as G1 Optimus Maximus :lol:

Actually, I would probably buy it despite not collecting G1 toys just because of the ludicrousness and borderline blasphemous nature of it :shock:

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032874)
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:00am CDT

Sentinel_Primal wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Here's hoping for Beast Wars II Seacon Space Pirates set!

Still makes me bummed that we never saw a G1 toy Gestalt set at BotCon (or other convention) featuring BWII "Nautilator" alongside G1 versions of Rook, "Blast Off", Alpha Bravo and Offroad. Now that would have been an amazing set. Ah, one day!

Oh, now I wish that Generations Selects would do some G1 toys too. Specifically a combiner with BWII "Nautilator" as the Targetmaster, the other 4 as limbs for an Optimus-themed repaint of G1 Motormaster to serve as G1 Optimus Maximus Actually, I would probably buy it despite not collecting G1 toys just because of the ludicrousness and borderline blasphemous nature of it

Wow, I hadn't thought of a G1 Motormaster as Optimus Prime before. That would be pretty awesome. I'd love some retroactive G1 toys as their Combiner Wars selves. Optimus would make a great addition, especially in a gift set with the other figures to give those characters their proper G1 toys. Heck, with the Motormaster mold we'd even get a Roller mini figure as well for the "Optimus Maximus" chest piece. Any of this would be something fun to see done with this brand!

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032876)
Posted by Stargrave on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:20am CDT

Wave 1!

That was hilarious.

Now that sure reminds me of Legends comics art hey Sabr are you able to help translate any of the story?

Anyone else got that ‘sea sea seasea sea sea seasea’ song stuck in their head? Now you do.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032877)
Posted by Vic Zanzibar on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:31am CDT

Got Red Wing. Very red. Very Seekery. Very smirky. Oh, and the Seacons look awesome.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032878)
Posted by Emerje on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:50am CDT

Vic Zanzibar wrote:Got Red Wing. Very red. Very Seekery. Very smirky.

Emerje

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032884)
Posted by Powered Convoy on August 2nd, 2019 @ 4:41am CDT

I guess you guys missed that I posted this about 20 minutes earlier than in this thread....

turtler-and-gulf-full-color-images-pre-order-at-takaratomy-mall-t113376.php

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032888)
Posted by Munkky on August 2nd, 2019 @ 6:41am CDT

The Seacons look decent enough, though I have no real attachment to the G1 Seacons so I probably won't buy them. However, Chris McFeely's video on the Seacons made Half-Shell the Space Pirates sound like great characters, so if those repaints are also on the way I might try to get them.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032889)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:15am CDT

I might be a bit behind but are these going to be released in the US or solely a Japanese exclusive.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032890)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:24am CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:I might be a bit behind but are these going to be released in the US or solely a Japanese exclusive.

I'd imagine hasbro pulse will offer them, the same as it is with Star Convoy

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032891)
Posted by Evil Eye on August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:30am CDT

They're perfect. Absolutely perfect. I might actually pre-order these- modern Seacons have been on my want list for years now, and I could never justify the TFC ones (though I do kinda want their Tentakil by himself).

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032893)
Posted by william-james88 on August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:46am CDT

skycutter wrote:i hope there not takra tomy mall exclusive and if they are, they don't stay that way for long

Takara tomy mall exclusive only means 1 thing:

That is the only Japanese retailer that will have it.

And thats all it means, it does not account for anyone outside Japan having it, which is usually the case.

Powered Convoy wrote:I guess you guys missed that I posted this about 20 minutes earlier than in this thread....

turtler-and-gulf-full-color-images-pre-order-at-takaratomy-mall-t113376.php

Obviously we missed it, you made a new thread. No one would get notification of that. If you want to make sure the news staff takes notice, you have to contact us directly. We have a submit news button at the top of the sight just for that, please use it next time.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032898)
Posted by Anonymous on August 2nd, 2019 @ 7:58am CDT

Is this titan size or combiner wars size?

Thanks

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032899)
Posted by Evil Eye on August 2nd, 2019 @ 8:00am CDT

Combiner Wars sized, thank goodness.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032900)
Posted by Anonymous on August 2nd, 2019 @ 8:01am CDT

Thanks for clarifying!

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032913)
Posted by Glarryg on August 2nd, 2019 @ 9:14am CDT

These guys are shaping up to be everything I could want in a CW/PotP combiner team. The only thing that could make it better is, you know, a comparable price. But, I guess that's my fault for having other expenses like insurance and... food.

Glarryg

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032917)
Posted by Brokebot on August 2nd, 2019 @ 9:24am CDT

Glarryg wrote:These guys are shaping up to be everything I could want in a CW/PotP combiner team. The only thing that could make it better is, you know, a comparable price. But, I guess that's my fault for having other expenses like insurance and... food.

Glarryg

Meh . . . I probably need to go on a diet anyway.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032924)
Posted by o.supreme on August 2nd, 2019 @ 10:00am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Those prices are wack

But are they wikity wack?.... Nah I hear you. This is going to be rough, but amazingly, not the most expensive combiner I've obtained since this format was started. I think :TAKARATOMY:

sees what UW sets go for on the secondary market and forgot this was a new toy

And, lest we not forget, this is still much better pricing than Botcon Predacus, or either of the Club Combiners.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032933)
Posted by joevill on August 2nd, 2019 @ 10:37am CDT

These look amazing!

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032941)
Posted by Seibertron on August 2nd, 2019 @ 11:51am CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:I might be a bit behind but are these going to be released in the US or solely a Japanese exclusive.

Currently just in Japan, but that's a lot of new tooling. I'd be shocked if Hasbro didn't release these as well to help offset the costs of this set.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032944)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on August 2nd, 2019 @ 12:37pm CDT

Brokebot wrote:
Glarryg wrote:These guys are shaping up to be everything I could want in a CW/PotP combiner team. The only thing that could make it better is, you know, a comparable price. But, I guess that's my fault for having other expenses like insurance and... food.

Glarryg

Meh . . . I probably need to go on a diet anyway.

So do I, but I think skipping insurance would be easier...
*typed with 1 hand while eating pizza*

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032947)
Posted by DecepticonFinishline on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:15pm CDT

Seibertron wrote:
Sentinel_Primal wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Here's hoping for Beast Wars II Seacon Space Pirates set!

Still makes me bummed that we never saw a G1 toy Gestalt set at BotCon (or other convention) featuring BWII "Nautilator" alongside G1 versions of Rook, "Blast Off", Alpha Bravo and Offroad. Now that would have been an amazing set. Ah, one day!

Oh, now I wish that Generations Selects would do some G1 toys too. Specifically a combiner with BWII "Nautilator" as the Targetmaster, the other 4 as limbs for an Optimus-themed repaint of G1 Motormaster to serve as G1 Optimus Maximus Actually, I would probably buy it despite not collecting G1 toys just because of the ludicrousness and borderline blasphemous nature of it

Wow, I hadn't thought of a G1 Motormaster as Optimus Prime before. That would be pretty awesome. I'd love some retroactive G1 toys as their Combiner Wars selves. Optimus would make a great addition, especially in a gift set with the other figures to give those characters their proper G1 toys. Heck, with the Motormaster mold we'd even get a Roller mini figure as well for the "Optimus Maximus" chest piece. Any of this would be something fun to see done with this brand!

I forgot how much I wanted those!

Another thing that I was thinking last night that would be good would be to have Selects of all the toys that have suffered the most from GPS and remake those toys with modern gold plastic. G2 Slingshot, Electro, Transmetal Megatron (apparently - all of mine have broken at the waist rotation), etc...

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032949)
Posted by The_Cryptid_Person on August 2nd, 2019 @ 1:44pm CDT

So... I think i might be priced out of King Poseidon. I know a tremendous amount of effort went into him, but 3x the price of a standard combiner is just mental. And yes, I just bought a Titan Class figure (tied with his original deco for my most expensive single Transformer) but that has a tremendous impact and presence that King Poseidon sadly will not... despite being twice as expensive. For the hefty price, I would have hoped for some more detailed deco, as well. The colored images make the seacons feel very much like stock retail figures, and Gulf's robot mode has a similar color distribution to Rippersnapper. Y'know... the limb that was 10USD on Amazon a while back?

I really wanted to get behind this guy, but it's just not happening.

EDIT: For clarification, I'm triggered by the level of unpainted detail, especially on Turtler. Within 24 hours of buying Hun-Gurrr, I did this so I wouldn't feel disappointed every time I looked at him.

Obviously, when a figure's as rarexpensive as these, it's a much different proposition. My brushwork unreliable at best, so there would be a huge chance of making some mistake, some paint rubbing off, etc etc. And there would be no practical way to replace the figures, having already tremendously overspent to get them! :BOOM:

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032955)
Posted by Skritz on August 2nd, 2019 @ 2:19pm CDT

I'm hoping us filthy non-Japanese get their chance to buy those.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032963)
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 2nd, 2019 @ 2:53pm CDT

Latebrus-K wrote:So... I think i might be priced out of King Poseidon. I know a tremendous amount of effort went into him, but 3x the price of a standard combiner is just mental. And yes, I just bought a Titan Class figure (tied with his original deco for my most expensive single Transformer) but that has a tremendous impact and presence that King Poseidon sadly will not... despite being twice as expensive. For the hefty price, I would have hoped for some more detailed deco, as well. The colored images make the seacons feel very much like stock retail figures, and Gulf's robot mode has a similar color distribution to Rippersnapper. Y'know... the limb that was 10USD on Amazon a while back?

I really wanted to get behind this guy, but it's just not happening.

EDIT: For clarification, I'm triggered by the level of unpainted detail, especially on Turtler. Within 24 hours of buying Hun-Gurrr, I did this so I wouldn't feel disappointed every time I looked at him.

Obviously, when a figure's as rarexpensive as these, it's a much different proposition. My brushwork unreliable at best, so there would be a huge chance of making some mistake, some paint rubbing off, etc etc. And there would be no practical way to replace the figures, having already tremendously overspent to get them!

That Hun Grr is a thing of beauty... That is really nice work!

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032969)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on August 2nd, 2019 @ 3:22pm CDT

PadForce wrote:Is this titan size or combiner wars size?

Thanks

Terrorcon remolds

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032976)
Posted by Emerje on August 2nd, 2019 @ 3:58pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Powered Convoy wrote:I guess you guys missed that I posted this about 20 minutes earlier than in this thread....

turtler-and-gulf-full-color-images-pre-order-at-takaratomy-mall-t113376.php

Obviously we missed it, you made a new thread. No one would get notification of that. If you want to make sure the news staff takes notice, you have to contact us directly. We have a submit news button at the top of the sight just for that, please use it next time.

I have an account with Takara Tomy Mall and get their emails. I received a special email from them at 11:04pm just alerting people to the Seacons pre-orders. I sent an email to staff saying I'd be writing this at 11:28, I even pointed out in the email that this wasn't in the forums yet (we got another staff email at 11:38). The first two posts went up by Sabrblade and Powered Convoy at the same time at 11:44 so nobody got credit. If somebody wants credit they need to email us immediately not after posting it in the forum, otherwise you're just taking a chance of us seeing it in the forum first. Also, posting something in the forums 20 minutes before it has gone live in the news probably means it was already in progress before you hit submit since it takes time to write, upload images to our server, and finalize, especially from Japanese sources like TTM.

Emerje

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2032985)
Posted by bvzxa on August 2nd, 2019 @ 4:45pm CDT

So its it a Selects exclusive or a TT Mall exclusive? Be nice if Hasbro Pulse gets it.... :-D

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Posted by william-james88 on August 2nd, 2019 @ 5:14pm CDT

bvzxa wrote:So its it a Selects exclusive or a TT Mall exclusive? Be nice if Hasbro Pulse gets it....

What difference does it make? It will still be an expensive online exclusive regardless.

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Posted by Sabrblade on August 2nd, 2019 @ 6:49pm CDT

bvzxa wrote:So its it a Selects exclusive or a TT Mall exclusive?

Selects are TTM exclusives in Japan.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2033000)
Posted by Emerje on August 2nd, 2019 @ 8:00pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:So its it a Selects exclusive or a TT Mall exclusive? Be nice if Hasbro Pulse gets it....

What difference does it make? It will still be an expensive online exclusive regardless.

Quite a big difference if Star Convoy is any indication. Pulse - $79.99, TFSourse - $94.99. I'll take a $15 savings.

Emerje

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 4th, 2019 @ 7:37pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
bvzxa wrote:So its it a Selects exclusive or a TT Mall exclusive? Be nice if Hasbro Pulse gets it....

What difference does it make? It will still be an expensive online exclusive regardless.

Quite a big difference if Star Convoy is any indication. Pulse - $79.99, TFSourse - $94.99. I'll take a $15 savings.

Emerje

Exactly, Pulse is the cheaper option for the Takara Selects, if Star Convoy is the norm.

I'm really happy with those colored images. They look great! I am excited for them!

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 5th, 2019 @ 6:39pm CDT

I think Brunt's colors go really with Redwing. It's a catchy color combo

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Posted by o.supreme on August 6th, 2019 @ 12:41pm CDT

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?H ... Brand=1971

Seacons Pre-Order

Gulf $35
Turtler $60

I'm still going to wait to see if Pulse gets them. It appears BBTS only has them separately, no 2-pack option.

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Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2019 @ 12:57pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Search?HideInStock=false&HidePreorder=false&HideSoldOut=false&InventoryStatus=i%2Cp%2Cso&Series=2023&PageSize=50&SortOrder=New&Brand=1971

Seacons Pre-Order

Gulf $35
Turtler $60

I'm still going to wait to see if Pulse gets them. It appears BBTS only has them separately, no 2-pack option.

Gulf is sold out so waiting for Pulse (or elsewhere) becomes the only option anyway.

I will simply wait patiently until a boxset is released down the road or something. These prices are just too unapealing, no matter how cool the retooling is.

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Posted by o.supreme on August 6th, 2019 @ 1:05pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Gulf is sold out so waiting for Pulse (or elsewhere) becomes the only option anyway.

I will simply wait patiently until a boxset is released down the road or something. These prices are just too unapealing, no matter how cool the retooling is.

Wow that was fast! Under an hour. I'm sure they'll probably open up more pre-orders, but yeah, other sites will have options, this was just the first.

Will- You of all people know how excited I'd be, especially for a UW styled Box Set. I think if this were to happen, it would be announced sometime before the first ones actually become available to ship, otherwise many fans would be pretty ticked off. There's still time of course, I'm patiently waiting as well.

*edit* at the moment, something fishy is going on...links to these items are broken.... :-?

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Posted by william-james88 on August 6th, 2019 @ 1:20pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Gulf is sold out so waiting for Pulse (or elsewhere) becomes the only option anyway.

I will simply wait patiently until a boxset is released down the road or something. These prices are just too unapealing, no matter how cool the retooling is.

Wow that was fast! Under an hour. I'm sure they'll probably open up more pre-orders, but yeah, other sites will have options, this was just the first.

Will- You of all people know how excited I'd be, especially for a UW styled Box Set. I think if this were to happen, it would be announced sometime before the first ones actually become available to ship, otherwise many fans would be pretty ticked off. There's still time of course, I'm patiently waiting as well.

*edit* at the moment, something fishy is going on...links to these items are broken....

Well these are a takara initiative (not a hasbro one) so hasbro could release these differently themselves down the line. We really dont know. The dinobots, for instance, got a boxset in china.
Basically, all I meant is that the price is too high for me to not think carefully about what I will do and I dont mind risking losing out while looking at all the options.

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Posted by o.supreme on August 6th, 2019 @ 1:25pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:The dinobots, for instance, got a boxset in china.

Actually, that was just a specially designed *Box* with the 5 individually normally packaged PotP Dinobots on the inside.

I get your point though. I think we both agree. I don't really have a preference, but if any distributor (Takara or Hasbro), were to produce a premium box set for these releases, I'd definitely prefer that over individual releases.

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Posted by Rodimus Prime on August 6th, 2019 @ 5:44pm CDT

Even if there will be no boxed set, I plan to wait and get them all at once. I understand that this is a risky (even stupid) strategy. Hopefully the prices won't skyrocket on them individually.

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Posted by Hellscream9999 on August 7th, 2019 @ 7:31am CDT

So everyone sold out in an hour everywhere, so, is this it? did I just miss my chance to get a set of seacons?

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Posted by william-james88 on August 7th, 2019 @ 10:16am CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:So everyone sold out in an hour everywhere, so, is this it? did I just miss my chance to get a set of seacons?

No, the listings went up by mistake. Plus theres every other retailer that hasnt listed their stuff yet.

Re: Selects King Poseidon First Color Photos Hit Takara Tomy Mall Plus a Comic (2033640)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on August 7th, 2019 @ 3:43pm CDT

Hasbro Pulse has pre-orders up for Turtler and Gulf individually!

Turtler: https://hasbropulse.com/collections/transformers/products/takara-tomy-transformers-generations-selects-turtler

Gulf: https://hasbropulse.com/collections/transformers/products/takara-tomy-transformers-generations-selects-gulf

Apparently they're due the 25th of January next year.

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