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Post by triumshockwave on Jun 12, 2018 15:13:57 GMT -5
I ordered Cindersaur. Purely for personal reasons. I have that guy from when I was a kid. He's super simple, his arms don't move, but for some reason I played with him a lot. My only complaint is the new one doesn't have a flint wheel because I guess they don't give those to kids anymore. Anyone remember the Darkwing Duck Megavolt toy that basically taught kids how to strike a lighter?
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Post by iacon45 on Jun 12, 2018 16:19:02 GMT -5
Didnt the original G1 Monsterbots have the spark feature too? I want to say my Repugnus and Grotusque did but not 100% sure.
BBTS has wave 3 up for pre-order and I put in an order for the rest of the terrorcon deluxes and the Outback/Cindesaur 2 pack. Inferno is more an impulse buy and since he's showing up at Wally, I'll wait.
As for Primal, honestly I think any desire for him is pretty much gone after that review I saw on YT. I'm just not crazy that the core Primal is simply a backpack/surfboard (and one that seems hard to keep lined up straight) and everything munky about him is relegated to the Optimal Harness. I personally would have rather seen them focus on a good Voyager class inpiration retaining his season 1 look and giving him an ape alt mode.
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Post by Optimal Megatron on Jun 12, 2018 20:04:13 GMT -5
I love how BBTS basically says "buy everything or suck it, peasants". Buying Primal by himself is $65, fifteen over Hasbro's MSRP. If you buy the deluxes together, they're $20 each, which is 3 bucks over Hasbro's $17, and separate they're fucking $22 a piece. All the Voyagers have at least a $5 upcharge, and buying them together only cuts that down to $52.50. Oh, and these are the same prices they're charging for the Takara ones. Seems like someone's out to make their money back on Takara product being the same as Hasbro by price spiking EVERYTHING. Fuck, I'll take watching Amazon like a hawk over taking THAT kind of behavior. Or just see if GS catches them at his local Target and buy them off him.
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Post by Greatshot on Jun 12, 2018 21:26:48 GMT -5
Fuck, I'll take watching Amazon like a hawk over taking THAT kind of behavior. Or just see if GS catches them at his local Target and buy them off him. I'll keep my eye out
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Post by iacon45 on Jun 12, 2018 22:04:02 GMT -5
Fuck, I'll take watching Amazon like a hawk over taking THAT kind of behavior. Or just see if GS catches them at his local Target and buy them off him. I'll keep my eye out He just loves you for your Target.
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Post by Gojitron on Jun 24, 2018 15:48:46 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed if distribution been worse than usual on PotP? Looking back at the haul threads, I found Snarl, Sludge and Rippersnapper back on March 25th. That's the first and last time I saw wave 2 deluxes. The PotP pegs in Wal-Mart have been empty for at least 3 months, and the few times Target has re-stocked it's been with wave 1. Seems that not only has the ball been dropped, it's been kicked into the woods.
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Post by iacon45 on Jun 24, 2018 17:13:39 GMT -5
Has anyone else noticed if distribution been worse than usual on PotP? Looking back at the haul threads, I found Snarl, Sludge and Rippersnapper back on March 25th. That's the first and last time I saw wave 2 deluxes. The PotP pegs in Wal-Mart have been empty for at least 3 months, and the few times Target has re-stocked it's been with wave 1. Seems that not only has the ball been dropped, it's been kicked into the woods. Distribution has been awful for wave 2. I know I found ONE case of wave 2 Voyagers and saw wave 2 deluxes twice at Walmart then nothing for 2 months. It got so bad that Hasbro actually addressed the issue on their TF facebook page that more wave 2 product is coming throughout the summer. I know they also "promised" more Chaos on Velocitron sets but they actually seem to mean it. A few weeks ago my Wally restocked about SEVEN cases of wave 2 voyagers and just this week four cases of wave 3 voyagers. Also word is wave two Primemasters are showing up more too. Have yet to see any new deluxe cases though. As for Legends, never seemed to be a problem since wave 2 is shelfwarming pretty good here. The one thing that bugs me are the leader class. I know the local Walmart stocked just one case of wave 1 POTP leaders but got several Rodicrons. In fact Rodicron was pretty easy to find. Then Wally clearanced them out and now none of the Walmarts seem to stock leaders anymore be it POTP or Studio Series. Concerning the latter, I dont have any Targets here and I have never seen Grimlock or Blackout in person. Guess its a good thing Ive cooled wanting Primal.
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Post by machsabre on Jun 24, 2018 18:02:44 GMT -5
The distribution has been awful nationwide. Everyone has had issues. In fact, on the Hasbro Facebook page, when they talked about Wave 3, the entire topic was overloaded with people saying that they never even seen Wave 2. So much so that Hasbro said they'd be shipping out new shipments of Wave 2 this summer. So all isn't lost yet.
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Post by iacon45 on Jun 25, 2018 17:04:14 GMT -5
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Post by Deinonychus on Jun 25, 2018 20:00:32 GMT -5
Thanks for the update. I'll be sure to head out looking for them first thing August.
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