Originally Posted by jbz ^^^^ LOL, you search weeks and finally find them....just to trade them. There is some sad Transformer collector who is mad at you right now Future case (forgot which wave..4?) is going to have 2 Vehicons in it, the window to move that for a profit is shrinking.

*sigh* I've been a collector of several different lines (Star Wars, Simpsons, Lego, Cars, Transformers, etc) over the years. My office is in close proximity to several stores so I hit stores (though not as much as I used to) before work, at lunch, to kill time and look for figures for me, my kids or my local collector buds and board members. I've never scalped anything, never looked to make a profit. Ebay and shipping things is just not worth the time or hassle involved to make a couple of bucks.
In this instance I MAY trade them seeing as I have been on a Lego minifigure kick as of late. If nothing comes of it, I may keep one or both, give them to my kids, offer them up to my local collector buds (though most of them have them already or aren't collecting Prime) or board members. In any case they WILL end up in the hands of a Transformer collector.

well my apologies then. You have to realize how your initial post sounded though right?

Yes it sounded like someone looking to potentially trade vehicons for lego figures and not "Pay me $50 per vehicon plus your first born"

lol, forget it. enjoy your trades.

Will do, thanks

Gentelemen, please. I have a simple solution. El Rey can simply send me one and I will then confirm I received it. Therefore there shall be no question that a TF collector received it. I shall do this out of the generosity of my own heart...

But seriously, Hasbro's distribution (or stores for order/not ordering when they should). A Target near me has, near as far as I can tell, not restocked in ~ 6 weeks. No figures have sold (cuz they're all BB, Voyager Prime, and DotM) but 1/2 the pegs are empty, so I really don't get it.

Come Wave 6, they're resetting the line with new packaging and a lineup that consists of pretty much every hard to find character so these will be much easier to find in a few months.

Here's the lineup:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...53&mode=retail

Still two Bumblebees but at least the reset will get rid of all the old ones and there will be new DPCIs (presumably) for those of us that get our figures that way.

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It would be nice if they doubled up on the Airachnids somewhere in there, wave 7 perhaps? Just saw series 4 images on BBTS and am majorly bummed. A repaint of Bee already? And how is Dead End supposed to be represented by a redeco of Wheeljack?

Sigh,more $ for the Wii U fund I guess.

All quiet on the cyberfront, CAG's? At first I thought the site mistakenly quit sending me daily updates, but it would seem nothing's been said since June 20th.

haha, because nothing has come out (or at least been in any stores near me) since then...

Seriously, I don't remember ever having this kind of drought before. There have been "sightings" of some random new stuff, but not wide spread, and certainly not in my area :(

Still need Knock Out, Vehicon, and Dreadwing from the last wave, and Arachnid from the "new". I think Cyberverse Ultra Magnus is out too, but I could be mistaken. Otherwise... is anything else even out there?

My wallet's happy, but I am not.

It's been very slow, and even slower in Canada. We haven't gotten past Wave 1, in either Deluxes or Voyagers. Seriously.

The big news here is that Wave 2 Cyberverse Commanders have been spotted.

On the one hand, it's been boring. On the other, I have actually enjoyed not obsessively going to Toys R Us and Wal-Mart.

Last thing I got was the Iron Army guys -- the third party PCC transformable drones. They are awesome. Before that, it was Hercules.

I actually stumbled upon a DOTM guy that I didn't know existed. It's this guy and the toy is actually pretty good. I liked Crankcase as a toy so I figured why the heck not? The only thing I don't like about Hatchet is that one of the weapon pod thingies was mis-assembled so the part that flips around to turn it into a gun is actually backward. Other than this minor gripe, he has a surprising amount of sculpted detail and paint apps for a Cyberverse Commander and pretty good articulation.

Yeah, Hatchet is a great fig. I didn't even realize he was one of the Dreads until clicking your link though. Pretty cool. Still don't get why Crowbar never got anything other than a Cyberverse release, but then again the whole DotM line was a cluster of miss-management. Tons of Bumblebee, but still characters that didn't get toys (and don't even get me started on deluxe and HA Soundwave and Q/Wheeljack, which had toys and were only released in Asia...)

Originally Posted by demonchylde The only thing I don't like about Hatchet is that one of the weapon pod thingies was mis-assembled so the part that flips around to turn it into a gun is actually backward.

Don't be too mad. Mine only came with one. By the time I realized it was really supposed to have two and I didn't lose it, I'd destroyed the packaging and didn't want to try and deal with returning it.

Both Hatchet and Crankcase were neat. It makes me sad for what could have been with DotM. It didn't get a full set of major characters, but it also didn't get the quirky characters that RotF put out in its later assortments and sublines.

So SDCC Bruticus is going to be 99.99 -- I want one, but I don't know if I want to pay effectively double (and that if I get lucky on HTS) for a better paint job. Especially because I don't know if it's going to be a good combiner or a big disappointment.

Originally Posted by Zmonkay I think Cyberverse Ultra Magnus is out too, but I could be mistaken. Otherwise... is anything else even out there?

Funny you mention that--a trip to TRU today netted me Commanders Ultra Magnus and Ironhide (they had Dreadwing too, but I don't like the character).
Shockingly when I looked at my receipt they were $9.99 apiece, instead of the stickered $11.99--I didn't see a sale tag, but I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth, especially with that overpriced den of thieves.

I will say this having opened Ironhide up--he has a remarkably complex transformation for such a little guy, and highly poseable (though his head stays static); and an absolute first to my knowledge, his entire torso and legs actually rely on his head as a pivot point to transform. I am loving this figure--his truck mode reminds me of Prime's Alternator version of a Chevy pickup--but with a much better transformation.
Drawbacks--he has a bit of a tough time staying tabbed in for vehicle mode and his cannons have three different pegs that don't make it easy to rest on his flatbed in the back, but there's a ton of options to where you can put them (on the side or in the back, two spots with his forearms), and I think there's an alternate unpublished third weapon with them--each cannon has a hole in the back that perfectly fits the pegs, so if you combine one horizontally and vertically, it makes a hammer very similar to Magnus's (only his is square whereas 'Hide's is round). Even if you pose him with a windup hammer swing behind his back, his joints are nice and stiff and legs perfectly balanced that the weight of the weapon behind his frame isn't heavy enough to cause him to tip backwards.

Magnus on the other hand has an exceedingly simple transformation (I generally like to give it a go with any new figure and see if I can transform it without the instructions--sadly he took all of about 30 seconds to figure out); shoulders up over the head, arms to the side, torso revolves, legs straight out, pegged and feet turned upwards.
If there's one saving feature about him, it's that his hammer is also a rifle when turned around and has a pivot point at the end of the barrel, which for vehicle mode makes for a remarkably cool looking cannon when mounted to his trailer (the alt mounting on the side looks ridiculous for such a huge weapon and makes him look horribly unbalanced as such). His ball joint pegs also feel a bit loose; even pulling him from the plastic mold packaging his leg popped right off. On the reverse for his hammer it's exceedingly difficult to have him hold the hammer in robot mode as his hand is molded more in an open grip than a closed one--combine that with the loose joints and a top-heavy weapon and it's tough to keep his arm up posed (I'm just going to leave it in rifle mode and attach to his outer forearm peghole). And there's something about his thighs that in their sleekness looks awry, given his bulky, angular look everywhere else.

All in all, Ironhide's a super figure for the line. Get him immediately.
Magnus, well, he is what he is, they could have done worse I suppose. He's not what I'd consider a "must buy", but certainly not worth skipping altogether. Colors are nice, like the clear plastic for his collarbone joints; but he looks stiff around his head, which conveys a personality like the tight-ass he's always been.

Doh! Sad to hear how lame Magnus is. I somehow managed to find an Ironhide a couple weeks back, and I agree he has a refreshingly original transformation, especially for a legends/cyberverse fig. Stupid legs don't like to stay tabbed together in vehicle mode though...

Just saw the SDCC '12 exclusives...man I really need to get Terrorcon Cliffjumper!!!

I swung by the TRU near my office today and snagged three of the new Fall of Cybertron figures. Prime, Jazz, and Shockwave.
- Prime's a bit of a let down after his figure for WFC. Much less complicated transformation, but seems smaller in scale. Will need to dig my WFC Prime out to verify.
- Jazz looks pretty cool in both modes and despite a couple of tricky peg-together panels, hold together well in alt mode and actually rolls.
- Shockwave looks pretty bad-ass in robot mode, but his alt mode is some sort of hover tank thing with his clear-pink chest panel looking like some sort of gigantic eye on the back end. His legs a bit stiff and hard to move at the knees, but I think overall I like these guys. During his transformation you peg his gigantic gun onto his ass like a rather obvious "third leg." LOL

Originally Posted by Watchman All quiet on the cyberfront, CAG's? At first I thought the site mistakenly quit sending me daily updates, but it would seem nothing's been said since June 20th.

To be honest, I stopped really playing video games (I hate the way the industry is going) so I stopped visiting the site as much. Also, most of the people on this thread sadly aren't into third party toys (due to cost), which is where all the real action is in Transformers these days, at least imo, so I spend a lot of time at TFW.

There is plenty to talk about though even outside of third party stuff:

Amazon is getting an exclusive FOC G2 Bruticus, Jetwing Prime and Year of the Dragon Prime. Preordered the first two out of three, skipping the Dragon Prime.

K-Mart is running a 50% off clearance sale on toys until 7/14. You can get DOTM Ultimate Optimus for $22, DOTM Leaders for $17, DOTM Voyagers for $8, DOTM HA figures for around $7, Kre-Os anywhere from $4 - $9 (got Sentinel Prime for $9). Depending on your area, there may be a lot or a little left. There is a lot more than just Transformers too. There is some pretty amazing deals to be had.

Perfect Effect Arcee and Toyworld's Hegemon are both amazing figures. Pricey, but amazing. Can't wait until I can afford KM-02 Cyclops.

K-Mart seems to be the only store that has so far got in the Optimus Maximus playset; the giant Optimus who opens up to be a playset for cyberverse figures.

Wal-Mart seems to be getting Prime Deluxe Wave 4 for right now, Target is getting in FOC figures... TRU is a mix of both. If you didn't get a Vehicon yet, gotta wait for the repacks, but some people have been finding them at Walgreens.

Regeneration is starting up tomorrow and I am pumped. Marvel G1 is my G1.

The Hub is now showing Transformers Animated at 5:30 pm EST. If you get the Hub in HD, they are showing it for the first time in its original widescreen aspect ratio; it looks awesome.

That should be enough to get the thread going

Forgot to mention FansProject started selling unique figures from their own website and have big plans for the future.

Originally Posted by animalspinners The Hub is now showing Transformers Animated at 5:30 pm EST. If you get the Hub in HD, they are showing it for the first time in its original widescreen aspect ratio; it looks awesome

Knew that was starting, but thought it was next week. Gonna have to set the DVR. Unfortunately, I don't get the Hub in HD.

From the pictures I saw from Botcon, the MP Prime they showed coming to North America later this year didn't have clipped smoke stacks. Was that just for the display ones at the convention, or was it confirmed the retail release will also have full stacks? Not going to hold my breath on something like MP Megatron coming to the states, but it would be nice if toy safety standards were relaxed for things intended for the adult collector market.