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[quote name='jbz']you buying it from those Ebay auctions? I hate buying from Chinese/Taiwan sellers but I guess what choice do we have right?[/QUOTE]

Yep, it was a seller in Taiwan... I've got a feeling they just haven't seen the news yet which is why they are still selling it so cheap.

I'm not worried though -- it'll be Takara product. I'm protected by eBay / Paypal either way.

There is always that slim chance these will hit the outlet stores but I'm not taking a chance -- Soundwave was the only figure I wanted out of these last remaining few and $31 isn't that horrible of a price. Figure itself looks decent and I mean, cmon, its Soundwave as a car!

But this is a huge issue with Hasbro now -- retailers passed on FE stuff to stock more DOTM presumably, and now they passed on the rest of DOTM to stock Prime stuff. Hasbro really, really needs to start finding ways so that the last wave of a line doesn't just end up not materializing.

In the future, I'm just assuming the last wave of figures in a line are never coming out.

While I'm happy movie stuff is finally ending, I was still a fan of it and I think its really crappy what Hasbro did this time to movieverse fans. No way should Soundwave of all people have been in Wave 6.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']I don't think this is 100% Hasbro's fault -- retailers have started to show disinterest in Transformers as a whole.

...there is a disconnect between them and the retailers[/QUOTE]

This is worrisome, but as you said, there's definitely a disconnect between them and retailers. I know they think Prime and Bee sell the best, but they are apparently completely oblivious to the absurd shelf warming going on.

I think another big part is they expanded too far too fast. Before the movies there was 1 line with, what, 4 price points? Now they've got like 8 price points for the main line, different price points for the "Cyberverse" stuff, sprinkle in some Generations, etc. Now, don't get me wrong, I adore generations and would take that as the main line in a heartbeat, but I think you know what I'm trying to say. Hasbro asked retailers to take up 1/3 of an aisle with TF's, over saturated, and now it's biting them in the ass.

[quote name='animalspinners']I think you got RotF and DotM mixed up ;) [/QUOTE]
Doh! Touche :D

[quote name='animalspinners']And the figures shrinking isn't Hasbro's fault -- costs are going up. [/QUOTE]
What I don't understand though, is that the figures shrunk, but then came with massive, fugly weapons. Just seems ass backwards.

[quote name='animalspinners']I agree -- MechTech is horrible, and so is all this electronics junk, but this is what retailers tell Hasbro that kids want -- retailers WANT figures that light up and shoot 100 missiles and all that junk. When Hasbro tried to move away from gimmicks, like FE Voyagers, no retailer wanted them in the US.[/QUOTE]
I've never understood gimmicks in the line. They're Transformers. They're "gimmick" is that they fucking TRANSFORM. Sigh.

[quote name='animalspinners']
They said before DotM that they wanted to scale back the complexity. I agree with them on this -- in my opinion, a lot of RotF figures are complex just for the sake of being complex.[/QUOTE]
You shut your whore mouth! ;) But seriously, complex figures are what I live for in this hobby. I take it as a personal challenge to figure out how to transform the figures back and forth without touching the instructions. Maybe it's cuz as a kid most of my figs came from garage sales, so I had to figure it all out? Either way, if a figure takes 20-30 minutes to figure out, it has done it's job :D

[quote name='animalspinners']But Prime figures aren't as bad as Armada stuff[/QUOTE]
Oh, very true. More of the sudden complexity jump "trend".

[quote name='animalspinners']You want a real transforming challenge, buy an Alternity figure ;) Those are some of the most complex deluxe sized figures I've ever seen in the line.[/QUOTE]
*Rushes out to find a reasonable price for the entire line* :bouncy:

This line (Prime) might be what finally gets me to break my "buy one of every non-repainted figure ever" collector instinct and get more choosey. Ah well, my wallet will thank me at least.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']Yep, it was a seller in Taiwan... I've got a feeling they just haven't seen the news yet which is why they are still selling it so cheap.

I'm not worried though -- it'll be Takara product. I'm protected by eBay / Paypal either way.

There is always that slim chance these will hit the outlet stores but I'm not taking a chance -- Soundwave was the only figure I wanted out of these last remaining few and $31 isn't that horrible of a price. Figure itself looks decent and I mean, cmon, its Soundwave as a car!

But this is a huge issue with Hasbro now -- retailers passed on FE stuff to stock more DOTM presumably, and now they passed on the rest of DOTM to stock Prime stuff. Hasbro really, really needs to start finding ways so that the last wave of a line doesn't just end up not materializing.

In the future, I'm just assuming the last wave of figures in a line are never coming out.

While I'm happy movie stuff is finally ending, I was still a fan of it and I think its really crappy what Hasbro did this time to movieverse fans. No way should Soundwave of all people have been in Wave 6.[/QUOTE]

Already changed to $36 from the same sellers. I told myself I wouldn't buy any DOTM figures as I pretty much despise the way the new movies make the Transformers look, but I like to get opportunities to buy potentially rare ones. I've already lost out on $5 in price just sleeping on it.
 
[quote name='Zmonkay']I've never understood gimmicks in the line. They're Transformers. They're "gimmick" is that they fucking TRANSFORM. Sigh.[/QUOTE]

The gimmicks started when Takara / Hasbro ran out of other toy lines to borrow molds from. There were some gimmicks in the borrowed designs, but were limited to a small number of figures (Jumpstarters) or awesome (combiners). I used to joke with my friends that the G1 line started going downhill when Hasbro had to start coming up with their own ideas for the toys (*masters, Pretenders). I was growing out of them around that point, I think my last G1 figure was the Powermaster Joyride. My younger brother followed the line for another year or so, then got into the Ninja Turtles.

[quote name='Zmonkay']You shut your whore mouth! ;) But seriously, complex figures are what I live for in this hobby. I take it as a personal challenge to figure out how to transform the figures back and forth without touching the instructions. Maybe it's cuz as a kid most of my figs came from garage sales, so I had to figure it all out? Either way, if a figure takes 20-30 minutes to figure out, it has done it's job :D[/QUOTE]

Do you have Tripredacus from Beast Wars? That SOB took me about an hour and a half to go from creatures to robots to gestalt, and I was following the instructions. Magnaboss was no problem, but Tripredacus ... Eventually got the hang of him, though it's been years since I tried transforming him.
 
Aside from voyager Megatron and Shockwave, which I got on sale, I resisted everything else in the DotM line. I did plan on picking up Wheeljack/Q, Dino/whatever his name was, deluxe Soundwave and deluxe Leadfoot to finish off my sons Wreckers but I guess thats probably not happening. I am hoping that All Stars/Generations is going to be an all encompassing line from now on and include a spot for canceled figures. I hear there is hope that these might be like Windcharger and end up at Ross, Marshalls, etc but I'm not going to hold my breath.
This is crappy news but the way Hasbro has been with situations like these I'm not surprised anymore. And honestly my collecting bug is pretty much waning at this point.
 
Just a heads up at amazon I was able to order kreo Optimus prime for $23 shipped through the amazon warehouse deals. There were a few more available.
 
I found a RID soundwave the other day and bought it. I left bumblebee, optimus, wheeljack and cliffjumper on the shelves. I got it at TRU wasn't sure if I would find it again, but if I do I guess I will return it if I find it cheaper. How much cheaper are they at Target? I also found a Reveal the Shield Chopsaw and got him- I see he is a redeco of Brimstone but we do not have him. I guess I will keep him, I never saw this one in stores before. The wheeljack looks similar to the generations one that I got.
 
It was $16.49, oh well it wasn't that much more to make my self crazy. I thought they would be $9.99 at Target, the price sure went up on these. It is going to be hard to continue to collect at $15 each.
 
For the TRU that charged $16.49, do you know if they also overcharge on other stuff? I saw a Prime Bumblebee at my local TRU (Columbia, MD), and I'm pretty sure it scanned for $14.99. Wasn't crazy about the card condition, so I didn't pick it up. From what I've seen, the TRU in Rockville, MD, has a 10% markup on toys, so $14.99 figures become $16.49, the $69.99 Masterpiece Rodimus was $76.99 there, etc. Maybe the TRU you found it at is another one that goes beyond the regular TRU markup.
 
just stopped by my TRU and the pegs for the RID Prime figures were empty, but the price tag has them priced at $17.49. Bah.
 
[quote name='jbz']just stopped by my TRU and the pegs for the RID Prime figures were empty, but the price tag has them priced at $17.49. Bah.[/QUOTE]

$17.49 for deluxes?

Yea, I don't plan to get any then unless they're on sale and can be had for $13 or less.
 
I got Soundwave, Wheeljack, and Cliffjumper at the Chaleston, WV Target last tuesday :D

They pulled a case from the back and let me pick what I wanted haha
 
stopped by my local toysrus yesterday and was mildly disappointed. all they had for prime figures were voyager optimus and deluxe bumblebee. i might have picked up optimus but ive seen a few reviews on youtube that say hes not a very good figure. they also had a DOTM roadbuster, which ive been looking for for months but i just cant justify spending 30+tax when the last few human alliance figures ive purchased cost only 18 at ross or marshalls. oh well.
 
[quote name='jbz']They should be $14.99 @ Target. How much was it at TRU?[/QUOTE]

They are $11.99 at Target.

So yea, TRU is charging $5 - $6 more for their deluxes, same as voyagers. Nothing new there.

TRU is only worth shopping at for four reasons:

1) They get stuff early (most Hasbro stuff shows months early there) and you absolutely must have it, price be damned
2) Its a one per case figure (like Soundwave) and the markup is worth it
3) Its a line like Marvel Legends where you need an entire wave and you can knock out the entire wave in one fell swoop
4) Their exclusives.

Sometimes, their sales are a reason to shop there, like when they do Buy 2 Get 1 free, but even then sometimes its still cheaper to go elsewhere.

I would never buy common figures at TRU though, thats just pissing away money.

Luckily my TRU's action figure aisles are barren so the temptation is not even there... walls of completely empty pegs with entire lines, including Transformers, having like two figures for sale. In all honesty, I actually asked a TRU employee if they were closing because it looked that bad. They weren't and he had no answer about why the store was barren of anything.
 
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Well I would never have paid the extra money to TRU but you guys were saying that he would be harder to find because soundwave was the only one in the case. Do you guys think I should keep Reveal the Shield Chopsaw that I got? It was $8.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']They are $11.99 at Target.

So yea, TRU is charging $5 - $6 more for their deluxes, same as voyagers. Nothing new there.

TRU is only worth shopping at for four reasons:

1) They get stuff early (most Hasbro stuff shows months early there) and you absolutely must have it, price be damned
2) Its a one per case figure (like Soundwave) and the markup is worth it
3) Its a line like Marvel Legends where you need an entire wave and you can knock out the entire wave in one fell swoop
4) Their exclusives.

Sometimes, their sales are a reason to shop there, like when they do Buy 2 Get 1 free, but even then sometimes its still cheaper to go elsewhere.

I would never buy common figures at TRU though, thats just pissing away money.

Luckily my TRU's action figure aisles are barren so the temptation is not even there... walls of completely empty pegs with entire lines, including Transformers, having like two figures for sale. In all honesty, I actually asked a TRU employee if they were closing because it looked that bad. They weren't and he had no answer about why the store was barren of anything.[/QUOTE]

My Target are sellng the RID Prime figures for $14.99 which I was pissed off at too since the Generations and the movie Deluxe figures were $11.99. I would think Target has a nationwide price for things, but I assumed it was marked up as a Hawaii thing.
 
Soundwave is back in stock online @ TRU. But he doesn't qualify for free shipping for those with ShopRunner (like myself). I refuse to pay for the markup and for the shipping. He'll come out to be $20. F that.
 
In other news, Make Toys are starting to presell it's Giant (Constructicons/Devastator) customs. These are a better deal $ compared to the TFC Hercules because it's $120 for 2 figures vs $100 for 1. Pre-sell is for the yellow version right now, but I think I'm going to hold out for the green/purple.
 
[quote name='Nathan_Sama']I got Soundwave, Wheeljack, and Cliffjumper at the Chaleston, WV Target last tuesday :D

They pulled a case from the back and let me pick what I wanted haha[/QUOTE]

You're not winning any points for this.

Also, the price difference between my TRU and Target was about $3. The only reason I picked up 'Bee was he was there and I had a $5 promo gift card, bringing him down to around $11.
 
[quote name='jbz']My Target are sellng the RID Prime figures for $14.99 which I was pissed off at too since the Generations and the movie Deluxe figures were $11.99. I would think Target has a nationwide price for things, but I assumed it was marked up as a Hawaii thing.[/QUOTE]

Its really rare that a Target has different prices, but it does happen all over the US.

I'm not sure what causes it myself. I've seen pictures of Targets where Star Wars figures were $10.49 instead of $8.99, for example.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']Its really rare that a Target has different prices, but it does happen all over the US.

I'm not sure what causes it myself. I've seen pictures of Targets where Star Wars figures were $10.49 instead of $8.99, for example.[/QUOTE]


Target's pricing is based on the income demographics of the area. There are 2 targets within 30 minutes of each other that have a $2 price difference on figures. I think the biggest difference I have seen for toys was $3 difference on Indianna Jones figs.
 
[quote name='jbz']In other news, Make Toys are starting to presell it's Giant (Constructicons/Devastator) customs. These are a better deal $ compared to the TFC Hercules because it's $120 for 2 figures vs $100 for 1. Pre-sell is for the yellow version right now, but I think I'm going to hold out for the green/purple.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, I don't want the yellow ones. At this point, though, I'm probably not going to get the Maketoys ones as I chose to go with TFC Hercules. I don't think I need two pricey Devastators.

I got the last two Hercules bots delivered to me earlier this week. I'll post a review later -- I've been opening one a day and I'm now half done.

So far I have to say they have exceeded expectations, and at $100 a pop, I had pretty high expectations.
 
Finally found a Soundwave at TRU! Pretty sweet figure, I must say. Didn't even mind picking him up at TRU, because they had a bunch of coupons sitting around that were for 3 bucks off, which brings him to standard retail. Granted, the coupons specified DotM TF's, but I gave it a shot and it worked :D

Also got Legends Bee, Ratchet, and Cliffjumper at Target (the only Prime figs they had out). Really really like Cliffjumper, very unique and inspired for a legends class fig. Super disappointed that he and Ratchet share the same weapon though. LAME!
 
I found a Soundwave at Kmart, what are they priced at Target? Kmart had them for $13.99 and they had Optimus and Megatron for $19.99.

EDIT: On the previous page, I knew Kmart price gouges on there sets but damn that's pricey!!!!
 
Damn, those shots of the third party Goldbug head (the Growing Pains one) are great. Already had preordered it and decided it wasn't right to stick the head on an RTS Bumblebee so I ordered a United Bumblebee today who is in the appropriate gold color. Its almost like Takara made him that color to homage Goldbug and got cheap with the head.

The head and two guns it come with is expensive ($30) but I am a huge Goldbug fan from Marvel's G1 comics, and Hasbro / Takara has either forgot the guy existed or doesn't want to tell kids that Bumblebee got destroyed and remade as Goldbug.

Hell, he's probably one of my favorite characters and he has one of the worst G1 figures -- no real legs and no arms or hands at all! There are only two other versions made -- Shattered Glass Goldbug (which is awesome, but still) and Alternity Goldbug which, like the United one, Takara didn't even bother to give a new head to so he is still Bumblebee in my eyes. Its about time I had a real one to my collection haha.

When we started getting 10,000 Bumblebees I thought for sure Hasbro would just paint one gold and throw a new head on it, especially when we started seeing crazy shit like Black Shadow, Straxus and Skullgrin. It was my silver lining, like "Well, at least one of these Bumblebees will be Goldbug." At least someone made one!
 
argh...so using the Target link animalspinners put up, I see that the Target by my work has "Available" for both Deluxe and Voyager RID Prime figures. Figure it's worth a shot to see what they got so I go during lunch. When I get there, there is zero RID Prime on the floor. So I go to customer service and ask them what's up. They look it up and say "we should have 8 deluxe ones somewhere". But they can never find them and tell me that sometimes their system isn't accurate because they are renovating. Bah. The mission continues.... I do see him listed on Hasbro site, but out of stock for now
 
Got my DOTM Deluxe Soundwave today, crazily enough the entire thing is a Hasbro package.

For those who missed on Soundwave, I can almost guarantee he'll show up at Ross / Marshalls / elsewhere, as this shows, at least for Soundwave, he was pretty much ready to ship to stores.

I don't think Que and Leadfoot were ever shown in Hasbro packaging (I can't find any pictures of them anywhere in non-Takara packaging) so I'd rule them out, but its a safe bet that Hasbro must be sitting on a load of these Soundwaves.

It seems Human Alliance Soundwave is out there in full Hasbro packaging as well.

I guess only time will tell... Hasbro finds a way to get most figures out when the packaging is completely done.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']Got my DOTM Deluxe Soundwave today, crazily enough the entire thing is a Hasbro package.

For those who missed on Soundwave, I can almost guarantee he'll show up at Ross / Marshalls / elsewhere, as this shows, at least for Soundwave, he was pretty much ready to ship to stores.

I don't think Que and Leadfoot were ever shown in Hasbro packaging (I can't find any pictures of them anywhere in non-Takara packaging) so I'd rule them out, but its a safe bet that Hasbro must be sitting on a load of these Soundwaves.

It seems Human Alliance Soundwave is out there in full Hasbro packaging as well.

I guess only time will tell... Hasbro finds a way to get most figures out when the packaging is completely done.[/QUOTE]


That's what I was hoping for. I'm going to try to find him at Ross/TJ Maxx instead of paying the $35 he's going for now.

In other news (like anyone cares :lol:) I got my RID Prime Soundwave yesterday. Finally got someone on the phone at Target who knew what they were doing and it was no problem. Looks like at my local Targets they are just holding them in the back until pegs open up. But no one is buying those DOTM figures that sit there now.
 
[quote name='jbz']That's what I was hoping for. I'm going to try to find him at Ross/TJ Maxx instead of paying the $35 he's going for now.

In other news (like anyone cares :lol:) I got my RID Prime Soundwave yesterday. Finally got someone on the phone at Target who knew what they were doing and it was no problem. Looks like at my local Targets they are just holding them in the back until pegs open up. But no one is buying those DOTM figures that sit there now.[/QUOTE]

Yea, to me its going to be about $35 worth of gas just to hit all those discount outlets, hoping to beat the other collectors / scalpers just to get a chance at getting him (which won't happen.)

He definitely fills a hole in my DOTM collection and I only need one figure left - Skywarp, who is easy to come by, just expensive and I'm lazy about grabbing him.

Congrats on your Soundwave! Now the fun begins, as we gotta track down Ratchet and Arcee (both one to a case, hurray!) in the next wave.. which features another three Bumblebees.

I foresee sales slowing to a standstill as Bumblebee is all that's on the shelf, because most collectors who wanted one already grabbed a First Edition, and most collector's dont want RID Bee because hes nowhere as good. Hopefully kids will rush out to grab them (because kids love Bee!) but I doubt it... hes already pegwarming here and hasn't sold a single figure at the stores that stocked Prime so far. They all sell except for Bumblebee and Optimus.
 
Thanks man, your Target tracker made it all happen.

You would think Hasbro has some marketing researchers or people who would know about this Bumblebee nonsense. I didn't even bother buying him when I had the chance as I know there will be plenty of opportunities later.

So do you know all of the characters that will be in the 1 to a case pattern? I really want Arachnid and I have a feeling she will be. I definitely want Arcee too so I might as well go after Ratchet while I'm at it, LOL.

I'm still annoyed Cliffjumper First Edition is so expensive right now.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']the next wave.. which features another three Bumblebees.[/QUOTE]

fuck you Habro. Seriously, go fuck yourself. I know the kids love Bee. I get it. But as much as they love the character, they won't buy 6 of him. Everywhere I got, regardless of line, roughly half the figs are Bumblebee in some form. It's ok to overload him in a wave (say, 2 to a case) but the next wave cut the hell back. sheesh.
 
Went around this morning gathering up Shopkick Black Friday 2 points, and lo and behold on my stop through TRU, there was a fully-stocked Prime selection, including the elusive single-packed Soundwave. Guess my local scalpers hadn't been by yet today.
Question though: are the Cliffjumpers heavily stocked? I only ask because there was about four on the pegs. If they aren't, I'd be happy to go back and pick some up for you guys.
But my god, there was at least close to a dozen 'Bees.
I'm half-tempted to put my Soundwave up somewhere to sell, but to be honest he's pretty cool looking, so he's coming out of the package. That's just how I roll.
 
[quote name='Watchman']Went around this morning gathering up Shopkick Black Friday 2 points, and lo and behold on my stop through TRU, there was a fully-stocked Prime selection, including the elusive single-packed Soundwave. Guess my local scalpers hadn't been by yet today.
Question though: are the Cliffjumpers heavily stocked? I only ask because there was about four on the pegs. If they aren't, I'd be happy to go back and pick some up for you guys.
But my god, there was at least close to a dozen 'Bees.
I'm half-tempted to put my Soundwave up somewhere to sell, but to be honest he's pretty cool looking, so he's coming out of the package. That's just how I roll.[/QUOTE]

Cliffjumper is two per case but most collectors don't want him since the First Edition one is far, far superior (which is why you saw a few of them.) The arms on the Prime one alone are hollow and gross.

I don't think he'll be popular with kids either, since he was only in two episodes (I think?) and if those kids missed either episode they have no idea who he is.

Around here, Megatron, Wheeljack and Soundwave are flying off the shelf while the figures that had better FE versions, like Prime, Bee and Cliffjumper are just shelfwarming.

It sounds like your TRU opened at least 4 cases, if their were close to a dozen Bees, as he is three a case. Just wait until the Ratchet / Arcee wave hits, adding three more Bees ;)

And someone found those two figures at a Target in the US yesterday I believe, so they have been shipped already.

First Edition Starscream, imo, goes with the Megatron / Soundwave really well though, definitely worth tracking one down. If I manage to get Ratchet somehow, I'll probably get a FE Bulkhead and then just cherry pick the rest of the figures as the core cast is done. I won't be a completest for this line as the case ratios are too nonsensical.
 
[quote name='animalspinners']Cliffjumper is two per case but most collectors don't want him since the First Edition one is far, far superior (which is why you saw a few of them.) The arms on the Prime one alone are hollow and gross.

I don't think he'll be popular with kids either, since he was only in two episodes (I think?) and if those kids missed either episode they have no idea who he is.

Around here, Megatron, Wheeljack and Soundwave are flying off the shelf while the figures that had better FE versions, like Prime, Bee and Cliffjumper are just shelfwarming.

It sounds like your TRU opened at least 4 cases, if their were close to a dozen Bees, as he is three a case. Just wait until the Ratchet / Arcee wave hits, adding three more Bees ;)

And someone found those two figures at a Target in the US yesterday I believe, so they have been shipped already.

First Edition Starscream, imo, goes with the Megatron / Soundwave really well though, definitely worth tracking one down. If I manage to get Ratchet somehow, I'll probably get a FE Bulkhead and then just cherry pick the rest of the figures as the core cast is done. I won't be a completest for this line as the case ratios are too nonsensical.[/QUOTE]

I'm not going to worry about FE--they just cost more and I'm of the philosophy I'd rather have the figures in any form, just so long as I can own them. The most I ever spent on a TF was a Takara Ultra Magnus Animated at $80 from my mall Japanese goods shop--I kept putting him off while he was in stores at the time, hoping for a price drop, which never happened. Still though, he's damn pretty sitting on my shelf. I just wish I knew what the hell he was saying when I activate his voice (since it's in Japanese). :wall:
My TRU definitely seemed to go balls-out since there were Op and Megs as long as your arm stocked on the shelf.

Sadly, I'm one of those people who didn't see Cliffjumper's episodes, and yet piecemeal I've seen quite a bit of the first season, save for the first 10 minutes of the first ep (which I assume he was seen in since Arcee mentions him a few times). I'm not even sure if I'm going to keep him yet--he just looks...barbaric and angry. I mean, I suppose G1's version was similar in the sense he was a hothead and willing to fight at the drop of a hat, but...

If my TRU opened four cases, then three other people beat me to Soundwave; but at least they weren't jerks since I got mine. \\:D/
 
[quote name='Watchman']I'm not going to worry about FE--they just cost more and I'm of the philosophy I'd rather have the figures in any form, just so long as I can own them.

I'm not even sure if I'm going to keep him yet--he just looks...barbaric and angry. I mean, I suppose G1's version was similar in the sense he was a hothead and willing to fight at the drop of a hat, but...
[/QUOTE]

These days, I'm of the philosophy where I only want one version of any character from a series in any size class, unless something so amazing happens with a figure that its universally praised.

Since I only want one version, I want the absolute best one if possible -- for me, its no contest with Bulkhead and Cliffjumper; the FE ones blow away the original ones, especially viewing them side by side. the difference in quality is just too great on those two to go for the lesser versions Hasbro put out.

I'll pay a bit extra at first but since I'll just skip every subsequent release, it should even out. I'm at the point now where I'm running out of shelf room and I'm just being extremely picky, haha. I can't find anything redeeming at all about the Prime Cliffjumper and Bulkhead (Optimus is alright, I can deal with those changes.)

And $80 for Animated Magnus is worth it, he is an awesome figure! I'm about ready to drop $80 on Classics Magnus; already got the FansProject armor, just need the figure.

Then, I am so, so close to finishing my Transformers grail -- an updated, kick ass version of each of the Season 3 cast members. Been working on this for about two years now, piecing it all together:

FansProject Rodimus for Rodimus Prime
Generations Kup (gonna grab the replacement iGear Kup head for him)
Generations Blurr
FansProject Ultra Magnus for Ultra Magnus
Warbot Defender for Springer
United Bumblebee and Growing Pains Head for Goldbug
Gotta grab a Legends Wheelie sometime but I'm not a fan of the character, no rush

And I'm thinking Perfect Effect Arcee... she's pricey, but her style really goes well with everyone else so I'll just bite the bullet there. I think the Delicate Warrior Arcee looks pretty crap and doesn't mesh well with the FP stuff.

For non core cast, and for people who carried over from past seasons, I've got Generations Perceptor, MP Grimlock (not in scale, but hopefully we'll get one soon), Wreck-gar and a Junkion.

Really, the only thing I'm missing is an in-scale Blaster.

For the Decepticons, I already got Generations Galvatron, Scourge, Cyclonus and the TF Club Runamuck and Runabout. I got a G1 Abominus and I'll get around to getting Predaking as well.

Then I guess I'll start to work on other G1 figures, like Trypticon, Metroplex and Sky Lynx, but I at least want the core cast out of the way first.
 
Stopped in Walmart looking for a specific Vita accessory, but they had the Prime figures out. Only had Wheeljack and Bumblebee (for $12.96 thankfully) but I passed on both though I considered Wheeljack. They had 3 voyager Optimus Prime figures and 1 Megatron ($19.99). Although it looked a little smaller than older Voyager figures, I still picked up Megatron. I'll only get Optimus if it's $12 or less I think, because I have a lot of him and that one didn't look great.
 
Nice concept there, I like it. You need to add a Sharkticon/Gnaw and Quintessons don't you? I actually think they are ugly characters, but they were pretty frequently seen in season 3.
 
[quote name='pjb16']Stopped in Walmart looking for a specific Vita accessory, but they had the Prime figures out. Only had Wheeljack and Bumblebee (for $12.96 thankfully) but I passed on both though I considered Wheeljack. They had 3 voyager Optimus Prime figures and 1 Megatron ($19.99). Although it looked a little smaller than older Voyager figures, I still picked up Megatron. I'll only get Optimus if it's $12 or less I think, because I have a lot of him and that one didn't look great.[/QUOTE]

That's good that they are making their way to other retailers. I stopped by my Walmart this morning and there was literally one Transformer figure on the whole wall. Sideswipe DOTM or something. Everything else was cleared out so I'm hoping I get a nice refresh soon.
 
[quote name='jbz']Nice concept there, I like it. You need to add a Sharkticon/Gnaw and Quintessons don't you? I actually think they are ugly characters, but they were pretty frequently seen in season 3.[/QUOTE]

I'm not really a fan of either character or the concept behind them (creators of the Transformers), so I'm passing.

Like you, I'm also not really a fan of the figures that have been released for either character. Maybe if better versions ever come out one day I'll consider it.

I'm making an exception for Wheelie being an actual Transformer and the figure is decent... his IDW version is also a bit better than the G1 version too.

I actually just found a nice in-scale Blaster: Device Label Blaster. Turns into a working USB hub, haha.
 
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lol, that Device Label Blaster is pretty sweet. I never seen that before. He's a bit pricey though. G1 Wheelie was a horrible looking figure. Horrible. Someone bought that for me for my birthday a long time ago.
 
For those of you who ordered from the Transformers Collectors Club this year or before, you should have gotten an email about their credit card fraud problem, but if you didn't, check this statement out.

This is the first and only year I've ordered from TFCC, and today I noticed the telltale sign my account had been compromised: an unexplained $1 pending charge from Google or Yahoo. These have been followed by actual fraud charges of all kinds.

I had my card replaced as a precaution. If you ordered from TFCC, you should keep an eye on your account.
 
Picked up a Wheeljack at Walmart tonight ($12.88). There was also a Cliffjumper and 2 Bumblebees. Cliffjumper's card was bent nearly in half, pulling off the bubble a bit, which is why I passed. Also 2 Primes.

Also stopped at 2 TRUs. One just had Cyberverse Bumblebee for Prime stuff, the other had 2 Deluxe Bees and Cyberverse ones. They're having a sale this week on all Deluxe Transformers, buy 2, get 1 free. Good luck trying to beat out the scalpers this week. Had stopped at the TRUs before Walmart, considered holding off on Wheeljack to try my luck with the TRU sale, but figured a 'bot in the hand ...
 
I bought soundwave last week and if you remember they charged me $16.49, I saw that they had them for $14.99 so I asked if they can refund the $ and they said yes. So I got it a little cheaper. They only had 2 deluxe prime bumblebees so I could not really do the b2get1 free deal. I could try a different TRU but I doubt I will find anything. I did see the little legend size cyberverse ones those are cute.
 
where did you find them at spinners? Are you using a similar technique to finding them like your Soundwave one? * edit, nevermind, saw you said Cyberverse.

I was tracking Ratchet and Arcee on the Hasbro site and as of yesterday they were out of stock. Today they aren't listed and instead Hasbro is selling an 8 pack of the Prime RID series. You get Ratchet, Soundwave, Arcee, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack and 3(!) Bumblebees. Yes, 3 fricken Bumblebees. Why the F would I want to buy 3 of any figure, let alone Bumblebee. Argh.
 
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