When Grimlock told the other Dinobots to hurry up or they'd get his foot up their rears, he wasn't joking, was he?

 

Doesn't look like the ports are under the wings. They may use the forearms to hold the bombs.



I don't see them on the renders either.

 

This is the image I was mentioning implying Swoop would have wing bombs. That is very clearly him on the far right. Not actually replying to Jalaguy's post but using the image he posted.

+-MWG-+

 

Trion didn't shelfwarm nearly as bad as Sentinel, and that would be mostly because he came in a case with the Galvatron everyone wanted and was an obvious pretool of the Astrotrain most everybody was waiting for.

Not to mention stores always over-order Wave 1. Always.

 

Alpha Trion sold pretty well over here. So did Sentinel. He was at least long cleared out by the time Christmas stock rolled around in October. Sentinel was less favored than his wave mate, certainly, but Alpha Trion and Galvatron have ended up shelfwarming the most. Probably because two trucks full of them came around in December.

I would be more of the idea that anecdotes wouldn't mean empirical data. My experience seems to differ from that of others, and someone may well step in with yet another situation. What's noteworthy is that Galvatron, a G1 and not "new" character, ended up shelfwarming. People out here hate Astrotrain too. Like, there's not even that many of him and the same two are still there.

If anything shelfwarms, I am sure it's because the stores order too much for anyone in the immediate area to buy. In less affluent neighborhoods, a high sales price contributes as well. Then if there aren't that many families, toys will sell less too. Characters? Everyone is obscure unless they are Megatron, Optimus, Bumblebee, Starscream, Grimlock or Windblade (maybe thanks to the movies, Hound may be getting there too.) Obscurity is sure not an excuse to skimp out on the characters a line is named after.

 

You can buy the Nexus Prime box set at any Adult XXX superstore nearest you most likely, although you're on your own when it comes to finding someone to combine with.

 

I think you're referring to the characters original name, nexus Maximus, hasbro originally shot down the nexus prime name but changed it to prime after realizing it shared a name with a sex toy

 

I only saw a few Trions in my area, enough that I feel lucky to have grabbed one after it had been just stocked. Sentinel, Galvatron and Astrotrain have been shelf warming here.

 

Yeah, Trions didn't shelfwarm here either.

Now Broadside on the otherhand...

 

still can't believe they released Broadside 2x per case instead of carrying forward Prime, then doing a revision with Megatron. Seriously.

(also, still can't believe they actually released Broadside with that can't-even-call-it-a-jet mode. SERIOUSLY.)

 

Broadside didn't so much as shelf-warm here as he existed. Which stands out compared to the rest of the Voyagers, but hardly shelf-warmed since they moved eventually.

Seriously, distribution for anything but TR Deluxes and TLK Wave 1 has been garbage in the DC Metro area.

 

I've only seen two Broadside's in my area, granted my local stores are never really well stocked (I blame Hasbro) but still. There was a ton of wave 1's from TR and TLK clogging the aisle to promote the movie so it kind of makes sense nothing else would be coming in.

 

*spits coffee*

Man, gotta think somebody in the naming department got fired for that gap in research.

 

They did a search of the name in safe for work mode apparently haha

 

Is anyone else getting the feeling that someone in the design team really wants a Starscream combiner? Despite the paint scheme ignoring it, CW Galvatronus is clearly moulded with a Seeker chest a crown head (see DoctorsTARDIS' digibash below right), and now we're getting a voyager Starscream that turns into a King Starscream combiner torso. Second time lucky, I guess?

 

Man I want to know where Galvatrons and Sentinels are pegwarming. Sentinel is high on my list of things I want to find in person at retail, as is Galvatron. I would likely consider trion if I saw on in person also. I have never seen any of those here.

 

There were a lot of repaints planned for CW that never came to be, but yes. I think this indicates someone has been wanting this since CW.

Here in the United States for sure. There is one walmart near me where they have nealry 12 of each.

 

Nothing is shelfwarming near me in virginia

 

Here in southeast Tennessee it is bad, very bad. I mean I've found voyagers and leaders but mostly just fuckloads of wave 1.5 and mixed with 3.