My local Toymaster in Staffordshire had him on the shelves at the weekend, along with wave-mate Leader Prime. In past experience this store gets stuff in 2-3 weeks ahead of other chain retailers (I bought Titans Return Galvatron last summer and didn't see him in Toys'R'Us for another month).



Apologies for the quality of the image, as my phone camera isn't all that competent, particularly in artificial lighting (this was taken at 11pm).

He was £54.99, which is £10 less than Argos have him listed for in the mini-catalogue currently found in their stores.

I'll post a pictorial review in the next few days in the Toys Forums.

 

You've probably just delivered the news of the century for many people

Thanks for the report!

 

Do you have a picture of the receipt?

 

I'm waiting on the voyager Megs.

 

I wish I had the money I'd pay you to send me one

 

Only for the card payment, can't find the till receipt. Just saw in the Ts & Cs that I have to include said picture. My apologies. I am in the process of taking some shots for a pictorial review, and can upload some of these here, but if this isn't sufficient then I'll take the thread down  

 

At the very least it'll just make this thread from "sighted at retail" to "first in hand pics and review." I think people are gonna be more happy just to see this guy in detail.  

 

Quick shot of him alongside AOE Voyager Optimus, and Deluxe Triggerhappy (guessing that all you collectors have at least 1 of these 2) just to give an idea of how he scales.

 

Standing stoic, with all accessories:




Fusion cannon causing havoc:

 

No problem, we will have this front paged shortly.

 

If a figure is found in Toymaster does a Brit lose money?

 

Ayyy the battle mask can actually close fully around the face!

I really like those colours, actually. Nice paint, too.

 

Yeah, the mechanism was quite stiff at first but it's working a treat now. Personally prefer the battle mask look, but the detailing on his teeth when the mask is down is very good

 

First person to make an adaptor so the fusion cannon can sit on the proper side of the arm relative to the elbow joint gets a free cookie

 

In vehicle mode with Evasion OP, just show how long this vehicle mode is...........



And with Triggerhappy again:



Triggerhappy is only as big as the part of Megatron's jet mode that forms the fusion cannon!

 

Could be a bit tricky considering how the transformation works (the cannon stays attached throughout), but that thought did cross my mind too.

 

Oooooo...that little tidbit may have just finished off all of my missgivingd for this figure!

No spoilers, but how is the transformation in general?

 

GET THIS IN MY MOUTH. NOW. Looks ace. Aside from those forearm gaps. They're shocking. But someone will make a cover so.. yay?

 

Pretty fun, not too challenging but not as simple as, say, CW Leader Megs. I'll touch on transformation when I post a written pictorial review sometime in the next few days

 

I'd imagine there will at least be fillers, if not an entire replacement forearm set with no gaps and a properly placed fusion cannon. Perhaps from a newly revitalized Dr wu?