More Transformers merchandise sightings for you, and next up on the sighting list it is some new Kre-O releases! The Movie series Custom Kreons Wave 1 – which includes Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Drift and Lockdown have been sighted at Toys R Us stores in Frederick, MD and the SF Bay area in California.
That is not all though, because the Wave 5 Kreon Blind Bags (or if you prefer, Movie Wave 1) have also been spotted in the SF Bay area in California. This latest set of 12 Kreons adds the likes of Wingspan, Misfire, Mindwipe, Nightbeat, Trypticon, Highbrow, and Skrapnel into the mix. For those looking, the item number is 631350 – a new number for this assortment – and they retail for $2.99 a pop.
A big shout out to 2005 Boards members Sideswipe1954 and deltagod for the heads up!
simond
Always good having the translated names, I still haven't got around to opening my wave 5's yet…
DPrime
Thanks! Wow, nearly all G1, eh?
And here I thought I was going to save a bit of money!
Starscream Gaga
We tracked them all down in the Review Thread and the Kre-O Appreciation, but here they are:
Skrapnel- G1 Zaptrap (e-Hobby character)
Fangwolf- Cybertron Snarl (Fangwolf is his JP name)
Misfire- G1 Misfire (Wrong faction)
Trypticon- G1 Trypticon (Beast) Classics Trypticon (Robot)
Mindswipe- G1 Mindwipe
Nightbeat- G1 Punch
Highbrow- G1 Highbrow (Wrong faction)
Jarugar- G1 Jallguar (JP character)
Jetwash- G1 Jetfire
Wingspan Hawk- G1 Wingspan (JP Character)
Torosaur- Original Character
Silversnout- Original Character
Note that Nightbeat is actually G1 Punch, not Nightbeat at all, strangely.
DPrime
These just showed up in Walmarts in Canada – or Ottawa, at least.
Can anyone more knowledgeable than me – regarding Transformers lore – point out the G1 characters/homages? Guys like Mindswipe (Mindwipe?), Highbrow and Nightbeat are obvious, but when it comes to the more obscure ones I don't know.
If some of these are Transformer 4 characters, I will probably return them.
simond
I just ordered my wave 4 combiners from toysrus.com, nice of them to ship internationally
O.Supreme
That is the exact same situaiton in the United States my friend. The only difference is that some were able to find BlindBags wave 4 at some small drug stores (known locally here as Wallgreens). And Hasbrotoyshop.com had a small stock of Computron & Menasor, luckily I oprdered those when they had them. They were not in any retail store that i know of here in the United States.
LegendAntihero
I want to get that Bludgeon first if I see these at retail and start picking them up
cjr187
I picked up the new wave of blind bags. TRU here in Canada had 4 pegs full of them at the time
Daniel07
My country worst still. TRU here only out with blindbag wave 3 then skip to AOE. No Blindbag wave 4, no custom kreo wave 2, no combiners menasor and computron…luckily i can get them on our neighboring country!
simond
Look on the bright side, you've officially had wave 1, I had to get mine off eBay. On the other hand I was lucky enough to catch imported wave 2s from a local comic shop.
O.Supreme
Reagarding series 2 customs- here is what hasbro wrote back –
Thank you for your patience while we checked into this further for you. It seems that the figures you are looking for are wave 2 and they have not yet shipped to stores in the U.S. as of yet. Stores will not add additional inventory until the first wave is sold out.
Thank you for your patience again in this matter,
to which I respondend:
Good Morning,
I appreciate the response, but this doesn’t seem to make sense since the first wave sold out months ago, and wave 3 (which is a Toys R Us Exclusive), is now available at TRU stores and TRU online?
to which their final response was:
Thank you for your updated email.
The Kre-O team stated that since Toys R Us as a whole still have inventory in wave 1, wave 2 shipping has not started at this point. We do not have a date at this point when that will happen.
Thank you for your understanding,
So..apparently there are still some TRU's that have wave 1 in stock (which apparently is nowhere around me), or they are just blowing smoke instead of just admiting they have no idea when, if ever, these will be released.
LegendAntihero
I like those vac metalized helmets
CrockAlley
45 – Skrapnel
46 – Fangwolf
47 – Misfire
48 – Trypticon
49 – Mindswipe
50 – Nightbeat
51 – Highbrow
52 – Jarugar
53 – Jetwash
54 – Wingspan Hawk
55 – Torosaur
56 – Silversnout
mumdb1
Found the blind bags, customs, combiners and 4 of the larger sets including the Galvatron one here in northern Colorado. The blind bags DO indeed have the codes just like previous releases.
BlueAngel_Bolt
I hope i'm able to find these at my TRU. Nobody around me ever got any of the first ones.
computron179
Excellent sunday shopping for my sons birthday next week. Picked up Aoe combiners lazerbolt and volcaincon or 9.99 each Dinobot charge set 9.00. Custom Lockdown,Drift, and Ratchet 4.99 each and all the blind bags for 2.99 in a South Florida Tru. Only problem is he will have two drifts I didnt notice he was in dinobot charge a set he asked for as my focus was on checking the numbers on blind bags.
Boca TRU has the blind bags and Aoe Customs but Boyton TRU does not if anyone else lives down here and looking
Starscream Gaga
Look a couple of posts up. They're in the Kre-O Appreciation thread and aslo my Review thread.
XmanMoby
Found in Lexington KY tru. No blind pack figs yet, but the barcode was there for the box.
XmanMoby
Hasbrotoyshop.com does not have a very good system for pre-order or specific items. I have a not been able to get ANYTHING from them other than the original preview blind packs and series one.
I did find the 4 AOE custom figures today at tru in lex, ky. no AOE blind packs.
optimusmegas
do we know the codes yet for these?