BBTS Exclusive Dark Energon Prime Figures Available for Preorder

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hope the wait wasnt in vain.....BBTS sometimes gets carried away with their pricing...

Only one I can see myself buying is the DE Megatron, the others are nice redecos, but the Megatron is above them all.

Transformers Prime First Edition to be Available at Toys"R"Us, BBTS, & Entertainment Earth - BBTS Exclusive Dark Energon Pre-Orders Open September 1st

I am getting them all but will probably only open Megatron.

YES YES YES. This pleases the Orangey.

WHAT, no reg FE Cliffjumper?

Maybe I'm missing the reference, but why is there a 2002 on the back trunk part for Cliffjumper? If it's because he was a 2012 SDCC exclusive...shouldn't it be 2012?

Still no prices eh? Oh well... I guess this is good since the PRID Revision case got pushed back (AGAIN) to Mid-September so maybe I'll have to add these to the Prime POL

will it be available on tru.com on september 1st. or will these be arriving at TRU stores starting on september 1st.

I'm probably going to buy FE Bulkhead. Since I don't have the Rid version yet.

Still debating if I want to buy the FE Vechicon or not.

The September 1st is NOT the date for the First Edition toys. That date is for when BBTS puts up preorders for the Dark Energon exclusives.

Damn, the more exciting news is that BBTS is also going to carry the FE toys.

Suck it, TRU.

Assuming they don't price them at $35 for a deluxe and $50 for a voyager.

Either way, I'll take my chances with TRU.

I like Megs and Optimus (though I'm not a huge fan of Ops mold). I think I may pick up Megatron, depending on what the price is and how soon it'll be released. I don't have the funds for anything this next month...

Same here. If BBTS is the same price as TRU, then it will be MUCH easier just to order them through BBTS. Hell, the TRU site (as well as my local store) STILL does not have the second wave of Voyager Prime (Bulkhead/Starscream) figures. -_-

I'm hoping that the pricing will be:

Deluxe- $20
Voyager- $30

That is still about 4-5 dollars higher than regular Prime Deluxes, and around 7-8 dollars more than regular Prime Voyagers.

As for the "Special" figures exclusive to BBTS...Your prices will probably be right on for those.

Dark Energon Optimus has the maskless face, right? If so, I might crack and get one!

Only want Knock Out so not too worried, but still, TO BATTLE.

Can't wait for Slice-ehhhWheeljack!

Will order a full set of the Dark Energon Deluxes but otherwise not all that interested. May get Megatron too but that totally depends on price. The Deluxes are the only ones that really catch my interest.

So whats the difference between the First Edition and RID figs?

And do we have any idea when the Dark Energon figs will be released? I can't decide if I want to get any of them and my interest in them is dwindling the longer BBTS puts off their release.

They're two completely different lines with completely different moulds for every character.

I really want the deluxes to repurpose. Wheeljack as Slicer and Knockout as Wasp. If the price is right I'll get Bumblebee for Goldbug too. I already have AM Skywarp. They should have gone with blue for SS and they'd get more sales...

Even better than blue, I think they should have gone with a Sunstorm deco. It seems likely that there might be a mainline Thundercracker at some point (either from Hasbro or Takara), and the transparency would have suited Sunstorm's irradiated, power-infused characterization.

Anyhow, aside from that missed opportunity, I'm looking forward to these guys. I think I'll also have to pick up a Takara Terrorcon Cliffjumper to go with them, as well.

Regarding repurposing, I'm thinking of repurposing the figures not so much as separate characters, but as kind of "Mr. Hyde-esque" alter-egos. If Dark Energon corrupts a Transformer and brings out his/her bad qualities, I'm thinking Wheeljack, when so corrupted, becomes the violent and unstable "Slicer" persona. And cuddly Bumblebee, when corrupted, becomes the arrogant, pompous "Goldbug." Since there's already a Prime Skywarp, and the Knockout/Megatron/Optimus color schemes don't evoke any character in particular to me, I probably won't think of them having actual named alter-egos in the same way... just Slicer and Goldbug.

I really like that wheeljack figure, the rest are an easy pass.

I'm getting Knockout and Starscream. Screamer looks like Warp teleporting or something and even though I already have Skywarp and I am so getting this one!

Now I just need them to do a Thundercracker and maybe even a Sunstorm!

Depending on release date ETA, the only one I know I'll preorder immediately is Slicer/Wheeljack. The others I do intend to pick up as well, but they're lower priority at the moment.

Watch them only be available as sets of 4 deluxes or 2 voyagers... Which will be infinitely better than case ratios of 1x Wheeljack, 1x Knockout, 2x Starscream, 4x Bumblebee. Surely BBTS wouldn't let Hasbro do that.... Hopefully 2 of each per case.

I want them all, hopefully full cases go up of one each.

They updated the site-

BBTS EXCLUSIVE - TRANSFORMERS PRIME DARK ENERGON!

Preorders Open at 12:00 Midnight Eastern Time Friday Night 9/1 - pricing will be announced at that time.

I really, really don't want this to be the case, but I can't imagine BBTS wants to sit on any more deluxe Bumblebees than they already are, even if its an exclusive version.

Ever since these were announced its been my fear that they'll only be able to be ordered by full assortment. Or, if they are available individually, that Prime and BB will be reasonably priced and everything else will be super expensive.

From what I've gathered...two of the deluxe figures are being skipped in the FE line:

Bumblebee
Cliffjumper (regular)

So no one has to worry about seeing the yellow plague in stores...online or otherwise. lol

I noticed Hasbro got smart with the FE line and dropped BB. The better news is that Zombiejumper and Vehicon are a coming.


That Dark energon line, cool enough but not my cup of tea.

Just saw from BBTS that the pre ordered for the Dark Energon exclusives will go live at 12am EST on Sept 1st http://http://www.bigbadtoystore.com...spx?content=62

I'm really curious how much these will be. I'm slightly tempted by Wheeljack and Knockout, their color schemes look really cool. definitely want Starscream, he looks fantastic, and I kinda want that Megatron too, he looks better than the retail version, just not sure i like that toy enough to buy a more expensive version.

So only Optimus is remolded, right?

Man, I really like the optimus prime.

Really hoping these prices are good myself, Slicer's a must but Knock-Out will depend entirely on the cost.

Definately looking to pick up a Wheeljack/Slicer, and the Optimus doesn't look half bad either.

Bumblebee and Knockout are passes for me though

Got em preordered! Gotta have optimus, but Wheeljack is kinda growing on me.

Looks like the preorders are only for a set: either you can get deluxes for $60, or Voyagers for $50. I'll be selling off Bumblebee and Starscream for about $20 each to help cover the shipping methinks.

They're very reasonably priced.

$60 for a set of 4 deluxes and $50 for a set of two voyagers.

I was pleasantly surprised.

Pre-ordered the Deluxe set; ~$15 each is reasonable. Didn't entirely want BB, but was interested in the other three and he can be repurposed as Goldbug, so it's not a big loss. Prime and Megatron look decent, but don't need/want other versions of those two figures.

The prophecy has been fulfilled!

Yep, I got them ordered just now too, $60 for the 4 deluxes and $50 for the Voyagers, nowhere near as bad as I was dreading!

For reference

Number of Deluxe Sets: 1334
Number of Voyager Sets: 1337

@ 12:05am EST

Prices aren't too bad @ $60 for the four deluxes and $50 for two voyagers considering these are "exclusives"

Yeah, there was close to 1600 of each at 12:01 so they seem to be selling quickly.

Edit: 1258 of each at 12:10

nice exclusives, good prices, ordered!

dont forget they have the prime and jazz 2 pack there

The one kicker is hoping we can unload the ones each of us don't want, as there's probably going to be a flood of Bumblebees on eBay once these ship...