Red leader of our friends and sponsors Kapow Toys has shared with us some information on upcoming Transformers assortments to be released in the UK in the coming months. The big news is that after a three wave absence, the Voyager size class will finally return to UK retail! August 2010 will see the UK release of the first Hunt for the Decepticons Voyager Assortment, consisting of Sea Spray, Night Ops Ratchet and Payload.
June 2010 will see the UK release of Power Core Combiners Skyburst and Bombshock, Battle Ops Bumblebee, and the Revenge of the Fallen Activators Optimus Prime, Megatron and Bumblebee.
Following the release of the first assortment of Hunt for the Decepticons Voyagers at UK retail in August, the second assortment will be released in September. Hunt for the Decepticons Voyager Wave 2 will add Battle Blades Optimus Prime and Decepticon Banzai-Tron to the mix, with a further, as yet unknown assortment of Movie-themed Voyagers due to hit the UK in October 2010.
One sad piece of news accompanies this listing, though – the Human Alliance series is no longer being marketed to UK retailers. As far as the UK is concerned, this assortment has been apparently been dropped. Therefore, if you are a fan of the Human Alliance series, I strongly recommend you check out one of our sponsors to avoid disappointment on current and upcoming releases.
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tikgnat
Damn, to me it just seems like Hasbro UK are deliberately trying to kill off their own lines.
I mean look at GIJoe, that got killed pretty much because of the price of the line. £8 for a basic figure is already a hard pill to swallow but £15 for an Alpha Vehicle? £30 for a Bravo? I didn't pay those prices for myself, and I reckon that most parents didn't buy their kids toys at those prices either.
And £30 for HA is extortionate. Massive overstock and overpricing killed this, not HA BB. I've seen adults shopping for kids in TRU picking it up and marvelling at how cool he looks, in package and on the back, but then balking at the price.
Hasbro UK really really have to sort their prices out. Toys are meant to be cheap disposable commodities. Their prices are crazy.
Unclejoe420
Fingers crossed some of this new stuff shows up in the next Argos catalogue; if not, then I'm off to Kapow Toys!! hehehe
TFtoycollector
shouldn't the hunt for the Decepticons Deluxe line come out with the voyagers.
Sad and bad news about the HA line, was looking forward to getting Mudflap and Jazz, just got to hope they will be avalible on Amazon.
Christian Prime
Hasbro UK, you fail alsongside the Dutch branch!
No more HA figures in the UK….hmmm, might as well try and get Barricade & Jazz in Someway in June.
I'm not overly excited with the PCC, neither does Battle Ops Bee, so I might gain another HA Bee (hopefuly at a lower price tag) soon in July after TF Conversions in Amsterdam.
Meanwhile HFTD's Seaspray & Battle Blade Optimus Prime with the deluxes of Battle Blade Bee, Ironhide with the scouts Hubcap, Brimstone, Insecticon & Breacher might as well do it for me.
LUGNUT1995
ALLRIGHT!! what a bunch &*:% about the HA's, WHY!, they brought out skids the could at least bring mudflap out to comkplete the two, what a bumer
Wars
Hooray, new stuff next month! Mostly looking forward to the new voyager figures. I will be getting Payload to replace Long Haul for sure, and Sea Spray to go along side him. May also get Banzai – Tron to replace Bludgeon, not sure though as of now.
Dont really care about the deluxes, I just wanted voyagers to be entirely honest. I might take a look at the resources and see if theres anything that will change my mind. And still no confirmation on new leaders, sad. Honestly, I really want the Battle hooks Optimus more then Starscream. To be honest I dont really want Starscream at all, the voyager figure is fine for me. I might get him if I see him and have the money at the time. Thanks Red Leader!
Scourge_151
Kapow can help you with Barricade at least, he's well worth it.
RedAlert Rescue
As I feared they'd do… skip straight to HFTD Voyagers.
I'm going to have to import 3 waves of them now.
baggzey23
not the first time bumblebee has screwed us over (nest bumblebee,rotf bumblebee,stealth bumblebee) all of which are not very good molds
knowing me i'll get battle ops bumblebee straight away and regret him later (just like the brick devastator) that was £99 out the window
Draven
No Bludgeon
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No more Human Alliance figures
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Ridiculous Powercore Combiner price
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Me importing everything from now on, on principle. Shove it up your arse, Hasbro UK.
baggzey23
HELL YEAH for us uk fans *does the robot dance*
aww no more human alliance (and i was looking forward to barricade )
HOORAY argos to the rescue (for battle ops bumblebee, pcc)
and we get the bludgeon and longhaul mold but in different colours
gonna be a good year for the uk
Fort Max
Cool but I've got one now, got it off a fellow tfwer.
Cheers for the tip though, I do have a smyths not too far away but don't go very often.
Rotorstorm
Oh for god sake, more of Ratchet? really? that mold is still shelf warming in it's last colour scheme.
Omnius
Yay, Seaspray!
Boo, no more HA. Means I have to import Mudflap, Barricade and Jazz. Thanks a bunch UK retailers!
Primal_Grimlock
I'm only really after Deluxe Ironhide and HA Mudflap now, to go with my HA Skids. Looks like I'm gonna have to pay an idiotic price for both.
Speaking of idiotic prices, £70 for Cyber Ops Bumblebee?!? Who are they kidding?
Gingerchris
The sad thing is I just don't care about the UK releases anymore. They don't give me what I want from the line these days. I'll just import the few I want in the correct colours and it'll probably still not cost me much more than UK retail. And with molds just never making it over here that's another mark against UK TF.
Bum.
wildfly
IIRC, HA Mudflap and Barricade are pretty scarce in the U.S too. Little wonder the line is in limbo in these parts.
Got a Smyths nearby? 30% off.
Takara_destron
Good news, will pick up the PCCs and Banzaitron.
Fort Max
*sigh*
Triggerhappy
judging by the repaint everything culture going on I'm gonna assume that Wave 3 Voyagers will include a Mindwipe repaint, just a guess…. but I'll hold out on a wimm : )