Universe Classics 2.0

A report comes to us via The Allspark that the latest wave of Wal-Mart Exclusive Transformers - made up of The Fury of Fearswoop set, and the three Universe Ultras Hardhead, Skyfall and Powerglide - have been sighted and bought at a Wal-Mart in Alaska.

Don't forget you can stay up to date with your local Transformers sightings in our Transformers sightings board.

Happy Hunting everyone!

TFW2005 board member Giga Leo has just recieved his Universe Hardhead and has been kind enough to share a pictorial review with us. Hardhead is a repaint of the Universe 2.0 Ultra Class Onslaught mold and transforms into a six-wheeled SWAT assault truck. Pictured here, he can be compared to the Hasbro and Takara-Tomy USA Edition release. A new shot on his boxflap also shows us the upcoming Powerglide repaint.

Click above to read the review and see all images.

Our Canadian sister site, Cybertron.CA reports that the Insecticons and Perceptor reissues from Transformers Universe Classics 2.0 have been found at Toys 'R' Us stores in Canada. These long awaited G1 reissues should be arriving in US stores soon as well!

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TFW2005 board member flywheels has just shared with us his pictorial review for the recently released Gentei! Gentei! Transformers Basecamp Strafe. Strafe is a Universe Cyclonus redeco and is only available in Japan fdor owners of the Transformers-themed Visa credit card.

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It is being reported that Transformers Universe "Warriors From Three Worlds" set has been released in the UK. This set exclusive to Sainsbury's in the UK is packed with GT Ransack, Scattorshot, Repugnus which are repacked figures from the Transformers Cybertron line. This set retails for £21.99.

The set has also been spotted at a Walgreens in Coppell, TX by 2005 Boards member Megatron's Gun.

A user on the japanese message board Futaba Channel has posted some new in-hand images of the recently released Transformers Basecamp Gentei! Gentei! Strafe exclusive. We get a out and in package image, as well as peaks to the bio card on the back.

Strafe is a redeco of Universe Cyclonus and comes with a redecoed Targetmaster Nightstick named Rocketbot. He is an exclusive release for the Transformers Basecamp website and is tied into their Transformers Visa credit card.

Thanks go to TFW2005 member DrillBit for translating part of his bio:

The bio says Strafe got shot during battle and changed back to its old form (he was rebuilt from one of the deadbodies of some transformers inside Unicron right?). In this "old" form Strafe feels younger and can fly 1.8 times faster then before.

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Several board members have reported sighting the new Universe Minicon 10 Pack at Meijer and now Kmart. This pack collects 10 Minicons from the Classics Series and includes for the first time ever, a taxicab Transformer named "Overcharge".

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User arthur_wen at Actoys has shared some images from the recently released Electro Disruptor Ligier from Million Hero Publishing. This version of Ligier is a mail-away exclusive tied to the book Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1.

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Good news, UK fans! The previously seen Wal-Mart Exclusive Universe Two Packs have been released at Asda stores in the UK. The two sets are "War of the Waves" featuring Air Raid and Storm Surge and "The Data War" featuring Clocker and Hardtop. They re-release these four characters who were originally Target Exclusives in the US when the first Movie came out. For photographic proof of the sighting courtesy of 2005 Boards member DEATH OF PRIME, click on the title of this story.

Thanks to board member tfctoys we bring you new images of the upcoming Walmart exclusive Universe Hardhead. Hardhead is a G1 homage redeco of the previously released Ultra Class Onslaught. He transforms into a 6 wheeled assault truck.

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Great news for all that have preordered Electro Disruptor Ligier with or without Transformers Generations 2009 Volume 1. The figure is expected to be on market by the 26th of this month in Japan.

Click on the title to view some pictures of this figure, or also click on our sponsors just in case you haven't preordered it yet.

By way of 2005 Boards member S250, we have received an image of Universe Hardhead in box from Yizhi521 of TF08.net. A Walmart exclusive, Hardhead is a repaint of the Universe Ultra Onslaught, and he makes his feelings about Decepticons perfectly clear on his shield. Check out the image by clicking on the thumbnail to the left, then sound off about it by clicking the discuss link below.

TFW's own panzerjedi has spotted the long-delayed Universe ultra Predacon Bruticus in San Jose, California at the Toys R Us on Curtner. The only previous sightings we've had of this Cyberton Scourge repaint were at specialty and mass retailers in Canada, and Hasbro Toy Shop. It's a Robots in Disguise homage of the non-show Bruticus toy!

If you have new sightings in your area, report them in the sightings forum here!

A user on Actoys has recently shared some new images of the ToysRus exclusive Insecticon reissue boxset. The boxset will include all three original molds but only Kickback retains his original name. Bombshell is now Hardshell, while Shrapnel changes to Sharpshot.

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We now have images courtesy of yizhi at tf08.net of two upcoming releases for Transformers Universe. One is an image of inside of the package of the Toys R US exclusive Insecticon reissue, and the second is an image of an upcoming Wal-Mart exclusive Powerglide in G1 colors!

You can check out both images by clicking on the thumbnail.