Universe Voyager Inferno has been found at U.S. retail! He was purchased today at a Florida Walmart. He is part of the Universe Voyager Wave 4 (2009 Wave 1) assortment along with Vector Prime.
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Sarrow
It seems a few may have trickled through a while ago, but I don't think he's been sighted recently. I'm REALLY looking forward to finding this guy. This time of the year (after the holiday toy rush) really sucks to be looking for new stuff
Nevermore
So do I see this right? Nobody else found Inferno at retail (not online) yet, and nobody has found Vector Prime yet?
Powersa
Got my Inferno from HTS today, very nice.
airfox
Wow… that's crazy.
BTW, I would've gotten the Falcon if all I had to pay for it was the price of 2 deluxes. That thing is a beast and priced at $150 at retail.
-airfox
Terrorcon Blot
Which I am all over, since G2 Inferno was one of my first TF toys.
Feralstorm
ba-DUM-chhhhhh!
Skylock
Got mine over the weekend from HTS, but haven't had time to open him. OOoooooo I can't wait!
ShadowStitch
Because G2 Inferno had a water squirter as a gimmick. And since they excised Inferno's ladder from the Classics/Universe version and added a foam cannon, they used the excuse that it was G2 Inferno to explain it away.
vwong19
Can someone tell me why the box for Inferno says G2? I thought he was one of the original Transformers of the 80s.
Malunis_T
Wow.
I saw this figure in online stores for 30 or 40 dollars and thought "This is way too expensive…"
I honestly had no idea it wasn't in stores until now.
Yup, I feel stupid. But very happy to see that it's just 20 bucks. Very nice. Now it's a must-have again. n_n
Railguard
Simple yet awesome comparison!!
ShadowStitch
He's about 1~1.5" or so taller than the deluxes, but much bulkier. Will this do?
clonemanager
How tall/big is Inferno comparing to others Classics/Universe ? I wasn't too sure to get the firetruck honestly…
protostar8
So, what else is supposed to be in Wave 4?
Shankz
God help you – that means you'll have to deal with customer service!! I recently had to deal with their "customer service". It angered me so much that I just canceled everything (including a cyclonus pre-ordered months in advance). I'm done with that place.
Nevermore
Somehow I have to think of people trying to turn Alternators Skids into Ratchet.
Like, a Scion ambulance. Seriously.
ShadowStitch
Haha! Well, I welcome all creative interpretations, but I think people will see what I'm talking about once they have the figure in their hands.
I'll be the first to admit that most transformers are open to interpretation, just begging for a creative repurposing, but some of them just are what they are, and trying to shoehorn them into something else is just detrimental to the figure's aesthetic.
I had a junker G2 Inferno that i had been saving for months for just this project, and once I got my Classics Inferno I sat down with the two of them. I took the ladder off of G2 Inferno and held it up to the Classics version, sort of eyeballing it, imagining it, trying to picture it…I came back to it over and over, and no matter how I placed it, a ladder just didn't feel right. It was even worse when I tried to envision it dangling off the beautifully engineered bot mode, (or worse, parts-formering to hang off his back or something.)
RID Prime? G1 Inferno? G1 Hotspot? Those are ladder trucks. Inferno here? He's designed to be a pumper. There's a world of difference between the two. Someone at Hasbro purposely designed this stumpy little truck to be what he is, and it somehow doesn't feel right trying to change that. I sat there for an hour, staring at the ladder and the cannon and the short little truck… and I could practically hear Sean Connery's voice in my mind, saying "Indiana…Indiana, let it go."
I finally decided that he is what he is — trying to change that seems unnecessary and pointless. ..though I'm certain people will end up doing it anyways.
RayH
Mine shipped from HTS yesterday, lucked out and got him 25% off plus free shipping. Spectacular figure, love how they did his feet. May be one of the best classic figs out there, i'm really looking forward to a repaint.
Beyond the obvious Grapple repaint, i think he would make a great motormaster figure if they finish out the stunticons.
REDLINE
I HAVE to prove you wrong, but not for "Inferno".
Megatronwp38
Sweet, I will be on the look out for THIS now too. along with the TFA Blurr and Swindle.