The Gimmick here is awesome... It's placements however... Just make it worth my money.

 

Drift is actually nice for the alt mode, I wonder how he transforms and if there is much articulation for him...

 

Don't think he is. HTS has that wave in stock but Prime isn't there. No Prime on the pegs either as far as I can tell. Maybe wave 2.5 or 3?

 

I think scorn and drift look pretty good in both modes with the exception of scorn's tail coming out of his chest

 

I kind of like how Drift's legs try to attempt an accurate-ish transformation to get both sets of wheels on them, even if they're a little inelegant.

 

I think if they really wanted to push the 'collector' value of the deluxe figures they should've boxed them the same as the voyagers and leaders and kept the Generations call-out sticker that was included on the samples at Toy Fair. As it is, there isn't much that really distinguishes RID from Generations other than the name of the gimmick on the RID lines.

 

Hasbro has done the similarly styled dual lines since the Eevenge of the Sith toyline. Movie basics and saga legends figures had identical cards back then. At least AOE deluxes and these power battlers have different sized packaging (which has gone completely unnoticed by store employees based on the piss poor job they do at stocking the products on the right pegs).

 

Slightly off-topic, but not much...Here in the UK, i have despaired of finding any actual figures; that is to say, deluxes, voyages and the like, because the shelves are full of this kind of thing. Being polite, it is not meant for me.

Has it been similar for others? Any UK fans know when we might actually get the deluxes? When i first saw these i nearly bought them by mistake.

 

Deluxes and voyagers are exclusive to Toys R Us (though it may be the case that not all the stores are stocking them), the leaders are exclusive to Argos, though they've yet to actually get them in stock online or in store.

 

I see. That's....That's pretty bad. There isn't a Toys R Us near me. Oh well, internet shopping as per usual. Thanks for the info  

 

Where are these? Anybody else see these recently?

 

I saw Drift at German retail yesterday.