Transformers The Last Knight TRU exclusive Deluxe Megatron and Skullitron found in Los Angeles

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  1. iamdarthyoshi

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    Thanks for the info guys - looks like I'll be making several purchases when I get back!
     
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    The steelbane mold is pretty terrible despite he cool looking robot mode, id recommend staying away from it or getting it on sale
     
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    Just waiting for Infernicus...
     
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    It's kinda crazy that they decided to use full-on boxes for TLK (maybe they're just easier to recycle? I dunno), not that I really mind, but they do seem overly large. Then again, that Megatron is a somewhat small toy so maybe it's a bad point of reference.
     
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    Is Skullitron branded as an Autobot or a Decepticon on the box? You know its either one or the other with Hasbro, no gray area.
     
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    A lot of people are saying we have only seen wave 1 in the US, but my local walmart has had wave 2 deluxes one time. I picked them all up.

    I did not know they weren\'t popping up in many places. Hopefully we see them soon.
     
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    Kind of hoping when I stop at the beginning of July I find these two and the Optimus 2pack otherwise the only way I could obtain these exclusives would be through their website... But hold up, why would they want to sell these on there its not like some people who don't have a local Toys R Us who would love to have these.
     
  8. Jacer

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    Does anyone know if they share a case?
     
  9. Nevermore

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    Considering they are called an "assortment" at TRU Australia's website, I assume they do.
     
  10. Jacer

    Jacer Find Kill Cleanse Moderator News Staff

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    Awesome, that'll make things easier.
     
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    Originally here's what his packaging showed: Knight of Cybertron with a Decepticon emblem. Skullitron was labelled a 'Con since he was rotted and mangled, another Hasbro ploy to fool us. I think the Knights should have their own faction symbol or none.

    1489763835-skullitron.jpg
     
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    Saw these both in TRU Australia this week, as well as the Optimus 2-pack.

    They were mixed among all the other movie deluxes, but locally TRU has them priced $5 more, presumably because they're "exclusives".
     
  13. Keldroc

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    From a friend who does some work for Hasbro and had handled him earlier. His article on TF Wiki also notes the looseness is still there. Plus, I actually went back to TRU and bought him today on the way home, having thought it over, and yeah, he's loose as hell and can barely stand up. He was also $19.99, same as the other movie Deluxes.

    There's no faction branding on the box but his instructions have red highlighting like an Autobot's.

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    GIMMIE DAT MEGATRON! (and maybe Skullitron as well!)
     
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    I'm not surprised. Steelbane himself hasn't hit wide distribution in the States. I doubt Hasbro has officially "heard" the figure has poor tolerances yet, let alone had time to fix up a retool.
     
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    So huh.
    Megatron and Skullitron are listed at the US Toys"R"Us website now, but they use a different stock photo for Skullitron's robot mode than the one previously seen at Toys"R"Us Australia and Toys"R"Us Singapore. Aside from the different poses, Skullitron's deco is different too.

    Compare: Toys"R"Us Australia/Singapore left, Toys"R"Us US right.
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    Well that's interesting. More fodder for the variant collectors! (or just wrong photos used).
     
  18. Blot

    Blot The most disgusting of all Transformers.

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    When I saw him in store, there were four of them and they were all painted differently. I'm assuming they must be hand-painted. But they weren't this radically different. It looks like the painter got creative on this one.
     
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    Blot The most disgusting of all Transformers.

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    Interesting about the instructions. But there is Deception branding on the box. There's a Deception symbol in the circle in the top left corner on the back of the box. All my other TLK 'cons also have the Deception symbol there and all my TLK Autobots have an Autobot symbol there.

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  20. Nevermore

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    I'm a fool. I know where the deco "variant" for Skullitron is from... the leaked European packaging stock photo we saw a while back.

    Compare, again:

    United States/Australian/Canadian/Latin American/Asian packaging
    ToysRUs_Deluxe_Class_Skullitron_packaging_US.jpg ToysRUs_Deluxe_Class_Skullitron_robot1.jpg

    European packaging
    ToysRUs_Deluxe_Class_Skullitron_packaging_EU.jpg ToysRUs_Deluxe_Class_Skullitron_robot2.jpg