Yeah, SS Leader Classes are easy finds & nobody wants a SS Ratchet  
We had boat loads of CW White/Battle Core Primes some months ago.

Then it got hyped up. Then some fools online trying to sell their Battle Core Primes in hilarious and crazy amounts.
Someone was even hoarding Battle Core Primes thinking he'll make big money from it.
Like some opportunist have balls to place reservations on B&M stores just to hoard Battle Core Primes.

Yeah, Sky Reign and Optimus Maximus limbs was all over everywhere.
CW Wheeljack was the last one nobody wants but needed some love  
We can still spot some Onslaughts and Scattershots in some key areas today.

I felt bad I never got Sky Lynx then. I spot him once (but have to buy much important).
Then was never restocked again.

 

Oh, not to mention Crowbar! Man, I can't wait when "Crankcase" shows up here... he's gonna join his brother in warming the shelves.
Well, at least the leader seekers   Magnus supposedly showed up too but I never saw him.
Ah, the white POTP prime. I saw at least one FB post claiming a fight was about to break out because of that lol
those Onslaughts and Scattershots mystify me, where the hell did they came from? They suddenly showed up recently. Did playkit have a warehouse full of them sitting all these years? I might actually buy a Scattershot for the hell of it one day (already have Onslaught)

Ah, same. I saw Sky Lnyx in a certain store - he stayed there for weeks, I was just waiting for my first paycheck back then. My paycheck hits and he's gone! never saw him again.

 

^fixed it for you  

Yeah crowbar is stagnant as well... it's like Ratchet and Crowbar are destined to be together on Sale  
My wild guess is that Playkit over ordered the wave of Onslaught and Scattershot.
When there was TRU Members Exclusive Sale, those two are the ones being piled up by TRU to be sold. Same thing with CW Leader Seekers at that time. I was there just to get Onslaught at 500 pesos or around Titan Master price range.

 

hahaha yeah, I totally mistyped that.
Yep, they're really common. Unlike their wavemates, Stinger who hasn't had decent representation yet, and Bumblebee, who despite people getting tired of him actually sells really well (I was very surprised how well the W1 TLk deluxe sold). meanwhile people look at Ratchet and think the MTB or DOTM is better, and Crowbar they think "oh hell, it's another berserker"
yeah, they totally went overboard ordering those if that were the case. Alongside them and white Prime, I think I also saw Hot Spot once or twice, but now it's back to Onslaught and Scattershot.

 

Because of the Over Ordering Trend the stores is doing, I'm gonna get first the Wave 2 and Wave 3's of studio series figures I want little by little and I'm not gonna panic on shortage of Wave 1.

There's gonna be another version of SS-01 Bumblebee with "custom faded" paint apps so I'll get that than SS-01.
Ratchet isn't "a must" for me. Prime? while I like the engineering, He's small. I may opt to get Blackout to start chasing Wave 1's.
Grimlock? If he rans out short there's an OS KO version of it. No worries.

There's no need to get gaga over Wave 1 now. Since it's overstocked and most buyers are somewhat reprehensive of themselves buying it due to pricing. I can still spot some wave 2's Megatron, Brawl and Ironhide. What I don't find easily are Jazz and Lockdown.

 

what's funny I was expecting Jazz to stick around since they're asking PHP1400 (26 dollars) for him, but no, he's nowhere to be found!

what about the other lines like POTP? Just curious how it is for your country.

 

I would like to assume that the ones snagged Jazz regardless of it's price for a 3-inch robot are Jazz Fans.
Imagine, Marvel Legends price for 3-inch robot. I felt we're just paying it full because of the silver paint apps  

....And they didn't painted Megatron in lighter shade of Grimlock's.

I guess the two biggest demographics of buyers of Studio Series are:
- Completist and Fans for the Bayverse.
- Collectors having a "The First 5 Autobots Only" rule.

 

I would be glad to pay the price too, if I can find him lol. I was actually banking on people passing on him for price reasons, but no, apparently there are many out there who think like me hahaha

that said I'm only excusing the price since it's bayverse. If Siege has the same pricing, it better have the same "wow" factor SS has.

 

If not, I'll not buy everything from Siege. Only those nearest imagery of G1 characters I like.
Like Hound and Sideswipe.

 

Nothing but respect for my Dropkick

Also is it just me or does the RotF starscream look to white?

 

Anything non-Bayverse sells very poorly here. Wave 1 of POTP is a common sight and I still catch a handful of Titan Returns and RIDs every once in a while.

It's amusing to me that they bothered to throw out everything TLK in a year yet still keep dusty somethng-year old toys glued to shelves. It's not like someone out there would still bother hunting store to store for a TR Blurr... right?

 

So Bayverse does very well there? So the movies must be popular there then.
interesting, how Bayverse sells well there but stores still don't stock SS past the first wave yet.
Here both POTP and SS sell, although POTP seems better stocked.