I dunno if it's regional, but after the initial POs sold out...eventually they all had a period where they were pretty easy to find in stores. It took a bit, but they *all* did.

 

Every time I see a thread that mentions T-Wrecks in the title, I hope it's someone posting the link to his Target page.  

 

Hopefully hasbro pulse puts preorders up for him so i dont have to deal with target's system

 

They have for the Walmart exclusives and Amazon so i wouldn't be surprised if we see T-Wrecks and Road Rage very soon on Pulse.

 

They've done it for Target GI Joe exclusives as well

 

There's already a *few* Target exclusives on Pulse (though they sold out quickly). One of which is the Red Sentry Power Rangers Lightning Collection figure.

 

yeah i dont collect Joe or Rangers so i wasn't sure on that stuff. Hopefully T-Wrecks and Road Rage are up on Friday.

 

Road Rage may be a bit later as we just saw her randomly today. T-Wrecks is shipping (at least over seas).

 

Easiest prediction of 2021: Road Rage will sell out super fast on Hasbro Pulse.

I was able to successfully order/pre-order Thrust, Runabout and Red Wing with Target. The funny thing about Red Wing was that I had to choose the "Ship to Store" option for that and it was in the brown Generation Selects box. I think all other Target exclusives use regular or modified WFC mainline packaging. I scrambled really hard for the TC/SW pack as soon as it started showing up.

I don't think Road Rage will shelf warm at all. Just remember, if you find multiples, please leave any extras for your fellow collector.

 

Red Wing was the first, so that could explain the Selects box. Once the relationship became more formal they may have decided to start shipping them in official looking boxes so Target had the option to display them on shelves.

I typically buy a couple, as I can usually find someone in the area who needs it...and if not it goes back to the store.

 

Red Wing was also a RedCard online only Generations Selects figure, which all have the brown box. None of the others were. Either just straight up in regular packaging or with the "Cybertronian Villians" note on the box.

 

If Wrecks is a RedCard exclusive, he still comes in the standard Kingdom box.

My thinking is retailers prefer their exclusives come in standard packaging because it helps the item sell more than a generic unmarked brown box in regions where the item is exclusive but not locked behind an online store front.

 

Yes, because T-Wrecks isnt a Gen Selects figure. Every one of them have been in the brown box. No Gen Selects figure but Red Wing has been exclusive, so that might be why it was that way.

 

That's my point. Red Wing was the first, so they just passed Target a Gen Selects. This did fairly well, and Target realized it would be difficult to sell these at retail in regions that didn't have RedCards. So after that, they sent branded figures as exclusives and left the Selects guys for etailers that didn't have a storefront.