Kingdom Deluxe Wave 4 found at US Retail

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by ApocalypseThruster, Sep 13, 2021.

  1. Greeman

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    There has to be some kind of actual like, reason they didn't announce stuff, right? Like, I don't care if it's particularly reasonable or unreasonable, I'm just insanely curious to know what's the source of this weird hitch in announcements vs release we've been seeing so much.
     
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  2. Sunbow Prime

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    I guess there's too much product to announce, so they just pick whatever they like. I'd prefer if it was everything by email, and just let us pick from a list on our account preferences by series.
     
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  3. Dirge121

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    I mean on one hand we already know basically everything that’s in the pipeline thanks to the leakers.

    I don't understand the marketing logic behind not promoting the products you want to sell, but I also don’t work in marketing. Best I can speculate is that Transformers as a brand is selling well enough without promotion that they feel like they don't need to do anything else.

    It is awful from a customer perspective though, WFC and Studio Series still exist very much as a 'you're at the store the moment the single case allotted to your state is put out or you get nothing' for brick & mortar but that's most likely down to how badly covid continues to screw the international shipping situation.
     
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  4. JazzAlert13

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    Hmm so Pipes and Slammer haven’t been found? Maybe moved to wave 5?
     
  5. ckhtiger

    ckhtiger old skool fool

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    Does shadow panther have any other head besides that alien mask one?
     
  6. Foster

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    Hopefully this means my Waspinator (and Tigatron) preorders at Amazon are still on track for October 5!
     
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  7. Rakzo

    Rakzo Peruvian Transformers Fan

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    Sadly no.
     
  8. KylewithaC

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    I have had no luck finding any thing beyon kingdom wave 1 in retail. All just black arachnia, warpath, and arcee 
     
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  9. Roadblock1977

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    That's the only thing about SHADOW PANTHER that disappoints me. Other than that, he's an insta-buy.
     
  10. Foster

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    Arcee is wave 2, so it's at least been stocked at your store!
     
  11. Pteraxadon

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    Yeah but kingdom arcee is umm not to good… plus she is a shelf warmer.
     
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    With the current Global shipping issues, and global plastic shortage I suspect hasbro hasn\'t officially revealed wave 4 because if they put up preorders they won\'t have enough to ship to stores for the holiday season. 
     
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    Not even offically revealled but in the stores, cant blame Primevsprime for that one....
     
  14. PloverNutter

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    I think the Transformer team may be burned out by all the leaks. I don't mean the listing leaks but the fact that youtube reviewers keep getting stolen copies of the entire wave before they are announced. Almost all of Wave 4 of Kingdom figures have video reviews so maybe they are like "what is the point?"
     
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    I think the obvious answer here is that children don't need marketing, they'll walk down the aisle and buy something cool, and the people who froth at the mouth over Target computer listings for something coming out 9 months from now are going to buy everything anyway and don't need to be marketed to either. Anyone who is a current fan is aware of the current line being released.

    I criticize Hasbro for a lot of things anymore, but I really don't stand getting hung up on this in particular, lol. Why does it matter in any way? You're going to buy it regardless.
     
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    I mean they could have them available for preorder so we can give them money…
     
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    Because official reveals have become tied to official pre-orders opening. I don’t need an official reveal, but I want to lock in a pre-order as soon as I can.
     
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    Good grief. The wave 3 deluxes just started hitting shelves in my area along with Thrust and Wreck-Gar.
     
  19. Sunbow Prime

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    This is true. The only way I found out about Red Alert being available to order is from checking the Hasbro Pulse site.
     
  20. Foster

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    I don't remember claiming otherwise! But seeing her pretty much means Wave 2 has hit the store.
     
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