Kingdom Galvatron Found at US Retail

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by ORIO, Jun 10, 2021.

  1. Thylacine2000

    Thylacine2000 Well-Known Member

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    I don't think the timeframe works for that. The leaks were of final production figures - there's no time to go back in and re-run the toy after that. Both fixed and defective shoulders were found on shelves right alongside each other from the beginning, and Selects Galv was "fixed-only" even though it was unveiled at approximately the same time as the standard one. The mistake was caught in the factory, probably long before any leaks, but wasn't judged severe enough to landfill the bad ones so they all shipped together.
     
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  2. R3M1NGT0N

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    Where’d you order yours from? Been trying to get ahold of one with correct shoulders.
     
  3. AnonymousDwell

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    BBTS. preordered back when they went up but it didn't ship until late September, so I assume it was part of later inventory they got since I saw many other people's ship earlier.
     
  4. rikkomba

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    It's worth buying KG for the accessory.

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  5. R3M1NGT0N

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    Yeah, my early copy had the missassembly. I’ll try my luck there again once they get another shipment.
     
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    At least you got one. I pre-ordered when they went live too and mine is still on preorder.
     
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    Are they though? I understand the animation model’s shoulders are set low on the torso, but the misassembly’s shoulders look unnatural, IMO. Also, the mechanical detail is distracting and breaks the sculpt.
     
  8. 2fabdad

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    At least with the missassembled version it can provide some form of a novelty. Currently own three Galvatrons where two of them are boxed, one of each showing the original missassembled and corrected version.

    I'll laugh if *somehow* Hasbro fucks up and releases yet another missassembled version in the legacy line.
     
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  11. 2fabdad

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    So I was at my local Target when I saw they had a Kingdom Galvatron in, I just wanted to see if the shoulders were properly assembled or not before I buy it
     

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    Looks like they are correct, buy away!
     
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    I'd buy it anyway as well. I have both versions and I prefer the low shoulders.
     
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    The trick is to draw a line with your eyes along this part of the chest. "Fixed" shoulders will see the top of the arm sit above it. The bad arms sit at or below.
     
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    Same I gave my Low shoulders version to my son and now after messing with it I actually do prefer the lower shoulders
     
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    I ordered mine in April from TFsource, guess what?-- just got the email that it's been shipped. YYYEEAAHHH BAAABY!!.... (only a 7 month wait).
     
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  19. Interro

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    Baffled that this toy is so hard to acquire, but it's the BBTS preorder for me, I guess.
     
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    Over the last 4 months I visited a lot of Walmart and Target throughout GA in both the north and the south side of town. I travel a lot for work and I can’t resist stopping by a retail store to toy hunt. Throughout my dozens and dozens of store visits I have seen Galvatron only once and that was at a Target 3 weeks ago.

    I had a preorder in with Amazon, which I got in July but it had wrong shoulders so I did a return.

    In hand, Kingdom Galvatron is a fantastic figure and hefty. I’m happy that Hasbro is repacking it in legacy next year to give fans more of an opportunity to get it.
     
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