Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Sighted Stateside

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by wreckgar39, Jul 29, 2022.

  1. WishfulThinking

    WishfulThinking The world has moved on...we've always said.

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    My friend thinks he found a fresh case...packed with two Cosmos and one Burnout. Could be there's a revision case shipment hitting. Good for those seeking Cosmos. Still bad for fans of Diaclone as Clampdown is still one per case.

    I just don't see these being one and done. There will probably be several shipments into the holiday season. The less anticipated beast recolors got at least two shipments, if not three.
     
  2. PlanckEpoch

    PlanckEpoch Red and black red and black

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    Great if true! Not gonna believe anything until we get corroborating reports of a possible revision case.
     
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    Please be true. Nothing against Burnout (if it wasn't for the upcoming Crosscut I would be grabbing one), but it and Road Rocket should have been the short-packs.

    Yeah, I feel that these will sell out much better than Legacy beasts, so I expect a few shipments.
     
  4. WishfulThinking

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    Absolutely understandable. My friend is a pretty up-standing member of the Transformers community so he's not lying about it. But until we get another instance showing as much, it could be a factory error case as much as anything right now.
     
  5. Vanya

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    They finally showed up down in Homestead.
    Picked up a Burn Out, might get a second.
    They also had Road Rocket, Burr, and Scourge/Nemesis.
    Not interested in those, tho.
     
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    Anyone want to sell me just the checkered flag from Cosmos?
     
  7. ProfessionalIcee

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    Specify, the white flag or the handle/blaster as well?
     
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    Mainly just the flag
     
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    ProfessionalIcee I have a fear of places so I want to change shape.

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    Cool, I don’t have him.
     
  10. drmick

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    Does anybody know if the white flag is counted as being one of the three metal molds that comprise Cosmos? There is no other white plastic- nor any white plastic that is painted that I can see.
     
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    The flag is actually green plastic fully painted over. Can't remember where, but there is at least one pic shared on this site that shows it
     
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    Welp, looks like I missed out Cosmos at my local WM, had my wife take a pic of the section, looks like everyone is there except Cosmos & Clampdown. My only hope now is for restocks, or if someone out of the goodness of their hearts finds one for me (always PayPal ready!).

    My wife's comment on the approximately 200 shelf warming Legacy Buzzsaws and Nightprowlers "Who are these guys? No one seems to love them." No, no one does.
     
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    I really have a bad feeling this is going to end up like the Netflix line, namely the items that everyone wanted but no store had because they only got one shipment
     
  14. Neko-bot77

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    I like my Nightprowler, now that I fixed the face:

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    I'm pretty sure I have it, still. If I can find it, it's yours.
     
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    There are a number of BW fans enjoying these deep cut repaints, which is to us what the Diaclone repaints are to fans of G1 and earlier.
     
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  17. Fenrys

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    Yea, personally I love a lot of the deep cut BW repaints, especially prototype Tigatron, Buzzsaw, Skywasp, Nightprowler and Sandstorm. Just wish they'd do Fractyl and Packrat and hope we get Antagony and Cryotek
     
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    Oh, I know every character out there has a fan, no matter how obscure; my entire collection is pretty much weirdo repaints. Heck I got Sandstorm as soon as I could. It's not meant as a slight against BW fans, I just didn't feel the need to blue my text to denote sarcasm. (I just hope that since Walmart over-ordered on them, they afford Velocitron the same.)
     
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    Wasn't Antagony on a leak list somewhere?
     
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  20. Fenrys

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    Probably, but so were Fractyl and Packrat (if memory serves) and they've yet to materialize. My general rule of thumb is until we get store listings I take any leak with a grain of salt. And even then, some store listings (like Amazon Prime) never come to fruition.
     
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