Walmart Collector Con - New Transformers Velocitron Speedia 500, Retro Collection G1 Reissues & More

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  1. MagicM621, Oct 6, 2022
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    didn\'t they just release g1 hot rod and starscream a couple years back?
     
  2. jignat, Oct 6, 2022
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    Fall 2018.

    Coincidentally, I saw these in store along with Devastator the day after the G1 movie came to theaters for a special screening.
     
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  3. MWG, Oct 6, 2022
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    I think they will get 86 Hot Rod into animation colors in 2024. Pity they couldn't make his vehicle mode compatible with Targetmasters at least. Rebirth Hot Rod & Blurr would be nice. I'm surpised they didn't label Crasher/Fracture as coming from the 2007 movie universe. Shadow Strip is labelled as G2 Universe but no G2 symbol on him? Galaxy Shuttle looks nice but falls into the "maybe" category for me.

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  4. primetime77, Oct 6, 2022
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    Toon dexo g1 are tempting. Wish it came in classuc g1 packaging though with recolored vintage bix art to match a imatuom deco
     
  5. primetime77, Oct 6, 2022
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    Also whybare shadowsteip and crasher not active?
     
  6. Rodimus Prime, Oct 6, 2022
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    Yep. All they need to do is have a line of code that checks if the account is PP, and push the notification an hour early.
     
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  7. Galvatron1998, Oct 6, 2022
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    Here's hoping we get a G1 Galvatron reissue in cartoon colors next. I'm liking the look of Starscream and Hot Rod.
     
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  8. Bass X0, Oct 6, 2022
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    not in these colors.
     
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  9. heltskelt, Oct 6, 2022
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    They’re both $34 USD.
     
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  10. Blot, Oct 6, 2022
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    I have the original, but man, that magenta Hot Rod is tempting. The flat paint makes it feel like an old prototype. Maybe it will go on sale.
     
  11. Skreeonk, Oct 6, 2022
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    I'm in for Shadowstrip and probably GS, but I agree; if Shadowstrip and Crasher are each 3x to a case like it's been said, they won't be difficult to find, & I feel after the initial excitement of getting a Victory character wears off, he'll be readily available.

    At least let's keep telling each other that they will be easily found in stores ha ha
     
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  12. Rodimus Prime, Oct 6, 2022
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    If they carry him. In my area one store out of nine carried Scourge.
     
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  13. Robogeek28, Oct 6, 2022
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    It was that long ago?!?

    Good god....it feels like a year ago tops.:confused: 
     
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  14. Ractonite, Oct 6, 2022
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    What was the point of rereleasing TWO hotrods at the same time? The G1 reissue a few years back was already a shelfwarmer imagine it now!
     
  15. Mirage232, Oct 6, 2022
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    The lack of chrome on Hot Rod kind of sucks. I don't suppose there is a way to swap them with a previous reissue?
     
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  16. G1 Grimlock, Oct 6, 2022
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  17. G1Prowl, Oct 6, 2022
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    So they wait until after I sell off all my G1 Transformers and give up collecting them to release a magenta Hot Rod? Figures...
     
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  18. W-P38, Oct 6, 2022
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    This is awesome. I thought the SS 86 movie line was amazing, not to mention the matching 35th anniversary steel book release of the film, but this?! Yes, I have the 2018 vintage releases of each. I also have their commemorative editions, and their Japanese reissues. Still buying them!

    Preordered both at Walmart.com. Hasbro Pulse is sold out of Starscream, already.
     
  19. Mirage232, Oct 6, 2022
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    Well, they are painted differently, so that's something. But yea, we need different G1 characters besides the same four and five over and over again.
     
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  20. shibamura_prime, Oct 6, 2022
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    I have no love for figures being retailer exclusives but I find it a little refreshing that two Crashers have gone to Walmart. Only because I like to think someone at WallyWorld is a die-hard Gobot fan who wants to make Wal-mart THE go-to destination for Crasher and don't trust anyone else to do right by the Renegades. In reality it's all about the $$$$$ but hey I can dream.
     
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