United Kingdom Transformers Sightings

Discussion in 'Transformers Sightings' started by payres, Jul 10, 2003.

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    Clean wave? Is that siege soundwave
     
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    Yeah, WFC Siege Soundwave got repacked for Legacy sans "Battle Damage" apps, hence "Cleanwave" 'cause he isn't all schmutzy!
     
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    Smyths Oldbury had Leo Prime and Hotshot instock ..... sadly mrs and offspring didnt allow me time to look at prices or take a photo
     
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    Smyths in Blackpool and Preston have all the Legacy Evolution deluxes as well as Leo prime. I grabbed a scraphook but unfortunately neither has Tarn, he’s not even listed on the shelves.
     
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    Ok that GAME Transformers leak is still holding true as I spotted Legacy Soundwave now for £15.99!

    Transformers Generations Legacy Voyager Soundwave

    That being said well typed, wasn't Bomb Burst in the leak list aswell? I want to buy that Soundwave but I want to buy him with Bomb Burst to make the delivery fee worth it. However if the GAME website is accurate, there may have one over here but I can't check the store in person until Tuesday (working all day tomorrow and Monday)!
     
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    If you buy online but get it delivered to the store they give you a £5 voucher to spend in store (valid for two years), so might be worth it just to secure what you want? Only worth it if you think you can spend that £5 of course.

    Added benefit: you skip all the Evri delivery anxiety!
     
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    Luton Smyths has precisely f-all of the new waves in case anyone is going hunting.

    anyone seen what’s around in Watford? Slough? Milton Keynes? Aylesbury?
     
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    Popped in to Warrington Smyths on the off chance they might have the Evo lot in... what a sorry affair.

    What used to be a whole section has been relegated to 2 bottom shelves. Hoping this is only temporary. Surprised to see Motormaster though as I never saw him in that store and I check in pretty regularly as its across from work.

    IMG_20230129_142823.jpg

    They had a sale section around the front that had one Cosmos (can't remember price, whatever the website says) and 2 Clampdown who was full price.
     
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    To be honest to me that's a pretty good relatively up-to-date stock on shelf in a Bricks & Mortar store compared to the tail-end of TRU 1.0, it seems that the indie retailers nimble enough to keep up with Hasbro's deluge of product has "spoiled" us as a fandom regarding what we expect to see on the high street.
     
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    oooh Crash Bandicoot figures on the shelf too!
     
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    Sorry for the late reply.

    Tarn was spotted before but it seemed to be a solid case.

    Transformers Legacy: Evolution Wave 4 Voyager Tarn Found In The UK

    Hot Shot and Scraphook were also reported before.

    Transformers UK Sightings Round up – Legacy Wave 4 Core & Deluxe, Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series, Retro Hot Rod Reissue, Studio Series Wave 4 Core & Wave 18 Deluxe, BW K-9 Reissue & Cyberverse Deluxe Wave 6

    Let us know if any of you guys can send you own pictures. Thanks!
     
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    But they were at Forbidden planet right? Not mass retail somewhere like Smyths
     
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    I am curious how common is the successor line to Rescue Bots as no one seems to stock it in the UK, other than a very brief sighting last year of wave 1. everyone seems to just still have Rescue Bots and it's usually the same wave too.

    I think one can perhaps count Forbidden Planet "IF" they have E4 or E1 stock codes and not US ones (i.e. they got them from America) that would be european stock then.

    But yeah Scraphook (for example) is out at European retail for sure for a little while now,
     
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    It turns out, if the website is accurate, there is at least one (says it is close to running out) at my local GAME so I had click to reserved it. They should have plenty of time tomorrow to get it ready for the reservation (only click on it minutes ago)!

    If I did order it online and get it delivered in store, I wouldn't know what to spend the £5 voucher on? Yes I read your reply that I would get 2 years to spend it on but I liked to spend it asap. I mean I'm kinda interested in Minerva and Galaxy Shuttle but the two are not a "must have" for me, probably cos I'm not familiar with those two characters nor do they look super cool like Tarn.

    Before you mention spending the voucher on video games, I don't played console or pc games anymore (still watch gaming related stuff, just no time to played them myself these days).
     
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    One time in Game I got them to order an item in from the website at the till and I didn’t have to pay any postage at all - could try that
     
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    I may try that if Bomb Burst is out but the local GAME doesn't have it since it's a tiny store.
     
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    Yeah I don't consider Forbidden Planet as mass retail either. To me, once it's on the shelves in somewhere like Smyths, The Entertainer, Game, etc. That's when I class it as a true on shelf retail sighting.
     
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    FP do source more from Hasbro UK now so it's more of a grey area than it used to be. Do they still import TFs?
     
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    Thanks for the information! I will keep that in mind for future sightings.