Holy Monkey Crap if this is true that there will be major space for the Movie figures that
means theres prolly be 20 or 25 different lines,FAB's,Main,Legends,Keychains,Roleplay
etc.,oh I am so gonna be broke by the time I leave the store May 29th. Yay Transformers.

 

Good stuff... I bet FP/HTS will make sure there are tons of them available at Botcon, a la the Pepsi Prime from 2007.

How cool would it be if you could buy them a buck or two under retail at Botcon? Doubtful, but cool.

 

Cool. I don't know why anyone would buy them at BotCon though (unless you just live near there). It's not like they'll be hard to find, and why would you pay to ship them back home (or fight with putting them on an airline)?

 

There'd be a big appeal for international members due to the relative savings versus their retail prices at home.

 

And if the reaction to the new Prime toy is any indication, I'm thinking people will be looking forward to getting their hands on these ASAP.

 

That's actually a very good point. The last several toy releases i lined up for were indeed on saturdays. Makes sense that WM will make the changes to their shelves on May29, friday in time for a saturday launch.

Of course i am hoping that they'll release early at Botcon or something.

Another question. Would Hasbro be "allowed" them sell them at Botcon if they had their own dealer booth? (ala Pepsi Prime?) Or would the mass retailers like WM, TRU and Target frown upon that? I can see if Hasbro sells it at Botcon, the local retailers are going to get much fewer sales.

 

wow now they planned Botcon out perfect...

 

guess this means we have about 5 months till universe and animated virtually come to a stand still . the only good thing about this is in 5 months my wallet will have some relief. hopefully all that crap will be off shelves sooner than later.

 

Good, glad to hear there will be a lot of space dedicated to ROTF toys. I guess I should start saving up my money now.

 

Oh, you. Evil you.  

I would've preferred Botcon to be a week after the ROTF toys release date though.

If the Saturday date is what happens, and with Saturday usually being one of the most busy Botcon days, I fear we won't have much time to hunt for the toys outside of the convention.

Of course, it could also mean that by Sunday some of the dealers will be selling the toys at a mark up; but since I'm thinking of returning home on June 1st, I guess all that will matter to me is getting the toys either at retail or at the con.

'Xactly!

Nah. A week later would've been better. Back in '07 I went to Botcon through Boston's Logan airport and drove from there to Providence. Weeks before I had highlighted Walmart, Target and TRU stores in the Boston-Providence route. That way I found most of the movie one toys at retail prices on my way to Providence. IIRC the only one I bought at a mark up in the convention was Robovision Optimus Prime.

-airfox

 

   RRRRAAAAAWWWWWWRRRRRZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   
I MUST HAVE THEM SOOONNEERRRRZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

Someone always is surprised by that fact when Zob bring us a tidbit that we pass on here for news. We're not many now, but some of us still believe in the old ways, the deep magicks.  

 

No, not cool....



BUT AWESOME! Wait, not so awesome, since we'll ALL be BROKE!!

AMEN to that brother!  

QFT!  

Good on you, mate! Lucky devil, you can get it before BotCon!  

 

Yes!! This is great! Gives me time to save up some money for the toys.

 

Aw man, this may just end up making me choose between this and Botcon...dunno if I can afford both so close together...

 

I hope this movie's toyline is not as long as the last one's or we might not see Universe 2.0 until maybe the end of the year.

 

Right on time for BOTCON. Always excited to see new toy lines on the shelfs.

 

Well I guess on the bright side at least that puts a date on when I'm out of the Transformers toy collecting hobby. Ha ha, and I can figure out what to do with money when I'm not having to spend it toys.

 

I will be exerting much patience and waiting until the premium line comes out next year! I did this for the last movie toys and it paid off. I will probably have to get Deluxe Soundwave though because he will sell out and will probably not have a premium repaint. It's just not worth the risk!

 

so, Wal-mart is going to overstock and cause another crippling drought/ shortage on new figures? I really hope that doesn't happen. These need to sell and Wal-mart needs to keep fresh orders, or this is going to be disastrous.