It's out in the Philippines. Not the US. The SDCC notice mentioned nothing about the worldwide release waiting until his SDCC unveiling.

I understand you want this badly, we all do, and you may end up being right in the end, but you're bordering on infuriating here. You're just running headlong into a brick wall simply because you can and I'm telling you that you might very well be wasting your time.

Yes, it's possible we'll see him earlier than SDCC here in the states, but it's not likely, if Hasbro and TRU stick to the plan.

 

Thanks for the clarrification jiggles  

I based the prices of MP-08 and MP-08x from Wasabi Toys Website. I hadn't realized the Market Price/Street Price had gone down that much.

I'll see you back in CybPH  

 

He looks cool and all but I have to pass with all the new generations, hunt for the decepticons and the lot coming out now.

 

Hasbro's website says it will be available as of July 1st, and I can't get a response from either Hasbro or TRU to confirm anything, therefore, so much for the plan.  

 

The original plan was for him to debut in a booth at SDCC, then he'd be released soon thereafter (like a day or a week later) at TRU. That was the original plan.

Then Hasbro posted a release date of July 1st. Problem is, that wasn't the correct release date, and it's been confirmed that the 1st is not the release date.

So, the plan is actually still intact. The original one.

 

damn, my family usually goes between Jan-April...guess i'll have to go TRU hunting

 

If me saying that I think this will be in US stores before the SDCC is infuriating to you then you might want to take a break from the internet for a bit. I don't care whether I'm right or wrong, so don't worry about my time.

 

Whats the reason that the Philippines usually gets TF's first, even if they're American releases? Like I understand Japanese stuff being there faster, but it seems like we see everything in the Philippines first then everywhere else.

 

I'm not really sure why, but my theory is that it's because we are nearer to the factories which are located in China.

 

But how come we get them (presumably, because no one else posts) before China?

Maybe the guys at Playkit (the local distributor) have the best connections with Hasbro.  

 

That makes a lot of sense, I guess it would be stupid for TRU to have it all shipped to their warehouses in the states, and then ship them to their warehouse in the Philippines.