First look at legacy Velocitron Voyager Hot Rod

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Jtprime17, Sep 19, 2022.

  1. Optimus1138

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    Yeah, I'd definitely prefer if they could replace the ugly grey plastic with black or actual dark red so I don't have to paint the boots so much.
    I'm pretty sure they do mean Velocitron Hot Rod, the person who did the original writeup said it was a typo. AFAIK there's no Bayverse Hot Rod figure that was in limbo like the Velocitron was.
     
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    Yeah, the front page has been updated:

     
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    Ah. Bummer, I was really looking forward to that. Weird that it got to the point of having product photos on Walmart.
     
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    Yeah, it is too bad. Victim of the timing of the drive for ROTB product on shelves mostly, though I wonder if softer sales of the Velocitron Voyagers was a factor as well.
     
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    What's interesting is only Hauler really sat around. Override seemed to sell pretty well. And they were shipped in solid cases with unique SKUs even in store.

    Unless Walmart simply saw Hauler warm and figured "why order another at all..."
     
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    Conversely, it was always Hauler that vanished early whenever my local Wal-Mart restocked, leaving 4+ Overrides to look lonely and neglected.
     
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    Interesting. I know locally it was pretty much always Hauler with Override only showing up once they were clearing stuff out. Also, only a few local stores actually ever got Scourge. And I don't mean "never got stock" I mean "literally never had a spot for them."
     
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    It‘s maybe 60-40 Hauler and Override in my area. Of course neither one has sat around as much as Galaxy Shuttle. Somebody really needs to organize tours from the US to Canada to find those poor dudes homes.
     
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    So what happened here? Did Walmart say "Hey we don't actually want more voyagers." Or did something else stall up the plans for this?
     
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    Meanwhile here in north NJ, we have yet to see any galaxy shuttles. Scourge really did take some time to move here
     
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    Possibly the ROTB toys put off Roddy
     
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    The two Walmarts right near me never got a single Galaxy Shuttle (even after their Scourges eventually sold through), and seemingly only ever ordered a new case of Hauler and NOT Override, leaving the store with zero Overrides after I bought the last one, and (no joke) like 8-10 Haulers just sitting there.

    Ain't distribution neat these days? :lol 
     
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    Aw man. Guess that means I have to hunt down another SS86 Hot Rod since I painted the one I had pink.... That'll learn me for getting too hyped for something that isn't fully announced.

    (Still blame the fact that the tissue baggy was outside grab-able range. )

    Hope it still happens eventually. Preferably with all the accessories this time AND a targetmaster.
     
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    That's wild. He hasn't appears on a single shelf around here.
     
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    How the hell is your store clogged with the guy but my walmart can’t even get Scourge!?
     
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    My area was pretty well-stocked (except for you know who) but Override and Scourge pretty much disappeared over Christmas while Hauler and the Deluxes stuck around until my store changed where they stock Transformers
     
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    I only saw Scourge once at a single Walmart near me. But Galaxy Shuttle has 2-6 copies sitting around at every Walmart that I’ve been to over the last month.
     
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    Oh my god where
     
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    Hamilton, ON Canada. Let me know if you want to take a road trip and I’ll show you around.
     
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    Damn. My ass is all the way in the middle of Tennessee. The best thing I could find was 86 Sludge, which only showed up in December. Thanks for the offer but I personally don’t think a cross country road trip is worth Galaxy Shuttle. Or any toy, for that matter