Interesting info @griffin-of-oz thanks for sharing.

As a curious thing, Galvatron and Ultra Magnus are being offered here in Peru via informal online sellers since last week They are not in any store but they have a Hasbro Peru sticker on the box. We don't know how these people got them

 

better question is where? Jetfire was only seen at Walmart and Skylynx was only seen at target

 

Prob GameStop if they are getting stuff early.

 

sure but I mean big retailer

 

I just cancelled my Target Rodimus and pre-ordered from GameStop instead. I think GameStop will ship out sooner, and Target has been known to cancel orders on me before and I'm sick of it.

I did get my Titan Scorponok early from GameStop, GameStop is becoming a place I trust for getting Transformers from instead of the big box stores.

 

Actually, if volcanic activity was higher in the pre-historic times, then there would have been more CO2 in the air in prehistoric times then there is now.

I think this is our first smoke effect, should have come with Smokescreen. I am kind of surprised they used smoke as their effect piece instead of laser fire. I guess it makes him look more like a truck instead of a Winnebago that way.

I hope Tracks has a black effect for his weapon.

 

Shhhhh... Lets not remind retail chain stores of embargo dates etc etc. Let them put out on shelves as soon as it hits the store. It's a nice surprise, especially in Australia.

 

Eh, stores will figure it out soon enough. Besides, the computer should've caught it, so I'm not sure it's as big of a deal as it seems.

I can imagine he's shipping into warehouses, now. Australia can't be the only country sitting on them or expecting them. More will slip through the cracks.

 

Those black smoke effects look terrible. What the hell happened with this release? It's so much worse than Sky Lynx and Jetfire it's hard to believe. It feels like they just stopped caring.

 

That happens with cost-cutting. That said, none of us have it in hand so we don't actually know. Just because a reviewer loves it doesn't mean it's great, and just because it looks one doesn't mean it's bad, either.

I personally can't stand the effects. I know why they made them, but I think they're a waste and will end up in a landfill ultimately. Another unrecyclable piece of plastic to end up in the Pacific Ocean.

 

LOL 115 usd? Yea they can\'t even paint the wheels lol they can keep it. Such lack luster work is unexcusable 

 

Going to get one of the older versions of Rodimus for my collection. That thing is ok but its way over priced. 

 

The release date seems to be all over the place anyway as some retailers are saying July, others are saying Aug (mostly Japan), Hasbro Pulse UK and US says Sept and clearly Australia have it now. I just want to know so I can get the cash together ffs lol

 

Hnnnnghh i have him on preorder. Never before have i wanted to be an upside down australian.


I truly do not like how both hot rod and rodimus have blue blast effects when its very clearly orange beams out of his forearms in the movie. 

Also i find it really strange that kingdom\'s instructions colors are green i feel like the packaging would lead to yellow

 

Occasionally, we get lucky like this. But most of the time (like a lot of regions) we get the short end with hard to get releases that get bought out as exclusives by American stores. Prowl, Ironhide, Seekers....all a massive PITA to get in Australia for a fair price.

 

Nah. They simply cannot be had for a fair price here.

 

Card pics plz!!!!! This may be the first in-package wave 3 toy we've seen. Everything else has been "stolen from the factory / no box / no instructions / sent to the usual early reviewers" without included card...

 

One guy on Twitter got the wave one Maximal Blackarachnia card with his.

 

"Card" or "sticker"? The sticker is the same for each character, but there are supposed to be 3 different cards per character. Did he look at the sticker and say "oh, another Blackarachnia from wave 1" or peel the sticker and find the same wave 1 card underneath? My assumption is the former...

 

Rodimus along with galvatron and the Ark are my most anticipated figures