KRE-O Appreciation Thread

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by transfan681, Apr 4, 2012.

  1. bsutton1

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    Does anybody know if those small cube sets are going to be sold individually? I'm only interested in Prowl and Ratchet since I missed out on them.
     
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    I hope so because I have no desire for anything city ville
     
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    Is there really no hope of them being released in the US? The Samurai Optimus commercial made me think they might be. I actually like the novelty of them and was hoping to get them, but I don't want to pay eBay prices.
     
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    I woundn't worry just yet. Retailers don't place as much orders during the first quarters of the year thus these warriors series and the RID stuff should start showing up anytime now. I would start stopping by Walgreens to check time to time. They seem to have a good circulation of refreshing they're shelves.
     
  5. Dean domino

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    ive been waiting for the aoe wave 2 since I saw the pics on tfw and that's been around eight months ago or longer and I check or call up te five toys r us around where I live in the South Bay yeah but never give up hope wave 4 started showing up at Walgreens and the 5 sets at big lots
     
  6. Unicron007

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    I might as well get the small cube blind case from Entertainment Earth. I hope can at least get both Ratchet and Prowl.
     
  8. Dean domino

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    Has anyone in the USA tried to contact hasbro to see what's going on with the Kreo line
     
  9. Hollywood Hoist

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    I emailed them and they said the Spring line is not coming to the US.
     
  10. There D Hood

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    Terribly lame... but at least they're honest. I just wish they'd stop promoting the things at American conventions and shows then.
     
  11. Dean domino

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    Kreo

    So Kreo is dead in the USA and the only way to get the new stuff is to pay an arm and a leg on eBay , but they fill the shelves of toys r us with rat trap a character that no one wants thanks hasbro
     
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    Err... Rattrap was highly wanted when he was revealed. Same with Rhinox and some of the other now shelfwarming Voyagers. It was a pain trying to find those guys early on. Once they became common, nobody cared anymore. I don't know who is to blame for lack of the Arcee wave (probably Hasbro) but it's unrelated to the lack of Kre-O. As much as we in the Kre-O Appreciation Thread like the stuff, I think we can admit that it's not Hasbro's best seller nor something stores want to take a risk on given its track record. It's just a sad truth.

    I want to see the new Kre-O stuff too but shelfwarming Generations is an entirely different aisle/matter. It's like when I see people blaming Kre-O or Construct Bots on what they don't like about Generations or the main line. One doesn't really affect the other. Hasbro just put out a toy that you don't care for. It wasn't Kre-O's fault.
     
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    I didn't bother reading through the Kre-o cancelled thread so I really don't know why this is a big deal to people all of a sudden, we talked about this on this thread like months ago. We knew this was going to happening.

    The people I'd really like to hear from is BBTS. I can't believe they can't or wont try to get hold of any Kre-o stuff. Hell, they're so close they could just drive up to Canada and buy the stuff at retail.

    We have had sightings of new packaged Kre-o stuff showing up at Big Lots I would still hold out some small hope of some Kre-o stuff showing up there, maybe around X-mas time.

    I have no interest in the Kre-o RID stuff nor those horrible blind packs but the Battle Changers I do want. As it currently stands If bought in a set off eBay, each BC figure will cost about $17 a piece. Now that kind of seams like a lot but think about this, we're paying about $17 for a deluxe sized action figure these days. Right? BC figures are basically deluxe sized Micro-Changers, so it's kind of the same thing.

    I'd like to see a photo of a BC figure next to a deluxe sized figure, try to compare the two side by side and see which one I would really want more.
     
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    The thing is, blind packs always sell out around me. Box sets rot on the shelves...individual kreons disappear in the blink of an eye.
     
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    Yup all the wave 4 microchangers at Walgreens always sell out where I live in San Jose ,
     
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    Quite right . Every wave was a chore to acquire for me and these things always could be just be out of reach. I had lost hope many times getting them. It was the nature of collecting these
     
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    They made a scone wave to the Warriors , I wonder if Kreo is ever coming back to the states