So Dreadwing was a super limited release?

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Macross7, Dec 22, 2012.

  1. Macross7

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    Seems Prime Dreadwing was a very limited release. I found him twice & have never seen him since. That was within a 2 week period I've found the Magnus/Thundertron case dozens of times. So is Dreadwing still showing up other places or was his case super limited compared to UM/TH's case?
     
  2. wildfly

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    Dreadwing isn't that scarce.

    What scarcity it does have is probably explained by the fact it was 1 per case of 4, with the other three all being repacks.
     
  3. JukeOutlander

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    Depends on the distribution in your place I suppose. But around me, nah.
     
  4. FatalT 71

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    I've actually seen a bunch of Dreadwings prior to this week. He wasn't too scarce in my area.
     
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  7. Prime Jetscream

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    I still haven't seen ONE of him, and I've seen every other currently released Prime figure there is except Airachnid.
     
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    I guess compared to a figure like DOTM Voyager Ironhide he was kind of limited. And I'm pretty sure Hasbro made more Powerizer Bulkheads and Starscreams than they did Dreadwings. I can see how some people might have never come across one, even if they did go out hunting every week.
     
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    I've seen him in a Tescos in the UK, he can't be that rare.
     
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    Haven't seen a single one either. And it wasn't until recently that I started seeing the Airachnid wave of Deluxes. With news of Beast Hunters already reaching store shelves, I fear I may never find a Dreadwing, and I guess I can kiss my hopes of scoring a Skyquake goodbye, too.
     
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    I think Airachnid is the only figure I've never seen in the wild. For a while it was Dreadwing too, but then I started finding him quite a bit. Haven't seen him for a while though
     
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    Seen Airachnid Once or twice. NEVER seen a Dreadwing Got mine from a board member. I really hope Skyquake sees his way stateside (Not just in a comic book store)

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  13. Onslaught24

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    i still have yet to find ANY voyagers outside of Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Bulkhead. No Thundertron, no Dreadwing, and no Magnus. hell, i've only seen one Commander Magnus
     
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    When he first came out I saw a bunch of them,but since those are all gone now I haven't seen one in quite awhile.
     
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    I've seen Thundertron, Dreadwing, and Ultra Magnus commonly in stores.
     
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    I've found one at TRU which I picked up but that's all I've seen of him.
     
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    We've got a number of Dreadwings mucking up the shelves here. Oddly Bulkhead is the one that seems like an endangered species in my area.
     
  18. WheelWave140

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    There's been at least one at every Walmart in my area since October.
     
  19. TrueNomadSkies

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    I didn't see any until a couple of weeks ago, but since then I've seen it twice. Definitely less than the other voyagers in its wave (and older), but as mentioned before, that's easily explained by the amount of him in cases oppose to the others, as well as how long they've been released for.

    The only weird thing (on my end anyway) is that both of em have surfaced at Wal-Mart of all places, while TRU & everyone else is still way behind.
     
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    Saw him in stores once, couldn't really spend the money on him. Never seen him again.