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Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

He said that stores near him aren't selling the mainline, that probably won't change in a month. Amazon Japan will have Airrazor at the end of the month.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

He said that stores near him aren't selling the mainline, that probably won't change in a month. Amazon Japan will have Airrazor at the end of the month.

They also have voyager Optimus and Primal, but at 5K yen each.

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

Make sure you're checking all the end caps too. The last Walmart I was in had figures in three different aisles including priority space. I'm pretty sure it included mainline, but mostly I remember the flex changers because they were so weird looking. Weaponizer packs as well, though I already have those, except for the Target exclusive pack that I don't think has hit shelves yet.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

Make sure you're checking all the end caps too. The last Walmart I was in had figures in three different aisles including priority space. I'm pretty sure it included mainline, but mostly I remember the flex changers because they were so weird looking. Weaponizer packs as well, though I already have those, except for the Target exclusive pack that I don't think has hit shelves yet.

Main aisles, endcaps, store displays, the works! Check everywhere, some areas have figures others do not.

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Mainline deluxes packaged individually have not been found I the US yet. They should appear next month.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

He said that stores near him aren't selling the mainline, that probably won't change in a month. Amazon Japan will have Airrazor at the end of the month.

He said they aren't selling the mainline Deluxes and Voyagers, not the mainline as a whole. Like Will said, nobody is selling the single Deluxe figures yet and I've only seen Prime once at one store myself (and SS Airrazor). But this is a movie main line, it's getting the same treatment as Earthrise and Cyberverse and the Bee movie before it and will be just as abundant as we get closer to the movie and even after.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:So none of my stores (target walmart and meijer) are even selling the mainline deluxes/voyagers, a shame as all I wanted was mainline Airazor. Can anyone else in Illinois confirm whether they're being sold at retail or not?

Amazon Japan might be your friend. Yeah, you'll pay for shipping BUT it'll still be less than eBay and it's still Amazon.

Seems awfully early to be looking at importing these figures when the movie is still a month away. Give it time, they'll show up and then in three months we'll be complaining about them clogging the shelves.

Emerje

He said that stores near him aren't selling the mainline, that probably won't change in a month. Amazon Japan will have Airrazor at the end of the month.

He said they aren't selling the mainline Deluxes and Voyagers, not the mainline as a whole. Like Will said, nobody is selling the single Deluxe figures yet and I've only seen Prime once at one store myself (and SS Airrazor). But this is a movie main line, it's getting the same treatment as Earthrise and Cyberverse and the Bee movie before it and will be just as abundant as we get closer to the movie and even after.

Emerje

And I'm pretty sure it will be even more abundant come the holidays

This Prime is still being a lot of fun

Anyone reading this a Pops fan? Well if you are, then you'll love this news. We now have images from Funko themselves about the set made for the Transformers Rise of the Beasts film. However, they are based on older designs, which is most apparent with Mirage and Primal. Let us know if you will be getting any.

Well, these look like an upgrade from previous POPs! Never collected them, even for properties that have no other toy representation, because the big, all-black eyes make it look like thousands of celebrities and fictional characters had their eyes gouged out and replaced with buttons by the witch from Coraline, but these bot sure bucked the trend, and Arcee looks pretty tempting...on sale at least.

I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Brokebot wrote:I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Me neither. I'm not a fan of a collection of figures that have all the same face.
But these Bay-Pops are especially creepy and ugly.

Brokebot wrote:I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Cheap and collectible with a reference to whatever a fan of a particular genre might be into.

Man, Bumblebee is really making me want some KFC right now.

Emerje

william-james88 wrote:

Brokebot wrote:I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Cheap and collectible with a reference to whatever a fan of a particular genre might be into.

The highly speculative secondary market would like to have a word...

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Brokebot wrote:I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Cheap and collectible with a reference to whatever a fan of a particular genre might be into.

The highly speculative secondary market would like to have a word...

By that point, they are already bought, the question was why they were bought in the first place. They are a really cheap investment if that's the goal.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Brokebot wrote:I have never understood the appeal of those things.

Cheap and collectible with a reference to whatever a fan of a particular genre might be into.

The highly speculative secondary market would like to have a word...

By that point, they are already bought, the question was why they were bought in the first place. They are a really cheap investment if that's the goal.

Oh yeah, at the very basis, they are cheap.
But now, there's so much and so many duplicate characters that some stores are overwhelmed. Some even had stopped ordering new stock like my local geek store. Funko even had to bury a few million$ of stock à la E.T for Atari cartridges!

Like, how many Mando Childs does one need? But still, new Funko are still appearing. Are the Funko Pop market imploding à la Beanie Babies or not?

Emerje wrote:Man, Bumblebee is really making me want some KFC right now.

Damn, now that's funny right there.

Our previous news of Transformers Rise of the Beasts Funko Pops had no traction and mainly negative comments. So we get it, most of the TF fans community does not like Pops. But, what if I told you one of the Rise of the Beasts Pops was ... an exclusive? That's right, Rhinox, who is in his beast mode looking rather cute, will be a Target exclusive. You can see the images below.

We have some good news and bad news. The good news is that two new Takara exclusive Transformers figures have been unveiled. The bad news is that they will be very hard for people to obtain as they are linked to a national level promotion.

The figures revealed are Transformers Studio Series SS-EX Nemesis Prime and Kingdom KD-EX Burning Optimus Primal, who is based off of the Burning Convoy deco we've had before for Primal toys in Japan.

These two figures are tied to a promotion where you can buy these toys when you buy a ticket for the Rise of the Beasts movie through Loppi for a total of 7330 Yen. The promotion is from June 1st to August 3rd and the toys will be delivered after, January 4, 2024. You can get more info on that here.

Japanese fans can bypass this for Primal who should also be available at the HMV website (wow HMV exclusive, takes me back) for 5940 Yen.

No news for any release outside of Japan, though they may be available on e-bay or through collector shops in limited quantities like previous promotional exclusives (remember Transformers Adventure Dogfight?).

That Nemesis Prime look pretty darn cool, doubt I'll be able to get it though!

Ah, Nemesis and Burning.
Both will be sclapers fodder.

Sad.