Exclusive WFC Siege Ratchet Found at Walgreens in the US

The hunt begins! Unfortunately I'll probably only see him in February next year considering it took like 4 months for the other Wal-Greens exclusives to show up in my area

Ugh! It's a Walgreens exclusive? Hate going to Walgreens.

They're here in Richmond, KY. If you live in the area, come grab em while you can!

I'll be checking Walgreens around here for sure. Luckily, we have dozens of them in the Twin Cities. I hope at least one of them has them on the shelves now.

0 for 2 in the Chicago area so far...

Well, I guess I'm going to check Walgreen's after work. I'm not holding any high hopes but if I don't the "what if" is going to drive me crazy.

4 ratchets here in Avondale AZ WALGREENS

0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

Funny how the Seibertron reports get passed over, We found Ratchet yesterday down here

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Cyber Bishop wrote:Funny how the Seibertron reports get passed over, We found Ratchet yesterday down here

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Nothing funny, you just have to submit the news or else no dice.

I'm sorry but let us focus on the bigger issue, General Kenobi is out! Also if you need help deciding on Ratchet or just want to be told what to think



Uncle Chuck is always here for you.

Got my Walgreens Ratchet. Can we talj about the most important part ofvthis toy??

THE LEG PANELS DON'T POP OFF IF YOU SO MUCH AS BREATHE FUNNY IN THE NEXT ROOM

Now to see what all accessories the 3P guys will give him. I need tools for Ratchet.

Wolfman Jake wrote:0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

I found mine (Mooresville, Indiana) in the regular toy aisle. [goto=][/goto]

Just found my copy of Ratchet. Definitely glad that I decided to try one last Wal-Greens after work. He's got some looseness, but he definitely holds a pose. And I also found him in the regular toy aisle

Tried a fifth Walgreens before giving up for the day. No Ratchet for me yet. However, I did stop by a Walmart on the way home from work and found they had their Transformers 35th Anniversary display up. There was a very good selection of Voyager figures available, almost all of them to date, missing only the normal release of Optimus. Megatron had both his battle damaged and cel-shaded versions available. There were a good selection of Wave 3 Deluxes, but strangely, no Bluestreaks. There were only one or two Soundblasters as well. By far, the cel-shaded Optimus Prime and Megatron were most prolific, and I can guess why. They look even worse in person. The paint apps just don't work to create that cartoon shading look when it's on a 3D object. Photographs DEFINITELY flatter those two figures.

william-james88 wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:Funny how the Seibertron reports get passed over, We found Ratchet yesterday down here

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Nothing funny, you just have to submit the news or else no dice.

Whatever man.

Flashwave wrote:Got my Walgreens Ratchet. Can we talj about the most important part ofvthis toy??

THE LEG PANELS DON'T POP OFF IF YOU SO MUCH AS BREATHE FUNNY IN THE NEXT ROOM

That was the first thing I tested when I opened mine. So glad they fixed that issue.

Got to mess around with Siege Astrotrain at TFcon this weekend.

He's..... eh?

He doesn't feel very sturdy, the shuttle mode really is kinda bad, and the train mode isn't as good as I thought it looked in photos, tender or no tender. Also, he has no wrists or waist rotation, and he is a leader.

I'm glad I got to experience him in this form. It definitely convinced me that I will not buy him until he is on sale. He is significantly weaker than the other Siege leaders, which sucks cause I was really excited for him.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Got to mess around with Siege Astrotrain at TFcon this weekend.

He's..... eh?

He doesn't feel very sturdy, the shuttle mode really is kinda bad, and the train mode isn't as good as I thought it looked in photos, tender or no tender. Also, he has no wrists or waist rotation, and he is a leader.

...gotta say, I haven't handled the figure so I may not be the expert, but I disagree with this part in particular for two reasons:
1. Unlike every other Siege Leader, his hands actually look to fold away in the transformation, rather than just being covered by a trailer or a laser gun barrel spaceship front, so I can excuse the lack of wrist swivel just like I can on Impactor, Mirage, Refraktor, Flywheels, etc.
2. There are pictures of this figure on this very site that show he DOES have a waist swivel, like this one for instance:

It looks like you just left his waist skirt bits flipped up and in the way of the joint.

Good catch Nem Primal!

I went 0-6 Friday and Saturday checking Walgreens in the Chicago area (south suburbs). Yesterday my persistence paid off and I found him on the first try.

Looks like each location may be getting 4 of them initially based on what I found and other people's comments. Glad I found 4 on the shelf, as 2 of the 4 had a little bit of messy paint details on the chest.

In case anyone is still trying to find Smashdown at a decent price, I found it at Big Boy Collectibles. I’m not sure how many they have in stock, but at $6.99, I got two.

Got lucky on lunch and found Ratchet at the Walgreens near work in Hilliard, OH. They had 4 on the shelf 3 left.

Yay! Found my Ratchet this afternoon! There were three to chose from on the shelf. It was a good thing too, since two of them had some noticeable paint flaws. One had a big brown splotch on the top right-hand corner of the chest. The other had what looked like a lot of plastic flash left over along the top of the chest window, leaving the red painted section in the middle looking gouged out and jagged in spots. The one I got looked pretty clean (except for the muddy boots/battle damage paint apps, of course). The number of Classics/Universe 2008/early Generations molds in my neo G1 collection is quickly diminishing. I think I'll be able to sell off the few remaining stragglers if Hasbro announces a new Tracks for Earthrise and the inevitable retools of Grapple into Inferno and Hoist into Trailbreaker.

Wolfman Jake wrote:0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

I have 3 Walgreens that form a triangle in about a 5 mile area near my home, the 2nd one had Ratchet (4 of them). I didn't want one for myself, but got one as a gift for a friend of mine who is an EMT . I've heard rumors that occasionally these will appear in other areas, since during holiday time they have toys kind of spread out everywhere, but I've always found them in the regular TF section.

o.supreme wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

I have 3 Walgreens that form a triangle in about a 5 mile area near my home, the 2nd one had Ratchet (4 of them). I didn't want one for myself, but got one as a gift for a friend of mine who is an EMT . I've heard rumors that occasionally these will appear in other areas, since during holiday time they have toys kind of spread out everywhere, but I've always found them in the regular TF section.

Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above. He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above. He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

Cool. Yeah I found out from his kids. He wanted an original series Ratchet, but I don't think he knows that either 1) A Reasonably priced one will probably be in terrible condition or, 2) it will be immensely expensive (not counting reissues etc...)

This was just good timing for what he wanted. He said he wanted it on the dash of his Ambulance when driving. I'll see if I can get pics

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o.supreme wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above. He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

Cool. Yeah I found out from his kids. He wanted an original series Ratchet, but I don't think he knows that either 1) A Reasonably priced one will probably be in terrible condition or, 2) it will be immensely expensive (not counting reissues etc...)

This was just good timing for what he wanted. He said he wanted it on the dash of his Ambulance when driving. I'll see if I can get pics

Does he alao know that the original Ratchet does not have a head?

Nemesis Primal wrote:It looks like you just left his waist skirt bits flipped up and in the way of the joint.

wow, I feel really dumb for missing that...

OK, he has a waist, but he definitely still feels a bit weak for the class

Ratchet found in Sunnyvale/Santa Clara CA

Haven't located Ratchet in Central New York as of yet.

I hit 5 Walgreens this past Saturday here in Omaha, and as is the nature of the Hunt, I found 1 Ratchet at the last stop. Had I driven the loop in the opposite direction, I would have only made the one stop!
Today I hit a 6th Walgreens off my beaten path and found 6 Ratchets on the shelf. I grabbed one for my Brother who lives in a Walgreensless city.

As a reward for helping with yardwork over the weekend, I took my boys to the store after school so they could each pick out a toy. They picked Seige Mirage and Barricade, so I got to mess with them a little after they went to bed.

Barricade has a very nice paint job, but I hate that mold. Same with Mirage. God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Ironhidensh wrote:As a reward for helping with yardwork over the weekend, I took my boys to the store after school so they could each pick out a toy. They picked Seige Mirage and Barricade, so I got to mess with them a little after they went to bed.

Barricade has a very nice paint job, but I hate that mold. Same with Mirage. God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Strange, for me Siege is the most "solid" bunch of figures since the ROTF days.

Most of them just feel better and more "heavy/solid" then the Generations figures from the past few years, I was just fiddling with some Combiner Wars figures and it's really made me notice the difference.

Prowl's probably on the weaker end of the pool out of the Siege figures in quality though, I still like the figure though.

Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

Deadput wrote:Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

Oh, I know I'm defiantly in the minority on this. In all honesty, It could be a bias thing. I've pretty much hated siege since the first images started to arrive, and that could very well cloud my perceptions of these things.


My kids love it though, even if these figures break under play faster than any other transformer I've given them.

Ironhidensh wrote:God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

emlit wrote:

Ironhidensh wrote:God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

To be fair I think they are starting to turn a corner with Cyberverse, if the recent Deluxe Class reveals are anything to go by, and I've heard a lot of good things about the Spark Armour figures to boot.

Walgreens exclusive ratchet is finally live on their website store... however it errors out when you add it to cart and wont let you check out. at least not yet anyway

https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/transformers-deluxe-ratchet-figure/ID=300393692-product

says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

Now that War for Cybertron Siege Ratchet has started showing up at U.S. retail, it was only a matter of time before he showed up on their website, as well. Thanks to Seibertronians Mangamike and Immortal Starscream, we have word that Ratchet's listing is now live! There is a catch at the moment, however. As shown to us by Immortal Starscream, you can add Ratchet to your cart, but can't yet check out; doing so will get you the following error message:




Hopefully this will be sorted out soon, and those of you who haven't found the Autobot Doc in the wild will be able to have him shipped to your door. Good luck to all those hunting for Ratchet or hitting the refresh button on your devices!

Grabbed one this morning. Our closest Walgreens has about 4 Transformers, luckily 2 of them were ratchet. I'm not big on the vehicle mode but the robot mode makes me think of G1.

Immortal Starscream wrote:says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

I came to say the same thing.


You sure about that? Picked one up at lunch time.

Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right

carytheone wrote:Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right

Ratchet definitely wore his shit kickin' boots, lol!

ordered

Ultra Markus wrote:ordered

It was not working about 20 minutes ago but my order just went through!

Found a handy place to store Ratchet's wrench when his hands are full.

Ratchet has been found in Alexandria MN! I am not sure how many are left since I had my brother pick him up for me (I don't have any Walgreens near me, but he does!). I can not wait to get him this weekend!

Also, I picked up the cell shaded OP and Megs and they very interesting. The lighter gray on Megs is nice, but OP is just not doing it for me. If they did not have all the wavy lines on them, they would be much better.

Saw the 35th Anniversary figures at my local Wal-Mart today. Gotta be honest, the Cel-shading actually doesn't look as bad as I though it would on Prime, but it's still not great in my opinion. Definitely going to pick up Bluestreak and Soundblaster, but has anyone else noticed Soundblaster's paint being a bit sloppy/fuzzy? Like, the Decepticon badge was almost covered with the silver on multiple copies that I saw

Just ordered Ratchet. Honestly, hunting for TFs is an exciting thing for me, and I have 3 Walgreens in town, but for some reason I didn't think I should leave it up to chance, not with this figure.

As for the 35th anniversary figures, the display is up at my Walmart, and I was able to check it out. I thought in-hand cel-shaded Megatron looks better than the original Siege voyager, so I picked up one. Passed on Prime and the others. I thought about Blue Streak, but I'm going to pass. I would much rather have a comic-accurate blue Blue Streak. I did notice that the display at my store had a bunch of Brunts. Like 8 or 10 of them.

was able to order it last night, i'm currently homebound after rotator cuff surgery and was bummed i wouldn't be able to go out and hunt for him. He shipped today! so happy!

I got an email from TFSource letting me know the final wave of Siege Micromasters (Soundwave Spy Patrol 2nd Unit and Battle Patrol) is in stock and ready to ship! I just wish they'd put up the final Battle Masters too. They still have no listings for Rung or Singe (and neither does Hasbro Pulse). What gives? They've got the rest of the Battle Masters up on TFSource. I've got Crosshairs, Spinister, Apeface, and Astrotrain preordered on Hasbro Pulse, so Battle Masters Rung and Singe are the only Siege figures left that I haven't secured. I hope I can find them at retail, even though distribution of any Battle Masters beyond Wave 1 has been trash in the U.S. Seriously, I saw Wave 2 Battle Masters on the pegs maybe twice this whole year, and never did I see Wave 3. I had to order Smashdown and Caliburst online from Amazon. Even the Micromasters had better distribution, with only Wave 2 being a little scarce in my area.

Passing on Ratchet in case he gets an Earthrise figure but at least I'll still have a version of the mold when I pick up Crosswise, also means one less headache of looking for an exclusive or overpaying.