Last Wave of Age of Extinction Power Battlers now available online featuring Hasbro's Vehicon and Junkheap
Thursday, February 12th, 2015 10:05PM CST
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Entertainment Earth has just put up listings for fast action battler bundles.
These bundles include the last wave of Fast Action Battler figures which feature, HIGH OCTANE BUMBLEBEE, VEHICON and JUNKHEAP.
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Posted by welcometothedarksyde on February 12th, 2015 @ 11:13pm CST
Posted by william-james88 on February 12th, 2015 @ 11:14pm CST
welcometothedarksyde wrote:Fast Action Battlers are a superficially similar line from the first and second Movie Toylines. I'm pretty sure these ones are called Power Battlers
Thanks buddy
Posted by CrankyOldTruck on February 12th, 2015 @ 11:17pm CST
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on February 13th, 2015 @ 9:06am CST
CrankyOldTruck wrote:Do we have any kind of confirmation that Vehicon and JunkHeap will be available as anything other than Fast Action Battlers from Hasbro or is this all we get unless we want to shell out exorbitant prices for the Takara Asia Exclusives? I can totally see Hasbro screwing us in this respect and then saying "Hey, you asked for them, we gave 'em to ya" when what we really wanted was the actual Deluxe (or whatever the heck it is) Class figures.
That's all we'll get in terms of actual molds for the two, from Hasbro and TakaraTomy. In fact, of the two molds TakaraTomy will release only Junkheap in Transformers Adventures, done in blue and white.
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 13th, 2015 @ 10:32am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Noideaforaname wrote:Figures the 2 characters that don't have a trillion billion other toys would end up being cancelled.
Don't be so quick to say that, we've yet to receive confirmation. High Octane Bumblebee is also part of that wave btw.
Let me correct myself.
Figures the 2 characters that don't have a trillion billion other toys would end up bundled with a half-dozen characters that do have a trillion billion other toys.
There.
Posted by CrankyOldTruck on February 13th, 2015 @ 10:45am CST
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:CrankyOldTruck wrote:Do we have any kind of confirmation that Vehicon and JunkHeap will be available as anything other than Fast Action Battlers from Hasbro or is this all we get unless we want to shell out exorbitant prices for the Takara Asia Exclusives? I can totally see Hasbro screwing us in this respect and then saying "Hey, you asked for them, we gave 'em to ya" when what we really wanted was the actual Deluxe (or whatever the heck it is) Class figures.
That's all we'll get in terms of actual molds for the two, from Hasbro and TakaraTomy. In fact, of the two molds TakaraTomy will release only Junkheap in Transformers Adventures, done in blue and white.
Thanks JelZe.
While I find it disappointing I will try to keep my cynicism in check until I see them "in hand" and hold off on final judgement of these two but I was really hoping that they were going to get a better treatment. Who knows, I may be surprised at the final product.
Although, it does fall in line with the scenario I presented in my first post so its not like this comes as a surprise to me.
Posted by Sabrblade on February 13th, 2015 @ 7:08pm CST
CrankyOldTruck wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:CrankyOldTruck wrote:Do we have any kind of confirmation that Vehicon and JunkHeap will be available as anything other than Fast Action Battlers from Hasbro or is this all we get unless we want to shell out exorbitant prices for the Takara Asia Exclusives? I can totally see Hasbro screwing us in this respect and then saying "Hey, you asked for them, we gave 'em to ya" when what we really wanted was the actual Deluxe (or whatever the heck it is) Class figures.
That's all we'll get in terms of actual molds for the two, from Hasbro and TakaraTomy. In fact, of the two molds TakaraTomy will release only Junkheap in Transformers Adventures, done in blue and white.
Thanks JelZe.
While I find it disappointing I will try to keep my cynicism in check until I see them "in hand" and hold off on final judgement of these two but I was really hoping that they were going to get a better treatment. Who knows, I may be surprised at the final product.
Although, it does fall in line with the scenario I presented in my first post so its not like this comes as a surprise to me.
We already saw them "in hand".
Posted by ScottyP on April 21st, 2015 @ 6:33pm CDT
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on April 21st, 2015 @ 8:52pm CDT
Posted by Autobot032 on May 30th, 2015 @ 8:44pm CDT
Fellow fan and collector Andres Cova found the Vehicon at his local Ross store and provided visual proof of his find, including the price, which is $5.99
Andres posted his find in the Facebook group TRANSFORMERS ADDICTS! and we've shared it here for you to enjoy:
You can see our gallery of the Vehicon figure in question, by clicking right here: http://www.seibertron.com/transformers- ... on/3588/1/
If you have a sighting, please share it with us using the sightings submission form and post it in our sightings forum, and remember...
Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 30th, 2015 @ 8:54pm CDT
Posted by ScottyP on May 30th, 2015 @ 8:57pm CDT
Posted by dragons on May 30th, 2015 @ 8:57pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Who wanna bet scalpers will be all over them like dingos uppon a kindergartner's class field trip gone wrong?
when you said that i was thinking jurrasic park raptor pack attacking humans
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 30th, 2015 @ 9:01pm CDT
dragons wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:Who wanna bet scalpers will be all over them like dingos uppon a kindergartner's class field trip gone wrong?
when you said that i was thinking jurrasic park raptor pack attacking humans
Well, that's basically what will happen. :/
Still, Ebay will be so flooded with these, the prices will drop back to normal retail levels and /or the basterds will be stuck with massive overstock.
Posted by william-james88 on May 31st, 2015 @ 9:40pm CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on May 31st, 2015 @ 10:22pm CDT
Posted by Noideaforaname on May 31st, 2015 @ 10:38pm CDT
... although the closest Dollar Tree to me is just out of convenience range. I can get there, but I really don't want to go out of my way if the store doesn't even have them. Besides, I already have the ones I really wanted anyways.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 31st, 2015 @ 10:45pm CDT
I never have been very interested in visiting Dollar Tree, but this is making me wanna check my local D.T. out for Transformer deals!
Posted by BERSEKAEL on May 31st, 2015 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by Break on May 31st, 2015 @ 10:54pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 31st, 2015 @ 11:13pm CDT
DT normally isn't worth looking into at all because they're the honest dollar store, where everything actually is $1.00. The only interesting TF KOs they ever had were of Cybertron Legends, including Brimstone who I'm not sure got the official treatment. Their only other item of possible interest to our fandom is some "T-BOTS" coloring books, featuring many robots that look vaguely familiar, including a yellow Tracks-ish fellow on the cover.
Some of their stuff doesn't get distributed evenly though. The store on Warren just west of Westland mall had a toyline called "S.T.O.P. vs. S.C.U.M." that I've never seen elsewhere, not even at other Dollar Trees. A cross between G.I.Joe and Mad Max, they all sold out fast except for Lady Lead about 5 years ago. I'll have to stop by and see if she's still pegwarming.
Man, this and yesterday's Vehicon news just keeps giving me renewed hope that Arcee and Chromia might still show up at TJMarshaxx or Tuesday Morning, cheap enough for me to stockpile enough Arcees for all the customs I've wanted to do! Marvel, Blurr prototype colors...
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on May 31st, 2015 @ 11:32pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:Kreons ain't normally my bag either, but I have so many Dollar Trees between my home and work that I gotta' check this out!
DT normally isn't worth looking into at all because they're the honest dollar store, where everything actually is $1.00. The only interesting TF KOs they ever had were of Cybertron Legends, including Brimstone who I'm not sure got the official treatment. Their only other item of possible interest to our fandom is some "T-BOTS" coloring books, featuring many robots that look vaguely familiar, including a yellow Tracks-ish fellow on the cover.
Some of their stuff doesn't get distributed evenly though. The store on Warren just west of Westland mall had a toyline called "S.T.O.P. vs. S.C.U.M." that I've never seen elsewhere, not even at other Dollar Trees. A cross between G.I.Joe and Mad Max, they all sold out fast except for Lady Lead about 5 years ago. I'll have to stop by and see if she's still pegwarming.
Man, this and yesterday's Vehicon news just keeps giving me renewed hope that Arcee and Chromia might still show up at TJMarshaxx or Tuesday Morning, cheap enough for me to stockpile enough Arcees for all the customs I've wanted to do! Marvel, Blurr prototype colors...
Just on a side note, who came up with the expression, "pegwarming", something about that sounds dirty.
Posted by Wolfman Jake on June 1st, 2015 @ 12:27am CDT
Posted by MemphisR56 on June 1st, 2015 @ 2:01am CDT
Please could somebody middleman me a full set of these?
I've been hoping this wave would reemerge forever.
Posted by Tresob on June 1st, 2015 @ 8:44am CDT
Posted by ScottyP on June 1st, 2015 @ 9:40am CDT
Tresob wrote:It makes one wonder what is wrong with distribution.
I don't think this one is any indication of distribution issues, since Kreo is dead and done in the US market for now. That's not to say there aren't any, I just don't think this is an example of it due to that factor.
I'm surprised these showed at all! Thought the ship sailed on them months ago in regards to showing up at discount. Happy for those that missed out though, that's for sure.
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:19am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:32am CDT
BERSEKAEL wrote:Kreo is crap, I wish they put that effort in legion class instead.
Completely unrelated.
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:29am CDT
william-james88 wrote:I actually had found wave one for 1$ as well, but in a cinema chain. I didnt know until right now with these comments that it was a good deal. Although they did add a sticker making is a real blind bag, these dont seem to have that.
Kreons retail at $3 a pop, and having no other choice but to import this particular wave was... obviously a lot more. So seeing these for just a buck is pretty amazing. Like "grab the entire box, slam a $20 on the counter, and giddily skip back home" amazing. Wouldn't even care about the lack of codes for that price.
Posted by Tresob on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:51am CDT
ScottyP wrote:Tresob wrote:It makes one wonder what is wrong with distribution.
I don't think this one is any indication of distribution issues, since Kreo is dead and done in the US market for now. That's not to say there aren't any, I just don't think this is an example of it due to that factor.
I'm surprised these showed at all! Thought the ship sailed on them months ago in regards to showing up at discount. Happy for those that missed out though, that's for sure.
I don't really know one way or the other...I just remember these were due out a long time ago and have been available in other countries for quite a while (I have about for figures from this wave that were sent from Canada). I was just figuring they were supposed to hit the shelves of TRU before the kre-o meltdown happened, but got gummed up somewhere...and then went straight to the liquidators.
Posted by crazyfist on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:22pm CDT
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:28pm CDT
Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks, Silly. "Pegwarming" is now ruined forever.
Lol I shouldn't have said that.
Posted by Shockwave7 on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:25pm CDT
I know this Chainsaw vehicon is rare, but I still don't want one....
Posted by Shockwave7 on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:29pm CDT
I know this Chainsaw vehicon is rare, but I still don't want one....
Posted by Moosey on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:30pm CDT
SillySpringer wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks, Silly. "Pegwarming" is now ruined forever.
Lol I shouldn't have said that.
SHAME! Go in your corner.
( )
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:37pm CDT
Moosey wrote:SillySpringer wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks, Silly. "Pegwarming" is now ruined forever.
Lol I shouldn't have said that.
SHAME! Go in your corner.
( )
Lol
I try not to think dirty.
Back to AOE toys.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 1st, 2015 @ 8:54pm CDT
crazyfist wrote:Just checked two dollar trees in Winston-Salem, NC and not a single Kre-O...
I checked 4... nothing. But a friend of mine in NC found 2 Seasprays
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 1st, 2015 @ 9:28pm CDT
To be fair, my post said "Lady-Lead" was pegwarming, which I only now realize has an onion's-worth of layers of wrong in it. I mean, I know lead-poisoning contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, but maybe it wasn't just from the pipes their drinking water came through...SillySpringer wrote:Moosey wrote:SillySpringer wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks, Silly. "Pegwarming" is now ruined forever.
Lol I shouldn't have said that.
SHAME! Go in your corner.
( )
Lol
I try not to think dirty.
Back to AOE toys.
...um, right, AofE toys! I still didn't check out my Dollar Trees today, but some repackaged Kreo Cityville sets showed up in Dollar General last month, so the line still has a little life left.
Posted by DedicatedGhostArt on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:07pm CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:To be fair, my post said "Lady-Lead" was pegwarming, which I only now realize has an onion's-worth of layers of wrong in it. I mean, I know lead-poisoning contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire, but maybe it wasn't just from the pipes their drinking water came through...SillySpringer wrote:Moosey wrote:SillySpringer wrote:Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks, Silly. "Pegwarming" is now ruined forever.
Lol I shouldn't have said that.
SHAME! Go in your corner.
( )
Lol
I try not to think dirty.
Back to AOE toys.
...um, right, AofE toys! I still didn't check out my Dollar Trees today, but some repackaged Kreo Cityville sets showed up in Dollar General last month, so the line still has a little life left.
Lol you actually agree that it sounded real wrong! XD
But yeah, I am more into Lego than Kre-o, Lego has been around longer, so the pieces fit together better.
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2015 @ 3:51am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 2nd, 2015 @ 8:23am CDT
Va'al wrote:*polite cough*
Anybody else finding the wave 2 Kreons?
Posted by Va'al on June 2nd, 2015 @ 8:27am CDT
MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Va'al wrote:*polite cough*
Anybody else finding the wave 2 Kreons?
I like a person who takes a hint.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 2nd, 2015 @ 11:02am CDT
Va'al wrote:MartianSpyGirl1996 wrote:Va'al wrote:*polite cough*
Anybody else finding the wave 2 Kreons?
I like a person who takes a hint.
Let's just say you weren't alone
Posted by Bumblevivisector on June 4th, 2015 @ 12:15am CDT
A cashier at the Warren Road store said he knew what Kreons I was talking about, and that they'd be on the next truck in about a week, so hopefully that bodes well for other DTs carrying them if we're patient.
Anyone else canvassing Dollar Trees developing a problem impulse buying cheap junk food? Maybe I'm just upset that Lady Lead seems to finally be gone for good.
Okay, it's no loss, since the whole S.T.O.P. toyline was cheap and fugly...but I should've gotten one figure just for the compelling packaging backstory.
Oh, and they did have a Transformers/Angry Birds activity book, so the Kreons aren't the only official TF product they're carrying. No AofE stuff though.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 4th, 2015 @ 10:49am CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:Tried 2 Dollar Trees today, but nada.
A cashier at the Warren Road store said he knew what Kreons I was talking about, and that they'd be on the next truck in about a week, so hopefully that bodes well for other DTs carrying them if we're patient.
Anyone else canvassing Dollar Trees developing a problem impulse buying cheap junk food? Maybe I'm just upset that Lady Lead seems to finally be gone for good.
Okay, it's no loss, since the whole S.T.O.P. toyline was cheap and fugly...but I should've gotten one figure just for the compelling packaging backstory.
Oh, and they did have a Transformers/Angry Birds activity book, so the Kreons aren't the only official TF product they're carrying. No AofE stuff though.
Thank you for the information!
One store also had a TF:Prime lolly pop, like the big flat carnival kind
Posted by Noideaforaname on June 5th, 2015 @ 6:03pm CDT
Not so whoooo! half of my buys ended up being doubles.
And neither Octane has a "left" wing.
If anyone wants to trade I'm open.
On TFW's Kreo thread it sounds like this is mostly an East Coast thing.
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 5th, 2015 @ 8:05pm CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:On TFW's Kreo thread it sounds like this is mostly an East Coast thing.
Makes sense
Posted by william-james88 on June 8th, 2015 @ 9:14pm CDT
Posted by megatronus on June 8th, 2015 @ 9:26pm CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 8th, 2015 @ 9:26pm CDT