SDCC 2013 Titan Guardians Found at Big Lots for 5$ each
Saturday, April 4th, 2015 8:29AM CDT
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Back in May 2014, it was suspected that the figures from the SDCC 2013 Titan Guardians set would see a retail release and be sold individually. Almost a year later, we now know this to be true thanks to fellow TF fan Half Shell who found these at Big Lots for 5$ per figure. He has provided photos proving his purchase. While he only purchased Megatron, the figures available are Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, Bumblebee and Soundwave.
These figures have been available online and can still be found at Amazon.com and the Seibertron store.
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Posted by jamesbenjamin on April 4th, 2015 @ 9:36am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 4th, 2015 @ 9:45am CDT
jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?
That person is not on this board. I am assuming it's Grimlock since he was the only one absent from the line up when mass retail was first announced.
Posted by umichigan on April 4th, 2015 @ 10:57am CDT
thanks.
Posted by AutobotAlvaron on April 4th, 2015 @ 11:01am CDT
Posted by Emerje on April 4th, 2015 @ 11:55am CDT
william-james88 wrote:jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?
That person is not on this board. I am assuming it's Grimlock since he was the only one absent from the line up when mass retail was first announced.
They never made a G1 Bumblebee or Shockwave either and the tags were made for the retail versions and aren't the same as the Beast Hunters tags. I'm guessing at some point Hasbro had intended to do a series two with G1 versions of Bumblebee, Grimlock, Shockwave, and Wheeljack, and left the tag with Bee and Shockwave still listed because of the Beast Hunters figures.
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on April 4th, 2015 @ 9:23pm CDT
jamesbenjamin wrote:To the person who found them at retail: what's under the red sticker on the tag?
He wrote back the following:
It says grimlock and wheeljack under the tag. Not sure why they covered the names up.
Posted by jrgreer74 on April 4th, 2015 @ 10:03pm CDT
Posted by Soundgrave on April 6th, 2015 @ 8:14pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 6th, 2015 @ 8:39pm CDT
Soundgrave wrote:These things have been sold at Kohl's for over a year. I got one for my 2 year old niece cause I rarely see her, as something to remind her of me when she gets older. They were 7.99 I think.
Ok, so if ever you come across something you didnt see before that you didnt see us report, just let us know at news@seibertron.com
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on April 7th, 2015 @ 5:32pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:31pm CDT
An extra wrinkle is that the selection appearing at Walmart Canada is a mix of the G1 toys which were at first SDCC exclusives and the Prime toys. Megatron, Starscream, Optimus and Soundwave are from the G1 line while Shockwave and Bumblebee are from the Prime (Beast Hunters) line. This information was gathered from a few sigthings and the images below come from fellow Seibertronian Sunstar. This fan already owns the SDCC version and commented on the differences:
Here we have SDCC Starscream on the right hand side and walmart ex on the left hand side. they are absolutely identical - with two exceptions as far as I can tell. The hole in the back from the placement of the label for walmarts and the gold canopy seems more gold on the SDCC than on the Walmart variant (seems more bronze).
Posted by Hotconvoy on May 2nd, 2018 @ 9:58pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 2nd, 2018 @ 10:28pm CDT
A logic way to milk the molds I guess. ¯\_ツ_/¯
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 3rd, 2018 @ 10:27am CDT
Posted by Takaratron on May 4th, 2018 @ 7:50pm CDT
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:OK, product codes please This is to see if they're completely new, or leftovers from who knows when.
You can see it on the zoomed in sticker,
SKU: 150672872
UPC: 630509720415
Can't find any on brickseek though
Product page (not in stock online)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... 14&veh=aff?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on May 5th, 2018 @ 3:07am CDT
Takaratron wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:OK, product codes please This is to see if they're completely new, or leftovers from who knows when.
You can see it on the zoomed in sticker,
SKU: 150672872
UPC: 630509720415
Can't find any on brickseek though
Product page (not in stock online)
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... 14&veh=aff?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff
I meant the 5-character code on the tags, a letter followed by 4 digits. Like C**** from Titans Return and RiD 2015, or the more current E**** for Power of the Primes....
And I think Starscream's is E2987. The "E" alone means it's a newly produced assortment.