Target Summer Geek-Out Transformers Street Fighter and Tonka Devastator Preorders Live

These sets are also live on hasbro pulse for premium members until 10 am est, then open to all after that

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-street-fighter-ii-mash-up-autobot-hot-rod-ken-vs-arcee-chun-li

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-street-fighter-ii-mash-up-optimus-prime-ryu-vs-megatron-m-bison

https://hasbropulse.com/collections/new/products/transformers-collaborative-tonka-mash-up-tonkanator

also his name is Tonkanator

Tonkanator... That is amazing.

Those prices are utter nonsense

I wonder if the Street Fighter toys are just leftovers from a few years ago. It'll be obvious when the packaging is revealed I guess. Seems odd since not much is going on with Street Fighter right now.

william-james88 wrote:Those prices are utter nonsense

For Devastator Tonka Deco I agree. I was also about to agree for the Street Fighter toys as well, but it seems Hasbro being able to offer these directly has kept cost down somewhat. Still in light of these being based on toys from 4 years ago, with the tools already made, but cost of materials going up, I guess it's an even trade.

Lastly, depending truly if these are leftovers, or newly made toys, the originals went on sale before leaving most online retailers. Unless Hasbro's quantities are extremally in short supply there is a good chance these will go on sale as well. I just dont see Street Fighter as a hot IP right now.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65321 (2018) $90 originally, down to $80. (2022 on Pulse $75.00)
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65318 (2018) $130 originally, down to $91. (2022 on Pulse $113.00)

Don't forget, if you have a RedCard you save 5% which on Tonkanator ended up being about what taxes cost (you also get free shipping) so ordering via Target if you have the card makes more sense than Pulse

o.supreme wrote:I wonder if the Street Fighter toys are just leftovers from a few years ago. It'll be obvious when the packaging is revealed I guess. Seems odd since not much is going on with Street Fighter right now.

william-james88 wrote:Those prices are utter nonsense

For Devastator Tonka Deco I agree. I was also about to agree for the Street Fighter toys as well, but it seems Hasbro being able to offer these directly has kept cost down somewhat. Still in light of these being based on toys from 4 years ago, with the tools already made, but cost of materials going up, I guess it's an even trade.

Lastly, depending truly if these are leftovers, or newly made toys, the originals went on sale before leaving most online retailers. Unless Hasbro's quantities are extremally in short supply there is a good chance these will go on sale as well. I just dont see Street Fighter as a hot IP right now.

https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65321 (2018) $90 originally, down to $80. (2022 on Pulse $75.00)
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/ ... ails/65318 (2018) $130 originally, down to $91. (2022 on Pulse $113.00)

Since they're calling it Street Fighter II and not trying to keep up with the hype and calling it Street Fighter VI it'll probably just be the same box with a slip cover/outer box, Hasbro loves those.

The $30 mark up on Tonkanator over the $75 price that the reissue from 2019 is a blatant cash grab on Hasbro's part. There's no way it costs that much more to produce in three years, especially when they own Tonka so there's no gratuitous license fees involved this time.

Shame it looks like the Tonka logo is tampographed on rather than a sticker, they really didn't want people using this as G2 Devastator. I kinda like the use of black instead of purple, though there are G2 KOs that do the same thing.

Emerje

The Tonka Devastator is surely worth a smile (not any real money though, sorry Hasbro).

Shame they never released Constructicons in Diaclone colors as the Constructibots or something like that.

Reissue ? Whatever, I dont care.

might have paid £105 if tonkatron was die cast metal but I thought the encores were over priced back when and skipped on them despite collecting all reisues. Tampos are often really nice on the reissues like with hoist etc.

Think I'd have preferred a CW repaint or evn if Hasbro KO'd the undersized KO rather than the G1 figures

I had zero interest in them before when they were a Takara/Tomy release and that interest is the same now that Hasbro is releasing them. Tonkatron, nice little set but nof'ing way would I pick it up at 70 or the current cash grab price.

The SF guys being reissued is nice, but I don't really care for.

But that Tonka Devastator is absolutely awesome and it's a brilliant repaint. Too bad it's so freakishly expensive.

Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

I would have definitely preferred the Titan remold for the simple reason that it was never repainted before.

The last Walmart reissue of the G1 constructicons were 100$CAN and I thought that was expensive. At 110$US, I can't imagine what the Canadian price will be. 170$CAN?

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

This was my exact thought when i saw it. Why not use the titan? why?

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

This was my exact thought when i saw it. Why not use the titan? why?

Because reusing the G1 mold for the 999th time is easy mode.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Flashwave wrote:Question: would anyone besides myself have been more excited if Tonkastator had been on the Titan mold than G1? Or does the fact that it is on the G1 molds hold a nostalgic sway over the deco?

Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

This was my exact thought when i saw it. Why not use the titan? why?

Because reusing the G1 mold for the 999th time is easy mode.

The G1 molds also fit much better with the original Tonka GoBots molds, as I feel like the names are meant to sound vaguely GoBots-y.

Flashwave wrote:Everyone complaining about the G1 Constructic9ns being so expensive, you do remember the prices at Walmart, right?

Yes, do you? They were $75 in 2019, there's no way they've gone up $30 in 3 years. Even Encore in 2011 and 2013 could be had for $70 at the right shop at Japanese prices. I didn't hesitate to order it, which probably makes me part of the problem, but at the same time I want more reissues and want to support them. It's not a great situation that Hasbro puts us in sometimes.

Emerje

Over $100 for a dialled-in G1 Devvy with the words "Tonka" randomly plonked on it and some Autobot symbols? Hasbro must think that there are some real chumps in this community if they think they will sell in any significant numbers. They didn't event bother to offer remolded accessories (head, chest, etc).




I suppose next, Hasblo will release a set of smaller-than-the-original, green, plastic faux-Tonka trucks with a Deception symbol on them and charge $100 a pop too?

We can easily get KO Yellow Devastators too:

- https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?siteid=0&pub=5574891718&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1&mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fitm%2F224968628302%3F

- https://m.aliexpress.com/wholesale/tran ... t=Pc2Msite

- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GYP6ed_vBUs

I'm sure I've seen the G2 version "knocking about" fairly often too.


As for the SF2 figs, I passed on those when they were released domestically, so I'm not bothering with them now. They look bloody awful.

blackeyedprime wrote:might have paid £105 if tonkatron was die cast metal

Now THAT I'd buy.

Devastator was always one of my favorites, but we've moved on from G1 toy design limitations. The individual members should be at least be fully articulated Core class bots by now.

Hasbro isn't even trying and doesn't care who knows.

I picked up the SF2 figures from TFSource during the 2019 Black Friday sale. Ken vs. Chun-Li was $60 and Ryu vs. Vega/Bison was $90. I'm much happier with those prices than either the original prices or the current prices. Plus I got a free figure for my order over $300.

And I couldn't care less for more G1 reissues. I've moved past G1 figures a long time ago. I had them, I loved them, I no longer need/want them. But it's great for those of you who still want them. I just can't wait for this to go on steep clearance just like all the reissues did except for Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime, PMOP and maybe one or two others over the two decades or so they've been doing them outside of Japan.

I'm like some of the others who have commented and would've been down for Tonkanator done from UW Devastator. UW over CW of course as it seems Hasbro doesn't shy away from Takara toolings anymore.

So these are all easy passes for me but not because I don't like them.

I wonder if Hasbro will be reissuing the Takara Star Wars Transformers. Not because I don't have them already but because Han and Chewie are some of my favorite female Transformers and others need to own them. Yes, they're female lol. Han has a HUGE monoboob shelf and not in a Jazz or Prowl kind of way but an Arcee kind of way. It even has high heels and what could pass for Anode's head. Chewie's torso and head looks feminine to me as well. They both have hot pants on too. Chewie also has the open hand like the Rust Renegades. Han has inward elbow joints to have hand on hip poses. Just a little fun but they are indeed female in my collection. They are good toys along with Darth Vader though. And Chewie doesn't crumble to dust.

Oh wait no sorry, they can't bring them over. They have waffles and hollow forearms where the hands were. I don't think the fandom is ready to know that their lords and saviors at Takara do that even without Hasbro involvement. Some still don't acknowledge that waffling isn't new and has been around since G1 and that Beast Wars might have some of the most egregious examples. I wonder what they'd think if they found out that intrusive gimmicks are most likely Takara's doing too if Daigunder and Web Diver are any indication. I'm just having some fun again but am kinda serious.

Count me into the crowd who would have loved a repaint of the Titan class Devastator, not just because it hasn't been done before, but also because I remember Tonka trucks being huge when I was a kid. So if this was a Titan, I would most likely display them as a set of 6 vehicles most of the time.

As for the SF figures, I think it's a neat concept, but I don't like the mold or the paintjob for Hot Rod Ken, and the TR Megatron mold just sux, so pass. I wouldn't mind Ryu Prime and Chun-Li Arcee (Chun-cee?) though.

For me, the main appeal of this Tonkanator set is that, the Tonka-specific labeling aside, it feels an awful lot like something that would have been done in the Car Robots/RiD 2001 line.

A redeco of a vintage mold as all-new characters, and specifically as a construction-themed Autobot combiner. They feel like they could be both direct rivals of Baldigus/Ruination and associates of the Buildmasters/Build Team.

Were I to get this set, I'd put it with my CR/RiD'01 Autobots.

It's way too expensive, but please, someone who does buy it, please take pictures of some Titan Class figures playing with their Tonka trucks. Seems about the right scale.

MeGrimlock78 wrote:It's way too expensive, but please, someone who does buy it, please take pictures of some Titan Class figures playing with their Tonka trucks. Seems about the right scale.

Tonka trucks were pretty big. Compared to Titans, these would be more like Hot Wheels.

Deluxes would scale better.

Sabrblade wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:It's way too expensive, but please, someone who does buy it, please take pictures of some Titan Class figures playing with their Tonka trucks. Seems about the right scale.

Tonka trucks were pretty big. Compared to Titans, these would be more like Hot Wheels.

Deluxes would scale better.

Aren't the new Tonka trucks these days made put of plastic? When I was a kid, they were nearly all sturdy metal and I used to use the dump-truck as an impromptu go-kart down small hills/inclines.

Tonkacons. That's what they need to be called.

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:Tonkacons. That's what they need to be called.

Well at that price, they're certainly a con, with "Tonka" on them...

...I don't get it. I never knew or was interested in Tonka trucks. It's just a lazy repaint of the original, limited 80's molds. It has the very same ideas behind it I hated in J. Balvintron.

Why do I like this concept more than J. Balvintron?!

primalxconvoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:It's way too expensive, but please, someone who does buy it, please take pictures of some Titan Class figures playing with their Tonka trucks. Seems about the right scale.

Tonka trucks were pretty big. Compared to Titans, these would be more like Hot Wheels.

Deluxes would scale better.

Aren't the new Tonka trucks these days made put of plastic? When I was a kid, they were nearly all sturdy metal and I used to use the dump-truck as an impromptu go-kart down small hills/inclines.

How old are you?

When I was kid, Tonka trucks were indeed made out of pure METAL and were awesome to handle. But that was in the late 1970's and the 1980's. But did they still made metal Tonka trucks in the 1990's? Because I have the impression that it's been decades since Tonka trucks went full plastics.

I tried searching but even Google didn't help at telling when the change was made. Maybe when Hasbro bought Tonka in 1996?

Triggerdick Megatron wrote:Tonkacons. That's what they need to be called.

But they're Autobots.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

primalxconvoy wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

MeGrimlock78 wrote:It's way too expensive, but please, someone who does buy it, please take pictures of some Titan Class figures playing with their Tonka trucks. Seems about the right scale.

Tonka trucks were pretty big. Compared to Titans, these would be more like Hot Wheels.

Deluxes would scale better.

Aren't the new Tonka trucks these days made put of plastic? When I was a kid, they were nearly all sturdy metal and I used to use the dump-truck as an impromptu go-kart down small hills/inclines.

How old are you?

When I was kid, Tonka trucks were indeed made out of pure METAL and were awesome to handle. But that was in the late 1970's and the 1980's. But did they still made metal Tonka trucks in the 1990's? Because I have the impression that it's been decades since Tonka trucks went full plastics.

I tried searching but even Google didn't help at telling when the change was made. Maybe when Hasbro bought Tonka in 1996?

O'm a 90s kid, and Tonka trucks were not a part of my childhood, probably less popular by then

While I've been down for most Crossovers, Tonkatron leaves me feeling cold. Maybe if I had Tonka trucks as a kid. Maybe if they just picked a more current TF construction vehicle mold. I don't think I'd be down for paying $300 for a titan class Tonkanator, but G1 Devvy ... maybe at a deep discount.

If I had more disposable income the Street Fighter Crossover would be much more tempting. I hate skin-tones on TFs, but still. I'd have got it. I'll keep my eye on it in case it goes down in price.

Overall, the Spedia 500 collection looks really cool. The only one I probably won't get is Blur. It is nice to finally get Clampdown after having Deepcover for a while. A new Cosmos is also a plus.

Since this was sold out on hasbro pulse in only a few hours, id say the comments listed below are in the minority about pricing. I just bought 2 on target.com so if they look like crap ill return them. What I dont seem to get is $104.00 for 6 constructicons $17.33 each so that's a lot of money? It's on target for Super 7's figures which are around $18.00 each. So these are cheaper. Also, when you look at the detail on figures, I'm actually pretty impressed. I know I'm in the minority here but I actually like this set and I'm looking forward to this at the end of the year. I love anything G1 as long as it's done right!

9adam83 wrote:Since this was sold out on hasbro pulse in only a few hours, id say the comments listed below are in the minority about pricing. I just bought 2 on target.com so if they look like crap ill return them. What I dont seem to get is $104.00 for 6 constructicons $17.33 each so that's a lot of money? It's on target for Super 7's figures which are around $18.00 each. So these are cheaper. Also, when you look at the detail on figures, I'm actually pretty impressed. I know I'm in the minority here but I actually like this set and I'm looking forward to this at the end of the year. I love anything G1 as long as it's done right!

We don't know how many were sold at Pulse, so your claims about the comments being "in the minority" can't be considered accurate. There could equally have been more people than usual that didn't bother with these toys, but the sales figures can only show who bought them, not how many didn't.

And yes, the price IS a "lot of money", for what are small, simple figures that have been released several times over and have curreny been released with basically a few "Tonka" and Autobot stickers on them. It's not rocket science, kid.

blackeyedprime wrote:might have paid £105 if tonkatron was die cast metal but I thought the encores were over priced back when and skipped on them despite collecting all reisues. Tampos are often really nice on the reissues like with hoist etc.

Think I'd have preferred a CW repaint or evn if Hasbro KO'd the undersized KO rather than the G1 figures

Same, but Hasbro doesn't like copying KOs.

I still wish the street fighter figures were released individually. I really only want Arcee, and do not want to pay $75 for her and Hot Rod

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I still wish the street fighter figures were released individually. I really only want Arcee, and do not want to pay $75 for her and Hot Rod

Might be on Ebay, have you checked?

Tonkanator is shipping out from both In Demand toys. We thank xrotorstormx for letting us know that it's also shipping out from Target. Some have already received it, like Botnaza who posted some in hand images here. Below you'll see how it looks like in package, individual modes, combined mode and combined mode stickered up.

They really do look like the old Big Lots/Walgreens/KB Toys bootleg Constructicons.

I think this is a great idea, I just cannot get excited about G1 Constructicons in this. I am the minority I am sure but I wish they had done the Titan version

Sabrblade wrote:They really do look like the old Big Lots/Walgreens/KB Toys bootleg Constructicons.

Right, so next they need to make good old Four Star's Mister Hard Hat the new official SG Devastator!

PLEEEEEAAAAAASE?

Should have been Tonkastator.

If it had been the Titan class version, I would have bought it.

Really hoped the Tonka logos were on the sticker sheets so I could leave them off.

Emerje

Funny how the Constructicons in realistic yellow look like the Constructicons in realistic yellow, whether legit or not Plastic's probably on the harder side compared to the KOs, tho. The lighting is also probably affecting how the yellow looks.

Motormix's drum should have been cast in a different color, though. The mold is set up for it (just look at Diaclone), and it looks better than the monochrome appearance given by casting it in the same color.
It's also unfortunate that they seem to repeat the abusive assembly practices seen on the Vintage G1 'structies.

Everybody saying "I'da bought if it was the Titan version"... Would you really have gone for a novelty like this at $189?
That could well have been a dealbreaker on selling it to kids, who this is mainly aimed at. And aside from the price, doing it with the Titan-class version would have meant stores having to stock TWO Titans.

I'll reiterate that it's a shame the Diaclone plastic sandpit and cardboard girders weren't resurrected for this, they would have gone with it very well.

And the award for most dialled-in TF release of 2022 goes to...

primalxconvoy wrote:And the award for most dialled-in TF release of 2022 goes to...

EDIT: CHEAP JAB REMOVED.

Not this. This is a novelty release with some reasonable thought behind it, and it sets the Constructicon molds up to be better enjoyed as transforming construction vehicle toys.

I would say the Legacy Elita mold is far more deserving, especially in its Minerva guise.

Wow, I have been really looking forward to this release and ordered it from target.com. It should arrive any day now but after looking at these pics they look so cheap. They do not look like the pics on target.com at all! My AFA graded G1 Constructicons look great compared to these cheap looking things. How sad. Maybe it will look better in person? I think I have given up on Hasbro to do anything good for G1.

I too, would have preferred the Titan in this deco.
Because G2 Devastator is already a thing.

It still look great though.

Would have preferred titan or even the autorollers (autocrusher/autostinger). G1 devy just doesnt have anything Tonka about it unless they upped to 100% die cast vehicles/bots.