Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed

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Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Sabrblade, we now know that there is an official "reveal" for Transformers Kingdom Road Rage. The toy now has an official listing up on Target.com with stock images and even a video.

The item is not currently available for order or preorder. It is said to be a timed Red Card exclusive.

Here is the listing: https://www.target.com/p/transformers-g ... A-81473374

Product description:

Highlights
DISCOVER KINGDOM: Worlds collide when the Maximals and Predacons join the fight, coming together with the Autobots and Decepticons in an epic battle that will alter their destiny forever

BEASTIFY THE BATTLEFIELD: Unleash the primal power of the beasts with the ancient and highly advanced F.O.S.S.I.L. technology. Sentient Fossilizer bots, infused with primordial energy, break apart and weaponize their allies. Use Deluxe Fossilizer figures to beastify this Autobot Road Rage figure with epic bone armor! (Each sold separately, subject to availability.)

G1-INSPIRED ALT MODE: This G1-inspired Autobot Road Rage toy converts from robot mode to sportscar mode in 21 steps. Converts from sportscar mode to flying car mode in 8 steps

AWESOME ACCESSORIES: Comes with blaster and missile launcher accessory that attaches behind figure’s shoulders in robot mode. Blaster and missile launcher accessories combine to form triple-barrel blaster accessory that attaches to the figure in flying car mode!

Credit(s): Target

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Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114825)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on September 1st, 2021 @ 11:24am CDT

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114826)
Posted by whacko on September 1st, 2021 @ 12:21pm CDT

I wonder if they bothered to fix the legs. This mold looks really cool, but the legs on my Tracks barely hold together well enough to allow it to stand up.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114827)
Posted by Hero Alpha on September 1st, 2021 @ 12:37pm CDT

Road Rage looks pretty good. Although I thought they would re-mould a small something else than just the head for a more traditional feminine look, but I dont know what. On the MP figure they did the head and thighs correct?

I always loved Tracks, but his figure has problems. Now mines looseness is fixed and I am way happier. I applied Future Wax to every joint in his legs and tightened the outer shin leg pin(thanks to everyone involved getting that info out there). So much better now and can hold any pose, plus everything holds together perfectly. Only problem I have with it now is all the clear plastic and the worry of snapping something. Please :HASBRO:

, stop using clear plastic. I mean anywhere on figures. Paint on the windows, it looks much better and I dont want to see a bunch of robot parts mashed/jumbled up inside anyway. At the very least no clear plastic on joints and stress areas.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114830)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 1st, 2021 @ 12:50pm CDT

whacko wrote:I wonder if they bothered to fix the legs. This mold looks really cool, but the legs on my Tracks barely hold together well enough to allow it to stand up.

There is a do it yourself fix that was posted a few pages back in this thread. Basically the pins holding the legs together weren't pushed in far enough leaving the gap. You can use a pair of channel locks or pliers and a towel or pot holder (something to keep from gouging the plastic) and push them in the rest of the way.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114833)
Posted by cruizerdave on September 1st, 2021 @ 1:40pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:

Wonder if he'll be as crappy as Tracks?

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114834)
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 1st, 2021 @ 1:59pm CDT

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Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114835)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 1st, 2021 @ 2:00pm CDT

cruizerdave wrote:Wonder if he'll be as crappy as Tracks?

She

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114838)
Posted by TheAmazingBrave on September 1st, 2021 @ 2:40pm CDT

Even the product samples have the crack where the pin in the legs was driven through that Tracks had. Dang.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114842)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 1st, 2021 @ 3:15pm CDT

primalxconvoy wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I've been spending time with Rodimus and have noticed a few things. The cannon IS meant to store in the trailer, there's a notch on the inside of the front of the trailer that allows the back hinge of the cannon to fit. It's still a bit of a pain to close but it will. Unfortunately every time I slide Rodimus into or out of the trailer the force required causes everything to pop open. Again, after massaging the sides the trailer will stay closed but it is a pain. Any tips to make my life easier?

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Thanks. I'm doing all that, guess I just have to massage the parts. Although I just separated Rodimus from the trailer now and nothing happened so it's just one of those things.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114844)
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 1st, 2021 @ 3:38pm CDT

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I've been spending time with Rodimus and have noticed a few things. The cannon IS meant to store in the trailer, there's a notch on the inside of the front of the trailer that allows the back hinge of the cannon to fit. It's still a bit of a pain to close but it will. Unfortunately every time I slide Rodimus into or out of the trailer the force required causes everything to pop open. Again, after massaging the sides the trailer will stay closed but it is a pain. Any tips to make my life easier?

PicsArt_1630479369764.png

Thanks. I'm doing all that, guess I just have to massage the parts. Although I just separated Rodimus from the trailer now and nothing happened so it's just one of those things.

I just separated both G1 and Kingdom Rodimus and they're both a bit scary to do. They both require (IMO) excessive force, which I believe is bad design. A simple clip and/or button (on the side?) could be depressed to "unlock" the coupling, making it far easier, and intuitive for users to understand the process.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114845)
Posted by Flashwave on September 1st, 2021 @ 4:06pm CDT

I’m not obvious to the Engineering flaws on this, but I actually really like the bit and carmodes on Tracks and I really like the colors of Road Rage on this. My reminder is set, I will be ordering this as soon as I can

I hope we get a Loud Pedal at least, and I think this mold could actually look really good as Prime-seque Vehicons.

I think I got lucky on Tracks, mine had lids together and stands fairly well. I wish there was a better way to get the foot over the thigh and I wish the arms pegged into something for flight mode instead of just hanging there

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114846)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 1st, 2021 @ 4:10pm CDT

primalxconvoy wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:
primalxconvoy wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:So I've been spending time with Rodimus and have noticed a few things. The cannon IS meant to store in the trailer, there's a notch on the inside of the front of the trailer that allows the back hinge of the cannon to fit. It's still a bit of a pain to close but it will. Unfortunately every time I slide Rodimus into or out of the trailer the force required causes everything to pop open. Again, after massaging the sides the trailer will stay closed but it is a pain. Any tips to make my life easier?

PicsArt_1630479369764.png

Thanks. I'm doing all that, guess I just have to massage the parts. Although I just separated Rodimus from the trailer now and nothing happened so it's just one of those things.

I just separated both G1 and Kingdom Rodimus and they're both a bit scary to do. They both require (IMO) excessive force, which I believe is bad design. A simple clip and/or button (on the side?) could be depressed to "unlock" the coupling, making it far easier, and intuitive for users to understand the process.

Well the catch is on a spring so that's good. I don't see it breaking but who knows.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114857)
Posted by blackeyedprime on September 2nd, 2021 @ 3:20am CDT

Might pick up roadrage first and see if I want to pick up tracks after. I'm liking how the car panels colors all match, the wings showing isn't as noticeable as tracks in car mode.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114879)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 1:15pm CDT

Looks neat, more in Bot mod than alt as it's busy with lines and looks too blocky. IMO

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114886)
Posted by Overcracker on September 2nd, 2021 @ 3:05pm CDT

Finally, My Kingdom Tracks has arrived! :KREMZEEK:

Along with a substantial haul of other stuff.

Roddy has been shipped and is in transit, hopefully should be here some time next week.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114901)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:48pm CDT

I finally got Kingdom Tracks to replace my old RTS one. I don't mind the ankles, but ...

Is it just me or is the vehicle mode just very small compared to the old one? But I want to know .... is the Corvette just a small car overall? I know it's weird, but the vehicle mode scale matters to me a bit. Not overwhelmingly so, but a bit, so it'd be helpful to know.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114903)
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 2nd, 2021 @ 8:59pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I finally got Kingdom Tracks to replace my old RTS one. I don't mind the ankles, but ...

Is it just me or is the vehicle mode just very small compared to the old one? But I want to know .... is the Corvette just a small car overall? I know it's weird, but the vehicle mode scale matters to me a bit. Not overwhelmingly so, but a bit, so it'd be helpful to know.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114905)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 2nd, 2021 @ 9:31pm CDT

Okay, so it is a small car. That does make me feel better about it, thanks.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114906)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 2nd, 2021 @ 11:20pm CDT

Gauntlet101010 wrote:Okay, so it is a small car. That does make me feel better about it, thanks.

It also has to do with Tracks's robot mode being a little on the short side in the cartoon.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114907)
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 2nd, 2021 @ 11:27pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Okay, so it is a small car. That does make me feel better about it, thanks.
It also has to do with Tracks's robot mode being a little on the short side in the cartoon.

Plus many classic cars are much smaller in real life. Being tall myself, I can't fit into most of them...

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114937)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on September 3rd, 2021 @ 9:44am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Gauntlet101010 wrote:Okay, so it is a small car. That does make me feel better about it, thanks.
It also has to do with Tracks's robot mode being a little on the short side in the cartoon.

I get that, but I still want vehicle modes that scale decently well. Among the deluxe sized cars anyway. You can't win the scale game for everything.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114938)
Posted by Overcracker on September 3rd, 2021 @ 9:56am CDT

Played around with tracks a bit last night. Did the leg panel fix, and as expected I got a small stress mark on the side panel.

stress_mark.jpg

Overall, he's not the smallest tracks, that honor goes to G1 still. Alternators being the largest.

Comparison with Generations Wheeljack since I don't have that Tracks. Same mold, only Wheeljack gets the spoiler and front splitter.

tracks_front.jpg

tracks_side.jpg

tracks_flight.jpg

Edit, couple more comparisons:

tracksandwheeljack.jpg

With Centurion set Soundwave

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and with MP Blaster and Raoul

Tracks_Raoul_Blaster.jpg

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114940)
Posted by Till-all-R1 on September 3rd, 2021 @ 12:10pm CDT

One aspect i really liked about G1 was the streamline look with a lot few break lines for the transformation areas.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114943)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 3rd, 2021 @ 1:17pm CDT

Till-all-R1 wrote:One aspect i really liked about G1 was the streamline look with a lot few break lines for the transformation areas.

It helps that they were originally designed to be lifeless mech machines piloted by humans instead of living beings.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114945)
Posted by o.supreme on September 3rd, 2021 @ 1:24pm CDT

Overcracker, you are messin' with my head, unless I am, really wrong... Your Original Tracks which should have the flame on the hood doesn't, but your Alternator Tracks which should not have the flame does...???

I mean they are your toys, you can do whatever you want. But did you purchase them that way, or is that our own customization?

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114946)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 3rd, 2021 @ 1:29pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:Overcracker, you are messin' with my head, unless I am, really wrong... Your Original Tracks which should have the flame on the hood doesn't, but your Alternator Tracks which should not have the flame does...???

I mean they are your toys, you can do whatever you want. But did you purchase them that way, or is that our own customization?

Alternators Tracks is not in those pictures. That big one is Masterpiece Tracks. Alternators Tracks is enormous.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114947)
Posted by o.supreme on September 3rd, 2021 @ 1:34pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Alternators Tracks is not in those pictures. That big one is Masterpiece Tracks. Alternators Tracks is enormous.

oh, ok I guess I got confused because he mentioned Alternators in his post, and not MP. ... I used to have all the Alternators actually, and some Binaltech (basically variants that Hasbro didn't offer). But without others of the same character to compare them to, I guess it didn't look so large to me. I guess I'm more surprised that MP is that small.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114949)
Posted by Overcracker on September 3rd, 2021 @ 1:56pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Alternators Tracks is not in those pictures. That big one is Masterpiece Tracks. Alternators Tracks is enormous.

oh, ok I guess I got confused because he mentioned Alternators in his post, and not MP. ... I used to have all the Alternators actually, and some Binaltech (basically variants that Hasbro didn't offer). But without others of the same character to compare them to, I guess it didn't look so large to me. I guess I'm more surprised that MP is that small.

Yeah, I don't own Alternators Tracks. sorry. Sarblade is correct.

The one with the flames is the Masterpiece. My G1 or more accurately the Commemorative Series V Tracks never had the stickers put on. He's clean except for the factory applied rub sign.

Alternators Tracks would look huge next them yes and is not an 80's Corvette like MP and G1. He's a 2000's Corvette.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114966)
Posted by william-james88 on September 3rd, 2021 @ 5:29pm CDT

Till-all-R1 wrote:One aspect i really liked about G1 was the streamline look with a lot few break lines for the transformation areas.

Yeah the alt modes were prioritized so they could fit with non transforming toys. Makes for an awesome effect of a literally robot in disguise.

Makes me think, top 5 G1 car modes :-?

I do love that G1 lancia.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2114967)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 3rd, 2021 @ 6:03pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Till-all-R1 wrote:One aspect i really liked about G1 was the streamline look with a lot few break lines for the transformation areas.

Yeah the alt modes were prioritized so they could fit with non transforming toys. Makes for an awesome effect of a literally robot in disguise.

Makes me think, top 5 G1 car modes I do love that G1 lancia.

For me, the G1 Sideswipe mold is hard to beat as far as perfect vehicle modes goes.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115059)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 4th, 2021 @ 8:46pm CDT

Note: Not my pics:

They Call Him Chopper-Face

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4

Had to use links since The Allspark's new attachments system no longer lets attached images embed on other sites.

So, click the links. These pics are wicked sweet!

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115060)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 4th, 2021 @ 8:51pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Note: Not my pics:
They Call Him Chopper-Face

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4
Had to use links since The Allspark's new attachments system no longer lets attached images embed on other sites.

So, click the links. These pics are wicked sweet!

It keeps asking me to log in

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115061)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 4th, 2021 @ 8:52pm CDT

Amazing, you can't sit here and tell me the weaponizers weren't the breath of fresh air this franchise desperately needed :lol:

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115062)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 4th, 2021 @ 8:55pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:It keeps asking me to log in

Seriously? Ugh, I really hate their new image system. :BANG_HEAD:

Does the post link above the quote work, at least? Or it that borked too?

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115063)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on September 4th, 2021 @ 9:17pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:It keeps asking me to log in
Seriously? Ugh, I really hate their new image system.

Does the post link above the quote work, at least? Or it that borked too?

The post above it works

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115064)
Posted by Sabrblade on September 4th, 2021 @ 9:21pm CDT

Excellent. Then I reiterate to everyone here. Click here and behold. Gaze upon this sick Fossilizer combo. It is totally metal!

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115065)
Posted by Razorbeast88 on September 4th, 2021 @ 9:27pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Excellent. Then I reiterate to everyone here. Click here and behold. Gaze upon this sick Fossilizer combo. It is totally metal!

NOICE

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115066)
Posted by primalxconvoy on September 4th, 2021 @ 9:28pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Note: Not my pics:
They Call Him Chopper-Face

Image 1

Image 2

Image 3

Image 4
Had to use links since The Allspark's new attachments system no longer lets attached images embed on other sites.

So, click the links. These pics are wicked sweet!

It keeps asking me to log in

Did you know you can upload images to Seibertron too?

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Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115069)
Posted by Emerje on September 4th, 2021 @ 10:55pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Excellent. Then I reiterate to everyone here. Click here and behold. Gaze upon this sick Fossilizer combo. It is totally metal!

Or you can just go to the post he made right here as Seibertron.

Emerje

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115147)
Posted by King Kuuga on September 6th, 2021 @ 3:50pm CDT

Well, after telling myself I wasn't interested in him, I saw Kingdom Rodimus Prime on the shelf at walmart the other day, and bought him on a whim. I figured if I didn't like him I could just sell him to a friend. So I open him up, and fool around with him for a while, and...... he's great. An engineering marvel, like SS86 Rodimus on steroids (and certainly a lot of shared engineering ideas). The trailer is very solid, it's what I wanted the Earthrise OP trailer to be like. I also don't really have an issue with the trailer tabbing together like some people do. It's a teensy bit gappy but if I squeeze it all comes together. My main gripe is the lack of easy internal storage for his accessories. Yeah there's that tray on the undercarriage that stores the matrix and smoke effects, and you lay the sword in there loose, but there's no good place to stick his rifle, folded or unfolded. Even with the plethora of 5mm ports inside the trailer, none of them quite fits while allowing the sides to close and the artillery mount to remain inside. I've just stuck it in the back hatch for the time being.

Also much like Prime's trailer I have no idea what I'm going to do with this thing 99% of the time when Rodimus is just standing on the shelf with the other movie guys. Maybe I need to reorganize again and relocate my combiners.

Anyway. Great toy, feels worth the price, recommended if you're on the fence.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115150)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 6th, 2021 @ 4:26pm CDT

King Kuuga wrote:Well, after telling myself I wasn't interested in him, I saw Kingdom Rodimus Prime on the shelf at walmart the other day, and bought him on a whim. I figured if I didn't like him I could just sell him to a friend. So I open him up, and fool around with him for a while, and...... he's great. An engineering marvel, like SS86 Rodimus on steroids (and certainly a lot of shared engineering ideas). The trailer is very solid, it's what I wanted the Earthrise OP trailer to be like. I also don't really have an issue with the trailer tabbing together like some people do. It's a teensy bit gappy but if I squeeze it all comes together. My main gripe is the lack of easy internal storage for his accessories. Yeah there's that tray on the undercarriage that stores the matrix and smoke effects, and you lay the sword in there loose, but there's no good place to stick his rifle, folded or unfolded. Even with the plethora of 5mm ports inside the trailer, none of them quite fits while allowing the sides to close and the artillery mount to remain inside. I've just stuck it in the back hatch for the time being.

Also much like Prime's trailer I have no idea what I'm going to do with this thing 99% of the time when Rodimus is just standing on the shelf with the other movie guys. Maybe I need to reorganize again and relocate my combiners.

Anyway. Great toy, feels worth the price, recommended if you're on the fence.

That's what I do with the rifle, just throw it in the back.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115152)
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on September 6th, 2021 @ 4:29pm CDT

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115164)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 6th, 2021 @ 5:01pm CDT

I like the looks of Slammer. That is a very heavy duty looking robot mode. So close to finally having all the titans with all their accessory bots

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115183)
Posted by william-james88 on September 7th, 2021 @ 1:43am CDT

I want to get back to a discussion we were having here back when we learnt Arcee would be repacked in this line. Many said that it was the wrong figure to put because it wasn't good and there wouldn't be demand, leading it to shelfwarm. I agreed the figure was bad but gave Hasbro the benefit of the doubt that they knew something we didn't know about the demand/shelf presence/wave algorythm and basically said I didn't think we'd see a board shelfwarming compared to the other toys in the line.

Now we are almost 3 quarters into the year, with that second wave having reached the shelves for a while, I think we can wrap up that discussion.

From what I have seen, in the end, there was no widespread shelfwarming. There definitely is shelfwarming in some places, but we've been seeing many reports of there simply not being any toys (at least until the recent restock some stores are having). Plus there are some areas (such as my neck of the woods) where she is indeed still readily available in stores but so are her wavemates. So she isn't being singled out, there's just a lot of wave 2.

So in the end, repackaging her simply meant another toy on the shelf for whoever wanted it, I guess Hasbro knew something we didn't. The line sells very well and it should be stocked better in the US, that's my main take away.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115187)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on September 7th, 2021 @ 2:35am CDT

...I dunno, while I don't think I've seen any of Kingdom shelfwarm, Arcee was definitely the closest candidate. Every time I saw a store stock Wave 2, Arcee always took the longest to sell, to the point where my closest Target had 4-5 Arcees as their only available Deluxes for multiple weeks in a row. When comparing that to the other Kingdom figures ranging from either selling at a regular pace to selling out and never coming back long enough for me to see after the first time, that seems like a noted difference, even if it isn't to the extent of shelfwarming.

Of course, this was back in the time before a month and a half ago, when I could actually FIND any TFs in a retail store, as you alluded to. I finally broke down and ordered Wingfinger off Amazon, since they apparently had one with some beat-up packaging that brought the price down a bit from Hasbro's new mandated $23 Deluxe nonsense and I was buying something else anyway, but I'm real concerned about Wave 4 availability (especially since I want basically all of Wave 4).

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115189)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 7th, 2021 @ 3:57am CDT

I got my amazon shipping notices for both Rodimus Prime and the Ark.
Looking forward finally having them!

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115192)
Posted by Emerje on September 7th, 2021 @ 7:39am CDT

I feel like the only reason why Kingdom Arcee is selling well in stores is because people are just desperate for something new to buy and she's often it. Target.com tells a different story.

Target Arcee.JPG

There's no other Earthrise figure available on Target.com and it's always listed right next to the Kingdom version, both in stock and ready to ship.

Emerje

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115193)
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 7th, 2021 @ 7:45am CDT

Yeah, I think distribution is still too screwed up to confirm or deny Arcee's shelfwarming status mainly because nothing is really being given a chance to shelfwarm. It would have been interesting to see how it played out if distribution was normal, but I don't think we'll see a return to the previous normal for some time, if ever.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115222)
Posted by william-james88 on September 7th, 2021 @ 3:42pm CDT

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Yeah, I think distribution is still too screwed up to confirm or deny Arcee's shelfwarming status mainly because nothing is really being given a chance to shelfwarm.

Is that really a bad thing though? All of us have our wave 1 and wave 2 toys right? I remember some who prescribe to the notion that a TF display with plenty of toys still on the shelves won't get stocked with the latest toys, wouldn't this new normal ensure that only the latest toys get stocked? Kinda like the picture O Supreme shared where while there was not a lot of TFs, it was mostly new stuff people wanted.

Re: Transformers Kingdom Road Rage Officially Revealed (2115227)
Posted by Nemesis Primal on September 7th, 2021 @ 4:35pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:Yeah, I think distribution is still too screwed up to confirm or deny Arcee's shelfwarming status mainly because nothing is really being given a chance to shelfwarm.

Is that really a bad thing though? All of us have our wave 1 and wave 2 toys right? I remember some who prescribe to the notion that a TF display with plenty of toys still on the shelves won't get stocked with the latest toys, wouldn't this new normal ensure that only the latest toys get stocked? Kinda like the picture O Supreme shared where while there was not a lot of TFs, it was mostly new stuff people wanted.

Ideally yes, but if that is happening (like my Target claims), they're selling out/getting scalped so quickly after each restock that it's giving the illusion that the retailers just aren't stocking anything except gimmicky Cyberverse toys that won't leave, at least in my experience so far, and that is a bad thing for basically everyone else shopping at that store for Generations anything.

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