Transformers Kingdom Shadow Panther and Waspinator found at US Retail
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As we predicted in our recent article regarding these same two toys, these shipping now from a Canadian retailer meant that it would be only a matter of time before we saw them in the US as well. Turns out, it took even less time than I would have imagined. This wave of Transformers Kingdom deluxe stores was found at a Walmart in Texas by TF fan Robert who posted it on Twitter. Now if this is wave 4 as opposed to a "in between" wave, it is very early since it has not been revealed, there are no preorders and conventional scheduling would have it appearing on shelves in October. But maybe the plan is still to have everything Kingdom related out by the end of the year, meaning that the final wave with Pipes and Slammer will still be out in Q4 of this year.
The good news here is that finding this Q4 product on the shelves means that Hasbro did secure enough shipping contracts to keep stocking shelves (or else you simply would not have seen these).
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Posted by Lore Keeper on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:39pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Apparently wave 4 deluxes have now been spotted at U.S. retail (personally I haven't even seen wave 3 at stores yet despite getting them online weeks ago)
https://www.allspark.com/us-retail-sigh ... -in-texas/Lore Keeper wrote:Has anybody's Waspinator and Shadow Panther shipped yet? It's been four days now.
??? Where did you pre-order from, there are no sites I am aware of that have official pre-orders available, which is what makes the instore sighting both intriguing, but also frustrating.
There's a website called Toy Snowman. They had a news alert about it here a few days ago. Be warned, if you live in the US, you'll pay a LOT more for it.
Posted by Autobot_Benz on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:42pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:43pm CDT
Lore Keeper wrote:william-james88 wrote:Lore Keeper wrote:Has anybody's Waspinator and Sgadow Panther shipped yet? It's been four days now.
My coneheads took a week to ship form them. And now this wave is found in the US.
Yeah, kinda figures that would happen right after I order them from Canada.
I had recommended you cancel, if it's found at some random retailer then we know the north American stock is in. You could still write to them to cancel since it hasn't moved yet.
Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:44pm CDT
Autobot_Benz wrote:Glad they are slowly coming. Whatever gets Tigatron out is all I care about. He is one I can't wait to get.
Not sure at all if this deluxe case is synced with the rest of the Wave.
Posted by o.supreme on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:45pm CDT
I guess this is the point about "reveals", it's not so much that Hasbro hasn't officially revealed something yet, it is more about having the ability to pre-order it in any conventional means, still doesn't exist yet.
Posted by Overcracker on September 14th, 2021 @ 2:53pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:ok, that makes sense. I'm not saying the listing isn't legit. I know it is valid, There have been some smaller sites that get stuff first. I was just thinking more of the larger more mainstream sites that charge regular MSRP don't even have pre-orders yet.
I guess this is the point about "reveals", it's not so much that Hasbro hasn't officially revealed something yet, it is more about having the ability to pre-order it in any conventional means, still doesn't exist yet.
Waspinator hasn't showed up at any of the regular retailers yet except Amazon, and that pre-order apparently sold out months ago.
Tigatron is essentially in the same situation but I did manage to pre-order him on Amazon.
Outside of that, I think I am done with Kingdom figures. And ready to start seeing Legacy start popping up.
Posted by o.supreme on September 14th, 2021 @ 3:16pm CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 14th, 2021 @ 3:20pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:I think those wave 4 Amazon pre-order listings are fanmade placeholders more than anything else. I mean I'm still holding on to Slammer until a conventional listing on Amazon or Pulse appears, but I don't think they are guaranteed. They can't even be found using the normal search feature on Amazon.
They are legit Amazon Listings, just intended to be hidden from regular view. They are basically placeholders. Once they get officially revealed by Hasbro, assuming Hasbro actually reveals them before they ship, the Listing gets updated with all the product info and should become visible under normal search means.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 14th, 2021 @ 3:56pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 14th, 2021 @ 5:20pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:ok, that makes sense. I'm not saying the listing isn't legit. I know it is valid, There have been some smaller sites that get stuff first. I was just thinking more of the larger more mainstream sites that charge regular MSRP don't even have pre-orders yet.
I guess this is the point about "reveals", it's not so much that Hasbro hasn't officially revealed something yet, it is more about having the ability to pre-order it in any conventional means, still doesn't exist yet.
Honestly, there's no rhyme and reason to it anymore. Like yes, ever since the pandemic got a good foothold, Hasbro has tied reveals with preorders and maybe they are not revealing later waves because they are unsure about guaranteeing a date with the supply chain being tangled. BUT on the other hand, they did set up preorders for some SS86 toys that aren't even manufactured yet (while we know these are). So that makes no sense. They must be sure as hell that production will be possible on all they set forth to allow such preorders.
To me, the most baffling moment of this year is when there was the wave of Studio Series toys that only half got revealed, so you could preorder the entire wave, but half the wave was TBD. At that point I really felt Hasbro had just lost it. And whatever they lost, they haven't found it.
Anyways, I guess we are all just back to where we were years ago, seeing new toys at retail and buying them.
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Sonnava... My local area never got Wave 3, now we're skipping to Wave 4?! Ugh, this is Titans Return Wave 5 all over again.
My local area didn't get wave 1. Just wave 2. That's all there's ever been. So much Huffer.
Anyways, I don't care about this wave of deluxes, not interested in either of those 2 beaats.
Posted by First-Aid on September 14th, 2021 @ 11:40pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2021 @ 12:35am CDT
First-Aid wrote:Still waiting for wave 2 deluxes...
Why not just buy them all from BBTS?
Posted by First-Aid on September 15th, 2021 @ 1:06am CDT
william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Still waiting for wave 2 deluxes...
Why not just buy them all from BBTS?
I'm cheap and have over $100k in student loans to pay back. I need every penny.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 15th, 2021 @ 4:03am CDT
First-Aid wrote:william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Still waiting for wave 2 deluxes...
Why not just buy them all from BBTS?
I'm cheap and have over $100k in student loans to pay back. I need every penny.
Not to turn the knife into the wound, but I do hope that decree was worth the money.
(I'm so glad that I'm in Canada because my college mistake only cost me 8000$CAN in the end.)
Posted by First-Aid on September 15th, 2021 @ 9:21am CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:First-Aid wrote:william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Still waiting for wave 2 deluxes...
Why not just buy them all from BBTS?
I'm cheap and have over $100k in student loans to pay back. I need every penny.
Not to turn the knife into the wound, but I do hope that decree was worth the money.
(I'm so glad that I'm in Canada because my college mistake only cost me 8000$CAN in the end.)
Its a Master's degree, allowing me to be a nurse practitioner. So pretty good degree.
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2021 @ 9:31am CDT
First-Aid wrote:-Kanrabat- wrote:First-Aid wrote:william-james88 wrote:First-Aid wrote:Still waiting for wave 2 deluxes...
Why not just buy them all from BBTS?
I'm cheap and have over $100k in student loans to pay back. I need every penny.
Not to turn the knife into the wound, but I do hope that decree was worth the money.
(I'm so glad that I'm in Canada because my college mistake only cost me 8000$CAN in the end.)
Its a Master's degree, allowing me to be a nurse practitioner. So pretty good degree.
That is a pretty good degree. Thanks for being a hero in these times.
How much are kingdom deluxes at Walmart these days?
Posted by o.supreme on September 15th, 2021 @ 10:36am CDT
william-james88 wrote:How much are kingdom deluxes at Walmart these days?
It is odd. The Walmart Website says they are $22.99 MSRP, but on the actual pegs in the stores (in my area at least), they are just under $20 USD (19.87 or some odd price). I noticed while going on vacation, depending on location they can vary +/- a dollar depending on the region. SS Deluxe usually run about a dollar less for some reason.
Walmart (like amazon) allows 3rd party sellers. Just at a cursory glance online, I currently see:
Airrazor $19.91
Ractonite $15.40
Huffer $18.62
Tracks $35.99 (obviously NOT Walmart)
Black Arachnia $19.72
Scorponok $35.99
Arcee $32.85 (??? )
Paleotrex $19.87
Wingfinger $35.99
Kindom Deluxe $19.72 (ooh goody a random listing, you pay this and have no idea which one you are getting...)
Warpath $22.99
So this basically tells me, Wave 1 is more or less standard Price, Wave 2 is on sale, and wave 3 hasn't arrived yet.
BBTS was great in years past, prior to Brand Unification for getting TT Product. Now it's best use is for anyone wanting toys from 1-3 years back that are no longer on the shelves, and availability is limited. This is just in relation to Transformers however. I know they stock hundreds of different brands, as do most online retailers, and there are probably some where BBTS may be the best and/or ONLY option.
Posted by Munkky on September 15th, 2021 @ 11:14am CDT
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:ok, that makes sense. I'm not saying the listing isn't legit. I know it is valid, There have been some smaller sites that get stuff first. I was just thinking more of the larger more mainstream sites that charge regular MSRP don't even have pre-orders yet.
I guess this is the point about "reveals", it's not so much that Hasbro hasn't officially revealed something yet, it is more about having the ability to pre-order it in any conventional means, still doesn't exist yet.
Honestly, there's no rhyme and reason to it anymore. Like yes, ever since the pandemic got a good foothold, Hasbro has tied reveals with preorders and maybe they are not revealing later waves because they are unsure about guaranteeing a date with the supply chain being tangled. BUT on the other hand, they did set up preorders for some SS86 toys that aren't even manufactured yet (while we know these are). So that makes no sense. They must be sure as hell that production will be possible on all they set forth to allow such preorders.
To me, the most baffling moment of this year is when there was the wave of Studio Series toys that only half got revealed, so you could preorder the entire wave, but half the wave was TBD. At that point I really felt Hasbro had just lost it. And whatever they lost, they haven't found it.
Anyways, I guess we are all just back to where we were years ago, seeing new toys at retail and buying them.
Now wave 4 is starting to pop up at retail, I can see a repeat of what happened with Studio Series Grindor, Thrust, Jolt and ROTF Bumblebee: an awkwardly rushed, no effort reveal post on the official Facebook page, pre-orders only on Hasbro Pulse US (Grindor, Thrust and Jolt are still unavailable on Hasbro Pulse UK), and then they'll just try to move past it. I can't see anything Kingdom related being formally revealed at any upcoming events like PulseCon or Milano Licensing Day, I think the focus will now be exclusively on Victory Saber until A) it's fully funded, or B) the first wave of Legacy is ready to be revealed.
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2021 @ 12:44pm CDT
Munkky wrote: I can't see anything Kingdom related being formally revealed at any upcoming events like PulseCon or Milano Licensing Day, I think the focus will now be exclusively on Victory Saber until A) it's fully funded, or B) the first wave of Legacy is ready to be revealed.
I wouldn't count on any reveal worthwhile form the licensing conventions, since they are business to business. I think the only official reveal we ever got from them was the oversized RID supermode Optimus (the one that you could stick the minicons on). Dont remember anything since.
Posted by ZeroWolf on September 15th, 2021 @ 3:59pm CDT
Both of these toys are redco/retools of Transformers Kingdom Huffer (who has a retool in Pipes, who is set to appear still Kingdom). They're also supposedly part of the Golden Disc Kingdom subline, which is where Terrorsaur will join his fellow Predacons.
Puffer
Road Ranger
What do you think of these toys? Do you own the base molds?
Shout out in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2021 @ 4:00pm CDT
chuckdawg1999 wrote:If I'm being honest this set feels a little flat to me. While I appreciate the work that went into retooling Sideswipe for a more G1 look, I feel the steps didn't go far enough. Skywarp just feels off but I'm impressed by the head sculpt. Hopefully down the line, we'll see a proper Generations style Magnaboss set. If you like what you see then pick up the set, but for most this might be an easy pass.
Posted by o.supreme on September 15th, 2021 @ 4:02pm CDT
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 15th, 2021 @ 4:11pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Saw these yesterday. It is interesting that they didn't include the cab swivel/pivot for Road Ranger, so he could be an exact copy of Huffer.
Could you explain that? Road Ranger is the alt-head retool of Huffer and has the cab facing up, while Puffer is made from the Pipes version of the tooling and has the cab facing back.
Posted by Mistaken_Table on September 15th, 2021 @ 5:06pm CDT
Y'know, apart from the Brexit thing...
Posted by Mistaken_Table on September 15th, 2021 @ 5:13pm CDT
On the figures themselves, however, not for me. Though I'm sure the people who bought Huffer to take 1 picture of him with Optimus' trailer would get 3 more of him. Accessory bins don't fill themselves, do they?
Posted by o.supreme on September 15th, 2021 @ 5:21pm CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:Saw these yesterday. It is interesting that they didn't include the cab swivel/pivot for Road Ranger, so he could be an exact copy of Huffer.
Could you explain that? Road Ranger is the alt-head retool of Huffer and has the cab facing up, while Puffer is made from the Pipes version of the tooling and has the cab facing back.
Sure. The only difference in the Transformation of Kindgom Pipes vs Kingdom Huffer is that they added a swivel on the back of the Cab, so, as you say the cab can face backward. I just thought since Road Ranger was likely produced later, I'm not sure why they just didn't keep the swivel (although unnecessary, since he is as you say a Huffer Repaint (except for the head)), instead of switching back, and eliminating it just t be exactly like Huffer.
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat on September 15th, 2021 @ 5:27pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:Saw these yesterday. It is interesting that they didn't include the cab swivel/pivot for Road Ranger, so he could be an exact copy of Huffer.
Could you explain that? Road Ranger is the alt-head retool of Huffer and has the cab facing up, while Puffer is made from the Pipes version of the tooling and has the cab facing back.
Sure. The only difference in the Transformation of Kindgom Pipes vs Kingdom Huffer is that they added a swivel on the back of the Cab, so, as you say the cab can face backward. I just thought since Road Ranger was likely produced later, I'm not sure why they just didn't keep the swivel (although unnecessary, since he is as you say a Huffer Repaint (except for the head)), instead of switching back, and eliminating it just t be exactly like Huffer.
It's possible that swivel is gang-molded with the Pipes parts, thus for Pipes only. Hey, one less point of breakage.
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 15th, 2021 @ 5:39pm CDT
Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:Jelze Bunnycat wrote:o.supreme wrote:Saw these yesterday. It is interesting that they didn't include the cab swivel/pivot for Road Ranger, so he could be an exact copy of Huffer.
Could you explain that? Road Ranger is the alt-head retool of Huffer and has the cab facing up, while Puffer is made from the Pipes version of the tooling and has the cab facing back.
Sure. The only difference in the Transformation of Kindgom Pipes vs Kingdom Huffer is that they added a swivel on the back of the Cab, so, as you say the cab can face backward. I just thought since Road Ranger was likely produced later, I'm not sure why they just didn't keep the swivel (although unnecessary, since he is as you say a Huffer Repaint (except for the head)), instead of switching back, and eliminating it just t be exactly like Huffer.
It's possible that swivel is gang-molded with the Pipes parts, thus for Pipes only. Hey, one less point of breakage.
That would be my guess as well. His 2 guns and whatever new parts including the swivel are probably all on the same mold and can only be used together.
Posted by Emerje on September 15th, 2021 @ 9:49pm CDT
Emerje
Posted by william-james88 on September 15th, 2021 @ 10:19pm CDT
Emerje wrote:Finally saw Wave 3 Deluxes in store for the first time, at Target. Or at least I saw two Tracks and two Wheeljacks there. Already have them so I was hoping for wave 4. Still no Worlds Collide set, might have to turn to eBay or beg my neighbors to the north for that set soon since it hasn't been restocked (if being available for 3 minutes in the middle of the night and being scooped up by bots counts as restocking) on Target.com for a month or more.
Emerje
I can provide it rather easily. Problem is you'll be paying quite a bit for it. It's $105 USD before shipping, so somewhere around $150 total.
This listing here is better than how much you'd pay by going through any canadian friend
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%2F255129114817%3Fh%20...%20SwkIRhOpOK%3C%2Fa%3E%26
Posted by Sabrblade on September 15th, 2021 @ 11:16pm CDT
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Under Decepticon
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Posted by Emerje on September 15th, 2021 @ 11:53pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Finally saw Wave 3 Deluxes in store for the first time, at Target. Or at least I saw two Tracks and two Wheeljacks there. Already have them so I was hoping for wave 4. Still no Worlds Collide set, might have to turn to eBay or beg my neighbors to the north for that set soon since it hasn't been restocked (if being available for 3 minutes in the middle of the night and being scooped up by bots counts as restocking) on Target.com for a month or more.
Emerje
I can provide it rather easily. Problem is you'll be paying quite a bit for it. It's $105 USD before shipping, so somewhere around $150 total.
This listing here is better than how much you'd pay by going through any canadian friend
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%2F255129114817%3Fh%20...%20SwkIRhOpOK%3C%2Fa%3E%26
Yeah, but then I'd have to give my money to a scalper so I'm trying to resist it. How much to ship loose? It's going to be a little while longer before I can go that rout, as I prepare for my new job money isn't going to be entirely consistent for a few weeks next month.
Emerje
Posted by Munkky on September 16th, 2021 @ 3:35am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on September 16th, 2021 @ 6:15am CDT
Emerje wrote:william-james88 wrote:Emerje wrote:Finally saw Wave 3 Deluxes in store for the first time, at Target. Or at least I saw two Tracks and two Wheeljacks there. Already have them so I was hoping for wave 4. Still no Worlds Collide set, might have to turn to eBay or beg my neighbors to the north for that set soon since it hasn't been restocked (if being available for 3 minutes in the middle of the night and being scooped up by bots counts as restocking) on Target.com for a month or more.
Emerje
I can provide it rather easily. Problem is you'll be paying quite a bit for it. It's $105 USD before shipping, so somewhere around $150 total.
This listing here is better than how much you'd pay by going through any canadian friend
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%2F255129114817%3Fh%20...%20SwkIRhOpOK%3C%2Fa%3E%26
Yeah, but then I'd have to give my money to a scalper so I'm trying to resist it. How much to ship loose? It's going to be a little while longer before I can go that rout, as I prepare for my new job money isn't going to be entirely consistent for a few weeks next month.
Emerje
It would end up around the same price as that misb set on eBay.
Posted by Autobot N on September 16th, 2021 @ 6:44am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Megatron's final Kingdom card - https://twitter.com/onyxminor/status/1438280848835551232
Unites Cybertron
Under Decepticon
Rule
Aight so who's gonna identify all of the toys on that card
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 16th, 2021 @ 7:34am CDT
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
Posted by Overcracker on September 16th, 2021 @ 9:35am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 16th, 2021 @ 10:03am CDT
Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
That windshield roof tab terrifies me. It has to clip in so tight.
But one thing that I haven't read about is that the transformation joints on Tracks shoulders are so tight that flipping them in and out cause stress marks on mine. I circled where on the pic (the pic isn't mine it's just for reference). There's also stress marks on the front car panels for some reason.
There's just so much wrong with this figure. I wanted Road Rage but am now reconsidering.
Posted by AcademyofDrX on September 16th, 2021 @ 10:17am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
That windshield roof tab terrifies me. It has to clip in so tight.
But one thing that I haven't read about is that the transformation joints on Tracks shoulders are so tight that flipping them in and out cause stress marks on mine. I circled where on the pic (the pic isn't mine it's just for reference). There's also stress marks on the front car panels for some reason.
There's just so much wrong with this figure. I wanted Road Rage but am now reconsidering.
It's definitely over-engineered and disappointing, but are stress marks really a deal-breaker? I'm at the point where I'm pretty much okay with anything short of outright breakage, and I don't have an assumption that they're going to remain completely intact forever.
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 16th, 2021 @ 11:05am CDT
AcademyofDrX wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
That windshield roof tab terrifies me. It has to clip in so tight.
But one thing that I haven't read about is that the transformation joints on Tracks shoulders are so tight that flipping them in and out cause stress marks on mine. I circled where on the pic (the pic isn't mine it's just for reference). There's also stress marks on the front car panels for some reason.
There's just so much wrong with this figure. I wanted Road Rage but am now reconsidering.
It's definitely over-engineered and disappointing, but are stress marks really a deal-breaker? I'm at the point where I'm pretty much okay with anything short of outright breakage, and I don't have an assumption that they're going to remain completely intact forever.
I was just watching a youtube review and his copy has stress marks in the same spot so I know it's just not my copy.
The stress marks, on their own wouldn't be, but people are right about the other issues the figure has.
The clear plastic + tight tabbing required makes him seem very fragile
The crappy legs that have loose joints, and just come apart, and are needlessly complicated to transform, AND have the product code right on the front where you can't miss it.
Heck, even the arms have clearance issues because the wheels hit the chest.
All of these seem like minor thing but such a large collection of them make me wonder how rushed this mold was. Was there any quality testing after he was finished?
Posted by Overcracker on September 16th, 2021 @ 11:32am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
That windshield roof tab terrifies me. It has to clip in so tight.
But one thing that I haven't read about is that the transformation joints on Tracks shoulders are so tight that flipping them in and out cause stress marks on mine. I circled where on the pic (the pic isn't mine it's just for reference). There's also stress marks on the front car panels for some reason.
There's just so much wrong with this figure. I wanted Road Rage but am now reconsidering.
It's definitely over-engineered and disappointing, but are stress marks really a deal-breaker? I'm at the point where I'm pretty much okay with anything short of outright breakage, and I don't have an assumption that they're going to remain completely intact forever.
I was just watching a youtube review and his copy has stress marks in the same spot so I know it's just not my copy.
The stress marks, on their own wouldn't be, but people are right about the other issues the figure has.
The clear plastic + tight tabbing required makes him seem very fragile
The crappy legs that have loose joints, and just come apart, and are needlessly complicated to transform, AND have the product code right on the front where you can't miss it.
Heck, even the arms have clearance issues because the wheels hit the chest.
All of these seem like minor thing but such a large collection of them make me wonder how rushed this mold was. Was there any quality testing after he was finished?
There leg panels at least can be fixed. They won't be 100% solidly tabbed in because the tabs are just too shallow for any sort of purchase, but at least they stay in place better.
The windshield slot is super tight and I'm not sure I want to keep transforming him just because of that.
I have no stress marks on the chest hinges nor do the tires actually hit the chest, I can rotate them 360 degrees just fine.
Posted by RiddlerJ on September 16th, 2021 @ 11:58am CDT
Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:AcademyofDrX wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:Overcracker wrote:RiddlerJ wrote:For some of you that have had Tracks for a while now, is he still holding together or flying apart as many people have feared.
I finally picked him up an am terrified of doing anything with him, given how tight the transparent plastic has to tab together. Not to mention, I transformed him once and already see stress marks on parts of him.
I have a stress mark on the windshield roof from tabbing and untabbing from the hood hooks.
Outside ion that and the tiny stress mark on the pin holding the leg panel in he's fine.
That windshield roof tab terrifies me. It has to clip in so tight.
But one thing that I haven't read about is that the transformation joints on Tracks shoulders are so tight that flipping them in and out cause stress marks on mine. I circled where on the pic (the pic isn't mine it's just for reference). There's also stress marks on the front car panels for some reason.
There's just so much wrong with this figure. I wanted Road Rage but am now reconsidering.
It's definitely over-engineered and disappointing, but are stress marks really a deal-breaker? I'm at the point where I'm pretty much okay with anything short of outright breakage, and I don't have an assumption that they're going to remain completely intact forever.
I was just watching a youtube review and his copy has stress marks in the same spot so I know it's just not my copy.
The stress marks, on their own wouldn't be, but people are right about the other issues the figure has.
The clear plastic + tight tabbing required makes him seem very fragile
The crappy legs that have loose joints, and just come apart, and are needlessly complicated to transform, AND have the product code right on the front where you can't miss it.
Heck, even the arms have clearance issues because the wheels hit the chest.
All of these seem like minor thing but such a large collection of them make me wonder how rushed this mold was. Was there any quality testing after he was finished?
There leg panels at least can be fixed. They won't be 100% solidly tabbed in because the tabs are just too shallow for any sort of purchase, but at least they stay in place better.
The windshield slot is super tight and I'm not sure I want to keep transforming him just because of that.
I have no stress marks on the chest hinges nor do the tires actually hit the chest, I can rotate them 360 degrees just fine.
Maybe I'm doing something wrong. I can raise the arms but the edge of the tires hit the chest.
and here's the kind of stress marks I have on mine.
Like I said, they're little things, but there's so many little things on this figure, I found it annoying. I'm usually pretty forgiving of figures. Even Earthrise Arcee didn't annoy me like this figure did, maybe because she's just lazy as opposed to fragile.
Posted by Overcracker on September 16th, 2021 @ 2:09pm CDT
The tire can rub a bit on the shoulder piece but it should really not prevent it from actually rotating past it.
Posted by william-james88 on September 16th, 2021 @ 5:13pm CDT
Lore Keeper wrote:o.supreme wrote:Apparently wave 4 deluxes have now been spotted at U.S. retail (personally I haven't even seen wave 3 at stores yet despite getting them online weeks ago)
https://www.allspark.com/us-retail-sigh ... -in-texas/Lore Keeper wrote:Has anybody's Waspinator and Shadow Panther shipped yet? It's been four days now.
??? Where did you pre-order from, there are no sites I am aware of that have official pre-orders available, which is what makes the instore sighting both intriguing, but also frustrating.
There's a website called Toy Snowman. They had a news alert about it here a few days ago. Be warned, if you live in the US, you'll pay a LOT more for it.
Only because of shipping though, since it's from Canada. A US friend tried ordering and the conversion worked, they did not cost 30+USD. So if that's an issue with your order, contact them.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 16th, 2021 @ 5:25pm CDT
Do I get Kingdom Waspinator, or do I overpay for the more accurate T30 version?
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 16th, 2021 @ 6:05pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:My Tracks is still MISB, reading all these posts is scaring me about handling him...
Do I get Kingdom Waspinator, or do I overpay for the more accurate T30 version?
If you want T-30 Waspinator I can go to my local Geek Stuff. Used and complete for the price of a regular deluxe. I'll just give him a ride along Megs.
If you can find either of them to trade, you'd get yourself a deal:
SS86 Gnaw
Kingdom Scorponok
Kingdom Waspinator
SS Barricade
If you cant have any of them, list me a few deluxes you can offer.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on September 16th, 2021 @ 7:14pm CDT
A PM will be sent in short order.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:My Tracks is still MISB, reading all these posts is scaring me about handling him...
Do I get Kingdom Waspinator, or do I overpay for the more accurate T30 version?
If you want T-30 Waspinator I can go to my local Geek Stuff. Used and complete for the price of a regular deluxe. I'll just give him a ride along Megs.
If you can find either of them to trade, you'd get yourself a deal:
SS86 Gnaw
Kingdom Scorponok
Kingdom Waspinator
SS Barricade
If you cant have any of them, list me a few deluxes you can offer.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on September 16th, 2021 @ 7:37pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:A PM will be sent in short order.-Kanrabat- wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:My Tracks is still MISB, reading all these posts is scaring me about handling him...
Do I get Kingdom Waspinator, or do I overpay for the more accurate T30 version?
If you want T-30 Waspinator I can go to my local Geek Stuff. Used and complete for the price of a regular deluxe. I'll just give him a ride along Megs.
If you can find either of them to trade, you'd get yourself a deal:
SS86 Gnaw
Kingdom Scorponok
Kingdom Waspinator
SS Barricade
If you cant have any of them, list me a few deluxes you can offer.
Oooh.... For some reasons, I thought that was a PM I just sent. Glad I didn't include private info!
Posted by Razorbeast88 on September 17th, 2021 @ 12:54am CDT
Posted by TF-fan kev777 on September 17th, 2021 @ 7:23am CDT
Razorbeast88 wrote:Got notice from Amazon that my Grimlock and Mirage two pack should be arriving on Tuesday
Same here. It is going to be a good weekend and beginning of next week. Sideswipe/Skywarp arrive today, Tricranius tomorrow, SS Jolt on Monday and Grimlock/Mirage on Tuesday.
Now I just need to find something on Sunday in store like Wreck Gar, Sweep or Gnaw to make things perfect.