2018 G1 Transformers Reissues to Probably be Available Online Only in the US

Rodimus Prime wrote:This site's main mandate is to make Ryan money.

Otherwise, I'm not really surprised, most people probably were going to buy the reissues online anyway.

KVO Prime wrote:Saw them earlier online. I just had to get 2 rods. Hopefully one will be nice and minty with the correct, non-variant display. I'd love to get one AFA graded in those nice plastic boxes.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

KVO Prime wrote:Saw them earlier online. I just had to get 2 rods. Hopefully one will be nice and minty with the correct, non-variant display. I'd love to get one AFA graded in those nice plastic boxes.

Please don't. You will waste your money big time. It's only a reissue. There is no point to keep it sealed but mostly even less so to AFA grade it. The sealed thing and AFA grading is only worth it on true vintage products or ultra rare, ultra limited releases such as lucky draws.

KVO Prime wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

KVO Prime wrote:Saw them earlier online. I just had to get 2 rods. Hopefully one will be nice and minty with the correct, non-variant display. I'd love to get one AFA graded in those nice plastic boxes.

Please don't. You will waste your money big time. It's only a reissue. There is no point to keep it sealed but mostly even less so to AFA grade it. The sealed thing and AFA grading is only worth it on true vintage products or ultra rare, ultra limited releases such as lucky draws.

I appreciate the heads up!! Maybe I'll use the 2nd one as a giveaway then for my instagram channel! kvo.prime

hausjam wrote:My question is if they will ever be available online. They have shown out of stock since the pages went up eons ago.

achildfromthe80s wrote:Just an FYI, there’s a thread in the Cybertron Cafe on Facebook where an employee who works in Toys in PA claims they just received the shelf labels for the G1 reissues. So take that for what it’s worth. Is there any way to reach out to Hasbro or Walmart for clarification?

william-james88 wrote:

achildfromthe80s wrote:Just an FYI, there’s a thread in the Cybertron Cafe on Facebook where an employee who works in Toys in PA claims they just received the shelf labels for the G1 reissues. So take that for what it’s worth. Is there any way to reach out to Hasbro or Walmart for clarification?

We reached out to Hasbro, we will see what happens.

william-james88 wrote:

achildfromthe80s wrote:Just an FYI, there’s a thread in the Cybertron Cafe on Facebook where an employee who works in Toys in PA claims they just received the shelf labels for the G1 reissues. So take that for what it’s worth. Is there any way to reach out to Hasbro or Walmart for clarification?

We reached out to Hasbro, we will see what happens.

hurricane567 wrote: Where's Starscream?

hurricane567 wrote:Got TlK Hot Rod in this fashion. Just received G1 Hot Rod, same method. Good thing there's "pickup at store" or else s&h on the small guys might be as much as the toys themselves. Where's Starscream, and why does Canada get them in store?

Rodimus Knight wrote:So far, I received my hot rod, I ordered two of them and both boxes were in crap condition. Lucky I planned on opening them to display in Robot and Vehicle mode, but it still ticks me off. For collecting purposes in store would have been nice.

Emerje wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:So far, I received my hot rod, I ordered two of them and both boxes were in crap condition. Lucky I planned on opening them to display in Robot and Vehicle mode, but it still ticks me off. For collecting purposes in store would have been nice.

Another argument for why it sucks having exclusives that are online-only. It's much better being able to handle a figure in stores and picking the best one than being at the mercy of a warehouse worker that has no concept of proper packing. Walmart, Amazon, and TRU have all sent me collectibles in nothing more than padded envelopes, at best a thin box with no padding. Much prefer being able to handle something before I buy it than take a chance on something arriving damaged and mangled from a big box store.

Emerje

carytheone wrote:

Emerje wrote:

Rodimus Knight wrote:So far, I received my hot rod, I ordered two of them and both boxes were in crap condition. Lucky I planned on opening them to display in Robot and Vehicle mode, but it still ticks me off. For collecting purposes in store would have been nice.

Another argument for why it sucks having exclusives that are online-only. It's much better being able to handle a figure in stores and picking the best one than being at the mercy of a warehouse worker that has no concept of proper packing. Walmart, Amazon, and TRU have all sent me collectibles in nothing more than padded envelopes, at best a thin box with no padding. Much prefer being able to handle something before I buy it than take a chance on something arriving damaged and mangled from a big box store.

Emerje

Or if there are multiples you can pick the best paint job.

Rodimus Knight wrote:So far, I received my hot rod, I ordered two of them and both boxes were in crap condition. Lucky I planned on opening them to display in Robot and Vehicle mode, but it still ticks me off. For collecting purposes in store would have been nice.

MaverickPrime wrote:What I really wanna know is if they'll be available-online or retail-OUTSIDE of the US, I wanna know if Walmart Mexico willsell them in some form

Cobotron wrote:All these cancellations has got me real worried. Still haven't heard anything since I got the "order delayed" email.

Out of curiosity, how many of you who have had your order canceled were having them shipped as apposed to in-store pick up?

boyatlarge wrote:I just got an email from [Walmart] today saying that the G1 DEVASTATOR that I preordered in July is now cancelled due to no stock and they do not know when they will be getting it in. Bad news if this is the case for everyone:

Your Order Has Been Canceled.

Hello,

Thanks for your recent order. We're really sorry, but the items shown below are out of stock. Since we don't know when we'll get them in again, we've canceled the items from your order and won't charge you for them.

If you have any questions, please visit our Help Center . Hope to see you again soon!
Order number: 4721853-XXXXXX
Order date: Fri, Jul 20, 2018

Sincerely,
-Your Walmart Customer Care Team

Canceled Items - Walmart

Item
Qty
Transformers: Vintage G1 Constructicon Devastator 6-Figure Collection Pack -[Preorder item]
1

Matt wrote: Just letting you know that I was one of the first to preorder the Walmart G1 exclusives. After getting "your order has been delayed" emails throughout August I finally got the cancellation email for the Devastator set. I'm expecting the rest of my orders to be cancelled as well (I ordered all but Hot Rod). I expect I won't be the only one with this problem but I wanted to give you a heads up. Typical Walmart service.

A lot of people have gotten delay/cancellation emails. My SS was cancelled but I placed an order for 2 last week that is delayed. As a precaution, I ordered 2 more. My Devy is on back order but my friend said his was cancelled. Walmart is the absolute worst. I really wish Amazon did all exclusives.

...........

So they cancelled my original SS order. I placed one last week as a backup, and that is backordered. But the second backup I ordered this morning? Preparing to ship... Can't make this stuff up.

fenrir72 wrote:Is this a good thing or a bad thing? Maybe due to the great response from fans, their (Wallmart's systems) can't handle the load?

Lesson learned Wallmart, allocate more resources for Transformers G1 related orders!

firefox91 wrote:My Devastator order got cancelled even when an agent promised me that it wouldn't. I contacted an agent again yesterday and they said they couldn't do anything about it. I hate everything about WalMart.