7-Eleven Japan Exclusive Nemesis Prime Revealed

Finally, an official version of the knockoff that has literally been EVERYWHERE on eBay. I swear I could look up a potato on eBay on a computer that I've never used before, and this would still show up in the recommended results.

KO Trash-talk aside, this looks pretty cool.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Finally, an official version of the knockoff that has literally been EVERYWHERE on eBay. I swear I could look up a potato on eBay on a computer that I've never used before, and this would still show up in the recommended results.

KO Trash-talk aside, this looks pretty cool.

The KO is more expensive though, right? At least more expensive than the original legendary prime.

So 7-11 huh? Hasbro should work with Circle K (insert local gas station/C-store here) to bring exclusives to the states. Fill your tank, get some smokes, maybe a scratch off ticket and an $80 toy.

This is the redeco I was hoping for to justify the figure. Hoping it's not too hard/pricey to get here.

carytheone wrote:So 7-11 huh? Hasbro should work with Circle K (insert local gas station/C-store here) to bring exclusives to the states. Fill your tank, get some smokes, maybe a scratch off ticket and an $80 toy.

This is the redeco I was hoping for to justify the figure. Hoping it's not too hard/pricey to get here.

Did you guys get these toys at gas sations in the 80s?

Not sure if this is realitivly new or not but spotted this in a Walmart in Colonial Heights, VA. It’s the Energon Igniter Shatter!

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:So 7-11 huh? Hasbro should work with Circle K (insert local gas station/C-store here) to bring exclusives to the states. Fill your tank, get some smokes, maybe a scratch off ticket and an $80 toy.

This is the redeco I was hoping for to justify the figure. Hoping it's not too hard/pricey to get here.

Did you guys get these toys at gas sations in the 80s?]

I don't remember seeing them at gas stations, but that doesn't mean much.

Funny story actually. One of my clients has a huge ESSO sign inside there building and I asked about it and apparently the building was an ESSO station originally (a company I've never heard of). On my way to the hotel in Laval, QC I saw an ESSO station. Crazy right?!

EDIT: ESSO is a trading name for ExxonMobil and its related companies.

insert the more you know meme here

ESSO stations are popular in Germany as well! More so, if you where stationed overseas, you used the ESSO stations because of the fuel stamps we had to purchase. That was a long time ago.

Slurpees, Transformers and even a history lesson - who woulda thunk it?

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:So 7-11 huh? Hasbro should work with Circle K (insert local gas station/C-store here) to bring exclusives to the states. Fill your tank, get some smokes, maybe a scratch off ticket and an $80 toy.

This is the redeco I was hoping for to justify the figure. Hoping it's not too hard/pricey to get here.

Did you guys get these toys at gas sations in the 80s?]

I don't remember seeing them at gas stations, but that doesn't mean much.

Funny story actually. One of my clients has a huge ESSO sign inside there building and I asked about it and apparently the building was an ESSO station originally (a company I've never heard of). On my way to the hotel in Laval, QC I saw an ESSO station. Crazy right?!

EDIT: ESSO is a trading name for ExxonMobil and its related companies.

insert the more you know meme here

The US had Essos before they rebranded the company in 1972. The rest of the world never caught up with the rebranding though.

And Esso even appeared in the Japanese G1 cartoon:

That paint job is stunning!

As much as I would like to get this, I've got the original Weijiang OSKO Nemesis Prime. Being in Japan, the official version might be cheaper, but outside, I'm not so sure.

I reckon the official version is going to be over 100 dollars outside Japan, whereas the original Weijiang version is around 130 dollars or so (possibly including postage) here: - http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=23&p=2750 ... Black.html .

Also, there's the newly released Black Mamba version (although the lorry mode is different) : - http://sirtoys.com/toys.php?c=23&p=4651 ... ck_BM.html . Thus version is about the same price as the official TT version. Both of the KO versions don't really have much teal, though.

I suppose it's great that there are at least three great options for a large, film-style Nemmy-P.

Nemesis Prime? Never thought I'd say this but...

*yawn*

Just wanted to show this, they had one of the Bumblebee Movie displays in a Walmart down the street from me, with blankets and posters. The poster in the middle was the one i bought, pretty cool!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Nemesis Prime? Never thought I'd say this but...

*yawn*

That one sure is yawn inducing, never really thought the Evasion Mode version was as good as it could be. But the Legendary version really lives up to its name, it's beautiful with all the teal flames and added details.

SGMLordMirage wrote:Just wanted to show this, they had one of the Bumblebee Movie displays in a Walmart down the street from me, with blankets and posters. The poster in the middle was the one i bought, pretty cool!

Did that display just go up at that store? Most stores had them up in December and tore them down in January. I wonder if they're going back up for the home release of the movie? The posters are the same as the ones from the first run. Looks like wave 1 of the Mini-Bots reissues are in there, too.

Emerje

They had one version up when the movie came out but then this particular one popped up. I guess they are just repurposing it. Adding the posters, blankets, pillows, and the Mini-bots. I bought one of the pillows awhile back, but at that time, they didn’t have th posters. So when i saw it, i thought they had torn them down. I posted a better shot of this particular display a week or two ago under the “Virginia Sightnings” where the opposite side was nothing but the Wave 1 Mini-bots. In my area, its the only display still remaining.

SGMLordMirage wrote:They had one version up when the movie came out but then this particular one popped up. I guess they are just repurposing it. Adding the posters, blankets, pillows, and the Mini-bots. I bought one of the pillows awhile back, but at that time, they didn’t have th posters. So when i saw it, i thought they had torn them down. I posted a better shot of this particular display a week or two ago under the “Virginia Sightnings” where the opposite side was nothing but the Wave 1 Mini-bots. In my area, its the only display still remaining.

The bumblebee display in my area was always for bedding and the like, and its been up since last holiday season.

Mine was mainly toys, books, and activity sets (and the posters), plus the pillows. Ironically there were barely any actual Bumblebee movie figures, it was mostly Cyberverse and reissues (It's double sided).




Photos from 12/20/2018.

Emerje

Here was mine

Now that is sweet!

I'm 99% sure this does not belong on this thread, but I couldn't find the proper thread, so here goes:



The Twitter page has the info and link to the sweepstakes. Here's the link to the Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/bumblebeemovie/stat ... 4717555712

Nathaniel Prime wrote:I'm 99% sure this does not belong on this thread, but I couldn't find the proper thread, so here goes:

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The Twitter page has the info and link to the sweepstakes. Here's the link to the Twitter page:

https://twitter.com/bumblebeemovie/stat ... 4717555712

Thanks for this! I posted it over here:

bumblebee-edition-scuf-vantage-play-station-4-controller-revealed-p2015734.php#p2015734

Not sure if this has been shown, but spotted it at a local Target here in Virginia.

SGM

Really disappointed, I don't think that larger Blitzwing ever came out anywhere, and he is expensive everywhere online he is available

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Really disappointed, I don't think that larger Blitzwing ever came out anywhere, and he is expensive everywhere online he is available

Alas the curse of the late wave, if it makes you feel better Helicopter Dropkick is a much better toy.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Really disappointed, I don't think that larger Blitzwing ever came out anywhere, and he is expensive everywhere online he is available

Alas the curse of the late wave, if it makes you feel better Helicopter Dropkick is a much better toy.

Really? I found both of those figures here at almost all my local Targets. Didn't think it was that hard to find

Nathaniel Prime wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Really disappointed, I don't think that larger Blitzwing ever came out anywhere, and he is expensive everywhere online he is available

Alas the curse of the late wave, if it makes you feel better Helicopter Dropkick is a much better toy.

Really? I found both of those figures here at almost all my local Targets. Didn't think it was that hard to find

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That's how it usually is. For some it's feast for most famine.

I was going to comment yesterday on this, I found these in a Target here in Virginia about three weeks ago. Of course they didn’t stay on the shelve long. Agree to what @chuckdawg said, you never know!
Not that this makes any difference but i included the photo i posted under “Virginia Sightings”!

SGM

SGMLordMirage wrote:I was going to comment yesterday on this, I found these in a Target here in Virginia about three weeks ago. Of course they didn’t stay on the shelve long. Agree to what @chuckdawg said, you never know!
Not that this makes any difference but i included the photo i posted under “Virginia Sightings”!

SGM

I don't want to jinx but from what I remember Virginia's always good that way.

Transformers Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniters Nitro Series Blitzwing and Dropkick are currently available on Amazon.com. Both figures are currently listed at $19.99 with free shipping for Prime members (not an Amazon Prime member? Sign up here!). Blitzwing and Dropkick have been elusive at best at brick-and-mortar retail so this might be your best chance to add these figures to your collection. While Blitzwing isn't a triple-changer, it's the best representation of each of these figures that actually transforms.

Make sure you share your brick-and-mortar store sightings in our sightings forum and sightings section and report your online sightings here.

Happy online hunting!


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Transformers Bumblebee Movie Energon Igniters Nitro Series Blitzwing

Been looking forever for these guys, and that Soundwave can too. Glad to know at least one place has them

Amazon has Soundwave too. Now what I'd like to know is, what happened to that Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee? It was supposed to come out in September but it never showed up on Ebay or any import retailers.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon has Soundwave too. Now what I'd like to know is, what happened to that Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee? It was supposed to come out in September but it never showed up on Ebay or any import retailers.

Which Soundwave are you talking about?

Seibertron wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon has Soundwave too. Now what I'd like to know is, what happened to that Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee? It was supposed to come out in September but it never showed up on Ebay or any import retailers.

Which Soundwave are you talking about?

Probably this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Energon-Ignt ... +s&sr=8-17?tag=seibertron07-20&

Shuttershock wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon has Soundwave too. Now what I'd like to know is, what happened to that Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee? It was supposed to come out in September but it never showed up on Ebay or any import retailers.

Which Soundwave are you talking about?

Probably this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Energon-Ignt ... +s&sr=8-17?tag=seibertron07-20&

That's the one.

Seibertron wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Amazon has Soundwave too. Now what I'd like to know is, what happened to that Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee? It was supposed to come out in September but it never showed up on Ebay or any import retailers.

Which Soundwave are you talking about?

This one
https://www.amazon.com/Tra-Energon-Ignt ... way&sr=8-2?tag=seibertron07-20&

I hope Blitzwing sticks around for a bit, I do want to get him but want to wait out SDCC to see if a Blitzwing in SS is upcoming or not.

We haven't heard much of Takara's Legendary Nemesis Prime toy since it was first revealed. For starters, it is out now and even though it is a 7-Eleven exclusive in Japan, North American collectible stores are reselling it on their sites, like BBTS who is selling it for $143. The fact that some fans have already received theirs means we get our first look at the packaging. We have a photo below which comes from Rookbartley who posted it on the TFW boards. For those that may be confused, this is a redeco of the leader class mold that was also only released by Takara. It's was a new mold based on the design of Age of Extinction Evasion mode Optimus Prime with new design elements and transformation steps.

143$US for this...

Botcon-Funpub flashbacks

I'm waiting on the Japanese exclusive one-step Volkswagen bumblebee.

Went to TJMaxx today, and look what I found for $10. Was a pleasant surprise, and i picked him up. He is pretty nice, really needed some leg movement, but he's alright and a good standin until they eventually do a SS figure. I frikkin love the 2nd face though

With the holidays right around the corner, it is about time for Transformers to start showing up en masse in every store that will take them, some of them new, some of them old. And the old would be what was found today.

Thanks to yours truly, we have news that several items from the Bumblebee movie toyline have made their way to TJMaxx/Marshalls. TJMaxx/Marshalls are discount stores that usually take in older overstock and sell it for a reduced price compared to other stores. Among the items found at TJMaxx this afternoon was the Nitro Series Blitzwing, the roughly voyager-sized figure of Blitzwing that comes with the engine block to power your figures. He was found for $9.99. Sharing the shelf with him were the Bumblebee arm cannon interactive play item and the DJ Bumblebee figure.

The final item found was an oddity: a Bumblebee Movie Voice Changer Mask Sqweeks. Much like other kids voice-changer masks, this helmet is designed to be wore by kids and speak, using Sqweek's voice. This is such an oddity since this mask was featured in The Last Knight marketing, and also made its way into the Bumblebee toyline, but received very little mention in any media, and it appears that it sat and is now making its way to the discount stores.

So with these sightings in mind, keep an eye on your discount stores, and let us know what you find!

If anyone's interested in the Sqweeks mask, they are on clearance at Walmart for $8.99.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Transformers ... /486057622?wmlspartner=FYAGeMjDX6c&=&affs=p&wid=5b6b4213e4b0bcb699adeb9f&u1=&oid=223073.10006940&sourceid=37141976172661509211&affillinktype=3&veh=aff

Update 12/2/2019 - Now at $6.99.

I didn't even know they reissued that mask for the BB movie (or maybe I did but forgot).

william-james88 wrote:I didn't even know they reissued that mask for the BB movie (or maybe I did but forgot).

I didn't know they reissued this either, it was a surprise, and I could not find it in our news posts either

I hope you will all pardon this thread resurection but I got into a good discussion about the VW licence and wanted to continue it. The Bumblebee movie really opened the floodgates with that licence. Sure, we already had the MP (the first ever VW Licenced BB toy) but this movie just gave us a truckload. We got the studio series, the MP, the giant eletrocnic one and even a licenced Tiny Turbo changer, to name a few.

And it got me wondering, of all of those, were there any good toys? I ask because the SS volkswagen Bee was not great and I never handled the MP, nor that giant eletronic one with the ball in the middle.

william-james88 wrote:I hope you will all pardon this thread resurection but I got into a good discussion about the VW licence and wanted to continue it. The Bumblebee movie really opened the floodgates with that licence. Sure, we already had the MP (the first ever VW Licenced BB toy) but this movie just gave us a truckload. We got the studio series, the MP, the giant eletrocnic one and even a licenced Tiny Turbo changer, to name a few.

And it got me wondering, of all of those, were there any good toys? I ask because the SS volkswagen Bee was not great and I never handled the MP, nor that giant eletronic one with the ball in the middle.

The first MP Bumblebee is fantastic. I just got it, but I really like the Netflix Bee too.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I hope you will all pardon this thread resurection but I got into a good discussion about the VW licence and wanted to continue it. The Bumblebee movie really opened the floodgates with that licence. Sure, we already had the MP (the first ever VW Licenced BB toy) but this movie just gave us a truckload. We got the studio series, the MP, the giant eletrocnic one and even a licenced Tiny Turbo changer, to name a few.

And it got me wondering, of all of those, were there any good toys? I ask because the SS volkswagen Bee was not great and I never handled the MP, nor that giant eletronic one with the ball in the middle.

The first MP Bumblebee is fantastic. I just got it, but I really like the Netflix Bee too.

The MP Bee is really good, I didn't handle the subsequent releases. But the Netflix version is pretty much the same size and looks just like it, but at a better price. I was disappointed with the 1st SS Bee I didn't bother getting any of the others, VW or Camaro. (Plus I never liked the character and I thought the Bee movie was crap.)

My question is: did VW give Hasbro a license for all Bee figures, or do they approve them as they get made? Like, Hasbro makes a prototype and if VW likes it they approve it, or they just tell them for a price they can slap the VW logo on whatever they want?

Since this is a movie thread, I was referring to the movie MP VW bumblebee


https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Has ... B07D4WNG61?tag=seibertron07-20&

william-james88 wrote:And it got me wondering, of all of those, were there any good toys? I ask because the SS volkswagen Bee was not great and I never handled the MP, nor that giant eletronic one with the ball in the middle.

The MP never interested me because it's not movie accurate at all and I can't forgive that backpack after the magic they did with the previous MPM Camaro Bee. The 3P offerrings are not perfect, but they proves it could be done. The only SS Bee I ever bothered getting was Old Camaro Bee and it's trash.

Ironically, I bought the giant VW Bee with the ball in it's chest because it didn't pretended to be movie accurate and looked like a ton of fun. And yes, it is! He's fun to transform, have nice gimmicks, and look amazing next to my other gimmicky giant beez, Battle Ops Gold and BH Stealth Bee.

If you can hunt down a used one for cheap, he's totally worth it.

william-james88 wrote:I hope you will all pardon this thread resurection but I got into a good discussion about the VW licence and wanted to continue it. The Bumblebee movie really opened the floodgates with that licence. Sure, we already had the MP (the first ever VW Licenced BB toy) but this movie just gave us a truckload. We got the studio series, the MP, the giant eletrocnic one and even a licenced Tiny Turbo changer, to name a few.

And it got me wondering, of all of those, were there any good toys? I ask because the SS volkswagen Bee was not great and I never handled the MP, nor that giant eletronic one with the ball in the middle.

Speed series Bumblebee is a joy to handle.He is a updated version of idea of the original G1 toy.

Accurate or not,the Masterpiece version is a beautiful toy.


The toys like the Nitro series,Power Plus series,Turbo Changer and Power Charge are all solid toys.There is nothing inherently wrong with them.