Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 7:52PM CDT

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Animated's Back! Hasbro's Q&A session with the folks over at TFW2005 reveal that the next wave of Animated Exclusives will be once again at store chain Toys'R'Us. Now what exactly will these figures be? There are a selection of yet to be released Animated figures, and Hasbro reveals that TRU Exclusive Wave 2 will contain Rodimus Minor and Ironhide! Rodimus Minor is a brand new figure, while Ironhide will likely be a repaint of Cybertron Mode Ratchet. Check out a snippet of the TFW2005 Q&A below, while the entire article can be found here.

TFW2005: What is Hasbro's strategy for the release of the remaining, announced Transformers Animated figures such as Rodimus, Ironhide, Blackout, Thundercracker, etc.?

Hasbro: The current plan for the release of the current Animated figures is this: Toys R' Us will be carrying two waves of Animated Deluxe. The first wave will be released this Spring and will include Arcee and Cybertronian Ratchet. The second wave will be released this fall and will include Rodimus Minor and Cybertronian Ironhide. While we cannot promise that any other figures will be released, we continue to examine all of our options to make those figures that were completed available to you.

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Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060290)
Posted by Starscream6 on March 31st, 2010 @ 7:59pm CDT

thats good news! :APPLAUSE:

that rodimus is a MUST HAVE for my collection :KREMZEEK:

im somewhat of a Hot Rod slut

lol

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060291)
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:00pm CDT

<Breathes sigh of relief>

So happy. Although it was stressful to find Arcee and Ratchet at TRU, at least there's a chance.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060292)
Posted by Kibble on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:01pm CDT

In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060298)
Posted by icenemesis on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:12pm CDT

Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.

TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060301)
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:13pm CDT

I see no mention of Final Battle Optimus Prime or any of the other announced figures. But I was just gonna get Rodimus anyway, as i collect G1 Hot Rod homages.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060302)
Posted by nilocomic on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:14pm CDT

At least we're getting more Animated figures somehow, especially these two. I really wish it wasn't TRU exclusives again, but I'll do whatever has to be done to find them. Now if they can just give us Blackout and Thundercracker, I'll be a content Animated fan. (Would have been nice to have gotten more Decepticons out of this line...)

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060303)
Posted by muswp1 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:16pm CDT

Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060305)
Posted by First-Aid on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:22pm CDT

muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.

No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060306)
Posted by Kibble on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:23pm CDT

icenemesis wrote:TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.

If they put out enough of the damn things the scalpers wouldn't have a reason to be assholes about it because it wouldn't be worth their time.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060308)
Posted by Forgotten on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:24pm CDT

I will pick these both up since I have an affinity for the characters. But I must say....Rodimus's face kinda scares me. Looks like it belongs on Buu from DBZ. I guess it's the smoothness.
And I agree that this line needed more Decepticons, like Blackout! Peaugh has a Hasbro & a Takara one and I still don't have either. Also Spittor, Cyclonus, & Strika would have been very nice. Or even a remolded Voyager Starscream into Ramjet with his Swindle hat would have been cool.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060309)
Posted by It Is Him on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:26pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.

No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.

At least you got Rachet. My store has yet to get those.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060311)
Posted by Black Bumblebee on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:31pm CDT

I have yet to see either Arcee or Cybertronian Ratchett at my Toys R Us. I've stopped by there twice a week for what, I think, is now going on two months.

*sigh*

Why don't these people realize that all us Transformer fans have WIVES who want GRLL robots?

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060316)
Posted by Vicalliose on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:40pm CDT

Seriously why couldn't they have moved the mouth a quarter of a centimeter up. :shock:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060317)
Posted by Blurrz on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:41pm CDT

Vicalliose wrote:Seriously why couldn't they have moved the mouth a quarter of a centimeter up.

Pro-to-type. Not the final product buddy.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060321)
Posted by Jenus on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:52pm CDT

Awesome, that's great news now the only other one I want to hear of is Animated Thundercracker and maybe that Wingblade Optimus.

Also, what is with Hot Rod's left foot?????????? :lol:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060325)
Posted by --B-- on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:58pm CDT

I love hearing everyone bitching about TRU, cause you know that you are the only person within 50 miles that has a remote interest in whatever toy they are supposed to get in, and how dare TRU only send one or 2 cases to each of the hundreds of stores!

Not to pick on anyone, but at least these are going to mass market at all. Many folks on here don't have a TRU within HOURS of them.

My TRU had 2 Ratchets for a couple of weeks, and then had 3 Arcees one day. I bought one for me, and one for a co-worker, and left the other one there. It sat for a week until it was gone. It's all about timing!

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060326)
Posted by Nekoman on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:02pm CDT

Great news, never got into Arcee, but these two (Ironhide and Rodimus) look good.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060327)
Posted by Lord Onixprime on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:03pm CDT

Nice to know Rodimus and Ironhide will see the light of day, but I really wanted Blackout.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060331)
Posted by TFBuyer on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:09pm CDT

Rockin'! Can't wait to get these two, but not until Fall??? Yeesh, that's quite a wait. And we've already got a YouTube review of Blackout--where the heck is THAT thing??

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060333)
Posted by ang3l3s on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:13pm CDT

bring them on, my shelf is waiting!!

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060334)
Posted by Geekee1 on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:18pm CDT

Well that's some good news.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060335)
Posted by sabrigami on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:25pm CDT

Awsome news about Roddy, I've been wanting that one since I saw him. Does anyone have any idea how the exclusives work in canada though? Do we even get them? I've been to my TRU alot over the past few months and have yet to see either Ratchet or Arcee. They aren't even listed on the site :sad:

I can pass on Arcee, But not on Roddy. Just not looking forward to paying $50 for a $15 toy :evil:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060338)
Posted by kirbenvost on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:49pm CDT

I knew that rumor wasn't true.

It's a long time to wait, but I guess I don't mind waiting. Now I just need to find Arcee.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060342)
Posted by Autobot032 on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:02pm CDT

YAY and NAY.

YAY: Rodimus and Ironhide will see the light of day.

NAY: TRU exclusives. I got Arcee and Ratchet by pure, dumb luck. I'm not sure I'm willing to bank on it happening a second time.

Hmm.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060345)
Posted by mechabooks on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:10pm CDT

Sweetness! I cannot wait for these to be released. I think the Rodimus will be the obvious "hot" figure to get a hold of.

On the other hand it is going to suck staking out my local TRU to get my hands on these puppies. I'm going back...and I'm gonna drive them nuts again! :grin:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060349)
Posted by fenrir72 on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:26pm CDT

What happenned to his left foot?

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060354)
Posted by El Duque on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:35pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.

No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.

Then they had to have had 4 Arcees at some point, they came 1 to 1. Arcee is just the far more popular character. Last time I was in a TRU they had at least 8 Ratchets but no Arcees.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060356)
Posted by El Duque on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:38pm CDT

fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?

You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060410)
Posted by fenrir72 on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:58am CDT

Yah, didn't notice that....need new glasses I believe :grin:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060418)
Posted by Droptested Thrice on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:38am CDT

Sigh, TRU. Well, at least it's better than they're actually getting released.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060432)
Posted by SlyTF1 on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:39am CDT

YES! Once again, Animated triumphs! I would have liked it to be a Target or Walmart exclusive, cuz my toys R us sux and is always about 5 months late stocking up on anything. I still havent seen Arcee or Ratchet yet. I saw Ratchet at another Toys R us though. but the toy I REALLY want is Wingblade Optimus!

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060449)
Posted by dragons on April 1st, 2010 @ 7:18am CDT

i agree as much i like g1 rodimus this rodimus & classics i like more looking forward to his release ironhide ill look for him i feel same way about him as i do about cyber rachet

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060460)
Posted by heltskelt on April 1st, 2010 @ 7:54am CDT

I hope finding Rodimus will be easier than finding Arcee. It took me over ten visits to 3 different TRU stores before finding Arcee. I don't think there were scalpers at work, as eBay didn't have any sellers from the Miami area. I think the demand for the figure was far greater than distribution. Did everyone who buy an Arcee also buy a Cyb Ratchet? No, that's why they were warming shelves for weeks.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060470)
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:20am CDT

heltskelt wrote:I hope finding Rodimus will be easier than finding Arcee. It took me over ten visits to 3 different TRU stores before finding Arcee.

I kept calling TRU ahead of time until they told me for sure there were one's one the shelves. Even then I got there just in time before they were gone.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060479)
Posted by paul053 on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:51am CDT

How can we expect getting them at TRU? There are already a lot of trouble finding Arcee. I was so sick and tired of visiting the stores from time to time until I finally got Arcee. Yesterday I just visited on of the stores again but was so surprised they still stock animated leader Prime and UM and lots of past voyagers. Not even mentioning about the ROTF shelf warmers.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060500)
Posted by heltskelt on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:09am CDT

RiddlerJ wrote:
heltskelt wrote:I hope finding Rodimus will be easier than finding Arcee. It took me over ten visits to 3 different TRU stores before finding Arcee.

I kept calling TRU ahead of time until they told me for sure there were one's one the shelves. Even then I got there just in time before they were gone.

The TRU employees i spoke were either inept or lazy (probably more lazy) and would take forever to check anything, if they did at all. The TRUs i visited were near places i was going or a little off of the way. With Arcee, i found that timing was everything. One of the TRUs was reported on a Florida sightings board to have Arcees one evening (i had been there the day before), i was there the next day as they opened the doors, and they were already gone. Ironically, i found Arcee in the closest TRU to my house on a day that i was demoralized and going in just for the hell of it. It was a nice surprise. I reported the sighting here. I hope that helped someone.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060503)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:26am CDT

icenemesis wrote:
Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.

TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.

Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.

Rodimus is BOSS!!!

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060506)
Posted by TFBuyer on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:45am CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:
icenemesis wrote:
Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.

TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.

Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.

Rodimus is BOSS!!!

Yeah, I had no problems, either. My TRU even set Arcee aside for me at the Service Desk when I called and they had her in stock. I'd think other stores would be willing to do the same, thus removing all the "luck" people seem to need to find the figure, even when they know it's in stock.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060507)
Posted by Firebird on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:58am CDT

Thats great news that Rodimus and Ironhide are going being released. It took a few weeks worth of trips to TRU but at least I finally found Arcee. I'm sure picking up Rodimus won't be anywhere near as difficult.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060569)
Posted by Julie85 on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:55pm CDT

This is great news! I'm definitely going to try to get Rodimus. I hope Wingblade Optimus and Vortex Blurr are still going to be released too.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060626)
Posted by Kibble on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:49pm CDT

Cyber Bishop wrote:
icenemesis wrote:
Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.

TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.

Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.

Rodimus is BOSS!!!

Once more than a small handful of people can say the same, I'll take it back. Until then, they suck. Meanwhile you have other TRU exclusives that have been sitting there for the last year that they refuse to put on clearance... Guess they found the solution to that!

Target remains the best exclusive store. They always seem to be well distributed and you never have too hard of a time finding them. Nor do they mark up the figures for being exclusives and they will actually put them on clearance.

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060646)
Posted by Jenus on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:21pm CDT

El Duque wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?

You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.

Wow! I can't believe I didn't notice that Jetfire was hiding that part of his foot don't I feel stupid now. :lol:

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060664)
Posted by El Duque on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:09pm CDT

Jenus wrote:
El Duque wrote:
fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?

You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.

Wow! I can't believe I didn't notice that Jetfire was hiding that part of his foot don't I feel stupid now.

Don't feel bad, I thought the same thing when I first saw the picture

Re: Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives (1060735)
Posted by Flux Convoy on April 2nd, 2010 @ 2:05am CDT

I can't believe how badly I want Animated Rodimus. I may get two. I'm happy about Ironhide too, just not as much lol.

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