Possible Walmart Exclusive G1 Autobot Hot Rod Reissue

id go there and buy one

Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Walmart is the new TRU.

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

2 to 3 years ago, actually. That's when the Platinum Series was all G1 reissues

Well, since Walmart is pretty much the only place around here I can find Transformers other than Walgreens and Target... (shrug).

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Walmart is the new TRU.

Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

2 to 3 years ago, actually. That's when the Platinum Series was all G1 reissues

There were TLK Walmart exclusives out and available six months ago.

Alternately, I failed to detect sarcasm and if so I'm sorry

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Just a few months ago:

Randomhero wrote:

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Walmart is the new TRU.

Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.

Cogman was a regular retail figure that just never showed up here in the States. All Hot Rod figures from TLK were Walmart exclusives last year.

What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?

Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?

Would be a pretty high price if it was

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?

Would be a pretty high price if it was

Bonus diecast construction as a surprise.

Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?

If it were some other source, maybe, but RK is pretty reliable

Sabrblade wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:What if it turns out that the placeholder image of the G1 toy is just a misled assumption and the toy turns out to instead be a G1-based redeco of TLK Hot Rod?

Would be a pretty high price if it was

Bonus diecast construction as a surprise.

I would bite on this one too, especially since I never saw the other one at any of the 10÷ locations around where I live.

The G1 reissue version- definitely bought too

Seibertron wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Walmart is the new TRU.

Umm last year? Cogman was a Walmart exclusive.

Cogman was a regular retail figure that just never showed up here in the States. All Hot Rod figures from TLK were Walmart exclusives last year.

I guess it was just sightings I noticed but I thought robot kingdom also listed it as Walmart. My bad

But I know any figure from age of extinction was Walmart only for some reason. Even down to stinger DLC for the games.

Walmart gets a lot exclusives. Maybe not transformers so much but a lot of Marvel Legends and Star Wars 3.75 black series are exclusive ever since Force Awakens have been

Ive been waiting for a g1 reissue just to find in a store like in the 80s. Plus, Hot Rod is my faviorite autobot!

Oh please let him be avilable in store!

100% would buy! I’d love it if they actually used the die cast feet the original run of the toy had, but a must buy either way for me.

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

Completely unexpected. The real question is will it have the diecast toes, or plastic toes?

I wonder if it will be a platinum release or what banner it will be under.

william-james88 wrote:

Rated X wrote:Walmart exclusive !

When was the last time we got one of those?

Just a few months ago:

I meant like....walmart exclusives that actually made it to the shelves of a walmart?

Anybody (in the US) seen this thing hanging on some pegs ? I havent. Ditto for Cogman. Ill meet you at the halfway...I did see the larger dumbed down version of TLK hot rod a few times. I probably could have gotten either of them online if I had been focused on having them. But for me those two are more impulse buys, not must haves.

Either way, as long as transformers are profitable, exclusives will keep coming. The question is now who will get the contract to sell them? Looks like walmart is stepping up to the plate. And using a G1 mold is a sign that they might swing in the adult collectors direction. You know no 5 year old kid wants a retro hot rod brick. So I forsee the MP line and maybe things like TR arcee/grotesque hitting walmart down the line. So yeah, its all good in the hood.

Overcracker wrote:Completely unexpected. The real question is will it have the diecast toes, or plastic toes?

I wonder if it will be a platinum release or what banner it will be under.

Good question. And will he come with 3 or 5mm. hands and will he come with Firebolt?

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

True, but i still like going to the store and buying something in person.

Rated X wrote:I meant like....walmart exclusives that actually made it to the shelves of a walmart?

I dont see how that changes the exclusive status of a figure. Esepcially since we have no indication taht this one will not also simply be available online.

Rated X wrote:I meant like....walmart exclusives that actually made it to the shelves of a walmart?

All the Age of Extinction stuff they got. Every toy of Stinger in that line, the weird redecos of molds from Beast Wars and Energon, and more.

See everything under the Walmart list given here.

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

Except when the item sells out in mere hours, which is quite often. Still it Makes me miss the TRU Commemorative series. But I'm not going down that road again. Way too expensive to try to get all those back again.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

Except when the item sells out in mere hours, which is quite often.

I cant recall that ever happenning at Walmart for Transformers in the past 5 years.

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

Except when the item sells out in mere hours, which is quite often.

I cant recall that ever happenning at Walmart for Transformers in the past 5 years.

Every Walmart exclusive toy I've seen has been in-store, never tried to shop for one online. The only online exclusives I've wanted (from other sites) have sold out in mere hours. I've been fortunate, but many fans, not so much. I just tend to associate online exclusive with "not readily available" as that has been my experience.

The only reason I'm excited about this, is the possibility of other G1 reissues to follow. Because G1 Hotrod (original or Reissued) is pretty easy to come by, and decently priced.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

Except when the item sells out in mere hours, which is quite often.

I cant recall that ever happenning at Walmart for Transformers in the past 5 years.

Every Walmart exclusive toy I've seen has been in-store, never tried to shop for one online.

We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the move hot rod toys. And they did not sell out. All the walmart exclusives in canada sold only on their site have also not sold out within hours. Walmart usually stocks really well if they have an exclusive online. This is not an issue I foresee.

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

i highly doubt that since there is no documented sighitng of ever fidning the deluxe hot rod at walmart. there were many different hot rod toys, so maybe you saw another one. if you did indeed see the deluxe that would have been major major news.

For the price I hope they go the Takara route and include the Targetmaster. Regardless, if this is available from Walmart.com I'll go for it.

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

i highly doubt that since there is no documented sighitng of ever fidning the deluxe hot rod at walmart. there were many different hot rod toys, so maybe you saw another one. if you did indeed see the deluxe that would have been major major news.

dang I had no idea, if so I would have picked them up. It was odd though, didn't really fit any other size class, looked just like a bigger cheaper TLK toy.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

i highly doubt that since there is no documented sighitng of ever fidning the deluxe hot rod at walmart. there were many different hot rod toys, so maybe you saw another one. if you did indeed see the deluxe that would have been major major news.

dang I had no idea, if so I would have picked them up. It was odd though, didn't really fit any other size class, looked just like a bigger cheaper TLK toy.

Only the larger Flip & Change Hot Rod ever made to Walmart stores, the rest of the exclusives were either online-only or found at liquidators.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

i highly doubt that since there is no documented sighitng of ever fidning the deluxe hot rod at walmart. there were many different hot rod toys, so maybe you saw another one. if you did indeed see the deluxe that would have been major major news.

dang I had no idea, if so I would have picked them up. It was odd though, didn't really fit any other size class, looked just like a bigger cheaper TLK toy.

Yeah because what you saw is not what we have been discussing this whole time.

You saw this



not this, the actual online exclusive



So you never did see that walmart exclusive in store

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote: We have been discussing the past few posts specifically about walmart toys that have only been found exclusively online, like 2 of the movie hot rod toys.

Those TLK Hot Rod Toys couldn't have been online exclusives. I saw them several times at my local walmart.

i highly doubt that since there is no documented sighitng of ever fidning the deluxe hot rod at walmart. there were many different hot rod toys, so maybe you saw another one. if you did indeed see the deluxe that would have been major major news.

dang I had no idea, if so I would have picked them up. It was odd though, didn't really fit any other size class, looked just like a bigger cheaper TLK toy.

Only the larger Flip & Change Hot Rod ever made to Walmart stores, the rest of the exclusives were either online-only or found at liquidators.

ok that makes sense. I knew I saw a Hot Rod at some point. They weren't exclusively online.

You know, it's kind of weird that Hasbro bothers with the 1-step changers and other super-simplified Transformers for young kids, when there are a lot of mid-late G1 figures they could re-release that are at about the same level of design. I have fond memories of playing in the gravel with Quickmix and Scoop - they weren't the delicate plastic flowers that the first year figures were.

Now THAT'S random. If that G1 Hotrod is the same quality as the original, not like those Chinese KOs, I'd be buying for sure!

Seems overpriced to me personally i feel he should be no more than a voyager, hasbros just banking on nostalgia, exclusivity & the recent slew of hot rod figures to spark that nostalgia to pry more money from collectors. Im completely happy with my commemorative series hot rod so this is an easy pass for me.

Megatron Wolf wrote:Seems overpriced to me personally i feel he should be no more than a voyager, hasbros just banking on nostalgia, exclusivity & the recent slew of hot rod figures to spark that nostalgia to pry more money from collectors. Im completely happy with my commemorative series hot rod so this is an easy pass for me.

They don't make toys from the goodness of their hearts, nor does anyone who makes and sell other kinds of product.

Hotconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

True, but i still like going to the store and buying something in person.

Same here. I'm old school as in I still enjoy going in a store and actually putting the item in my hand

NTESHFT wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

True, but i still like going to the store and buying something in person.

Same here. I'm old school as in I still enjoy going in a store and actually putting the item in my hand

Me too. This can also make me want to impulse-buy something more when seeing it live. Also, no shipping cost and no customs. I know Americans are spoiled with "free shipping everything", but the rest of the world have to pay a pretty steep price to buy anything online.

Still, it will be a Walmart Exclusive COLLECTIBLE. Meaning online only. Because everybody who shop in person in a Walmart store are savage BEASTS with no manner and go through shelves like a pack of horny rhinos.
I know because I am one.

NTESHFT wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

True, but i still like going to the store and buying something in person.

Same here. I'm old school as in I still enjoy going in a store and actually putting the item in my hand

But is that worth the risk of not getting it at all since due to spotty distribution maybe some Walmarts will get it and yours won't.

If it's a Targetmaster reissue, I might bite. I have the Transformers Collection reissue of Kup and Recoil and it's always chaffed me that I don't have a Targetmaster Hot Rod to match.

william-james88 wrote:

NTESHFT wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Hotconvoy wrote:Oh please let him be avilable in store!

Why? By hm being online, everyone hs a chance of getting him without resorting to the continuous woes of distribution.

True, but i still like going to the store and buying something in person.

Same here. I'm old school as in I still enjoy going in a store and actually putting the item in my hand

But is that worth the risk of not getting it at all since due to spotty distribution maybe some Walmarts will get it and yours won't.

Yes, but what if he's both? What if you can find him in stores or buy in on Walmart.com? Just because it is in the store doesn't mean he can't be online either.

And I'm also one who prefers finding in stores. It's more immediate once you find something; sometimes, you need to hold it in hand before deciding to buy it (there are a few figures where I wish I would have done things like this); It's more enjoyable to go to a store and see it and do it that way, also helps keep that physical store around.

In short: show up in stores, but also list online, so people can go both routes. I am willing to wait to see if G1 Rod would show up in stores cause I'm not sure I'd buy him without holding him and inspecting him first.

Wasn't he released as Rodimus Major already? And, iirc, G1 Rodimus Prime was also recently released in Asia.

Did people miss both of 'em?

fenrir72 wrote:Wasn't he released as Rodimus Major already?

That was sixteen years ago, so, yes, people 16 and younger now did miss out on that.

The nostalgia makes me happy but I know when I buy it I'm gonna be meh.

Sabrblade wrote:

fenrir72 wrote:Wasn't he released as Rodimus Major already?

That was sixteen years ago, so, yes, people 16 and younger now did miss out on that.

Started collecting at the very end of 2009. I missed WAY more than that.
Ebay PTSD flashbacks intensify

TMan978 wrote:The nostalgia makes me happy but I know when I buy it I'm gonna be meh.

WOAH! I DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE!