Robots in Disguise (2015) Hyper Change / 3-Step Optimus Found At Retail

Saw one of these about a week ago (about a week ago) at my local ASDA.

Autobot032 wrote:Fellow Seibertron staffer, ScottyP shared a sighting with us, a Toys R Us sighting of Hyper Change/3-Step Robots In Disguise Optimus Prime. As you probably know by now, this has seen release across the country in various spots, but not at all retailers and not in every part of the country. This is our first official sighting of the figure and if it hadn't been for ScottyP we wouldn't have one to share, this is why we need your help to know what's been sighted. Please, as soon as possible, send your finds of brand new figures to sightings@seibertron.com and post in our sightings forum, here, so we can spread the word when new and hot items become available.

Here's what ScottyP had to share:

Hyper Change OP at a TRU in Raleigh, NC. $21.99 each.

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I spotted these back on March 14, and they're still missing from the sighting page:

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/toys-missing-from-the-sightings-page-t990s200.php#p1662701

Kyleor wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Fellow Seibertron staffer, ScottyP shared a sighting with us, a Toys R Us sighting of Hyper Change/3-Step Robots In Disguise Optimus Prime. As you probably know by now, this has seen release across the country in various spots, but not at all retailers and not in every part of the country. This is our first official sighting of the figure and if it hadn't been for ScottyP we wouldn't have one to share, this is why we need your help to know what's been sighted. Please, as soon as possible, send your finds of brand new figures to sightings@seibertron.com and post in our sightings forum, here, so we can spread the word when new and hot items become available.

Here's what ScottyP had to share:

Hyper Change OP at a TRU in Raleigh, NC. $21.99 each.

Keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates, plus the best galleries around!

I spotted these back on March 14, and they're still missing from the sighting page:

http://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/toys-missing-from-the-sightings-page-t990s200.php#p1662701

Thank you for posting in that thread and bringing this to our attention. I will pass this onto the webmaster and see if we can get this fixed. In the future, please also send an email to sightings@seibertron.com so we can be immediately notified that a new item has been sighted or obtained. The problem is, the board doesn't tell us of each new post (we have to actively search for such things) so we need your help to let us know when something's not working right or news that we haven't posted.

Thanks again!

Found this 2 months ago at Target and Walmart.

Autobot032 wrote: Hyper Change OP at a TRU in Raleigh, NC. $21.99 each.

Saw this at a Target store yesterday and a few weeks ago.

Yesterday, The Target store I went to had those Newer Wave Rid deluxes of Drift and Optimus. They also Had CW Legends Blackjack and Huffer.

Sadly didn't find any CW Leaders toys for G1 Megatron or Armada Megatron.

Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news? I know Kyleo posted it elsewhere, but why didnt anyone else write to us about it?

william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news?

Yes,

william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news? I know Kyleo posted it elsewhere, but why didnt anyone else write to us about it?

Well, I don't report as much as I should because I just assume the stores I frequent in SE Michigan are the last to get anything (and I don't have a digital camera), but THIS time...I'm honestly shocked that this warranted a front paged sighting. Not only has this been in stock for over a month at Westland's TRU, we've consistently had more of it than any other hyperchange figure. My mind is blown to know that anyone near a large U.S. city has had trouble finding Almost-Star-Convoy since February.

I can't recall what other stores have him, but I guess I'll check his saturation next time I'm on my (probably year-long) Arcee/Chromia hunt, which FINALLY yielded a Brainstorm at the Ford Road/Beech Daily TJMaxx; but I left him because, like the one I bought even cheaper at Kmart last month, he has no headbrace, which means Arcana's head will vanish into his depths with any play whatsoever, yes?

KirbyForce1 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news?

Yes,

Ok, makes sense, thanks for replying.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news? I know Kyleo posted it elsewhere, but why didnt anyone else write to us about it?

Well, I don't report as much as I should because I just assume the stores I frequent in SE Michigan are the last to get anything (and I don't have a digital camera), but THIS time...I'm honestly shocked that this warranted a front paged sighting. Not only has this been in stock for over a month at Westland's TRU, we've consistently had more of it than any other hyperchange figure. My mind is blown to know that anyone near a large U.S. city has had trouble finding Almost-Star-Convoy since February.

I can't recall what other stores have him, but I guess I'll check his saturation next time I'm on my (probably year-long) Arcee/Chromia hunt, which FINALLY yielded a Brainstorm at the Ford Road/Beech Daily TJMaxx; but I left him because, like the one I bought even cheaper at Kmart last month, he has no headbrace, which means Arcana's head will vanish into his depths with any play whatsoever, yes?

Thanks for your reply to my post. To answer your last question first: yes, the brainstorm from TJMaxx is not the fixed version but not all the older versions were bad. I got one from TJ Maxx and its perfect.

Now for the other part, I live in canada so the distribution is always off a bit (we get stuff a bit earlier or later) and as of right now we stil dont have that hyperchange prime so it didnt really surprise me that no one else was talking about him. Since the interest in those toys is not great, its hard to know if the lack of discussion is because he isnt found yet or because people dont care about him.

And the front page post was more of a reminder that we need people to send in e-mails like that we can get news to the rest right away instead of reporting stuff late like this (kinda meta, at least in my opinion). And about no owning a digital camera, I just use my phone, dont know if you were referring to that too.

All the best!

I didn't know it was news. The hyper change Optimii seemed to be so prevalent in the Central New York State area so I for one didn't even think these were hard to come by.
On a related note, I picked up hyper change Grimlock at Walmsrt and even ran into a couple of fellow collectors. Hyperchange Grimlock is just flat out fun. Love the show accurate Dino mode.

william-james88 wrote:Just wondering, a lot of people are saying they already saw these, but we didnt get any e-mails about it. Is it because you guys thought it was old news? I know Kyleo posted it elsewhere, but why didnt anyone else write to us about it?

Probably partly because nobody really cares about the Hyper Change stuff. >_>

yeah.. this thing has been saturated in stores for over a month... i'm not sure how it qualifies as news.

Phew, you'd think people would be happier about us passing along sightings news, even if it is a bit out of date, but then I come in here to this thread and it's just, well, speaks for itself really.

KirbyForce1 wrote:Saw one of these about a week ago (about a week ago) at my local ASDA.

Kyleor wrote:I spotted these back on March 14

Primeultimus wrote:Found this 2 months ago at Target and Walmart.

Tsutsukakushi wrote:Saw this at a Target store yesterday and a few weeks ago.

Bumblevivisector wrote:I'm honestly shocked that this warranted a front paged sighting. Not only has this been in stock for over a month at Westland's TRU, we've consistently had more of it than any other hyperchange figure.

Drift082111 wrote:I didn't know it was news. The hyper change Optimii seemed to be so prevalent in the Central New York State area so I for one didn't even think these were hard to come by.

TimothyR wrote:yeah.. this thing has been saturated in stores for over a month... i'm not sure how it qualifies as news.

It's very clear to me that there is still extreme confusion to the site's policies for what kind of sightings qualify as news, and how we obtain that information. I for one don't scour the internet for sightings news, I generally just check things here (or get emails sent to staff copied over to us podcasters about stuff) to know what's out and what isn't. I'd known this thing was online for awhile, but genuinely had no idea it was in stores until yesterday.

So all that said, once again for everyone reading this, here's the site's general guidelines for reporting a sighting as "news":

• First reported sighting for a given region, such as "United States", "Canada", or "UK".
• Said sighting is emailed, with picture proof, to news@seibertron.com or sightings@seibertron.com
• Said sighting is emailed, with picture proof, to news@seibertron.com or sightings@seibertron.com
• Yes, I listed that twice. Site staff does not roam the boards checking sightings. It's not a feasible activity and it can turn into a bunch of work, and we're all volunteers here. Once in awhile, yes, we may catch a thread post and news it, but this is the exception. You have to let us know and email is what we monitor. Pretty easy to check that info out even on the go, on even the cheapest of smartphones.
• Generally, must be a newer toy. This is relatively new, probably hitting distribution saturation just now, hence I actually saw it in NC at last If we went back and looked through news and couldn't find a newspost about RiD 2015 Legions Wave 1, well, sorry that wouldn't be news anymore, but if you're out and see Wave 3 (Fixit/Underbite), let us know!
• If you aren't sure whether or not to report something, here's an easy thing to do. Take a picture with your phone while you're out, and later on run a quick search of either our news, or heck, even go to google and search "(Insert Toy Name Here) Seibertron" and you'll almost definitely just get hits of our news articles related to it, including sightings. No sighting for your region? Email us!

So remember, if you think this news is horribly out of date, the power is in your hands to help us out on being more current in the future. To those already doing it, and to those helping us point out what's missing in the database, you rock! Hope this helps, I'm off to mess around with this Optimus some more now

Just spotted 3-Step Hyperchange RID Optimus at Meijer in Charlotte, Michigan for $19.99

It's hard to mark figures as sighted on the in-store sightings page when the sightings database doesn't get updated when people post in the 'missing listing' thread. Shouldn't figures get added to the database right after they're announced?

Kyleor wrote:It's hard to mark figures as sighted on the in-store sightings page when the sightings database doesn't get updated when people post in the 'missing listing' thread. Shouldn't figures get added to the database right after they're announced?

Sure, but regardless, the staff wouldnt have noticed it because the in store sightings page is not the place to report news that is aimed at the staff. They will only post what they get in e-mails. The sightings page is more for the community and other collectors. For the staff to get it, it must be sent by e-mail to either news@seibertron.com or sightings@seiberton.com.

william-james88 wrote:

Kyleor wrote:It's hard to mark figures as sighted on the in-store sightings page when the sightings database doesn't get updated when people post in the 'missing listing' thread. Shouldn't figures get added to the database right after they're announced?

Sure, but regardless, the staff wouldnt have noticed it because the in store sightings page is not the place to report news that is aimed at the staff. They will only post what they get in e-mails. The sightings page is more for the community and other collectors. For the staff to get it, it must be sent by e-mail to either news@seibertron.com or sightings@seiberton.com.

I'm not talking about news or news posts, I'm talking about figures not being added to the sightings page in a timely manner.

Hear this Canada, Warrior Class Wave 2 of Transformers: Robots in Disguise has been spotted! The two new faces in this wave are Optimus Prime and Drift, and they were found at a ToysRus in Edmonton Alberta (west end). They have yet to show up online for the retailer, so hopefully you can find yours in store. Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for all your Transformers News, and take a look at our ever expanding Gallery section!

Except for the colors and the fact that it turns into a car instead of a motorcycle, this thing really smacks of TFA Prowl...

Are those supposed to be new for just Canada or new for everyone just spotted first in Canada? Because I saw those two all over weeks ago and just assumed because we get things here in general so late they must already have been everywhere. I guess similar to that OP someone else from Michigan was talking about being all over here before the news.

I realize the article mentions Canada several times, I just don't know if that means you think Canada is first to get these or that Canada has been waiting on these while they've been out elsewhere a while.

Not a big deal, I just sometimes don't know quite how to parse these sorts of news items.

Didn't know these hadn't been spotted. I work at a Toysrus in Canada and they've been on shelves for about a week

Optimum Supreme wrote:Are those supposed to be new for just Canada or new for everyone just spotted first in Canada? Because I saw those two all over weeks ago and just assumed because we get things here in general so late they must already have been everywhere. I guess similar to that OP someone else from Michigan was talking about being all over here before the news.

I realize the article mentions Canada several times, I just don't know if that means you think Canada is first to get these or that Canada has been waiting on these while they've been out elsewhere a while.

Not a big deal, I just sometimes don't know quite how to parse these sorts of news items.

No worries, these are just the first time they are spotted in canada. We reported a month or more ago that they had been found in the states. Cobotron was the first to spot them if I recall correctly.

Canada seems to get things either earlier or later, never right on time. We are still waiting for brainstorm, swerve, chromia and arcee so hopefully we will be getting those news posts eventually too

PS:also, when its the first time something is spotted in north america, and it was spotted in canada, we try to mention that

So, I'm trying to talk myself out of buying Prime by looking for the Takara TAV version... and I couldn't find it. Is their first rendition (and only so far) the Nemesis Prime? (TAV13)

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Didn't know these hadn't been spotted. I work at a Toysrus in Canada and they've been on shelves for about a week

Well you know what, from now on, if ever you get a new shipment of a tf toy that is new to your store, take a picture and send us a message in the link found in my signature. If it's news, we'll front page it. Also, if you can spot any new listings in your database regarding upcoming masterpiece figures, or platinum sets, or Robots in Disguise COTF figures, please let us know the SKN and the Price, even better if you take a pic of the listing. That would be a great help to us.

shajaki wrote:So, I'm trying to talk myself out of buying Prime by looking for the Takara TAV version... and I couldn't find it. Is their first rendition (and only so far) the Nemesis Prime? (TAV13)

Yup, also probably their only version of that mold. Jelze (or was it Sabr) pointed out that Takara tries to limit the character offerings per line so since they have a big prime we wont be getting on Hasbro's side, they didnt want to make another prme at the warrior class level. So its just nemesis. I still want to know what their drift will look like. I am assuming it at least has a colored in beard.

william-james88 wrote: Cobotron was the first to spot them if I recall correctly.

At least the first to report them.

william-james88 wrote:I still want to know what their drift will look like. I am assuming it at least has a colored in beard.

Nothing a modicum of paint can't fix.


Seibertron's Sharpie job worked out good too.

william-james88 wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Didn't know these hadn't been spotted. I work at a Toysrus in Canada and they've been on shelves for about a week

Well you know what, from now on, if ever you get a new shipment of a tf toy that is new to your store, take a picture and send us a message in the link found in my signature. If it's news, we'll front page it. Also, if you can spot any new listings in your database regarding upcoming masterpiece figures, or platinum sets, or Robots in Disguise COTF figures, please let us know the SKN and the Price, even better if you take a pic of the listing. That would be a great help to us.

Okay that's good to know. I work on the floor so I don't usually access the computers, but I can definitely shoot you a line if something interesting and new is on shelves.

welcometothedarksyde wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

welcometothedarksyde wrote:Didn't know these hadn't been spotted. I work at a Toysrus in Canada and they've been on shelves for about a week

Well you know what, from now on, if ever you get a new shipment of a tf toy that is new to your store, take a picture and send us a message in the link found in my signature. If it's news, we'll front page it. Also, if you can spot any new listings in your database regarding upcoming masterpiece figures, or platinum sets, or Robots in Disguise COTF figures, please let us know the SKN and the Price, even better if you take a pic of the listing. That would be a great help to us.

Okay that's good to know. I work on the floor so I don't usually access the computers, but I can definitely shoot you a line if something interesting and new is on shelves.

Thanks! Please do so either by using the form in my signature or the e-mail I sent you in a PM.

Thanks to Oscar Fung on Facebook we get our first in hand images of Transformers Robots in Disguise (2015) Jazz and Sideswipe! They are both in wave 3 of of the Warrior's line and should be out soon. Check out the images we've embedded below for your viewing pleasures and remember keep your optics tuned to Seibertron.com for the latest in news and updates!

Jazz


















Sideswipe

Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

"JAZZ, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOUR FAAAACE?"

/end MrPlinkettmode

...no, seriously, he looks like one of those altered photos where they chop the nose section out and place the remaining bits together.

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

2 more duds out of the RiD line, i do like sideswipes alt mode & the robot mode has a few things going fro it but that back kibble & head kill it. Jazz is just all around terrible.

I love the smirk on Sideswipe.

Well, Mr. Positivity here to say, I think they both look like fine and fun little toys. I'm excited to snag 'em and check 'em out.

Jazz has some hollowness that looks a little goofy, but I've learned to live with the previous toys short comings. His robot mode looks cool, and I even like his turtle mode.
Sideswipe looks like he could be the most solid and pose-able figure from this line to date.

Lmao.... turtle mode. Over they look good. Im a little old for these ones. But kids should love these(not saying exclusive to). I hope they do a little G1 and bring in sunstraeker an his brother.

Lmao.... turtle mode. Over they look good. Im a little old for these ones. But kids should love these(not saying exclusive to). I hope they do a little G1 and bring in sunstraeker an his brother.

U kidding me!!! WTF is up with jazz's face!! wtf is that supposed to be? that doesnt even look normal!!

i was so excited about jazz, and now hes pure lackluster to me, very boring paint apps too.

ball dropped on this one takara/hasblow.

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

Agreed. Too plain.

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

Agreed. Too plain.

I would hold out for the Takara releases. Ironically, it's not that much more expensive nowadays, even with the shipping included.

That Sideswipe looks really nice. The alt-mode is very sleek and I like it. The bot mode is incredibly clean and that backpack does not bother me in the slightest. Plus he has a frikkin cool sword, so he is the big winner of the line for me thus far.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

Agreed. Too plain.

I would hold out for the Takara releases. Ironically, it's not that much more expensive nowadays, even with the shipping included.

Oh, most definitely. I havent bought a single toy from this line for myself yet, just waiting for everything I want to be released by takara.

I don't care what anyone says; these look sweet!

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

Agreed. Too plain.

I would hold out for the Takara releases. Ironically, it's not that much more expensive nowadays, even with the shipping included.

Oh, most definitely. I havent bought a single toy from this line for myself yet, just waiting for everything I want to be released by takara.

When you can, you should defenitely grab deluxe Bumblebee from Takara. It's a great mold, with an interesting transformation. Plus, Takara's deco blow Hasbro's out of the water.

Jazz's face is creepy spooky. Why not just give him that cool visor?

In other news, look like AoE Junkheap is GONE from all the online stores, and it now sell from 90$US to 200$US on Ebay. So, fawk it, I'm openin TAV Junkion right now.

Verdict:

The truck mode is awesome and the gimmick if a lot of fun. Simple transformation, but the bot mode have WEIRD-ASS proportions.
Also, knees!... but no hips XD.
Was it worth 15$? Yup, defenitely. Still, I'm really glad I'm not one of these suckers who overpaid for a AoE Junkheap. I would have some heavy buyer remorse.

I'm hoping Hasbro will announce leader or voyager figures for this line soon

I LOVE THIS FIGURE.



And I like looking at it. I loved his car mode from day one, but that hairdo... really bugged me. Robots don't have hair. But I figure they have beards, so who cares right? And if it was common knowledge that he was wielding a sword then I sure didn't know, cause it instantly gives him a 13 point cool bonus.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:Sideswipes shield arms are a little unfortunate but I like it. Jazz has a surprisingly clean robot mode to be so hollow in the alt mode.

Yeah the robot mode's not bad, but I find the lack of detail on the vehicle mode makes him look unfinished.

Agreed. Too plain.

I would hold out for the Takara releases. Ironically, it's not that much more expensive nowadays, even with the shipping included.

Oh, most definitely. I havent bought a single toy from this line for myself yet, just waiting for everything I want to be released by takara.

I agree with all of this, but I really hate the trend to have no detailing at all on wheels lately. It makes Jazz's all too plain vehicle mode worse with the big black button wheels. I do like the robot mode, though.