Rundown of Latest Canadian Sightings for Ectotron, Studio Series, Siege and Cyberverse

Interesting to see Ectotron at EB store.
If I see it live, maybe it will be an impulse purchase.

I still have yet to track down the total 80’s awesomeness that is Ecto-1. Bummer.

Regimus Prime wrote:I still have yet to track down the total 80’s awesomeness that is Ecto-1. Bummer.

It's probably no rush man, it's only just coming out at Canadian retail, and most pre-orders outside Canada aren't even due for 2 more months!

Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but ToysRus has another 25% off sale on now..... and it includes the online pre-order for Omega Supreme!!!!!

pandatron wrote:Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but ToysRus has another 25% off sale on now..... and it includes the online pre-order for Omega Supreme!!!!!

Already enjoyed the sale but I didn't knew it applied on pre-ordres too.

Hmmmm…… To preorder Omega or not....

-Kanrabat- wrote:

pandatron wrote:Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but ToysRus has another 25% off sale on now..... and it includes the online pre-order for Omega Supreme!!!!!

Already enjoyed the sale but I didn't knew it applied on pre-ordres too.

Hmmmm…… To preorder Omega or not....

I'd do it. 25% off is really good for a titan

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

pandatron wrote:Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but ToysRus has another 25% off sale on now..... and it includes the online pre-order for Omega Supreme!!!!!

Already enjoyed the sale but I didn't knew it applied on pre-ordres too.

Hmmmm…… To preorder Omega or not....

I'd do it. 25% off is really good for a titan

It is good, but for the cash needed, there's more important things right now. Beside, I bet there will be overstock even for him and he will be back on sale anyway. Like Trypticon and Fortmax before him.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

pandatron wrote:Not sure if anyone's posted this yet, but ToysRus has another 25% off sale on now..... and it includes the online pre-order for Omega Supreme!!!!!

Already enjoyed the sale but I didn't knew it applied on pre-ordres too.

Hmmmm…… To preorder Omega or not....

I'd do it. 25% off is really good for a titan

It is good, but for the cash needed, there's more important things right now. Beside, I bet there will be overstock even for him and he will be back on sale anyway. Like Trypticon and Fortmax before him.

It will be 40% off come black friday, I can wait. Jetfire though, I might bite.

william-james88 wrote:It will be 40% off come black friday, I can wait. Jetfire though, I might bite.

THAT is the one "more important".

It has been a long time since Canada was the first with a sighting. But it is again with the Cyberverse Spark Armor toys. These are slightly taller than legends class figures and have a similar complexity along with a drone vehicle which becomes armor. These are similar to the RID Battlepack figures. The first wave has Prowl, Starscream, Jetfire and Skybyte. They are $19.99 CAD. Another new sighting in Canada is the Series 2 Botbots. Only the 8 packs were spotted so far. While the US has had these in a while, Canada did get the Series 1.5 Bakery Bytes wave between them, which the US skipped. These were all found at Toysrus by yours truly. The Spark Amor toys were in Montreal, Quebec, while the Botbots were found in Brampton, Ontario, (as evidence by the MPM toys on shelves which are not sold in Quebec).

whoe. Those armor guys are tiny — like legends size. That suddenly puts them right back on my list. Sculpts looked like they could have been pretty big. I'm happily surprised.

I guess the big disappointment for me is the Prime with Ark. He looks like he actually IS the size I thought they all were, and with no articulation from the waist down. I'm thinking I will pick up a few small ones and pass on him, since the price will be outlandish.

Grahhhh. I want that Ark!

I'm surprised these aren't showing up on ebay.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm surprised these aren't showing up on ebay.

People dont care enough.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm surprised these aren't showing up on ebay.

People dont care enough.

Pretty much this. Cyberverse has been relegated to trunk of the car by almost everyone, and unlike RiD2015, it deserves it save for a couple potential few

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I'm surprised these aren't showing up on ebay.

People dont care enough.

Pretty much this. Cyberverse has been relegated to trunk of the car by almost everyone, and unlike RiD2015, it deserves it save for a couple potential few

The fact that the Cyberverse thread barely moved when the "first world sighting of the Armor guys" happen is proof enough.

Toysrus Canada had seemingly skipped wave 2 of Siege deluxes. However, it turns out that they are getting a revision version of wave 2, something we did not know existed until now. This revision wave consists of one of each of the new wave 2 bots (ex Prowl, Ironhide ect) and flywheels. Yup, if you thought you were seeing lots of flywheels already, wait till this revision wave drops by a store near you and that's all you will see.

The exclusive Battle Damaged Studio Series Revenge of the Fallen voyager Megatron was also found at Toysrus for $39.99 CAD. For those curious about other Toysrus sightings, the giant Cybverser Ark Power Prime was also found along with the latest Marvel Legends two packs like Ironman / Ironspider, Korg / Grandmaster and Colossus / Juggernaut (while we are talking about Hasbro exclusives at Toysrus Canada).

Is it sacrilege that I like the Infinity War Iron Man and Spider-Man 2-pack than the other sightings?

I mean, I haven't seen that one yet, whereas everything else is at least in every store, if not shelfwarming.

Still no Chromia, no Blunt, and no Refractor.

Goddammit, TrU...

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Is it sacrilege that I like the Infinity War Iron Man and Spider-Man 2-pack than the other sightings?

I mean, I haven't seen that one yet, whereas everything else is at least in every store, if not shelfwarming.

Where is battle damage megs in the US?

Edit: right right, Target.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still no Chromia, no Blunt, and no Refractor.

Goddammit, TrU...

Chromia is there, she is part of this revision wave.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Still no Chromia, no Blunt, and no Refractor.

Goddammit, TrU...

Chromia is there, she is part of this revision wave.

It's at least that. Luckily, my raincheck is still valid.

william-james88 wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Is it sacrilege that I like the Infinity War Iron Man and Spider-Man 2-pack than the other sightings?

I mean, I haven't seen that one yet, whereas everything else is at least in every store, if not shelfwarming.

Where is battle damage megs in the US?

Shelfwarming at every Target I go to? I mean, maybe it's too soon to say shelfwarming, but after a month or so, the same 8 Battle Damaged Megs are still at every Target I visit.

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Is it sacrilege that I like the Infinity War Iron Man and Spider-Man 2-pack than the other sightings?

I mean, I haven't seen that one yet, whereas everything else is at least in every store, if not shelfwarming.

If it's sacrilege, I'm in the same boat as you. I want that 2-pack. and I have the rest of those in the forms I'd like to have them

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Nathaniel Prime wrote:Is it sacrilege that I like the Infinity War Iron Man and Spider-Man 2-pack than the other sightings?

I mean, I haven't seen that one yet, whereas everything else is at least in every store, if not shelfwarming.

If it's sacrilege, I'm in the same boat as you. I want that 2-pack. and I have the rest of those in the forms I'd like to have them

Then at least I got someone to count on then

What and why. If they're doing the repack dance, surely they'd have room for a Refraktor amid all those Flywheels...es. I'm saying this as someone who doesn't even want one

Found at Toys R Us Laval, the Siege Micronasters 10 pack.
But holy crap, 60$...

-Kanrabat- wrote:Found at Toys R Us Laval, the Siege Micronasters 10 pack.
But holy crap, 60$...

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Micromasters are 6$ each in canada so this makes sense.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Found at Toys R Us Laval, the Siege Micronasters 10 pack.
But holy crap, 60$...

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Micromasters are 6$ each in canada so this makes sense.

No. They are 6.50$ each. So we actually save a bit.

I'd like that set, but not enough to pay full price. If it come on sale, say for around 50$, I'd bite.

Anyone still need their trailor-less G1 Optimus?

Now on true clearance at Walmart for 34$CAN!

Siege is sure taking its sweet time getting to Canada. Wave 3 is nowhere near saturation but the deluxes are ceeping out at Walmarts and Toysrus store across the nation. Stores seem to be getting one case each. Walmarts are also getting voyager Springer, but very sparsely. All the G1 reissues for 2019 have also been spotted in Canada by now, but they are very sparse as well, except for Prime of course. The real new sighting to report Siege wise are the wave 3 Micromasters, the two pack that comes with Blackjack. You can see that in the image below.

Canada is almost up to date on Cyberverse though. The bigger Spark Armour Optimus, Megatron and BUmblebee were found at Toysrus. The giant Ark Power Optimus was found a while ago at Toysrus but it is now available at Walmart as well.

As for Studio Series, the deluxe wave with car mode Dropkick, High Tower and Drift was found at Walmart.

If you have any spotted any of these, please let the community know by posting it on the boards in your geographically specific thread. If you find something you think no one else spotted yet, please let us know by submitting your sighting here.

At least Soundwave is at your Walmart. At mine, it's Tumbleweed City.

TrU, appart Battle-Damaged SS ROTF Megatron and the Cyberverse figures, there's nothing. Just a single Siege Prowl, Chromia, and Ironhide.

JFC, Laval SUCK for toy hunting.

Toysrus Canada has been very odd in 2019. After receiving the initial waves of 2019, going there became rather uneventful. Until now. The Refractor 3 pack with toy accurate Reflector toys is appearing nation wide, even in Quebec even though the box has no french. The latest Cyberverse toys have just arrived as well such as Cyberverse Spark Armour Ratchet and Shockwave. And best of all, MPM Jazz was found in Ontario.

Those were all Toysrus sightings. Cyberverse scout class Scraplet was found at a Real Canadian Superstore in Winnipeg. While Omega Supreme was shipped out to Canadians who preordered him on Toysrus, there has not been any extra stuck to order since.

The sightings are from me as well as Cybertron.ca members C-Spray and Matt McNally.

Great news on the Refraktors 3 pack. However, 100$ plus taxes is a bit much.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Great news on the Refraktors 3 pack. However, 100$ plus taxes is a bit much.

Not really. Its 3 30$ deluxes with an exclusive deco/accessories/packaging. Sounds about par. Would have been 120$USD plus club membership and shipping and customs if it was like exclusives of the past.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Great news on the Refraktors 3 pack. However, 100$ plus taxes is a bit much.

Not really. Its 3 30$ deluxes with an exclusive deco/accessories/packaging. Sounds about par. Would have been 120$USD plus club membership and shipping and customs if it was like exclusives of the past.

Thought so. I'll have to find one live in store to commit thought. Otherwise, I'll have to settle for the normal ones when they FINALLY arrive at TrU. Got a rain check to use.

Toysrus is on a roll. The Refractor three pack was recently found, along with both MPM Megatron and Jazz and now we have reports of War for Cybertron Siege Cromar being found as well. This is the third powerdasher, and one we do not even have official images of yet. The only image we have is from a toy show in Asia, which you can see below. It is packaged in the similar generations Selects packaging and labelled as Power Dasher Cromas WFC-GS04. it was found by Yonoid who found it in Ontario and posted it on the Cybertron.ca baords. This means that Toysrus is the exclusive retailer for this item, in Canada. We do not know about this item's availability in the US yet. So let us know if ever you have info or see him in a store.

Also, speaking of Canadian Sightings, Siege Omega Supreme has also hit the shelves of Toysrus stores in Ontario.

woohoo and there is french on the box!

william-james88 wrote:woohoo and there is french on the box!

This mean nothing because I saw pictures of toys with actual french on the box that was still Quebec banned for reasons.
Still, that is a random find. Years ago I came across a single MP Grimlock. I took him home, of course. And recently, the Refraktors 3 pack that was in store, but not online.

TrU is getting pretty random by the minute. And I like it.

On a side note, I never saw Soundwave and his cassettes at all the Walmarts I went. Not even the price labels.

Dang, Cromar is a weird mystery at this point with availability and stuff

Canada is making up for a dry spell with Transformers sightings that lasted half the year. They are now the first country in the west to have Transformers War for Cybertron Siege deluxe Mirage, Impactor and Barricade. Those were found in a Walmart in Scarborough. The sighting comes from Primetyme who posted it in the Cybertron.ca forums.

This is not the only new Siege sighting in Canada. At Walmarts across the nation we can now find the wave of Battle Masters that includes Smashdown and the latest Micromasters with Powertrain and Highjump. Even Thundercracker was spotted in an Ontario Walmart as KIDCHUCKLE pointed out in the same forums.

When it comes to Studio Series, the voyagers Long Haul and KSI Boss were found at Walmart and leader DOTM Optimus Prime is now shipping from amazon.ca. This makes Canada up to date on all Siege toys before the final wave and all the Studio Series toys of 2019.

Isn't the final wave of battlemasters Singe and Rung and not Smashdown?

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Isn't the final wave of battlemasters Singe and Rung and not Smashdown?

Yes, will correct.

Good to see the shelves are getting stocked again but i've kinda given up on transformers at retail stores. SO long without shelves being stocked that i've given up all together.

I don't know the business, so I don't know why this is, but Hasbro needs to do a better job of getting these in the hands of U.S. collectors sooner. Why are these and Ratchet out at Canadian retail but not even a peep from U.S. sellers? As far as I know, Barricade has not even gone up for pre-order anywhere yet, including Hasbro Pulse. I'm also getting pretty tired of the exclusives; Target is the worst by far what with the RED Card exclusive Redwing, followed by Walgreens and their lack of any information regarding Ratchet, then Walmart (a store I just hate walking into because every one of them has the same rancid hot dog smell).

mattysan wrote:I don't know the business, so I don't know why this is, but Hasbro needs to do a better job of getting these in the hands of U.S. collectors sooner. Why are these and Ratchet out at Canadian retail but not even a peep from U.S. sellers? As far as I know, Barricade has not even gone up for pre-order anywhere yet, including Hasbro Pulse. I'm also getting pretty tired of the exclusives; Target is the worst by far what with the RED Card exclusive Redwing, followed by Walgreens and their lack of any information regarding Ratchet, then Walmart (a store I just hate walking into because every one of them has the same rancid hot dog smell).

All those specific woes are at the retailer level, not Hasbro's.

Wave 4 deluxes are due out in October, not before. Them being in canada before the US is just because one Walmart store put them up before the calendar date (which they do not care to respect).

Ratchet was always coming to Wallgreens for the holiday season, not before. Hoping to see it before they stock up their holiday selection is only setting yourself up for dissapointment. They do that every year for their exclusives.

Target chose to make redwing a red card exclusive, that's on them.

Completely disagree; Hasbro has a lot more control over this.

If Walmart isn't playing by the rules, then stop giving them exclusives.

If you think Hasbro had zero say in Redwing being a RED Card exclusive when it was so prominently advertised on their site, you're delusional. Of course they had a say in that. Target had to get the OK for that from Hasbro.

EB Games in Canada has Ratchet available. Walgreens could do the same. Again, if EB Games is somehow not playing by the rules, then Hasbro should stop giving them exclusives.

And I believe, but hey I could be wrong here, that Hasbro has complete say on what Hasbro Pulse does. They could be at least putting Barricade up for pre-order. They could offer us a special paid membership tier that gave us direct access to exclusives so that we don't have to step foot in Walgreens, Target, EB, Walmart, or any other brick and mortar location. Less cost, fewer middlemen that way. It is 2019 after all, it's idiotic not to provide this as a service to die hard collectors.

Toys R Us Laval.


Damn. No Siege wave 2 so no Ironhide. But at least, W3 is here and there is a small sale too. Cyberverse Spark Armor Ratchet and Shockwave too. Plus a full restock of the Seige Refraktors 3pack!

mattysan wrote:Completely disagree; Hasbro has a lot more control over this.

If Walmart isn't playing by the rules, then stop giving them exclusives.

Hmm, so lets see, toy sales and sections of stores in general have been shrinking for years, and there are limited brick and mortar stores that will even carry those toys nowadays. In the US it is basically Walmart or Target with Walgreens sort of in a distant third place nationally. Sure there are some regional chains like Meijer, or dissappearing chains like K-mart in there as well.

And your solution for Hasbro to start getting toys to be released on their desired schedule is to cut off the largest chain that will carry their products from exclusives? Sure, lets cut ourselves off at the knees with Walmart, the largest retailer, makes sense.

mattysan wrote:If you think Hasbro had zero say in Redwing being a RED Card exclusive when it was so prominently advertised on their site, you're delusional. Of course they had a say in that. Target had to get the OK for that from Hasbro.

Do you actually have any facts to back this up, or just speculation? It has been a number of years since Target had any exclusives, and with TRU now out of the way, Hasbro needs other retailers like Target to pick some of these up. If I was in Hasbro's place, I'd want the second largest retailer in the US to want to carry my exclusives much more that I would worry about butthurt fans complaining about the method Target want to sell them.

mattysan wrote:EB Games in Canada has Ratchet available. Walgreens could do the same. Again, if EB Games is somehow not playing by the rules, then Hasbro should stop giving them exclusives.

You are completely lost here. EB is doing nothing wrong, they are providing the products when they are ready for release. It is Walgreens that is delaying putting Ratchet out until they reset their toy section for the holidays. It has been this way every year from TR Brainstorm, the TR clones though PotP Wreck Gar last year and will be the same this year. Your butthurt on Canada getting Ratchet first shouldn't be aimed at EB or Hasbro, but rather Walgreens. Next you will probably say they shoudl pull the exclusives from Walgreens. While I would prefer that personally, it would be a terrible business move for Hasbro to cut of any retailer outlet in today's market.

mattysan wrote:And I believe, but hey I could be wrong here, that Hasbro has complete say on what Hasbro Pulse does. They could be at least putting Barricade up for pre-order. They could offer us a special paid membership tier that gave us direct access to exclusives so that we don't have to step foot in Walgreens, Target, EB, Walmart, or any other brick and mortar location. Less cost, fewer middlemen that way. It is 2019 after all, it's idiotic not to provide this as a service to die hard collectors.

Do you understand the draw for having an exclusive product in your store as a retailer? If someone can only get this product in my store or on my website, then it increases the chance of me selling them something else from my store that they could get from my competition.

Hasbro wants to be able to sell products in as many ways and locations as possible and that requires working with your retail outlet partners, not working against them just to please die hard collectors. There are a hell of a lot more opportunities and potential customers at regular retail than there are die hard collectors. Plus, they also know the die hard collectors will be much more likely to jump through a few hoops to get the exclusives we want than the general public would be to get the basic product at regular retail. So navigating this from Hasbro's point of view requires throwing your retailers a few bones to their retail partners on exclusives.

Did it suck signing up for a RedCard? For sure
Will it suck waiting for November for Ratchet? It will
Is a bunch of pissing and moaning from die hard fans (who apparently don't understand the retail environment) going to change anything? Big fat nope

mattysan wrote:Completely disagree; Hasbro has a lot more control over this.

If Walmart isn't playing by the rules, then stop giving them exclusives.

If you think Hasbro had zero say in Redwing being a RED Card exclusive when it was so prominently advertised on their site, you're delusional. Of course they had a say in that. Target had to get the OK for that from Hasbro.

EB Games in Canada has Ratchet available. Walgreens could do the same. Again, if EB Games is somehow not playing by the rules, then Hasbro should stop giving them exclusives.

And I believe, but hey I could be wrong here, that Hasbro has complete say on what Hasbro Pulse does. They could be at least putting Barricade up for pre-order. They could offer us a special paid membership tier that gave us direct access to exclusives so that we don't have to step foot in Walgreens, Target, EB, Walmart, or any other brick and mortar location. Less cost, fewer middlemen that way. It is 2019 after all, it's idiotic not to provide this as a service to die hard collectors.

Dont waste your time here debating since the entire staff works for Hasbro and has degrees in Business and Administration and or work high level management jobs for major retailers...these guys know everything

TBH Hasbro is notorious for bad distribution for a long, long time. During the Unicron Trilogy it was rampant especially during the lasts waves of Energon. TF Prime toys had terrible distro during the release of the First Editions that showed up all over Canada and trickled down to TRU in the States later on. Does Hasbro have control over distro? Yes!! It sucks but the way it is it will always be that way because it's Hasbro.

bvzxa wrote:TBH Hasbro is notorious for bad distribution for a long, long time. During the Unicron Trilogy it was rampant especially during the lasts waves of Energon. TF Prime toys had terrible distro during the release of the First Editions that showed up all over Canada and trickled down to TRU in the States later on. Does Hasbro have control over distro? Yes!! It sucks but the way it is it will always be that way because it's Hasbro.

Of course the last thing a toy company wants to do is sell their toys to consumers, hence why they go out of their way with this distribution to make sure you guys dont get your toys.