Target has Received their Initial Earthrise Wave 2 Deluxe Stock

And here my Arcee order on Amazon has been pushed back to October 16th. It's a real gamble lately, deciding who to order from. I think I'm just going to preorder from every website and cancel whoever doesn't get their stock first...

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Dr. Caelus wrote:

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Apeface jetmode Inferior
Snapdragon jetmode Superior

Robot mode as well. Beast mode I'm torn. Apeface's beast mode might be more fun.

Yeah, I gotta give it to Apeface in beast mode. If nothing else, just the actual ape face. But overall he seems to be more coherent and well-designed. Like the ape mode was the primary focus of the designers and the other modes depended on it, whereas with Snapdragon the beast mode is kinda jumbled and looks like an afterthought.

Having him in hand, I don't think it's bad per say, more, inelegant, the transition from waist to torso is pretty jarring, but other than that, I'd say it's pretty good, but I will say that the focus of snapdragon seems to be the jet mode as it's glorious

They both have cars on their backs.

Some sillier pics

I will FOREVER love and cherish my Thrilling 30 Arcee over the newer versions they might put out

Perfectly fine with my 2014 Arcee, but my buddy in my unit who’s new to collecting will love this. Hoping Wave 2 will hit this month!

I'd like to see some comparison shots with TR Arcee.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'd like to see some comparison shots with TR Arcee.

Alas, I do not have one.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I'd like to see some comparison shots with TR Arcee.

Alas, I do not have one.

I wasn't expecting you specifically to provide them, I was speaking generally.

The Walmart exclusive Netflix Soundwave with Laserbeak and Ravage has been posted for preorder at TF Source for a higher price of $59.99: https://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/17525/

Some of the other Netflix figures are available as well, such as Bumblebee and the updated Earthrise Optimus.

I'm most likely gonna keep the ER Arcee I get from Wal-mart (when they do decide to eventually ship her -_-), but I also have the Takara legends Arcee And I would really love to see what ER Arcee looks holding her accessories; the two swords and guns she has.

My ideal Arcee is never going to happen, but I will say this one isn't as terrible as I initially thought. Or I just warmed to the mold after seeing Paradron Medic and Elita

I know the pandemic slowed things down some, but I understood Hasbro wasn't going to be delaying these much, if at all, but we're near the end of the 3rd quarter of the year, and Wave 2 is only NOW showing up? I wonder if this will delay Kingdom.

Lore Keeper wrote:And here my Arcee order on Amazon has been pushed back to October 16th. It's a real gamble lately, deciding who to order from. I think I'm just going to preorder from every website and cancel whoever doesn't get their stock first...

I have mine ordered through Amazon as well and if I find her in stores first, I'll cancel the amazon order. Same with my walmart orders, if I find them in store, I'll cancel the preorder. I did that with the entire first set of netflix ones.

Dr. Caelus wrote:Some sillier pics

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Where did you get the gold 2000 power sword? That was pretty cool.

I didn't realize they not only didn't give the new Arcee any lip color, but none on her face either. man that's so boring.

Rodimus Knight wrote:Where did you get the gold 2000 power sword? That was pretty cool.

With Castle Grayskull in 2000.

Target just delivered my Snapdragon, and I have to say it's a great figure. Only issue I had with him is securing his titan master into the beast mode head, but otherwise he's amazing

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Target just delivered my Snapdragon, and I have to say it's a great figure. Only issue I had with him is securing his titan master into the beast mode head, but otherwise he's amazing

I feel like the faceplate on the Titan Master's back isn't as tight as others so Krunk's neck moves more and that range of movement makes it troublesome to line up and snap into the upper jaw.

adamage1 wrote:The Walmart exclusive Netflix Soundwave with Laserbeak and Ravage has been posted for preorder at TF Source for a higher price of $59.99: https://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/17525/

Some of the other Netflix figures are available as well, such as Bumblebee and the updated Earthrise Optimus.

Thank you so much for posting this! Nabbed a preorder for Soundwave myself. Hopefully the others will at least show up in actual stores.

Slashercon wrote:I'm most likely gonna keep the ER Arcee I get from Wal-mart (when they do decide to eventually ship her -_-), but I also have the Takara legends Arcee And I would really love to see what ER Arcee looks holding her accessories; the two swords and guns she has.

Is this close enough?

Post split b/c of memory problems.

With TR Windblade's swords.

Went to my local geek store today. He had Snapdragon. But I already have one waiting in my BBTS Pile of Loot.
Man, leaving without it was torture.

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

adamage1 wrote:The Walmart exclusive Netflix Soundwave with Laserbeak and Ravage has been posted for preorder at TF Source for a higher price of $59.99: https://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/17525/

Some of the other Netflix figures are available as well, such as Bumblebee and the updated Earthrise Optimus.

Thank you so much for posting this! Nabbed a preorder for Soundwave myself. Hopefully the others will at least show up in actual stores.

Glad I can help. If he does appear on shelves, I expect him to disappear FAST. The original Walmart preorder vanished within minutes of the announcement.

adamage1 wrote:

Decepticon Stryker wrote:

adamage1 wrote:The Walmart exclusive Netflix Soundwave with Laserbeak and Ravage has been posted for preorder at TF Source for a higher price of $59.99: https://tfsource.com/products/view/product_id/17525/

Some of the other Netflix figures are available as well, such as Bumblebee and the updated Earthrise Optimus.

Thank you so much for posting this! Nabbed a preorder for Soundwave myself. Hopefully the others will at least show up in actual stores.

Glad I can help. If he does appear on shelves, I expect him to disappear FAST. The original Walmart preorder vanished within minutes of the announcement.

It will be interesting to see how quickly they sell. I wonder if Hasbro plans on producing more/less or about the same as the first wave, considering Megatron and Hotlink are still readily available.

Dr. Caelus wrote:

Slashercon wrote:I'm most likely gonna keep the ER Arcee I get from Wal-mart (when they do decide to eventually ship her -_-), but I also have the Takara legends Arcee And I would really love to see what ER Arcee looks holding her accessories; the two swords and guns she has.

Is this close enough?

Yes, yes, and triple yes. I heavily appreciate the pictures. The weapons really enhance her in my opinion, and the articulation looks great here as well.

Anyone been able to get Airwave yet? I've had my pre ordered from Gamestop and the release date was supposedly 8/24. They charged me that day, but then the money went back in, and they just charged me again. Haven't received a ship email though.

Starseeker wrote:Anyone been able to get Airwave yet? I've had my pre ordered from Gamestop and the release date was supposedly 8/24. They charged me that day, but then the money went back in, and they just charged me again. Haven't received a ship email though.

I got mine the same day Arcee came. Both from Target, though oddly not in a box together.

My Target order for Airwave says "backordered" expected to arrive anytime between now and 9/14. Dr C. is quite literally the only person I've seen (outside of stolen factory samples and privileged Youtube reviewers) that has any wave 2 deluxes.

o.supreme wrote:My Target order for Airwave says "backordered" expected to arrive anytime between now and 9/14. Dr C. is quite literally the only person I've seen (outside of stolen factory samples and privileged Youtube reviewers) that has any wave 2 deluxes.

I wouldn't freak out, my arcee from target said back-ordered til 9/14 this morning, but by lunch I had gotten an email that she had shipped

This blog has a bunch of in-hand pics of the Autobot Alliance. Here's my favorite of Prowl lol
And Ironhide's shield looks interesting...

o.supreme wrote:My Target order for Airwave says "backordered" expected to arrive anytime between now and 9/14. Dr C. is quite literally the only person I've seen (outside of stolen factory samples and privileged Youtube reviewers) that has any wave 2 deluxes.

Huh, and my order of Airwave shipped out of nowhere and should be here Tuesday.

aronjlove wrote:This blog has a bunch of in-hand pics of the Autobot Alliance. Here's my favorite of Prowl lol
And Ironhide's shield looks interesting...

Cool blog...definitely an Ironhide fan, but I can't wait to switch out Prowl's head.

Oh so Ironhide can become a convertible!


In all seriousness he doesn't look that bad without the roof.

Freak show time.

Went o one of my Targets yesterday and picked up the Seeker 2-pack of ER Skywarp and Thundercracker. Also saw a couple of Doubledealers and Clones. I'll pick them up on a later date though.

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I don't have any (non-cassette) Micromasters or Deluxe Modulators, but these photos make them look a lot of fun, and now I'm thinking of buying at least a few Micromaster duos. I've seen Ironworks at the toy shop in a nearby town, and Airwave is still available to pre-order from Kapow, though I'm guessing I've probably missed the boat on Greasepit and Hot House now. I'm thinking of buying the Siege Rescue Patrol and Earthrise Astro Squad for the Autobots, and the Siege Airstrike Patrol and Earthrise Battle Squad for the Decepticons. For those who have them, are these Micromasters worth buying?

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I don't have any (non-cassette) Micromasters or Deluxe Modulators, but these photos make them look a lot of fun, and now I'm thinking of buying at least a few Micromaster duos. I've seen Ironworks at the toy shop in a nearby town, and Airwave is still available to pre-order from Kapow, though I'm guessing I've probably missed the boat on Greasepit and Hot House now. I'm thinking of buying the Siege Rescue Patrol and Earthrise Astro Squad for the Autobots, and the Siege Airstrike Patrol and Earthrise Battle Squad for the Decepticons. For those who have them, are these Micromasters worth buying?

I really dig the Micromasters this time around. I wasn't a fan of the originals but of the WFC Micromasters I've picked up all but the Siege Rescue Patrol and the Siege 10-pack. Honestly, I've kept the Airstrike Patrol is combined sword mode but all the rest are on a shelf with Ironworks and Greasepit. Airwave should be here Tuesday and Hot House in a month or so, and then I'll arrange everything into a little town on the shelf.

Got shipping confirmation for Airwave! Can't wait to connect him with the rest of my city/spaceport.

Got another delay notice for my Airwave, meanwhile it appears the first official sighting at retail had been confirmed ugh....

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o.supreme wrote:Got another delay notice for my Airwave, meanwhile it appears the first official sighting at retail had been confirmed ugh....

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Target or Amazon? From what I can tell, between my purchase and people on Twitter, it seems Target is shipping while Amazon is delaying.

My Earthrise wave 2 order is delayed with Target. Meanwhile I've now seen MPM-10 in pretty much every store in my area...go figure....

I bet if I really wanted that, it would be hard to get, and Scorponoks would be everywhere....

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I have Scorponok, but I had to coerce two levels of management to dig one out of the stockroom for me, and have only seen it one other time since. I know many of you probably haven't even seen one yet sadly. My point is, if you are going to gamble on one high price point TF I'd say Scorponok is a much safer bet for a sale than MPM-10. I lifted the box and was surprised how light it was.... Definitely not worth it for me.

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Dr. Caelus wrote:

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I don't have any (non-cassette) Micromasters or Deluxe Modulators, but these photos make them look a lot of fun, and now I'm thinking of buying at least a few Micromaster duos. I've seen Ironworks at the toy shop in a nearby town, and Airwave is still available to pre-order from Kapow, though I'm guessing I've probably missed the boat on Greasepit and Hot House now. I'm thinking of buying the Siege Rescue Patrol and Earthrise Astro Squad for the Autobots, and the Siege Airstrike Patrol and Earthrise Battle Squad for the Decepticons. For those who have them, are these Micromasters worth buying?

I really dig the Micromasters this time around. I wasn't a fan of the originals but of the WFC Micromasters I've picked up all but the Siege Rescue Patrol and the Siege 10-pack. Honestly, I've kept the Airstrike Patrol is combined sword mode but all the rest are on a shelf with Ironworks and Greasepit. Airwave should be here Tuesday and Hot House in a month or so, and then I'll arrange everything into a little town on the shelf.

I was born in late 83, so I really missed most of G1. I watched the original cartoon on homemade recordings rented from the grocery store, and saw the movie as a rental from Pop-in-Go Video. Eventually I saw the first season on TV repackaged ad G2, and I collected a handful of Marvel comics by scouring antique stores and flea markets when I was older. Point is, by the time I was old enough to ask for Transformers, most of the iconic stuff had come and gone. I had Powermaster Prime, Wreck-Gar, Joyride, and Pretender Grimlock, Jazz, Bumblebee, and Starscream, all without their shells. And I had Micromasters. LOTS of Micromasters.

At the time I kind of loved/hated them. They were awesome, but I always resented them for not being the characters from the cartoons and for not being 'in scale' with any of the figures that were. Regrettably, when I got the chance to 'trade up', I did, and got rid of every single one.

Then, decades later, Armada came out. I didn't have any interest in the cartoon, but the first Armada comic hooked me with this one scene, where the Decepticons attack a Minicon city. It's violent, brutal, and horrific when you grasp what the Cons plan to do with their captives. Although Decepticons had been attacking humans for years, that always felt like Independence Day, War of the Worlds type stuff. The interplay between the Decepticons, Minicons, and Autobots felt very different from that, so I got hooked on that concept - the idea of the minicons or micromasters being at the bottom of the social ladder, fighting for survival and freedom in the middle of a grinding war of attrition between titans.

So, I started collecting Minicons like mad. In grad school I kept a huge bowl of them on our coffee table that people would sit and play with when they came over after a bad day. Needless to say, I was thrilled when WFC:Siege revived the idea, and have been snapping up the Micromasters and their bases, only lamenting more of my childhood favorites would be recreated (e.g., the rest of the AstrobSquad).

Arcee and Smokescreen arrived from Target Sunday via FedEx. The other two got delayed to the 14th like everyone else, but there is a tracking number not just a delay so that's promising. Airwave is coming by UPS and Alicon through FedEx. Interesting how everyone is getting these in random shipments, I guess they figured it was better to split partial cases among customers instead of shipping whole orders to some and none to others. I'm not mad. My Arcee does have a bit of pink paint bleed from her chest onto her abs, but whatever.

What is a little more annoying is I finally opened my Scorponok and the silver paint on his crotch is a mess. Part of me doesn't want to go through the trouble of exchanging it with Amazon while another part of me is going to be annoyed every time I look at him. I think he'll be going back.

Emerje

So I made a satisfying choice in that fans can have their Timelines version or Earthrise (Runamuck) version but my Neo G1 representations are TAV Runabout and Runamuck and they are perfect....'nuff said!

Tontons review of Ratchet is up, pretty darn unbleeped funny as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9-7WptJETY

It has some small improvements over Ironhide, the shoulders being white helps the van mode compared to Ironhides out of place black squares and same with the white plastic hinge below the windshield. The light blue windows are nice but the other colors are off and the autobot symbol isn't unified so it would need a sticker over it for my liking. Def waiting for a RED version.

Well, after sending me an email saying I needed to approve a delay to the Quint and Smokescreen Target changed their mind about Smokescreen. I just got an email saying he shipped. Is Target just randomly filling orders as they get stock?