Transformers Age of Extinction Stomp and Chomp Grimlock Found Discounted at Winners (TJ Maxx)

May buy but only for 25$. I'll wait.

-Kanrabat- wrote:May buy but only for 25$. I'll wait.

Personally I'd rather spend more money on the titan class knockoff of the leader toy. At least that one can move it's legs...and arms (fully)...and head...

Found at Ross in the USA 2 months ago for $40 if that matters.

Primeultimus wrote:Found at Ross in the USA 2 months ago for $40 if that matters.

Oh, it's not the first time I've seen the thing at 50% off. What I want is 75% or more. And I'm pretty sure I will see it.

Because let's face it. Why the hell did they made a 100$ 1 step TF? Because it's quite rare for little timmy to deserves a toy that is worth more than 40$. As a guy hanging around in toy sections (FOR TOY HUNTING ONLY) my ears are always open and when a parent shop a toy with his/her child, he/she only go for the cheap ones or they tell the child how limitted the budget is.

For that reason alone, I expect that Grimmy to be so plentiful that he'll be very, very dirt cheap.
Let's hope it's lesson learned for Hasbro.

You know what they say, it ain't over till the fat lady sings. Below you will find images of a newly revealed Takara Movie Advanced Exclusive EX Sideswipe. This figure is a silver redeco of Dark of the Moon Sideswipe (also pictured below) which was grey/beige.

It ships out tomorrow from Robot Kingdom and costs 26.90$ US + shipping.





Hasbro version:

Are those Jhiaxus' guns?

Still a little plain for me, the same problem the dotm one had, I think I'll be sticking to my Darksteel

Hellscream9999 wrote:Are those Jhiaxus' guns?

Still a little plain for me, the same problem the dotm one had, I think I'll be sticking to my Darksteel

No they're crosshairs from age of extinction

Randomhero wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:Are those Jhiaxus' guns?

Still a little plain for me, the same problem the dotm one had, I think I'll be sticking to my Darksteel

No they're crosshairs from age of extinction

Ah, I see, thanks

Well, that came out of nowhere! Sideswipe is one of my favorite movie verse guys, but I just can't justify this unfortunately

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, that came out of nowhere! Sideswipe is one of my favorite movie verse guys, but I just can't justify this unfortunately

At least it seems to have the metallic paint the original desperately needed, plus a better weapon.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, that came out of nowhere! Sideswipe is one of my favorite movie verse guys, but I just can't justify this unfortunately

At least it seems to have the metallic paint the original desperately needed, plus a better weapon.

Very true. it does look better than the other one

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Well, that came out of nowhere! Sideswipe is one of my favorite movie verse guys, but I just can't justify this unfortunately

At least it seems to have the metallic paint the original desperately needed, plus a better weapon.

Very true. it does look better than the other one

But not nearly as good as Darksteel

Both Darksteel (aka Talon ) and Sidearm Sideswipe look way better then what Takara is spinning off here. Way too little way to late it seems.

Now that's a surprise. I'm already happy with my regular DotM Sideswipe (but could never find Darksteel...), so I have no immediate need for him. I will say that release fixes a sore point of the original.

The Legion version was a wayyyy better figure.

"Hey, guys! I finally got my finish done for the new movie."

*wind whistles*

"...guys?"

Shuttershock wrote:"Hey, guys! I finally got my finish done for the new movie."

*wind whistles*

"...guys?"

Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?

I like the deco but I still prefer Sidearm Sideswipe - I actually rather like the G2 like the Blue Sidearm Sideswipe that is covered in sponsor logos too. The FAB repaint is quite a nice colour too.

I was always a little disappointed in the Human Alliance - I think the gimmick harmed the toy more than most on that one.

With all this propensity for Retooling I kinda wish they'd do that to Voyager Ratchet he's not terrible but a few tweaks would help him a fair bit - even changes to the arms and weapons or a new head sculpt would be a start.

I guess it won't be to many months before the hype machine for the next Live action Movie and indeed the new animated movie begins again.

I hope they learned so lessons with AOE - such as early Power battlers were less popular than FAB was when taken as a whole - when judged by how many they made compared to how many they had left.

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?

I like the deco but I still prefer Sidearm Sideswipe - I actually rather like the G2 like the Blue Sidearm Sideswipe that is covered in sponsor logos too. The FAB repaint is quite a nice colour too.

I was always a little disappointed in the Human Alliance - I think the gimmick harmed the toy more than most on that one.

With all this propensity for Retooling I kinda wish they'd do that to Voyager Ratchet he's not terrible but a few tweaks would help him a fair bit - even changes to the arms and weapons or a new head sculpt would be a start.

I guess it won't be to many months before the hype machine for the next Live action Movie and indeed the new animated movie begins again.

I hope they learned so lessons with AOE - such as early Power battlers were less popular than FAB was when taken as a whole - when judged by how many they made compared to how many they had left.

I just hope they learn to put more than two domestically available Decepticons out.

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I you know, I actually tried to give Darksteel those guns once, it didnt work, the peg is too short for Vehicle Mode, the springs push it out. And bot mode he had trouble holding onto them with the open hands. Oh well.

Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns.

morphobots wrote:Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns.

But isn't that how the old samurai adage goes? 'The best way to win a sword fight is to use an ak-47 (or similar)'?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

morphobots wrote:Kind of interesting that his blurb says nothing beats a blade, yet he's packing not one, not two, but three guns.

But isn't that how the old samurai adage goes? 'The best way to win a sword fight is to use an ak-47 (or similar)'?

"One skilled with a sword means little to a man who can kill you with a twitch of his finger."

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

REX-203 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

I dont think so since he is an exclusive.

william-james88 wrote:

REX-203 wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

RAR wrote:Does shiny Sideswipe have any sort of wave mate or is he all on his lonesome like ?.

He's an exclusive, in Japan. They are usually standalone releases. What venue is he, anyway? AEON like Wheeljack before him?

I was wondering the same. Will HLJ, Amiami, etc be carrying this?

I dont think so since he is an exclusive.

Ah, ok. Maybe shipping from RK won't be too bad for a smaller item like this. I do like the silver finish over the gray plastic on the DOTM one.

Like the shiny silver. Makes it look far better than the Hasbro version but I skipped that one because Sidearm Sideswipe was just overall much better.

I just realized this looks like the deco for the Takara version we were first shown years ago.

Just wondered as sometimes exclusives ship in pairs. (even 2 products of different sizes) - I just thought I'd ask in case there was some random Voyager I didn't know about too.

Is this item exclusive to RobotKingdom or will it be available elsewhere?

Hey good folk, not sure if we have seen these already, but hey, have a couple of photos courtesy of @gikogakodo/Twitter of the rather silvery redeco of Deluxe Movie Sideswipe.

At least he finally looks good in silver. He looks awesome!

Just cause I found him, wanted to let you guys know I found the power battlers Vehicon, Junkheap, Lockdown, and Snarl at 5-Below today. Bought the vehicon. And they also had Prime Beast Hunters legion predacons too

Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

william-james88 wrote:Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

Wow, super nice........ and super late, by about 4 years

Hellscream9999 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Old news now, but TF Yuki had posted a pic of that new sideswipe that just came out (I think, right?).

Wow, super nice........ and super late, by about 4 years

Actually no, that's the new Movie Advanced silver redeco of DotM Sideswipe. See how it's all shiny compared to this:


Transformers Dark of the Moon Sideswipe Gallery

JelZe, you missunderstood. It's not about the mold itself. It's about having the mold in a proper color scheme from Takara instead of the bleh Hasbro original. It is indeed late by 4 years.

4 years... Wow... That much already?

-Kanrabat- wrote:
4 years... Wow... That much already?

Dont let it make you feel old.

It does make me feel old realizing how long ago this mold was released. and they gave him Crosshairs blaster too

AoE Slog, Hound and Galvatron FINALLY arrived in my local Entertainer in sleepy Horsham...long after I'd lost interest in AoE toys. Great job, Hasbro UK.

Have any of you heard of 2019 film The Fanatic, a film starring John Travolta and directed by Limp Bizkit? While Travolta aimed for a Rain Man type performance, it was more of an embarrassment for everyone involved and has a 16% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, which is a little better than the rating for The Last Knight (15%) but worse than the rating for Age of Extinction (18%). I bring these three films up because they have something in common: Bayverse Grimlock.

In a scene where John Travolta is hiding in his idol's house, under the child's bed, he sees an Age of Extinction Grimlock toy on the floor (looks like Flip and Change Grimlock), reaches out and brings it close to him. Why Limp Bizkit felt the need to put such a spotlight on this specific toy is unclear, as it does not come back in the film.

By all means this is not an endorsement for the film, and I do not recommend anyone to watch it. All you need are the screenshots below. Enjoy.

That was one HELL of a random (but epic) thread necro!

Honestly, this bit of news seems more like it belongs in a bit of trivia from TFWiki than it does a news article. Feels as pointless as using Rotten Tomatoes these days.

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Slow news week huh?

Well, with all that sh!t hitting the fan lately, everyone is grasping at straws to keep our minds off the grim reality...

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Slow news week huh?

These comments are rather insulting. I take my time to write articles for all of us to enjoy.

william-james88 wrote:

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Slow news week huh?

These comments are rather insulting. I take my time to write articles for all of us to enjoy.

Well there is news about concept art from bumblebee, the card game, burning convoy happening...buuuuuuuut I’m sure those will get covered 2 weeks after every other site has covered them like the standard seibertorn news lately. Let’s focus on this obscurity. Should we talk about Nautilator being in The Disaster Artist or was that an already obscure article when that happened?

Randomhero wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Wireless_Phantom wrote:Slow news week huh?

These comments are rather insulting. I take my time to write articles for all of us to enjoy.

Well there is news about concept art from bumblebee, the card game, burning convoy happening...buuuuuuuut I’m sure those will get covered 2 weeks after every other site has covered them like the standard seibertorn news lately. Let’s focus on this obscurity. Should we talk about Nautilator being in The Disaster Artist or was that an already obscure article when that happened?

If you have time to help us write those articles, Randomhero, please write me a PM and I can show you the ropes. Would be glad to have you on our team.

And yes, if someone had sent in about Nautilator, we would have newsed it. We usually news such things.

Age of Extinction toys are pretty cool.The gimmicks are simple,but they really add to the playability of these figures.






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