Transformers Kingdom Red Alert Confirmed as Walgreens Exclusive

Yay! More exclusives!

william-james88 wrote:@O.Supreme, I read your comment on wondering where this ark came from, like if it was sent by Hasbro. I am really puzzled by it myself. The product is not stolen, pretty certain of that, since we see the box and the youtube video has all the hashtags for Hasbro. But they don't thank Hasbro much either. The site this is based in is Singapore and they do tend to get stuff early, so that's the theory I am going with. We are technically just 1 month away from the release date, so since product is sent to NA by boat, it would make sense that Asia already has it and the copies destined for us are currently making their way by sea.

Showing up in Singapore makes complete sense. Thank you. I never would have guessed the video originated from there. Good to know.

On the downside, wonderful. Another exclusive.
On the other, Walgreens seems to be less of a botchfest in distribution than the other companies, including Pulse.

Maybe HasTek just needs to go the manufacture to demand route that works for other collectible toys. Or just put Walgreens in charge.

Walgreens exclusives don't really bother me as much as others, because even though we don't have Walgreens in my country their exclusives usually aren't that hard to get hold of, Ratchet being the one exception in my experience. There's a good number of Bluestreaks on ebay for acceptable prices, and I don't imagine Red Alert will sell out within seconds of being announced like some of the Target exclusives did.
That being said I'll likely pass on Red Alert, because I'm picky about colour balance on my collection displays, and between Ratchet, Wheeljack, Prowl, Arcee and Ultra Magnus there's too much white on my G1 Autobot shelf already.

Me last year: WfC Siege is the best single year product line since G1.
Me this year: I wish I'd never bought any Cybertronian figures, I had no idea I'd be re-buying all of them so soon.

Maybe it's finally time to make an eBay seller account.

AcademyofDrX wrote:Me last year: WfC Siege is the best single year product line since G1.
Me this year: I wish I'd never bought any Cybertronian figures, I had no idea I'd be re-buying all of them so soon.

Maybe it's finally time to make an eBay seller account.

Unfotunately eBay seems to want to make selling a little more difficult. They are revising their sellers requirements and want me to enter my back account info directly with them instead of using my Paypal account. I'm looking into whether there are any ways around that. I do not want them having access to my account directly and would prefer to use Paypal as a buffer.

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

Now that said...Hasbro Pulse selling a small portion of exclusives will be most helpful. Honestly, that's probably going to be my first stop rather than through Walgreen's directly.

WeatherManNX01 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

Now that said...Hasbro Pulse selling a small portion of exclusives will be most helpful. Honestly, that's probably going to be my first stop rather than through Walgreen's directly.

For you, he was hard to get but not for everyone. I've not had a single problem getting Walgreens exclusives and my local Walgreens still has a Bluestreak on the shelf that has been there for several months.

I personally have had no issues finding the Walgreens exclusives. In fact my kids tease it's the "only" toys I'm good at finding . That little black dot in the middle of Northern CA shows I have plenty of stores in my area, but there are a lot more on the East Coast then I thought. But unlike Walmart or Target (where reports usually *with rare exceptions* come from the east coast First), Walgreens usually goes west to east.

Unlike AronJ. I don't have any ER Bluestreaks currently in the stores in my area, (in fact, there really isn't much of any Generations, just a few 1 step Cyberverse, and the budget Generations TF that come in boxes (can't remember their name)) but it was fairly easy to get when it initially came out. The Clone 2-pack sat around for almost a year. But I am 5/5 in finding Walgreens exclusives, I hope to keep that perfect streak going later this year.

For what it's worth, there are Bluestreaks sitting around at at least three of the Walgreens in my area. I live in Mississippi, for reference.

I find it strange that we have a bran new character and bran new design in Titan class and all you guys pay attention to are the puny retools and repaints of the Lambo design and Road Rage.
Anyways......THe Arc (Last Autobot) is amazing in concept for Titan class but i think in this case it was lazily executed by Hasbro. Short cuts were made here. The transformation is fine but since there is no third mode i feel they could have spent a little more effort into refining the robot mode. Collapsing leg and forearm panels for example. Maybe better articulated hands instead of a static sculpt. Some head articulation maybe. Gap fillers for Arc mode to hide those massive chunks of missing ship.
I mean.....the Arc is alright i suppose but they should have applied themselves a little more here on this release. It's the Ark for crying out loud. Its a pretty significant piece of TF history. At that price point i would have liked to see better engineering. I'm shocked they included ankle tilt in the design, i'll give it that much.

MGrotusque wrote:I find it strange that we have a bran new character and bran new design in Titan class and all you guys pay attention to are the puny retools and repaints of the Lambo design and Road Rage.
Anyways......THe Arc (Last Autobot) is amazing in concept for Titan class but i think in this case it was lazily executed by Hasbro. Short cuts were made here. The transformation is fine but since there is no third mode i feel they could have spent a little more effort into refining the robot mode. Collapsing leg and forearm panels for example. Maybe better articulated hands instead of a static sculpt. Some head articulation maybe. Gap fillers for Arc mode to hide those massive chunks of missing ship.
I mean.....the Arc is alright i suppose but they should have applied themselves a little more here on this release. It's the Ark for crying out loud. Its a pretty significant piece of TF history. At that price point i would have liked to see better engineering. I'm shocked they included ankle tilt in the design, i'll give it that much.

I am all about Titans. The Video that dropped yesterday was even newsed' in this thread. The only problem is, there isn't much to discuss until it hits mass retail. Pretty much everything you stated in your post above has already been said many times over. Also you may want to cut back on the bran...

Beyond the novelty of having a Titan that turns into the Ark, I didn't see much in the video to tempt me. It's true they seem to have scaled back on the engineering, all those gaps are a disappointment. But I expect 3rd party companies will likely supply 'upgrade kits' which may well fix all of those issues, along with maybe articulated hands and a different head...

Honestly, I don't care much for 3P at all. But the recent Shockwave that transforms into The Revenge, is a lot more impressive than this Ark figure.

o.supreme wrote:

MGrotusque wrote:I find it strange that we have a bran new character and bran new design in Titan class and all you guys pay attention to are the puny retools and repaints of the Lambo design and Road Rage.
Anyways......THe Arc (Last Autobot) is amazing in concept for Titan class but i think in this case it was lazily executed by Hasbro. Short cuts were made here. The transformation is fine but since there is no third mode i feel they could have spent a little more effort into refining the robot mode. Collapsing leg and forearm panels for example. Maybe better articulated hands instead of a static sculpt. Some head articulation maybe. Gap fillers for Arc mode to hide those massive chunks of missing ship.
I mean.....the Arc is alright i suppose but they should have applied themselves a little more here on this release. It's the Ark for crying out loud. Its a pretty significant piece of TF history. At that price point i would have liked to see better engineering. I'm shocked they included ankle tilt in the design, i'll give it that much.

I am all about Titans. The Video that dropped yesterday was even newsed' in this thread. The only problem is, there isn't much to discuss until it hits mass retail. Pretty much everything you stated in your post above has already been said many times over. Also you may want to cut back on the bran...

Maybe cut back on "the Arc", too.

aronjlove wrote:

WeatherManNX01 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

Now that said...Hasbro Pulse selling a small portion of exclusives will be most helpful. Honestly, that's probably going to be my first stop rather than through Walgreen's directly.

For you, he was hard to get but not for everyone. I've not had a single problem getting Walgreens exclusives and my local Walgreens still has a Bluestreak on the shelf that has been there for several months.

I'd say it's been close to a 50/50 mix, which is still substantial.
I have multiple Walgreens I've checked; two in my city, and one near where I work. Nothing.
Never saw one, and TF haven't been stocked well period.
I haven't check in a long, long time, but SGMLordMirage found me one about 3 hours from here.

Aronj, I think you also need to realize that your area has been well-stocked in general.
You had a little trouble finding the Seeker 2-pack from Target, but since then, you've been one of the first people to find a lot of figures in-store.

I would like to get this version of Red Alert, but it may have to be online... I've lost a lot of faith in the stores in my area.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

WeatherManNX01 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

Now that said...Hasbro Pulse selling a small portion of exclusives will be most helpful. Honestly, that's probably going to be my first stop rather than through Walgreen's directly.

For you, he was hard to get but not for everyone. I've not had a single problem getting Walgreens exclusives and my local Walgreens still has a Bluestreak on the shelf that has been there for several months.

I'd say it's been close to a 50/50 mix, which is still substantial.
I have multiple Walgreens I've checked; two in my city, and one near where I work. Nothing.
Never saw one, and TF haven't been stocked well period.
I haven't check in a long, long time, but SGMLordMirage found me one about 3 hours from here.

Aronj, I think you also need to realize that your area has been well-stocked in general.
You had a little trouble finding the Seeker 2-pack from Target, but since then, you've been one of the first people to find a lot of figures in-store.

I would like to get this version of Red Alert, but it may have to be online... I've lost a lot of faith in the stores in my area.

Barring that, you could always lean on one of the members here. I've found extras of every one of the Walgreens exclusives except Ratchet, and that's counting when I wasn't even collecting Generations.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

aronjlove wrote:

WeatherManNX01 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

Now that said...Hasbro Pulse selling a small portion of exclusives will be most helpful. Honestly, that's probably going to be my first stop rather than through Walgreen's directly.

For you, he was hard to get but not for everyone. I've not had a single problem getting Walgreens exclusives and my local Walgreens still has a Bluestreak on the shelf that has been there for several months.

I'd say it's been close to a 50/50 mix, which is still substantial.
I have multiple Walgreens I've checked; two in my city, and one near where I work. Nothing.
Never saw one, and TF haven't been stocked well period.
I haven't check in a long, long time, but SGMLordMirage found me one about 3 hours from here.

Aronj, I think you also need to realize that your area has been well-stocked in general.
You had a little trouble finding the Seeker 2-pack from Target, but since then, you've been one of the first people to find a lot of figures in-store.

I would like to get this version of Red Alert, but it may have to be online... I've lost a lot of faith in the stores in my area.

This is true. Even going back to Siege I saw the Rainmakers and the Micromaster 10-pack several times in-store. A benefit I guess of living in one of the fastest-growing cities in the US.

Funny you should mention them, as many months later, I've actually seen Rainmaker sets readily available now.

Honestly, I'm 50/50 on if this Road Rage is legit or not. The colors and such look great (arguably too great because she has more details picked out than Tracks), but the head feels... Off. Like it's not as clearly photoshopped as the Grimlock "leak", but the face proportions don't really match the helmet proportions. As a counterpoint though, the head doesn't match up perfectly with the MP sculpt and is distinct from Tracks' sculpt.

I don't know. Hoping this Road Rage leak is real, but after Devcon and Grimlock, I'm not putting much faith into it. If she is real and not Redcard exclusive, I'll buy a couple. One for Road Rage, and another for customizing

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Funny you should mention them, as many months later, I've actually seen Rainmaker sets readily available now.

I kick myself regularly for not picking them up when I saw them as I now have a pre-order in with BBTS for them. I'm guessing Hasbro might have found a batch in a warehouse somewhere.

For Walgreens in particular, it helps a little if you know how they stock things. I've found 2 things help me try and track down the exclusives. First, Walgreens is weird in that they only receive a couple figures for each store in the red bins along with everything else for that particular aisle and do not receive full cases. Second, at least in may area their toy stock moves SLOW!

So what you want to do is find a store that is pretty much out of WFC deluxe figures right before the exclusive is about to hit and start stalking that store. Also, don't give up. Remember my second point above, they move product SLOW.

When I first started looking for ER Bluestreak last October, one of my local stores still had 6 late wave Siege figures on the shelf, so I completely ignored that store. Last week I needed something so I decided to take a look. There was still a Siege Barricade on the shelf with 2 ER Bluestreaks. I'm betting the Siege Barricade has been sitting there since October. That store ended up getting their 2 Bluestreaks, possibly back in October, but had too many other bots on the shelf to put them out until more recently.

So, to summarize, stalk out your local Walgreens ahead of when they are expected and find the one near you that appears to be low on product, that one may be your best bet.

aronjlove wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Funny you should mention them, as many months later, I've actually seen Rainmaker sets readily available now.

I kick myself regularly for not picking them up when I saw them as I now have a pre-order in with BBTS for them. I'm guessing Hasbro might have found a batch in a warehouse somewhere.

It took me a long time to source them for friends on their initial release. Even then I could only find one. Then, just like that, Hasbro are like "here you go!".

Since UPS stole my orders, I'm hoping for the Ratchet/Lifeline set to receive a similar sudden availability.

Probably getting way too OT here, but yeah, TF-fan kev777 , brings up some good points. In my city I have what I call "The Rectanle". The most direct Walgreens from my home is exactly 2 miles South. Then if I go east on the main Blvd I'll run into a 2nd store another 2 miles from that. Then if I go directly North from that corner, there is a 3rd store 2 miles from that, then I just head west, 2 miles back home. An 8 mile round trip, but once sightings are confirmed, I'm all but guaranteed to find one at one of these 3 locations.

2016- TR Brainstorm sighted 2 times, but never bought (didn't want for my collection)
2017- TR Clones 2-pack -Bought several for myself, and assisted other fans, saw them up to a year after.
2018 PotP Wreck-Gar -saw only once and purchased for myself
2019 Ratchet- Saw only once and purchased for an EMT friend
2020 Bluestreak- Saw once, and purchased for a friend.

I checked the stores around me some time ago. One had a couple ER Airwaves, the others had NO WFC toys at all. I wonder if the Red Alert exclusive is the ONLY Kingdom toy they will be getting this year?

I look forward to this

Gaps or no gaps, I pre-ordered my Ark for 60$can less than regular retail. So I'll gladly buy a 60-70$can upgrade kit if they make one.

o.supreme wrote:Probably getting way too OT here, but yeah, TF-fan kev777 , brings up some good points. In my city I have what I call "The Rectanle". The most direct Walgreens from my home is exactly 2 miles South. Then if I go east on the main Blvd I'll run into a 2nd store another 2 miles from that. Then if I go directly North from that corner, there is a 3rd store 2 miles from that, then I just head west, 2 miles back home. An 8 mile round trip, but once sightings are confirmed, I'm all but guaranteed to find one at one of these 3 locations.

2016- TR Brainstorm sighted 2 times, but never bought (didn't want for my collection)
2017- TR Clones 2-pack -Bought several for myself, and assisted other fans, saw them up to a year after.
2018 PotP Wreck-Gar -saw only once and purchased for myself
2019 Ratchet- Saw only once and purchased for an EMT friend
2020 Bluestreak- Saw once, and purchased for a friend.

I checked the stores around me some time ago. One had a couple ER Airwaves, the others had NO WFC toys at all. I wonder if the Red Alert exclusive is the ONLY Kingdom toy they will be getting this year?

I have something similar with Walmart and Target, and the first Target of the trip is where I found Kingdom Rhinox. And that must have been a crazy fluke as I have not seen another Rhinox since then and I've made a couple of trips to Target for summer clothes recently.

On another note, I have the Ark pre-ordered on Amazon and I have actually almost paid it off. What I do when I pre-order through them is apply gift cards to the order as I can. I do monthly Subscribe & Save for household supplies so I always have a gift card balance to pay for orders. When the month ends I have been applying the balance to one of my Transformer pre-orders. I understand people's complaints but this will be my second Titan and it is sorta poetic my first Autobot Titan is the Ark.

o.supreme wrote:2016- TR Brainstorm sighted 2 times, but never bought (didn't want for my collection)
2017- TR Clones 2-pack -Bought several for myself, and assisted other fans, saw them up to a year after.
2018 PotP Wreck-Gar -saw only once and purchased for myself

Oh man, you just reminded me how mixed up Walgreens used to get. When I bought my PotP Wreck Gar, he was on the shelf with a set of clones and a Brainstorm.

jtanimator wrote: And aside from the many hollow parts and lack of weapons, the most unforgivable thing about his design for me is his FACE. I just don’t understand why they would give him that dumb face.

Someone may have mentioned it, but I'm pretty sure the face was based on The Last Autobot's face from the Marvel comics.

Nevermind, definitely already mentioned!

I just want an upgrade kit for the Ark that includes new hand, and a new head to turn it into.....Titan Class Auntie!

Mainframe is Teletraan-1, and since Auntie is the Ark's operating system AI, why not make her the robot mode head?

aronjlove wrote:

o.supreme wrote:On another note, I have the Ark pre-ordered on Amazon and I have actually almost paid it off. What I do when I pre-order through them is apply gift cards to the order as I can. I do monthly Subscribe & Save for household supplies so I always have a gift card balance to pay for orders. When the month ends I have been applying the balance to one of my Transformer pre-orders. I understand people's complaints but this will be my second Titan and it is sorta poetic my first Autobot Titan is the Ark.

That's smart...I like that. I use Bing search which gets me points that I've been able to redeem for Target gift cards. Nice to buy expensive figures without having to break your budget...feels kind of like cheating! lol

Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

WeatherManNX01 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find.

Easy to find? What are you smoking? Bluestreak was a royal pain in the ass to get a hold of last year. I was lucky to have gotten an order in in the 30 seconds he was available online, and I never saw it in-store.

On average, Walgrrens exclusives have been easier to find in stores than any other store exclusives, even easier than mainline toys. You can be an exception to that, but that doesnt make the statement false. Also, Walgreens exclusives being more readily available means their prices on the secondary market are more manageable along with the added ability for someone within the community to help you out.

Since they only get 1 exclusive per year to coincide with the holliday season, I also think they make more of that exclusive than a particular mainline release to satisfy the demand of that season. People still seeing Bkuestreaks is a testament to demand met in that area.

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

The head is visible right there in the picture.

Prowl's Bluestreak head wasn't a secret, it too was visible in its initial pictures.

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

The head is visible right there in the picture.

Prowl's Bluestreak head wasn't a secret, it too was visible in its initial pictures.

Whispers...it's a digibash...

*and yes it probably is just gonna be a lazy earthmode sideswipe repaint, with the unused Twrecks head...

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

The head is visible right there in the picture.

Prowl's Bluestreak head wasn't a secret, it too was visible in its initial pictures.

That picture wasn't a digibash? Or was it Hasbro's digibash?

sol magnus wrote:That picture wasn't a digibash? Or was it Hasbro's digibash?

It's a digibash, I think some miscommunication happened along the way.
On the topic of official Digibashes, I think the only one we've had is Black Zarak's right?

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

The head is visible right there in the picture.

Don't know who you are talking about but if it's kingdom red alert, there is no actual pic of him yet.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

sol magnus wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Interesting on Red alert, hopefully it will have the shoulder wheels and not be ugly like the siege version. Definitely going to consider replacing the siege guy if its good enough or I'll stick with hiding the one I have behind other figures :/

It'll just be a recolour of the recently revealed Earth Mode Sideswipe.

Minus the different headsculpt.

Unless they pull a Prowl (which I admit is unlikely, yet possible).

The head is visible right there in the picture.

Don't know who you are talking about but if it's kingdom red alert, there is no actual pic of him yet.

So the picture you posted in the News post is not Kingdom Red Alert?

william-james88 wrote:After we finally saw the earth mode for the WFC lambo mold yesterday, people wondered which next lambro we would get sporting this retooled mold. Well, the answer is Red Alert. Fellow Seibertronian JTPrime 17 found this listing from Walgreens for a solid case of this upcoming deluxe. This means that it will be Walgreens' exclusive Transformer toy this year. As with previous years, it should be rather easy to find, though it will be more readily available nearing the holiday season, as has been the case with all previous Walgreens exclusives. Below is the listing along with a digibash to give you an idea of what to expect.

Tra Gen WFC K deluxe “Red White Emergency Lamborghini”
Product Number: F1625
Release: August 2021
Walgreens Exclusive in the U.S.
Solid cases of 8

What is he then ?

That's a digibash of an approximation of what a fan thinks Red Alert will look like

Last sentence of the paragraph clears it up.

william-james88 wrote: Below is the listing along with a digibash to give you an idea of what to expect.

Tra Gen WFC K deluxe “Red White Emergency Lamborghini”
Product Number: F1625
Release: August 2021
Walgreens Exclusive in the U.S.
Solid cases of 8

ZeroWolf wrote:That's a digibash of an approximation of what a fan thinks Red Alert will look like

Ahh, failed to see that line.

Can't imagine he'd look very different to that though.

Thanks.

This is why fan digibashes should be excluded from news posts. They always lead to just such misunderstandings.

Sabrblade wrote:This is why fan digibashes should be excluded from news posts. They always lead to just such misunderstandings.

I agree.

While I don't think you're wrong, I read the entire post, which lead to the question of digibashes after my admittedly (hopefully) longshot fear of them pulling a Prowl. But we'll see either way.

I'm reminded of the Blaster digibash from Siege Soundwave that even confused our webmaster Seibertron himself.

I think the difference with the head situation here vs ER Prowl is that on the ER Datsun mold, they only had budget for two head toolings on the mold, so they did Smokescreen's (which they also used for Barricade), and Bluestreak's (which they also used for Prowl). In this case, they not only have the budget for a Red Alert head because that's the only other head than Sideswipes that the mold uses, but also they already have the Red Alert head molded because this Kingdom Earth Lambo remold is still using all the non-vehicle mode parts from the Siege mold.

Of course, there's still a possibility of Hasbro pulling a T-Wrecks again with Red Alert, but I'm really not expecting that bad of a screwup twice in this close of succession.