Transformers Legacy Evolution Wave 1 Found at Canadian Retail + Reviews

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosuty, did the bike Junkion get a name reveal yet?

william-james88 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosuty, did the bike Junkion get a name reveal yet?

Not yet

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosuty, did the bike Junkion get a name reveal yet?

Not yet

In the interview Toys R Russ had a few days ago with members of the design team they mentioned a TF Fan Tuesday (or Friday?) event will be coming "soon". I imagine there will be more RotB Reveals as well as Legacy Evolution Wave 2 (Or Legacy Wave 5 if you prefer).

As far as we know, it will probably have 2 more Core Class Dinobots, & Thundercracker
Deluxe: Junkion #2, Crosscut, & Animated Prowl
Leader: Skyquake

What else? (aside from rereleases?)

Nemesis Primal wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Out of curiosuty, did the bike Junkion get a name reveal yet?

Not yet

In the interview Toys R Russ had a few days ago with members of the design team they mentioned a TF Fan Tuesday (or Friday?) event will be coming "soon". I imagine there will be more RotB Reveals as well as Legacy Evolution Wave 2 (Or Legacy Wave 5 if you prefer).

As far as we know, it will probably have 2 more Core Class Dinobots, & Thundercracker
Deluxe: Junkion #2, Crosscut, & Animated Prowl
Leader: Skyquake

What else? (aside from rereleases?)

Core
Grimlock
Thundercracker
Nemesis Prime

Deluxe
Shrapnel
Animated Prowl
Crosscut
Junkion 2

Voyager
Metalhawk
Twincast

Leader
Prime Skyquake

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'll get the rest soon enough, wave 1 of 2023 should be plentiful at some point.

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'll get the rest soon enough, wave 1 of 2023 should be plentiful at some point.

This is exactly why the only two Evolution figures I've pre-ordered/ordered day before Amazon started shipping, are the Dinobots. Would it be neat to grab Hot Shot or Lio Convoy now? Yeah, but based on the amount of Kickbacks, Drag Strips, and Bulkheads I can see running to Target, I have plenty of time. But a combiner, especially Dinobot combiner, I feel like isn't gonna last long around me, so I might as well pick them up as I see them, instead of trying to find one of them on the aftermarket. Made that mistake with SS AOE Grimlock, and almost made that mistake with both SS86 Grimlock and Slug.

Well, that and I've stopped pre-ordering TFs in general when they're months out and suddenly they've been moved forward to tomorrow. Seriously, I get that the supply chain's messed up, but it's be nice if they would stick with the original ship date, or give you a Pile of Loot system like BBTS has

o.supreme wrote:I pre ordered what I wanted from wave 4, not because I'm in a rush,but because B&M has become so unreliable there are no guarantees. I feel fortunate to have found Motormaster. So many people who want him and we're hoping to see it in stores have lost out.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:I'll get the rest soon enough, wave 1 of 2023 should be plentiful at some point.

This is exactly why the only two Evolution figures I've pre-ordered/ordered day before Amazon started shipping, are the Dinobots. Would it be neat to grab Hot Shot or Lio Convoy now? Yeah, but based on the amount of Kickbacks, Drag Strips, and Bulkheads I can see running to Target, I have plenty of time. But a combiner, especially Dinobot combiner, I feel like isn't gonna last long around me, so I might as well pick them up as I see them, instead of trying to find one of them on the aftermarket. Made that mistake with SS AOE Grimlock, and almost made that mistake with both SS86 Grimlock and Slug.

Well, that and I've stopped pre-ordering TFs in general when they're months out and suddenly they've been moved forward to tomorrow. Seriously, I get that the supply chain's messed up, but it's be nice if they would stick with the original ship date, or give you a Pile of Loot system like BBTS has

I'm trying to give up preorders unless it is something that will for sure be hard to get otherwise.

Do I want them? Yes. do I really want to rush right now? Not really? I'd also like to space them out, I feel like some bots last year did not get the love they deserved because I got a bunch all at once.

Plus, they aren't in stores near here yet. So I know that I will have time. I want those Dinobots too, but I think there will be plenty to find, at least of this wave. I will get more impatient once we get to 5 and 6.

AcademyofDrX wrote:I think all of the Commander Class figures have had restocks?

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Legacy Evolution is still the same line as regular Legacy, right? If so, I dread seeing Wave 1 and nothing else for months to come...

o.supreme wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Legacy Evolution is still the same line as regular Legacy, right? If so, I dread seeing Wave 1 and nothing else for months to come...

Unfortunately there is no clear answer on that. If L:E SKU's the same as L, then yes, it's likely retailers wont carry it. But that was the whole reason Hasbro switched to packaging refresh every year starting with PotP. I mean we could argue that "Prime Wars" and "WFC" were 3 year lines (Well Prime Wars was technically 4 but...), with new packaging each year so that retailers would keep ordering.

Legacy Evolution does have new packaging art, but if it SKU's the same as Legacy, then Hasbro kind of undid what they attempted to fix back in 2018.

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Legacy Evolution is still the same line as regular Legacy, right? If so, I dread seeing Wave 1 and nothing else for months to come...

Unfortunately there is no clear answer on that. If L:E SKU's the same as L, then yes, it's likely retailers wont carry it. But that was the whole reason Hasbro switched to packaging refresh every year starting with PotP. I mean we could argue that "Prime Wars" and "WFC" were 3 year lines (Well Prime Wars was technically 4 but...), with new packaging each year so that retailers would keep ordering.

Legacy Evolution does have new packaging art, but if it SKU's the same as Legacy, then Hasbro kind of undid what they attempted to fix back in 2018.

Did the fix work? If we compare it to Studio Series, for instance, which doesn't have a line refresh, did we see more yearly refreshes of Generations toys or Studio Series toys? The first wave of the various generations lines have been well stocked but beyond that, I don't know (then again, that alone might make it better stocked than SS).

Also, on a different topic, I am rather impressed at how well Motromaster sold. he is sold out practically everywhere in Canada and the US at the moment. I don't know if there is more to come.

M. Spector wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:Legacy Evolution is still the same line as regular Legacy, right? If so, I dread seeing Wave 1 and nothing else for months to come...

Unfortunately there is no clear answer on that. If L:E SKU's the same as L, then yes, it's likely retailers wont carry it. But that was the whole reason Hasbro switched to packaging refresh every year starting with PotP. I mean we could argue that "Prime Wars" and "WFC" were 3 year lines (Well Prime Wars was technically 4 but...), with new packaging each year so that retailers would keep ordering.

Legacy Evolution does have new packaging art, but if it SKU's the same as Legacy, then Hasbro kind of undid what they attempted to fix back in 2018.

Did the fix work? If we compare it to Studio Series, for instance, which doesn't have a line refresh, did we see more yearly refreshes of Generations toys or Studio Series toys? The first wave of the various generations lines have been well stocked but beyond that, I don't know (then again, that alone might make it better stocked than SS).

Also, on a different topic, I am rather impressed at how well Motromaster sold. he is sold out practically everywhere in Canada and the US at the moment. I don't know if there is more to come.

He seems to have done well here too. I never seen a physical copy of him in stores but did however see the barcode/price sticker ON shelves where he should be, so it was likely just ships in the night. Which is a bummer bc I'd been banking on picking him up on sale similar to how I got Sky Lynk and Rowdy Roddy Prime

william-james88 wrote:Yeah same here, I've been able to get all commanders on sale. As of right now, I have missed out on motormaster, but we'll see. The quantities still seem really low, I think not all stock has been alloted yet, especially when the limbs outside of Dragstrip arent even common at retail yet.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Yeah same here, I've been able to get all commanders on sale. As of right now, I have missed out on motormaster, but we'll see. The quantities still seem really low, I think not all stock has been alloted yet, especially when the limbs outside of Dragstrip arent even common at retail yet.

I'm not taking any chances with the Stunticons so I preordered and paid everything at full price. Now if only that sonovabitch Breakdown would REALLY come out already...

Till-all-R1 wrote:I don't recall ever seeing a Commander in stores since 2019, got both Roddy and Motormaster online.

I never saw the Dragstrip sales or I might have gotten him then, originally I was going to just pass on him as I didn't care mush for the character of the looks of the bot. Then it occurred to me I probably should get it for completion sakes. I also planned to get them all on sale but now that seems very unlikely.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:I don't recall ever seeing a Commander in stores since 2019, got both Roddy and Motormaster online.

I never saw the Dragstrip sales or I might have gotten him then, originally I was going to just pass on him as I didn't care mush for the character of the looks of the bot. Then it occurred to me I probably should get it for completion sakes. I also planned to get them all on sale but now that seems very unlikely.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I haven’t ever seen a Commander Class figure in-store.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Sowndwave76 wrote:

Till-all-R1 wrote:I don't recall ever seeing a Commander in stores since 2019, got both Roddy and Motormaster online.

I never saw the Dragstrip sales or I might have gotten him then, originally I was going to just pass on him as I didn't care mush for the character of the looks of the bot. Then it occurred to me I probably should get it for completion sakes. I also planned to get them all on sale but now that seems very unlikely.

Now that I’m thinking about it, I haven’t ever seen a Commander Class figure in-store.

I've seen Jetfire, Sky Lynx and possibly Rodimus Prime at Target and Walmart, but never more than 2 boxes at once.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:From what I'm reading, somebody dropped the ball when it came to the distribution of the Stunticons. I really think they should've been a whole wave onto themselves.

Sowndwave76 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:From what I'm reading, somebody dropped the ball when it came to the distribution of the Stunticons. I really think they should've been a whole wave onto themselves.

I like that idea, until that’s a wave that can’t be found because of distribution issues…
Maybe two in wave 1, Motormaster in wave 2, and the last two in wave 3… I would’ve been really happy with that.
Now, I do think all 3 Insecticons should’ve been released within 9 months in 3 consecutive waves.

ZeroWolf wrote:It would be pretty unlikely unless it was part of an exclusive subline. Hasbro have made it clear they like some diversity amongst alt modes (hence why the early waves of combiner wars wasn't team specific).

o.supreme wrote:Walmart would not have carried Skylinx or RP in store, since they clearanced out Jetfire quickly because they didn't want to carry CC for some reason.

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Walmart carried Rodimus Prime in store. I saw him a couple times.

Nemesis Primal wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:It would be pretty unlikely unless it was part of an exclusive subline. Hasbro have made it clear they like some diversity amongst alt modes (hence why the early waves of combiner wars wasn't team specific).

Not to mention, the Cons getting entire waves to themselves is a rarity, that's a luxury that's typically only given to the good guys. In fact, the last time there was an all-Con Deluxe wave was also in Combiner Wars when the Combaticons hit the scene, and 90% of the time it happens in any other size class it only happens because that wave contains at least some of the 3 most bankable Cons in the franchise (the Legacy rereleases of both Core and Voyager Soundwave, for example).

o.supreme wrote:

TF-fan kev777 wrote:Walmart carried Rodimus Prime in store. I saw him a couple times.

Was that in Canada by chance? If not, they could have been online returns.

Sabrblade wrote:My nearest Walmart never carried any Commander class toys.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:My nearest Walmart never carried any Commander class toys.

I never, ever saw any Commanders at Walmart too. Just online, my local geek store, and at Toys R Us.

Right now, you can still find Rodimus Prime in TrU's brick and mortar stores on clearance at 84$CAN. Strangely, I never saw Motormaster in a TrU store.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:My nearest Walmart never carried any Commander class toys.

I never, ever saw any Commanders at Walmart too. Just online, my local geek store, and at Toys R Us.

Right now, you can still find Rodimus Prime in TrU's brick and mortar stores on clearance at 84$CAN. Strangely, I never saw Motormaster in a TrU store.

Motormaster sold like crazy in Canada. Looks like people were ok with that $140 price.

Sabrblade wrote:At one Target, I did see empty shelf spots reserved for Motormaster, but they were always empty with no Motormasters on the shelf. And now those spots are gone, too.

DeathReviews wrote:Wow. The people who buy Leo Prime, expecting the figure to look as fearsome and impressive as the box art, are in for one WHALE of a disappointment...

DeathReviews wrote:Wow. The people who buy Leo Prime, expecting the figure to look as fearsome and impressive as the box art, are in for one WHALE of a disappointment...

First-Aid wrote:My WalMarts are still on Wave 1 over Legacy. Thank God for online buying.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Wow. The people who buy Leo Prime, expecting the figure to look as fearsome and impressive as the box art, are in for one WHALE of a disappointment...

Isn't that the rule for 99% of the transformers ever released?

Sowndwave76 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

DeathReviews wrote:Wow. The people who buy Leo Prime, expecting the figure to look as fearsome and impressive as the box art, are in for one WHALE of a disappointment...

Isn't that the rule for 99% of the transformers ever released?

Maybe, but not to this extreme…
Most artwork stays pretty close to the actual figure designs, maybe hiding hollowness/gaps…
But that Leo artwork is a fully organic-looking lion, appearing like something from a movie or tv show…
And in comparison, that figure is nowhere even close.