Velocitron Cosmos is Being Shipped in Solid Cases to Retailers + Video Review

Emerje wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:Stores in the UK are getting solid cases of Cosmos while he's practically a unicorn in the US. Awesome...

And he's being left on the shelves by those who have the previous cosmos... Well at least in my case.

Hopefully with the amount of people that have the previous cosmos that don't want this version should make it easier to get gor those that do.


Wouldn't be surprised if smyths doesnt stock black Scourge if they are already reducing legacy g2 prime.

A lot of the people in the US that don't want them will buy them anyway and sell them on eBay for 3x the price and probably get it.

Emerje

Hopefully people in the US might trade a Siege Phantomstrike set for a Cosmos them then if it goes crazy prices It's crap if aany regions get screwed out of getting a toy easier than others.

What's with the photo?

Nothing wrong with the photos. It's trying to depict the existence of Case Allotments that only have nothing but Cosmos in them.

Walmart Canada do not do pre-orders online or off afaik. So I can only hope I can find it at retail (the 2 near me are utter crap, I couldn't find anything worth buying since 2017~18) and not get scalped. But if historic trends hold, it's almost ALWAYS the latter and I won't be getting Velocitron Cosmos.

cloudballoon wrote:Nothing wrong with the photos. It's trying to depict the existence of Case Allotments that only have nothing but Cosmos in them.

Walmart Canada do not do pre-orders online or off afaik. So I can only hope I can find it at retail (the 2 near me are utter crap, I couldn't find anything worth buying since 2017~18) and not get scalped. But if historic trends hold, it's almost ALWAYS the latter and I won't be getting Velocitron Cosmos.

Walmart Canada does do preorders. I preirdered Cosmos off them. He is out of stock now but others are available for pre-order

cloudballoon wrote:Nothing wrong with the photos. It's trying to depict the existence of Case Allotments that only have nothing but Cosmos in them.

Walmart Canada do not do pre-orders online or off afaik. So I can only hope I can find it at retail (the 2 near me are utter crap, I couldn't find anything worth buying since 2017~18) and not get scalped. But if historic trends hold, it's almost ALWAYS the latter and I won't be getting Velocitron Cosmos.

Ok. I was just confused what a pattern of several cosmoses could represent...

william-james88 wrote:Walmart Canada does do preorders. I preirdered Cosmos off them. He is out of stock now but others are available for pre-order

Walmart Canada never have anything available for me for preorder. It's broken for me somehow. Like, EVERYTHING is "Not available online" for the first 3 rows, then nothing loads afterward. Clicking on the "next" page load the same things as the first page. Everytime, Everyday. So I jsut assume it's for show (to know that it's in store) and not for pre-order. Does any of the items listed in the image below is available for you william-james88? If so, something weird is going on for me.

cloudballoon wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Walmart Canada does do preorders. I preirdered Cosmos off them. He is out of stock now but others are available for pre-order

Walmart Canada never have anything available for me for preorder. It's broken for me somehow. Like, EVERYTHING is "Not available online" for the first 3 rows, then nothing loads afterward. Clicking on the "next" page load the same things as the first page. Everytime, Everyday. So I jsut assume it's for show (to know that it's in store) and not for pre-order. Does any of the items listed in the image below is available for you william-james88? If so, something weird is going on for me.

Yes, there is indeed something odd going on on your end. I am able to pre-order those toys.

Thanks william-james88 for the screenshot. I'll go check with Walmart Canada to see what's wrong...

cloudballoon wrote:Thanks william-james88 for the screenshot. I'll go check with Walmart Canada to see what's wrong...

Is it a region thing?
If you have an active VPN, maybe it screw things over.

-Kanrabat- wrote:If you have an active VPN, maybe it screw things over.

It IS because of VPN! Thanks for the solution!

cloudballoon wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:If you have an active VPN, maybe it screw things over.

It IS because of VPN! Thanks for the solution!

Oh-OH!
I guessed right!
VPN users, take note.

On the same subject, often the add-block disrupt some site functions like preventing essential windows or buttons to appear. It's designed this way on purpose. So just deactivate your add-block for that site. That is, if the site is not a pirate/porn site, or anything shady of course.

The hunt is ON! For anyone in the US who was not able to preorder a Cosmos, he has been found at a US Walmart. The Valley View Walmart in Virginia to be exact. Below is an image of the case Wreckgar39 found, confirming the case contents. They also found leader class Scourge and both sighitngs were posted on the TFW2005 boards.

In Canada, the voyagers were found. It was said that the case content was 2 Overrides and 1 Hauler. The voyagers were found in Ontario by a few Canadians and the specific sighting in the picture below was poste by Renegade Decepticon.

ONE Hauler and TWO Overrides per cases. Yet there is no Override preorders on Walmart.ca.

william-james88 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:So, even though I had to wait a few days to place the order, between Walmart.com and Pulse I was able to get all the Velocitron figures except for Cosmos. According to the interview, my only chance to get one in a reasonable length of time will involve money and/or violence for the sake of violence.

You can still
A) find him in stores
B) cancel your pre-orders and just buy a case from Robot Kingdom (that's what a friend of mine did)

A) Due to being a Union Controlled city, NYC does NOT allow Walmart to do business. If it did I'd be far happier and poorer.

B) Back in the day I used to do a lot of business with Robot Kingdom but I discovered their prices were comparable to BBTS and 2-day Fed Ex shipping. Since there are still shipping issues from overseas it really doesn't pay. Also, between Walmart.com and Pulse I got everyone else.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I hope Powerglide is next. PotP Beachcomber is good enough for now.

Same here, because I too already have Beachcomber and Seaspray. And I'm torn on getting Powerglide or waiting for an update.

Then I jut have to wait for a proper G1 Hound and I should be good.

We are providing an update to our original article, found below. After we posted it, TF fan Josh reported to us on Facebook that both the leader class and voyager class Velocitron toys were also found in Georgia. It is his image that you see in the thumbnail. This means that the entire line has been found in the US. Walmart is currently in the middle of a back to school reset (as is Target) so while many stores may have them, they may not have the time to put them up yet or are waiting for the proper time coinciding with their reset plans.

The hunt is ON! For anyone in the US who was not able to preorder a Cosmos, he has been found at a US Walmart. The Valley View Walmart in Virginia to be exact. Below is an image of the case Wreckgar39 found, confirming the case contents. They also found leader class Scourge and both sighitngs were posted on the TFW2005 boards.

In Canada, the voyagers were found. It was said that the case content was 2 Overrides and 1 Hauler. The voyagers were found in Ontario by a few Canadians and the specific sighting in the picture below was poste by Renegade Decepticon.





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Till-all-R1 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:I hope Powerglide is next. PotP Beachcomber is good enough for now.

Same here, because I too already have Beachcomber and Seaspray. And I'm torn on getting Powerglide or waiting for an update.

Then I jut have to wait for a proper G1 Hound and I should be good.

I like how classics hound looks, and he has ankle tilt. I also have a POTP Neachcomber in hand, and I'll never replace him. (Probably not even if the slider breaks)

Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

NO! Who would want him for that much!

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I don't understand why try scalp something like that. I know it's a Walmart exclusive in the states but at least in the UK and, I'm guessing a good portion of Europe, there's a number of retailers who will be carrying them. Smyths have got them now (we've already had restocks of Override and Hauler) and IndemandToys have said they'll have them if they haven't already.
I expect there's going to be quite a decent amount of stock if they're able to get them to a number of UK retailers and the JP releases will likely be like the Netflix stuff which ended up showing on a lot of JP goods stores online.
He may be a challenge to get now, especially from what I hear about Walmarts seemingly poor store distribution but give it a bit and he should be relatively easy to get, surely?
But I guess scalpers are going to scalp and try take advantage of new product just to get that early profit before it becomes easy to get.
Also, while it'll probably come out as a slight repaint or with different accessories in a multipack, I doubt they're going to lock Cosmos behind that exclusive line for good. A lot of people have waited a while for a good new Cosmos it'd make no sense (plus gotta get that mold usage up to make up for the cost of a new mold being made in the first place)

CyclonusG1 wrote:I don't understand why try scalp something like that. I know it's a Walmart exclusive in the states but at least in the UK and, I'm guessing a good portion of Europe, there's a number of retailers who will be carrying them. Smyths have got them now (we've already had restocks of Override and Hauler) and IndemandToys have said they'll have them if they haven't already.
I expect there's going to be quite a decent amount of stock if they're able to get them to a number of UK retailers and the JP releases will likely be like the Netflix stuff which ended up showing on a lot of JP goods stores online.
He may be a challenge to get now, especially from what I hear about Walmarts seemingly poor store distribution but give it a bit and he should be relatively easy to get, surely?
But I guess scalpers are going to scalp and try take advantage of new product just to get that early profit before it becomes easy to get.
Also, while it'll probably come out as a slight repaint or with different accessories in a multipack, I doubt they're going to lock Cosmos behind that exclusive line for good. A lot of people have waited a while for a good new Cosmos it'd make no sense (plus gotta get that mold usage up to make up for the cost of a new mold being made in the first place)

Pretty much this ^

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

I've learned to be patient. Most things end up in my area at one point or another. Been hunting today but nothing yet. I'm thinking by the first week of the month I should start seeing new stuff like this.

Starseeker wrote:I've learned to be patient. Most things end up in my area at one point or another. Been hunting today but nothing yet. I'm thinking by the first week of the month I should start seeing new stuff like this.

Legacy took forever to finally get to my Walmart, I'm used to distribution b÷ingredients slow. (But hey I live in ths U.S. so like?)

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Possibly, but in this case it's nothing like Origin Bee where it's very niche and only seen in one Episode while Cosmos was in several episodes. So I'm not expecting to be quite as abundant as Bee was towards the end, though I do hope I'm able to find it easier than it is to get a Walgreens Exclusive!

The fortunate aspect of Cosmos is that there shouldn't be any vehicle licensing to worry about so the odds of him being reissued are good.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I wouldn't compare this to Origin Bee. For a lot of us Walmart didn't restock the Netflix lines after the initial stock so if you missed the popular figures you never saw them. Then there was all the Walmart.com cancelations that just compounded the issue. Smyth's might be getting full cases of Cosmos but it's unlikely Walmart will since they're the ones that wanted him at one per case in the first place. Unfortunately scalpers might be the best way to get him for a lot of people just like Netflix Bumblebee. We'll see, but considering how quickly the Legacy beasts are selling out I'm not particularly optimistic, not in my area anyway.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I wouldn't compare this to Origin Bee. For a lot of us Walmart didn't restock the Netflix lines after the initial stock so if you missed the popular figures you never saw them. Then there was all the Walmart.com cancelations that just compounded the issue. Smyth's might be getting full cases of Cosmos but it's unlikely Walmart will since they're the ones that wanted him at one per case in the first place. Unfortunately scalpers might be the best way to get him for a lot of people just like Netflix Bumblebee. We'll see, but considering how quickly the Legacy beasts are selling out I'm not particularly optimistic, not in my area anyway.

Emerje

I did stop by a couple Walmarts today, one of them got a case of Scourge and a case of Override, so they are getting case packs of specific figures. Only time will tell if we see cases of Cosmos come in. Also those Legacy Beasts arnt selling out where I'm at.

grimdragon2001 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I wouldn't compare this to Origin Bee. For a lot of us Walmart didn't restock the Netflix lines after the initial stock so if you missed the popular figures you never saw them. Then there was all the Walmart.com cancelations that just compounded the issue. Smyth's might be getting full cases of Cosmos but it's unlikely Walmart will since they're the ones that wanted him at one per case in the first place. Unfortunately scalpers might be the best way to get him for a lot of people just like Netflix Bumblebee. We'll see, but considering how quickly the Legacy beasts are selling out I'm not particularly optimistic, not in my area anyway.

Emerje

I did stop by a couple Walmarts today, one of them got a case of Scourge and a case of Override, so they are getting case packs of specific figures. Only time will tell if we see cases of Cosmos come in. Also those Legacy Beasts arnt selling out where I'm at.

Scourge is the only leader so he would be a solid case. Are there mixed cases of Override and Hauler?

In my area the Legacy beasts sell out in about a week after stocking, my local Walmart has restocked 2 times from being completely sold out, there's currently just one Nightprowler and one Sandstorm.

Emerje

not sure if there are mixed cases for the voyagers, but I did get a look at the shipping box for the Override case and it does specifically say Voyager Override on it

Emerje wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I wouldn't compare this to Origin Bee. For a lot of us Walmart didn't restock the Netflix lines after the initial stock so if you missed the popular figures you never saw them. Then there was all the Walmart.com cancelations that just compounded the issue. Smyth's might be getting full cases of Cosmos but it's unlikely Walmart will since they're the ones that wanted him at one per case in the first place. Unfortunately scalpers might be the best way to get him for a lot of people just like Netflix Bumblebee. We'll see, but considering how quickly the Legacy beasts are selling out I'm not particularly optimistic, not in my area anyway.

Emerje

I did stop by a couple Walmarts today, one of them got a case of Scourge and a case of Override, so they are getting case packs of specific figures. Only time will tell if we see cases of Cosmos come in. Also those Legacy Beasts arnt selling out where I'm at.

Scourge is the only leader so he would be a solid case. Are there mixed cases of Override and Hauler?

In my area the Legacy beasts sell out in about a week after stocking, my local Walmart has restocked 2 times from being completely sold out, there's currently just one Nightprowler and one Sandstorm.

Emerje

Wow, never realised how the Legacy beasts sell out so quickly over in the US. Here, I see them at work all of the time. We barely seem to be able to get rid of them!

CyclonusG1 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

NeonPrime wrote:Cosmos just listed on eBay for $60 + $11.60 shipping for anyone interested

A normal retail toy that will be available like the plague sooner or later like Origin Bee...

Scalpers can shove it where the sun don't shine.

I wouldn't compare this to Origin Bee. For a lot of us Walmart didn't restock the Netflix lines after the initial stock so if you missed the popular figures you never saw them. Then there was all the Walmart.com cancelations that just compounded the issue. Smyth's might be getting full cases of Cosmos but it's unlikely Walmart will since they're the ones that wanted him at one per case in the first place. Unfortunately scalpers might be the best way to get him for a lot of people just like Netflix Bumblebee. We'll see, but considering how quickly the Legacy beasts are selling out I'm not particularly optimistic, not in my area anyway.

Emerje

I did stop by a couple Walmarts today, one of them got a case of Scourge and a case of Override, so they are getting case packs of specific figures. Only time will tell if we see cases of Cosmos come in. Also those Legacy Beasts arnt selling out where I'm at.

Scourge is the only leader so he would be a solid case. Are there mixed cases of Override and Hauler?

In my area the Legacy beasts sell out in about a week after stocking, my local Walmart has restocked 2 times from being completely sold out, there's currently just one Nightprowler and one Sandstorm.

Emerje

Wow, never realised how the Legacy beasts sell out so quickly over in the US. Here, I see them at work all of the time. We barely seem to be able to get rid of them!

Yeah, they don't last long, at least not in my area. This photo was taken on the 19th:


That's the second restock or third case, all that's left is Sandstorm and Nightprowler. I took this picture because it's the first time I've seen a movie figure at Walmart or Target (outside of BB) since wave 14 (the Sideswipe retool wave) last year. I think my area might just be starved for new figures. Target had six Bulkheads on June 27 (took a picture of that, too), but a few weeks later they were down to one.

Emerje

I only ever saw the Legacy Beasts once and that was about a week ago. Never saw them before then, never saw them again since. I snagged all three when I did see them that one time, and I went to Walmart again tonight and they were nowhere to be found again.

My Walmart just refuses to get rid of all its Skidses, Arcees, and Bulkheads.

grimdragon2001 wrote:not sure if there are mixed cases for the voyagers

There is supposed to be a mixed Voyager case of 2 Overrides and 1 Hauler, yes, it's been mentioned in the articles.

Still haven't seen any Velocitron stuff in-store yet myself, the only Legacy my Walmart has had for the past few weeks has been a small slowly-decreasing handful of Beasts and a single Core Skywarp. They are clearance-ing out the remaining Cyberverse stuff and the BW reissues though based on when I was there last night, so hopefully that's to make room for the race.

I wonder how long until Pulse fulfills its orders, many of them said tomorrow

ZeroWolf wrote:

CyclonusG1 wrote:I don't understand why try scalp something like that. I know it's a Walmart exclusive in the states but at least in the UK and, I'm guessing a good portion of Europe, there's a number of retailers who will be carrying them. Smyths have got them now (we've already had restocks of Override and Hauler) and IndemandToys have said they'll have them if they haven't already.
I expect there's going to be quite a decent amount of stock if they're able to get them to a number of UK retailers and the JP releases will likely be like the Netflix stuff which ended up showing on a lot of JP goods stores online.
He may be a challenge to get now, especially from what I hear about Walmarts seemingly poor store distribution but give it a bit and he should be relatively easy to get, surely?
But I guess scalpers are going to scalp and try take advantage of new product just to get that early profit before it becomes easy to get.
Also, while it'll probably come out as a slight repaint or with different accessories in a multipack, I doubt they're going to lock Cosmos behind that exclusive line for good. A lot of people have waited a while for a good new Cosmos it'd make no sense (plus gotta get that mold usage up to make up for the cost of a new mold being made in the first place)

Pretty much this ^

I asked my sister who is wise to these things and she told me that it doesn't pay to ask one of her friends in the UK to try and grab a Cosmos since with shipping it'll be just as bad as getting it from a US-based reseller.

Okay, so I guess I'm a little confused. Is this the ONLY Override we are getting in Legacy or is there going to be a non-exclusive version that will be distributed to other retail chains?

First-Aid wrote:Okay, so I guess I'm a little confused. Is this the ONLY Override we are getting in Legacy or is there going to be a non-exclusive version that will be distributed to other retail chains?

As of right now, the only we know of.

Payment has been processed on my preorders through Pulse for Cosmos and Road Rocket.

Dr. Caelus wrote:Payment has been processed on my preorders through Pulse for Cosmos and Road Rocket.

Mine processed for Clampdown.

Dr. Caelus wrote:Payment has been processed on my preorders through Pulse for Cosmos and Road Rocket.

Mine too, though nothing for Override or Scourge yet. I guess we're just getting the Deluxes right now.

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Payment has been processed on my preorders through Pulse for Cosmos and Road Rocket.

Mine too, though nothing for Override or Scourge yet. I guess we're just getting the Deluxes right now.

The Velocitron deluxes were dated to ship 8/1/22 from Hasbro Pulse, and that seems to be happening on schedule. The voyagers and Black Convoy are date for 8/31/22, though, so we’ve got a month to go yet.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:

Dr. Caelus wrote:Payment has been processed on my preorders through Pulse for Cosmos and Road Rocket.

Mine too, though nothing for Override or Scourge yet. I guess we're just getting the Deluxes right now.

The Velocitron deluxes were dated to ship 8/1/22 from Hasbro Pulse, and that seems to be happening on schedule. The voyagers and Black Convoy are date for 8/31/22, though, so we’ve got a month to go yet.

They've already been spotted at brick and mortar, I'd be shocked if we have to wait that long, though I have no idea how the distribution for the different retailers work.

When is Walmart.com supposed to ship? I thought Pulse said September.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:When is Walmart.com supposed to ship? I thought Pulse said September.

Pulse says/said September for Scourge and the Voyagers, but it also always said Deluxes would ship today. No clue on Walmart.com.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:When is Walmart.com supposed to ship? I thought Pulse said September.

My order says arriving 8/11.

Emerje

Surprisingly I'm supposed to get Clampdown tomorrow. Is it using the Siege or Earthrise mold?

I found Hauler at Wal-Mart tonight. There was 1 solid case of 3. I forgot his actual name is "Road Hauler."

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Surprisingly I'm supposed to get Clampdown tomorrow. Is it using the Siege or Earthrise mold?

Clampdown is using the Kingdom mold.

Wolfman Jake wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Surprisingly I'm supposed to get Clampdown tomorrow. Is it using the Siege or Earthrise mold?

Clampdown is using the Kingdom mold.

Good to know. I also need to learn how to read as Clampdown isn't coming today, the tracking isn't even in the system yet. I should've realized, Hasbro has never moved that fast.