Video Reviews for Walmart Exclusive Velocitron Shadowstrip and Crasher

If Walmarts preorders for Crasher and Shadowstrip ever actually were in stock, that would have been nice. But after 3 years of Netflix exclusives why am I surprised? We know the game. These will be in stores well before any pre orders would have shipped anyway. If you can find them that is.

I'll probably get her because fembot, but I think POTP Jazz would have been a way better mold for Crasher to have used.

Bounti76 wrote:I'll probably get her because fembot, but I think POTP Jazz would have been a way better mold for Crasher to have used.

Thinking on it, despite matching alt modes, it probably would have cost too much to retool the mold as to remove the combiner peg (for us collectors, an additional limb would be welcomed, for kids probably not as much given the last retail releases of compatible toys was back in 2018). That and this isn't the first time that hasbro have given us crasher from Mirage (I still love the 08 Walmart exclusive Fracture), so they might have figured "let's go with tradition!"*

But yeah, I reckon budget had a part to play with Crasher here. I'm still wanting her.


* - not saying that's what happened, but I could have easily seen that being part of the process, seeing what was done before.

I confess interest in Shadowstrip, just because I'm impatient to finish Menasor . Plus, the colors seem a much better match for Motormaster/Menasor's body component....

DeathReviews wrote:I confess interest in Shadowstrip, just because I'm impatient to finish Menasor . Plus, the colors seem a much better match for Motormaster/Menasor's body component....

If you were thinking about using Shadow Strip as the other arm you'd be wrong, dead wrong. The ports on the Menasor arms are different on each side.

ZeroWolf wrote:Thinking on it, despite matching alt modes, it probably would have cost too much to retool the mold as to remove the combiner peg (for us collectors, an additional limb would be welcomed, for kids probably not as much given the last retail releases of compatible toys was back in 2018).

Leave the peg and call it "Prime Wars Universe".

Emerje

I wonder if we'll see any other Stunticon G2 esq repaints in this line? Besides Dragstrip there's still three other limbs that could be shined up, and since there's been such a debacle about Wildrider/Brakedown maybe one of those two would be a good candidate (my vote is for G2 Brakedown for sure )

I reviewed the pair in the one vid but for my money Crasher is slightly cooler. Unless of course you're all about that G2 life.

Great YouTube reviews from legit YouTubers! Cheers for the informative content! Much appreciated!

-Kanrabat- wrote:OMFG HARDCORE UNCENSORED VERSION HMMMMM GODAMN SO HOT!

....I'll be in my bunk..

I was never a big fan of Siege Astrotrain, and I don't know enough about Japanese G1 to justify buying Galaxy Shuttle, but he at least wears the mould well and looks pretty nice. I've deceided I do really want Velocitron Hot Rod, I justlike the colour scheme a lot more than the original Studio Series version, but I notice none of the sites I usually go to for pre-orders have a listing for him. They all have Galaxy Shuttle, a few have Crasher and Shadowstrip, but none have Hot Rod.

I am excited enough for Galaxy Shuttle that I went back and bought a WFC set I missed out on to go with him. I am very much looking forward to him

For those like me who think galaxy shuttle did not work all the way, I am thinking the armada Jetfire/Astrotrain mold would work fine.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:For those like me who think galaxy shuttle did not work all the way, I am thinking the armada Jetfire/Astrotrain mold would work fine.

It probably would for a custom though you probably would get away with just using jetfire as a stand in.

Robot mode looks great, aint gonna lie. But man, both vehicle modes look so terrible. I was able to brush them aside with astrotrain since the deco worked well enough to give a uniformed look, but here the deco seems to highlight disorder.

william-james88 wrote:Robot mode looks great, aint gonna lie. But man, both vehicle modes look so terrible. I was able to brush them aside with astrotrain since the deco worked well enough to give a uniformed look, but here the deco seems to highlight disorder.

I'm the opposite. I thought Astrotrain was a mess in both alt modes, but Galaxy Shuttle can get away with it because he was never intended to be a NASA shuttle to begin with and if he wants to also turn into a weird two tone train that runs on four rails that's fine too, maybe those are a thing on some planet.

Emerje

And, apparently, retooling this Astrotrain mold into Galaxy Shuttle wasn't a recent idea. Rather, the Galaxy Shuttle headsculpt was a pretool built into the mold back when it was first made several years ago. It's only surfacing now because of the alternate pretooled head having been discovered by the current Hasbro team after all this time.

Sabrblade wrote:And, apparently, retooling this Astrotrain mold into Galaxy Shuttle wasn't a recent idea. Rather, the Galaxy Shuttle headsculpt was a pretool built into the mold back when it was first made several years ago. It's only surfacing now because of the alternate pretooled head having been discovered by the current Hasbro team after all this time.

That would explain the robot mode inaccuracies

Emerje wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Robot mode looks great, aint gonna lie. But man, both vehicle modes look so terrible. I was able to brush them aside with astrotrain since the deco worked well enough to give a uniformed look, but here the deco seems to highlight disorder.

I'm the opposite. I thought Astrotrain was a mess in both alt modes, but Galaxy Shuttle can get away with it because he was never intended to be a NASA shuttle to begin with and if he wants to also turn into a weird two tone train that runs on four rails that's fine too, maybe those are a thing on some planet.

Emerje

I mostly agree with this. I liked Astrotrain, and in many ways I like the Galaxy Shuttle more. I like the colors and head sculpt on him more.

I don't mind the transformation inaccuracies either, I am used to those by now, and he still looks good and quite frankly I am not sure how else we could get this opportunity to get him

I'm glad to finally have Greenple. Now my Infernos/Grapples crew is complete!



It's funny that the mushroom peg of the neck gives him a green tongue.

Suggestion: sell one of those Grapple duplicates.

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Suggestion: sell one of those Grapple duplicates.

There are no duplicates in that picture, each one is a unique figure. If he wanted to sell one he would have a long time ago.

Emerje

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Suggestion: sell one of those Grapple duplicates.

No duplicate at all here. Every single one of them are a unique deco. Some were hard and expensive to obtain.

So, noooooooooope. I'll keep my presioussessssss.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Suggestion: sell one of those Grapple duplicates.

No duplicate at all here. Every single one of them are a unique deco. Some were hard and expensive to obtain.

So, noooooooooope. I'll keep my presioussessssss.

Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

You going to get the G1 originals?

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:Suggestion: sell one of those Grapple duplicates.

No duplicate at all here. Every single one of them are a unique deco. Some were hard and expensive to obtain.

So, noooooooooope. I'll keep my presioussessssss.

Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

I spy with my little eye...

Back row:
Generations GDO Hot Spot
Universe (2008) Inferno
BotCon 2010 Autobot Spark
United Artfire
Reveal the Shield Solar Storm Grappel (not a typo)
Protectobots Evac Squad Hot Spot

Front row:
Henkei! Henkei! Inferno
Kingdom Inferno
Velocitron Speedia 500 Collection Road Hauler
Selects Artfire
Earthrise Grapple
United Grapple

ZeroWolf wrote:Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

You going to get the G1 originals?

That Botcon Spark was bought from a DEAD online store. I had to contact the owner directly.
I once had the G1 originals but I hated how they felt in hand. Maybe those were KOs? I also got MP Inferno once but that's too big and 5he others were too expensive.

So, a Pure Generations collection is more manageable and affordable. Plus, those are a tons of fun to play with.

Oh, and Sabrblade, you got them all.
If they release more Grapples/Infernos, both Kingdom/ER or Classics, I'll get them.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

You going to get the G1 originals?

That Botcon Spark was bought from a DEAD online store. I had to contact the owner directly.
I once had the G1 originals but I hated how they felt in hand. Maybe those were KOs? I also got MP Inferno once but that's too big and 5he others were too expensive.

So, a Pure Generations collection is more manageable and affordable. Plus, those are a tons of fun to play with.

Oh, and Sabrblade, you got them all.
If they release more Grapples/Infernos, both Kingdom/ER or Classics, I'll get them.

Its a nice looking set either way. Is there any other decos (other then shattered glass versions) could they do with the current Inferno/grapple molds?

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

You going to get the G1 originals?

That Botcon Spark was bought from a DEAD online store. I had to contact the owner directly.
I once had the G1 originals but I hated how they felt in hand. Maybe those were KOs? I also got MP Inferno once but that's too big and 5he others were too expensive.

So, a Pure Generations collection is more manageable and affordable. Plus, those are a tons of fun to play with.

Oh, and Sabrblade, you got them all.
If they release more Grapples/Infernos, both Kingdom/ER or Classics, I'll get them.

Its a nice looking set either way. Is there any other decos (other then shattered glass versions) could they do with the current Inferno/grapple molds?

Some want a G1-ified Cybertron Mudflap from the mold.

Not me, though. I'd rather a Cybertron-accurate Mudflap (even if that means tracking down the original, which I currently do not own).

Sabrblade wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

ZeroWolf wrote:Not surprising since I see a BotCon Exclusive hiding in the back (or was that just a club Exclusive?)

You going to get the G1 originals?

That Botcon Spark was bought from a DEAD online store. I had to contact the owner directly.
I once had the G1 originals but I hated how they felt in hand. Maybe those were KOs? I also got MP Inferno once but that's too big and 5he others were too expensive.

So, a Pure Generations collection is more manageable and affordable. Plus, those are a tons of fun to play with.

Oh, and Sabrblade, you got them all.
If they release more Grapples/Infernos, both Kingdom/ER or Classics, I'll get them.

Its a nice looking set either way. Is there any other decos (other then shattered glass versions) could they do with the current Inferno/grapple molds?

Some want a G1-ified Cybertron Mudflap from the mold.

Not me, though. I'd rather a Cybertron-accurate Mudflap (even if that means tracking down the original, which I currently do not own).

Same, I'd love to go after the Cybertron era toys, they were great fun.

Monday:
I unboxed and transformed my Velocitron Burnout, I found her gun and axe wrapped in brown paper. I transformed her (you really have to know) in bot mode and gave her both her gun and axe. Then the packaging was thrown into the recycling bin.

Tuesday:
Just a normal day. It was garbage day in the morning but the recycling box wasn't full enough to dump into the recycling bin of my apartment building outside.

Wednesday: My recycling carboard box is too full so now I bring it back downstairs, outside, and dump the whole thing into our collective recycling bin.

Tuesday, meaning today: Play vidia, pet the cats, do random things. Then I get the idea to put both my Legacy Skids and Velocitron Burnout on display along my Skids Masterpieces. I notice that Legacy Skids have an "extra gun". The "twin gun". Wait... Why Burnout only came with ONE gun? I double check on Google... She usually come with the same weapons as Skids, meaning TWO guns and an axe.
Fuk.
Fuk fuk fuk fuk fuk...
It's night.
With my glorious "People of Walmart" look wearing only a bathrobe and security boots, I hurry downstairs to dive into our building's recycling bin. I have to dig through other's people's trash to get back to my own cardboard box-o-crap. Thank God the one who used to "recycle" used diapers no longer do so...
Found my box! Now, the archeology dig begin. I carefully inspect every single item, especially that soft brown paper...
Something hard in one crumpled brown paper thing...
IT'S THE MISSING GUN!
Go back home upstairs, and now my Burnout is complete!

TlDr; Triple, quadruple check those brown papers bundles inside your latest Transformers boxes!

You made me panic for a second, I had to run upstairs and check if my Burnout actually has both her guns! She does, we're safe.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:You made me panic for a second, I had to run upstairs and check if my Burnout actually has both her guns! She does, we're safe.

The 5h8bgs are either well hidden in the brown wrappers, or they are loosely tied by those paper ties.
Two extremes that those "environmentally safe" packaging bring...

Since, as these have been well established are marketed towards kids, I wonder how many are unknowingly throwing away accessories because of this. I've not made the mistake yet because I think twice and scour the packaging. But I did loose a couple trading cards in Kindgdom releases because of not checking. No big loss, but yeah it's irritating.

o.supreme wrote:Since, as these have been well established are marketed towards kids, I wonder how many are unknowingly throwing away accessories because of this. I've not made the mistake yet because I think twice and scour the packaging. But I did loose a couple trading cards in Kindgdom releases because of not checking. No big loss, but yeah it's irritating.

I would suspect many. But I also suspect it doesn't matter too much as accessories on kids toys tend to be lost eventually anyways. In a ven diagram between "accessory would be lost anyways" and "accessory thrown out by mistake", there would be mainly an overlapped circle.

I still don't like it though. I do think a better idea would be to tie them to the underside of the inner box, kinda like what they did with Kingdom toys. Like that even if someone cuts the ties maleciously, there would still be no access to the accessory until the box is fully opened.

This made me chuckle, it seems Walmart is well aware of which Tansformers are hotter than others. Walmart released a catalogue in Canada and the page featuring Transformers has the 2 brand new molds Cosmos and Override. While Override has been rather easy to obtain, Cosmos has been a hassle for many Canadians (though the online preorders did pull through) so it definitely adds some salt to the wound to have them promoting a toy that is hard to find. Of course, it could all be a coincidence. Fans of mistransformed shots will love this one of Override. Lastly, while the page shows discount on several toys, the Transformers are not marked down. Not that they need to, Cosmos is selling quite well at 35.97$ CAD plus taxes.

As we learn yesterday, while Hasbro can advise Walmart on case distribution, Walmart has the final say. Which in turn just makes it odd that they promote a toy that they themselves shortpacked. It could of course just be a coincidence since Walmart is huge and the person making the catalogue probably has 0 knowledge of the case assortment or the distribution issues.

william-james88 wrote:

The mis-transformations have my OCD ready to pop..

And the prices are nonsense, too!

What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....

sol magnus wrote:And the prices are nonsense, too!

Cosmos still sold out in stores and online at those prices.

Overcracker wrote:What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....

It's like he's popping a wheelie away from his wheels.

Cosmos looks like he's running off to find RTS Windcharger in that 5 below ad a decade ago.

Hauler’s face suddenly makes a lot more sense. He’s horrified at what’s happened to his friends.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

Overcracker wrote:What did they do to Override? My god... can nobody rotate her shoulders up?

And Road rocket? Have they never seen a motorcycle before?

Talk about absurdity....

It's like he's popping a wheelie away from his wheels.

Cosmos looks like he's running off to find RTS Windcharger in that 5 below ad a decade ago.

Yup. Its so strange. Why would anybody do that?

Decepticon Stryker wrote:Hauler’s face suddenly makes a lot more sense. He’s horrified at what’s happened to his friends.

I share his horror

william-james88 wrote:

sol magnus wrote:And the prices are nonsense, too!

Cosmos still sold out in stores and online at those prices.

Oh, I get it. But Canadian prices are the worst...sold out or no.

So...are there any qualifications for being a toy photographer like this? Obviously, familiarity with the subject isn't one of them...

I never, ever saw Override in stores, nor Scourge. Same thing on Walmart.ca. Both were instantly sold out before I ever had the chance to preorder.

At least I got Cosmos. The pinned shoulders was a very bad design choice.

I like how, aside from the glaring mistransformations, they also seemed to refuse to have them hold their guns like normal guns. For Road Rocket they just left the blades off to the side instead of even trying to figure out where it goes!

I wonder why they didn't use the promo material that we've seen before? Likely left to an intern with time constraints and way too many pictures to take.

whoops, posted in eror.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I never, ever saw Override in stores, nor Scourge. Same thing on Walmart.ca. Both were instantly sold out before I ever had the chance to preorder.

At least I got Cosmos. The pinned shoulders was a very bad design choice.

I see lots of Scourge and Override in my stores, if you want me to pick it up for you, let me know