 Transformers Prime First Edition, Come and gone and staying gone? |
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 Jan 26 2012, 10:31 AM
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 Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 29,942 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR  |
The Allspark.com sent an inquiry to Hasbro about the Transformers Prime First Edition... Or rather the lack of them. Here is the reply:
QUOTE Prime First Edition was a limited release. Toys R Us stores in each market chose from a variety of assortments available to tease the launch of the 2012 Transformers Prime Robots in Disguise Line. The main line of Robots in Disguise is the new Prime line for 2012. There are no plans at this time for additional Prime First Edition figures, but if there is a demand for them, we may look at it again in the future. That's, uhm, unfortunate. -------------------- |
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Jan 26 2012, 10:36 AM
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 The Intellectual Savior of the Masses Group: Citizen Posts: 18,238 Joined: 24-August 02 Member No.: 1,385 Faction: Lesbian Ninja |
There IS a goddambed demand for them!
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Jan 26 2012, 10:39 AM
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 Stone by Day, Friendship by Night  Group: Supporter Posts: 8,459 Joined: 15-July 02 From: North Georgia Member No.: 1,219 Faction: Vehicon |
Wrong forum, but yea, I saw a stack of Bees, and that was it. Now the entire wall at local TRU is stupid movie walkie talkies.
-------------------- Clearing out some old TFs and Mugenbine in my BST Thread. You know you want some of these.
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Jan 26 2012, 10:39 AM
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 Group: Retired Staff Posts: 13,958 Joined: 5-October 02 From: Rotterdam NY Member No.: 1,566 |
Wow that's just....wow.
So out of the "variety of assortments" each TRU chose only the first wave of deluxes and totally ignored wave 1.5 along with the Voyagers and Two pack? Riiiggghhhttt. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-primal.gif) --------------------  |
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Jan 26 2012, 10:40 AM
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Guess its eBay only for me then (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon-screamer.gif)
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Jan 26 2012, 10:40 AM
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 Group: Supporter Posts: 2,050 Joined: 14-July 11 From: Dublin, OH Member No.: 14,614 Faction: Autobot |
Does it matter? Unless they destroyed the molds after making the toys, we're going to see the same figures in the near future, just in different packaging.
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Jan 26 2012, 10:47 AM
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 Problematic. Group: Citizen Posts: 7,741 Joined: 13-January 02 Member No.: 315 |
The Voyagers could be problematic initially, but a Cliffjumper Vs. Vehicon 2-pack would be pretty doable, maybe for 2013. And hell, TRU's done so many 2-and-3-packs, who's to say we couldn't see the First Edition Voyagers in one at some point?
This post has been edited by Sprocket: Jan 26 2012, 10:55 AM -------------------- Being part of any fandom is fundamentally embarassing.
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Jan 26 2012, 10:52 AM
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 Have Zord, Will Travel Group: Citizen Posts: 4,487 Joined: 5-March 03 From: Living in a VAN down by the RIVER! Member No.: 2,441 Faction: Free Agent |
Any reason why they can't go on HTS or something???
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Jan 26 2012, 10:54 AM
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Mine is an evil grin! Group: News Manager Posts: 29,942 Joined: 12-January 02 From: Buffalo, NY Member No.: 268 Faction: RIBFIR |
QUOTE(Benbot @ Jan 26 2012, 10:40 AM)  Does it matter? Unless they destroyed the molds after making the toys, we're going to see the same figures in the near future, just in different packaging. With the main line using new molds rather than the FE molds (in most cases), they won't be "the same figures". Best we could hope for is a Cliffjumper with flames or tribal art. Or a Bulkhead with some added battle damage or mud spray. -------------------- |
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Jan 26 2012, 11:00 AM
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 Yes, me. Me, me, me. Me too! Group: Supporter Posts: 25,144 Joined: 22-December 04 From: Huntington, WV Member No.: 5,666 Faction: Autobot |
So this time it IS Hasbros' fault?
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Jan 26 2012, 11:03 AM
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 Yep. Group: Retired Staff Posts: 23,391 Joined: 23-December 01 From: Columbus, IN Member No.: 110 Faction: Free Agent |
I'm not super worried about it, but I figure the figures were probably made in large enough quantities to end up somewhere eventually. Unless that is that they didn't produce a lot because they weren't ordered in the first place, in which case carry on running around the room screaming.
FE Prime, Bulkhead, and Cliffjumper were some of the main things I was interested in. It's kind of a shame since the FE stuff looks better, and is less gimmicky than the later stuff. This post has been edited by Jeremy: Jan 26 2012, 11:05 AM -------------------- "Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise." - Cato the Elder "Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper." - Larry Flynt |
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Jan 26 2012, 11:04 AM
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 Josh Group: Citizen Posts: 5,197 Joined: 22-December 01 From: Oregon Member No.: 77 Faction: Cannonball's Pirate Crew |
oh yay
too bad there's no TRU's within like 150 miles of where i live anyways so *still needs to track down a bulkhead* --------------------  -Click to view my Digital Portfolio- |
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Jan 26 2012, 11:14 AM
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Group: Retired Staff Posts: 13,958 Joined: 5-October 02 From: Rotterdam NY Member No.: 1,566 |
QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Jan 26 2012, 04:00 PM) So this time it IS Hasbros' fault? Looks that way. I just hope that BBTS will still be getting their orders in, I'd asked about it on monday and they couldn't give me any info because THEY had no info. -------------------- |
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Jan 26 2012, 11:14 AM
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 Group: Citizen Posts: 1,565 Joined: 3-July 09 From: Dover NH Member No.: 12,624 Faction: Free Agent |
I've never even seen Bumblebee. Makes me sad and angry at the same time.
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Jan 26 2012, 11:28 AM
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 President of the Deflowering Club Group: News and Content Posts: 40,950 Joined: 26-April 02 Member No.: 905 Faction: RIRFIB |
Well I just placed an order for Takara's FE Cliffjumper & Vehicon. I want the Cliffjumper at least as it looks a lot nicer to me than the regular one. Not sure if Vehicon is going to be better or worse (initial impressions of the latter one is he's better looking).
They're currently on Backorder at HLJ but it seems like they're expecting some more in. Randy --------------------  |
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Jan 26 2012, 11:28 AM
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Now I guess the real question is, did American TRUs order the rest of FE and just not put it out for Christmas, and will we eventually see that overstock at other stores? Do Canadian TRUs and US TRUs have different ordering systems or is everything under 1 umbrella?
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Jan 26 2012, 11:44 AM
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 Hawksaur Group: Supporter Posts: 7,922 Joined: 10-December 04 Member No.: 5,603 |
Isn't this just the same case of a retailer not wanting to sell product from Hasbro?
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Jan 26 2012, 11:57 AM
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Group: Citizen Posts: 403 Joined: 13-December 09 Member No.: 12,969 |
QUOTE(Robogeek1973 @ Jan 26 2012, 11:14 AM) QUOTE(^0^CORVUS^o^ @ Jan 26 2012, 04:00 PM) So this time it IS Hasbros' fault? Looks that way. I just hope that BBTS will still be getting their orders in, I'd asked about it on monday and they couldn't give me any info because THEY had no info. So, doing some logic in my head. "TRU stores in each market" BBTS, TFsource, HTS and other US webstores have never received the Voyagers or 1.5 Canadian TRUs ordered the full line, US TRUs only ordered wave 1 All the voyagers and etc went to Canada which is why US webstores never got them. We will not see these toys in Ross, et al, because US TRUs have no overstock to sell. |
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Jan 26 2012, 12:06 PM
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 Autobot Ally Group: Supporter Posts: 8,149 Joined: 18-June 03 From: Monrovia, CA Member No.: 3,013 Faction: RIRFIB |
QUOTE(NICKSTART @ Jan 26 2012, 08:44 AM) Isn't this just the same case of a retailer not wanting to sell product from Hasbro? Or, at least, being unable to tell the difference between a toy that has a large demand and other toys from previous waves that, nearly a year later, are still languishing on the shelves. TRU's philosophy seems to be to wait for those to disappear before ordering new stock. --------------------  |
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Jan 26 2012, 12:21 PM
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 The original darkstream since 2003! Group: Supporter Posts: 19,600 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Aka K.I.R.A. Member No.: 3,718 Faction: Minicon |
wow.....good job Hasbro...
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