After many months of anticipation, ToysRUs.com has put up a preorder for the U.S. release of Masterpiece Optimus Prime. The preorders are limited to two per customer and are priced at $99.99 with an expected ship date of October 15th.
Masterpiece Optimus Prime, as well as the recently released Masterpiece Thundercracker, are Toys R Us exclusives.
Megatronwp38
I guess I missed this guy. Never saw him in a TRU, even a tag for him.
lazerface
Thanks! I was so busy looking for a chest fix, I didn't even search for this yet.
grymg
Plenty of fixes out on the forums, just had to search.
Ankle joints:
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…masterpiece-optimus-prime-48.html#post8581815
Leg issue:
See attached pic posted by someone else
lazerface
I found a pretty good fix for one of the QC (Quality Control) issues. I noticed the 2 chest pieces weren't closing enough, and were leaving a gap. I also noticed one of the screws (the small one on the inside of the chest that holds the window in place) was not screwed in far enough. The head of the screw was scratching the chrome Matrix cover when I closed the chest. I tried to screw it in as far as I could, but it was still sticking out too far.
I took all the window screws out and used a wire cutter to cut about a millimeter off each one. I put them back in, and now they go in further, but they still hold everything together.
The chest is still not perfect, but it does close better.
Now if there was only a fix for the leg issue (legs don't stay together in truck mode).
TFfanOP
He probably wasn't in stock at all. Badly updated site, I guess.
netkid
I would really like an explanation on why this toy is so difficult to purchase from ToysRus. After having all these online restock orders get cancelled, I'm left scratching my head as to why it even keeps getting "restocked."
Hmm..I wonder if these will ever get restocked in actual ToysRus stores for 2013 because right now, TRU's online inventory doesn't seem to exist.
Alejandro27
Bastards at Toysrus just refunded my money without explanation.
seeker311
yup, said that myself a couple of posts above
bumblebeeprime2
they should move this to Toy section. or lock! This is OLD NEWS! just saying
love the MP 10 though!
Alejandro27
Just ordered him from TRU came out to 137.75 shipped and all because October when I could've purchased this guy for the retail price at the time of 99.99 plus tax all because I wanted to wait til the holidays so I could use the 20% off coupon they always release.
HnH
hmmmm
TheBigBad
Back in stock
No idea for how long:
Transformers Masterpiece Action Figure – Optimus Prime – Hasbro – Toys "R" Us
seeker311
Why is this thread still in the news section?
UltimusPrime
$130 shipped!
Transformers Masterpiece Action Figure Optimus Prime | eBay
xMostWanted559x
Sorry I just saw he brought thread up so I replied. Yea we need keep that in that thread
OMEGAPRIME1983
Yea, I understand that, I even sympathize, but there is a dedicated thread in the junkion area for this. Isn't there??
xMostWanted559x
Times are getting hard for people who can't find him now
CobramusPrime
Yeah, I can't find nothing here in WA or maybe I'm not looking hard enough. I would've gladly picked yours up, but at the moment my funds are already reserved for other things if I can get my money back from TRU then maybe we can do some business.
OMEGAPRIME1983
How is this still open?? I mean, isn't there a thread in the junkion exchange where people go through all of this stuff for each other?? Not trying to be rude or anything, but yea, we ALL already know that this thing is a TRU exclusive..
xMostWanted559x
U can keep looking in stores? Or pick up one from someone here? I still have one available