Sighting news for those of us on the hunt for Age Of Extinction toys, a few TFW2005 boards member have purchased at retail the “Evolution of Slug” two-pack, which is an exclusive at Toys R Us. According to the confirmed sightings, these have been found in California as well as Pennsylvania. For those not familiar, this two-pack features the deluxe AOE Slug figure along with Triceradon, who represents the Generation 1 Slag character.
Be sure to utilize your state’s sightings thread to let your fellow collectors know where these can be found!
Robogeek28
It's too bad Grimmy, Strafe, and Slug couldn't have been packaged with their TF Animated counterparts.
For some reason that sounds really cool to me.
puma
They generally do because of the high profile location. Rent in NYC ain't cheap….
Decepticonprime
14.99 is a good price for a two-pack; the toys rus in times square is probably selling toys at higher prices!
LegendAntihero
Hope to see this soon
harveydent
Which is a good thing.
DOTM Soundwave and Wheeljack don't want any more company in the late wave graveyard.
megatroptimus
At this rate, all waves of AOE toys will be out before the movie gets released….
binga750
I hope these sets are gonna get released in New Zealand. It seems we get very little here most of the time.
Mizzinno
If I'd know this was news..
Nevermore
Actually, unchanged re-releases of DOTM "shared exclusive" Dinobot Mini-Cons, which in turn are redecos of 2006 "Classics" Dinobot Mini-Cons, which in turn are sculpts originally planned for Cybertron but then shoved into Classics with names slapped onto them.
"Classics" Swoop:
Swoop (2006) – Autobot – http://www.tfu.info
Swoop – Transformers Classics – TFW2005
Swoop – Transformers Classics – Toy Gallery (Page #1)
"Classics" Knockdown:
Knockdown (2006) – Autobot – http://www.tfu.info
Knockdown – Transformers Classics – TFW2005
Knockdown – Transformers Classics – Toy Gallery (Page #1)
Became DOTM Rav and Triceradon:
Dark of the Moon Rav and Triceradon Mini-Con Single Packs – Transformers News – TFW2005
Rav – Transformers 3 Cyberverse – TFW2005
Triceradon – Transformers 3 Cyberverse – TFW2005
Random Toy Reviews: Transformers DOTM Mini-Con "Dinobots"
Who are now repurposed as "then" versions of "Strafe" and "Slug" for AOE.
Strafe (Evolutions Then) – Transformers Movie 4 Age of Extinction – TFW2005
Dinobot Slug (Evolutions Then) – Transformers Movie 4 Age of Extinction – TFW2005
Murasame
So, these come with G1 Mini-Dinobots?
jestermon
Were Slug and Strafe even in cases together or were they both in separate cases it's odd how Strafe got out first unless that's how they had packed them.
The one I had went to had them stuck on a end cap since they still had all their other Transformers stuff there.
ZapRowsdower
Awesome.
Ummm…. WHERE THE F*CK ARE THESE BEING PLACED?!?
My TRU is jammed with AoE toys, and there's zero space on the shelves for MP Grimmy, collector packs, or this. I'm super confused about how TRU plans to set up their shelves, which are physically too small to sell so many different SKUs at once…
Mumble-bee
Slug was the only AoE toy I was planning to get, tho I was gonna wait for possible sales the week the movie comes out.
Tho my local TRU (Portland ME) needs to stop sucking first. I may have to go to New Hampshire.
Maximo Prime
the dinobot minicons are some of the coolest minicons they've ever put out. Pretty cool that they're pretty much the same price or a couple bucks cheaper, and you get the extra little guy.
LegendAntihero
This is great. Will visit Toys R Us more often
prime0821
These evolution toys are cool.
phoenixliger
I just picked up strafe at my local TRus and its identical to the wide release version. The little Minicon is pretty sweet I like him a lot better then the last couple of releases
cadenheadr04
Just from a cursory glance over Slug, it seems as though they are identical to the standard release, they just have a bonus minicon
Galaxy Convoy
So has anyone done a comparison yet between the AoE Dinobots in these 2 packs versus the standard retail releases? Really wanna know if the 2 pack Dinos are the same identical figs or not.
gothsaurus
Are the minicons identical in deco? Anyone have a comparison photo?