Courtesy of TFW2005 boards member InfinitePuddle, we’ve got news that the latest assortment of Robots in Disguise Legion class toys have arrived at US retail stores. Robots in Disguise Legion Wave 6 includes Thunderhoof, Drift, Windblade, and Clampdown, and has been available online and abroad for a while now, but to our knowledge this is the first time they have appeared at bricks & mortar retail. The assortment was sighted in the American Fork Target in Utah.
Sol Fury
Only just been found at US retail, that assortment – they'll work their way round to you, I'm sure: http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…biner-wars-legends-2016-wave-1-us-retail.html
HARD RAINBOW
Found them at a Target in Visalia, CA.
You tellin' me my town actually got something early?!
Too bad we haven't got the Legends wave with Shockwave yet
Defensis Prime
Let's try that again, shall we? Say it with me, c'mon: "Hey, Shawn, thanks for the sighting! Nice to know those're actually out! Much appreciated!"
Holy SCRAP, but that was easy.
(Next time you wanna relieve yourself on a bit of help, on behalf of, uh, 'the fandom'…do what normal people do and find a watercloset instead, wontchapleasethanxverramuch.)
Nevermore
The fandom (and the TFW2005 staff in particular) typically draws a line between "comic book and specialty stores", which are considered to be in the same boat as online retailers, and "general retail", which consists of Walmart, Toys"R"Us, Target and Kmart.
sdtessmann
I found the RID Tiny Titans wave 4 last Wednesday at Lost World of Wonders, a comic shop in Milwaukee.
Nevermore
The first two waves of the Mini-Con Battle Packs (Optimus Prime/Bludgeon, Sideswipe/Hammer, Bumblebee/Major Mayhem and Grimlock/Back) have been found at US retail.
Still conspicuously AWOL from US retail are:
– RID Mini-Cons wave 3 with Blizzard Slipstream, Swelter, Hammer and "Back"/"Forth"
– RID Warrior Class "wave 6" with "Blizzard Strike" Drift, Thunderhoof and Quillfire (the general retail version of Megatronus is already out along with Fracture and the "Blizzard Strike" Optimus Prime and "Night Strike" Bumblebee redecos)
– RID Tiny Titans Series 4 and 5
– Combiner Wars Legends Class wave 5 with Shockwave, Chop Shop, Pipes and Buzzsaw Scrap that, these have hust been found.
Those are the ones that could be viewed as "lagging behind". Combiner Wars Voyager Sky Lynx only just hit online retailers a few days ago, and the Deluxe Smokescreen/Hound/Wheeljack/Trailbreaker wave didn't come out overseas and online that long ago either, so it's still well within regular schedule.
If anyone found any of these and "didn't think they were news", please feel free to report them, you may get a news credit.
T-Hybrid
So US retail is just waiting on the Megatronus/Thunderhoof warrior wave now and they'd be caught up correct?
Or has the 2-pack with Grimmy and Bee also not hit retail yet? Hasbro's falling so far behind I'm having trouble keeping up!
InfinitePuddle
It was actually just yesterday, but yeah, was definitely "didn't know it was news" syndrome. The windblade was gone today, but here are Clampdown, Drift, and Thunderhoof
Nevermore
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans…utah-transformers-sightings-post13329192.html
These have been available from online retailers for months (on top of being out at retail in Slovakia, Australia, the UK and Hungary), but unless I'm severely mistaken, this is the first US retail sighting. I guess it's "saw them last week, didn't know it was news" syndrome again.