Thanks to boards member Rookbartley, we have our next Titans Return sighting! This one is likely to get fans excited as it’s our first sighting of the wave 2 voyager Alpha Trion! While he wasn’t on the shelf alongside Alpha Trion, Astrotrain is also part of this wave which means we’re very close to getting our hands on the beloved “Space Choo-Choo”.
Alpha Trion was sighted at a Meijers in Ft. Wayne, IN. Keep your eyes peeled for these new arrivals, and happy hunting TFW!
Update: Astrotrain has been spotted as well by member Shin-Gouki in Cincinnati, OH.
Death333
Found one, bought it and I've already started painting it lol. I like it, it's a good figure.
CyborgimusPrime
I saw him at Target the other day, I even took him for a walk around the store with me, but in the end I put him back. I'm just not feeling any of these deluxes enough to pay full price for them. I already regret buying Galvatron months ago…I need to be 100% sure to spend $25 on a figure these days.
soundwavempl
I finally found these guys at a Target in Tomball, TX today. It was the only store that was not clogged with TR Voyager wave 1 (with Galvatrons being more plentiful than Sentinel Primes):
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unicronic
1. Astrotrain in Toon colors is a very easy win for Takara.
2. It wouldn't surprise me to see Takara do a new figure based on the mold like Lio Convoy, Leo Prime etc etc.
TheDecepticon
Considering Takara has been first with their preorders on this line and that they and Hasbro typically release their waves in a similar fashion, the fact that we didnt see a Alpha preorder with the Takara Astrotrain leads me to believe we wont see him. I also suspect that Alpha is a premold (possibly for some of the Dinobots?) and Takara doesnt usually waste their money producing those (see Sentinel Prime).
TheGrognard
2) I dunno, Takara hasn't skipped an entire mold often.
Sablebot
Astrotrain in Cincy
Would that happen to be the Meijer in Fairfield, OH?
TheDecepticon
1) toon accurate
2) highly unlikely
TheGrognard
I wonder 1) what Tak Astrotrain will look like and if it'll be worth it and 2) if Alpha Trion will get done…
I don't wanna double dip unnecessarily.
TheDecepticon
Likely wont. Seems they will just be "in stock" on Sept 1. Something about certain retailers shipping preorders before the actual release date I believe
WEEGEE
Does anyone know when we can expect to see preorders up on BBTS or TFsource for these guys
Autovolt 127
All Aboard The Wave 2 Hype Train!!!!
Ironic since they took forever to come out (Wave 1)…hell in Canada, I haven't seen any Wave 1 Titan Masters still.
YoungPrime
Yeah, I try to think of the positive. We will be getting Trypticon next year so if I find myself saving a lot of money because of the movie crap, I'll spend a little extra on SDCC or Takara version. Plus it won't be the first time I ditched retail and did all my shopping strictly online, so let them clog aisle with Bay's crap all they want.
Neko-bot77
Like I said a few posts up, i'm pretty sure we're getting 6 waves for TR. (Possible exception of leader class.)
Agreed, W2 showing up before W1 is widespread available? seems very fast to me….
OMG movie stuff… i still see random AOE toys… the thought of movie stuff clogging shelves again makes me siiiick
doomtron
Yeah come to think of it there has been more than four waves confirmed . this does seem to be going quite fast. And FYI I am not looking forward to movie stuff clogging the aisles again
wheelnut
Meijer , dont know about the rest of you but the store near me in Wisconsin is a joke they still have CW silverbolts , 3 of them.
YoungPrime
Are we sure it's just 4 waves? CW had 6 waves in total for legends/deluxe/voyagers and 5 waves for Leader class.
In any case I hope Overlord is part of wave 4's Leader class line and that he doesn't suffer the same fate that Skylynx had.
shadowfall1976
Most of the movie toys warmed the aisles from AOE in the storea around me, they hardly moved, meanwhile the Generations toys sold pretty well.
YoungPrime
On the fence with Astrotrain since we still haven't seen Takara's version yet and Alpha Trion is a big fat NOPE in either case. (Terrible figure)
Gallade
If none of the stores buy anymore TR figures, it looks like we'll have to do the same thing we did to get DOTM Leadfoot, Soundwave, and Wheeljack.