We’ve got a report that the new Optimus Prime role play helmet has been sighted at retail in New Zealand. TFW2005 member ssjkazer reports the sighting, along with a suitably high pricetag of $149 NZ. More importantly though this marks another region which is gearing up for the impending movie onslaught – by which we mean the merchandising deluge, not the Decepticon who features in the new movie.
samisham
Okay, it's not the end of the world. That's good.
That actually wasn't their fault, for whatever reason no retailers over here wanted to pick it up.
Nevermore
New Zealand got the helmet third. Canada got it first. The UK got it second.
TCJJ
Woah, they had Thrilling 30 toys in our stores?! No way! I take it back, Hasbro is obviously amazing at distribution. It's like how every time I walk into a store and find all the Yo-kai Watch merchandise ever released, and-
I can't keep this up. Hasbro's distribution sucks ass.
Fasttrack
Saw the helmet on Valentine's Day in Australia too
At the Zing in the Melbourne CBD
can't remember the price, and it's not listed on their website so I can't look it up. If I end up back at a Zing (which I no doubt will) I'll confirm the price. And get photo proof
samisham
Wasn't it great when we could buy Thrilling 30 toys at any toy shop? Oh wait.
Thanks Hasbro.
TCJJ
Oh yaaaaaaay… They won't release half of the Generations stuff but we got this instead. Totally makes up for it.
We've got things first before. Unfortunately, it's usually just crap like this.
samisham
Did…did we just get something first? Is this real life?
ssjkazer
Its more the fact its out in another country, theres lots of photos because all i had ever seen of the mask was front on photos, so i thought bugger it ill take heaps of diffrent shots, i will say its to small to fit my head lol
Monari
Oh, I didn't realize this was news.
I also saw the helmet released at the St.Laurent Toys R Us in Ottawa yesterday. Didn't catch the price though.
Scorpio
For the price it should have had a more metallic looking paint.
User_136440
Interesting how in some regions the packaging for this has 'Premier Edition' on it, like in the U.K., but in others it doesn't.
ssjkazer
Transformers the last knight Optimusprime Helmet has been released in New Zealand, for a eye watering 149