Care of Entertainment Earth, we can report the case breakdown for the upcoming Transformers The Last Knight Deluxe Wave 4. Wave 4 will feature two of Cogman in every case, along with repacks of Crosshairs, Strafe and Bumblebee (x2) from Deluxe Wave 3. Wave 1 Decepticons Berserker and Barricade round out the case. The full breakdown is given below:
1x Barricade
1x Decepticon Berserker
2x TRA MV5 PRE DLX COGMAN
1x TRA MV5 PRE DLX CROSSHAIRS
2x TRA MV5 PRE DLX BUMBLEBEE
1x TRA MV5 PRE DLX STRAFE
On the surface, this suggests that as well as not shortpacking Cogman (though three per case would have been nice), the deluxe wave 4 cases will also completely carry over Deluxe Wave 3, hopefully making those toys slightly easier to acquire. With Wave 1 on shelves everywhere already the extra Barricade and Berserker might be less welcome, on the plus side they are only one per case each.
Autobot Burnout
I worked at Target for about 9 months as a backroom guy, so here's what I know:
No. Target and such places are not holding additional waves in the back – they may have an extra case of Wave 1 deluxes but it's extremely unlikely for them to hold later waves of product that essentially isn't moving. It's additionally unlikely because we're getting close to the holiday season and so they're stocking up like mad on toys that probably won't be released for another few months, taking up precious storage space in the back.
hup2thepenguin
Anyone here work retail in the US, like Walmart, Target, or TRU? Like, are stores holding Wave 2 and 3 in the back until Wave 1 sells out or did Hasbro simply not send any shipments out to retail? Almost all the stores in my area are filled with Wave 1, but Walmart has been out of stock of all deluxe toys for a couple weeks now and still no restock.
harrismonkey
Yes. But when the hunt may require 40-200 trips to the store over 3 months with no perceptible change looking for toys that are NEVER released locally at retail, that's just not fun for most people.
Automorpher
I felt alot better immediately after seeing this so thanks for sharing.
ron8675309
Now I keep imagining the Pope traveling to Singapore just to buy toys.
CelticMutt
There are at least 10 countries smaller than Singapore, with Vatican City at the #1 spot.
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Automorpher
Singapore mate.
autobotlongarm
There\'s more Barricades and Berserkers than the iPhone X.
WarInTheFloor
Is that Dino bot any good in those colors?
My Chrome one can be Ptero, this oen can be Strafe and the Classic one coming in POTPs can be THE Swoop, since I am in a Dinobot squad building mode right now. I might would get this oen if I saw it and the colors woudl go ok with my team
Gallade
It was just speculation from me.
WarInTheFloor
There is a clearance price where I would consider this
ron8675309
If I had the cash for bundled figures, that would be a really swell thing to do. I hope I remember that if/when I ever have that kind of disposable income. I always liked slipping TFs into the holiday toy drives; felt like I was passing the fandom on to the next generation.
Thundershot
Only if you're willing to NOT have the figure. Hunting is useless now if you really want a figure.
Rodimus Billionaire
Yeah, we just need wave 2 to come out eventually….
usernamedustin
Why would you want to make children in your life hate Transformers? I prefer to gift my nieces and nephews good figures so that they will like Transformers.
rego0012
Rip wave 2 we barley got to know you
NGW
And I have still not seen anything beyond the first wave of deluxes in stores ANYWHERE. I don't believe any other deluxes exist.
John TheDestroyer
I never had the Aoe version because the car mode was so ugly. When pictures of this guy came up I was super excited, but it looks like I just wasn't destined to have a Crosshairs figure because I cant find a decent price anywhere.
denebian
That only works if online retailers carry the product… TCP, BBTS, etc don't have Cogman. And when it is a last wave figure like Cogman (or TR Slugslinger) they usually only put it up as a case assortment, making you purchase 3 other figures you don't want just to get the one you do.