We’ve got word via Al Pa Pow on Google+ that the third and so far final wave of Power of the Primes Prime Masters has hit retail in Thailand.
This wave includes Bomb Burst to round out the updates of the original trio of 1988 Pretenders, as well as adding Bludgeon and Octopunch to update two of the popular and well-known 1989 Pretenders.
This is the second of the “third wave” Power of the Primes assortments to hit retail, following a recent sighting of Wave 3 deluxes in New Zealand and the Philippines, and hopefully both assortments will hit US retail and online distribution very soon.
conleyh2006
I haven't seen anything past deluxe wave 2 in texoma. No wave 2 titan masters no wave two leaders and no wave 3 and we have been all over only wave 1 deluxe and lower, our stores are telling us they are no longer going to stock the leader class figures
computron179
That bomb burst looks great. Cant wait to get him to have wave 3 prime masters complete.
xf1slicker
Is time to move to Thailand, I haven’t seen Wave 2 prime masters here in my town. I was lucky and found wave 2 deluxes and legends, but nothing else.
PrimalFury
Come on wave 3 Leader class, Ive been waiting a long time
Aldo
Wave 2 has popped up sparingly around here in Chicagoland. But I haven’t seen anything outside of Wave 2 Legends and all of Wave 1 since March.
Fc203
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myrrh
…meanwhile, i'm still over here looking for ramhorn… :/
Blam320
All these on shelves in Thailand.
Not a single one seen in months in my neck of SoCal.
Cooktimus Prime
I think this the worst distribution I have ever seen even over anything Mattel ever screwed up, JLU, DCUC, DC Multiverse. Heck even the last few lines of G.I. Joe I at least once in stores.
Eman7673
I was lucky enough to find 4 of 5 wave two deluxes at target (just one sighting) and I bought Hungrrr at NJCC… and that was it. No wave 2 Prime Masters at all… and I've given up on wave 3 already
Gangu Stars
Fc203
Not really they've been out since like march
Gangu Stars
Luck I suppose.
ZapRowsdower
After Hasbro finishes production of the new Cyberverse and Studio Series, you mean. Because Hasbro is going to prioritize the non-G1-Generations toys.
So a lot of these will probably show in Asia for months before the West sees them. Sorry, for months before a couple of people in CA see them and report them as widely available. You and I will wait for the first sign of frost in Hell! But seriously, the stock problem is horrible and I envy Asia for being so close to the manufacturing!
kdog
For those who missed our on wave two they pop up at a grocery store called Kroger. It was part of there Easter basket stuffers might be worth checking to see if any left.
ZapRowsdower
The only place to see that many TFs in the USA? TF Conventions!
A couple of sightings in California is hardly worthy of "hit shelves". Seriously, for a toy wave to actually APPEAR IN STORES (note the PLURAL), they have to actually appear in more than one store. And a one-off sighting followed by nothing? That's ridiculous.
Let's just agree that Wave 2, by and large, gets skipped in US retail. Because it does. June is around the corner, and with it comes the big toy reset. That means wave 3, most likely. It's become a Hasbro tradition, since they seem to be doing little to alleviate the obvious poor stock situation.
Wave revisions exist to correct the missing toy situation, which clearly shows Hasbro is plenty aware of Wave 1 syndrome but is too impotent to do much about it. Sigh. (i.e. I'll spend my money elsewhere, without the flaming hoops).
SgtLemon
It's weird because I've pre-ordered the legends, leader and Titan. Ah well, eventually I'll get them.
Thanks buddy.
Nevermore
Once Walmart in its infinite mercifulness allows them to.
SgtLemon
So, any clue when wave 3 deluxes and prime masters hit etailers?