If you thought you had caught up on new Transformers product, think again! We now have our first retail sighting of two more Voyagers from the Hunt for the Decepticons line. Banzaitron and Battle Blades Optimus Prime were found today at a Toys R US store in Texas.
Time to fill the gas tank back up and go out for the hunt! Good luck to everyone out there looking to get one of these new toys!
G1_Cindersaur
just got night ops ratchet and the powercore set of bombshock with combaticons…at the tru with the bogo 1/2 sale…awesome…wanted leader starscream but will settle for these guys for now.
Overhaulimus
Great now I'm gonna have to buy that Prime, oh and Banzai-tron as well.
Jericho
Prime has been at my local TRU stores all week. I've passed on him three days in a row out here trying to find Thrust.
Bgrngod
This is the new voyager mold. Not the leader. I believe it's first appearance is in the wave with Banzaitron. Are you sure you didn't see something else?
The twist ties they started using are those tight rolled paper things now instead of the plastic covered wires they used for so long. They are a lot easier to take out now because of this. I don't collect misb but I can see how people that do are crazy happy about them being packaged in bot mode.
jestermon
I am hoping by the time WM does the reset they get in the second wave of PCC so that I don't have to wait for them to come from TRU.com when I order them.
But honestly I am tired of looking everywhere only to have nothing to be found.
I am just going to order the next waves as soon as TRU has them up.
And I can confirm that at my WM there is no stash of new stuff, there is only one toy bin and it's right beside the bailer, I would have seen them.
mariobros27772
prime was at my local tru for a couple of weeks… this is the first im seeing of banzaitron
SLAYERBOT13
Yeah my toys r us in central pa has voyager payload, night ops ratchet, leader battle hooks prime, the 1st wave of deluxes and legends. first wave of powercore combiners 2 packs. Also 1st wave of generations deluxes. Also everything is buy 1 get 50% off second.. Kmart has 1st wave of powercore combiners 5 packs.
darkfire
Yes! iam so getting prime! =D
Macross7
A problem I can see happening with them in robot mode is it is harder for kids to describe to relatives what figure they want as a gift. Using Voyagers as an example, before, kids could asked Grandma for the dump truck or the tank. Now, they have to try to descibe the robot & hope Grandma somehow remembers the name or the description is good.
Beastbot X
I work at Wal-Mart, and they aren't ordering any toys for the August reset yet– there aren't any TF boxes minus 1 box of NEST battle packs in the back. So if they're sitting somewhere, they're sitting at a more central distribution center than individual stores, at the very least.
Angelwave
Either that…or there will be a glut of Wave 1 figures sitting at the wider retailers because they have been sitting on stock while working on their "resets", that seems to take forever to complete.
I actually kinda like the new packaging. It takes up a helluva lot less space, and the new paper twist ties really didn't seem that much of an inconvenience to me on Seaspray (although that could change with others).
Beastbot X
Yup, I was starting to think this is what would happen. With Target and Wal-Mart taking so long to get their butts in gear, the most wide-spread and easy-to-find toys for the new lines will likely be Wave 2 or even Wave 3. Wave 1 (and possibly Wave 2) toys might be harder to find because of the limited distribution during the time frame for stores to order them. This is why I've ordered nearly all of the Wave 1 toys online (don't have a nearby TRU), even though I almost never do that with lines because Wave 1 toys are usually the most plentiful.
I'm not all that fond of it either, though of course it's a minor thing. It also means it takes longer to get them out of the package, since you have to use more twist ties to secure a robot in package as opposed to a tank, car, or truck.
Skyclaw
Only wanting Banzaitron for the time being. Does TRU.com have Banzaitron up yet to order?
NCStarscream
Awesomeness. Once I get that Prime I'll get going on my diorama. And Leader Screamer shall have the Matrix
SPLIT LIP
I just picked up Hubcap and Brimstone yesterday. (I live in Canada)
We did seem to get cheated of the last waves of the ROTF line. I wanted Ratchet.
Kryptokron
Hey Canadians! Start checking out your local WallyWorlds! I just saw HFTD Scouts and Powercore Combires at the Marlborough Walmart in Calgary, and it looks like they just got in… Never made it to TRU yet though. But they are usually not far behind WM.
Big_Truk_Convoy
Shoot I love it! One of the problems they were having in the past was that they one too many vehicles out there in the same color scheme (too many purple tanks for example) that's one of the reason we were getting non show accurate color schemes like Armada Tidal wave. Another example is too many Tank modes in a size class which is one of the reason classics Galvatron ended up being a deluxe sized figure. In robot mode, I would imagine they could get more variety visually.
It also helps fans like me who are excited about finding a figure, getting it home and transforming him only to find huge paint miss-haps and scratches on faces or broad focal areas. I hate that!!!! In robot mode I can see all that before transforming him and thus saving me a trip to return the cruddy painted lemons out there.
I love robot mode window boxes. I get to see the character rather than having a box with just another car, plane or truck in the window especially with figures I want to keep MISB.
Sam Witwicky
I might be tempted to get Banzaitron. Nice find btw.
hotrod422
I would love to find OP at my local TRU. Then I could cancel my Pre-Order at BBTS.
Thundershot
Holy–!! That's insane! TRU is the only one carrying the new stuff… seems like almost everyone else is holding off til August..