… well, perhaps “new” is the wrong word as all four of these have been around before, but never in the same assortment before.
2005 Boards member HoosierDaddy reports finding some new Legends Class toys in his local Dollar General. The four toys in the assortment come on generic backer cards, so are not just old Reveal the Shield stock but a new run. The assortment consists of:
Reveal the Shield Legends Optimus PrimeReveal the Shield Legends Starscream
Universe 2.0 Legends Megatron
Dark of the Moon Cyberverse Bumblebee (Cyberverse Evolution Set)
The Bumblebee is a true oddity, since he is a single pack version of a previous Toys R Us exclusive multipack. This version also omits the big honkin’ Autobot symbol on his chest that the last release had. The other three seem largely unchanged from their first releases. They run for $6 each.
Omegax80
None of the Dollar Generals I have been to in NJ have the ones with weapons.
Fort_Fett
The back of StarScream with nulls neck is painted black and looks ridiculous in alt mode so I just switched heads with the original release…presto magic!
Acidophilus
Yes, and another hole in each wing to peg them into.
megatroptimus
Yeah… so now he has 4 null rays.
Snake_eyes1975
LEGENDS STARTSCREAM WITH NULL RAYS?!?
Oooohhh man..Can Dye another starscream and make skywarp and have the 3 easy..
bobbyjack
Sweet. Going to Big Lots tomorrow.
Scaleface
All I ever see are the ones without the weapons. Sad.
Rewind
The ones I saw at Big Lots last weekend did.
bobbyjack
The ones I have seen in my Dollar Generals have been without the sword and guns. Just like the RTS but no rub signs. Do the ones at Big Lots have Optimus' sword and Starscream's Null Rays?
barrelks
Awesome, gonna have to hit up Biglots tomorrow. Want me Starscream, and maybe others.
Niv3k
I like the RTS Megatron Gun more but this looks cool too.
Now make a Soundwave Legend!
Superquad7
This is where I found mine. I couldn't find them at the Dollar General/Family Dollar stores.
G1Prowl
As an addendum to this, these are also available at Big Lots, and the Big Lots versions are the GDO remolds in Starscream and Optimus colors. Not news, but since this thread got revived, I figured I'd put it out here.
SlaveToLogic
Double Post Error.
SlaveToLogic
I saw these, and didn't buy them…
I hope they're still there.
Th0r4z1n3
That's enough confirmation for me, I'm not gonna bother with an EZ Starscream then. Thanks for the info man!
…and how in the heck do you have negative 4 news credits?! LOL
BenjaminXavier
Its definitely not any kind of overstock, as Hasbro has reported (via answers about the Joe figs) that they're trying to "expand their brands" by putting core characters into these el-cheapo stores. So we got Prime, Megs, BB, and SS; joes are cobra commander, duke, snake eyes, storm shadow, cobra trooper and shipwreck (who isnt quite as 'core' as the others); and marvel gets Iron Man, spider man, captain America, etc.
This was a conscious choice, so its not overstock.
That said, the joe figs are apparently getting repaints, so we *might* get them too, but with the joes its the same guys in new colors. with us if we get them they'd be other characters, so who knows…
shibamura_prime
I bought a DG Starscream to compare with my Chronicle one since I'm a Legends nut. I gave the DG one to a friend and didn't think to take pictures beforehand, but I looked both of them over up and down and couldn't find any differences between the two. Paint apps, plastic and trademark stamps all looked exactly the same. I have a DG Prime I'm keeping on the card too and from what I can tell through the bubble that he's pretty much identical to his Chronicle counterpart as well.
Th0r4z1n3
I'm pretty sure they'er the Takara EZ Chronicles ones (at least SS), but I've never heard of TakaraTomy overstock ending up at the Dollar Stores here in the States, it's usually just Hasbro overstock as far as I know.
Superquad7
Agreed. I've never seen any of these that show up at the dollar stores as a specially made assortment but Hasbro simply continually putting their product out in other places such as these. Surplus stock that gets a different packaging. These figures showed up at the Five Below stores as well.
YES.