2005 Board member Exodus has passed along some news about the latest Transformers sighting at US retail. This time, it’s for the next wave of Generations Voyagers which contains a repack of voyager Onslaught as well as the new mold of Sky Lynx. Sky Lynx can combine with other Combiner Wars Deluxe figures to form Sky Reign. These figures were spotted in a Target in Washington state. You can check out the photo proof after the jump!
Wild Eevee
How much is Skylynx?
amethysted
The colors always differ between Hasbro and Takara.
They do it on purpose…
If you dont like this deco, just buy the import….
YoungPrime
Hollywood Hoist
I found the pair of Skylynx and Onslaught. Other than the legends, I'm done for a while.
YoungPrime
I lucked up and found a set of Deluxe figures back in December at Walmart. But waiting for Onslaught has been a pain. So a few days ago I said "eff it" and grabbed him at BBTS along with some PE hands and feet and that Blue United Starscream I'll repurpose as Black Shadow's partner in crime "Blue Bacchus".
Hmm maybe I'll have Slipstream join that team and even it out with Lockdown……Oh and Chopshop to!
My point was that Onslaught was only 24.99 at BBTS and with POL only came out to about what Taxes would've been on all 3 items. Now once I find Sky Lynx I can give my wallet a rest since I'm done with CW.
DocSeth81
I still haven't seen the combaticons
Nevermore
A belated welcome to TFW2005!
Here are the "rules" for toy sightings (which are not explicitly written down anywhere, but are more akin to a set of established conventions followed by most people here on the boards):
The first time someone finds a new toy at retail (in the US or elsewhere), it's expected to post a new thread here in the "News and Rumors" sub-forum. Separate threads may be made for the same toy in different markets, but it's also acceptable to post in an existing thread (although that reduces the chances of people noticing it).
The first sighting at US retail gets reported on the TFW2005 main page, with a news credit to the user(s) bringing it to the staff's attention. Additional "first sightings" in other markets, whether they predate the first US retail sightings or not, might or might not be reported on the front page depending on the priorities of the news staff on duty at the time.
For additional sightings, there is the "Transformers Sightings" sub-forum. Separate threads exist for each state of the United States, plus additional threads for other countries. Feel free to check the thread for your location and report anything cool you find there.
In order to minimize some rather inconvenient effects (namely, people reporting "new" sightings to the "News & Rumors" sub-forum when those very toys have already been reported on the TFW main page, or people not reporting their sightings of new toys that haven't been reported yet due to simply assuming those toys have "probably" been reported before), I have set up a thread named "Newly released and upcoming toys: Hasbro edition", which is almost always up to date and has additional "archive" threads linked at the top for older figures (i.e. anything sighted at US retail for the first time more than two months ago).
If you prefer ordering your toys online, there are also these helpful ongoing threads:
The Big Bad Toy Store New/Restocked/Shipped/Preorder Items Thread
The HasbroToyShop New/Restocked/Shipped/Preorder Items Thread
The Amazon New/Restocked/Shipped/Preorder Items Thread
*Official* TFSource "New/preorder/shipped" thread.
The Toys R Us New/Restocked/Shipped/Preorder Items Thread
Ongoing Target DPCI log thread (all current lines) w/weblinks to check stock!
Official New Sales, Deals, and Coupons Thread
Have fun!
David Hingtgen
Found them today in Iowa. (Merle Hay Target).
G1primus01
I'm going toy hunting today as well
Grimlockimus
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-sightings/
Anyways it looks like I'll be going toy hunting for the first time in…years I think. Not exactly willing to pay the prices that Sky Lynx is going for on BBTS or Ebay right now.
G1primus01
Where is that?
doomtron
Yea check the sightings thread for specific locations
G1primus01
Anyone seen any of these 2 guys here in Florida?
guard convoy
It is a good thing oliveslaught never happened. Onslaught has been stupid rare and i am glad i dont have to risk buying that ugly thing
Cal
Has anyone seen it since?
barrelks
Found one today during my trip to Portland. The upc wouldn't scan and after telling them twice that it was $24.99, they insisted that it must have been clearanced out and gave it to me for $10.99. I gave up on arguing that they charge me more.
shifty02
That was my picture I took last night when I picked them up. Being in the Seattle area, I just naturally assumed they had been hitting retail all over the country.
And yes, Onslaught has the gray chest.
T-Hybrid
The Wave 2 Onslaught is the same as Wave 1. It appears Oliveslaught was either cancelled or has some sort of bizarre regional distribution that hasn't shown up yet.
It's fitting. Onslaught and Scattershot just barely get into stores on a regular basis the past few weeks and wham Sky Lynx comes swooping in like the ego maniac he is.
doomtron
Time for my extra onslaught for customizing
Onslaught24
It's grey. Sucks that Hasbro didn't bother swapping the chests like they said they would. Wouldn't have taken much either. Just mold those bits in a different color, slap the symbol on, and boom. Oh well. 30 bucks less I gotta pump into this line. Would've liked another version of Onslaught though.
Hopefully Skylynx hits Florida soon. Missed him on BBTS.