Via the Official Transformers Facebook page we have some fresh new official images of the upcoming Walmart exclusive transformers.
35th Anniversary Figures
- Voyager Optimus Prime (Classic Animation)
- Voyager Megatron (Classic Animation)
- Voyager Soundblaster
- Deluxe Bluestreak
G1 Reissues
- Soundwave with Buzzsaw
- Ravage and Rumble
- Frenzy and Laserbeak
According to the facebook post they should be available to preorder soon.
Sylent
I found Optimus Prime this morning at opening, and in typical Walmart fashion, the box was all jacked up like someone used it as a hockey puck. Still got it anyway as I'll probably never see it again. I had to carefully examine the contents as anything sought after in this particular store usually ends up being a swap out upon close examination.
Effigy
myrrh nails my objection to the Cell shaded Megs. I just feel like his face doesn't stand out enough. I actually bought the cell shaded Megs first and then returned him and bought Siege Megatron instead.
35th anniversary Optimus is glorious and I'm glad I have him, but he doesn't really go with the other Siege figures. I'll use Earthrise Prime for that. I really have no use for Animated Megatron. He's not good looking enough on his own, and he doesn't fit in with the rest of the line. I'm glad other people seem to like him though.
myrrh
…can the megatron molds' faces be swapped?..i was very excited for these figures until i saw megatron in-hand; i think his unpainted face and anemic decepticon tampograph bother me most of all…
FAKER II
Yeah, I wasn’t anticipating the Megatron either since I already had the 1st version. In fact, I didn’t want any of these 35th anniversary figures.
But then I saw one lone 35th Megatron on the shelf with the other Voyagers. I had seen comparison pictures before, but seeing the 2 Megatrons side by side in person changed my mind.
vvvTheONEvvv
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I'm in the camp of "cell shaded beats bird shit" paint apps.
I knew I'd love the cell-optimus, but I wasn't expecting to be impressed by a megatron recolor this much.
Most people are against the cell-shaded megs because they already forked out for the first release… understandable to not want to double-dip… but the hate is unwarranted.
Besides, cell-megs is more g1 colored accurate, even on the abs.
reluttr
You can actually get bluestreak online again, thats how I got mine. Optimus was sold out, oddly I had one randomly just show up in one of my stores like others have had happen, so thats how I got mine.
I'm wanting soundblaster, but I haven't seen one show up yet in store and I am not about to pay 40 dollars online for a repaint of a figure you could get for 25 bucks not to long ago. I also still need to get megatron, but I've put him on the back burner since I dont see all that much different from the standard retail version.
80sboy4
Surprised to see the 35th anniversary figures at my Walmart, they don't usually carry their own exclusives. Was lucky enough to get both the Optimus and the Bluestreak as those are long gone now. Also picked up a Megatron, which they had a few still left. Soundblaster looks great in hand but decided not to get him.
myrrh
…at my local walmart, the special 35th display went up on an endcap in the toy section for a day or two in early-november, then was pulled into backstock until wednesday night just before thanksgiving, when they set it behind all the christmas merchandise toward the front of the store for about a week, after which it was taken down and the remaining 35th exclusives were intermixed with the regular stock on the usual pegs…
FAKER II
I have several Walmarts in my area and I still haven’t seen these except for just 1 random Megatron sitting on the shelf alongside the other Siege Voyagers. It must have been a return from either an online order or someone who bought it in a different area. I’m glad I picked him up.
The Bucket Kitten
The Wal-mart I work at finally put the 35th figures up. I already had Bluestreak (ordered him online), and I have no interest in the other three. I will say, they look really good in person.
myrrh
…yeah, i thought i was, but upon seeing them in-person, the tampo execution isn't quite clean-enough to sell the cell-shading effect, especially on megatron: bluestreak only for me, too…
…i'm content to sit with just my masterpiece optimus and megatron; maybe i'd pull the trigger for a G2-style color scheme?..
IgnikaMarcus
My Walmart actually has all the 35th figures on shelves at the front of the store with the "hot ticket holiday items"
weevil
I bought 35th Bluestreak.
I'm not very interested in Siege 35th Optimus and Megatron.
ziltama
They don't need to have the display out to carry the figures. There's a lot of Walmarts around here. Only one was carrying the anniversary figures, several copies of each, and there was no special display. Jokingly, it would seem like this one store took all the other stores' inventory.
Ordering online is your easiest option.
PlanckEpoch
It appears to be the case? IIRC the two Walmarts I know of who got the display are still the only ones who seem to be getting these in. I JUST got a Bluestreak over the weekend at one of those two Walmarts. The Walmarts that never got the display don't seem to be ever getting any of these exclusives.
vvvTheONEvvv
Found mine in the regular TF area, no displays.
reluttr
So if the stores dont have the displays out by now, then it means were boned, right? Or is it likely they are still on a pallet in one of the containers out back just waiting to be put out?
Cause none of the 6 walmarts across three counties in my area got these in and im not about to pay 40 bucks for a repaint online.
Brogey
Um, both Lincoln highway and fruitville pike walmarts in Lancaster got them and as of yesterday all 4 are still at fruitville pike Walmart and the 3 voyagers are at Lincoln highway Walmart.
autoclave
Picked up my bluestreak yesterday at the Walmart for $19.99 plus tax.
Well worth the wait.
Paco Grande
That’s a Canadian Walmart. It’s $40 up here.