Attention Canadian collectors! Via friend site Cybertron.ca we can report that the new Transformers Earthrise Wave 2 Deluxe & Micromaster are out in Canada.
Cybertron.ca members foil and wesperino found Earthrise Micromasters Fuzor & Blast Master (Astro Squad) and RollerForce & Ground Hog (Racetrack Patrol) at a Walmart in Ontario.
Also, the new Earthrise Deluxe Allicon, Arcee, Airwave and Smokescreen were found at Big B Comics in Hamilton, Ontario.
Happy hunting!
Rated X
Ill just have to take your word for it. I dont keep track of all this stuff. For the record, I wouldnt accuse them of being "theives". Im sure they pay for the figures they review. The theif is the person who removed the figures from the factory. And even that is subjective. If you loan me your molds and pay me to use MY resources to make 10,000 figures, and I make an extra 50 for myself, I havent stolen anything. You got your 10,000. Its my factory, my workers, and my raw materials.
Mattymo
The YouTube thieves reviewed most of Earthrise wave one in November/December last year and we saw packaging for them in the winter but they didn’t get released till late February/March or even later.
Rated X
Maybe youre right maybe youre not. I just know a Christmas release makes more sense. Netflix is irrelevant because they are exclusive repaints and Kingdom is new product. All I can say is we have seen box art and enough loose samples to believe hypothetically that at least the core and deluxe class could be in stores by Christmas. Im not saying the will be. But theres still enough time if they wanted too. The only thing thats screwing it up is Earthrise. Wave 2 is being pushed back so how does that affect wave 3 ? Will we be getting Sunstreaker, Trailbreaker, Runamuck, and Fastrack pushed back ? Or will we get all 8 dropping in stores at the same time ? Not too mention no new leader class figures.
Mattymo
because Earthrise did and Netflix exclusive and Titans return and a thrilling 30 and generations 2012 and 2010 and universe 2008 as well as Prime RID line. All spring/summer releases. Only power of the primes and Siege were holiday releases. Combiner wars was January. Titans and commander class come out in the summer. Same with store exclusives. Summer/ fall. 35th anniversary was technically October.
There’s actually not many holiday releases for transformers or even start off lines. Armada started in the summer. Energon kicked off in January. Cybertron was a summer release too. Animated was in the summer. Movie lines are usually April/may before the movies comes out.
Rated X
Tfsource is pretty good with their arrival dates on most Hasbro preorders. I know this because I always end up finding them in stores and cancelling my preorders a month early in general. So December sounds about right for Kingdom retail release. If the Generations line is really for kids, (SMH) why would they wait until after Christmas to get them in stores when parents are already broke ?
Mattymo
A long wait that’ll be here in no time but like I said earlier plenty of time for the remainder of Earthrise to be around and for Thrust and Runabout to hit shelves
Fenrys
Nope you were right, originally Pulse had March listed but they've since updated it to Feb, so that's my bad
Mattymo
i stand corrected on February. March…much later haha so maybe mid to end February before a US sighting…yay…
Fenrys
FYI: for anyone thinking Kingdom will be in stores for Christmas, Hasbro (you know, the company that makes these figures) has them solicited for Feb. Don't rely on dates from 3rd party vendors because their dates are regularly inaccurate and a few have no problem posting early dates to boost preorders and then push them back month by month
Mattymo
we’re still gonna be dealing with delays till beginning of the 2021. I would put more faith in that February date than anywhere else at the moment. Most if not all are still saying September for wave 2. October starts tomorrow
Rated X
FYI: TF Source has kingdom arriving in January and they always get the stuff last. So its safe to say Kingdom is planned to hit the stores in time for Christmas. Im not sure where youre getting 5 months.
Mattymo
probably gonna be dealing with them and wave three by the time kingdom starts honestly. Shelve were filled with impactor sand spinsters and crosshairs when it kicked off. Siege megatron might still be on the shelf though…
Dexatronic
same boat here in Springfield Mo not seen any deluxes yet but im sure we will be swamped soon
Mattymo
mejier is actually pretty big but Midwest. I don’t have any in iowa but I have grocery store that are owned by them. It’s no different than I’m sure you have local grocery stores too. Walmart and target are the only nation/global standard retail/chains.
Hasbro did make a “statement” people who ordered got an email that said they’re delayed. These are an an option to buy, they don’t owe grown adults an explanation. They’re still coming out and like I said over a dozen toys have come out since wave one and I know you’re a bit of a studio series and selects collector and you’ve gotten plenty of figure from them too. Four toys getting delayed isn’t the end of the world. You’re going to get them. Kingdom is 5 months away.
as of right now I’m getting exclusive versions of the judge, allicon, arcee and smokescreen. Yes it’s frustrating but it is what it is. I’ll get the actual mold intended for the figures eventually. I got plenty of figures to play with right now to appreciate
just be patient
Subdurmal
I'm just stating the info I've gotten from Wal-Mart and EB Games. EB has been fairly accurate so far. Just my Tigertrack has been pushed back till the 9th.
Rated X
I hear ya. All the figures you speak of Ive had well over a month in hand. The only one that has been sighted that I couldnt find was Doublecrosser (battlemaster) September has been more about Studio Series IMO. And after I got all of those, I was thinking damn whats up with the Earthrise deluxes ? Why is my Quintison Pit of Judgement arriving in the mail tomorrow but I still dont got a damn Alicon ? Whats up with this Mejer chain in the midwest ? Are they dealing with Asian suppliers ? Why are they getting stock before Target and Walmart who get their own exclusives ? And how about TFSource and BBTS ? How come they always get stuff last but some small chain in the rust belt happens to strike a deal ? Hasbro needs to step it up a notch. And dont blame covid either. Or at least put out a statement regarding wave 2 deluxes. Would it hurt them to speak on it during the Pulsecon reveals ? I dont think thats asking a lot.
Mattymo
it’s just how it is. We haven’t gotten wave 2 deluxes but it’s not like we haven’t gotten anything. All the voyagers, leaders, micromasters and battlemasters are out(I haven’t seen the judge or megs myself). We’ve gotten the seeker 2 pack, the clones, 4 selects, skylynx and scorponok and Amazon’s wxceluices. It’s not like it’s been a dry spell waiting for deluxe class figures.
LeTigre
I wanna say that’s a crock, but then there were in hand pics from Asia in the summer so who frigging knows. Target still lists Wave 3 shipping Nov 1 and Amazon has most of Wave 2 seemingly in stock but all in all I wanted to grab that in person, myself. Distribution is a real shit show this year.
Subdurmal
Wave 3 ER Deluxe are listed for next Friday release. Netflix (with the Bumblebee) I think is Oct 17th.
Rated X
I just hope to see something soon. I have no shortage of walmarts and targets in my area. Its not a matter of not getting the figures, its a matter of why havent we gotten them yet ? Why is the whole world getting them before the country they were designed in ? Its getting silly.