Following the report of Kingdom Core and Leader class figures, now we can confirm that the Transformes Kingdom Wave 1 Deluxe is out at US retail.
Kingdom Deluxe Cheetor and Paleotrex were spotted at Fishers Kroger on Olio Road, Indiana by 2005 Board member undertaker. Their wave partners Blackarachnia and Warpath should be out too.
Happy hunting!
Bumblejacker
I found Paleotrex at Kroger and Vertabreak at Target.
Terrorcon0
Transformers WFC Kingdom Variant Packaging has been sited. I picked up the first wave of the deluxe yesterday and didn't think any thing of it until I started seeing the figures show up at Targets today. And the first wave of the deluxe have different hangers. The set I grabbed has Cardboard on Plastic Hanger with Faction Symbol's. The set I've saw at Targets today have just the clear plastic hanger. I have attached images of this variant boxes. Interesting Discovery!!!
Cardboard Faction Symbol Hangers
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Mattymo
that makes as little sense as anything else you’ve been saying which is no surprise
Bumblejacker
I work at one here in Texas and they are shelfwarming Ironworks and are just now getting wave 2 ER Micromasters.
rdarkstream
Whatever lets you sleep at night.
Mattymo
Kinda hard to take ya serious when you’re complaining about prices and wanting them to be what they were a decade ago and wanting to find out at a convention that hasn’t been around for 5 years.
rdarkstream
Oh noes I said botcon..that totally erases all my points lol .
Lazerwave
So everyone will start the new year with a good old hunt?
Gumblor Gimbles
I'd argue the increased use of paint is a downgrade, it's somewhat hit and miss between figures, like Siege Sideswipe's great paint compared to ER Runamuck's crap paint. Hell, even two of the same toy can have greatly different paint quality.
Mattymo
Botcon?! What year do you live in?! No wonder you’re complaining about prices.
rdarkstream
Better plastic? I'll have what you are smoking.
More paint? Lol no.
Transformations have always been a mixed bag regardless of the line. I'll take a energon dive bomb over 95% of the movie toys.
worldsgreatest
Pinned joints, more paint apps, ankle tilts, BETTER plastic than anything in any iteration of generations, streamlined yet innovative transformations, genuine efforts to hide empty space…
You're tripping.
Gepard
I remember, about ten years ago, I was in a Kroger owned grocery store and they had the Generations Dinobot and Classics Sideswipe for $15.99 each, and I said no way. No way would I ever pay $16 for a deluxe!
Oh the fool. The foolish fool.
Oniconvoy
Yeah, how are you filling your balloons?
Dirge121
You don’t buy inflation?
rdarkstream
Yeah both are fun toys..I don't buy inflation at all.
I mean ya a little bit but not enough.
No there was a shift at hasbro about how to sell these things..
Oniconvoy
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all are dead
Exactly. As much as we miss the 10 dollar deluxes, that's over. Things are much more expensive now, and figures are better than they've ever been.
I'd rather take Kingdom Warpath than like Armada Cyclonus.
Toker
Engineers get paid more, shipping costs more, inflation. Who knows why prices keep going up on anything? But then again, I just bought ER Arcee for $6 and Netflix UM for $25, so I personally couldn't care less about what the MSRP is.
rdarkstream
Yeah hasbro is really milking this price hikes.
I remember when the excuse was because of oil..
Well thats been fairly low and abundant. Did we see price drops? Nope. But we did get smaller toys, more gaps and cheaper quality feeling plastic.
Thats something I'd love to get a good answer to at a botcon.