Thanks to 2005 Board members Galaxius84 and 03Mach1 for sharing in our boards photographic proof of their sighting of the Walmart Exclusive Wave 1 Retro Headmasters.
The first wave of these reissues of the Titans Return molds with a new deco and the retooled heads used in the Takara Tomy Legends versions include Chromedome, Brainstorm, Hardhead and Mindwipe. They were spotted at Walmart stores at Northern Kentucky/Cincinnati in Ohio and Florida. These toys were officially revealed months ago even with listings but pre-orders never went live. We are glad these toys finally showed up at Walmart stores, considering they had been available in Hong Kong and other countries in Asia previously.
Happy hunting!
GuynGiantRobos
Wow 4 sets of Headmasters? I thought seeing any at all is a rare sighting
I was fortunate to find Wave 1 yesterday. Now looking for wave 2
Synth
I found some at my local Walmart last week in Texas.
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stprime
I have as many as I can trying to find MotU and MotWWE. Flocked Panthor will be just like these.
stprime
I want Chromedome and Skullcruncher. That’s it. For now.
TFXProtector
Not quite the same number (I avoid Walmart like the plague… ) but same experience.
I haven't seen a single HM in my few WM travels. (Only go when absolutely necessary. Target's always safer and cleaner.)
stprime
I have eyes on 5 WMs and haven’t even seen wave 1 yet.
SoundwaveSuperior
As far as we know there's just the two waves, consisting of only the characters that were G1 Headmasters.
Alpha Omega Trion Supreme
So maybe Grotusque and Misfire down the line?
They're the two I'm missing from TR, and the aftermarket prices are a bit much.
Robogeek28
None at my local Wal-mart yet.
AilaSunstruck
I haven’t seen anything in the Walmarts at Thomas Rd. or Mesa Riverview. Riverview has Kingdom now though
neeral36
Grabbed the lone set from a local Walmart in NoVA this morning.
UPCs:
Mindwipe 5010993797585
Hardhead 5010993797561
Brainstorm 5010993797653
Chromedome 5010993797578
Rodimus Prime
It's called Oklahoma.
drmick
Not exactly, you didn't!
jaws
Passing, got them in Titans Return!
Fafnir72
I'm seeing a pattern, a sea of Grapples, Snapdragon and the rest of the stuff you mentioned. I also read that Siege Elita-1 is shelf warming(?). Yet in other parts of the world they are like what da EF, like a search for Waldo. Dumped all and distributed half hazeardly to all the 50 states
Fenrys
recreating the mold isn't free, that cost gets trickled down to the customer. And it wasn't restoring/fixing an existing mold, they had to create an entirely new mold which is one of the most expensive aspects of figure production
ron8675309
Or as I do, you live in a major hotbed of scalpers.
all are dead
3/4th of the walmart reissues rotted on shelves. Optimus, Hot Rod, Blaster, Astrotrain, Soundwave. People say "its because of the price being hiked". Well if you want G1 reissues nowadays, then thats the price theyre mostly gonna cost. Its the price of materials. Those arent cheap to manufacture, and are more expensive to ship due to weight.
This is the G1 feel with the newer, cheaper, and better toys.
Fafnir72
With new technologies now, restoring the new molds are more expensive now? Besides that, if Takara could sell that MP-44 monster price tag, what's a little for the little truck that started it all?
I used that as a point of argument, because, well, it's Optimus. And the ER trailer is like, man, it was so half hazard stripped down……… How far have we gone down now? Hasbro can move Jabba's Sail Barge and not Optimus original G1? Are we to the point of moving awesome things through crowdfunding?
Disclosure: I do own several versions of the OG Opimus so it doesn't affect me as much as having other fans have the same "wow" experience with the original set with the trailer, launching Roller and the role playing with "Autobot Headquarters etc. Sad.