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Walmart Exclusive Wave 1 Retro Headmasters Out In The US

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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!

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stprime Avatar
TFXProtector

Not quite the same number (I avoid Walmart like the plague… [​IMG] ) 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.)

I have as many as I can trying to find MotU and MotWWE. Flocked Panthor will be just like these.

stprime Avatar

I want Chromedome and Skullcruncher. That’s it. For now.

TFXProtector Avatar
stprime

I have eyes on 5 WMs and haven’t even seen wave 1 yet.

Not quite the same number (I avoid Walmart like the plague… [​IMG] ) 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 Avatar

I have eyes on 5 WMs and haven’t even seen wave 1 yet.

SoundwaveSuperior Avatar
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.

As far as we know there's just the two waves, consisting of only the characters that were G1 Headmasters.

Alpha Omega Trion Supreme Avatar

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.

AilaSunstruck Avatar
Nelson Cuevas

Nothing in both Walmart by me in Surpize AZ

I haven’t seen anything in the Walmarts at Thomas Rd. or Mesa Riverview. Riverview has Kingdom now though

neeral36 Avatar

Grabbed the lone set from a local Walmart in NoVA this morning.

UPCs:
Mindwipe 5010993797585
Hardhead 5010993797561
Brainstorm 5010993797653
Chromedome 5010993797578

Rodimus Prime Avatar
RickyLeeSTF

You live in a dead zone if you haven’t seen any of those at retail yet.

It's called Oklahoma.

drmick Avatar
jaws

Passing, got them in Titans Return!

Not exactly, you didn't!

jaws Avatar

Passing, got them in Titans Return!

Fafnir72 Avatar
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.

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 :mad: 

Fenrys Avatar
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………:cry  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.

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 Avatar
RickyLeeSTF

You live in a dead zone if you haven’t seen any of those at retail yet.

Or as I do, you live in a major hotbed of scalpers.

all are dead Avatar
jasonw

Disagree. The G1 reissues you mention that no one cared about, but were near to impossible for most to find, were all reissues of reissues. People already had them. These would have flown out.

As for better toys?

if you think tiny heads with poor paint jobs that barely attach, a Mindwipe my kid could make a better Lego version of and that breaks if you look at is better. Sure.

If G1 is so unpopular, why pack them in these boxes at all?

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 Avatar
Fenrys

Optimus' trailer was missing from the walmart reissue because they had to create an entirely new mold for Prime, the previous molds were too degraded. This is also part of why just the cab cost $50usd. Including the trailer would have increased the price further due to that needing a new mold as well

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………:cry  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.

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