Attention War For Cybertron collectors. Some Kingdom Galvatron copies have been spotted in the US showing a different shoulder assembly compared to the first figures available at stores.
One of the main concerns with the Kingdom Galvatron toy was that the shoulders looked too low in robot mode. Some fans noticed that it could be a misassembly since shoulders looked better if you turned the arms, leaving the metal pin visible. Today, Twitter user @tfradio (in San Diego), 2005 Board member Patrickab7 (in Illinois) and 2005 Board member Dah Padre found copies of Kingdom Galvatron with visible fixed shoulders which look more natural and give Galvatron better proportions in robot mode.
Stay alert when you find Galvatron at retail and check the boxes to try to find this variant. See all the images with comparison shots with the first Galvatron toys after the break and then sound off on the 2005 Board!
T-Hybrid
Does TCP do returns? Send it back if you can and snag a legacy one later.
The Mad Demobot
I finally got Galvatron from The Chosen Prime, but unfortunately I got the "bad shoulder" variant. I didn't think I'd get it with the correct ones apparently hitting shelves.
Now I'm stuck with a unopened Galvatron with the wrong build and don't what to do with him. I don't have the time to do some tinkering unfortunately and I don't want to make it worse than before.
Sunbow Prime
The shoulder issue makes it an easier decision. I don't know if I'll ever see a corrected shoulder version in a store. I don't know if an order from an online retailer like Hasbro Pulse will be correct because I can't see the product before I buy it.
Shadow25
My local Macy's in the mall had a ton of Galvatrons, all correct shoulders.
Makes me feel a little silly having paid full price and doing the fix myself… but at least I pulled it off and had the figure to enjoy for many months prior.
all are dead
Meijer, Target, and Walmart out here have all been Galvatron FILLED. Christmas wiped a lot of it out, but a Meijer near me had 10+ Galvatron and Magnus before Christmas, now theyre down to like 2-5 each. Some BW megs too.
TRUSkid
Galvatron is Hitting the shelves again.
Lake Worth WM.
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2fabdad
It's 49-55 plus tax and gas retail. You did good
Sunbow Prime
I ordered one with the correct shoulders for $65 shipped on eBay. Looking for it in stores would have costed me more than the extra $8 I paid.
2fabdad
It's a weird year for distribution for sure.
On one hand you want to wait and see if they flood after Christmas.
On the other your worried retail will skip it and go on to what's relevant.
If you want it and can't Not have it buy it Now on eBay. If it's something you can live without roll the dice.
I ordered Wreck Gar from eBay paying 75 the nezt day he ships out from online retail. Now there are 3 chilling at my Walmart. I have NO regrets.
fanbase0000
It’s strange but this year I’ve been to dozens of different Walmart/Target in Atlanta and probably visited the stores overall a hundred times total. I’ve only seen one Galvatron ever at retail.
usually after a while I start to see plenty of a lot of the hard to find exclusives at retail like Worlds Collide, origins bumblebee, Draculus, Netflix bumblebee, Netflix Soundwave, etc but never Kingdom Galvatron. Even Netflix Soundwave which took me a while to spot at retail, I eventually saw it three times but Galvatron I still only had 1 sighting ever.
2fabdad
I have one out of box to clean up and custom, one to keep in box for later, and the Selects is very good. Selects is in stock at BBTS and others ready to ship.
Afterburner
I've seen so many of these. I'm really surprised for anyone who hasn't.
Sunbow Prime
I didn't think I would be on eBay to get something released summer of THIS year, but here we are, with a non-exclusive of all things.
2fabdad
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Keep looking they Are out there
2fabdad
Go fish
Pcsolyar
I raise you this:
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Sunbow Prime
Normally I wouldn't even bother looking in stores because I find it's almost always a waste of time, but I want to make sure the shoulders aren't wrong.
2fabdad
Ardmore Oklahoma Walmart had one yesterday. I'll post a pick if I go tonight
Sunbow Prime
negative, at least here
2fabdad
Walmart and Target in store.