We can report several sightings of a Pop Culture Shock G1 Optimus Prime Statue at Target stores in the US for $49.99. This 9-inch statue had been listed and sold by Gamestop since last year (together with Megatron and Soundwave) but this new sighting reveals that the respective DCPI matches the mysterious “unknown line” Optimus Prime and Megatron figures we reported while back in May 2021.
It is still unknown if the rest of these Pop Culture Shock (now rebranded as Premium Collectible Studio) statues will be distributed in other stores, but the previous listings only mentioned Optimus Prime and Megatron.
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Autobot Burnout
They literally just had Darth Vader's picture on a bag of regular apples.
Vector Oracle
If they didn’t make the packaging for a head of lettuce look like the Death Star, they missed out.
Sunbow Prime
not the worst case of licensing I've seen but still, I'm not interested
Remember Star Wars branded produce?
2fabdad
And I picked him up for 10.00 on clearance too
2fabdad
50 dollars for a 3.00 cost 15$ retail static figure. What a crooked thing todo.
Vector Oracle
Found Megatron at Target in Pleasant Hill, CA.
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Electro Rush
I wouldn't mind the Grimlock one…. for like $25.
protohuman
Last time I purchased a $50 rock it took billions of years to form. Putting these in the recycling bin will offset some of the cost and give you something to do with the product.
Metro Prime
The price tag is what bothers me most. It looks like a $5 flea market find.
Liege Nemesis
Maybe it's representative of the Optimus Prime Memorial Statue from that one G1 episode. You know, the one where they made the memorial statue before Optimus died?
ziltama
At ours, Megatron is already on clearance.
Edit: Our local gamestop:
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Chaos Muffin
Figured we wouldve got a 3-4ft Prime by now like those giant Ninja Turtles , Vader & Stormtroopers that were out around Xmas time few yrs back.
gdg104198
This screams last minute Christmas gift.
cybeast
For a statue, the pose can't be more boring, just OP standing, holding gun, and with curling fist for whatever reason.
You'd think for a statue at the price of around 50$, he'd have a more dynamic pose.
FireFury190
My Target actually got a ton of these in around last week. They're still on the shelf now. I didn't know where to share it here though since this was a brand new line that was never announced.
WishfulThinking
One could just paint the shins white…
artiepants
I did too, I rolled my eyes and moved on, didn’t realize it was anything “new”. So pointless, I’m sure they’ll sell 10s of these at $50.
TheTornSideswipeFan
Yeah, you're right. We'll never be satisfied with the attempts we've gotten and we'll keep demanding HasTak to make more until we reach our unrealistic standards to a point even Third Party fumbles
Seth Sunthay
Wowsers!
They used the SAME incorrectly colored Soundwave reference with blue legs.
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At least the Hasbro figures are safe from that….