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Post by MCDemuth on May 18, 2019 23:50:48 GMT
Autobot BLASTER WON a very recent 24-Hour Facebook poll, against Decepticon Skywarp, in the latest battle of which Vintage G1 Re-Issue will come out next... BLASTER is scheduled to be released onto, at least some, Walmart shelves, sometime in 2020... It is unknown at this time, if any of the Autobot Cassettes will be released at that time or later that year... news.tfw2005.com/2019/05/17/new-walmart-exclusive-g1-reissue-fan-vote-for-2020-388339ALL COLLECTOR FANS PLEASE TAKE NOTE... Some fans are having trouble finding... Gears & Warpath... among the apparently intentionally un-stocked shelves at their local Walmart stores... And even Amazon isn't selling them at 3rd party inflated prices! ...At least at this time... It's unknown as to why they are so hard to find... or what that means for the rest of the Vintage G1 Re-Issue Line... And so... If you happen to find ANY characters, from the Vintage G1 Re-Issue Line... Don't hesitate to get them... That one chance encounter, may be your only one! Soundwave with Buzzsaw still has yet to be stocked in ANY store... Rumor has it, He could start to appear on shelves in either June or July, during the next major Company Wide Quarterly Stocking. It is still expected that the Decepticon Cassettes, will still be released shortly there after... Perhaps Gears & Warpath will finally be stocked at those stores that have yet to have stocked them... Let's hope so!
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Post by MCDemuth on May 19, 2019 0:15:06 GMT
To Recap... Here's The Current Listing for the "Vintage G1" Reissue Line:
2018:
Autobot Hot Rod Decepticon Devastator (Constructicon Giftset) Decepticon Starscream (W/ Megatron Gun) Autobot Bumblebee (W/ Show-Accurate Face) Autobot Outback Autobot Swerve Autobot Tailgate
2019:
Autobot Optimus Prime (Without Trailer)
Autobot Gears Autobot Warpath
Decepticon Soundwave with Buzzsaw Decepticon Cassettes - "Frenzy" & Laserbeak Decepticon Cassettes - Ravage & "Rumble"
2020:
Decepticon Astrotrain Autobot Blaster
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 19, 2019 3:00:56 GMT
Autobot BLASTER WON a very recent 24-Hour Facebook poll, against Decepticon Skywarp, in the latest battle of which Vintage G1 Re-Issue will come out next...
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Post by MCDemuth on May 19, 2019 3:29:03 GMT
Autobot BLASTER WON a very recent 24-Hour Facebook poll, against Decepticon Skywarp, in the latest battle of which Vintage G1 Re-Issue will come out next...
Yeah, I have mixed feelings about that "fast" decision... I had Thundercracker as a kid, and I picked up Starscream this time around... and so, I'm very familiar with how to Transform the Seekers... Having Skywarp wouldn't be anything new, at least for me, in that regard... I never had Blaster. I don't recall any of my friends having him either... and so, having a Transformer that I have never Transformed before will be nice to add to my collection... On the Other hand... I actually like Skywarp's character better, than Blaster's... And in my opinion, Skywarp looks better in both Robot & Alternate mode than Blaster... If I had the final say, in picking which one to sell, I would have probably gone with Skywarp... However... I have MP Skywarp in my collection... and so I really don't need another Skywarp... Still... Skywarp lost the battle against Astrotrain... and so, the powers that be, know that fans want him... In addition, since he shares Starscream's mold, it would be very easy to release a reissue of Skywarp at any time... So maybe there is still a chance that Skywarp could still be released after Blaster. Perhaps around Christmas 2020?
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Post by twothousandonemark on May 19, 2019 3:47:05 GMT
Skywarp won me over as an adult, my G1 binge around 2008. Only Soundwave & Optimus are finer Transformers for me. Skywarp has the best colour scheme of them all.
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Post by MCDemuth on Jul 27, 2019 4:19:58 GMT
Oddly. my local store never stocked Gears or Warpath...and I am not sure why... But thankfully, after a long delay, some nice "scalpers" finally started selling them on Amazon, and I was able to purchase what I wanted to complete my Walmart "Vintage G1" collection... Heads Up... Walmarts across the nation are currently receiving their LIMITED shipments of Soundwave, and his cassette packs... And when I say limited, I mean Limited... According to BRICKSEEK... All OF the stores within 50 miles of MY location are receiving SIX Soundwave SIX Ravage/Rumble SIX Frenzy/Laserbeak I have no idea if more will be ordered... So... Buy them ASAP, before they are gone... If you can...I went to the store yesterday, and there were NONE on the shelves, and I didn't even know that shipments were in the process of arriving yet... I checked BRICKSEEK, this afternoon, and found TWO stores in my area had them in Stock, and mine was on the list... This evening shows more stores have them in stock... So apparently all the stores in my area, were off loading them from the trucks, TODAY... Since Brickseek, said my store had them... I went to Walmart's website, to double check, and it did say that they had him in stock, however, they noted they were down to FIVE Soundwaves already... Thinking this meant that they were on the shelves, I hopped in my car and headed over there... The shelves were empty... pretty much the whole Transformers section, and there was no indication, the product had yet made it out to the shelves... I think someone snagged one right off the truck! A regular sales associate tried to track them down for me, but could not find them... Sadly, a regular search of the website, doesn't show the products, but Soundwave is built in and ready to go... If you know the hidden URL Link... brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=453478696www.walmart.com/ip/TRANSFORMERS-GI-DECEPTICON-SOUNDWAVE/453478696It seems that both cassette packs are listed, at least for now, under ONE "ASSORTED" ordering page, so be careful when ordering ONLINE... Whenever that page shows up in the system... brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=494322832AND... If you can add then to a cart... Sadly, I can't order Soundwave online, let the sale clerks find him, and then go and pick him up at the store... So, keep a constant eye out... it seems those SIX (FIVE) packages will disappear from shelves fast!!! In fact, some lucky fans in other parts of the country, are claiming to have theirs already... And not all of them, are only buying ONE box!
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Post by MCDemuth on Jan 4, 2020 7:00:19 GMT
Apparently, the G1 Reissue of Astrotrain has just started making some early appearances on some Walmart shelves... You can use Brickseek, to see it any are in stock in your area... Just type in your ZipCode, and press the "Check Inventory" button to check... brickseek.com/walmart-inventory-checker/?sku=327496966Early reports indicate that AstroTrain's shade of purple, is slightly darker than the original shade. I guess that is to help collectors in Authenticating which releases they have. Oh, and sadly, it seems that Walmart's trend of charging an arm and a leg for these, is going to continue.
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