Studio Series Wave 5 Deluxe Toys with Barricade and Sideswipe Spotted in Australia

eh, Crankcase ain't a bad figure, just a baffling choice of mold. I'd really love to know Hasbro's reasons for not using the original Berserker mold. Did someone there lose that mold, maybe down the back of the couch or something? I'm saying mold too much in a short post. Mold.



Mold.


I'm still impatiently waiting for the online retailers here in UK to get Swipe and Baz back in stock. I got Jetfire and Optimus from two different sites and neither has those two deluxes in at the moment. One of them I think did but sold out really quickly (as did Prime, Jetfire, Boney and Moonatron, but of course Crank & Clunk are still available) and are waiting restock.

Went to Toyworld, saw the new Siege as reported before. Saw all deluxes, voyagers and leaders and 2 battlemasters

Also found these which I didn't think I would.

Seibertronian Rainmaker found several toys he had not seen on the shelves yet in Ausrtalia. One of them is MPM Barricade for $159.99S AUD and the Vission Vision Bumblebee Movie toys that have already been spotted in the US. If you find these toys in your area, or if there are other toys you wish to share with the community, you can post in our sightings forum or sighitngs section.

Rainmaker wrote:Went to Toyworld, saw the new Siege as reported before. Saw all deluxes, voyagers and leaders and 2 battlemasters.

Also found these which I didn't think I would. MPM Barricade and Mission Vision Shatter and Bumblebee at Toyworld in Canberra

Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Rainmaker wrote:Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Wait what?????? We need pics

william-james88 wrote:

Rainmaker wrote:Wait a minute...the two Battlemasters I saw were the wave 2 ones, Pteraxadon and Aimless?

Wait what?????? We need pics

If I had realised those were the wave 2 battlemasters I would've taken pictures. But unfortunately I won't be there again until next week or so. I didn't bother taking pictures of the Siege toys because there were already reports of it in Australia at Toyworld and now I regret not taking them.

Edit: If I'm lucky I can be there by Sunday

This image is not my own, I got it from Discord by an Australian user called DrLockdown. I am using it show proof of the wave 2 Battlemasters until I can get my own, he bought these at a store called Hobbyco which I had not have heard of until now. Pteraxadon and Aimless lie next to Lionizer.

Thanks to the keen eye of fellow Seibetronian Prismartyr, we have new sightings for several Bumblebee-series figures. Found at a Big W in Erina, New South Wales in Australia, the figures found include Energon Igniters Power Series Ratchet and Nitro Series Blitzwing and Dropkick, though Dropkick was not photographed.

Astute readers will recall the memorable discovery of Ratchet prior to a reveal from Hasbro late last year in the US, so it appears the figure is finally seeing better distribution among foreign markets.





As always, be sure to be neighborly and report your sightings of any of these figures in your location’s sightings forum and be sure to stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more Transformers news and reviews.

Thanks to a post on Ozformers' Facebook page we have some confirmation of pricepoints on Transformers toylines that will be (or are) available for sale this year in Australia. Hasbro's official suggested retail pricing is as follows, though as the post states, various retailers look to be more expensive than others:

Hasbro's official RRP
Botbots 1-pack - 5
Botbots 5-pack - 15
Botbots 8-pack - 25
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WFCS BattleM - 10
WFCS MicroM - 20
WFCS Deluxe- - 35
WFCS Voyager - 50
WFCS Leader- - 90

These prices work out to the following in USD, just for comparison:

Botbots 1-pack - 3.58 USD
Botbots 5-pack - 10.74 USD
Botbots 8-pack - 17.91 USD
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WFCS BattleM - 7.16 USD
WFCS MicroM - 14.32 USD
WFCS Deluxe- - 25.07 USD
WFCS Voyager - 35.82 USD
WFCS Leader- - 64.48 USD

KMart looks to have the lowest pricing as of now, so that might be a good starting point if there's one near you in your corner of Australia.

BigW
Botbots 1-pack - N (Not in system)
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - N
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WFCS BattleM - 10
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - N
WFCS Voyager - N
WFCS Leader- - U (Unknown)

Kmart
Botbots 1-pack - 5 - OUT
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - U
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WFCS BattleM - 9
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - 29
WFCS Voyager - 49
WFCS Leader- - U

Target
Botbots 1-pack - N
Botbots 5-pack - N
Botbots 8-pack - N
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WFCS BattleM - N
WFCS MicroM - 19
WFCS Deluxe- - 34
WFCS Voyager - 49
WFCS Leader- - U

Toyworld
Botbots 1-pack - 5 - OUT
Botbots 5-pack - 15 - OUT
Botbots 8-pack - 25 - OUT
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WFCS BattleM - 10-12 - OUT
WFCS MicroM - 20 - OUT
WFCS Deluxe- - 35-40 - OUT
WFCS Voyager - 50-60 - OUT
WFCS Leader- - 90-100 - OUT

If you are down under and see a figure that hasn't been reported as being found at retail in your country, why not drop us a line, with photo evidence? Thanks for helping your fellow collectors and countrymen!

Why the Hell is it taking so frigging long for Siege to come out over here?

Prime Target wrote:Why the Hell is it taking so frigging long for Siege to come out over here?

Fuck knows, but I'm nearly at a point where I'll just give up and walk away from collecting. It's a fucking joke.

As an Aussie I'm sick of finishing lines by going on ebay, that is where I had to get my sludge.

ausbot wrote:As an Aussie I'm sick of finishing lines by going on ebay, that is where I had to get my sludge.

Hobby Link Japan.

Even with the 10% GST and postage they'll probably work out cheaper than the eBay sellers.

Good news for Australians who are looking to get their hands on Ectotron but didn't want to import!

Seibertron.com Energon Pub forum member VonDoom has dropped us an e-mail to let us know that EB Games Australia will be the exclusive retailer in Australia for Ectotron, and that he is now available for pre-order!

Ectotron is set to be available from June 6 for $80AUD, but you can secure your pre-order now for $10AUD with options for in-store click-n-collector or home delivery.

Will you be like our Forum Admin Burn and pre-ordering your Ectotron through EB Games Australia? Let us know on the Energon Pub Forums!

You can also pre-order it from Zing, but they're the same company

Burn wrote:Will you be like our Forum Admin Burn and pre-ordering your Ectotron through EB Games Australia?

Congratulations

Who ya gonna call?

Prime Target wrote:Who ya gonna call?

EB Games or Zing.

Hi all,

Found some Siege stuff at Big W in Eastland shopping centre, Ringwood Victoria.
Lionizer, Pteraxadon, Aimless, Laserbeak and Ravage, Red Heat and Stakeout.

Also found wave 1 and 2 Botbots line at Toyworld in Ferntree Gully.



Edit: Whoa! Burn is still here! Nice to see a familiar name still going strong!

Siege stuff at Toyworld in Eastland, Ringwood Victoria.

Ultra Magnus, Shockwave, Ironhide, Starscream, Soundwave, Sixgun, Chromia, Prowl, Ravage/Laserbeak, Red Heat/Stakeout.

Also had wave 2 Botbots.

Sixgun, Soundwave, Starscream and Chromia also spotted at Target Eastland.

Thanks to the hard work of the Ozformers Facebook group, we've learned that the exclusive Golden Lagoon Sets that Takara Tomy produced have made it to Australian shores via the Mr Toys Toy World stores. They currently only operate in one area of the country but Ozformers point out they could trickle to other Toyworld locations. Check out the sighting image which we've mirrored below for your convenience.



The two Golden Lagoon Sets are all redecos of previously released figures. With one set containing Perceptor, Seaspray and Beachcomber, and the other containing Starscream (a redeco of Ghost Starscream released as part of Unite Warriors Grand Galvatron). They were priced at Aus$129 and Aus$80 respectively.

Will any of our Australian members be chasing down these toys? Would anyone be interested in a golden Starscream limb for a combiner? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

Finally! It's about Goddamned time we got word of Shadow Panther's arrival after Toys R Us died (RIP) I Just went to the Rothwell Toyworld here in Brisbane. They didn't have The Golden Lagoon Sets or Shadow Panther but they said The City, Chermside , Indooropily and a few other places I didn't catch did. Starscream seems sold out everywhere but They have The Golden Lagoon 3 Pack and Shadow Panther. I'll ask at the Indooropily and Chermside stores if they plan on Restocking Starscream as soon as I can.

As for me I'm 100% going for all of them.

Has anyone spotted Siege Voyager Optimus and Megatron at major retailers yet? (Kmart, BigW, Target...) every store I’ve been too or called have not had wave 1 stock of anything (this is in Victoria). Really frustrating how they’ve skipped a wave? Is that normal? I’m not quite sure how distribution really works.

Just a heads up, Toys 'R' Us is looking to relaunch (via a license with Hobby Warehouse) as an online outlet with the intention to hopefully one day re-open physical stores.

http://www.toysrus.com.au/

At this stage it's set to go live on the 12th June.

Ectotron via EB Games/Zing has been delayed until September.

Not a good thing if you're trying to establish yourself as the place for "exclusives"

Toys 'R' Us is back in Australia via toysrus.com.au.

At the moment it's just a small selection of Transformers from TLK, RID and Titans Return.

https://www.toysrus.com.au/action-figur ... filter=241

There is a lot going on in Australia as far as Transformers sightings go. For starters, it is the first place to get the Cyberverse Spark Armour Ark Power Optimus Prime. It is exclusive to Big W stores.

You can see it in this image below along with other cool toys now at mass retail in Australia, like the Siege wave 2 deluxes and Studio Series wave 6 deluxes.

Plus, Big W got the MPM stock from Toysrus, so you can get MPM Barricade and Bumblebee there. And on thursday, they are on sale. You can see more info on the sale below.

Speaking of Toysrus, the online store has been bought and reopened under a new owner, but the only Transformers stock is leftover from 2-3 years ago. You can still visit it here. We hope it will be the destination for current toys going forward but there is no word on that being the case with Transformers yet.

Australia also got the wave 3 Siege deluxes (the Reflector wave) AND Battlemasters at Toyworld, a collectable store.

Lastly, Studio Series voyager Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime and Rampage were found at Target, this is the first sighting of new voyagers in the Studio Series line since the year began.

All of this info was found on the Ozformers Facebook page.

Myer has a much better sale going on.

You Australians with your properly warmed shelves and predominately physically attractive populace and adorable marsupials and cool accents...Curses!

Burn wrote:Myer has a much better sale going on.

It'd be good if they had any Transformers

Rainmaker wrote:

Burn wrote:Myer has a much better sale going on.

It'd be good if they had any Transformers

Wouldn't know. Both are over 100km's from me anyway.

Just in from Ozformers on Facebook we have word that the new Transformers Studio Series figures, Longhaul and KSI Boss, have been spotted at a local Toy World in Canberra! Whether you're nearby or not these new bots can't be far from showing up at your local brick and mortar stores.

From Ozformers:
"After two waves of Studio Series Voyagers were found in Australia during June (wave 3 Ironhide and wave 6 Rampage & Optimus), a third wave of Voyagers were apparently found at a Toyworld in Canberra in the final days of last month - wave 7 TF2 Long Haul (new) and TF4 KSI Boss (redeco Nitro Zeus). If these are now out here, it would be another world first for the month.
If you see these ones as well in the next week, let us know, as it is nice to see new toys here, and before the rest of the world.
(photo of toy and receipt posted on the Ozformers board by member MightyGrimlock)"


Take a view and share your thoughts with the Seibertron crew in the forums, and as always stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in up to date Transformers news.

Thanks to Ozformers we've learned the upcoming Japanese Transformers 35th Convoy and Optimus Prime Set And MP19+ Smokescreen are going to be EB Games And Zing Exclusives once released in Australia! Both items are currently up for pre-order at the respective sites.

The two pack features a G1 Optimus Prime along with a repainted Optimus SS38 from Bumblebee with a paint job closer to his G1 counterpart. MP Smokescreen plus has that slick closer to the G1 cartoon paint job.

From Ozformers regarding the Optimus set:
"A couple of new pre-order listings on Zing and EB Games for release early next year...
Japanese 35th Anniversary Optimus & Convoy set - this one is a real surprise, and a real treat for us here in Australia. This is a TakaraTomyMall exclusive in Japan (which would also be released in Asia), of two separately packed toys in Gen1 style packaging. One is a reissue of the 1984 Optimus Prime toy (cab only) which was called Convoy in Japan, while the other is a very minor redeco of the 2019 Studio Series Voyager Optimus Prime from the Bumblebee Movie.
Release date here - January 5th 2020
Price - AU$160 (pre-order deposit of $50)"





And they provide the links for the two sites for the Optimus Prime set, here for EB Games, and here for Zing.

Here's their statement on Smokescreen:
"MP-19+ Smokescreen (Anime redeco) - Entertainment Earth in America started releasing these Japanese MP toys earlier this year, with an English slipcase but everything else inside should still be Japanese. Smokescreen is the first one to show up here, so we might be end up getting whatever else EE releases in the future.
Release date here - January 26th 2020
Price - AU$130 (pre-order deposit of $30)"




And they provide the links for the two sites for Smokescreen, here for EB Games, and here for Zing.

Happy hunting all our Australian members here's hoping you can get every special edition and exclusive you're looking for. Make sure to post your thoughts in the forums and stay tuned to Seibertron for the ultimate in Transformers news!

Want some US exclusives without going through the hassle of importing them yourself? Hit up your local online crack dealers!

Refraktor Three Pack
@ Robotoyz | @ ToyBot Importz

Micromaster Ten Pack
@ Robotoyz

SDCC BotBots Con Crew
@ Robotoyz

Walmart Soundwave, 3 pack Gurafi, Noizu and Frenzy
Currently sold out, keep an eye on their websites or Facebook pages (Robotoyz, Toybot Importz) as they've been known to find more sources.

Unicron
You really should keep an eye on their Facebook pages.

If anyone has any other local listings, please share!

Unicron Update

RoboToyz is seeking feedback so they can see what interest there is and how to best help people fund it.

OzFormers is also gauging interest

Clearly setting out to make themselves the Bunnings Warehouse for Transformer exclusives in Australia, EB Games and Zing are now offering up ol' mate MP-38+ Burning Convoy and Siege Nemesis Prime for pre-order!

Set for release 21 March 2020, MP-38+ Burning Convoy will set you back $198.00 dollary doos (with a $30 deposit).

You can sus out the pre-orders for him at either EB Games or Zing now.

Set for release the day after, Nemesis Prime will set you back $98 (with a $10 deposit).

He is available at EB Games or Zing as well.

Are you stoked by this news? Then head to the Energon Pub Forums and have a chin-wag about him with your fellow fans!

They also have Burning Convoy available for pre-order at Canadian EB Games too. Didn't see Siege Nemesis Prime, though.

UltraPrimal wrote:They also have Burning Convoy available for pre-order at Canadian EB Games too. Didn't see Siege Nemesis Prime, though.

EB Games canada always gets the MPs from now one, just like entertainment earth. But no one really cares since its consistently more pricey to get it from them than japanese vendors.

Greetings Seibertronians, especially those in the land down under! Following on from preorders for the first four of the Seacons, EB Games Australia and Zing Pop Culture have opened up pre-orders for the last two Seacons! These are of course Overbite (who is a retool of Power of the Primes Rippersnapper) and Tentakill (who is a retool of Power of the Primes Moonracer). They are both retailing for Aus $78 and require a Aus $10 deposit. Check out the links below!

Overbite



https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/loot ... cts-figure
https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/produ ... cts-figure

Tentakill



https://www.ebgames.com.au/product/loot ... cts-figure
https://www.zingpopculture.com.au/produ ... cts-figure

Have you got the rest on Pre-order? Do you have thoughts on this much sought after team? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!

When are they going to be available on HasbroPulse?

While the big Australia Toy Fair reveal was stolen from under their nose, there are lots of new sightings for anticipated toys that hopefully make up for it. These all come from the Ozformers Facebook page. There is even news of a current deal on Transformers at Myer. Monday (the 9th) is the last day of this deal.

"20% off Transformers (and most toys) at Myer this weekend - ends Monday 9th March.
Just in time for some new Earthrise and Studio Series toys, if your nearest Myer has done some re-stocking this week.

Transformers Earthrise updates for Australia.
After they started showing up in some Toyworlds and Myer stores last week, people are now seeing the Deluxe and Voyager sizes at Kmart stores around the country.
Kmart prices are the same as their Siege prices - $29 for Deluxe, $49 for Voyager.
Myer have the Deluxe, Voyager and Leader classes.
Toyworld are still the only ones so far with Micromasters and Battlemasters.
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Also worth noting that Kmart have been getting in a new shipment of Studio Series toys as well, with the recent wave of Deluxe (Soundwave, Hotrod, Triplets, Bumblebee) and an older wave of Voyager (Long Haul, KSI Boss).
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Some first sightings from the last week...
- Cyberverse Ultimate w4 Optimus & Shockwave (at Toyworld).
- Cyberverse Ultra w6 Clobber, Hotrod, Bumblebee (at Toyworld).
- Botbots series 5 single packs (yellow bubbles) at a Target in NSW.
- Rescue Bots Academy 4-pack for a very cheap $49 (it has $76 worth of toys) found at Kmart.
- Rescue Bots Mini Racers for $7 (six toys - Optimus, Bumblebee, Heatwave, Hoist, Whirl, Hotshot) found at Kmart."

There is a big sale coming up in Australia's Big W stores in June. The best deal is 44% off all leader class toys, in the various Transformers toy lines. Also, they include Sky Lynx in the sale, meaning he should be in stock there soon. He is meant to be a temporary exclusive where he will only be available at Big W for the first 3 months of release and then come to other retailers as well.

Here is all the info from Ozformers.

BigW mid-year TOY SALE starts soon.
Transformers toys are on page 16 of the catalogue (already on the BigW website).. with some AWESOME prices.
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Sale starts Online Tuesday JUNE 16th.
Sale prices in-store from Thursday JUNE 18th.
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Sale ends Wednesday JULY 15th.
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WFC Skylynx - $119 (save $30 - normally $149)
WFC & Studio Series LEADER - $49 (save $39 - normally $88)
WFC & Studio Series VOYAGER - $35 (save $14 - normally $49)
Bumblebee Movie Energon Ignitors Nitro - $15 (new price)
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https://www.bigw.com.au/bigw-catalogues…
Skylynx is noted as a BigW exclusive, which is true for about 3 months, when it is allowed to be sold by other retailers. (Kmart & Target are NOT getting it)
The examples of the Leader & Voyager toys in the catalogue may not be the new items or waves in the stores for the sale... we will have to wait until the new stock arrives at stores in the next two weeks.
Leader class is not a regular size at BigW, so when their Toy Sale stock sells out, they might not get more in.
The Nitro toys also look to be a one-off shipment, so should stay at $15 until they sell out (they used to be $35).
Both Leader & Voyager are shown with examples of Studio Series and Generations WFC toys, so the sale price should apply to both series.
Scorponok was not scheduled for this sale, but should show up at BigW (and some other retailers) around September/October (subject to demand).

Greasepit, Rotorstorm and Hubcap on EB Games. Also available via Zing. $40AU each, $10AU deposit each. That makes them $11AU more than regular retail price, not too bad, but still a rort.

Burn wrote:Greasepit, Rotorstorm and Hubcap on EB Games. Also available via Zing. $40AU each, $10AU deposit each. That makes them $11AU more than regular retail price, not too bad, but still a rort.

Huh, I expected a lot worse. Especially after the seacons, interesting.

Rainmaker wrote:

Burn wrote:Greasepit, Rotorstorm and Hubcap on EB Games. Also available via Zing. $40AU each, $10AU deposit each. That makes them $11AU more than regular retail price, not too bad, but still a rort.

Huh, I expected a lot worse. Especially after the seacons, interesting.

As did I.

Burn wrote:

Rainmaker wrote:

Burn wrote:Greasepit, Rotorstorm and Hubcap on EB Games. Also available via Zing. $40AU each, $10AU deposit each. That makes them $11AU more than regular retail price, not too bad, but still a rort.

Huh, I expected a lot worse. Especially after the seacons, interesting.

As did I.

Also you say $40 AUD is $11 more than retail price, but I can't find deluxes for that price anymore here. They're either all $35 AUD or in the Cyberverse deluxe figure case, $40 AUD.

Rainmaker wrote:

Burn wrote:

Rainmaker wrote:

Burn wrote:Greasepit, Rotorstorm and Hubcap on EB Games. Also available via Zing. $40AU each, $10AU deposit each. That makes them $11AU more than regular retail price, not too bad, but still a rort.

Huh, I expected a lot worse. Especially after the seacons, interesting.

As did I.

Also you say $40 AUD is $11 more than retail price, but I can't find deluxes for that price anymore here. They're either all $35 AUD or in the Cyberverse deluxe figure case, $40 AUD.

I only paid $29AU for Ironworks at K-Mart. Even their website has that size point @ $29AU and Earthrise Voyagers @ $49AU

K-Mart FTW!

Netflix wave 2 (leader pack still to be determined), Re-issue Soundwave and cassette packs and wave 2 of mini-bots!

https://www.facebook.com/ozformers/post ... 5126492848