Cybertron.ca's Transformers Q&A Answers for August 2009 from Hasbro

[Prowl_2009]

Originally Posted by Pascal

Not worth it imo. Starscream was enough.

Oh heck Yeah!

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Jefro

Disappointing that the Universe line is finished with but I'm glad to hear that their will still be new versions of the Original Characters.

Then again, Hasbro said Classics had ended and it continued (in a big way!) through Universe. So hears hoping to the Heritage line!

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Super_Megatron

I'm surprised by the number of people that don't have a Masterpiece Skywarp!

Unless they changed the mold, I rejected Starscream for his 'side pants'. That really looked like a weak design.

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by devilsknight

Which two would those be ?

Originally Posted by Jefro

Iron Hide & Galvatron. But I also forgot about Sideswipe so I technically need 3. Have been to 14+ stores and nothing from the early waves but Prowl, Sunstreaker and Tankor. Only others I ever see are Cheetor, Hound and Cyclonus but always 1 of here and there.

Galvatron was pretty high supply around here. Sideswipe was occasionally seen, but I never saw IronHide.

Many folks were disappointed with Galvatron, but I found him awesome.
He even sparked a goodly creative interest here on the boards last year when he came out.

[chaingunsofdoom]

The HTS flak here is a bit unwarranted IMHO. You pay the US calculated cart shipping price +$25 in USD. They are upfront about this on their FAQ.

If you check-out the original HTS news thread, I put my experience in there. (http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showt...t=16997&page=2)

After shipping costs, I ended-up paying $1.88 for GST to FedEx.

For the price you are paying, if you have a large enough order, the slightly higher price is a viable trade-off versus: (a) the higher Canadian dollar (~92 cents), (b) the speed of arrival, c) the chance of something ever showing-up here (the last waves of Animated, exclusives, newer stuff, etc.).

If you've recently shipped from a US online store like BBTS, their prices for USPS shipping have jumped this year. It also takes 3+ weeks for your parcel to arrive.

[Pascal]

I get my stuff from BBTS first class in under 2 weeks... Most stuff sent first class with USPS, I get under 2 weeks. Give how HTS often put the new stuff on their site well after it's released, unless it's a hard to find exclusive, I don't see why we should bother ordering from there when there are several cheaper and faster alternatives.

[General Tekno]

Woo! We're getting Skywarp!

Which is good as I passed on getting the MP version for a good deal recently, so I could get the US deco which I prefer.

[Aernaroth]

Originally Posted by Super_Megatron

I'm surprised by the number of people that don't have a Masterpiece Skywarp!

Didn't like the fluorescent purple. Im a much bigger fan of the darker grape purple on the Upcoming walmart one.

Also, it said Specificially to Canada... I must be misunderstanding them in taking the meaning that he'll be Canada-exclusive, because that doesn't make any damn sense.

[JLvatron]

Originally Posted by Aernaroth

Also, it said Specificially to Canada... I must be misunderstanding them in taking the meaning that he'll be Canada-exclusive, because that doesn't make any damn sense.

Let's see:

Specifically to the Canadian market, Masterpiece Skywarp will be available at Walmart this fall

That just means the store-limit is for Canada; guess in the US he'll be general retail release.

So you are right, he is a "Canada Walmart-exclusive Exclusive"

[generalblast]

Originally Posted by down_shift

All they said is "Universe" is done. Look at it this way. ROTF has already released wave 6. That's only two more waves of a basic run. They have to do something once it ends seeing as theres almost 3 years until the next movie.

We know Animated is coming back in some form, we know they will continue with classics/universe style figures, so all we don't know is the label that will be used. I'm guessing they will be using a new product line to market all sorts of style figures. Movie, Classics, G1, Muggs, ect ect.

In short... they never said they'll stop making classics style figure, just that Universe is no more.

Well, you may be right about the future of the TF in some sort of way. There are just two more basic ROTF Waves and that is it. But what about the others? Human Alliances? Legends? They are most probably doing another line with ROTF DLX figures. ( Stuff like Premium, along those lines )