Botcon Announcements and Target Run
A stop by the local Target store in my small town today confirmed our earlier report that the Revenge of the Fallen toys are definitely on store shelves! The action figure aisle is sporting an entire end-cap for the movie line, complete with Optimus and Megatron Leader class figures, and the ever present role-play arm blasters that will be a permanent fixture of the store until they are marked to at least 70% off. Around the corner from that cap, in the aisle proper, we found the first 2 waves of Deluxe class figures, all four of the wave 1 Voyagers and the Scouts in fair supply. So far, looks like there has been some demand, but the pegs were far from bare even two days after the launch.
In other news, Botcon is in the fullest of swings out in Pasadena California, though I was unfortunately unable to make the trip myself this year. For an excellent look at some of the key Hasbro announcements for the rest of 2009 and a sneak peak at their plans for 2010, check out
the reporting over at tformers.com - and here is just a sample of a few of our favorite bits of news so far:
- Toys R Us Exclusive - G1 Commemorative Insecticons, Perceptor
- WalMart Masterpiece Skywarp
- Transformers Animated: New stuff will be released at some point in the future. Maybe as exclusives (including Arcee).
- Hoping to have Master Piece Grimlock in the USA within the year
Posted by charlie on May 30th 2009, 08:27 PM
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