Has there been any word on if a reissue/restock of Grimlock is coming? I see Slug is up for PO various places, and I decided I was gonna try and get the Dinobots from this series if I could. But Grimlock is very steep right now. Just wasn't sure if they ever addressed this

I’ve heard nothing of a Grimlock reissue. I’ve seen the gaudy G2 recolor at Walmart. Might wait for a sale if it sticks around.

I stumbled on Frenzy at Target today. Wasn't coming up on scanners or at the register, but wasn't street dated. Got the attendant to override the register lock and told her it was 9.99 (I thought I was too high, but looked up my Amazon order which was 11.99!).

Ratchet incoming at Pulse. Not charged yet, but imminent.

Ultra Magnus down to 75.99 on Amazon this morning. Frenzy also shipping.

Stupid question time: did Studio Cybertronian Brawn get any repaints?

not yet

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Stupid question time: did Studio Cybertronian Brawn get any repaints?

Gracias, but dang.

Found Magnus at GS and got the price adjusted to the Amazon price.  Had it pre-ordered at Amazon also but they keep pushing the estimated date back and then forward, back, forward so I'm glad to have him.  Amazon has been really wonky on pre-orders for me lately.

@zombief-body enjoy! TF of the year for me.

@normdapito Thanks!  I agree.  I'm really enjoying him so far.  Magnus is one of my top 5-TF characters and this is like the MP made into a mainline release for me.  Got Snarl earlier at Target too so I'll be rearranging the 1986 shelf this weekend to add them in.

Just received Ratchet from Pulse. I really like this mold and I’m glad they didn’t waste any time releasing this character. This crew is complete! Now to kill them off!

I think Ratchet is my last main want for the year.  Trying to plan the rest of my yearly budget.  Not as big a want as Magnus or Snarl though so I can wait until he shows up on store shelves, probably early next year the way my stores stock product!  In fact like finding the Sweeps a few years back, probably right after Christmas.

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Just received Ratchet from Pulse. I really like this mold and I’m glad they didn’t waste any time releasing this character. This crew is complete! Now to kill them off!

Hey Norm, got my Ratchet early from Amazon.  He has a super loose outward joint on the left shoulder.  Does yours have that also?  I found a few at Target this morning so I'm wondering if I should grab one there and replace him.

I got my CS GI Joe Firefly also that had a super floppy ab-crunch and got a replacement from Amazon only to get a slightly less floppy ab-crunch.  I'm wondering if these are just production errors/mold issues and not YMMV issues.

The plastic on Ratchet seems softer than Ironhide. Trying to remove the pin to do the skirt mod cracked the side piece of his crotch off. The pin holds it on just fine (and then I obviously superglued it after finishing the mod), but it's still annoying that happened, especially since I know I was rougher doing Ironhide's (since I'd never done it before), and he was fine. *shrug*

I also pulled his right hand out, and cut some notches into the back of his gun, so it can plug into his wrist as a medical tool. It's something I did with my TFC version that I really liked & I'm glad I could replicate it here.

I'd still like to fulfill my decades-old desire of modding an iGear Kup head for him, though. It wasn't compatible with Classics Ratchet, it was way too small for TFC (it's MP-scale, after all), but I think it might finally work here...