Transformers Generations Selects Kraken / Seawing and Lobclaw / Nautilator Delayed on Hasbro Pulse

Kinda Glad that I ordered from TF Source instead of Pulse. Turtler and Gulf just shipped

grimdragon2001 wrote:Kinda Glad that I ordered from TF Source instead of Pulse. Turtler and Gulf just shipped

I'm glad I did too, but for a different set of reasons.

A) they will all ship together for me

B) If I had gone Pulse, I would have had to frantically keep an eye on the shipping (which they are bad for sending notifications btw) because all of these new dates are right around when I am moving, and that would be chaos

I ordered the entire set at TFSource, mostly because I knew they'd ship together, and for free. I don't have Pulse Premium, and I'm not sure Pulse has a threshold for free shipping otherwise.

Bounti76 wrote:I ordered the entire set at TFSource, mostly because I knew they'd ship together, and for free. I don't have Pulse Premium, and I'm not sure Pulse has a threshold for free shipping otherwise.

Pulse is free shipping. They add the shipping cost and then discount the shipping cost for it making it free. There’s no requirement amount either like tfsource. You buy a $20 figure and say shipping is $10 you’re total is $30 but then they give $10 discount making your total $20

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:Kinda Glad that I ordered from TF Source instead of Pulse. Turtler and Gulf just shipped

I'm glad I did too, but for a different set of reasons.

A) they will all ship together for me

B) If I had gone Pulse, I would have had to frantically keep an eye on the shipping (which they are bad for sending notifications btw) because all of these new dates are right around when I am moving, and that would be chaos

Totally get where you are coming from, i just had other things on my stack that hit the free shipping premise so i figured get them now, the others will wait till they are all in with a Nicee companion

grimdragon2001 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:Kinda Glad that I ordered from TF Source instead of Pulse. Turtler and Gulf just shipped

I'm glad I did too, but for a different set of reasons.

A) they will all ship together for me

B) If I had gone Pulse, I would have had to frantically keep an eye on the shipping (which they are bad for sending notifications btw) because all of these new dates are right around when I am moving, and that would be chaos

Totally get where you are coming from, i just had other things on my stack that hit the free shipping premise so i figured get them now, the others will wait till they are all in with a Nicee companion

Since I knew the move was coming, I have a very large stack right now, it hit free shipping back in November (started accruing in September). I swear, when King Poseidon comes, he and the rest will be in a box that could fit a chair

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

grimdragon2001 wrote:Kinda Glad that I ordered from TF Source instead of Pulse. Turtler and Gulf just shipped

I'm glad I did too, but for a different set of reasons.

A) they will all ship together for me

B) If I had gone Pulse, I would have had to frantically keep an eye on the shipping (which they are bad for sending notifications btw) because all of these new dates are right around when I am moving, and that would be chaos

Totally get where you are coming from, i just had other things on my stack that hit the free shipping premise so i figured get them now, the others will wait till they are all in with a Nicee companion

Since I knew the move was coming, I have a very large stack right now, it hit free shipping back in November (started accruing in September). I swear, when King Poseidon comes, he and the rest will be in a box that could fit a chair

Wow, hope you post a pic of that haul

So does this also apply if you ordered via TFSource? Or will it still come in February via them?

This whole situation is infuriating. They haven't given any information as to why these delays keep happening. It's a pretty good way to lose your customer base to sites like TFSource and BBTS.

Lore Keeper wrote:This whole situation is infuriating. They haven't given any information as to why these delays keep happening. It's a pretty good way to lose your customer base to sites like TFSource and BBTS.

You’ve always asked that multiple times on tfw2005

Randomhero wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:This whole situation is infuriating. They haven't given any information as to why these delays keep happening. It's a pretty good way to lose your customer base to sites like TFSource and BBTS.

You’ve always asked that multiple times on tfw2005

Yup. Different site, different group of people. It's a good way to reach like-minded customers and get their feedback. Who knows, maybe someone actually knows the answer.

Lore Keeper wrote:

Randomhero wrote:

Lore Keeper wrote:This whole situation is infuriating. They haven't given any information as to why these delays keep happening. It's a pretty good way to lose your customer base to sites like TFSource and BBTS.

You’ve always asked that multiple times on tfw2005

Yup. Different site, different group of people. It's a good way to reach like-minded customers and get their feedback. Who knows, maybe someone actually knows the answer.

I didnt order any of the Seacons so I guess I'm frustration free.

The delay should allow opportunity for more orders. But I know that's not happening. These are officially as rare, expensive, and exclusive as convention exclusives now.

Randomhero wrote:

Bounti76 wrote:I ordered the entire set at TFSource, mostly because I knew they'd ship together, and for free. I don't have Pulse Premium, and I'm not sure Pulse has a threshold for free shipping otherwise.

Pulse is free shipping. They add the shipping cost and then discount the shipping cost for it making it free. There’s no requirement amount either like tfsource. You buy a $20 figure and say shipping is $10 you’re total is $30 but then they give $10 discount making your total $20

That's how it works if you're a premium member (if you placed an order on Pulse during February 2019 you got free premium for a year), but for regular buyers the shipping is only free on orders over $50.

Lore Keeper wrote:This whole situation is infuriating. They haven't given any information as to why these delays keep happening. It's a pretty good way to lose your customer base to sites like TFSource and BBTS.

Just a guess, but seeing as how all of the ones showing up at TFSource and the likes are coming from China it seems likely that Hasbro is getting theirs directly from Takara Tomy Mall since they followed the same pre-order restrictions. That would mean the delays are likely on Takara Tomy's end after they've handled their own distribution and then sent them on a slow boat to the USA.

Emerje

Hopefully with Wonderfest this weekend we'll see Armada Convoy again and maybe Super Megatron

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Hopefully with Wonderfest this weekend we'll see Armada Convoy again and maybe Super Megatron

Super Megatron for the win! You know, since his silhouette shows the TR Galvatron mold, I wonder if he'll keep the already Megatron-esque Titan Master

I must admit, I'm looking forward to the Super Megatron reveal myself as that's obviously what the King Posideon Manga chapters are leading up to. Though I think that they'll ditch the titan master gimmick completely with him but we shall see.

I am ready to see Super Megatron and hopefully Armada Prime. I'm excited for these japanese G1 characters and some Armada flavor

Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

that Armada Prime was the thing I was 2nd most interested in this weekend, that is depressing that they are still undecided on it

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

That's exactly what I was meaning. Based on Star Convoy's price it might be $100, assuming it's not an MP. If it's MP styled, then I expect it'd be more like MP-44 priced unfortunately

This is not news I wanted to hear...… in fact

Ironhidensh wrote:This is not news I wanted to hear...… in fact

I agree, I've seriously wanted a poseable, generations style armada super optimus ever since I saw that the original was a slab with gimmicks

william-james88 wrote:What do you mean, you were hoping skipjack referred to someone else?

This is the Selects thread. They're talking about Armada Convoy.

Sounds like that even if the Armada Optimus gets made it might end up being different from the prototype.

Hmmmmmm

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Star Convoy was exactly the same price as the MSRP for Siege Leaders in Japan so it really doesn't matter if Hasbro helped support the figure or not, it was never going to cost less than that. Armada Convoy is a different story. From what we can tell of our first look he's going to be a 100% new mold which as a potential Selects figure would make him a bigger gamble than Star Convoy and the Seacons which share parts and engineering with other figures. I doubt they'd be able to sell him as a Leader, he might qualify as a Commander if he's complicated enough, or he could just be unclassed like a lot of Takara Tomy original figures are.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Sentinel_Primal wrote:Well, no new Generations SELECTS at Wonder Fest unfortunately. And according to one person on TFW2005 who went to it and talked to the booth rep, that Armada Prime prototype was just to gauge interest, and it hasn't been decided which line it would be in if released. But, supposedly it hasn't been confirmed cancelled. Hopefully we'll see it at the next convention Takara goes to, and hopefully it stays in the Generations SELECTS line because then it might somewhat reasonably priced

Well, if it was done solely by TT, it won't be cheap, because it won't have hasbro budget support/constraints; I'm hoping for under $100

Star Convoy was exactly the same price as the MSRP for Siege Leaders in Japan so it really doesn't matter if Hasbro helped support the figure or not, it was never going to cost less than that. Armada Convoy is a different story. From what we can tell of our first look he's going to be a 100% new mold which as a potential Selects figure would make him a bigger gamble than Star Convoy and the Seacons which share parts and engineering with other figures. I doubt they'd be able to sell him as a Leader, he might qualify as a Commander if he's complicated enough, or he could just be unclassed like a lot of Takara Tomy original figures are.

Emerje

I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

They've done more with less and less with more

chuckdawg1999 wrote:

Emerje wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:I thought there was a rumor that it was going to be some sort of remold of POTP Rodimus Prime. New cab robot with a heavily redone trailer.

That was more educated guess than rumor. It would need even more extensive retooling than Star Convoy had since the entire core bot is new and much of the top of the trailer would be missing since they formed Rodimus' arms and would be redundant. By the time they remove the unnecessary parts and obvious Rodimus parts there really isn't much left to work with.

Emerje

They've done more with less and less with more

He's got a point, all they need is a pair of big legs, it would leave room for the base mode, something equally memorable and distinctive about the figure that has to be accounted for

Just got the inevitable Pulse email that Overbite and Tentakil got delayed from Pulse to April 27th, along with Burning Convoy.

Well, it was rather inevitable, seeing as how the others in the set were delayed, but now we've got official confirmation via a handful of Seibertronians, letting us know that the final members of the Generations Selects Seacons, Overbite and Tentakil, will be delayed in shipping if they were preordered via Hasbro Pulse. Also delayed via Pulse is MP-38+ Burning Convoy, the red redeco of MP Optimus Primal. Shown below is the email recieved by Seibertronian Lore Keeper.









Note that this delay only affects Hasbro Pulse preorders. Those who ordered previous Seacons from other sources have seen their figures ship on time. Beyond the notice of delay, Pulse has given no indication of what caused the delays for their orders.

Those of you who've ordered through Pulse, what do you think of the delay? What are your thoughts on the issue? Let us know in the forums below, and please stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest Transformers news!

The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

And that'll be my last order from Pulse.

Man. Pulse seems like a total trainwreck.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

I know it makes me sound like an apologist, and that theory doesn't hold water when considering Star Convoy, though.

Either way, I don't mind the delay. It just means that my Seacons stand alone for a shorter amount of time.

This isn't so bad, it's only a month. These guys would have been released at the end of March, now it's the end of April. I've waited longer than that for TFSource to fill an on time order. This also means we're getting four Seacons in April with wave 2 coming at the start. Just means I'm a month behind everyone else in completing the set, I'm fine with that.

Incidentally I just noticed Star Convoy is in stock on Pulse so I guess they're stocking extras after all unless they had a lot of cancellations.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:The delays are awful here, why are so many Takara products being delayed?

I'm definitely glad I did not order from Pulse, this is a mess right now

I, obviously, can't speak in definitive terms... But given that they (almost definitely) have the first two in hand, I think these delays were intentional so that the whole combiner could be finished in the span of about of a month.

You're overthinking it a bit since they've also been delaying MPs, basically everything they've been getting from Takara Tomy. Besides, the designers might consider such a thing when planning waves, but there's no reason for Pulse to care.

Emerje

Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Preparing a slot for Super Megatron?

I really like the convenience of Pulse, but if they don't address all these delays, I'll be going elsewhere for my Takara imports. It's just not worth the wait with no explanation.

I'm not sold on ER Starscream yet. I like the jet mode but the robot mode is underwhelming. I wonder if Hasbro would ever consider releasing a special edition in the Selects line, with a comic-accurate deco, using white on the gray parts and a blue head. I would be down for that instantly.

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

Preparing a slot for Super Megatron?

Maybe, depends on how long ago Hasbro made the numbers. Turtler and Super Megatron were teased at the same time. That does align with my theory that Super Megatron was delayed because they scrapped their original plans to use TR Galvatron in favor of the rumored Earthrise version. The other problem is that as 05 it would have been right in the middle of Seacon wave 2 which is strange unless they originally intended to do two waves of 3 instead of 3 waves of 2.

Emerje

There was quite a bit of time between the delay announcements of Nautilator and Seawing and the delay announcements for Tentakill and Overbite. Makes me wonder something. A week after the delay announcements of Snaptrap and Skalor, both figures showed up on TFSource. All 4 remaining figures are claiming February release dates on TFSource. Will this still be the case, or is it more likely that the TFSource customers will get Nautilator and Seawing this month and then will get Tentakill and Overbite in March?

BW Megatron wrote:There was quite a bit of time between the delay announcements of Nautilator and Seawing and the delay announcements for Tentakill and Overbite. Makes me wonder something. A week after the delay announcements of Snaptrap and Skalor, both figures showed up on TFSource. All 4 remaining figures are claiming February release dates on TFSource. Will this still be the case, or is it more likely that the TFSource customers will get Nautilator and Seawing this month and then will get Tentakill and Overbite in March?

The delay on Pulse has nothing to do with release schedules elsewhere. But TFSource is making an error if they're saying Overbite and Tentakill are coming in February, they've always been scheduled for March.

Emerje

Emerje wrote:

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08...

You're right, Hasbro skipped over TT-GS05. Takara Tomy didn't number these so I wonder how Hasbro missed that?

Emerje

I put out a tweet about that a while back. My assumption was always the Armada Optimus.

I hope they still give the 05 designation to somebody... I'm a serial completionist, and not having an 05 at all would really cause some sleepless nights.

DecepticonFinishline wrote:I put out a tweet about that a while back. My assumption was always the Armada Optimus.

Unfortunately the word at Wonder Festival a little over a week ago was that Armada Convoy wasn't an actual product, just a proof of concept. Supposedly if there's enough fan interest he can still happen, but he doesn't seem to be a top priority right now and they definitely weren't reserving a number for him.

Emerje

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Well, on the bright side of these delay announcements...

*records the ID codes and product numbers*

Hang on a second... With Star Convoy as TT-GS01 it's supposed to end with TT-GS07, not TT-GS08... Ah, TT-GS05 is missing!

I have been wondering about that. Could TT-GS05 be the Siege Nemesis Prime?