BBTS Pre-Order Modification Made for Transformers Subscription Service 5.0
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Seibertronian o.supreme has let us know that Big Bad Toy Store has changed its pre-orders regarding the upcoming Transformers Subscription Service 5.0 figures. The figures, which were originally only going to be sold individually, are now being sold in the 2-packs they are being shipped in. This means that anyone who pre-ordered only a single figure or a few individuals but not the whole group should check their Big Bad Toy Store orders. Big Bad Toy Store will not be splitting the pairs up, so if you only ordered one of the figures from the pair, you are being upgraded to the dual pre-order, which has a price of $169.99.
If this changes your mind as to whether or not you will pre-order, we suggest you go examine your Big Bad Toy Store pre-orders. The figures will be processing next Monday, April 17, and you can only decide whether or not you will keep your pre-orders until that date. We have mirrored o.supreme's email below for you to read.
Hello,
We have received our shipment for the first two figures in the Transformers Subscription 5.0 series (Fractyl with Scorponok and Lifeline with Quickslinger), and found that instead of being packaged separately as originally solicited, they are packaged together as a set. Due to this change, we have created a new listing for the combined set and moved your preorder(s) to this new listing at the new combined price of $169.99 per set. For your convenience, a direct link to the new listing has been included below:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Our website listing is now up to date and current with the most accurate information and photos available. If this item no longer meets your expectations and you would prefer to cancel your preorder instead, we do understand. To cancel a preorder, simply sign in to your BBTS account and click the blue 'View Preorders' button. From here, reduce the quantity to zero on the preorder you wish to cancel; select 'Update' and it will be removed from your account.
We will be processing preorders for the HAS25382 Transformers Subscription Figure 5.0 - Fractyl with Scorponok & Lifeline with Quickslinger on Monday April 17th, so please make any necessary changes before this date.
We hope that you will enjoy this product when it arrives, and thanks again for preordering from BigBadToyStore!
Sincerely,
BBTS Customer Care
888-980-2287
service@bigbadtoystore.com
www.bigbadtoystore.com
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Posted by kurthy on April 11th, 2017 @ 7:53pm CDT
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 12th, 2017 @ 7:26am CDT
Posted by Flashwave on April 12th, 2017 @ 8:26am CDT
o.supreme wrote:RNSrobot wrote:Imo how would bbts have known about the combined packaging? Funpub was less than clear other than stating "we will double ship." I doubt fp gave any more info that etailers than fans. They probably learned of the shenanigans when the toys first arrived as well.
while the identity of which figures would be shipped when, was kept under wraps, the knowledge that 7 figures would be sent in 3 different shipments has been known for a few months now if you search back on this thread, BBTS would have known about this as well. They should have taken down their pre-order listing altogether if they were concerned about "uneven" quantities.
Bottom Line--Instead of paying $80 for Fractyl, they want me to pay $170 for Fractyl & Lifeline, a figure I have no interest in, and I'm sure isn't going for $$90 by itself on eBay. Looks like I can get a better deal on a solo Fracyl anyone, so perhaps this is all for the best, also I've submitted the e-mail to Seibertron news.BBTS wrote:Hello,
We have received our shipment for the first two figures in the Transformers Subscription 5.0 series (Fractyl with Scorponok and Lifeline with Quickslinger), and found that instead of being packaged separately as originally solicited, they are packaged together as a set. Due to this change, we have created a new listing for the combined set and moved your preorder(s) to this new listing at the new combined price of $169.99 per set. For your convenience, a direct link to the new listing has been included below:
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail
Our website listing is now up to date and current with the most accurate information and photos available. If this item no longer meets your expectations and you would prefer to cancel your preorder instead, we do understand. To cancel a preorder, simply sign in to your BBTS account and click the blue 'View Preorders' button. From here, reduce the quantity to zero on the preorder you wish to cancel; select 'Update' and it will be removed from your account.
We will be processing preorders for the HAS25382 Transformers Subscription Figure 5.0 - Fractyl with Scorponok & Lifeline with Quickslinger on Monday April 17th, so please make any necessary changes before this date.
We hope that you will enjoy this product when it arrives, and thanks again for preordering from BigBadToyStore!
Sincerely,
BBTS Customer Care
888-980-2287
service@bigbadtoystore.com
http://www.bigbadtoystore.com
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I dont get why BBTS is only just responding to this though? We knew this was coming when TFCC said "We will be sending three installments instead of six." thinking they were gonna be putting out two individual boxes simultaneously and paying twice for shipping just doesnt make a whole lot of sense. Am I the only one who understood that?
Besides that, TFCC was never into this for BBTS. They are not an importer, they are the primary seller. For lack of a better word, these figures are exclusives, no different than BBTS buying and selling Botcon sets, that rhey get from FunPub. This is not Hasbro selling to wholesale and resale markets, this is Funpub selling to their market and BBTS had to get in line eith the rest of us. Moreover, I and others posted unpacking photos a month ago or more. Why is BBTS only now figuring this out? They should have gotten their stock already when we did (give or take time to sort stock and package orders) seen a photo online, something. Were they expecting some kind of different treatment from Fun Pub being store? Why is this only just NOW becoming a thing?
I sympathize with your only wanting a few figures, I have a few wants from 3.0 I could never touch. Bit I also get BBTS not wanting to decide which figure ships loose and who gets the Box.
s to the Pretenders, I will probably end up Ebaying mine. I only wanted the minicons anyway, but if that's what everyone is after, then I will forgo on them and send the box with whichever one comes next
Posted by gothsaurus on April 12th, 2017 @ 9:03am CDT
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 12th, 2017 @ 9:12am CDT
o.supreme wrote:RNSrobot wrote:Imo how would bbts have known about the combined packaging? Funpub was less than clear other than stating "we will double ship." I doubt fp gave any more info that etailers than fans. They probably learned of the shenanigans when the toys first arrived as well.
while the identity of which figures would be shipped when, was kept under wraps, the knowledge that 7 figures would be sent in 3 different shipments has been known for a few months now if you search back on this thread, BBTS would have known about this as well. They should have taken down their pre-order listing altogether if they were concerned about "uneven" quantities.
Bottom Line--Instead of paying $80 for Fractyl, they want me to pay $170 for Fractyl & Lifeline, a figure I have no interest in, and I'm sure isn't going for $$90 by itself on eBay. Looks like I can get a better deal on a solo Fracyl anyone, so perhaps this is all for the best, also I've submitted the e-mail to Seibertron news.
[quote="BBTS"]Hello,
We have received our shipment for the first two figures in the Transformers Subscription 5.0 series (Fractyl with Scorponok and Lifeline with Quickslinger), and found that instead of being packaged separately as originally solicited, they are packaged together as a set. Due to this change, we have created a new listing for the combined set and moved your preorder(s) to this new listing at the new combined price of $169.99 per set. For your convenience, a direct link to the new listing has been included
I did sell Lifeline for $110 shipped on ebay.
Posted by Flashwave on April 12th, 2017 @ 9:14am CDT
gothsaurus wrote:I think part of this is that BBTS having to supply new packing and box for figures (instead of FunPub supplying all the boxes) — plus time to repackage — all costs money. I'm guessing this may be the sole reason for the change. They might not be able to make any profit without changing the plan.
I am sure thats it. I am more still stuck on why this is news to BBTS. They been in hand for a while, even leaving aside FP's consistant, if irregular emails.
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 18th, 2017 @ 9:41pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on April 19th, 2017 @ 11:35pm CDT
mazingaspidey wrote:So do we have any word on when the second shipment of toys is being mailed out? I was billed for the second installment weeks ago.
If they ever say, it's news to me. As far as I know, we don't find out until someone gets theirs.
I'd kinda like to know too, though, I'm irrationally excited about the Double Pretenders and the waiting is starting to drive me crazy.
Posted by Kurona on April 20th, 2017 @ 6:12am CDT
Posted by durroth on April 20th, 2017 @ 8:03am CDT
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 20th, 2017 @ 8:12am CDT
Posted by Zeedust on April 21st, 2017 @ 2:00am CDT
Kurona wrote:Well, it's apparently shipped now.
Thank you for passing that along, it's very good to know.
If you don't mind my asking, though, why did you decide not to put up a news post for it? No disrespect meant, just curious.
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 24th, 2017 @ 8:45pm CDT
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 24th, 2017 @ 9:20pm CDT
Posted by grimlockprime108 on April 24th, 2017 @ 10:30pm CDT
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 24th, 2017 @ 10:38pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 24th, 2017 @ 10:58pm CDT
Remind me and I can do so in the next day or so. I'll have to dig out my last two issues, but it's late now where I am (almost midnight) and I need to be winding down for the night.mazingaspidey wrote:Speaking of the club, can anyone fill me in on the last two comics from issues 70 and 71? My subscription eneed in the middle of the cycle and I didn't want to pay $45 for 10 pages of content.
Posted by Zeedust on April 26th, 2017 @ 7:51pm CDT
My Impactor's knuckle holes can't really hold anything. I vaguely member some talk from when he first arrived, but I don't remember the answers, so if someone could refresh my memory, is this a widespread problem, or did I just get a bad one? And if the latter, is there anything I can do about it?
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 26th, 2017 @ 8:08pm CDT
Posted by Zeedust on April 26th, 2017 @ 8:38pm CDT
And I'm TERRIBLE at kitbash stuff, so by "something I can do", I'm thinking should I contact funpub or something.
But if they're all like that, I don't care as much, since it won't really effect Wreckage
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 26th, 2017 @ 8:52pm CDT
Posted by TF_JW on April 27th, 2017 @ 10:43am CDT
Posted by TF_JW on April 27th, 2017 @ 10:44am CDT
Or well, probably not "in mailboxes" given the size of the box...
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 11:23am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 11:54am CDT
I won't pretend to not know which two they are.o.supreme wrote:Any confirmation on which figures are included?
Posted by mazingaspidey on April 27th, 2017 @ 11:56am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 12:07pm CDT
Worry not, my friend.mazingaspidey wrote:I'm just hoping they don't give us one pretender and one wreckage component.
Posted by o.supreme on April 27th, 2017 @ 1:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 2:29pm CDT
Posted by RK_Striker_JK_5 on April 27th, 2017 @ 3:41pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Bio card pic links:
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18198614_10209443403621673_1796892703986774098_n.jpg?oh=cd4b612c30e984a6dbe9b730713b6bb0&oe=5991D8D2
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/18119571_10209443404901705_8230383966094485115_n.jpg?oh=99e92c931be92d94e6048390bdcc51ff&oe=597C85DF
Thanks! Well, now we know who's in the final shipment. Hopefully I'll get mine tomorrow.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 5:55pm CDT
The in-hand images show that it is difficult to get Megatron into his shell and includes the instructions for how he is supposed to work. We've included Puma's comments as he attempted to make the shell work.
Check out all the images and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
And we have our Pretender Shells! But those aren't the weapons for the Megatron/Grand Max shell we first saw. Boo!
Also, these instructions. Wow. That Megatron sure likes like Grand...
Also, these instructions. Wow. That Megatron sure likes like Grand...
So yea. That gray part attaches to the chest and is supposed to hold Spacewarp in the shell. Sadly, looking at it wrong makes it pop off.
Then it slots into these guys in the front shell and Spacewarp fitting in. I haven't figure out how to get legs to fit in the back shell.
Got it! Make him squat!
Grand/Fort Max's head will fit inside. The shells are identical.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 5:59pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:14pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:20pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:For clarity, those bio cards aren't mine. I just saw those pics of them and shared'em here.
It wouldn't let me leave the pictures so I couldn't see which Facebook it was from. Can you clarify and I will update?
Posted by Flashwave on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:29pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:38pm CDT
I dunno whose Facebook they were from, I just found them embedded in a post on The Allspark. Maybe they're from that user's Facebook.D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Sabrblade wrote:For clarity, those bio cards aren't mine. I just saw those pics of them and shared'em here.
It wouldn't let me leave the pictures so I couldn't see which Facebook it was from. Can you clarify and I will update?
I didn't expect the pics to get news'd.
Posted by Break on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:56pm CDT
It does give me the idea how they could explain away why Transformers would have Pretenders shells...it could be a way to protect them from an overdose of radiation ala Beast Wars.
These make me wonder how much it costs to subscribe, as I like the looks of both.
Posted by RAR on April 27th, 2017 @ 6:58pm CDT
Or are they ancient moulds someone found in storage somewhere ?
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 7:01pm CDT
The monkey shell is just a redeco of Oilmaster's shell that was made wholecloth by Boss Fight Studios for BotCon 2015.RAR wrote:So I really want to know where they got those shells from did Takara reproduce them for a planned reissue of Grand Maximus and then not release it so the shell mould was going spare ?
Or are they ancient moulds someone found in storage somewhere ?
The Grand Max shell... I think was explained somewhere before, but I don't remember. Might have been unearthed when Takara did Encore Fort Max, but obviously wasn't gonna be used for that figure since Fort Max didn't have a Pretender shell.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 7:06pm CDT
This is unrelated to what Hasbro is currently doing at retail. Fun Pub took this initiative on their own.Break wrote:I had been wondering if Pretenders were coming soon, what with first the Combiners ala year 3 of G1, and then rebranded Headmasters ala year 4 of G1. Not a large scale thing, but nice to see.
The fiction made for these toys already explained that Optimus and Megatron used these forms to hide themselves on Earth from Thunder Mayhem, with Megatron hiding as a human civilian and Optimus as a city zoo gorilla named "Garry".Break wrote:It does give me the idea how they could explain away why Transformers would have Pretenders shells...it could be a way to protect them from an overdose of radiation ala Beast Wars.
Unfortunately, the window for this subscription service ended last summer. These figures are a long time coming.Break wrote:These make me wonder how much it costs to subscribe, as I like the looks of both.
Posted by WreckerJack on April 27th, 2017 @ 7:14pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 7:25pm CDT
Spacewarp is a preexisting character who was originally planned for release in the old 2003 Universe line as a Toys'R'Us exclusive redeco of the Armada Jetfire toy.WreckerJack wrote:The colors on Spacewarp and the helm shape remind me of Skyshadow (Blackshadow) from Titans Return. I thought that it may have been the same character but upon further inspection, Spacewarp is a she. The one thing on her card I don't understand is how she can smirk with that battle mask on. (Well ok, maybe we just can't see it.)
Though the originally-planned figure was never picked up by any store chain, the toy was eventually released in a modified form as Astrotrain, a 2007 Club Store exclusive by the Transformers Collector Club, with a new headsculpt and new redecos of the Giant Planet Mini-Con Team instead of redecos of the Space Mini-Con Team.
Years later, the TCC Facebook fiction of 2014-2016 would bring back the original Spacewarp concept and reinvented it as a female Unicron Trilogy character who went on all kinds of crazy adventures in outer space.
She gained a fan following through her official Facebook fiction titled "Spacewarp's Log", in which she spun tales of her wild adventures to the readers. Her popularity led to the Club finally giving her a chance to have an official toy in the Club's last hurrah of toy releases. Thus, we have this TFSS Spacewarp toy, with Megatron's bio containing references to Spacewarp's Log, ensuring us that she's still that same character despite being paired with a version of G1 Megatron.
Posted by Kurona on April 27th, 2017 @ 8:08pm CDT
I want more characters like her honestly. She was so cool and her log was so great.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 9:15pm CDT
The author of this bio likes to think that the Doctor whom Spacewarp encountered was the Ninth Doctor.Name: Spacewarp
Function: Adventurer
Motto: “All I ask is a neutrino wind at my back, a nebula to dodge, and the flung spray and blown spume of a supernova, and you'll find me a satisfied wanderer.”
STRENGTH: 2 INTELLIGENCE: 8 SPEED: 10+ ENDURANCE: 5 RANK: 4 COURAGE: 10 FIREBLAST: 10+ SKILL: 9
Bio: A card-sharping, engex-guzzling, rough-and-tumble Cybertronian, Spacewarp has been everywhere, seen everything, done everything. She's plied the spaceways as a pirate, found work as a soldier-for-hire, even engaged in the occasional bout of freelance peacekeeping. She loves spinning yarns of her past exploits, and her tales grow with each telling. To hear her tell it, she's broker a peace between angry gods, saved the galaxy three and a half times, charmed tribes of primitive Cybertronians on long-lost colony worlds, accidentally destroyed an entire solar system, won all the gold the Galran Khanganete on a single roll of the dice, and even gone toe-to-toe with not one but two of the Thirteen. She claims her current, Mini-Con stature is but a temporary impediment, the legacy of a run-in with a time traveler wielding a Tissue Compression Eliminator device.
Regardless of her size, she's a force to be reckoned with. When binary bonded with Megatron, whom she finds fascinating in a case-study-of-a-tyrant way, she can utilize his connection to a black hole to power a space bridge to anywhere in the universe. In her spaceship configuration, she can achieve FTL velocity and even, under the right circumstances, pierce the dimensional veil between universes. Her most versatile form, the Transwarp Blaster rifle, can rewrite the fundamental properties of reality itself, tear a hole in space and time, or simply unleash a massive geyser of energy able to overwhelm all but the most heavily-shielded of targets. Despite her potent capabilities, or perhaps because of them, she tends to be overconfident; her physical strength is low, and she's not quite as clever as she thinks she is. She enjoys her partnership with Megatron, who has proved invaluable in extricating herself from the situations she blithely walks into. She's aware that he sees her as a tool, and intends to skedaddle should he ever push her too far. For now, though, she believes her abilities make her too valuable for him to carelessly exploit. She just may be right about that.
Posted by Ultra Markus on April 27th, 2017 @ 9:18pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on April 27th, 2017 @ 9:26pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Here's an unpublished bio that was written just for the little Spacewarp figure in this set, but ultimately didn't make it into the final product:The author of this bio likes to think that the Doctor whom Spacewarp encountered was the Ninth Doctor.Name: Spacewarp
Function: Adventurer
Motto: “All I ask is a neutrino wind at my back, a nebula to dodge, and the flung spray and blown spume of a supernova, and you'll find me a satisfied wanderer.”
STRENGTH: 2 INTELLIGENCE: 8 SPEED: 10+ ENDURANCE: 5 RANK: 4 COURAGE: 10 FIREBLAST: 10+ SKILL: 9
Bio: A card-sharping, engex-guzzling, rough-and-tumble Cybertronian, Spacewarp has been everywhere, seen everything, done everything. She's plied the spaceways as a pirate, found work as a soldier-for-hire, even engaged in the occasional bout of freelance peacekeeping. She loves spinning yarns of her past exploits, and her tales grow with each telling. To hear her tell it, she's broker a peace between angry gods, saved the galaxy three and a half times, charmed tribes of primitive Cybertronians on long-lost colony worlds, accidentally destroyed an entire solar system, won all the gold the Galran Khanganete on a single roll of the dice, and even gone toe-to-toe with not one but two of the Thirteen. She claims her current, Mini-Con stature is but a temporary impediment, the legacy of a run-in with a time traveler wielding a Tissue Compression Eliminator device.
Regardless of her size, she's a force to be reckoned with. When binary bonded with Megatron, whom she finds fascinating in a case-study-of-a-tyrant way, she can utilize his connection to a black hole to power a space bridge to anywhere in the universe. In her spaceship configuration, she can achieve FTL velocity and even, under the right circumstances, pierce the dimensional veil between universes. Her most versatile form, the Transwarp Blaster rifle, can rewrite the fundamental properties of reality itself, tear a hole in space and time, or simply unleash a massive geyser of energy able to overwhelm all but the most heavily-shielded of targets. Despite her potent capabilities, or perhaps because of them, she tends to be overconfident; her physical strength is low, and she's not quite as clever as she thinks she is. She enjoys her partnership with Megatron, who has proved invaluable in extricating herself from the situations she blithely walks into. She's aware that he sees her as a tool, and intends to skedaddle should he ever push her too far. For now, though, she believes her abilities make her too valuable for him to carelessly exploit. She just may be right about that.
Authorial intent though it may be, was it 9 or 10 that ended up shrinking Death's Head?
*goes to Wiki to look*
EDIT: Neither. Death's Head encounterz Doctor #7 in The CrossRoads of Time who uses a TCE on him to shrink DH to human size. (The Doctor seemingly was hoping for a little more...)
Still, its a nice nod in Spacewarp's bio to obscure muktifandom canon
Posted by Kurona on April 27th, 2017 @ 9:34pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 27th, 2017 @ 9:46pm CDT
The reason the author picked the 9th Doctor is, simply, because that's the author's favorite Doctor.Flashwave wrote:Authorial intent though it may be, was it 9 or 10 that ended up shrinking Death's Head?
*goes to Wiki to look*
EDIT: Neither. Death's Head encounterz Doctor #7 in The CrossRoads of Time who uses a TCE on him to shrink DH to human size. (The Doctor seemingly was hoping for a little more...)
Still, its a nice nod in Spacewarp's bio to obscure muktifandom canon
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 27th, 2017 @ 10:17pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:The reason the author picked the 9th Doctor is, simply, because that's the author's favorite Doctor.Flashwave wrote:Authorial intent though it may be, was it 9 or 10 that ended up shrinking Death's Head?
*goes to Wiki to look*
EDIT: Neither. Death's Head encounterz Doctor #7 in The CrossRoads of Time who uses a TCE on him to shrink DH to human size. (The Doctor seemingly was hoping for a little more...)
Still, its a nice nod in Spacewarp's bio to obscure muktifandom canon
I'm very fond of the 10th and 11th myself