New Walmart Listings For Transformers Headmaster Assortments

Titans Return reissues would be nice, I only have Brainstorm and Hardhead of the original set. If they are reissues, I hope the problems of the Decepticon ones are fixed.

I never got my hands on these figures except for Highbrow, so I'm eager to see these on shelves once more! A shame that they won't be the other non-headmasters, as I'd love another chance to snag the jumpstarters!

A re-release of the Takara box?

-Kanrabat- wrote:A re-release of the Takara box?

From the sounds of the TFW leaks, they're the full deluxe figures in individual G1 style boxes

Kaynowa wrote:From the sounds of the TFW leaks, they're the full deluxe figures in individual G1 style boxes

Cute.
But I have most of them. Unless they have some exclisive superior deco, it's an easy pass.

Even if I'd want them, 90% of the time the Walmart exclusives never appear in my area anyway.

Probably wont be, but I'm hoping it'll be the Japanese releases like how Target got the Japanese clones from the same line. I could see them offering 2-packs at $60 since they sold the clones at the Japanese price, they clearly think they're worth the premium price. Problem is, be it 2-packs or 3-packs someone is getting left out since there are seven Headmasters total. I'm guessing this is all because of the Horrorcons and Scorponok getting released.

Emerje

As long as I finally get a fucking Misfire out of this somehow I cbf what the rest are.

Emerje wrote:Probably wont be, but I'm hoping it'll be the Japanese releases like how Target got the Japanese clones from the same line. I could see them offering 2-packs at $60 since they sold the clones at the Japanese price, they clearly think they're worth the premium price. Problem is, be it 2-packs or 3-packs someone is getting left out since there are seven Headmasters total. I'm guessing this is all because of the Horrorcons and Scorponok getting released.

Emerje

7 you say?

Hardhead
Chromedome
Highbrow

Weirdwolf
Mindwipe
Skullcruncher

Brainstorm
Random Re-release #1
Random Re-release #2

Could very well be the Jumpstarters...

Bun-Bun wrote:As long as I finally get a **** Misfire out of this somehow I cbf what the rest are.

I may have some bad news for you i'm afraid

ZeroWolf wrote:

Bun-Bun wrote:As long as I finally get a **** Misfire out of this somehow I cbf what the rest are.

I may have some bad news for you i'm afraid

Don't crush my dreams again ZW

I am hoping for re-releases, but with the Japanese heads. Always bugged me those were made, but never released here.

Not that I'll get them either way, but it REALLY makes me mad when Hasbro tries to make more money by re-releasing an unchanged figure.

Good grief. I'm gonna be broke.

Well, there's still Siren, Minerva, Hosehead and Squeezeplay to be redone.
I'm glad they're redoing them for those who didn't get them first time around.

MeGrimlock78 wrote:I am hoping for re-releases, but with the Japanese heads. Always bugged me those were made, but never released here.

Not that I'll get them either way, but it REALLY makes me mad when Hasbro tries to make more money by re-releasing an unchanged figure.

You'll have to think about those who weren't even collecting at the time, or those who have missed out due to various reasons.

They obviously skipped a part when browsing the fan sites. Distribution woes were already a thing by Titan Return (anything past Wave 4, really...) Mind you, I did find Topspin, sighted Perceptor, sighted Slugslinger at Ross, but the more desired Misfire, Windblade and Twin Twist: Nope.

I could use the Jumpstarters.
I missed them like a dumbass.

Also, I never knew TR Windblade was "rare". There were plenty of her in my area.

Distribution is indeed totally random.

It would be nice if these were previously unreleased HMs. I mean I know we got the Juniors (88 line) in Titan Master form, but it would be nice if we actually got new full transformers for them.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I could use the Jumpstarters.
I missed them like a dumbass.

Also, I never knew TR Windblade was "rare". There were plenty of her in my area.

Distribution is indeed totally random.

The US was missing out on them, dunno about the rest of the world.

I was lucky at the time that I found the Windblade / Twintwist wave at Ollies. They had bunches of them for like $8. Bought a few and sold them for normal retail cost.

Still, it seems very odd to have a headmasters set NOW unless they have some sort of a role in Kingdom? If that's the case, maybe the 3 Decepticon ones that turn into animals?

Ah yes, my favorite Headmaster:

ZeroWolf wrote:Chrikedkne

Black Bumblebee wrote:I was lucky at the time that I found the Windblade / Twintwist wave at Ollies. They had bunches of them for like $8. Bought a few and sold them for normal retail cost.

Still, it seems very odd to have a headmasters set NOW unless they have some sort of a role in Kingdom? If that's the case, maybe the 3 Decepticon ones that turn into animals?

Apeface, Snapdragon and Scorponok.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Ah yes, my favorite Headmaster:

ZeroWolf wrote:Chrikedkne

I don't know what's worrying more, that I overlooked that mistake in the first place, or that you were the only one to point it out

Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

Trusted leaker over on TFW already confirmed it was Titans Return reissues in retro G1 packaging.

I saw Topspin and the rest of TR wave 4 a couple times, never saw wave 5. I got legends Twintwist and Topspin this year, and it is a strange story, I paid way less than you would think for both.

Jeddostotle7 wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

Trusted leaker over on TFW already confirmed it was Titans Return reissues in retro G1 packaging.

That's too bad, I was hoping it would be the HM Juniors, or at least some of them. Hosehead/Cab only one that's tough to think of a mold for. I'd always suspected the Monsterbots to be pre-tools of Fangry and Squeezeplay at least, but nope, not yet.

Cool for those that missed them though, and the retro packaging could be really fun.

Although, there will be the less savvy consumers no doubt thinking these are the same as the original toys ( like the other reissues) and be disappointed. Seems a little deceptive to me.

o.supreme wrote:Although, there will be the less savvy consumers no doubt thinking these are the same as the original toys ( like the other reissues) and be disappointed. Seems a little deceptive to me.

Eh, they've been doing the same kind of retro packaging thing with Marvel Legends and Star Wars: The Black Series for a few years and there hasn't been an occurence like that, I think this'll be fine.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

People's mind would explode!

Bun-Bun wrote:As long as I finally get a **** Misfire out of this somehow I cbf what the rest are.

This is what I'm screaming. I got the rest with the exception of Mindwipe only because i thought he was garbage...and i was lucky enough to find them all in stores
Even the jumpstarters

Jeffrohurt wrote:Well, there's still Siren, Minerva, Hosehead and Squeezeplay to be redone.
I'm glad they're redoing them for those who didn't get them first time around.

thats what i think they need to do the headmaster juniors
they are all that is left for the headmasters

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

People's mind would explode!

im sold

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

People's mind would explode!

Mine would! As I start to wind down on collecting Generations, I often think about what would I go after? And the answer is always G1 Headmasters. The few I had as a kid live in my brother's collection. A part of me would prefer to have original toys, but I bet I could be easily coerced into some reissues. Especially at half the price of the going rate for the OG toys.

Cobotron wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:Maybe it'll be a re-issue of the orgininal G1 Headmasters?

People's mind would explode!

Mine would! As I start to wind down on collecting Generations, I often think about what would I go after? And the answer is always G1 Headmasters. The few I had as a kid live in my brother's collection. A part of me would prefer to have original toys, but I bet I could be easily coerced into some reissues. Especially at half the price of the going rate for the OG toys.

Because of TR, I bought amont their TR counterparts: G1 Skullcrunsher, Mindwipe, Weirdwolf, Brainstorm, Hardhead, Highbrow, and Chromedome. All for around 140$CAN with taxes, shipping, and whatnots.

So if Walmart would reissue them, for the size they are I guess they would still be 100$ toys, based on how the other reissues went for. My mind would say "good" so that more people could share the G1 love, but my collector heart would be a bit miffled.

If they want to release the TR mold again, i hope they at least modify the feet to have ankle tilt, just so it can have the same level of articulation with the rest of the figure on this toyline. I know, just a wishful thinking, most likely not gonna happen. But still.

Jelze Bunnycat wrote:

Emerje wrote:Probably wont be, but I'm hoping it'll be the Japanese releases like how Target got the Japanese clones from the same line. I could see them offering 2-packs at $60 since they sold the clones at the Japanese price, they clearly think they're worth the premium price. Problem is, be it 2-packs or 3-packs someone is getting left out since there are seven Headmasters total. I'm guessing this is all because of the Horrorcons and Scorponok getting released.

Emerje

7 you say?

Hardhead
Chromedome
Highbrow

Weirdwolf
Mindwipe
Skullcruncher

Brainstorm
Random Re-release #1
Random Re-release #2

Could very well be the Jumpstarters...

I based the 7 off of this line from the article:

The toys getting reissued in such a way is the characters who were Headmasters originally like Chromedome or Mindwipe.

I wouldn't be against another shot at the Jumpstarters and Windblade (I already got the Legends versions so I don't absolutely need them), but according to the leak that's not happening here.

Emerje

I was lucky enough to find every one of the TR figures the 1st time around, so unless there's a major change in design (like the aforementioned ankle tilt) I'll pass on these. I wonder if their release will have an effect on the prices of the originals on the 2ndary market. I'm preparing to put my TR figures up for sale.

This is certainly interesting, I used to have Deluxe Hardhead, Skullsmasher, Mindwipe and Wolfwire, but sold them all off as I was downsizing my collection. It would certainly be nice to have them again, not to mention I missed out on Brainstorm, Highbrow and Chromedome the first time around, but once I have everything I'm wanting from Earthrise and Kingdom, I'll need to think about whether or not my collection will still have a place for Headmasters.

I just thought of something.... Wasn't the reason Hasbro started packaging the toys in Robot mode for the most part so they could have more toys in less shelf space at retail? Also if they are going to reproduce original series packaging, that's going to require a lot more plastic, which I thought they were eliminating for 2021? something doesn't make sense here...

o.supreme wrote:I just thought of something.... Wasn't the reason Hasbro started packaging the toys in Robot mode for the most part so they could have more toys in less shelf space at retail? Also if they are going to reproduce original series packaging, that's going to require a lot more plastic, which I thought they were eliminating for 2021? something doesn't make sense here...

It's more to have the toys stand out among model cars I think. Makes shoplifting harder to pull off too.

??? Toy swapping is bad now, it's going to be way worse when you can't see what's inside. I bought both CC at retail, and believe me, I was nervous each time. I wasn't worried with Scorponok simply because it came straight from the stockroom and was never on the shelf.

o.supreme wrote:??? Toy swapping is bad now, it's going to be way worse when you can't see what's inside. I bought both CC at retail, and believe me, I was nervous each time. I wasn't worried with Scorponok simply because it came straight from the stockroom and was never on the shelf.

For some reasons, I can't find the pictures on Google. Dunno if it was faked or legit, but I saw a Bumblebee packaging with a literal BEEHIVE in it.
Another of the same kind was an Ironhide packaging with oranges in it.

I once bought purposefully a toyswap once, in hope that the swapped toy was better than the original one. Unfortunately, it was garbage. I successfully returned it, stating clearly to the girl what was the situation.



However, I was guilty of doing a toy swapping myself. My friend bought the Unite Warrios Menasor set. For some reasons, he ham-handed his Motormaster and snapped him clear in half at the waist. CW toys were still sold in store and CW Motormaster was like a plague on the shelves. So he bought one. We then swapped the UW wheels to give the CW one. The we put the UW one in the CW packaging. Then we returned it. When returning the broken Unite Warriors Motormaster in Combiner Wars packaging for refund, we clearly stated that the toy was deffective and broken. We stressed the fact the toy should be returned to the manifacturer and should NOT be put back on the shelves.
That's the only time we ever did a toy-swap. It was also basically the same toy. It was still wrong to do so when I think about it because I could have put any random crap inside the box because as we can see on the Wiki page, store clerks usually don't give a crap.

I think it might be the three animals, to go with Skorponok and the Horrorcons.

Posting here in anticipation of the upcoming news about this line.

We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

I mistakenly thought the thread had been merged, didn't help that everyone was already talking about it in the Titan's Returns thread already. I've reached out to one of my bosses to see if anything can be done to fix my mistake

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:We got boxed pics, but they got posted in another thread. I wonder why they went with the assortment they did. The Autobots I get but why Mindwipe of the three Decepticons? Seeing Brainstorm again reminds me of just how many uses that mold got, and how many times I bought Brainstorm.

Wasn't TR Mindwipe a little harder to find than the other two? I remember seeing tons of Skullsmashers and Weirdwolfs pegwarming all throughout the line, but not so much with Mindwipe.

As usual, it depends where you live.
I had so much Mindwipes in my area, I almost called the exterminator for a bat infestation.

Greetings Seibertronians! Fellow Seibertron user, Blackeyedprime, has alerted us that InDemandToys have shared new stock images for the forthcoming Walmart Exclusive Retro Headmasters line via their Facebook account!

Chromedome









Hard Head









Brainstorm









Mindwipe











These toys predominantly use the toolings that Takara Tomy came up with for their Transformers Legends line (making the characters accurate to the Headmasters anime series). In places where Walmart operate, the Headmasters will retail for $20 while for UK fans, InDemandToys are selling the four of them for £80.

Are you getting any of these? Are they replacing your Titan's Returns/Legends figures or standing side by side with them? Let us know in the Energon Pub and stay tuned to Seibertron for all the latest news and reviews!