I think all of them, but the last two! Can’t pick an exact favorite, but maybe the Coneheads or Omega Supreme? Also that ER Soundwave is super prone to plastic yellowing
Almost everything on the list has increased in price not only because they are exclusive, but also characters you couldn't get any other way. Upon initial release, your lucky to find one on the shelves (online excluded of course). I would have guessed #1 would have been the Amazon Exclusives Earthrise Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack or the Ratchet and Lifeline 2-pack. Never would have guessed Greenlight.
I can't believe those 2 sets weren't mentioned! I have everything on the list except number one (crappy mold and character I'm not interested in) and I missed both of those sets. I haven't checked in months but they were over $200 last time I looked. I'm mostly good now that there is a new Ironhide but I still want that Prowl.
Fun fact about Jetfire: the Siege figure design was copped from an unlicensed Jetfire figure called "FansToys Phoenix." The pricy unlicensed figure market was evidence to Hasbro that collectors would pay more for mainline figures. Hence why the current figures are really good & had a big price bump in 2019. Robot snake eats own robot tail
Love to see a studio series version. People who collect that line know how unreal those aftermarket prices have skyrocketed and how horrendous the scalping was during the pandemic.
I am actually one of the losers that ended up getting Siege Skywarp and Greenlight later on for incredibly inflated prices. I am happy to own them, sure, but as a result I couldn't afford much of anything else that was coming out at the time.
I pre-ordered Runabout from Forbidden Planet here in the UK as soon as pre-orders went live. The arrival date kept getting put back and put back. Then many months after release they ended up supposedly not getting the stock and cancelled my pre order! By then everywhere else had sold out so it was too late! That was the last time I bought anything from Forbidden Planet, they totally screwed me over.
Almost every toy here was a store exclusive that was hard as hell to find unless you were at the right store for the .0005 seconds they were out OR you were online for the .0005 seconds that preorders were up. I would love to see a list without exclusives though. Especially to see the contrast!
I got lucky and found Thrust at Target, but not lucky enough to find Runabout. I was able to get the Netflix Soundwave thanks to another local collector I met in a fb group, and since then, we constantly send pics and msgs of what we find in our area stores. It really does help when looking for hard to find bots. As for Greenlight, I did the dumb thing and waited her. She was pretty available for several days before going extinct, and I missed the train for not jumping on it when I had botn the chance and the funds.
I was lucky enough to have found Thrust and Runabout at the same time at the Target near the Barclay Center. Had no idea they would become so hard to find (especially Runabout).
@@omarquijada9979 Yea, he was snatched up real quick down here in SA, TX. We tend to have a real difficult time finding the later waves, and in bots in general tend to show up in large quantities in different cities. Several years back, I had to make a trade with a collector in Corpus Christi TX because CW Motermaster was all over the place in SA and Ultra Magnus was plentiful in CC. Wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt a 3hr drive with pretty much nothing between here and there.
I have them all but numbers one and two. And they are still all new in box except for Jetfire and omega supreme. I had to open them. Good to know what the others are going for and glad I kept them in the box. I think the Hasbro pulse exclusive pit with the quntisons may have made the list. He is going for a good amount. Also shattered glass Jetfire.
Love your content with your humor! Priceless! You always make me laugh! 👍 I never collected Transformers as well, but I was given a Shockwave figure as a gift in the eighties. Memories...
Transformers is what got me back into toy collecting as an adult. And I just gotta say...where did Big Nerdy get the storyline info for this? I'm not saying any of those points are necessarily wrong because each character/name has been reused in a million different fictions so I'm sure there is SOME fiction SOMEWHERE that has Terrorsaur surviving the quamtum surge but it definitely was not the 90's Beast Wars cartoon that he's from...
Funny that a number of these figs that jump up in price, at one point in time were clearanced. I got both jetfire & thrust at regular price and then extras at sale/clearanced price... as they were 2 of my favorite G1 toys in the 80s. I'm surprised the shattered glass jetfire wasn't also on this list, as that jumped up in price too after selling out relatively quickly.
I'm glad Jetfire made the list. What's even more expensive is his Shattered Glass repaint for the Generations line that came out not even two years ago. I massively regret not picking that one up.
I was extremely lucky to get that Terrorsaur. Had it on pre-order and Amazon snagged the money out of me 3 months in advance. Now after getting Inferno from my job, I have at least a figure for all of the season 1 Beast Wars cast.
This was a cool video. I hope to see more TF stuff from you. I'm so glad I bought most of these early. I did pay up a little ($80) for the Coneheads, because someone got me Thrust for Xmas. It was sort of an inside joke/gag gift, but much appreciated at the same time. I saw one Runabout at a Target and couldn't remember if it was him or Runamuc that was the rare figure and totally passed. I went back the next day after buying Runamauc at a Walmart and RaB was G G Gone! :( I was traveling and found and picked up that Soundwave 3 months before I saw it in my area, and I was only about 2 hours from home. Now I just buy stuff and take it back when I'm unsure. I had 350 figures/products when I last counted 2 years ago and have bought almost every WFC standard retail and 86 SS since, so you cab do the math. It's hard keeping track sometimes. There were some websites where you could manage your collection, but they can be cumbersome. (Any recommendations from the comments section?) I never saw a Ratchet because I never think of Walgreens for TF figures because they always seem overpriced when I first started collecting. (I prefer to buy locally and avoid online orders if I can. It's all about the thrill of the hunt.) I can't believe that repaint of a super shelf warmer is number 1. Wow! Thanks again for the vid.
Heh, kinda the same way with me and ThunderCats. The number of episodes I saw as a kid can be counted on one hand, but now I'm bingeing the original series.
I saw the Soundwave at a Wal-Mart ONE time and never saw him again. Was thankfully able to get him (and Netflix Optimus) earlier this year from none other than you. Thanks Big Nerdy!
@Nemesis Astraea I saw him once. Got him and kept the receipt incase he went on clearance. Never did never saw another one. I saw buy them whenever you see them of you can and keep the receipt. You can always take them back if you are broke within 30 days. I ofter take them and rebuy them on the 29th day to keep the ability to take it back for as long as I can.
@Dom LS1 Honestly I thought RedWing would be on the list. Not only was it an exclusive to Target but you had to sign up to get Targets Redcard to be eligible to even get it. So it's an exclusives exclusive.
So many of these were just impossible to find I never saw the Coneheads, Ratchet or runabout anywhere I do have jetfire,skylynx and omega supreme just gotta hope for rereleases to fill the gaps That Silver centurion and accessories must be rereleased
I have every single one of these. Even the Unicorn which cost me to sell off some real rare stuff in my collection from other lines but I'm glad I did. I remember walking into target and seeing run-about and run-amuck together in Target they had about 5 of each. I got mine called 5 of my fellow collectors no one answered. When they did they were all gone.
Great video as always! Thanks for the Transformer love! The fact that some of these figures were IMPOSSIBLE to find explains everything that is wrong with collecting these days. I don't know how Hasbro and others come up with supply expectations but I swear it's almost like they are cutting their sales in half. I just don't understand how they forecast such piss poor supply strategies.
You should look up how much Hasbro stock has fallen over the past year alone. They're overpricing everything, even Magic cards. It's all corporate greed. The newest CEO is a p.o.s. and they are tanking in every category bc of it.
@@wheelbite9 I believe it! We are literally funding these toy companies. Plus I believe these companies could double their profit if that actually stocked based off demand! Hasbro could have easily sold another 2M units of Cosmos alone.
Some of the confusion may have come from the fact that Terrorsaur was released as a Transmetal in the toy line even though he didn't get the upgrade in the series. Inferno was also released as a Transmetal, but was given a different name. The mold was originally intended to be Transmetal Inferno IIRC.
Excellent job brah! Because I never collected transformeringg action figures ever. But I got a deal on the wfc bulkhead and absolutely adore it. Scale colors and price. I even bought the cramazon exclusive version but it came missing the door and gun. But cramazon gave me credit so it evens out the deal 😊😛
OH BIG NERDY when you get your Terrorsaur stock, make sure it's the golden disk collection version and not the buzzworthy version that is pegwarming at every single Target store. That's the "toy colors" version and I'm suprised Target hasn't marked them down to $5 yet...
I hate how some of these exclusives are characters that are some of the most core/common characters in transformers. For example: why would you make a voyager skywarp an exclusive TWICE?! He’s such a standard character and we can’t even get just a stand alone voyager of Skywarp available for the masses, instead having to settle with a puny core-class from the Legacy line? It sucks!
A walkman is like a phone with no screen, no internet access, that can't make calls but instead has a slot for an old timey hard drives that could hold about a dozen songs.
Found six runabouts on the shelf one time only. Bought one and went back later in the day and it was like they were never there. He got his own case. Found one thrust and that Netflix soundwave to. Good stuff thanks
How to buy exclusive figures from Target or Walmart.. 1. As soon as you hear they are out find the Target or Walmant that is in the worst part of the hood or hick town. When you're just trying to buy food and necessities, collectable action figures are far from thr buying public. 2. Go on your lunch break between 12-2pm. By thay time they have unloaded the truck and they stock around this time because the store isn't as busy.
Big nerdy as a kid I went from turtles to rangers … as an adult pretty much wrestling and Marvel then Lego … just got into TF this month and I’m loving it !
Someone probably mentioned this but you are probably getting the much less desired target exclusive terrorsaur which is going to be harder to sell. For a while target exclusives were barely sold but like classified that issue has been mostly fixed
I've got all of these apart from number 1. Didn't even know that one existed. Paid retail, though, luckily. One of the perks of living in Europe is that I can pre-order 95 percent of the store exclusives from my local action figure/collectibles store. No need to go hunting or scouring eBay for hard to find store exclusives. So far the only figure I wanted that has eluded me has been Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle.
0:06 it is "Hand Me Down" as in it is handed to me from an older kid above, not "Handy down". A handy down is something an adult male gets when she isn't really very interested in him but really enjoyed the fancy dinner he paid for.
That high price on Jetfire came after it had already gone up a lot and then had a reissue to tie into the Netflix cartoon release which brought the price down for a while. Omega Supreme also had a reissue already.
Have all of them i found in stores . And uhm your missing some more expensive ones but than again you said no exclusive but i think i have 3 of the rat bat and Rumble i got two of them or 3 because of friends.
I saw the Soundwave Wal-Mart exclusive pack ONCE. I almost bought it... until I looked closer and noticed someone had replaced it with the Siege Soundwave. Though, unlike Netflix Soundwave, I found a Runabout at my Target and nabbed it the moment I saw it. Then bought his brother that same day on Hasbro Pulse. I always got lucky with the Target-exclusive Transformers. Not so much the rest.
Only if you fall for scalpers and overpricing i have all them and paid the regular price just got Cosmo and Crasher yesterday. Ebay and amazon You can turn them in for price gouging. An also scalping.
@@BasedVegeta Yes i hate to say it the best way to get em if you can afford them is right when they com out like I just got Cosmo and Galaxy Shuttle and crasher this week at Walmart but yeah I got all of em off this list when they 1st came out except Terrorsaur He was overpriced i paid $50 for him. But i did not even know he came out til a month After. But your right people will buy the amount there aloud than have other people buy the a lot too just to sell them over priced. Usually pre order them.
@@BasedVegeta Well luckily for me my brother is supper Into them an keeps me up to date or i would not be. Me and My Husband and brother all collect them now I did miss some of the Netflix ones but the try to keep up unless there redeco of that are not worth it like how all the Velocitron 500 are Walmart exclusives sucks i just had to tell my freind to stop cause he was scalping them for Ebay.. He had friends in Walmart getting him the rare ones like Cosmo is 1 outta a case .Than selling them on ebay i started turning them in I did miss Transmutate now that i just looked. An i agree 100% Hasbro should rerelease these also check Ollies i got alot of good toys there Trypticon and Fortress Maximus $45 dollars a piece and Lancer. They have some there now for Christmas from this line. I have problems finishing my older sets cause of the same problems your having all the exclusives and yes Hasbro needs to Rerelease them. I actually Complained To Hasbro Pulse the official site. Also TJ Max and Gabs Hope this helps and you have a wonderful Holiday:)
@@BasedVegeta No doubt I drove two hours to get the 1st Titan Metro plex at Toys r Us and the Abonimous from Prime( Target Exclusive was a small combiner made of Legend class transformers but was cool.. And got Abonimous But some how Toys r us could not find any of the 4 war of cybertron Metroplex Titans so after to hours of them switching me i employees i went home empty handed they did not even look in the back. Both called a head of time both had put them back for me . Yeah i wish Hasbro listen to there fans Heck i did not know Velocitron 500 was a Walmart exclusive and i mean all the figures from that. But Hasbro should listen to there fans and if you believe scalping price gouging is happening turn them in that breaks Ebay and Amazon term's of service well fellow collector I hope they start listening too. An Greenlight i got when i Saw Elita one was a combiner cause the Femme Fatales are my favorite Transformer team other than the wrecker's. :)
That Jetfire dropped to $38.00 two weeks after it hit stores. Walmart didn't want that big box taking uo room. I took mine back, and they gave me credit for the difference.
The earthrise seeker two-pack oversold preorders. My preorder was cancelled and they never went in stock for sale. Still a grail for me, but there are rumors the two will get retail reissues next year though.
It's sad that most that get purchased are from scalpers who try and flip them evidenced by the fact that they are still readily available on ebay and Amazon for a premium
Dude Jetfire will grace my shelves in January, CANNOT wait! I'm 46yo, so transformers came out a little late for me. Let's see. So much to say, and so little poop. I'll probably be coming back and commenting more. Glad I found your channel.
Ugh, I have 9 of these. I never got the Centurion Drone. I left Transformers when G2 started and didn't come back till Power of the Primes line. (Those Dinobots got me) During these I back tracked a bit to the Combiner Wars/Titans Return figures. (Which their Rodimus almost made me quit. I hate that thing). When War for Cybertron hit I tried to keep on top of them and grab whatever hit retail and online. Sadly some Kingdom figures and most horribly Netflix Soundwave started turning yellow or brownish.. so into Legacy I've barely gotten any. the plastic quality has made me not even care anymore. I was so into it too.
@@melvinbagby4221 Interesting, I gotten my Golden Disk Terrorsaur in November of 2021, some people for December of 2021 as well. If I'm not mistaken, it had sold out and reopened again for a short time at some point and people who placed an order for him then likely gotten their's later in 2022 the next year
@@antiseize11 Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't Terrorsaur LAST in the Golden Disk Collection? The last two items didn't hit until early part of this year. I'm in USA, so I'm definitely going by that as other places get stuff first.
Three minutes in and I hit the subscribe button. This is my kind of video. Looking forward to watching more and catching up. Would also like to see a Bottom 10. Not to be negative, but to see what good toys I can pick up at a really good value. Because as you said, I'm not selling these. They're for me.
i was able to pick Siege Omega Supreme for $65 at Target. it must have been some kind of return to show up a Target retail store shelf and it was marked 50% off and then i had a 20% or so coupon that they applied. i initially wasn't going to get this, but i couldn't resist at that price.
If you get Thrust, cut the plastic tray to get him out. A wing broke off my Thrust's leg as I was removing him from the tray. Funny thing, there is a hole in the wing and the leg but no pin in the hole. I "fixed" it with a slightly too long pin (from removing Arcee's backpack), so there was obviously meant to be a pin there.
Lol 😂I love this video. Huh.. yes it’s about having fun and making money while doing so. That’s everyone’s dream profession. First time watching and I love the movie clip inserts
I can also almost create a small toy store.. in only Transformers and Beyblade Burst. The special 2 packs for Transformers are expensive. Earthrise was all expensive because of the Pandemic, Scalpers end up buying up all the Earthrise toys. Hasbro Reissued WFC Jetfire on Pulse for 90 bucks... sold out in seconds by scalpers. The Golden Disk Amazon exclusives are around 40 bucks, Terrorsaur ended up 81 bucks.
Kinda odd jetfire went up in price considering he got rereleased a few months back. I’m still mad at myself for not getting siege skywarp, I got back into collecting transformers like a month after he released. Funny enough siege thundercracker is the reason I got back in.
I have 6 of these, missing Siege Skywarp, the Centurian Drone pack, Runabout and Greenlight, though Runabout is the only one I actually have any desire to acquire. The Greenlight fembot mold is straight up trash in my opinion and definitely not worth the obscene aftermarket price.
I got jetfire ratchet and skywarp, I didn't even KNOW runsmuck was an exclusive - I thought my stores just didn't get him 😂. It weird in my country as half the stores meant to stock them don't exist here. Cosmos for instance is an exclusive in target (?) but there's none in Ireland so smyths have him here. Been ALWAYS tough to get some figs as sometimes hasbro just don't ship certain figs here. We missed the first wave of titans completely, pretty much only getting from trypticon onwards (which is ironic considering back in the day g1 trypticon never got a release here 😂)
Yep, I still don't have Runabout or the Amazon coneheads two pack. I refuse to pay those ridiculous prices! Good news is, the coneheads will be individually released in Legacy. As for that other one, I'll just say the Autobots got him! Lol Didn't realize Greenlight was so valuable. Anyways, I sold her along with the others that combined into Orthia. I dumped all my CW, except for Devastator. The new versions will be superior! I can't wait!! I'm so happy with the Legacy Menasor!! Although he could've a bit bigger. He looks so tiny standing next to Devastator & Predaking. Granted they are all Voyager sized bots & Mensaor limbs are only deluxe.
have them all. got them all when they came out. didn't have to pay anything outside of the original price. it's nice to stay on top of transformer releases. greenlight i just got as a completist. She's the only one I didn't open and after watching this video won't be opening her either haha
So many Transformers left off of this list that are worth more than some of these exclusives like the spoiler pack Nemesis Prime and misfire and aimless
Hi I just saw your thing here and joined and now I just found out that you have a store SWEET. IS IT OK to go there and pick what I like put it in a cart get them Friday. I know while in the cart it can sell out I just want to do it to save time to look at other things. Thanks Hank
Would you believe me I got the Centurion Drone, sealed and new, FOR ONLY 20 BUCKS? I AM NOT KIDDING! In my country (Chile), there are some sellers who still have listed and for a pretty affordable price.
I will say that a few months ago, a used Netflix soundwave popped up on Amazon for less than 75 bucks, so got him. Also I had Hotlink as my Skywarp stand in, until I decided to repaint him. It went great and he's amazing! Anyhoo, whew, I'm wiped! Time to quit shootin the $h!t, and get my a$$ back to work ;)
Thank you for this top 10. In France, Thrust is well over $80, it is well over $100 but still untraceable, and I'm not talking about Runabout, which has simply disappeared. The Pack Seeker Elite 2 Pack, is almost at the same price, therefore untouched, and excludes Haslab, being excluded US, overpriced in France. Finally, Greenlight is heresy... Anyway, we still manage to nab some good pieces not too expensive like recently, for my part, the Skylinx (not the reissue) or the triple pack seeker with the Storm. :)
How Many of These are in Your Collection? Do you have a favorite of the bunch??
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I think all of them, but the last two! Can’t pick an exact favorite, but maybe the Coneheads or Omega Supreme? Also that ER Soundwave is super prone to plastic yellowing
what a coincidence I was born in 81, and I didn't discover Transformers till the re-runs
I have Ratchet, got Skywarp loose, and I got the Centurion because I wanted the accessories for optimus.
Only missing the Centurion Drone and Greenlight. Happy to see you branching out into the Transformers content, thanks for that.
I have all of them.
Transformers have the most ridiculous exclusives. The fact that we have to get certain characters at a drug store is nuts.
And a mainline guy that everyone would want. Hasbro has made some bad choices for exclusives for Transformers and GI Joe.
Same with Lightning Collection power rangers
Lol lol lol
Rachet, Red Alert & Minerva are emergency vehicles. Kinda fits a pharmacy store lol. I'm glad I live near 5 locations
@@PnC_GameZnThingZ true. And most Target exclusives seem to have red incorporated in it.
Almost everything on the list has increased in price not only because they are exclusive, but also characters you couldn't get any other way. Upon initial release, your lucky to find one on the shelves (online excluded of course). I would have guessed #1 would have been the Amazon Exclusives Earthrise Prowl and Ironhide 2-pack or the Ratchet and Lifeline 2-pack. Never would have guessed Greenlight.
I knew Greenlight was expensive but I agree the ER Ironhide and Prowl probably should have made this
I have the both of those two packs i'm surprise they weren't mention.Still at least ironhide got remade for the studio series 86 line.
I can't believe those 2 sets weren't mentioned! I have everything on the list except number one (crappy mold and character I'm not interested in) and I missed both of those sets. I haven't checked in months but they were over $200 last time I looked.
I'm mostly good now that there is a new Ironhide but I still want that Prowl.
Fun fact about Jetfire: the Siege figure design was copped from an unlicensed Jetfire figure called "FansToys Phoenix." The pricy unlicensed figure market was evidence to Hasbro that collectors would pay more for mainline figures. Hence why the current figures are really good & had a big price bump in 2019. Robot snake eats own robot tail
As a TF collector, I had no clue that Greenlight had skyrocketed so damn much. That's one I still needed as well.
Honestly, I didn't even know that figure existed till now, and I like to think I've kept up on the releases from the WFC line.
Although that mold in particular is hot garbage. But that's just my opinion
@@zamiyaFlow A pretty shit mold indeed, but needed to complete Orthia.
Love to see a studio series version. People who collect that line know how unreal those aftermarket prices have skyrocketed and how horrendous the scalping was during the pandemic.
It is great seeing these figures and knowing i got some of these at ridiculously cheap prices...
I am actually one of the losers that ended up getting Siege Skywarp and Greenlight later on for incredibly inflated prices. I am happy to own them, sure, but as a result I couldn't afford much of anything else that was coming out at the time.
One you forgot was the Prowl/Irohide 2 pack from Amazon. It was like $50…sold out fast. eBay had it for $300 at onetime
That Runabout burns me. Amazon, Target, & Walmart royally screwed up their exclusives for Earthrise.
Covid played a big part of that screw up
I pre-ordered Runabout from Forbidden Planet here in the UK as soon as pre-orders went live. The arrival date kept getting put back and put back. Then many months after release they ended up supposedly not getting the stock and cancelled my pre order! By then everywhere else had sold out so it was too late! That was the last time I bought anything from Forbidden Planet, they totally screwed me over.
Almost every toy here was a store exclusive that was hard as hell to find unless you were at the right store for the .0005 seconds they were out OR you were online for the .0005 seconds that preorders were up.
I would love to see a list without exclusives though. Especially to see the contrast!
True lol. I nice little figure that saw a decent jump was the wfc walmart netflix mirage. It is his only figure released as a decepticon
Also not a Transformers collector, but here for the editing. Very nicely done as always
Yeah me too.
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I got lucky and found Thrust at Target, but not lucky enough to find Runabout. I was able to get the Netflix Soundwave thanks to another local collector I met in a fb group, and since then, we constantly send pics and msgs of what we find in our area stores. It really does help when looking for hard to find bots. As for Greenlight, I did the dumb thing and waited her. She was pretty available for several days before going extinct, and I missed the train for not jumping on it when I had botn the chance and the funds.
I was lucky enough to have found Thrust and Runabout at the same time at the Target near the Barclay Center. Had no idea they would become so hard to find (especially Runabout).
@@omarquijada9979 Yea, he was snatched up real quick down here in SA, TX. We tend to have a real difficult time finding the later waves, and in bots in general tend to show up in large quantities in different cities. Several years back, I had to make a trade with a collector in Corpus Christi TX because CW Motermaster was all over the place in SA and Ultra Magnus was plentiful in CC. Wouldnt be so bad if it wasnt a 3hr drive with pretty much nothing between here and there.
I have them all but numbers one and two. And they are still all new in box except for Jetfire and omega supreme. I had to open them. Good to know what the others are going for and glad I kept them in the box. I think the Hasbro pulse exclusive pit with the quntisons may have made the list. He is going for a good amount. Also shattered glass Jetfire.
Love your content with your humor! Priceless! You always make me laugh! 👍 I never collected Transformers as well, but I was given a Shockwave figure as a gift in the eighties. Memories...
Transformers is what got me back into toy collecting as an adult. And I just gotta say...where did Big Nerdy get the storyline info for this? I'm not saying any of those points are necessarily wrong because each character/name has been reused in a million different fictions so I'm sure there is SOME fiction SOMEWHERE that has Terrorsaur surviving the quamtum surge but it definitely was not the 90's Beast Wars cartoon that he's from...
It's the bio for the amazon exclusive subline he was released in. The Golden Disk collection, alongside Huffer/Road Ranger and Mutant Tigatron.
Funny that a number of these figs that jump up in price, at one point in time were clearanced. I got both jetfire & thrust at regular price and then extras at sale/clearanced price... as they were 2 of my favorite G1 toys in the 80s.
I'm surprised the shattered glass jetfire wasn't also on this list, as that jumped up in price too after selling out relatively quickly.
I'm glad Jetfire made the list. What's even more expensive is his Shattered Glass repaint for the Generations line that came out not even two years ago. I massively regret not picking that one up.
Before the re-release of Jetfire I got him on your store and was so thankful because his prices were so high 🤣
I was extremely lucky to get that Terrorsaur. Had it on pre-order and Amazon snagged the money out of me 3 months in advance. Now after getting Inferno from my job, I have at least a figure for all of the season 1 Beast Wars cast.
This was a cool video. I hope to see more TF stuff from you. I'm so glad I bought most of these early. I did pay up a little ($80) for the Coneheads, because someone got me Thrust for Xmas. It was sort of an inside joke/gag gift, but much appreciated at the same time. I saw one Runabout at a Target and couldn't remember if it was him or Runamuc that was the rare figure and totally passed. I went back the next day after buying Runamauc at a Walmart and RaB was G G Gone! :( I was traveling and found and picked up that Soundwave 3 months before I saw it in my area, and I was only about 2 hours from home. Now I just buy stuff and take it back when I'm unsure. I had 350 figures/products when I last counted 2 years ago and have bought almost every WFC standard retail and 86 SS since, so you cab do the math. It's hard keeping track sometimes. There were some websites where you could manage your collection, but they can be cumbersome. (Any recommendations from the comments section?) I never saw a Ratchet because I never think of Walgreens for TF figures because they always seem overpriced when I first started collecting. (I prefer to buy locally and avoid online orders if I can. It's all about the thrill of the hunt.) I can't believe that repaint of a super shelf warmer is number 1. Wow! Thanks again for the vid.
Welcome to Transformers fandom. Everything is 3 toys in 1.
Big Nerdy, with Dorkside Toys closing, I hope that you and your family can still remain in business and will stay blessed.
Heh, kinda the same way with me and ThunderCats. The number of episodes I saw as a kid can be counted on one hand, but now I'm bingeing the original series.
Yeah, it's awesome to see Big Nerdy getting in on the Transformers action. I hope you do more of these!
I saw the Soundwave at a Wal-Mart ONE time and never saw him again. Was thankfully able to get him (and Netflix Optimus) earlier this year from none other than you. Thanks Big Nerdy!
Yeahh same here, except I didn’t have money when I found him at walmart
Saw him twice and only then. Bought each one, for myself and my roommate. Mines out of box but he has his still sealed.
@Nemesis Astraea I saw him once. Got him and kept the receipt incase he went on clearance. Never did never saw another one. I saw buy them whenever you see them of you can and keep the receipt. You can always take them back if you are broke within 30 days. I ofter take them and rebuy them on the 29th day to keep the ability to take it back for as long as I can.
I probably saw them a couple of times myself but that was it. I did purchase the pair the first time I saw them though.
@Dom LS1 Honestly I thought RedWing would be on the list. Not only was it an exclusive to Target but you had to sign up to get Targets Redcard to be eligible to even get it. So it's an exclusives exclusive.
So many of these were just impossible to find I never saw the Coneheads, Ratchet or runabout anywhere I do have jetfire,skylynx and omega supreme just gotta hope for rereleases to fill the gaps That Silver centurion and accessories must be rereleased
I have every single one of these. Even the Unicorn which cost me to sell off some real rare stuff in my collection from other lines but I'm glad I did. I remember walking into target and seeing run-about and run-amuck together in Target they had about 5 of each. I got mine called 5 of my fellow collectors no one answered. When they did they were all gone.
It's all about Masterpiece Transformers!!!
Great video as always! Thanks for the Transformer love! The fact that some of these figures were IMPOSSIBLE to find explains everything that is wrong with collecting these days. I don't know how Hasbro and others come up with supply expectations but I swear it's almost like they are cutting their sales in half. I just don't understand how they forecast such piss poor supply strategies.
You should look up how much Hasbro stock has fallen over the past year alone. They're overpricing everything, even Magic cards. It's all corporate greed. The newest CEO is a p.o.s. and they are tanking in every category bc of it.
@@wheelbite9 I believe it! We are literally funding these toy companies. Plus I believe these companies could double their profit if that actually stocked based off demand! Hasbro could have easily sold another 2M units of Cosmos alone.
This Is perfect timing for this video! I recently just got back into transformers the other day! Thanks big nerdy!
Just came across some of your videos, I'm hooked up now, You got a new subscriber. Great video!!
Liked the references and humor in your video! Keep it up good sir!
Terrorsaur did not survive the Quantum Surge. He and Scorponok died and never got the Transmetal upgrade.
Yeah I was confused when he said that
Some of the confusion may have come from the fact that Terrorsaur was released as a Transmetal in the toy line even though he didn't get the upgrade in the series. Inferno was also released as a Transmetal, but was given a different name. The mold was originally intended to be Transmetal Inferno IIRC.
@@robdrabkowski2708 Scavenger.
Keep doing lists like this!! Just subbed!
Excellent job brah! Because I never collected transformeringg action figures ever. But I got a deal on the wfc bulkhead and absolutely adore it. Scale colors and price. I even bought the cramazon exclusive version but it came missing the door and gun. But cramazon gave me credit so it evens out the deal 😊😛
Awesome, I have the top three, all the "HM's, and #10 Jet Fire. I always found out about the target exclusives after the fact.
OH BIG NERDY when you get your Terrorsaur stock, make sure it's the golden disk collection version and not the buzzworthy version that is pegwarming at every single Target store. That's the "toy colors" version and I'm suprised Target hasn't marked them down to $5 yet...
Thank you for making a transformers video
I hate how some of these exclusives are characters that are some of the most core/common characters in transformers. For example: why would you make a voyager skywarp an exclusive TWICE?! He’s such a standard character and we can’t even get just a stand alone voyager of Skywarp available for the masses, instead having to settle with a puny core-class from the Legacy line? It sucks!
@@BasedVegeta hey I’ve seen you before. You’re pretty common in a lot of the comment sections of transformers videos
A walkman is like a phone with no screen, no internet access, that can't make calls but instead has a slot for an old timey hard drives that could hold about a dozen songs.
The only problem I have is the last picture of that millennium falcon need to come up about a half inch.
I have every one of these figures! Love your content Nerdzoic, and if you ever need help with details about Transformers, I'm your guy!
Found six runabouts on the shelf one time only. Bought one and went back later in the day and it was like they were never there. He got his own case. Found one thrust and that Netflix soundwave to. Good stuff thanks
How to buy exclusive figures from Target or Walmart..
1. As soon as you hear they are out find the Target or Walmant that is in the worst part of the hood or hick town. When you're just trying to buy food and necessities, collectable action figures are far from thr buying public.
2. Go on your lunch break between 12-2pm. By thay time they have unloaded the truck and they stock around this time because the store isn't as busy.
#1 Optimus Prime - I was wrong...
Big nerdy as a kid I went from turtles to rangers … as an adult pretty much wrestling and Marvel then Lego … just got into TF this month and I’m loving it !
If you ever need any help with Transformers stuff, please feel free to reach out and ask! It’s my favorite line!
Happy to say I got siege skywarp back when he was affordable
Someone probably mentioned this but you are probably getting the much less desired target exclusive terrorsaur which is going to be harder to sell. For a while target exclusives were barely sold but like classified that issue has been mostly fixed
That runabout was $20 at target… I bought 2🔥🔥🔥
I've got all of these apart from number 1.
Didn't even know that one existed.
Paid retail, though, luckily. One of the perks of living in Europe is that I can pre-order 95 percent of the store exclusives from my local action figure/collectibles store. No need to go hunting or scouring eBay for hard to find store exclusives. So far the only figure I wanted that has eluded me has been Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle.
0:06 it is "Hand Me Down" as in it is handed to me from an older kid above, not "Handy down". A handy down is something an adult male gets when she isn't really very interested in him but really enjoyed the fancy dinner he paid for.
That high price on Jetfire came after it had already gone up a lot and then had a reissue to tie into the Netflix cartoon release which brought the price down for a while.
Omega Supreme also had a reissue already.
Have all of them i found in stores . And uhm your missing some more expensive ones but than again you said no exclusive but i think i have 3 of the rat bat and Rumble i got two of them or 3 because of friends.
I saw the Soundwave Wal-Mart exclusive pack ONCE. I almost bought it... until I looked closer and noticed someone had replaced it with the Siege Soundwave. Though, unlike Netflix Soundwave, I found a Runabout at my Target and nabbed it the moment I saw it. Then bought his brother that same day on Hasbro Pulse. I always got lucky with the Target-exclusive Transformers.
Not so much the rest.
I have Greenlight, and I actually gifted Siege Ratchet to a friend of mine who is an EMT Ambulance driver.
I got back into during covid. Kingdom line ❤ great toys and box art love it ❤
Sky Lynx and jet fire are getting a re release?!?! God I hope I don’t miss this again!!
Only if you fall for scalpers and overpricing i have all them and paid the regular price just got Cosmo and Crasher yesterday. Ebay and amazon You can turn them in for price gouging. An also scalping.
@@BasedVegeta Yes i hate to say it the best way to get em if you can afford them is right when they com out like I just got Cosmo and Galaxy Shuttle and crasher this week at Walmart but yeah I got all of em off this list when they 1st came out except Terrorsaur He was overpriced i paid $50 for him. But i did not even know he came out til a month After. But your right people will buy the amount there aloud than have other people buy the a lot too just to sell them over priced. Usually pre order them.
@@BasedVegeta Well luckily for me my brother is supper Into them an keeps me up to date or i would not be. Me and My Husband and brother all collect them now I did miss some of the Netflix ones but the try to keep up unless there redeco of that are not worth it like how all the Velocitron 500 are Walmart exclusives sucks i just had to tell my freind to stop cause he was scalping them for Ebay.. He had friends in Walmart getting him the rare ones like Cosmo is 1 outta a case .Than selling them on ebay i started turning them in I did miss Transmutate now that i just looked. An i agree 100% Hasbro should rerelease these also check Ollies i got alot of good toys there Trypticon and Fortress Maximus $45 dollars a piece and Lancer. They have some there now for Christmas from this line. I have problems finishing my older sets cause of the same problems your having all the exclusives and yes Hasbro needs to Rerelease them. I actually Complained To Hasbro Pulse the official site. Also TJ Max and Gabs Hope this helps and you have a wonderful Holiday:)
@@BasedVegeta No doubt I drove two hours to get the 1st Titan Metro plex at Toys r Us and the Abonimous from Prime( Target Exclusive was a small combiner made of Legend class transformers but was cool.. And got Abonimous But some how Toys r us could not find any of the 4 war of cybertron Metroplex Titans so after to hours of them switching me i employees i went home empty handed they did not even look in the back. Both called a head of time both had put them back for me . Yeah i wish Hasbro listen to there fans Heck i did not know Velocitron 500 was a Walmart exclusive and i mean all the figures from that. But Hasbro should listen to there fans and if you believe scalping price gouging is happening turn them in that breaks Ebay and Amazon term's of service well fellow collector I hope they start listening too. An Greenlight i got when i Saw Elita one was a combiner cause the Femme Fatales are my favorite Transformer team other than the wrecker's. :)
That Jetfire dropped to $38.00 two weeks after it hit stores. Walmart didn't want that big box taking uo room. I took mine back, and they gave me credit for the difference.
The earthrise seeker two-pack oversold preorders. My preorder was cancelled and they never went in stock for sale. Still a grail for me, but there are rumors the two will get retail reissues next year though.
It's sad that most that get purchased are from scalpers who try and flip them evidenced by the fact that they are still readily available on ebay and Amazon for a premium
The funny thing is last summer the ramjet and dirge 2 pack was around 400, it only dropped because ramjet got repacked in legacy
Wow! I have 2 or 3 Greenlight figures nib! And I also have two used in two different displays.
Dude Jetfire will grace my shelves in January, CANNOT wait! I'm 46yo, so transformers came out a little late for me. Let's see. So much to say, and so little poop. I'll probably be coming back and commenting more. Glad I found your channel.
One day i'd like to see this without exclusives, i'm curious how much the value of normal figures goes up
Ugh, I have 9 of these. I never got the Centurion Drone. I left Transformers when G2 started and didn't come back till Power of the Primes line. (Those Dinobots got me) During these I back tracked a bit to the Combiner Wars/Titans Return figures. (Which their Rodimus almost made me quit. I hate that thing). When War for Cybertron hit I tried to keep on top of them and grab whatever hit retail and online. Sadly some Kingdom figures and most horribly Netflix Soundwave started turning yellow or brownish.. so into Legacy I've barely gotten any. the plastic quality has made me not even care anymore. I was so into it too.
I managed to grab the Lancer exclusive, but I never realized Greenlight was an exclusive.
I knew it was Greenlight. My daughter wants her and we totally missed her.
I got my runabout and thrust on the same day at target both on the shelf
Terrorsaur came out this year. Runabout came out in 2021. Basically, you're a year early on most of your exclusive release dates.
No, he's right, according to all my purchase dates. You seem to be a year ahead
@@antiseize11 You're right. Although, Golden Disk Terrorsaur didn't hit until 2022.
@@melvinbagby4221 Interesting, I gotten my Golden Disk Terrorsaur in November of 2021, some people for December of 2021 as well. If I'm not mistaken, it had sold out and reopened again for a short time at some point and people who placed an order for him then likely gotten their's later in 2022 the next year
@@antiseize11 Maybe I'm misremembering, but wasn't Terrorsaur LAST in the Golden Disk Collection? The last two items didn't hit until early part of this year. I'm in USA, so I'm definitely going by that as other places get stuff first.
@@melvinbagby4221 Yes, Terrorsaur was the last one, and I am in the US, tho I received my copy in November last year
I managed to get hold of a Siege Jetfire for £90.
He's a beauty!
Three minutes in and I hit the subscribe button. This is my kind of video. Looking forward to watching more and catching up.
Would also like to see a Bottom 10. Not to be negative, but to see what good toys I can pick up at a really good value. Because as you said, I'm not selling these. They're for me.
My local toy store has this skywarp in stock for months, guess imma need to pick him up🤣
i was able to pick Siege Omega Supreme for $65 at Target. it must have been some kind of return to show up a Target retail store shelf and it was marked 50% off and then i had a 20% or so coupon that they applied. i initially wasn't going to get this, but i couldn't resist at that price.
If you get Thrust, cut the plastic tray to get him out. A wing broke off my Thrust's leg as I was removing him from the tray.
Funny thing, there is a hole in the wing and the leg but no pin in the hole. I "fixed" it with a slightly too long pin (from removing Arcee's backpack), so there was obviously meant to be a pin there.
I love Transformers and have never seen that last figure. Crazy rare i suppose
Love the videos like this man
Jetfire has been re-leased soooo many times. Hasbro Pulse, Amazon, and BBTS have all put up more stock of him even this year.
You are a god send! I just put in a pre-order for terrorsaur for retail price!!!
Lol 😂I love this video. Huh.. yes it’s about having fun and making money while doing so. That’s everyone’s dream profession. First time watching and I love the movie clip inserts
Prowl and iron hide: oh I was wrong? Inknow nothing about secondary market for Tf.
I can also almost create a small toy store.. in only Transformers and Beyblade Burst. The special 2 packs for Transformers are expensive. Earthrise was all expensive because of the Pandemic, Scalpers end up buying up all the Earthrise toys. Hasbro Reissued WFC Jetfire on Pulse for 90 bucks... sold out in seconds by scalpers. The Golden Disk Amazon exclusives are around 40 bucks, Terrorsaur ended up 81 bucks.
The Netflix reissues are also expensive and was exclusive to Wal-Mart.
Kinda odd jetfire went up in price considering he got rereleased a few months back. I’m still mad at myself for not getting siege skywarp, I got back into collecting transformers like a month after he released. Funny enough siege thundercracker is the reason I got back in.
I have 6 of these, missing Siege Skywarp, the Centurian Drone pack, Runabout and Greenlight, though Runabout is the only one I actually have any desire to acquire. The Greenlight fembot mold is straight up trash in my opinion and definitely not worth the obscene aftermarket price.
Sealed Skywarp for trade here.
I got jetfire ratchet and skywarp, I didn't even KNOW runsmuck was an exclusive - I thought my stores just didn't get him 😂. It weird in my country as half the stores meant to stock them don't exist here. Cosmos for instance is an exclusive in target (?) but there's none in Ireland so smyths have him here. Been ALWAYS tough to get some figs as sometimes hasbro just don't ship certain figs here. We missed the first wave of titans completely, pretty much only getting from trypticon onwards (which is ironic considering back in the day g1 trypticon never got a release here 😂)
Really well done video!
Yep, I still don't have Runabout or the Amazon coneheads two pack. I refuse to pay those ridiculous prices!
Good news is, the coneheads will be individually released in Legacy. As for that other one, I'll just say the Autobots got him! Lol
Didn't realize Greenlight was so valuable. Anyways, I sold her along with the others that combined into Orthia. I dumped all my CW, except for Devastator. The new versions will be superior! I can't wait!! I'm so happy with the Legacy Menasor!! Although he could've a bit bigger. He looks so tiny standing next to Devastator & Predaking. Granted they are all Voyager sized bots & Mensaor limbs are only deluxe.
have them all. got them all when they came out. didn't have to pay anything outside of the original price. it's nice to stay on top of transformer releases. greenlight i just got as a completist. She's the only one I didn't open and after watching this video won't be opening her either haha
The siege two pack of seekers from Amazon ended up being shipped in its box so many of them have shipping labels .
Glad I got most of these on release. dayum....
So many Transformers left off of this list that are worth more than some of these exclusives like the spoiler pack Nemesis Prime and misfire and aimless
Hi I just saw your thing here and joined and now I just found out that you have a store SWEET. IS IT OK to go there and pick what I like put it in a cart get them Friday. I know while in the cart it can sell out I just want to do it to save time to look at other things. Thanks Hank
All hail transformers Proud to be a GEEK 🤓
Would you believe me I got the Centurion Drone, sealed and new, FOR ONLY 20 BUCKS? I AM NOT KIDDING! In my country (Chile), there are some sellers who still have listed and for a pretty affordable price.
I will say that a few months ago, a used Netflix soundwave popped up on Amazon for less than 75 bucks, so got him. Also I had Hotlink as my Skywarp stand in, until I decided to repaint him. It went great and he's amazing! Anyhoo, whew, I'm wiped! Time to quit shootin the $h!t, and get my a$$ back to work ;)
I own the Soundwave and didn’t knew he was an exclusive
The pulse figures come here on mexico via Amazon, some of them pegwarm hard, it's so weird hearing the centurion drone with that price
Thank you for this top 10.
In France, Thrust is well over $80, it is well over $100 but still untraceable, and I'm not talking about Runabout, which has simply disappeared. The Pack Seeker Elite 2 Pack, is almost at the same price, therefore untouched, and excludes Haslab, being excluded US, overpriced in France. Finally, Greenlight is heresy...
Anyway, we still manage to nab some good pieces not too expensive like recently, for my part, the Skylinx (not the reissue) or the triple pack seeker with the Storm. :)
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