Target’s Geek Out event brings Draculus, a Universal Monsters Mindwipe with a cape, and Kingdom Road Rage. The crew pitches more monster molds, from Fangry as the Wolf Man to Waspinator as the Fly.

HasLab Victory Saber sits at 7,697 backers with 25 days left. Puffer and Road Ranger photos surface, and Waspinator, Shadow Panther, Gnaw, Jolt and Sweep start hitting Walmart.

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Star Saber on HasLab

HasLab Victory Saber stands at 7,697 of 11,000 backers with 25 days left, and looks likely to fund. Diecast thinks campaigns could be shorter, since most people back at the end. Another host counters that a longer window helps fans who need time to save. The Eaglemoss Transformers chess set sits at 182 backers and is not expected to fund. Diecast suspects Hasbro is avoiding color photos after Unicron’s color complaints. Chat also reports Studio Series 78 Revenge of the Fallen Sideswipe at Meijer. [Source: Hasbro Pulse]

RFC News Desk 148 – Draculus Revealed and the Fall Toy Season Begins

Target’s Geek Out event revealed Draculus, a Universal Monsters Mindwipe with a new torso and a soft goods cape, due around December. Kingdom Road Rage ships in a couple of weeks, though one host worries the Trax mold is floppy. The TF Wiki shows 1980s art for proposed Dracula, Creature from the Black Lagoon and Fly Transformers. The crew loves the Fly art. Ideas for more monsters include Fangry or Weirdwolf as the Wolf Man and Waspinator as the Fly. Sweep turns out to be more toy blue than Scourge, with a different hand. Waspinator, Shadow Panther, Gnaw, Jolt and Sweep are reaching Walmart, and Selects Galvatron is showing up in Canada. [Source: TFRadio]

Puffer and Road Ranger

Photos of Kingdom Puffer and Road Ranger surfaced, sourced to Collect-a-Con. The crew skips the controversy around the leak. One host loves the look and calls it a nice mold, though its truck mode does not always sit flat, depending on QC. Brian is excited for a Transformers Road Ranger. He still regrets selling the e-hobby GoBots minibot set, now worth around $1,000. [Source: Allspark]

What We Got This Week

Don found Studio Series Jolt at Walmart, plus a restocked Studio Series Jazz that hid a Gnaw. From Amazon he got the Earth-mode Sideswipe and Maximal Skywarp two-pack. The Skywarp is going to a friend in Canada in trade for Kingdom Red Alert.

Diecast got Fans Hobby Go Shooter, his third of their Headmasters. Fans Toys Soar came with no box, the one he most fears breaking. He also got his fourth Gigapower Dinobot, Sludge, leaving only Swoop. A Shockwave Lab light kit for the Titan class Ark head cost about $16 and installs with two screws.

John ordered a set of light-up eyes for his Unicron on eBay for about $20, though he has not installed them yet.

Brian ordered the Hearts of Steel trade paperback, which he has never read. He found a second Dairy Queen G2 Optimus Prime for about a quarter of what he paid for his first. He drove an hour for the Bumblebee Worlds Collide set and plans to keep it sealed to admire Blackarachnia and Nemesis Primal.

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