[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

Envy envy envy, glad y'all have them in hand! Mine will arrive around 10/13, so not too much longer.

EDIT: Someone (Maxwell, you?) mentioned Amazon has AWE Striker/Bumblebee with an estimated ship date of 3 November. I ordered from there b/c I'm hopeful, but we haven't seen that set *anywhere* yet, so while I'm hopeful, I won't be remotely surprised if it gets delayed from there.

Mine shows a release date of Nov. 1st with an estimated "Arriving Nov 8 - Nov 9". That's in line with how MegaHISS panned out, more or less.

[wehrmanm]

Oh, that's very reasonable. I'm simply saying that b/c the set hasn't been found in production/retail anywhere (I'm speaking specifically of SE Asia retail and resale on AliExpress/eBay shipping from Taiwan, etc.) - that's usually a good barometer as to the figures hitting the US in the next few months. Since there's none of that, I'm skeptical of the 3 November date.

[SmokeBellew]

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Originally Posted by wehrmanm

Oh, that's very reasonable. I'm simply saying that b/c the set hasn't been found in production/retail anywhere (I'm speaking specifically of SE Asia retail and resale on AliExpress/eBay shipping from Taiwan, etc.) - that's usually a good barometer as to the figures hitting the US in the next few months. Since there's none of that, I'm skeptical of the 3 November date.

For sure. Just letting ya know what my preorder currently says, and that it also had a similar release date change as the MegaHISS set at the same time, moving from an early 2023 release date to now. I got charged for the HISS, checked my orders and noticed the date change on both of them. This could be one of those times when something avoids the early-birds and just shows up. Hell, for all we know, the AWE Stalker was shipped with the HISS and Amazon is just sitting on them until the release date. How quickly they shipped the HISS/Megs tells me they got them at least a bit before the release date. It was a prepared, by-the-numbers sort of release. I was really surprised by fast it shipped and arrived.

[wehrmanm]

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Originally Posted by SmokeBellew

For sure. Just letting ya know what my preorder currently says, and that it also had a similar release date change as the MegaHISS set at the same time, moving from an early 2023 release date to now. I got charged for the HISS, checked my orders and noticed the date change on both of them. This could be one of those times when something avoids the early-birds and just shows up. Hell, for all we know, the AWE Stalker was shipped with the HISS and Amazon is just sitting on them until the release date. How quickly they shipped the HISS/Megs tells me they got them at least a bit before the release date. It was a prepared, by-the-numbers sort of release. I was really surprised by fast it shipped and arrived.

Copy that, that full context matters a ton. Bring all the preorders on, can't wait to get them in hand (and pay them off)!

[Predakwon]

Got mine today.

Backpack keeps popping off and it's HUGE. Lack of leg poses stink also, but those are nothing new.
My Cobra and Decepticons.

[MadFlava76]

I wasn’t going to get the Bumblebee Awe Striker but after watching the Full Force unboxing I caved and bought it on Amazon. I love the Awe Striker. It’s one of my all time favorite Joe vehicles and I no longer own the one from my childhood. Initially I did not like the choice of Bumblebee and the yellow bits but seeing it in hand it’s not so bad. Bonus is getting a new o-ring Stalker. I still think if this was Hound as a Vamp it would have been a day 1 preorder for me.