| The highly anticipated follow-up to the Generations toyline after Kingdom introduces Legacy, which is a new beginning for the Transformers brand that has been talked about since the later part of 2021. It has already appeared in select markets in Asia, and it has been sighted recently in the Philippines.
Legacy is an entirely new toyline expanding the Generations branding, and also have some carry over from the previous trilogy that has been a ‘shoo-in’ until the brand's new range assortments has been officially released for retail consumer. This was expected to arrive in the local scene since the announcement of the April 2022 street date. |
It would come to a bittersweet surprise that a major change in retail price point has made a jump that is considered for some unattainable, but more of this later, the first wave of Legacy has been spotted at local store Toy Kingdom in Makati City. It may appear that Wave 1 has been seen in their shelves that is lacking some of the major favourites since it has been on display since Monday (11 April 2022).
There are some even did not make it to the shelves as immediately customers scooped up some of those major favourites. With the recent additional reveals during Hasbro’s live streaming this recent Tuesday the new wave of Transformers is becoming scarce in general retail that most can now be found being sold at specialty shops.
With the recent price increase on essential goods, it also affected those non-essentials like collectibles, namely toys. For that reason why toy collecting in the Philippines has gradually changed and showed who has the deep pockets to continue collecting this popular toyline, as the currently price point from Core Class, Deluxe Class, Voyager Class, and Leader Class have significantly increased.
Listed below is a list of characters from the first wave of Legacy that is broken down their classes with their Philippine price point and converted to Australian and US dollars to give our overseas friends have an idea how much they are now.
Also, the ones sighted at Toy Kingdom in SM Makati featuring the Deluxe Class assortment are the ones Exclusive to Walmart in the US.
Core Class | Retailed at: ₱ 899.99 Pesos [$ 23.19 AUD | $ 17.26 USD]**
- Iguanus [1x Pieces]
- Skywarp [Sold Out]
- Hot Rod (Package Refresh from Kingdom Hot Rod) [Sold Out]
Deluxe Class (US Walmart Exclusive) | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [$ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]**
- Nightprowler [2x Pieces]
- Buzzaw (2x Pieces)
Leader Class | Retailed at: ₱ 4,199.00 Pesos[ $ 108.36 AUD | $ 80.63 USD]**
- Galvarton (Modified Package Refresh of Kingdom Galvatron) [1x Pieces]
Generations Selects | Retailed at: ₱ 1,799.00 Pesos [ $ 46.41 AUD | $ 34.54 USD]**
- Lift Ticket (2x Pieces)
- DK-2 Guard (2x Pieces)
There are no further details on what were the assortments that has arrived along with these wave, but based from the staff most of the new ones were immediately sold out. Also, R.E.D toyline makes its first retail appearance despite with the most recent wave released, and previously being solely available at local special shops
R.E.D. now on PH Retail
Besides the Legacy range of assortments that made it to Toy Kingdom, the non-transforming Marvel Legends-esque toyline known as R.E.D. (Robot Enhanced Design) was also sighted at this Toy Kingdom store. But it is obviously a later wave featuring a majority of the characters from the 1986 animated movie.
There’s a saying, better late than never and this four-figure assortment was sighted, which they are listed below including their Australian and US dollar converted currency price point to better give overseas readers an idea how much they are here.
R.E.D. | Retailed at: ₱ 699.00 Pesos [ $ 18.04 AUD | $ 13.42 USD]**
- Ultra Magnus (1x Pieces)
- Shockwave (1x Pieces)
- Galvatron (1x Pieces)
- Reformatting Megatron (1x Pieces)
They do not have any idea if they will get a restock soon for the Legacy wave, but news travel fast and possible that Toy Kingdom’s flagship store might have more than the select branches that were given allocation.
The staff’s advised to connect with their Viber account as they mostly post the new arrivals on their thread. But they also mentioned some of the items no longer announced once the customers picks them up.
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