ROTF Scout action figures - wave 3
Scout Class Wave 3: (SGD 18.90 each)
Top row (fron left) - Dead End, Ransack & Depth Charge.
Bottom row (from left) - Reverb, Scalpel & Dune Runner (hot favourite!)
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Wave 3 of the ROTF Scout action figures have been seen at our local departmental stores for weeks already. Reverb is a repaint of Knock Out from the earlier waves. Scalpel is a new Decepticon character (known as The Doctor) in the ROTF movie and he remains the only ROTF Scout toy whose character appeared in the movie. Dune Runner reminds me of the Deluxe Landmine action figure from Transformers The Movie (TFTM) toyline. I think they are both the same kind of military vehicles.
The Scout Class is a size between the Deluxe and Legends Class toys, making them not to scale with the rest of the main ROTF toyline. I don’t really know why Hasbro made the ROTF Scout toyline, other than to sell more Transformers toys that are mostly unrelated to the ROTF movie. They could have invested more time, effort and resources on their movie cast ROTF toys, like rectifying ROTF Voyager Starscream’s hands sticking out from under the jet tail, or Human Alliance (HA) Sideswipe’s humongous ‘backpack’ in robot mode etc.
Anyway this aside, the past weeks have shown that Dune Runner is a very hot favourite with fans and collectors here. Scalpel comes a close second. Frankly, I think Scalpel looks kinda hideous but since he’s in the ROFT movie, I suppose that’s one reason why people buy him. Reverb is very striking in his new bold colors, despite being a repaint. Hence I guess the kids may like him. The potential peg warmer in this wave could still be Ransack. He’s seen in every store.
And hence, the greens and the greys take the lead for now. A lot of kids and casual collectors aren’t familiar with the ROTF Scout characters. Most people are still focusing on completing the movie cast figures while stocks last. The Scout figures tend to be picked up if convenient, or much later during the eventual clearance sales (which might take months to come)! Till then, happy ROTF toy hunting!
Update: There are 2 variants for Scalpel - either long or short antenna!
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They are 2 collectors I know get Ransack sometime back as their only Scout toy in the series. Ransack is cooler than the rest. He just have the X factor for some mature collectors.
Hi LEon,
Ransack has indeed been getting good online reviews from both local and overseas TF collectors. After the collectors have gotten their share, the kids and casual collectors who buy only some TF figures seem likely to go for the brightly colored ones
Ransack’s coolness is greatly concealed when he’s MOC. Hence I think not many people appreciate him in the stores. The Scout figures are overpriced like the rest of the ROTF toyline. I got my Takara Scout Knock Out MOC for SGD 15.00 at CSC last month
ransack is the first scout that i bought simply because it’s a biplane..
Hi fariz,
I’m glad you like him