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william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:How much are the AoE deluxes at TrU? The good ol' 17$ + taxes?

Yup

ew.

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:How much are the AoE deluxes at TrU? The good ol' 17$ + taxes?

Yup

ew.

Could be worse. We could have European or Australian prices. :/
Beside, all TFs ALWAYS get on sale sooner or later. Unless we are rich, we just cant get everything in one go.

Hey guys, I am a bit late to the party on this one, but I just realized that the following generations wave hit last February apparently:

Wave 8
#011 Armada Starscream (new sculpt) with Dark Cybertron #1
#012 Skywarp (redeco of Series 01 Starscream) with Robots in Disguise #23
#013 Mini-Con Assault Team (Heavytread, Runway and Windshear; merge to form Centuritron) with More than Meets the Eye #24
#014 Autobot Scoop with Holepunch and Caliburst and with More than Meets the Eye #23

I have not seen any of these in Canada so far. The last wave I saw (and which is still on the shelves) is the one with Waspinator and Skids. Did anyone ever see any of these in Canada, let alone Quebec? And if not, do you guys think they wont be released?

EDIT

I am editing this post constantly. Turns out they did ship out earlier this year. Did anyone ever see any of these in stores? Because I sure didnt.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

shajaki wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:How much are the AoE deluxes at TrU? The good ol' 17$ + taxes?

Yup

ew.

Could be worse. We could have European or Australian prices. :/
Beside, all TFs ALWAYS get on sale sooner or later. Unless we are rich, we just cant get everything in one go.

i think everything had a recent hike anyways. i was shocked to see the newest marvel legends figures (build a figure assortments) priced at 26 something! anything over 20 bucks for a regular action figure just blows my mind.

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, I am a bit late to the party on this one, but I just realized that the following generations wave hit last February apparently:

Wave 8
#011 Armada Starscream (new sculpt) with Dark Cybertron #1
#012 Skywarp (redeco of Series 01 Starscream) with Robots in Disguise #23
#013 Mini-Con Assault Team (Heavytread, Runway and Windshear; merge to form Centuritron) with More than Meets the Eye #24
#014 Autobot Scoop with Holepunch and Caliburst and with More than Meets the Eye #23

I have not seen any of these in Canada so far. The last wave I saw (and which is still on the shelves) is the one with Waspinator and Skids. Did anyone ever see any of these in Canada, let alone Quebec? And if not, do you guys think they wont be released?

EDIT

I am editing this post constantly. Turns out they did ship out earlier this year. Did anyone ever see any of these in stores? Because I sure didnt.

Big fat nope.

Remember, the goddamn SECOND wave of TF Prime figures took A FULL YEAR before ever coming out over here. So, it may be the same kind of bullshit repeating itself.

just came from walmart (edmonton south common) and they were almost bursting at the seams with swerves and cosmos's's. i think its officially ok to exhale.

Pointing out that the flip & changes TFs from AoE are out everywhere. The deluxes are also out at Walmart, but only BB and Xair were remaining. At TrU, they have voyager and leader Grimlock and Optimus. As for the deluxes, they have both dinobots, BB, and Xair. They also have those dino riders things, and the Constructabots.

Leaders are 60$, voyagers 30$, and deluxes are 17$. All plus taxes.

i dont know about y'all, but this is the first time ive seen this:



platinum predaking at my local TRU today! id have been excited if i hadnt bought mine from BBTS forever ago.

shajaki wrote:i dont know about y'all, but this is the first time ive seen this:



platinum predaking at my local TRU today! id have been excited if i hadnt bought mine from BBTS forever ago.

I betcha there's no French on the box and we will never ever see this in Quebec.
Not that I wanted to pay 172.50$CAN total for a goddamn G1 Scramble City combiner reissue.

Maybe this is good news.

The walmart.CA site has Generations Armada Starscream, BW Rattrap and BM Tankor listed as not available in stores (instead of "out of stock"). Could mean that we will get all the generations figures we missed when they release the next wave.

http://www.walmart.ca/search/transformers%20movie

Don't know about your city, but the Armada SS, Scoop, 3x Minicons and Skywarp wave is still on Canadian shelves. If you need any help in getting them, give me a shout.

And yeah, I'm sure we're going to get that Rattrap wave, its just unfortunate that they were delayed... probably because of AOE.

Blurrz wrote:Don't know about your city, but the Armada SS, Scoop, 3x Minicons and Skywarp wave is still on Canadian shelves. If you need any help in getting them, give me a shout.

And yeah, I'm sure we're going to get that Rattrap wave, its just unfortunate that they were delayed... probably because of AOE.

I am guessing you are in Calgary or Edmonton (oil country right?). I will be taking a trip to TO this summer so I will wait to see if its there. Thanks for the offer.

Yeah, Edmonton. I'm sure Toronto will be stocked up with it, unless AOE just mass shelfwarms. (Which it probably will).

Blurrz wrote:Yeah, Edmonton. I'm sure Toronto will be stocked up with it, unless AOE just mass shelfwarms. (Which it probably will).

I actually doubt the straight up transformers will be shelf warmers. This movie is bringing about a lot of new merchandise (the dino riders, titan figures, bunch of kreo and simple transformations). I think those will warm the shelves but I have a good feeling about the main transformer line. My judgement is based on every walmart that I go to being sold out of the deluxes so far. And they are bound to me more popular when the movie comes around.


Anyways... I had an idea for a post based on recent talk in the toy haul forum.

I always scout the classified adds on Kijiji and I know Kanrabat was thinking of doing that too and I thought of writing here when I spot a local add in case that helps anyone. You could also comment on whether its a good deal or not.

For example, I am hesitant on this one which the person is asking 25$ for:



Scorponok is the reason to buy this lot for me but he is missing his missiles.

Here is the add: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-jouets-jeux/ville-de-montreal/transformer/597448015?enableSearchNavigationFlag=true

It should come as no surprise that Quebec wont be getting MP Grimlock TRU Exclusive.
However, I did not know that all of Canada gets or can get the Platinums. There is currently a TRU sale throughout Canada where any transformer above 25$ gets a 25% reduction. And that applies for Year of the Horse figures which you can get a raincheck for at your local stores (like I did). When they come back online (as some are sold out), you can purchase them and bring the receipt to the store with your rain check and get your money back to match the discount.

Also, this TRU sale applies to Voyagers and Leaders of the AOE line so until June 5, you can aquire your big AOE figures for 22.47 (voyager) and 44.50 (leader)

william-james88 wrote:It should come as no surprise that Quebec wont be getting MP Grimlock TRU Exclusive.
However, I did not know that all of Canada gets or can get the Platinums. There is currently a TRU sale throughout Canada where any transformer above 25$ gets a 25% reduction. And that applies for Year of the Horse figures which you can get a raincheck for at your local stores (like I did). When they come back online (as some are sold out), you can purchase them and bring the receipt to the store with your rain check and get your money back to match the discount.

Also, this TRU sale applies to Voyagers and Leaders of the AOE line so until June 5, you can aquire your big AOE figures for 22.47 (voyager) and 44.50 (leader)

Forget about getting any Platinum in Quebec. The boxes are in English only and they will never EVER ship them to Quebec. Not even if ordered online!

Bulshit aside, I should have waited a bit to buy my AoE Leader Optimus. At 45$, it's well worth the money. Also, all voyagers are 22$ as well as the bigger Construcbots sets. I finally decided to buy that big oversized "cyberverse" Predaking. Wow, that thing blow the normal voyager out of the water! At 22$, now is the time to buy before it's gone forever.

Also, they have Microchangers at only 1$ each at the Colosus Laval! And I thought everything was overpriced at the theatres.









TrU still got the last wave of BH deluxes at 10$. If you missed out, go for it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:It should come as no surprise that Quebec wont be getting MP Grimlock TRU Exclusive.
However, I did not know that all of Canada gets or can get the Platinums. There is currently a TRU sale throughout Canada where any transformer above 25$ gets a 25% reduction. And that applies for Year of the Horse figures which you can get a raincheck for at your local stores (like I did). When they come back online (as some are sold out), you can purchase them and bring the receipt to the store with your rain check and get your money back to match the discount.

Also, this TRU sale applies to Voyagers and Leaders of the AOE line so until June 5, you can aquire your big AOE figures for 22.47 (voyager) and 44.50 (leader)

Forget about getting any Platinum in Quebec. The boxes are in English only and they will never EVER ship them to Quebec. Not even if ordered online!

Bulshit aside, I should have waited a bit to buy my AoE Leader Optimus. At 45$, it's well worth the money. Also, all voyagers are 22$ as well as the bigger Construcbots sets. I finally decided to buy that big oversized "cyberverse" Predaking. Wow, that thing blow the normal voyager out of the water! At 22$, now is the time to buy before it's gone forever.

Are the micro changers worth it for 1$? I might pick some up next time I catch a film.

About the Platinums, they are coded differently than the masterpieces. I presented the lady the code for MP Grimlock TRU Exclusive and after looking in her computer it was indicated which stores were not getting it. But MP-10 year of the horse was different. There were none in Quebec at the moment, but it was coded as available in quebec and there was record of them having had some in stock at the montreal store. They even gave me the raincheck for getting YOTH Optimus for 112$ so its a bit more a grey area than the straight up Masterpieces.

And I guess you recomend AOE Leader Optimus ?

william-james88 wrote:Are the micro changers worth it for 1$? I might pick some up next time I catch a film.

About the Platinums, they are coded differently than the masterpieces. I presented the lady the code for MP Grimlock TRU Exclusive and after looking in her computer it was indicated which stores were not getting it. But MP-10 year of the horse was different. There were none in Quebec at the moment, but it was coded as available in quebec and there was record of them having had some in stock at the montreal store. They even gave me the raincheck for getting YOTH Optimus for 112$ so its a bit more a grey area than the straight up Masterpieces.

And I guess you recomend AOE Leader Optimus ?

I don't want to burst your bubble, but even if some Platinums are in the Montreal warehouse, those are meant to be shipped OUTSIDE of Québec. Look below:



Now, for something positive.
If you find any kind of backpack unforgiving, you wont like Leader AoE Optimus. But if like me, you can forgive some backpack, then you'll see how great he is. He dont feel cheap at all. In fact, he feel like a premium Takara TF for a Hasbro price! He's also pretty fun to play with. Way more fun than the fabled RotF mold. Sure, the RotF mold is legendary, but I think I love to play with TFs that are easy and short to transform way more than the overly complicated ones.
For the same reason, I highly recommend the "new" Predaking voyager. He's simple, sexy, fun, and BIG. Better than the regular voyager and much more bang for your bucks than the drab looking and super expensive supreme class.

Finally, Micro changers blind packs usually run for way more than a dollar. Blind bags minifigs usually go for around 3 to 4$ each. So, yeah, a TF minifig cheaper than a Kinder Surprize? Totally worth it.

I find it funny that it is Armada Starscream that is shelfwarming haha.

Boy does this Canadian distribution piss me off.

Anyways, I heard that the Laval Toysrus gets some exclusives, is that still correct?

william-james88 wrote:Boy does this Canadian distribution piss me off.

Anyways, I heard that the Laval Toysrus gets some exclusives, is that still correct?

Oh yes, they will get all kind of exclusives. As long that it's not Transformers.

Blurrz wrote:I find it funny that it is Armada Starscream that is shelfwarming haha.

If the thing ever get on sale at 10$, would you be so kind as to middleman me one? I really dont trust distribution in Quebec.

Just wondering. The targets in Quebec are sucking major balls. The transformer sectioin is bare with some remnants of Beast Hunters and old generations figures (with target exclusive Skylinx in abundance). They arent keeping up at all in the transformers department and I was wondering if it was just the Quebec ones or if it's canada wide. And would that have anything to do with their lackluster economical performance in Canada so far?

Hey guys great news. The armada starscream wave has finally hit quebec. I got minicon assault team and starscream for 16.77 at the laval walmart supercenter

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys great news. The armada starscream wave has finally hit quebec. I got minicon assault team and starscream for 16.77 at the laval walmart supercenter

I just hope they still got Starscream tommorrow.

Just out of curiousity, has anyone seen AoE Voyager Hound or Galvatron, or Deluxe Slash or Drift kicking around anywhere? I've been checking TRU and Walmart in my area every couple days, Target when I get the chance but no dice as of yet!

Read some recent posts, seems I may have been preemptive in hoping to find Generations Rattrap as of yet, wondering if that may also be the case for the AoE toys!