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I just hope BBTS stocks them soon (if at all). I don't hunt, I only buy online so if they don't show up on the e-tailers I won't be getting one.

Love this guy, and really want him to round out my MP Seekers ... seeing this makes me cry though, because it's looking more and more like I'm either not getting one or I'm going to end up having to cave and go the eBay route. I REALLY wish they would've had better supply on this.

krenger99 wrote:

mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.

VENTING RAGE ALERT

NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.

I know what you mean. I went to five for grimmy and none of them had him in stock.(couple of thise toysrus stores were two hours away).
Its complete bull..
and about starscream and skywarp. I found them quit easily.
My walmart even had like 6 skywarps all 30$ in the clearance aisle. And gots one

krenger99 wrote:

mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.

VENTING RAGE ALERT

NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.

I hate scalpers as well. I've had too many items that needed to be purchased via Ebay due to them. Just remember that these have only been out for 2 weeks max. Grimlock and Rodimus were never a problem to find on shelves and Skywarp was on clearance when I found him. Toys R Us actually does a decent job stocking their exclusives.

funeralthirst7 wrote:

krenger99 wrote:

mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.

VENTING RAGE ALERT

NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.

I hate scalpers as well. I've had too many items that needed to be purchased via Ebay due to them. Just remember that these have only been out for 2 weeks max. Grimlock and Rodimus were never a problem to find on shelves and Skywarp was on clearance when I found him. Toys R Us actually does a decent job stocking their exclusives.

While normally I agree that patience is key, I can understand some people's reasoning on panic this time. There's rumors coming from some TRU stores that this is a one time order, and that once sold out, that's it. Also, Roddy & Grimlock in some areas were nearly impossible to find. The stores here all got scalped heavily on the 2 shipments we got (3 stores in town) and I never saw them on the shelf. Grimlock I got on their site, and Roddy a friend helped me pick up luckily. Plus there's rumors that Thundecracker isn't going to be on the TRU site at all, it's in store only. So with all of this, I can see why people are upset and panicing (hell I'm getting worried I may not get this guy either).

krenger99 wrote:

mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.

VENTING RAGE ALERT

NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.

I see what you mean. Ratchet "said" that we have caught the "Scalper Hater" Syndrome. It makes us feel too upset that toys like DOTM Leader Sentinel, Prime Vehicons and maybe Airachnid are so hard to find unlike the pathetic excuse of a "kid's character", Bumblebee (the link is: tfwiki.net/wiki/Ruined_FOREVER). Hasblow, you should get your ears pulled by Takara.

Painfull to watch.

I didn't realise that the null rays were on ball joints like that.

ZenPrime wrote:Repost of from my comment in another thread...

For those that live in NYC and is still looking for this, the Toys R Us in Time Square have them in stock. When I left there tonight 9/3/2012 they still have about 5 of them on the shelves. And they seem to be running some kind of deal/discount because mine only came to about $64.00 after tax. Good luck!

Thanks for this tip! Right after I saw this post, I called in and had them put 2 on hold for me. Good thing they did - all the staff made a point about how I lucky I was, because within 5 minutes of them putting my holds aside, the 4 or 5 remaining Thundercrackers were gone.

Gone!

Had to pay the full 69.99 for each, but who gives a crap? Today was a total victory for me.

words cannot describe how this is totally going on my christmas list

You did an excellent job on selling this toy to me. I thank you buy my wallet is angry!