by ServO » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:04 am
Ugh...I went to Toys-R-Us at Ridgedale yesterday and saw that they still only have 4 Cheetors on the pegs...I asked a sales associate when they would be getting another shipment of TF's in and he said "next week"...I said "That's what you told me LAST week!" He said he didn't know anymore, but that wasn't good enough for me, so I asked to speak to his superior...the guy running the show told me that they did get a shipment in last week, but it was all activators and voyager animated figures...not to mention the "Battle Begins" 2 packs...judging but the amount of these 2 packs clogging the shelves at every toy retailer in the state, I'm beginning to wonder what Hasbro was thinking when they released these en'masse. He assured me that they did place an order for more Universe Deluxe figures and he did indeed anticipate them arriving mid week. I don't understand why there are Cheetors on the pegs and nothing else...I mean...I bought a Cheetor, and he looked so cool in the package, I haven't been able to bring myself to open him yet...
The Toys-R-Us in Richfield is much worse off...I think they had 4 pegs for the Universe figs, but they were completely empty, and nobody knew what was going on with that...I wandered down to the Wal-Mart on American Blvd, and they had 3 (yes only 3) Animated Voyagers on the shelf...and thats it...3 Transformer figs in the entire store!!! Apparently they will be closing soon for a re-model, and they are moving all of thier inventory out for the closing...which means I am at the mercy of the Wal-Mart in Eden Prarie which in my most humble opinion has the WORST toy department in the state, next to maybe the K-Mart in Minnetonka...and even K-Mart isn't that bad if you can get past paying 12.99 for a deluxe figure...that K-Mart also had their voyager animated figs on sale for 17.99, which isn't horrible, and would be a good deal if I didn't have them all already. I am resisting the urge to go to BBTS or someplace similar to pick up the figs I want, but I know deep down that in a month or so, the shelves at all of these stores will have them all, and they won't be able to get rid of them...much like when you go to Target now, and you see 3 Galvatrons, 3 Silverstreaks, a couple of Acid Storm's, and an Ironhide...a few months ago I was going nuts trying to track these down, and now I can't get away from them. Maybe I just need to resign myself that MN is about 4 months behind the rest of the planet on action figures.
I've put my Deluke Animated Bumblebee into storage, and started using my Activators Bumblebee in my display instead...there's just no way Bumblebee should be almost as tall as Leader Bulkhead.