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Evil_the_Nub wrote:

anindrew wrote:TRU in Concord, NC has five PRID Voyager Optimus, 3 PRID Bumblebee, 2 Wheeljack, 1 Cliffjumper, and all of the Botshots.

Small world, I was there today myself. I didn't buy anything though, the bugling of the FE figures combined with absurd prices has quickly turned me off this line.

I feel the same way. About the only RID figure I kind of want is Soundwave. He actually looks show accurate and doesn't have any ridiculous accessories (giant guns/etc). I am hoping and praying Hasbro can work out something with US retailers to make right on the FE figures. If I get lucky, maybe someone will want to trade some FEs for some of my figs.

Hickory, Nc - Toys R Us store has the Botshot figures - 2 each of OP, BB, Barricade, and Starscream. They have one legends Bumblebee. You can go and order them from the store. Tonight I ordered Wheeljack, Soundwave, and Megatron. Paid in store, shipping to my home free. If your store doesn't have them in stock, they can get them shipped from other stores to your home. They can do it that way, by phone to other stores, or order like anyone from online. The difference being that if it is anywhere in any U.S. store they can have it shipped for free, even if it is listed as not in stock online. That's a great method to keep in mind, if ebay is to expensive and all hope looks lost. If it is there in a store physically, you can still get it, it works for everything Toys R Us carries/carried!
I just wish I had known that earlier, would have saved a lot of lost time, money and effort. The problem is they don't like to tell you they can do it. They usually just tell you they are out of stock and that's the end of it!

The Walmart in Kannapolis has the Prime RiD figures.

Anyone have the chance to spot Knock Out, Vehicon, Voyager Starscream, the whole shalooba?

No, there is no such thing as a shalooba. Just another figment of my crazed, yet genius, imagination.

In reference to Mindmaster's question - I went to Boone (Walmart & Kmart), Lenoir (Walgreens & Walmart), Granite Falls (Walmart) and to Hickory (Toys R US, Target, Walmart) all within the last two weeks and they are still getting in, or just peg warming (depending on store) the same old movie and PRID first waves. Cliffjumper, way too many Bumblebees, Optimus Prime,and Megatrons. My wife will tell me later if there was anything new @ Walmart in Lenoir tonight, but I very seriously doubt it. They run off of a computer system that only reorders when the computer shows low numbers in the system. I usually have to travel all over the place to get anything I really want due to the way everything is around here. Toys R Us in Hickory is a small store. I hardly ever find anything new there. I did do an order through them once to get some figures, which a clerk did over the phone and order from another state just to transfer to their store and then mail to me. It sucks! I'll tell you later if there is anything new here. Give me 30 to 45 minutes for her to get home.

Okay, the news....., still nothing new!!! The lady working in toys (Lenoir Walmart) said she had not had anything new Transformers related at all in well over a week. Nothing new coming in that she knows of. Surprise! Surprise!

Snagged Voyagers Megatron (Finally!) and Optimus Prime over at the Target center near Market Street (New Center Drive? I don't remember), Wilmington.

I got voyager Starscream and Bulkhead today in Concord. Still no sign of Vehicon or Knockout.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:I got voyager Starscream and Bulkhead today in Concord. Still no sign of Vehicon or Knockout.

I was awaiting for news of a sighting of Starscream in NC. Thanks for being a savior!

I also picked up Voyager Bulkhead and Starscream. I found them last night @ the Walmart in Lenoir, NC. They were stocking GI Joe stuff. They only had one box of Transformers figures. The box had Bulkhead, Starscream, Prime, and one other one. Not sure if it was another Prime or a Megatron. I do know that they only contain one BH and SS per box though. I kind of flipped out when I seen them and in my panic I didn't pay much attention to the 4th figure. It was just a shock to find them. I didn't think they would come in before Knockout, hence the total shock!