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I went to five different TRUs in the northern VA area and none had any in stock. In fact, only one of the stores even had the shelf tag for him. The Fair Lakes store had a shelf tag around the time the planogram changed last month, but the tag is gone now.

I'd love to pick him up 1) to have a proper Thundercracker (instead of my MP-03 standing in for him) and 2) to get an affordable example of this mold since I doubt Hasbro will repaint it as anyone else.

Hopefully Optimus will see a wider release...

I got my shipping notice, coming via UPS. Looks like it's for real.

Anybody else get a notice?

It's sold out AND THEY RAISED THE PRICE. This is EXACTLY why I hate Toys R Us.

I just Tweeted at them about this. That's crap. I don't mind them being sold out but raising the price after a day is garbage.

DanaCornZine wrote:I just Tweeted at them about this. That's crap. I don't mind them being sold out but raising the price after a day is garbage.

It sucks, but it's also understandable. They made a mistake on the initial posting and sold it for less than they were supposed to. From what I've heard, that price is being honored to those who got in on it. But the current price is the actual price, and the in store price so it only makes sense they were going to raise it to that.

It's a joke how you cry about getting it for the error price. It was an error, shut the hell up. A transformers geek like you must know these were meant to be priced at $70. Do you have any consideration for the people(s) making that error on the website and losing their job(s)over the mistake. You collectors make me sick at the lack of caring, only your bubble world matters.

dougpassat wrote:It's a joke how you cry about getting it for the error price. It was an error, shut the hell up. A transformers geek like you must know these were meant to be priced at $70. Do you have any consideration for the people(s) making that error on the website and losing their job(s)over the mistake. You collectors make me sick at the lack of caring, only your bubble world matters.

I didn't realize it was a mistake. I also didn't get it yet. I found out that stuff when I went there to buy it. I went to both TRU stores here and they didn't have it. So, in reality, you really freaked out on me for nothing.

There is no need for the hate against Toys R Us because they are being fairly decent about the whole thing. The original price was obviously a mistake. If something is too good to be true, it normally is. This happens with online companies and I have first hand experience with dealing with mistakes like this. When they were made aware of the error they pulled the listing so they could correct it. They then had two options. Cancel the orders or honor them. They chose to honor them. Luckily for me, some stores even honored the lower online price. They have now corrected the error and have relisted the product. Toys R Us are going to lose money over this error and people are bitching. Lets have a bit of perspective please. It's a toy and it was an error on the website.

Btw, I seriously doubt anyone will be fired over this error. The most that would happen is they would have a dressing down by their department head and told to be more careful in the future.

It's back in stock online!
If u haven't got it, go get it!

dougpassat wrote:It's a joke how you cry about getting it for the error price. It was an error, shut the hell up. A transformers geek like you must know these were meant to be priced at $70. Do you have any consideration for the people(s) making that error on the website and losing their job(s)over the mistake. You collectors make me sick at the lack of caring, only your bubble world matters.

There is no need to tell somebody to "shut the hell up" plain and simple. You could have got your point across without that.