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New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found

Transformers News: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found

Monday, August 29th, 2016 3:19PM CDT

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Thanks to the epic voice guy known to us as jON3.0 we bring to you news of a very strange and unexpected find indeed. Found in a Hobby Lobby was a metal wall hanger that captures the look of the original G1 Powermaster Optimus Prime! The hanger was found at a price of $19.99 and was a very random find that is not listed on the Hobby Lobby website. So head on out to your local Hobby Lobby's and see if you can't hunt down this special Powermastered decoration!

Transformers News: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found

Transformers News: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found
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Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1819843)
Posted by Omegatrion84 on August 29th, 2016 @ 3:33pm CDT
What a random find that is indeed but pretty cool nonetheless. I love the old G1 character art. I'm definitely gonna have to go on the hunt for it.

:BOT:
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1819874)
Posted by Break on August 29th, 2016 @ 5:24pm CDT
I'll go look for it tomorrow.

BTW, Hobby Lobby always has 40% off coupons off the front page of their website.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1820101)
Posted by Emerje on August 30th, 2016 @ 2:56pm CDT
Dang, another place that's an hour away from me. Might be worth a road trip...

Emerje
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1820168)
Posted by Break on August 30th, 2016 @ 5:21pm CDT
I went to mine (Clarksville, IN) and they had none left. Apparently it was something they had for awhile, but may not get any more, so don't waste time checking yours out.

I plan to check out one more on Saturday and another, if I have to, on Monday.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1821195)
Posted by Tranzilla on September 2nd, 2016 @ 10:57pm CDT
Break wrote:I went to mine (Clarksville, IN) and they had none left. Apparently it was something they had for awhile, but may not get any more, so don't waste time checking yours out.

I plan to check out one more on Saturday and another, if I have to, on Monday.


I called around to a few of the local HLs. Was able to find Soundwave and Bumblebee hangers at the store in Laurel, Maryland. Also have another store holding the PM Prime until I can get there tomorrow. Remember to use that coupon, too. 40% off until 9/3. 8-)
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1821323)
Posted by Break on September 3rd, 2016 @ 2:32pm CDT
Got mine at the HL off Breckinridge in Louisville. :)
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1822632)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on September 7th, 2016 @ 8:24pm CDT
Remember that Powermaster Optimus Prime wall hanger we reported on? Well, it appears that it is no longer alone. Thanks to Facebooker Fredimus Prime we have news that Powermaster Prime is not only being found in many locations, but he is also being accompanied by a Bumblebee and a Soundwave hanger! All 3 wall hangers were found in Hobby Lobby, so Rock and Roll Out to your nearest Hobby Lobby and get yourself some Transformers!

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Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1822716)
Posted by Autobot Roadburn on September 8th, 2016 @ 12:07am CDT
Neat! Might have to grab a Soundwave for my room!

EDIT*

Ok, might have to rethink that. Apparently the closest Hobby Lobby to me is 7 hours away. Cool :(
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1822723)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on September 8th, 2016 @ 2:07am CDT
I used to go there for silicone mold casting material, but it's been a few years. I think its presence in physical stores has become a casualty of 3D printing. I really became too patient for my own good in my toy customization projects.

Interesting that 2 are vintage package art, but since casual and/or younger fans wouldn't know what to make of G1 Bee with a plate-mouth, instead we get...is that Dreamwave artwork, or IDW?

Soundwave's tempting; if only there were magnets of the cassettes...
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1822740)
Posted by Emerje on September 8th, 2016 @ 4:47am CDT
Bumblevivisector wrote:Interesting that 2 are vintage package art, but since casual and/or younger fans wouldn't know what to make of G1 Bee with a plate-mouth, instead we get...is that Dreamwave artwork, or IDW?


IDW, if it were Dreamwave he'd be all knees and feet.

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I'd be happy with any of these box art signs, but I'd pass on that Bee.

Emerje
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1876597)
Posted by Bronzewolf on April 23rd, 2017 @ 12:26pm CDT
Has your bedroom/man cave/woman cave/toy room/Dog house been needing some Autobot flair? Well, once again it seems Hobby Lobby has proven itself to be a reliable source of random Transformers themed decor. This time, yours truly found some Autobot symbol wall art at the Fort Collins, Colorado Hobby Lobby for $24.99 US. Let us know if you'll be decorating your home with the latest Cybertronian interior designs.

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Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1876598)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 23rd, 2017 @ 12:27pm CDT
Yep, I want it. New apartment decoration: go!
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1876611)
Posted by dragons on April 23rd, 2017 @ 1:17pm CDT
THats funny I go to it yesturday all make of it is autobot no decepticon
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1876811)
Posted by BumbleDouche on April 24th, 2017 @ 8:36am CDT
Bah, Autobot propaganda! What about my beloved Decepticons? :CON:
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1876850)
Posted by Bronzewolf on April 24th, 2017 @ 11:06am CDT
BumbleDouche wrote:Bah, Autobot propaganda! What about my beloved Decepticons? :CON:

The product selection and distribution for these Hobby Lobby things is so strange and random, there could be a Wrecker one for all we know! ;)
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1877017)
Posted by WreckerJack on April 25th, 2017 @ 12:49am CDT
It looks like the seat of a barstool.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1915874)
Posted by WreckerJack on October 11th, 2017 @ 4:58am CDT
Each of these signs features a G1 style art with either Optimus Prime or Bumblebee. They are metal and have some embossing which adds somewhat of a shape to the artwork. They were found by TFW user ichnach are selling for $18.99 at Hobby Lobby.

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Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1915883)
Posted by ScottyP on October 11th, 2017 @ 7:39am CDT
If they were going to illegally smuggle antiquities into their stores to make a profit it could've at least been some G1 toys or something.

(This is, for the record, not a serious comment.)
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1915889)
Posted by YRQRM0 on October 11th, 2017 @ 8:35am CDT
Hobby Lobby decor is always awesome.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1916029)
Posted by RatimusPrime81 on October 11th, 2017 @ 10:09pm CDT
Those have been at hobby lobby in michigan for some time now. Well over a year. I snagged a pic of the optimus one and use it as a background on my phone lol
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1917239)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 18th, 2017 @ 3:10am CDT
Prime and Bee. Figures. Can we get someone else for a change? I understand they're the most popular in the mainstream, but the lack of variety in characters is getting old. For what it's worth, the actual pieces look nice. I just wish we had them with more characters to choose from.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1922316)
Posted by Bronzewolf on November 17th, 2017 @ 11:47pm CST
Following the recent trend of Transformers metal signs at Hobby Lobby, a couple more have been listed for sale on their website! Thanks to a tip from Seibertron fan Tracy on facebook, we now know that metal signs featuring Optimus Prime and Bumblebee (both of which were spotted in-store last month), and then a never before seen Optimus Prime metal light switch cover, are now for sale online.

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While several of these TF signs have been spotted at various Hobby Lobby stores across the country, (even by yours truly) few, if any, have been seen listed on their website. You were mostly limited to the luck of the draw with Hobby Lobby distribution and occasionally, rarely, spotting one. So take this opportunity to snag one if you want!

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Hobby lobby is also running a 50% off sale off all metal signs and decorations, making this deal even sweeter! Check out the products' listings on the Hobby Lobby website here.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1922367)
Posted by BumbleDouche on November 18th, 2017 @ 3:30am CST
Now those are some weird, niche market products right there. If you need your entire house, right down to the individual light switch covers all branded with Transformers, you really know what it's like to experience 1st world problems lol
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1922400)
Posted by Kyleor on November 18th, 2017 @ 9:04am CST
BumbleDouche wrote:Now those are some weird, niche market products right there. If you need your entire house, right down to the individual light switch covers all branded with Transformers, you really know what it's like to experience 1st world problems lol


Or if you're setting up a Transformers themed 'man cave' :D
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945648)
Posted by Qwan on March 11th, 2018 @ 11:41pm CDT
Fellow Seibertronian xRotorstormx has alerted us to the recent availability in Hobby Lobby stores of a large wooden sign, prominently featuring a Generation 1-style image of Optimus Prime! The sign measures in at roughly 1x2 feet in size ( 15 1/2" by 23 13/16" to be precise), and while the price in physical stores is currently unknown, it's also available online from Hobby Lobby's website for a rather thrifty $17.49.

Why is the price so low on that, you may well ask? The answer ties into our second piece of news - it appears that Hobby Lobby is currently running some form of sale on a couple of their Transformers-themed items. Both this sign, and an also-available metal sign featuring six iconic characters (Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave), are reduced to 50% of their usual price - that's why the usually-$35 wooden sign is down to a little over 17 dollars. The sale is described as "Select Group of Home Accents Always 50% off the Marked Price*" (there's no matching asterisk elsewhere on the page) so it's a little unclear when or if the sale will end, or even whether the same applies in actual stores.

Check out the sighting image below as well as images of the two currently-on-sale items from Hobby Lobby's website! If you were looking for more Transformers-themed items from them, the website is also still stocking the embossed tin Optimus Prime and Bumblebee signs, previously reported on here, and which can be found with a search for "Transformers" on their website. Share your thoughts below in the Energon Pub, and as always, stay tuned to Seibertron.com for any Transformers news, collectable or otherwise!

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Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945663)
Posted by Blackstreak on March 12th, 2018 @ 3:55am CDT
I've had one of those for a couple months already. A friend of mine saw it and picked it up as a birthday gift for me (or was it Christmas?). Pretty cool I think. :-D
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945669)
Posted by ScottyP on March 12th, 2018 @ 7:22am CDT
Which ancient civilization used wooden carvings of Optimus Prime again?
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945672)
Posted by Kyleor on March 12th, 2018 @ 7:30am CDT
It's $17.50 in store according to the price tag on it...
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945700)
Posted by Cyrano on March 12th, 2018 @ 10:50am CDT
Qwan wrote:Why is the price so low on that, you may well ask? The answer ties into our second piece of news - it appears that Hobby Lobby is currently running some form of sale on a couple of their Transformers-themed items. Both this sign, and an also-available metal sign featuring six iconic characters (Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave), are reduced to 50% of their usual price - that's why the usually-$35 wooden sign is down to a little over 17 dollars. The sale is described as "Select Group of Home Accents Always 50% off the Marked Price*" (there's no matching asterisk elsewhere on the page) so it's a little unclear when or if the sale will end, or even whether the same applies in actual stores.


The item isn’t actually on sale and the price isn’t low.

“Always 50% off” means exactly that. The product is never actually sold at “full” price. It’s a scheme Hobby Lobby has been doing for years and been taken to court over more than once. It tricks the consumer into thinking they’re getting a sweet deal. A very dishonest business model.

A settled suit from New York in 2014:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hobby-lobby-false-advertising-settlement-20140612-story.html

A class action suit in California last year:
https://www.classaction.org/blog/new-class-action-claims-hobby-lobby-advertises-fictitious-discount-prices

Also, does it bug anyone else that the closeup of Prime’s left arm has a little dashed line leading to his right arm on the full body illustration? I can’t unsee it, gah.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945709)
Posted by dragons on March 12th, 2018 @ 12:09pm CDT
Cyrano wrote:
Qwan wrote:Why is the price so low on that, you may well ask? The answer ties into our second piece of news - it appears that Hobby Lobby is currently running some form of sale on a couple of their Transformers-themed items. Both this sign, and an also-available metal sign featuring six iconic characters (Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave), are reduced to 50% of their usual price - that's why the usually-$35 wooden sign is down to a little over 17 dollars. The sale is described as "Select Group of Home Accents Always 50% off the Marked Price*" (there's no matching asterisk elsewhere on the page) so it's a little unclear when or if the sale will end, or even whether the same applies in actual stores.


The item isn’t actually on sale and the price isn’t low.

“Always 50% off” means exactly that. The product is never actually sold at “full” price. It’s a scheme Hobby Lobby has been doing for years and been taken to court over more than once. It tricks the consumer into thinking they’re getting a sweet deal. A very dishonest business model.

A settled suit from New York in 2014:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hobby-lobby-false-advertising-settlement-20140612-story.html

A class action suit in California last year:
https://www.classaction.org/blog/new-class-action-claims-hobby-lobby-advertises-fictitious-discount-prices

Also, does it bug anyone else that the closeup of Prime’s left arm has a little dashed line leading to his right arm on the full body illustration? I can’t unsee it, gah.



It's like that with his whole body
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945820)
Posted by Qwan on March 12th, 2018 @ 9:20pm CDT
Cyrano wrote:
Qwan wrote:Why is the price so low on that, you may well ask? The answer ties into our second piece of news - it appears that Hobby Lobby is currently running some form of sale on a couple of their Transformers-themed items. Both this sign, and an also-available metal sign featuring six iconic characters (Optimus, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Megatron, Starscream and Soundwave), are reduced to 50% of their usual price - that's why the usually-$35 wooden sign is down to a little over 17 dollars. The sale is described as "Select Group of Home Accents Always 50% off the Marked Price*" (there's no matching asterisk elsewhere on the page) so it's a little unclear when or if the sale will end, or even whether the same applies in actual stores.


The item isn’t actually on sale and the price isn’t low.

“Always 50% off” means exactly that. The product is never actually sold at “full” price. It’s a scheme Hobby Lobby has been doing for years and been taken to court over more than once. It tricks the consumer into thinking they’re getting a sweet deal. A very dishonest business model.

A settled suit from New York in 2014:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hobby-lobby-false-advertising-settlement-20140612-story.html

A class action suit in California last year:
https://www.classaction.org/blog/new-class-action-claims-hobby-lobby-advertises-fictitious-discount-prices

Also, does it bug anyone else that the closeup of Prime’s left arm has a little dashed line leading to his right arm on the full body illustration? I can’t unsee it, gah.


Well, dang. Interesting to know! It's definitely hard to tell what they mean from the site alone; I guess their meaning is that obtuse on purpose after all.
Re: New Hobby Lobby Powermaster Optimus Prime Metal Wall Hanger Found (1945921)
Posted by Jeddostotle7 on March 13th, 2018 @ 1:02pm CDT
Eh, I'd rather not give my money to the place that was, no joke, funding ISIS by purchasing illegally smuggled artifacts for their Bible Museum, even if the item is Transformers-themed.

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