Yours truly managed to purchase Deluxe wave 1 at a Toys-R-Us in Oklahoma City. The figures rang up as "unsellable" due to their street date, but the manage went ahead and sold them to me. So purchasing these before the street date will probably be on a case by case basis at Toys-R-Us depending on how strict their management is on street dates.
Roxxstar found these DOTM Activators at a Target in Lathrop, California.
It might be worth your time to swing by your local Target and Toys-R-Us to see if any DOTM toys are lurking in the toy department.
I also enjoy the thrill of the hunt.
While I wont lie I still enjoy loking for figures, I know Warpath and thundercracker will 99.9% never be found at retail with the movie figures just around the corner..