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transformnerd114 wrote:I keep forgetting just how widely-spoken French is in Canada.Greetings from Freedomland.

It's mostly in Quebec though. There's still a lot of French speaker in the rest of Canada so even a Quebecois who barely can speak 10 English words can travel across the nation with no problem.

william-james88 wrote:They also have many activities planned until Christmas with the main one being a visit from Santa Clause next week-end

Woah, Tim Allen's making the rounds of Canadian TRUs?!? That's just what we need to get them reopened Stateside: More Power! UHR-UHR-UHRRR!

While the Americans had all the fun with their Jetfire deals yesterday, Canada is not exactly empty handed. Right now, Siege Jetfire is $86 on Amazon.ca, which is 33.6% off what Toysrus is selling the toy at right now ($130 CAD). Speaking of Toysrus, a lot of new toys arrived. The most exciting would be Apeface who was found in Ontario. For Botbot enthusiasts, series 3 has finally hit Canada with the 5 packs (I FINALLY got my Rubber Ducky!). The latest (and so far last) wave of Cyberverse warrior toys also hit. This is the one that includes Jetfire and Drift. Also from Cyberversem the two pack of Starscream and Optimus was found at Toysrus. The specific images below come from a Toysrus in Montreal, Quebec.

Also, while it was available on Amazon before, the elusive legion class Cliffjumper from the Bumblebee movie is being found in Toysrus stores as well.

Toysrus Canada really wants to be the destination for fans and parents shopping for toys this season. Not only did they get the big Target exclusives over here but they are the first in Canada to have the final figures from the Siege line such as Apeface and the Micromaster combiners. They now have the first toys from the 2020 Cyberverse line, the new Whirl and Bludgeon One Steps. The image below comes from a Toysrus in the province of Quebec. Those were $14.99 a piece. You can see our own review of Bludgeon here and Whirl here.

Toysrus also has Transformers deals for Black Friday. The major discounts are for last year's Bumblebee line. Those are being discounted 50%. All other Transformers figures are discounted 20%. You can see the ad below.

I forgot my phone at home so I cannot provide a picture.

I found the Cyberverse TRUE deluxes with the buildable figure parts at Toys R Us. They retail at 30$CAN but there's a sale right now that reduce the price to 24$CAN.
They have the first wave, meaning Megs, Optimus, Bee, and Shockwave.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I forgot my phone at home so I cannot provide a picture.

I found the Cyberverse TRUE deluxes with the buildable figure parts at Toys R Us. They retail at 30$CAN but there's a sale right now that reduce the price to 24$CAN.
They have the first wave, meaning Megs, Optimus, Bee, and Shockwave.

Yup, I posted about that in the cyberverse thread. I am currently reviewing them.

Walmart decided to subvert expectations by doing an ANTI-SALE.
For some reasons, Studio Series voyagers are now 45$ and the leaders are 75$. Plus taxes. Why? Fak-U. That's why.

-Kanrabat- wrote:Walmart decided to subvert expectations by doing an ANTI-SALE.
For some reasons, Studio Series voyagers are now 45$ and the leaders are 75$. Plus taxes. Why? Fak-U. That's why.

Your from Canada right?

That's ridiculous, I suppose there's a reason I switched to just buying everything online.

Deadput wrote:Your from Canada right?

Obviously.
And yeah, Walmart increased the price of the SS voyagers and leaders by 5$ specifically. All other figures are unaffected. There's also those micro-arcade machine with Game-and-Watch tech were also increased by 5$. Why?

Dunno what's going on with Walmart's toy and video game department, but man, they suck.
Oh, as for G1 Soundwave and his Cassettes, I never, ever saw them in store nor online.

While that final wave of Siege was scheduled for 2019, there was very little of that stock to go around in Canada. Now, in January, Walmart is finally stocking this final wave in decent numbers and it even has its own display area where you can find Transformers Siege Astrotrain, Crosshairs, Apeface and Spinister. That same display stand also has G1 Astrotrain for $70. These are appearing all across the country.

The latest Cyberverse multipacks, which includes the Hot Rod and Sharkticon set and the Quintesson set, were found at Toysrus in Ontaria. The prices are rather high with the Quintesson set being upwards of $40 CAD. This was found by Matrix Holder over at Cybertron.ca.

Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

What do you mean by walmart tax for studio series?

LinaNui wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

What do you mean by walmart tax for studio series?

At Walmart Canada, for some reason the SS voyagers are 45$ instead of 40 and the leaders are 75$ instead of 70$.
Note that the Cyberverse "deluxes" are also 22$ instead of 20$.
Only at Walmart!

Thank goodness, I was thinking this was gonna be one of those last waves that end up only at Marshalls/TJ Maxx.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

LinaNui wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

What do you mean by walmart tax for studio series?

At Walmart Canada, for some reason the SS voyagers are 45$ instead of 40 and the leaders are 75$ instead of 70$.
Note that the Cyberverse "deluxes" are also 22$ instead of 20$.
Only at Walmart!

I thought the SS figures seemed high. Wouldn't happen to have any of them hard to find Siege Micromaster figures in that reset? I might have to brave the cold and hoof it to Wally tomorrow.

carytheone wrote:Only at Walmart!

I thought the SS figures seemed high.[/quote]

I was in the mood to finally get KSI Boss. I was also ready to pay the full 40$ + taxes because only Walmart have it and it was never seen at Toys R Us.

Then this: canada-transformers-sightings-p2050838.php#p2048036

Fokkit.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

carytheone wrote:I thought the SS figures seemed high.

I was in the mood to finally get KSI Boss. I was also ready to pay the full 40$ + taxes because only Walmart have it and it was never seen at Toys R Us.

Then this: canada-transformers-sightings-p2050838.php#p2048036

Fokkit.

Yeah, I scanned that guy and about **** myself. Most of the TFs seem over priced at WM.

carytheone wrote:Yeah, I scanned that guy and about **** myself. Most of the TFs seem over priced at WM.

It's not just some Transformers. The mini arcade machines are 5$ more expensive than anywhere else. There may be some more that I don't know about who got huge prices hikes recently.

Aren't Walmart supposed to have lower prices than the competition?
This seem totally random.

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

LinaNui wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

What do you mean by walmart tax for studio series?

At Walmart Canada, for some reason the SS voyagers are 45$ instead of 40 and the leaders are 75$ instead of 70$.
Note that the Cyberverse "deluxes" are also 22$ instead of 20$.
Only at Walmart!

I thought the SS figures seemed high. Wouldn't happen to have any of them hard to find Siege Micromaster figures in that reset? I might have to brave the cold and hoof it to Wally tomorrow.

There were no micromasters or battlemasters in the rest. Just deluxes and up. Though I did find the ratbat micromasters at toysrus, not sure if those are the ones you are looking for.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

LinaNui wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:Finally!
At least the Seige figures don't have the Studio Series "Walmart tax".... For now...

What do you mean by walmart tax for studio series?

At Walmart Canada, for some reason the SS voyagers are 45$ instead of 40 and the leaders are 75$ instead of 70$.
Note that the Cyberverse "deluxes" are also 22$ instead of 20$.
Only at Walmart!

I thought the SS figures seemed high. Wouldn't happen to have any of them hard to find Siege Micromaster figures in that reset? I might have to brave the cold and hoof it to Wally tomorrow.

There were no micromasters or battlemasters in the rest. Just deluxes and up. Though I did find the ratbat micromasters at toysrus, not sure if those are the ones you are looking for.

That's the one, need to see if a TRU is near by.

Well, unless they bring in some more Rung figures, Singe figures, and Ratbat/Frenzy packs? It's a day late and a dollar short. Why are we still getting restocks of the wave 1 Siege Micromasters and Battlemasters even now? Where are the new ones? Did Hasbro just forget to make any? Whoops! Have a couple hundred more Firedrives!

Couldn't take any pictures but one of the 2 Walmarts in Lethbridge Alberta had a lot of Bluestreaks, about 6 pegs with 4 copies of the figure on each one.

There was one Soundblaster (which I bought) and 3 Voyager Cel styled Megatrons, no cel styled Optimus Primes though.

Not sure if this information is helpful to anyone but this hopefully means that the Walmart exclusive Siege stuff is common in Alberta in general, if my "little" town has them I'm sure some of the bigger cities like Calgary or Edmonton do.

I complained recently that some transformers at Walmart gift one hell of a price hike.

But lo and behold, the Seige leaders are on sale at 39$CAN plus taxes!

A non-sighting.
Winners and Marshall only had one-steps and "ultra" Bumblebee movie figures recently.

Now not only they have nothing, but both even reduced the size of their toys section.
One more source of toys going away...

ALL BRICK AND MORTAR TOYS R US STORES ARE CLOSED UNTIL MARCH 30th TO PREVENT SPREADING OF THE CORONA VIRUS.

https://www.toysrus.ca/on/demandware.st ... letter.pdf

Dear Canadian Parents, Families, Friends and Gift-Givers, Out of an abundance of caution, we have made the decision to temporarily close our 82 stores until March 30, 2020. This decision is based on prioritizing the well-being of our customers and team members. Our online stores at toysrus.ca and babiesrus.ca remain open to serve you. We will also continue to offer our curbside pick-up service at all locations.

At Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us, we want to partner with you to help your kids achieve their potential, so they grow up to be good young adults.

As we navigate the days and weeks ahead we will continue to deliver on this commitment to you our loyal customers. This decision will be reviewed on a daily basis after considering the recommendations of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Stay safe, fellow Canadians.

Sincerely, Vic Bertrand

Damn...