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News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sun Apr 06, 2008 11:28 pm

Sure enough.

http://forums.tformers.com/talk/index.p ... opic=90675

by **Megatron's Lapdog** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 1:42 am

What the? That's crazy, I want to see the receipt. Time for me to go rampage through the local K-marts here in the 'Nati. I need money for the Botcon too! ;;)

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:34 am

A lot places already have them in there store rooms it just that stores aren't aloud to put them out on floor yet.

by **Cyberjet #7** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:49 am

K-mart seems like a very demoralized store. They've been tilting towards Chapter 11 for, it seems like, years.

I'm sure a few stores put out product before the release date. I've seen that alot with SW Target exclusives - one store will put up the endcap one day and another store will say they cannot till a specific day. Even the recent TF Allspark exclusives, I found one set using the DCPI # and then tried another store that said they did not have any.

News Credits: 1082 · by **Tigertrack** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 11:13 am

Front paged...thanks for the news!

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:37 pm

ACK! NO! MY TAX REFUND HASN'T COME YET!!! :sad:

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:59 pm

Its only about two months till the release, so yes, its possible. Don’t go ravaging your K-marts looking though.

by **Dagon** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:00 pm

Cyberjet #7 wrote:K-mart seems like a very demoralized store. They've been tilting towards Chapter 11 for, it seems like, years.

I'm sure a few stores put out product before the release date. I've seen that alot with SW Target exclusives - one store will put up the endcap one day and another store will say they cannot till a specific day. Even the recent TF Allspark exclusives, I found one set using the DCPI # and then tried another store that said they did not have any.

I know. Everytime I go to K-Mart I feel this terrible dread. Poor poor K-Mart.

News Credits: 3 · by **Autobot Jazz** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:09 pm

Damn, whoever's going to Botcon this year must be some of the luckiest Transformers fans on th eplanet.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:28 pm

Even if you do find them im sure you wont be able to buy them. Just like what happened with the movie toys. The computer will reject the sale until the street date.

News Credits: 1 · by **fnlrun** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:29 pm

And yet Kmart bought Sears or mabey it was the other way around. But I'm pretty sure I'm correct. :grin:

by **StryderPrime** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 2:32 pm

Damn but why Kmarts always be the store that have stuff early on the shelves??

Their toy al is so un organized and messy like they waitin for FEMA to come by and clean it up or something

News Credits: 5 · by **Barrelass** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:18 pm

fnlrun wrote:And yet Kmart bought Sears or mabey it was the other way around. But I'm pretty sure I'm correct.

You are correct. KMart went through bankruptcy about 5-6 years ago and cancelled their old stock. The fast and quick story is that after emerging from bankruptcy and paying their creditors pennnies on the debt that they owed they sold a ton of their stores to other companies like Home Depot. The one thing KMart did back in the day was buy many of their physical properties rather than lease them, so they had a TON of cash from the sale of these stores. With much of this money they bought Sears. I have actually seen some improvements to my local stores, but still try not to shop there.

Funny link on one of the stores that they sold to Home Depot where there is still a legal battle with the city http://www.no2homedepot.com. Those folks are sure mad that their KMart got closed and is being replaced with a HD.

Website · by **saberconvoy** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 3:33 pm

No fair all the good transformers are at kmart and i dont got a kmart where i live.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:11 pm

K-Marts in Cincinnati better be getting skids of Animated toys in because thousands of fans from around the world will be hitting those stores come BotCon.