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-Kanrabat- wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Rainmaker sets still on shelves yet ebayer asking for stoopid prices

Just laugh at them.
The rainmakers are on shelves still, but at the regular 100$can plus taxes. They'll be on some final sale soon enough.

That's a terrific price though since that's the old voyager price an not the new one.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

blackeyedprime wrote:Rainmaker sets still on shelves yet ebayer asking for stoopid prices

Just laugh at them.
The rainmakers are on shelves still, but at the regular 100$can plus taxes. They'll be on some final sale soon enough.

That's a terrific price though since that's the old voyager price an not the new one.

That, I know. But the set went down to 75$ often enough. That sale price is still too much for someone like me who already have his fill of seekers.

lmao "shelves are full."

Guarantee this is not the photo you will see at 90% of the stores in the country. That's not a TRU thing or their fault. TF distribution has been rotten for the past year+ at all outlets.

RNSrobot wrote:lmao "shelves are full."

Guarantee this is not the photo you will see at 90% of the stores in the country. That's not a TRU thing or their fault. TF distribution has been rotten for the past year+ at all outlets.

You can say that again. Especially for my local Walmart where it's Tumbleweed City.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

RNSrobot wrote:lmao "shelves are full."

Guarantee this is not the photo you will see at 90% of the stores in the country. That's not a TRU thing or their fault. TF distribution has been rotten for the past year+ at all outlets.

You can say that again. Especially for my local Walmart where it's Tumbleweed City.

But we're talking about toysrus, didnt you say that yoir toysrus had quite a lot of stuff?

william-james88 wrote:But we're talking about toysrus, didnt you say that yoir toysrus had quite a lot of stuff?

My local TrU didn't really had that much new stuff. It was a miracle that I got a ER Optimus. There was just one among at least 8 ER Astrotrains. As for Studio Series, they are still stuck at least 3 waves behind Walmart. This is ridiculous.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:But we're talking about toysrus, didnt you say that yoir toysrus had quite a lot of stuff?

My local TrU didn't really had that much new stuff. It was a miracle that I got a ER Optimus. There was just one among at least 8 ER Astrotrains. As for Studio Series, they are still stuck at least 3 waves behind Walmart. This is ridiculous.

Not new stuff, just stuff, did your tru have lots of stuff? The discussion here is whether ir not thr shelves are full. TRU has always been behind walmart, thats nothing new.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:But we're talking about toysrus, didnt you say that yoir toysrus had quite a lot of stuff?

My local TrU didn't really had that much new stuff. It was a miracle that I got a ER Optimus. There was just one among at least 8 ER Astrotrains. As for Studio Series, they are still stuck at least 3 waves behind Walmart. This is ridiculous.

Not new stuff, just stuff, did your tru have lots of stuff? The discussion here is whether ir not thr shelves are full. TRU has always been behind walmart, thats nothing new.

What's the point of being full of old stuff?
Sure it's nice for the latecomers, but still. Eh, just a few months back my TrU was FULL of stock... That is, TLK "premier" deluxes and TLK "premier" voyager Hounds.

That's more product than any store within 50 miles of me has!

Having inventory is nice, wish TRU was still around here in southern USA... mostly just jealous of that Omega Supreme on the very end though, would like to get a nice price on one of them.

Cyberverse Armor Cheetor is on clearance at Toys R Us for 26.48$!

Siege battlemasters are on sale at walmart for 0.02$

william-james88 wrote:Siege battlemasters are on sale at walmart for 0.02$

More or less true. This is what I call a "stealth clearance". And so far, those kind of clearance are independent from each Walmarts. Last time when I bought a bunch of Battlemasters at 1$ each at a Walmart, they were at full price in another Walmart the day after.

So unless it's "official rollback", all clearance sales are independent.

While there are several figures found recently in Canada that have yet to hit the US, there are others that are really late.

We'll start with those. The Studio series deluxe wave that includes Offroad Bumblebee, Shatter and Roadbuster has been found at brick and mortar retail. They were found at Walmarts across the country with the specific sighting below coming from Montreal, Canada.

The voyager wave with Sentinel Prime has yet to be seen and the previous voyager wave with Mixmaster was never spotted at big box retail (just Amazon and briefly EB Games). So if any of you Canadians spot those voyagers at Walmart or Toysrus, let us know.

There have been many new sightings for Earthrise. All the following come from boards posts on Cybertron.ca.

Skylynx was found in an Ontario EB Games by AgeofTransformers. They also found leader class Doubledealer at Walmart.

Rung and Slitherfang were found in an Ontario Walmart by Transbot90210.

A collectable store found in Ottawa and Montreal called CMD got their shipments for Earthrise Scorponok and Skylynx as well. That was reported by Huasotron 75.

I can confirm some of this. I received today my Skylynx from CMD store in Ottawa. He is amazing but I should have waited to find him at EB Games. I also saw and bought Shatter and Roadbuster from EB games in Montreal sunday.

I don't have faith in my local Walmart. It's a store that is very shy in stocking anything.

I often read on this site that so and such was found at stores in Australia or Canada. That is great for persons that live there. BUT I rarely ever see any Transformers at my local Walmart (or anywhere else) here in Florida. If I really want to get a certain figure I have to order from an online seller. The so called, "Brick and Mortar stores", here have very few TF figures. I wonder if other U.S. States have this issue or if it is just Florida.

Solipsist wrote:I often read on this site that so and such was found at stores in Australia or Canada. That is great for persons that live there. BUT I rarely ever see any Transformers at my local Walmart (or anywhere else) here in Florida. If I really want to get a certain figure I have to order from an online seller. The so called, "Brick and Mortar stores", here have very few TF figures. I wonder if other U.S. States have this issue or if it is just Florida.

Being Canadian, a Canadian sighting doesn't mean much when the damn things never appear in my town. So you're not alone in this.

Thank you for your reply. It's kinda nice to know its not just happening in Florida. I mean it is depressing but "misery loves company" as the old saying goes.

Solipsist wrote:Thank you for your reply. It's kinda nice to know its not just happening in Florida. I mean it is depressing but "misery loves company" as the old saying goes.

Of all those sightings, the only one I saw at my Canadian Walmart were the studio series figures which were already released in the US months ago. So we are all in the same boat.

I understand your pain of finding Transformers at retail. I can have access to two Walmart and 2 Toys R us and even then, sometime I can't find what I want to buy. I had to order online Siege Voyager Springer (at high price at that) because he never showed up anywhere near me. I never was able to get my hands on Bumblebee's Optimus for same reason and he is going online for insane price right now. So yes, distribution might be an issue.

I had to import my SS Bee Optimus from Japan via Mandarake. It was the cheapest way.

Still haven't bought from Mandarake even though some people suggested it at a Transformers panel last years at Montreal Commicon. I might give it a try because SS Bumblebee Optimus is crazy expensive on secondary market. And I really want him.

Ultra Mad wrote:Still haven't bought from Mandarake even though some people suggested it at a Transformers panel last years at Montreal Commicon. I might give it a try because SS Bumblebee Optimus is crazy expensive on secondary market. And I really want him.

Maybe it was ME, who suggested it to you.

So far, Mandarake is custom free as long that you don't use DHL. But due to the COVID bullcrap, packages are delivered extremely slowly.

Just in case, the SAHRA store is the only one that give you the shipping cost up front. Use it to estimate the cost of shipment for the other stores. And of course, combined shipping work only in single stores.

Finally, EVERYTHING is "packaged damaged" to avoid the OCD mint-collectors. If there's a real issue with the condition, it will be stated. If the thing you want is out of stock, you can always put it in your alert list and hope for the best! I got a few things this way.

I think I spent THOUSANDS at Mandarake on so many things!

Anyway, if you get shafted in finding things in Canada, you can import them from them at very low risk:
https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/?lang=en

I found SS38 Optimus Prime online at a great price a while ago. I believe I paid $30 and so I bought two. I have to find them online and I do look for deals and sales. I managed to find the reissue of G1 Convoy (Optimus) minus his trailer for $25 and again I bought two at that price. Now I see it selling for over $50 each. BBTS and Walmart online are the best bets for flash sales online.