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william-james88 wrote:

TRozok21 wrote:Anyone spotted Warrior RID Jazz and Sideswipe at retail?

I did...I think. Clash Sideswipe for sure

Lol, n'aww, I meant the original ones, not the $2 increase for a grey repaint of Sideswipe XD Anywho if anyone hadn't yet, I was going to say that I had found them at work the other night, they share a box with Steeljaw and Strongarm, so 2 of each, and picked up Sideswipe for me, and Jazz for my gf since she was having a bad day and she's been wanting Jazz for a while

TRozok21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TRozok21 wrote:Anyone spotted Warrior RID Jazz and Sideswipe at retail?

I did...I think. Clash Sideswipe for sure

Lol, n'aww, I meant the original ones, not the $2 increase for a grey repaint of Sideswipe XD Anywho if anyone hadn't yet, I was going to say that I had found them at work the other night, they share a box with Steeljaw and Strongarm, so 2 of each, and picked up Sideswipe for me, and Jazz for my gf since she was having a bad day and she's been wanting Jazz for a while

Haha. So, how do you find sideswipe. I think of all the figures coming out this year, this is the one i am most curious to hear people's opinions. I am fascinated by his transformation.

william-james88 wrote:

TRozok21 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TRozok21 wrote:Anyone spotted Warrior RID Jazz and Sideswipe at retail?

I did...I think. Clash Sideswipe for sure

Lol, n'aww, I meant the original ones, not the $2 increase for a grey repaint of Sideswipe XD Anywho if anyone hadn't yet, I was going to say that I had found them at work the other night, they share a box with Steeljaw and Strongarm, so 2 of each, and picked up Sideswipe for me, and Jazz for my gf since she was having a bad day and she's been wanting Jazz for a while

Haha. So, how do you find sideswipe. I think of all the figures coming out this year, this is the one i am most curious to hear people's opinions. I am fascinated by his transformation.

He's kinda cool, though transforming him can be a bit problematic, at least when forming the rear/engine of the car with his legs

Dont know if its jut me, but whenever I read any news about something being amazon exclusive in relation to TFs, I always assume its just amazon.com and not .ca . Amazon.ca doesnt really do much in terms of transformers distribution and I never rely on them to have what I want in stock.

BUT I did just realize that they did have G1 deco Slog there (guess they got him eventualy) an on discount too, if anyone is interested:

http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00M2JJP4Y?keywords=transformers&qid=1439671125&ref_=sr_1_41&s=toys&sr=1-41

What I saw at Walmart today. The protectbots have been replenished there as well. I also saw 3 step Sideswipe who I had not seen before. He looks great.

Don't know if anyone's looking for one, but Cyclonus has started to show up at a few places out this way...

When the hell will they put TFs on sale? I just refuse to pay Walmart's 20$ for CW deluxes and 35$ for voyagers prices. PLUS 15% taxes.

It's really strange that the cheapest option is TrU with 18$ for CW deluxes and 30$ for voyagers.

BTW, for a few days, TrU is having a sale on TFs! 30% OFF for any TF worth 20$+.!
Meaning now's your chance to get Devastator for just 133$CAN!

Thanks to Kanrabat and Megrimlock78, we have been informed that there is a 30% off sale for all Transformers 19.99$ cdn and above. This sale is Canada wide and also found on their website. This is linked with Autobot August, which means that the promotion was accompanied by a discount afterall. Does this mean there will be one in the US as well? Please let us know if ever it is the case.

This makes for the lowest price of the year for the following Transformer toys:

Devastator at 132.97$ (101.08$ US)

Combiner Wars Leaders Class figures at 41.97$ (31.90$ US)

Transformers Masterpiece - Bluestreak figure at 62.97$ (47.87$ US)

Transformers Robots in Disguise Warriors Class figures at 13.97$ (10.62$ US)

Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class figures at 20.97$ (15.94$ US)

Good luck wit you hunt and don't forget that rainchecks are always an option if you cant find the toys you want!

So does this mean that they've cleverly rigged it so that the Combiner Wars deluxes are NOT included in this 'sale'? Not that I live in Canada, but TRU's prices on the CW deluxes are the reason why TRU is one of the only places where you can actually find them on the shelf.

In the US, one CW deluxe at TRU is $19.99. That's over $20 after taxes - for a deluxe! Small wonder people are shopping elsewhere.

Thanks to the sale, a promo code, and a $50 gift card, my Devastator came to $90.00 taxes in.

That's $15 Canadian for each Constrcticon!

Be sure to use the Promo Code CPLXBDAY10 at check out!

This more than makes up for the bad experience I had with the last one!

Shockwave7 wrote:So does this mean that they've cleverly rigged it so that the Combiner Wars deluxes are NOT included in this 'sale'? Not that I live in Canada, but TRU's prices on the CW deluxes are the reason why TRU is one of the only places where you can actually find them on the shelf.

In the US, one CW deluxe at TRU is $19.99. That's over $20 after taxes - for a deluxe! Small wonder people are shopping elsewhere.

In canada, Toysrus has the cheapest prices for deluxes. Hence why they are lower than 19.99 (they are 13.64$ US) and thus not on sale.

US Toys R Us stores could learn a thing or two from their canadian counterparts then....

Shockwave7 wrote:US Toys R Us stores could learn a thing or two from their canadian counterparts then....

Not really. The only reason why they cost so low here is because of our exchange. They are 17.99$ cdn (which is 13.5$ US) but in canada, 1$ cdn will get you as much as 1$ US in the states. So prety much, in comparison to the economies, deluxes cost the same in Canada as the US. So technically, they are very cheap for you, but we dont realize it because our pay and our savings are worth less as well. However, Walmart is charging more than Toysrus right now and I hope your Walmarts dont get inspired too much.

-Kanrabat- wrote:This week's TRU Special: 20% OFF COMBINER WARS DELUXES !

Actual inventory:

They do have leaders, voyagers and legends though (nothing past wave 2 for the legends) but it was super surprising to me that there are no deluxes in the computer inventory for any store in quebec (as I was told).

I do think the protectobots have not reached saturation yet and will be back one day and I am certain we will see groove eventually. It took blackjack a loooooooooong time to come so I expect the same fro groove. Although I have totally given up hope on generations arcee ever showing up. It has been a year since released online.

So slow new day. The first Canadian Sighting of the new Robots in Disguise Roleplay Decepticon Hunter and Bumblebee blaster. At the Toys R Us in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.

Since when did Walmart price drop their RID warriors? They are 17.97$ now, 2$ less than what they started at:

http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transformers-robots-in-disguise-warrior-class-gold-armor-grimlock-figure/6000191621420

Hey I live in the Niagra Ontario and I cant seem to find any transformers in retail, havent checked any toysrust's yet, but the wal marts in my area have basicly 0 transformer toys, and i cant find any cw figures in any retail stores (agian havent checked toyrust) anyone know what goung on with tfs in st.cats ON?

Stealth Claw wrote:Hey I live in the Niagra Ontario and I cant seem to find any transformers in retail, havent checked any toysrust's yet, but the wal marts in my area have basicly 0 transformer toys, and i cant find any cw figures in any retail stores (agian havent checked toyrust) anyone know what goung on with tfs in st.cats ON?

Its the same in quebec too. What hapened is Hasbro has secific shelf space at Walmart and since the last week or 2, the new star wars toys came out and took over a lot of the shelf space. Its the new hot thing and there isnt anything new coming out for transformers aside from wave 4 of CW. Today they just had some minicons, a Mega Optimus and 1 Ultra Magnus and that was it. It being just 1 verticle column of pegs, you might hae missed it.

Check toysrus, they are moe dedicated to the TF brand and have a higher inentory per capita.

Since Target's tragic end in Canada, there has been a question of how Canada will be obtaining Target exclusive Transformers toys. We have already seen Walmart carrying the Platinum Coneheads G1 reissue and now it is Toysrus' turn to be carrying what is only found at Target in the US. Toysrus Canada now has the Robots in Disguise One Step Collection 6 pack with the exclusive Optimus figure that isn't sold outside of this set. This set is available online and in store. The listing itself still has an image of this box set with the Target logo found on the box.






The big Stomp and Chomp Robots in Disguise Grimlock redeco is also a Toysrus exclusive in Canada thanks to the new listing on their site.

Finally, Walmart has lowered its price on the Robots in Disguise Warrior Class figures. Walmart is usually below Toysrus' prices so it was odd that both stores were selling these toys at around 19.99$ cdn. Walmart has since dropped the price to the more customary 17.97. It is unknown when exactly the price drop occurred. Walmart's Combiner Wars Voyager and Deluxe figures are still above Toysrus' prices though, which is unprecedented.

I saw that exclusive one-steps 6-packs online yesterday. I didnt bother to report it because I didnt think it was important. However, since it's a Target Exclusive in the USA, it's great new for us cannucks. This way, we will not have to rely on scalpers for the most interesting exclusives. Especially since Hasbro finally have pulled it's head out of it's ass and provide multi-lingual packaging for EVERY TFs they release. Exclusives or not.

Combiner Wars Wave 4 Deluxe are out at Walmart and in big numbers. Every Walmart from Mississauga to Burlington has at least two or three cases on the pegs. Lots of Prowl, Sunstreaker, Mirage, & Ironhide at all locations.

What's interesting is that they are all packed with US Comics. It's not the first time this has happened with CW in Canada as Wave 2 was briefly available at Walmart with US Comics as well.

Enjoy the hunt!

Down_Shift wrote:Combiner Wars Wave 4 Deluxe are out at Walmart and in big numbers. Every Walmart from Mississauga to Burlington has at least two or three cases on the pegs. Lots of Prowl, Sunstreaker, Mirage, & Ironhide at all locations.

What's interesting is that they are all packed with US Comics. It's not the first time this has happened with CW in Canada as Wave 2 was briefly available at Walmart with US Comics as well.

Enjoy the hunt!

The thing that is even more odd is that these packagings are in English only. I dunno about the other provinces, but these ones would never land on Quebec's pegs.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I saw that exclusive one-steps 6-packs online yesterday. I didnt bother to report it because I didnt think it was important. However, since it's a Target Exclusive in the USA, it's great new for us cannucks. This way, we will not have to rely on scalpers for the most interesting exclusives. Especially since Hasbro finally have pulled it's head out of it's ass and provide multi-lingual packaging for EVERY TFs they release. Exclusives or not.

Yeah the news was more about how Canada was handling exclusivity rather than it being about the availability of that specific figure.

Glad to see the distribution being worked out between the retailers. I was quite pleased with my "Jolly Rancher" cyberverse Abominus that I got from the Ottawa target before it closed, and some of the Beast Hunters repaints looked cool but they were sold out when I had the money.

Now, if only the supply and demand for Combiner Wars could be worked out in my area (Ottawa-Carleton Place), haven't seen any deluxes since July. I had to get all my Wave 2 Stunticons online.

Lots of $16 Wave 4 Deluxe on the pegs as well as $20 Voyager Hotspot and Cyclonus at the Brant Walmart.