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News Credits: 2 · Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:09 pm

I'm not collecting the Rescue Bots - but I think I've seen every figure but Boulder. If I see him, I'd be happy to pick one up for you and send you a PM.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:14 pm

TransBat wrote:I'm not collecting the Rescue Bots - but I think I've seen every figure but Boulder. If I see him, I'd be happy to pick one up for you and send you a PM.

I've looked everywhere and anywhere I could. Out of 5 Wal-Marts, 4 Targets, a TRU, a Kmart, and a Kohls, no place in town seems to have him. Well, there's still one Target, two Wal-Marts, and two Kmarts I haven't checked yet, but those ones are pretty out of the way. Any assistance is greatly appreciated. Of all six Rescue Bots, Boulder's the I wanted the most.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:47 pm

My Walmart is still full of DOTM, but they have put out some of the new(old) repaints of some of the DOTM figures

Like anyone cares.

Only thing new(old) besides that is some of the PCC Wave 4 stuff showing up as special offer packs.

Also, I guess Rescue Bots is in my Walmart. I've only Seen Optimus, Bubmlebee, Heatwave, Blades, and Chase though. No Boulder. I'd buy some of the Rescue Bots if I had money, but I don't.

Other than my Walmart, most other stores are now out of the way for me to go to.

News Credits: 2 · Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:28 pm

No love on the Rescue Bots Boulder yet - Target had about 6 Optimus Primes though #-o

Target restocked their 3 pegs with DOTM Stuff - from ages ago: Rescue Ratchet, Air Raid, Dark Steel, and Cyberfire Bumblebee. TRU was empty except for a Generations Wheeljack. Didn't have time to hit up Walmart this time around...but it's likely the same stuff that's been peg warming since November like it has been every other time.

Hang in there Florida collectors - we'll find TF Prime RiD/Revealers/Powerizers or whatever tagline they are going by soon enough...I hope :-?

News Credits: 462 · Thu Feb 09, 2012 8:32 pm

TransBat wrote:No love on the Rescue Bots Boulder yet - Target had about 6 Optimus Primes though

At this point, I'm probably just gonna have to look for him at BotCon. >:oP

TransBat wrote:Target restocked their 3 pegs with DOTM Stuff - from ages ago: Rescue Ratchet, Air Raid, Dark Steel, and Cyberfire Bumblebee. TRU was empty except for a Generations Wheeljack. Didn't have time to hit up Walmart this time around...but it's likely the same stuff that's been peg warming since November like it has been every other time.

Hang in there Florida collectors - we'll find TF Prime RiD/Revealers/Powerizers or whatever tagline they are going by soon enough...I hope

This is exactly why my location is written as Florida, the "Neglected" State. :roll:

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 12, 2012 12:05 pm

While the Pegs in my local Target and Walmart have reloaded their respective dust collecting DOTM Deluxes, my TRU has nothing Deluxe size available, but I did notice there were 2 pegs of Bot Shots now available: Optimus Prime, Barricade, Sentinel Prime, and Bumblebee were available if I recall correctly

Thu Feb 16, 2012 4:19 pm

Hello, just wanted to let collectors in Tampa know that RID Optimus Prime and Bumblebee spotted at Toy's R Us in Brandon mall. There were 3 BB and 2 primes left as of today (2/16). I also saw some scout class RIDs as well.

News Credits: 16 · Thu Feb 16, 2012 5:05 pm

Welcome to the boards!!

News Credits: 2 · Thu Feb 16, 2012 6:04 pm

Just picked up Powerizer Prime, RID Wheeljack and Cliffjumper from my local TRU in Gainesville. They were the same price as they are online, hoping maybe these will be a bit cheaper at Target or Walmart. I left 2 Primes, a Bumblebee, and a Wheeljack. These apparently came in on a truck this Tuesday and were put out Wednesday when they reset the TF aisle, which is on a different aisle in my store and is a bit smaller than the previous section.

News Credits: 3 · Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:56 pm

Sup floridians...

RID is busting out the seams in Orlando Walmart stores. I just picked up RID Wheeljack and Voyager Megatron on Goldenrod RD near OIA. Yep, Walmart. And the deluxes and voyagers are cheaper at Walmart than they are in TRU.

Deluxes - 12.88 compared to 14.99 at TRU
Voyagers - 19.96 compared to 26.99 at TRU

I think the Voyager ratio is 3 or 4:1 Optimus to Megatron (picked up the last Megatron, and surprisingly my first), and there is one Wheeljack left, compared to the 4 Cliffjumpers (which I think look terrible compared to the FE) and 6 BB.

Anyway, hope this helps...

Happy hunting!

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:48 am

BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS! :KREMZEEK:

TF: Prime toys have hit the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Bruce B. Downs Blvd!

Tonight, I went and found the following:

RID Deluxe Bumblebee (x3)
RID Deluxe Cliffjumper (x1)
RID Deluxe Wheeljack (x1)
RID Voyager Optimus Prime (x3)
RID Voyager Megatron (x1)

Picked up one of each minus Optimus (I want the FE Voyager instead).

AND, I found two more things at that Wal-Mart! Generations Deluxe Junkheap (x1). And, wait for it...

PRIME FIRST EDITION DELUXE BUMBLEBEE!!!! AT A WAL-MART!!! :shock:

That's right! They had an actual First Edition Prime toy at that Wal-Mart! Has there been any other non-TRU First Edition toy sighting before this one?

I left that FE Bumblebee there since I already got one before. But my jaw dropped to the floor from just seeing it there in that store!

:michaelbay:

News Credits: 402 · Updated Oct 21, 2022

Sabrblade wrote:PRIME FIRST EDITION DELUXE BUMBLEBEE!!!! AT A WAL-MART!!!

That's right! They had an actual First Edition Prime toy at that Wal-Mart! Has there been any other non-TRU First Edition toy sighting before this one?

I left that FE Bumblebee there since I already got one before. But my jaw dropped to the floor from just seeing it there in that store!

Was it actually in FE packaging?

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:56 am

Mkall wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:PRIME FIRST EDITION DELUXE BUMBLEBEE!!!! AT A WAL-MART!!!

That's right! They had an actual First Edition Prime toy at that Wal-Mart! Has there been any other non-TRU First Edition toy sighting before this one?

I left that FE Bumblebee there since I already got one before. But my jaw dropped to the floor from just seeing it there in that store!

Was it actually in FE packaging?

Yes. FE mold in blue FE packaging. I held up the RID BB figure in the red RID packaging from a peg next to it to compare the two and, sure enough, the figures were different as well (FE BB has a

on his hood and no hole in his engine, while the RID BB figure has a hole in his engine but no

on his hood, and RID BB was a bit smaller).

News Credits: 187 · Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:18 am

Bruce B. Downs? Dude, that's Tampa right? I used to live off of Dale Mabry! Man I miss Tampa! FE's at Wal-Mart? I'm putting my shoes on.

News Credits: 462 · Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:40 am

GetRightRobot wrote:Bruce B. Downs? Dude, that's Tampa right? I used to live off of Dale Mabry! Man I miss Tampa! FE's at Wal-Mart? I'm putting my shoes on.

Yes, that Wal-Mart had one FE Bumblebee last night. My guess as to why it did was that maybe it somehow got mixed in with the RID Bumblebees by mistake during the distribution process. It was still mint on sealed card, showed no signs of having been from a Toys'R'Us, and just siting there on the peg behind a DOTM Deluxe Mechtech Specialist Ratchet. Though, seeing as how it's now the next morning, I can't be certain if the FE BB is still at that store now that I've posted about it.

News Credits: 16 · Sun Feb 26, 2012 9:39 am

Hey! What are all you non-Florida people doing in our thread!? Git out! :michaelbay:

News Credits: 1 · Sun Feb 26, 2012 11:18 am

Not a big find, but hopefully a sign that things will be showing up soon, my walmart had transformers prime roleplay masks in the isle. Surely this means some tr prime toys will be showing soon.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Feb 26, 2012 5:07 pm

My Gainesville Target has 2 Bumblebee Prime Battle Masks on the aisle. The one Walmart actually had TF Prime RID Deluxes for $12.88 - 3 Bumblebee, 1 Wheeljack, and 1 Cliffjumper. The weird thing about the placement at this Walmart - they redid the toy aisle recently, so the peg warming DOTM and other action figures sit across from a clearance aisle, and I happened to see a tag listed as TRA Cliffjumper for $12.88 in amongst the clearance stuff (normal yellow tag, NOT red clearance tag), and directly across from the DOTM. I slid a clearance item of of the way (it was in front of the $12.88 tag mentioned above), and sure enough, there were the Prime RID Delxues. No sign of Voyagers, but I'd say the Prime RID figures should be out in full force soon.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Feb 28, 2012 8:56 pm

Sup guys. Target on the corner of semeron and 434 in Altamonte springs have RiD figs:
Handful of BB, 2 Wheeljacks, 4 cliffs, and one arcee. Left them all but I did manage to snag the last soundwave. Whew! Unfortunately no ratchet yet...

News Credits: 2 · Wed Feb 29, 2012 6:46 pm

Gainesville Target now has TF Prime Deluxes and Voyagers. I snagged the last Voyager Megatron, leaving: (8) Bumblebees, (4) Cliffjumpers, (4) Wheeljacks, and (4) Voyager Optimus Primes. NO trace of Soundwave, and give what's left on the shelf, I guess that means 2-3 Soundwaves are probably sitting either in the back stockroom or were purchased before I got there

Walmart on Archer Road has the same as my previous report: (3) Bumblebees, (1) Cliffjumper, and (1) Wheeljack.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Mar 03, 2012 3:03 pm

Found the first wave of Bot Shots at the Walmart on Colonial Drive in Ocoee. They had a couple Bumblebee, Barricade and Starscream, plus a hand full of Optimus. No Sentinel Prime unfortunately. Bought 1 of each.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Mar 07, 2012 8:33 am

To my surprise, I have NOT been able to spot any RID deluxes since my last post. It's weird to see that the WalMart (where I found Megs and Wheeljack) does NOT have pegs for RID at all this time. Lots of Botshots, and suprisingly, DOTM repaints. Last time I was there DOTM looked like they were out the door. Now, their back! WHY?

Better off checking out Target later this week I guess.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 07, 2012 11:42 am

infinitimagnus wrote:To my surprise, I have NOT been able to spot any RID deluxes since my last post. It's weird to see that the WalMart (where I found Megs and Wheeljack) does NOT have pegs for RID at all this time. Lots of Botshots, and suprisingly, DOTM repaints. Last time I was there DOTM looked like they were out the door. Now, their back! WHY?

Better off checking out Target later this week I guess.

I'd assume they are trying to move their stocks, not that they will move any faster then they have. Walmart needs to just mark them half off and be done with DOTM.

My Walmart also didn't truly make a place for the new figures I found. The bot shots were hanging on Cyberverse pegs (which I didn't realize at the time, and thought bot shots were a whole dollar more expensive. It was a pleasant suprise at the counter though, when I spent 16 bucks on 4 instead of 20).

News Credits: 1 · Wed Mar 07, 2012 3:40 pm

Lord Onixprime wrote:
infinitimagnus wrote:To my surprise, I have NOT been able to spot any RID deluxes since my last post. It's weird to see that the WalMart (where I found Megs and Wheeljack) does NOT have pegs for RID at all this time. Lots of Botshots, and suprisingly, DOTM repaints. Last time I was there DOTM looked like they were out the door. Now, their back! WHY?

Better off checking out Target later this week I guess.

I'd assume they are trying to move their stocks, not that they will move any faster then they have. Walmart needs to just mark them half off and be done with DOTM.

My Walmart also didn't truly make a place for the new figures I found. The bot shots were hanging on Cyberverse pegs (which I didn't realize at the time, and thought bot shots were a whole dollar more expensive. It was a pleasant suprise at the counter though, when I spent 16 bucks on 4 instead of 20).

I've noticed that the Wal Marts around me (I'm in Maryland) have marked their DOTM deluxes down to $7.27. If you guys have some of those $3 off coupons its worth checking out since they expire this Saturday. Can't really beat crappy deluxes for under $5!!

News Credits: 2 · Wed Mar 07, 2012 9:17 pm

Toys R Us and Target in Gainesville are both OVERLOADED with TF Prime Bumblebees - 11 at Target and 7 at TRU

No Voyagers at Target, but about 8 Voyager Optimus and 4 Voyager Megatron. No change at the closer Walmart in the toy aisle for like 3 weeks. The few TF Prime things they have are still scattered on pegs in the clearance section, but of course have yellow tags (instead of the red clearance). Meanwhile, DOTM at Walmart deluxes continues be in full force, 4 pegs and a quart of an end cap

I REALLY hope Hasbro figures out their case assortment SUCKS - I don't want to pay eBay or scalper prices online to pick up the figures they short pack like Soundwave or Ratchet, but I fear that's what I'll be forced to do soon.