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by **JokerFC** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:45 pm

was out today scoring some Imaginext stuff fro my nephew and I noticed the Generations/HFTD/RTS stuff is 90% all gone from my local Smyths........looks like they were reorganizing the aisle to give TFs a bigger slot.

I scored the RTS laser Prime and Cliffjumper on the 2 for 1 sale.wasnt going to get either but at two for one its hard to knock.

by **Doubledealer93** » Sun May 08, 2011 7:22 pm

bdougwrx wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the northeastern ohio area, can anyone help me find a generations warpath and wheeljack?? IM DESPERATE FOR THSES!!

I'm in NE Ohio too (Ashtabula) and I checked every Walmart, Kmart, Target and TRU today from Erie PA to Mentor and no sign of WP or WJ (nor G2 Prime, BB, Scourge, Kup, Preceptor or Wreck-Gar). Your best bet would probably be to preorder the 3 pack (WP, WJ and TC) from BBTS http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail or the 8 pack case if you still need Scourge or Kup http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

yeah if it comes down to it i will use bbts, but i already have TC so i dont want to waste money on that set from bbts. i want to use the retail stores so i dont have to pay for shipping.
oh and to stay on topic, i found a RTS wreck-gar at a Gabriel brothers a while ago. weird place to find TFs but hey, it works

then right after i got RTS preceptor off ebay

by **gambit020480** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:25 am

bdougwrx wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the northeastern ohio area, can anyone help me find a generations warpath and wheeljack?? IM DESPERATE FOR THSES!!

I'm in NE Ohio too (Ashtabula) and I checked every Walmart, Kmart, Target and TRU today from Erie PA to Mentor and no sign of WP or WJ (nor G2 Prime, BB, Scourge, Kup, Preceptor or Wreck-Gar). Your best bet would probably be to preorder the 3 pack (WP, WJ and TC) from BBTS http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail or the 8 pack case if you still need Scourge or Kup http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

They have not hit retail in this region yet. It will be a few weeks, just be patient. CAL is just now seeing them at retail. Hasbro does not have them as released offically until this month. Action figures in general have been delayed as I collect Marvel Universe figures as well, and figures that were supposed to be released in March are just now showing up at retail in CAL. CAL gets everything first because that is where their main distributuion facility is located and they are where the ports are for the manufacturer.....China. I think things have been delayed because of the price of resin. they might be waiting to see if it is going to drop. Good luck with that Hasbro. Just give us our figures already! Lord knows you got your price increase as it is $12 for a stinking deluxe transformer!!

Or you all can hit up ebay now and pay Californians 3x what you will pay at Walmart in a month. No one is closing out Generations figures so I don't really understand the worry. If you want a Perceptor or Wreck-Gar and you don't have one at this point then, by all means hit up ebay now before they are 40-50 each....

by **Blackmoon** » Tue May 10, 2011 10:09 am

Very recently picked up Generations Warpath, Wheeljack, Kup, Scourge and Thundercracker, I also found and picked up RtS Tracks at a local Walgreens. =P~

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Tue May 10, 2011 12:12 pm

My case of scouts with Windcharger just dropped into my POL.

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Tue May 10, 2011 1:53 pm

gambit020480 wrote:
bdougwrx wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the northeastern ohio area, can anyone help me find a generations warpath and wheeljack?? IM DESPERATE FOR THSES!!

I'm in NE Ohio too (Ashtabula) and I checked every Walmart, Kmart, Target and TRU today from Erie PA to Mentor and no sign of WP or WJ (nor G2 Prime, BB, Scourge, Kup, Preceptor or Wreck-Gar). Your best bet would probably be to preorder the 3 pack (WP, WJ and TC) from BBTS http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail or the 8 pack case if you still need Scourge or Kup http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

They have not hit retail in this region yet. It will be a few weeks, just be patient. CAL is just now seeing them at retail. Hasbro does not have them as released offically until this month. Action figures in general have been delayed as I collect Marvel Universe figures as well, and figures that were supposed to be released in March are just now showing up at retail in CAL. CAL gets everything first because that is where their main distributuion facility is located and they are where the ports are for the manufacturer.....China. I think things have been delayed because of the price of resin. they might be waiting to see if it is going to drop. Good luck with that Hasbro. Just give us our figures already! Lord knows you got your price increase as it is $12 for a stinking deluxe transformer!!

Or you all can hit up ebay now and pay Californians 3x what you will pay at Walmart in a month. No one is closing out Generations figures so I don't really understand the worry. If you want a Perceptor or Wreck-Gar and you don't have one at this point then, by all means hit up ebay now before they are 40-50 each....

I have a friend that works in retail and hits up his Hasbro rep every week that he is in, and he just sent me an email that RTS line will be dead when DOTM hits hard and heavy! the Genline will die out at the end of July and no more will be released! But im hearing rumor about RTS Perceptor, Wreck-Gar, Grapple and Lugnut could be release under the DOTM line due to it will be related to the movie and the movie toys will sell better. Anyone heard this?

by **Doubledealer93** » Tue May 10, 2011 7:22 pm

Stockade wrote:
gambit020480 wrote:
bdougwrx wrote:
Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the northeastern ohio area, can anyone help me find a generations warpath and wheeljack?? IM DESPERATE FOR THSES!!

I'm in NE Ohio too (Ashtabula) and I checked every Walmart, Kmart, Target and TRU today from Erie PA to Mentor and no sign of WP or WJ (nor G2 Prime, BB, Scourge, Kup, Preceptor or Wreck-Gar). Your best bet would probably be to preorder the 3 pack (WP, WJ and TC) from BBTS http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail or the 8 pack case if you still need Scourge or Kup http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/prod ... ode=retail

They have not hit retail in this region yet. It will be a few weeks, just be patient. CAL is just now seeing them at retail. Hasbro does not have them as released offically until this month. Action figures in general have been delayed as I collect Marvel Universe figures as well, and figures that were supposed to be released in March are just now showing up at retail in CAL. CAL gets everything first because that is where their main distributuion facility is located and they are where the ports are for the manufacturer.....China. I think things have been delayed because of the price of resin. they might be waiting to see if it is going to drop. Good luck with that Hasbro. Just give us our figures already! Lord knows you got your price increase as it is $12 for a stinking deluxe transformer!!

Or you all can hit up ebay now and pay Californians 3x what you will pay at Walmart in a month. No one is closing out Generations figures so I don't really understand the worry. If you want a Perceptor or Wreck-Gar and you don't have one at this point then, by all means hit up ebay now before they are 40-50 each....

I have a friend that works in retail and hits up his Hasbro rep every week that he is in, and he just sent me an email that RTS line will be dead when DOTM hits hard and heavy! the Genline will die out at the end of July and no more will be released! But im hearing rumor about RTS Perceptor, Wreck-Gar, Grapple and Lugnut could be release under the DOTM line due to it will be related to the movie and the movie toys will sell better. Anyone heard this?

guess what im buying asap! :shock:

GOTTA GET EM ALL!!!!! FAST!

by **gambit020480** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:30 pm

Stockade wrote:I have a friend that works in retail and hits up his Hasbro rep every week that he is in, and he just sent me an email that RTS line will be dead when DOTM hits hard and heavy! the Genline will die out at the end of July and no more will be released! But im hearing rumor about RTS Perceptor, Wreck-Gar, Grapple and Lugnut could be release under the DOTM line due to it will be related to the movie and the movie toys will sell better. Anyone heard this?

RTS Bumblebee, Tracks, Optimus, and Jazz are being re-Released as DOTM Figures. Only the Deluxes have been confirmed. I have heard nothing of any voyagers or any other class getting re-released for DOTM. I would say it is highly unlikely. I believe they chose the four deluxes above and omitted Wreck-Gar, Perceptor, Mindset, and Falback because the former set are all in the movie except Tracks. Maybe since he is a race car and DOTM has racecar autobots might be the reason. Who knows. But the only ones being advertized are the first four. And again, the chances of Windcharger, Grappel, Lugnut, etc being released as DOTM is slim. But maybe. I can tell you this though, if they are not expect the prices online to triple. I personally don't have Windcharger yet but he is my next purchase. Lugnut has a preorder on HTS so he probably won't be hard to find in a month. But, I would definately nab up Windcharger now as Hasbro has pretty much abandoned the scout line.....at least for now.

I agree with Generations, but the Prime line doesn't come out until around October and I can't see the pegs being void of Generations until at least September. Thundercracker and Wheeljack will probably get a countrywide release in the middle of June. Some will slowly trickle in at the end of this month, but I don't think they will be warming shelves until July. Now, Warpath will probably see the same kind of release pattern, but not countrywide until August/Early September. Warpath is the last Gen figure....until the next line in 2012!!

People paying the premium from Californians who live near the distribution center should guide their cash towards RTS while they still can. You will feel silly in six months when you are paying $100 for a Windcharger because you spent $45 on a Warpath now and he is being clearanced for 50% off in the fall.

News Credits: 3 · by **MagnusPrimal** » Tue May 10, 2011 10:29 pm

Found the BiS set at Walmart for $13. Snagged the last one!

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:22 am

gambit020480 wrote:
Stockade wrote:I have a friend that works in retail and hits up his Hasbro rep every week that he is in, and he just sent me an email that RTS line will be dead when DOTM hits hard and heavy! the Genline will die out at the end of July and no more will be released! But im hearing rumor about RTS Perceptor, Wreck-Gar, Grapple and Lugnut could be release under the DOTM line due to it will be related to the movie and the movie toys will sell better. Anyone heard this?

RTS Bumblebee, Tracks, Optimus, and Jazz are being re-Released as DOTM Figures. Only the Deluxes have been confirmed.

Actually, those were just Toys 'R Us site listings, which may have been errors.

by **Motorthing** » Thu May 12, 2011 8:24 am

Just got United Rumble and Frenzy from Taiwan - not strictly TRS/Generations but seeing as how they aren't going to release these lil'buggers until way, way passed the death of DOTM, if ever, it at least means that my Genrations line is now complete and I can concentrate on Fansproject until 2012.... or so.

Why Hasbro wouldn't want to release Scouts with the selling power these would have is truly beyond sense, or maybe being kept for part of the recovery plan for when DOTM toys get shipped off to landfill in 18 months time.

by **retrothomas** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:18 pm

Just got Perceptor and Bumblebee from Amazon. Perceptor was $21 and Bumblebee was $12. I thought the prices were good and I am tired of calling Target all the time so I'm thinking of just biting the bullet and switching to online purchases. Paying the extra is worth having them and not having to call a number of stores waiting and explaining what I'm looking for. I presume many of you feel similarly?

Perceptor is rad to the max! I've heard others bemoan his complex transformation but after War for Cybertron Optimus Prime I don't see anything wrong with it. To the contrary I think his transformation is awesome and represents a type of transformer I find ideal: complex and interesting without being difficult due to extra tiny panels or pieces that snap off from having to force them. It's complex but works very well and he's a total boss with his chrome and great colors. I wish all Hasbro figures were as much of a slam dunk!

I also like Bumblebee much more than I thought I would. He's got the rubsign, the backpack, the stubbiness, and the arm panels but I love him despite all that. He's cute and he's got spirit and now Takara Classics Convoy can pat him on the head like in the cartoon and they can hang out together and be buddies.

A good haul is hard to beat!

by **alternator77** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:50 pm

my wife just suprised me with an early anniversary present. FP munitioner/explorer, warcry/flameblast,4 generations minicons, and scourge.
got home after my final and found a shiny yellow little package open it up to find blesser! this is going to be an awesome summer!

by **featofstrength** » Fri May 13, 2011 9:32 pm

Walmarts here in Springfield MO had all of their Deluxe TF figures on sale for $7.00 today...they had the newest Generations Wheeljack, Thundercracker, Scourge, Kup. Sadly, no sign of the last RTS wave with Perceptor/Wreck-gar :-(

News Credits: 104 · by **Cyber Bishop** » Fri May 13, 2011 9:35 pm

featofstrength wrote:Walmarts here in Springfield MO had all of their Deluxe TF figures on sale for $7.00 today...they had the newest Generations Wheeljack, Thundercracker

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Sat May 14, 2011 8:01 am

Just ordered RTS Perceptor and Wreck-gar online, Close to $40 shipped will be here in two weeks! Still looking for RTS Grapple and Lugnut. I have a feeling that RTS Grapple will be very hard to find, since the price on the RTS version is higher than the United one. Good thing i have the United Grapple. I am making a Trip to Malaysia soon, hmmm maybe i can find Grapple there and windcharger too? hmmmmmm

by **featofstrength** » Sat May 14, 2011 9:51 am

Stockade wrote:Just ordered RTS Perceptor and Wreck-gar online, Close to $40 shipped will be here in two weeks! Still looking for RTS Grapple and Lugnut. I have a feeling that RTS Grapple will be very hard to find, since the price on the RTS version is higher than the United one. Good thing i have the United Grapple. I am making a Trip to Malaysia soon, hmmm maybe i can find Grapple there and windcharger too? hmmmmmm

Where did you order them from, please?

News Credits: 62 · by **Primeultimus** » Sat May 14, 2011 1:44 pm

Scored a Wreck Gar from a hole in the wall flea market in St Pete for $3 dollars on card missing his Tail Pipe Axe. Now he is riding on my other Wreck-Gar! Also at the same flea Market scored the Transformers Complete Series Matrix box set for $40.

Great deals today!

by **Optimum Supreme** » Sat May 14, 2011 6:36 pm

You people with your multiple Wreck-Gars sicken me... with jealousy! :lol:

Anyway, lucked out at Walmart today, no Wreck-Gar, still not a single damn RTS, but I found a replacement for my "two left (or is it right) hips" Wheeljack that HST sold me. Also a Warpath. Only one of each, and I got 'em, but they still had plenty of other Generations, especially Skullgrin.

by **gambit020480** » Sun May 15, 2011 5:56 pm

If you haven't got the RTS figures yet at retail, you won't. As of tomorrow, DOTM and Gen are the only lines left at retail.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blackstreak** » Sun May 15, 2011 9:03 pm

I am so tempted to start a new thread and call it "Classics Generations/Reveal the Shield not-haul thread". It would be pointless as there are numerous threads complaining about the lack thereof.

Anyways, aside from my quip, I recently had gotten my hands on the following pieces.

Battle in Space Cyclonus x2- to be used as Armada clones
Classics 2.0 Cyclonus
Generations Scourge x3- 1 is the actual character, the other 2 are Sweeps
Hunt for the Decepticons Seaspray (ok, so it's not Classics; but hten again it is to me)
Generations Warpath
Generations Wheeljack
Reveal the Shield Tracks
REveal the Shield Jazz
Reveal the Shield Perceptor

gambit020480 wrote:If you haven't got the RTS figures yet at retail, you won't. As of tomorrow, DOTM and Gen are the only lines left at retail.

They would probably go to clearance if they are in stock at all.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:04 am

RTS Windcharger

by **featofstrength** » Mon May 16, 2011 10:31 am

gave up on ever finding them at retail, what with the massive clearance to get the movie crap out, and bought a set of 4 Reveal the Shield figure: Wreck-gar, Perceptor, Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime. I guess $60 + $12 shipping isnt so bad for 4 figs, even if I really dont need the Bumblebee. Dont really need Optimus, but I have a feeling that once I have him in hand I wont want to resell or trade him

News Credits: 2 · by **Stockade** » Mon May 16, 2011 1:23 pm

featofstrength wrote:
Stockade wrote:Just ordered RTS Perceptor and Wreck-gar online, Close to $40 shipped will be here in two weeks! Still looking for RTS Grapple and Lugnut. I have a feeling that RTS Grapple will be very hard to find, since the price on the RTS version is higher than the United one. Good thing i have the United Grapple. I am making a Trip to Malaysia soon, hmmm maybe i can find Grapple there and windcharger too? hmmmmmm

Where did you order them from, please?

PM sent to ya!