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News Credits: 1 · by **Magnus** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:34 am

Bumblebee (either version) and Blackout are the only two movie characters I am missing.

Was there anything special about their release that is making them hard to find, or are people just gobbling them up?

I didn't know if they were exclusives or short-prints or whatever.

Thanks.

by **80sgeek** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 9:50 am

where are you located where you can't find them? or what stores are you looking at?

by **gjk13** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:17 pm

blackout is a pretty fast seller over here. bumblebee is really hard to get and `08 bumblebee isn't even here yet.

by **kkl1014** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:25 pm

From what I've noticed, the only movie toys that DON'T get taken quickly are Ratchet and the scouts, and Swindle, of course.

by **Maldroth** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:32 pm

Bumblebee sold out immediately when the 79 camero was out and looks like the 08 will be in an equally high demand. Blackout was hard to find at first but now the shelves are cloged with him and Ratchet here. I can't find Starscream at all.

News Credits: 4 · by **GrimSqueaker** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:38 pm

WE have hundreds of bumblebees here, although the movie hasnt been shown yet, so maybe once it has been screened kids will want bumble-

till then he is warming shelves

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:50 pm

Maldroth wrote:Bumblebee sold out immediately when the 79 camero was out and looks like the 08 will be in an equally high demand. Blackout was hard to find at first but now the shelves are cloged with him and Ratchet here. I can't find Starscream at all.

Up here in Canada, Toronto area specifically, the movie figs seem to be moving fast. Voyager Megs is a hard to find figure, but everything else is pretty rich in the TRU/Zellers/Wal-mart scene. Wave one of the Deluxes went quicker then a hic-up and I'm thiknig wave two will as well. BB2 and Arcee are the bread winners of wave 2.0, but once more reviews drop about how big a waste of time and money Dreadwing is, he'll be warming the bench along with the classic mini-cons.

by **Sonray** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 2:03 pm

it all seems rather hit and miss. My useless local true has no wave 2 figures AT ALL. (thats bumblebee barricase brawl and jazz just incase you didnt know) but they have LOADS of ironhides, ratchets and blackouts. No starscreams unless you count the hundreds of crappy protoforms they have.

Your best bet? Buy online.

by **Decatron** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:00 pm

Yes, Bumblebee is impossible to find here in the Bay Area too. Blackout is pretty common actually. TRU, WalMarts, and smaller toy stores are where I go browse and it's the same everywhere.

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 4:15 pm

you should also add barricade to the list of figures that are impossible to find.

News Credits: 1 · by **Magnus** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:17 pm

I did find Blackout at my local Target, and there were quite a few on the shelves.

The associate could tell I was looking for Bumblebee and said that everyone else was doing the same.

Can't wait to find him, that's going to be a good day. :-P

by **Sonic Wing** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:50 pm

i bought my blackout at target...and about bumblebee i didnt see any of those, u should search at toysrus they always have at least one of each movie transformer