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Thu Dec 18, 2008 8:21 am

Nevermore wrote:...Iron Prime (HEH HEH HEH) what do mean pics or do you mean like my Nemesis Prime or Grimlock?

Either, both... I just like when people post pics of stuff they were excited to find. Especial some of the kits and stuff... :grin:

News Credits: 2 · Thu Dec 18, 2008 4:46 pm

Oh ok but there is just one thing about that....well i wrapped them already and i put them under my mini tree just to feel like it truely is like christmas but if you still want to show the pics of the wrapped boxes or i can just wait to unwrap them on christmas and then post them.

Fri Dec 19, 2008 11:58 am

will try to post pics of my ultra magnus w/ kit and shockwave when i have time :mrgreen:

News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 20, 2008 10:58 am

Ok and ill post pics of my boxed Ultra Mangus,Shockwave, and my unwrapped Nemesis Prime!

YAY!

News Credits: 2 · Wed Dec 24, 2008 3:34 pm

Sorry for double posting.
Bought Armada Nemesis Prime off of Ebay on Monday and it will be shipping on Friday which Im mad about!
Nothing is new here!!! Im so bored here!

Thu Dec 25, 2008 10:28 pm

Nevermore wrote:Sorry for double posting.
Bought Armada Nemesis Prime off of Ebay on Monday and it will be shipping on Friday which Im mad about!
Nothing is new here!!! Im so bored here!

Don't worry...soon we'll be seeing Cyclonus, Hound, Ratchet, Animated Sunstorm, and a few others...then the hunt will be back on in the frozen tundra of the north. Merry Christmas!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Dec 26, 2008 10:22 am

Merry Christmas to you also ServO.
Its kinda stupid because I checked my targets and they super loaded the 2-Packs. There is no room for universe and animated voyager or ultras. Even the Deluxes are at the bottom of the shelfs. :-x

Fri Dec 26, 2008 11:06 pm

At least it looks as though that the Ratchet and Lockdown re-paints are on clearance for something like $10.98...which may be cheap enough for me to consider picking one up for the spare parts and Ratchet's head for a custom...It's definately going to take Target a week or so to get back on track with things once all the clearance and returns get sorted out...A good friend of mine works in the stock room and he said that they have shipments of the new figures, but they aren't in the system yet, so even if you tried to ring it up it wouldn't work...which doesn't make sense to me since they are all under the same SKU pretty much...anyone had a look at a post-Christmas Wal-Mart or Toys-R-Us? I'm going to check Kohls early in the morning and see if they ever did anything about thier depleted stock.

News Credits: 2 · Sat Dec 27, 2008 12:26 pm

Well I might get the Lockdown repaint but Im not getting the Make up version of Ratchet. I really want Cyclonus and Hound! They look so cool. I might ask them to look in the back for me because that works alot of the time. Kohls is a miracle from above!(Kinda) They get the new stuff very earlier than the other stores but they sell them for $5 more than the normal price. Armada Nemesis Prime and Shadow Commander will be showing up soon. ( Atleast I hope)

Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:55 am

I picked up the Rescue Ratchet, but only because I needed his head for a custom. Toys-R-Us in Minnetonka had the new Cheetor on the shelf, but that was it for new figs...I asked if they had any more to stock the shelves with, and they gave me the 1 hour run around...nothing new got stocked, and they all acted like they were mildly inept....If Cheetor is showing up, then Cyclonus and Hound can't be far away.

Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:34 pm

ServO wrote:I picked up the Rescue Ratchet, but only because I needed his head for a custom. Toys-R-Us in Minnetonka had the new Cheetor on the shelf, but that was it for new figs...I asked if they had any more to stock the shelves with, and they gave me the 1 hour run around...nothing new got stocked, and they all acted like they were mildly inept....If Cheetor is showing up, then Cyclonus and Hound can't be far away.

Good to know Hound is on the way! I got TFA Ultra Magnus as a Christmas gift too!

Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:48 pm

OMG isn't UM great?!?!?! I just love those big bulky figures that are loaded with weapons. He is definately one of my favorites from the animated line...he's up there with Blitzwing, and Grimlock.

Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:50 am

I'm lovin' him so far - looking forward to getting the Road Buster repaint and having them stand together on my display!

News Credits: 2 · Mon Dec 29, 2008 7:21 pm

UM is probaly the favorite of mine but then theres Shockwave which is like the greastest transformer of all time!

He is really cool though with all of his big guns and stuff.

Hey guys I havent got anything new yet but since the 2-packs first clearnce round is kinda bad I have idea if all of them sell out before you get to the 2 round maby you could find a little spot that you can remeber where and no one else could find you could hide the ones that your saving to go down.

Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:04 pm

Ugh...I went to Toys-R-Us at Ridgedale yesterday and saw that they still only have 4 Cheetors on the pegs...I asked a sales associate when they would be getting another shipment of TF's in and he said "next week"...I said "That's what you told me LAST week!" He said he didn't know anymore, but that wasn't good enough for me, so I asked to speak to his superior...the guy running the show told me that they did get a shipment in last week, but it was all activators and voyager animated figures...not to mention the "Battle Begins" 2 packs...judging but the amount of these 2 packs clogging the shelves at every toy retailer in the state, I'm beginning to wonder what Hasbro was thinking when they released these en'masse. He assured me that they did place an order for more Universe Deluxe figures and he did indeed anticipate them arriving mid week. I don't understand why there are Cheetors on the pegs and nothing else...I mean...I bought a Cheetor, and he looked so cool in the package, I haven't been able to bring myself to open him yet...
The Toys-R-Us in Richfield is much worse off...I think they had 4 pegs for the Universe figs, but they were completely empty, and nobody knew what was going on with that...I wandered down to the Wal-Mart on American Blvd, and they had 3 (yes only 3) Animated Voyagers on the shelf...and thats it...3 Transformer figs in the entire store!!! Apparently they will be closing soon for a re-model, and they are moving all of thier inventory out for the closing...which means I am at the mercy of the Wal-Mart in Eden Prarie which in my most humble opinion has the WORST toy department in the state, next to maybe the K-Mart in Minnetonka...and even K-Mart isn't that bad if you can get past paying 12.99 for a deluxe figure...that K-Mart also had their voyager animated figs on sale for 17.99, which isn't horrible, and would be a good deal if I didn't have them all already. I am resisting the urge to go to BBTS or someplace similar to pick up the figs I want, but I know deep down that in a month or so, the shelves at all of these stores will have them all, and they won't be able to get rid of them...much like when you go to Target now, and you see 3 Galvatrons, 3 Silverstreaks, a couple of Acid Storm's, and an Ironhide...a few months ago I was going nuts trying to track these down, and now I can't get away from them. Maybe I just need to resign myself that MN is about 4 months behind the rest of the planet on action figures.

I've put my Deluke Animated Bumblebee into storage, and started using my Activators Bumblebee in my display instead...there's just no way Bumblebee should be almost as tall as Leader Bulkhead.

Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:18 pm

ServO wrote:...I am resisting the urge to go to BBTS or someplace similar to pick up the figs I want, but I know deep down that in a month or so, the shelves at all of these stores will have them all, and they won't be able to get rid of them...much like when you go to Target now, and you see 3 Galvatrons, 3 Silverstreaks, a couple of Acid Storm's, and an Ironhide...a few months ago I was going nuts trying to track these down, and now I can't get away from them...

That pretty much sums it up. The toy dept.s in the Savage, Shakopee, Burnsville area are pretty dry as well. Don't even get me started on Toys 'R' Sucks...

ServO wrote:Maybe I just need to resign myself that MN is about 4 months behind the rest of the planet on action figures.

Once I did that my TF collecting got a lot easier.... :grin:

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:15 pm

More like you need to say Rochester is 5months behind the whole Universe!!!! We still have a huge crap load of Movie toys.
Walmart has wave 1 even! I havent seen barely any wave 3 toys at my Toys R Sucks. The have probaly the most amount of Movie Toys I have ever seen. F*****g Blackarchania and Ratchet of Animated block up everything. Maby we all should just stop for a bit and get Dora Toys instead. or just ask people in Walmart to look in the back for you because they have time to put stuff out.(Thats how I got Animated Skywarp). And one more thing DANG BBTS HURRIE UP WITH THE SHIPPING OF SHADOW COMMANDER!

Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:43 am

We could start buying out all the WWF figures on the opposite side of the aisle from the Transformers at Toys-R-Us...I always wanted to do a custom Barry Bonds...

News Credits: 2 · Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:23 pm

Yeah and then Hasbro would go down in sales and send us more new TFs! Its the greatest plan ever!!!1!!!!!one!!!!111111eleven!!!!1

Sat Jan 03, 2009 6:32 pm

Ok...I don't belive this myself and I'm the one sitting here...but my GF and I went to Target tonight to pick up some supplies...low and behold...they had an endcap for thier deluxe universe figures....they were on sale for $8.99...all the usual suspects were present, along with 1 Cyclonus and 1 Starscream...Grabbed them both!!!
KA-CHING! All I need to do now is track down a Hound, and I'm all set until Sunstorm, Blurr, Swindle, and god knows what else...

CHECK THOSE TARGETS!!!

Sun Jan 04, 2009 6:46 pm

Nice work ServO!
I was just at Wal-Mart last night and they had 3 Starscreams, 3 Cheetors, a Cyclous, and a Hounds.

I don't care for Cheetor, and have the old Starscream, but I picked up Hound! (Cyclonus had some production defects so I had to pass :-(

)

In other news I opened my Sideswipe I found a while back - and the engine (the one that sits on top) had two left halves! Great QC Hasbro.... I didn't sweat too much though since that part is really only important for Sunstreaker and I had planned to leave it off my Sideswipe anyway.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jan 04, 2009 8:15 pm

Yet I have not seen wave 4 yet...I am bored to death. I am going to have to buy more Halo figures now.
I am buying a Music Label Soundwave off of ebay!

News Credits: 2 · Fri Jan 16, 2009 12:01 pm

Well gosh dang people its been 12 days and now else has posted anything that they have found. I have been somewhat lucky to find Cheetor, Swindle, Blurr, and Hound but my Tfing days are almost over. there are no more voyagers of Animated. One hook for Animated and another one for Universe. No Ultras or Leaders.

Fri Jan 16, 2009 1:24 pm

Not much for me either. Waiting for TFA Swindle, Roadbuster, etc. I think the newer Universe stuff is still aways out.... :-?

Fri Jan 16, 2009 4:13 pm

Today was a good day for Target in Hopkins. Everything Transformers was stocked and FULL. I grabbed Cheetor, Hound, Starscream, Cyclonus, Dinobot, Smokescreen, Blurr, Swindle, and Shockwave. The Jetfire/Jetstorm 2 pack was there, but I think I'll be passing on that...also the new robot heroes were stocked, and the 2-packs that were on clearance for 30% off were now marked down to 50% off...that's including the G1 Prime...it was somewhere in the neighborhood of $35. Pretty much the only thing I'm looking for now is another Blurr for a re-paint, and the activators Cliffjumper...oh, also want to get my hands on the animated Sunstorm.