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muswp1 wrote:Sighted two Legacy of Bumblebee packs at the Elk Grove Wal-Mart yesterday.

I'm still wondering where all the packs that were on those aisle displays at a couple of Wal-Marts disappeared to when the the displays were broken up.

The Walmart on Golf in Rolling Meadows has those huge aisle displays with the Bumblebee 3 pack and other figures, plus they have a ton of deluxes for $7.77.

NEW STORE OPENING!!!

A new 90,000 square foot Toys R Us opened on E. State in Rockford this week. If you want it they have it: all the Universe legends, deluxes, and Ultras, as well as Unicron, all the AllSpark power movie figs, WWI Grimlock and Prowls by the half dozen (5 of each now...I bought some), all the animated figures release to date. 3/4 of a full aisle devoted to our robots in disguise and all new. Definitely a must check-out if in the Rockford area anytime soon.

Seibertron wrote:

muswp1 wrote:Sighted two Legacy of Bumblebee packs at the Elk Grove Wal-Mart yesterday.

I'm still wondering where all the packs that were on those aisle displays at a couple of Wal-Marts disappeared to when the the displays were broken up.

The Walmart on Golf in Rolling Meadows has those huge aisle displays with the Bumblebee 3 pack and other figures, plus they have a ton of deluxes for $7.77.

They must have just put that out, it wasn't there this weekend. I wonder what the Ultimate BB's price on that display was...

First-Aid wrote:NEW STORE OPENING!!!

A new 90,000 square foot Toys R Us opened on E. State in Rockford this week. If you want it they have it: all the Universe legends, deluxes, and Ultras, as well as Unicron, all the AllSpark power movie figs, WWI Grimlock and Prowls by the half dozen (5 of each now...I bought some), all the animated figures release to date. 3/4 of a full aisle devoted to our robots in disguise and all new. Definitely a must check-out if in the Rockford area anytime soon.

That's funny considering the West Dundee TRU, right by my house, just went out of business.

Titanium Grimlock; alt mode is meh, too many compromises, but the robot mode is great, I can't wait to get all my new sheles up so I can disply my 4 Grims together- G1, Classics, Animated, Titanium.

muswp1 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:That's funny considering the West Dundee TRU, right by my house, just went out of business.

A toy store going out of business is one of the saddest things I can imagine...

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Titanium Grimlock; alt mode is meh, too many compromises, but the robot mode is great, I can't wait to get all my new sheles up so I can disply my 4 Grims together- G1, Classics, Animated, Titanium.

muswp1 wrote:

First-Aid wrote:That's funny considering the West Dundee TRU, right by my house, just went out of business.

A toy store going out of business is one of the saddest things I can imagine...

I agree. This one is a relocation of a store that was on CherryVale Boulevard- an old and crappy building.

On that note, I have to say that I found the Anakin Skywalker Jedi Starfighter w/lightspeed ring TF today at the Target on E. State Street in Rockford. My contribution for the week.

First-Aid wrote:On that note, I have to say that I found the Anakin Skywalker Jedi Starfighter w/lightspeed ring TF today at the Target on E. State Street in Rockford. My contribution for the week.

Who are the newest Star Wars Transformers? I'm so confused since I'm not a fan of that line but I want to get them. I thought the vehicle from SW EP5 (snowspeeder?) was new as well as the yellow vehicle but I wasn't sure so I didn't pick them up since I've been seeing them everywhere.

Also thinking about having a Seibertron.com get together for everyone in the area at a nearby restaurant or bar. Thinking the Des Plaines, Rosemont or Rolling Meadows area (somewhere around O'Hare near the I-90). Open to suggestions and ideas.

Seibertron wrote:

First-Aid wrote:On that note, I have to say that I found the Anakin Skywalker Jedi Starfighter w/lightspeed ring TF today at the Target on E. State Street in Rockford. My contribution for the week.

Who are the newest Star Wars Transformers? I'm so confused since I'm not a fan of that line but I want to get them. I thought the vehicle from SW EP5 (snowspeeder?) was new as well as the yellow vehicle but I wasn't sure so I didn't pick them up since I've been seeing them everywhere.

Also thinking about having a Seibertron.com get together for everyone in the area at a nearby restaurant or bar. Thinking the Des Plaines, Rosemont or Rolling Meadows area (somewhere around O'Hare near the I-90). Open to suggestions and ideas.

Great idea for a get together! I know there's quite a few of us in this area. I'm up for anything as long as there isn't a hockey game I have to work at.

If memory serves, the newest SWTF are the Anakin repaint, the Black Imperial shuttle repaint, the General Grievous droid starfighter, and the TIE bomber.

Speaking of relocations, I sighted a brand new TRU being built on Carpentersville, right in between the Wal-Mart and Target. Probably 2-3 months before it's finished.

I stopped by the Wal-Mart on Rt. 83 in Villa Park and they had a ton of Wal-Mart exclusive deluxes, mostly Breakaway, Fracture, and Crankshaft. They also had one Divebomb, two Grindcores and one Big Daddy (?!?), all for $7.77. I grabbed the Big Daddy and one each of the new ones. Most of them were in what was left of the Bumblebee aisle display, but a few of them (including the Divebomb and one of the Grindcores) were in the regular aisle spot.

They also had a full back endcap of Legacy of Bumblebee 3-packs.

Also, Fryes in Oak Brook had a ton of Universe Galvatrons (about 12 or so) along with a few Acid Storms and a bunch of Movie Deluxes and Leader class figures. They also had a few 3" Titaniums for $.90 each.

EDIT: I tried report this sighting in the Product Listings section, but almost all of the right hand column is cut off, including the drop-down box for the Qty selection.

Seibertron wrote:

First-Aid wrote:On that note, I have to say that I found the Anakin Skywalker Jedi Starfighter w/lightspeed ring TF today at the Target on E. State Street in Rockford. My contribution for the week.

Who are the newest Star Wars Transformers? I'm so confused since I'm not a fan of that line but I want to get them. I thought the vehicle from SW EP5 (snowspeeder?) was new as well as the yellow vehicle but I wasn't sure so I didn't pick them up since I've been seeing them everywhere.

Also thinking about having a Seibertron.com get together for everyone in the area at a nearby restaurant or bar. Thinking the Des Plaines, Rosemont or Rolling Meadows area (somewhere around O'Hare near the I-90). Open to suggestions and ideas.

I'd be open to that. How about Shoeless Joe's in Rosemont??

muswp1 wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

First-Aid wrote:On that note, I have to say that I found the Anakin Skywalker Jedi Starfighter w/lightspeed ring TF today at the Target on E. State Street in Rockford. My contribution for the week.

Who are the newest Star Wars Transformers? I'm so confused since I'm not a fan of that line but I want to get them. I thought the vehicle from SW EP5 (snowspeeder?) was new as well as the yellow vehicle but I wasn't sure so I didn't pick them up since I've been seeing them everywhere.

Also thinking about having a Seibertron.com get together for everyone in the area at a nearby restaurant or bar. Thinking the Des Plaines, Rosemont or Rolling Meadows area (somewhere around O'Hare near the I-90). Open to suggestions and ideas.

I'd be open to that. How about Shoeless Joe's in Rosemont??

Shoeless Joe's...is that right near the AllState Arena? If we were gonna go there, I'd suggest Harry Carays kitty corner to it. Either place works for me.

Either of those two places I think would be too expensive, though Shoeless Joe's might be a good place because the prices aren't too crazy. Might be a decent choice. Do you guys like that place? I went there for the first time two weeks ago and I wasn't really a fan but some of my other friends are.

I'm down with anything. Never been to Shoeless Joe's...more than willing to try it. Just let me know when and where and I'll be there.

First-Aid wrote:I'm down with anything. Never been to Shoeless Joe's...more than willing to try it. Just let me know when and where and I'll be there.

Dude you stole my reply, except I'll add: "...if I can." Looking forward to it.

We should all bring a TF so we know who's in the club. "Hi, party of 6, and can we get high-chairs for our robots please?"

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm down with anything. Never been to Shoeless Joe's...more than willing to try it. Just let me know when and where and I'll be there.

Dude you stole my reply, except I'll add: "...if I can." Looking forward to it.

We should all bring a TF so we know who's in the club. "Hi, party of 6, and can we get high-chairs for our robots please?"

And kids menus! With crayons! And we want the high chairs that transform into car seats! With missile launchers!

More great sightings from Rockford! Both Targets in town had all of the new Star Wars Crossovers- Grievous, Anakin, TIE Bomber...and Target on Hwy 173 had all of Wave 2 of the Marvel Crossovers!! I took pics...so how do I upload them?

I was in Galesburg, IL at Wal-Mart and they had a center isle with the movie figs on it, like all Wal-Marts do now, but this on had a bunch of Ultimate Bumblebees in stock. I don't think this is a normal shipment, however, because the Bumblebee cardboard piece to the right of them had to be bent so they would fit. Nevermind my son in the pic.
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More great sightings in Rockford. The Wal-mart on Riverside had all of the new wave of Universe deluxes. I picked up Silverstreak, Sideswipe, and Ironhide and they had several more of each still on the shelves.

my target had one Stormcloud yesterday. I was the closing team and it was still there when I left for the night. Anybody see universe wave three in the northern berbs?

I went on a hunt to replace my Classics Ironhide yesterday that resulted in nothing but wasted time and gas. Stopped at the following Walmarts:

1. Mt Prospect, IL 60056
3. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
6. Elk Grove Village, IL 60007
14. Villa Park, IL 60181
17. Glen Ellyn, IL 60137
20. Darien, IL 60561

The Walmart in Darien (Downer's Grove?) off 75th had 2 Silverstreaks and 1 Sideswipe but that was really the only exciting thing that I saw yesterday.

I also stopped at the TRU off Golf in Schaumburg and near Glen Ellyn as well as the Target in Schaumburg off Higgins and Meacham.

Lots of Galvatrons and other figures from the past couple of months but no brand new figures other than the Walmart in Darien unfortunately.

I ended up ordering Ironhide and Treadshot through PastGenerationToys.com earlier this morning so that I can stay focused on taking pictures for the galleries instead of wasting my time and gas on dead end hunts.

Replace your Classics Ironhide? (sigh) Were you chewing on your Transformers again? Good grief...what are we going to DO with you?

First-Aid wrote:Replace your Classics Ironhide? (sigh) Were you chewing on your Transformers again? Good grief...what are we going to DO with you?

Yeah, it wasn't the smartest move I had. The best idea would've been to have left his face alone after I permanent marker'ed it up with a gray marker until I bought a proper Metallic Silver Sharpie the next day, but I was in such a hurry to get rid of Ironhide's smurfy blue face. Ugh. Hopefully all will go well with the 2nd trial later this week.

Seibertron wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Replace your Classics Ironhide? (sigh) Were you chewing on your Transformers again? Good grief...what are we going to DO with you?

Yeah, it wasn't the smartest move I had. The best idea would've been to have left his face alone after I permanent marker'ed it up with a gray marker until I bought a proper Metallic Silver Sharpie the next day, but I was in such a hurry to get rid of Ironhide's smurfy blue face. Ugh. Hopefully all will go well with the 2nd trial later this week.

Eating smurf face? What the heck, Gargamel???

On the subject of Ironhide, did anyone else have random small grey specks on his head? QA issue for sure, just wanna know if I was the only one who got dotted...

If anyone still wants the Movie Robot Heroes Dispensor/Ironhide set, they have a few at Fry's Electronics in Downers Grove, Finley and Butterfield Rds. I got a set today, along with the 2-inch Titanium Rodimus and Grimlock for 90 cents each! Two more Rodimi left, no Grims, sorry.

When's our get-together? I'm bringing my Movie Robot Fighters game so I'll have someone to try it out with.