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News Credits: 9 · Fri Dec 16, 2016 8:10 pm

Chicago peeps, as I type this I am literally waiting in line to buy TR Fortress Maximus for $55 at Ross in Berwyn! He's out, you go now!

News Credits: 3642 · Fri Dec 16, 2016 9:37 pm

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:Chicago peeps, as I type this I am literally waiting in line to buy TR Fortress Maximus for $55 at Ross in Berwyn! He's out, you go now!

Congrats! That's a no-brainer and an absolute steal. Just slightly over half of what my wholesale is on it, which is why I never carried him in my store. Nice find!

News Credits: 4 · Mon Feb 06, 2017 4:17 pm

Lately I have been getting a lot of figures from Primetoys.net. He is local in the Chicagoland area and is a great source for transformers, 3rd party, Hasbro and marvel legends.

News Credits: 9 · Sun Feb 12, 2017 11:21 pm

Target in Rosemont had one each of ghe new RiD Deluxes, the white jet and the green tank. Don't remember the names, sorry. Still $17+, ouch.

News Credits: 9 · Mon Feb 20, 2017 7:54 pm

About an hour ago, Yorktown Target bad 2 TR Soundwave and one Blaster, 44.99. Remember, the Target Redcard gets you 5% off that, or about $2.25.

News Credits: 9 · Tue Feb 21, 2017 10:45 pm

I found one TR Voyager Optimus at Walmart in Rolling Meadows tonight, $24.86. Also, curiously, they had a couple Leader Soundwaves and a Blaster for just under $40.

News Credits: 174 · Thu Mar 09, 2017 6:33 pm

Gnaw and Kickback have made their way to Meijer in Oswego, Il.

Got myself a Kickback, pretty great lil figure ;)^

News Credits: 3642 · Sun Mar 26, 2017 12:01 am

Saw sixshot and fortress maximus at golf mill tru. No titans return multi pack sets, but it looks like golf mill had them earlier this week according to our sightings section.

News Credits: 174 · Mon Mar 27, 2017 6:50 pm

My plan to get new leader class figures at my target has paid off, got a case of Sixshot's today at the Target in Oswego, Il ;)^

News Credits: 3642 · Mon Mar 27, 2017 7:20 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:My plan to get new leader class figures at my target has paid off, got a case of Sixshot's today at the Target in Oswego, Il

Congrats. That's awesome. He's an amazing figure, though I'm really bummed about Quickswitch. Hopefully the inevitable Greatshot and/or Sixknight are done right.

Has anyone seen the Titans Return Deluxe Class wave 4 figures at their local Walgreens? I feel like I missed that boat.

News Credits: 174 · Mon Mar 27, 2017 8:29 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:My plan to get new leader class figures at my target has paid off, got a case of Sixshot's today at the Target in Oswego, Il

Congrats. That's awesome. He's an amazing figure, though I'm really bummed about Quickswitch. Hopefully the inevitable Greatshot and/or Sixknight are done right.

Has anyone seen the Titans Return Deluxe Class wave 4 figures at their local Walgreens? I feel like I missed that boat.

Naw, he's a steaming pile of G1 puristic sh|t that will never see my collection. If they had updated him, I'd've been all over him, but sadly, 4/6 modes look like crap and his flat-top mode is no where near good enough to merit buying him - beyond all the qc issues that seem to be mold-wide...

News Credits: 174 · Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:43 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:Gnaw and Kickback have made their way to Meijer in Oswego, Il.

Got myself a Kickback, pretty great lil figure

Seriously, if anyone needs bumblebee, gnaw, or kickback, Meijer in Oswego seems to have gotten several cases of them judging by how stuffed the pegs are...

News Credits: 3642 · Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:49 pm

Hellscream9999 wrote:Naw, he's a steaming pile of G1 puristic sh|t that will never see my collection. If they had updated him, I'd've been all over him, but sadly, 4/6 modes look like crap and his flat-top mode is no where near good enough to merit buying him - beyond all the qc issues that seem to be mold-wide...

Wow, I'm surprised to see your response to Sixshot. Which types of Transformers figures do you prefer?

News Credits: 174 · Tue Mar 28, 2017 7:59 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Naw, he's a steaming pile of G1 puristic sh|t that will never see my collection. If they had updated him, I'd've been all over him, but sadly, 4/6 modes look like crap and his flat-top mode is no where near good enough to merit buying him - beyond all the qc issues that seem to be mold-wide...

Wow, I'm surprised to see your response to Sixshot. Which types of Transformers figures do you prefer?

I liked the classics version of stylized updates; if the wolf mode was more proportionate I'd like the figure, but the tank mode is pretty superfluous, the car mode is weird looking and on top of this, the figure is plagued by qc issues, I've not heard a single person say theirs isn't, it's just another nail in the coffin.

If I'm being honest, I like bay-formers... weird stuff like the beast machines vehicons... I don't really have strict rules that I follow, if a figure looks cool to me, I get it, sixshots bot mode is killer, but is let down by the other modes... I was never even impressed by the original figure as I thought it looked equally dumb, and now this one has rigidly followed suit - too rigidly. I think the mmc one was way cooler.

News Credits: 3642 · Sat Apr 01, 2017 1:00 pm

6 chaos on velocitron sets left at golf mill toys r us in niles!

News Credits: 9 · Tue Apr 04, 2017 6:18 pm

One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Wed Apr 05, 2017 10:43 pm

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Was Broadside the only voyager there at the time?

News Credits: 3642 · Thu Apr 06, 2017 7:38 am

I found Titans Return Brawn and Roadburn (Chase) at Rolling Meadows, Meijer yesterday. 2 of each were left as of yesterday morning. Sorry I forgot to report it yesterday. Bunch of Bumblebees and Kickbacks there also.

News Credits: 9 · Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:01 am

nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Was Broadside the only voyager there at the time?

Yes, there were two but I bought one.

Thu Apr 06, 2017 9:02 am

Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:
nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Was Broadside the only voyager there at the time?

Yes, there were two but I bought one.

Awesome, thanks. Hopefully he'll still be there tomorrow.

Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:08 pm

nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:
nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Was Broadside the only voyager there at the time?

Yes, there were two but I bought one.

Awesome, thanks. Hopefully he'll still be there tomorrow.

Got him! Thanks, Hoptimus.

News Credits: 3642 · Fri Apr 07, 2017 7:40 pm

nilocomic wrote:
nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:
nilocomic wrote:
Hip-Hoptimus Rime wrote:One Broadside at 63rd St. Target, Woodridge, right now.

Was Broadside the only voyager there at the time?

Yes, there were two but I bought one.

Awesome, thanks. Hopefully he'll still be there tomorrow.
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Got him! Thanks, Hoptimus.

Wow that's kind of crazy he was still there after a few days. Good teamwork helping each other out.

News Credits: 9 · Wed Apr 19, 2017 3:21 pm

As of about half an hour ago, TRU on Deerfield Rd had some Last Knight toys: 1 Voy Optimus (I bought the other), 2 Voy Grimlocks, a Bumblebee and Grimlock Armor Up Turbo Changer (I bought the lone OP), and a few 1-Steps and Legions/Legends.

(Edited for name correction.)