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Hey TF fans, just wanted to follow up on an article I saw on the news page. Someone had posted that they were finding RTS figures at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Ross stores for as little as $7.00. Well, I followed up on that today and found a lot of delightful surprises.

First stop was Marshalls in Beaverton, OR, where I purchased RTS Deluxe Class Perceptor ($6.99) and HTFD Voyager Sea Spray (9.99). They also had ROTF Deluxe Arcee and ROTF Deluxe Bumblebee, both for $7.99. The TJ Maxx next door had pretty much the same selection.

Then I went to the Ross in downtown Portland. There I found an insane deal on HFTD Leader Class Optimus Prime and Starscream, both for $20 each. Unfortunately I didn't pick either of them up because I didn't have the money to spend.

The point is, if you're looking for figures that you missed out on from previous lines, hit up the discount chains like Marshalls and TJ Maxx. Unbelievable deals are to be had.

iaconportland wrote:Hey TF fans, just wanted to follow up on an article I saw on the news page. Someone had posted that they were finding RTS figures at Marshalls, TJ Maxx, and Ross stores for as little as $7.00. Well, I followed up on that today and found a lot of delightful surprises.

First stop was Marshalls in Beaverton, OR, where I purchased RTS Deluxe Class Perceptor ($6.99) and HTFD Voyager Sea Spray (9.99). They also had ROTF Deluxe Arcee and ROTF Deluxe Bumblebee, both for $7.99. The TJ Maxx next door had pretty much the same selection.

Then I went to the Ross in downtown Portland. There I found an insane deal on HFTD Leader Class Optimus Prime and Starscream, both for $20 each. Unfortunately I didn't pick either of them up because I didn't have the money to spend.

The point is, if you're looking for figures that you missed out on from previous lines, hit up the discount chains like Marshalls and TJ Maxx. Unbelievable deals are to be had.

Thanks for sharing your sightings! I'm merging your topic with the Oregon topic to help other people in your area find the toys. Happy hunting!

Eldorodimus wrote:TFAW in Beaverton has MP Megs, Encore Ironhide and Ratchet, and two music label Soundwaves... time to work overtime...

TFAW?? Never heard of it...and I live in Beaverton...

...Went to Big Lots in Beaverton, OR, the other day and they had a box of scout class figures whose alt modes were animals and they came with cyber planet keys. They were in 2010 Transformers packaging but I've never heard of them. I can't recall the names of the figures but one of them was a rhino...Anyone have any more info on this? Also, they had some figures that were designated "Mino-Con" class instead of "Scout" or "Legend" class...

I believe the first ones you mentioned are the re-packaged Cybertron Scout-class figs. Not sure about the others.

iaconportland wrote:

Eldorodimus wrote:TFAW in Beaverton has MP Megs, Encore Ironhide and Ratchet, and two music label Soundwaves... time to work overtime...

TFAW?? Never heard of it...and I live in Beaverton...

Things From Another World?

Yep, the Rhino one is Cybertron Backstop. Perhaps they'd been released in new packaging - it happened to Cybertron Mudflap when the first movie line came out, though they recoloured him while keeping the same name.
Are you sure the others said 'mino-con' and no 'mini-con'? There were some minicon teams released as part of the Cybertron line too.

The Cactus wrote:Yep, the Rhino one is Cybertron Backstop. Perhaps they'd been released in new packaging - it happened to Cybertron Mudflap when the first movie line came out, though they recoloured him while keeping the same name.
Are you sure the others said 'mino-con' and no 'mini-con'? There were some minicon teams released as part of the Cybertron line too.

heh, typo...lol

So Has anyone seen Anything in the Downtown Portland Area?

SW's SilverHammer wrote:So Has anyone seen Anything in the Downtown Portland Area?

So this is what my searches over the past week have yielded:

Ross - picked up a couple voyager class (solar grapple/deep dive), and battle hooks Optimus - however these were the last of any kind of transformers at any of the locations I visited (Eastport Plaza, 82nd near Sunnyside, Lloyd Center, SW Downtown location, and SE 122nd near Burnside).

Fred Meyer - Johnson Creek and 82nd @ Foster have all the normal DOTM stuff ($2-3 more than WM or Target tho). The location on 122nd near Burnside did have 1 leader class Ironhide and 2 Leader class Sentinal Primes, however.

Wal Mart - all locations have the usual assortment of DOTM, however the SE 82nd near Johnson Creek location had a few Generations left (I picked up Dirge and Red Alert), including some odds'n' ends on clearance including an ejector decepticon that transforms into a toaster (hadn't seen this before).

Toys'R'us - The Sunnyside location had nothing interesting other than the usual DOTM stuff, couple Sentinal Prime Leader class's. However, the location at Lloyd center mall had a couple Ironhide Leader class (I bought one), some of the BB/Starscream Cybertronian 4-pack minibots, a bunch of DOTM figures, and a whole slew of Generations including Dirge, Blurr, Red Alert, Skullgrin, Megatron, Cybertronian Soundwave, and Thunderwing.

I haven't checked TJ Maxx or the few Marshalls in the area...maybe they have some more? I really like Ross the best with their pricing ($9.99 for voyager class, $6-7 for Deluxe class), but hard to know when they have stuff in stock.

Hope this helps!

Generations Thundercracker, WheelJack, Scourge, Cliffjumper, and Thunderwing (one each) at Target on NE 118th/Glisan. Also a DOTM Laserbeek (haven't seen this one anywhere before?).

TJ Maxx on SE 82nd had one battlehooks Optimus Prime for $24.99

Ultimate Optimus Prime at pretty much every Fred Meyer/Target/TRU/Kmart in town - no HA Leadfoots at any Target I've been to...

Sounds like you live in my area of town, Herban Lejund. I'm sure I'll see you around when I start hunting again.

buddhaquest wrote:Sounds like you live in my area of town, Herban Lejund. I'm sure I'll see you around when I start hunting again.

for sure! I'll be the one using my kids as an excuse to pick through all the toys...lol

travicon wrote:i live in salem and just found: Longarm, dropkick, payload, dredwing and leader brawl... i still cant find 08 bumblebee, arcee or either of the g1 repaints so please post your oregon sighting here, im willing to drive at least an hour in any direction from salem to get these figures, please help! thanks and happy hunting!

Cool I'm also from oregon, up here in Portland I see a lot of new toys such as:

Deluxe class: everything
Leader class: Bumblebee, Prime and Ironhide
Voyager class: Shockwave and FB Prime
Cyberverse: everything
Others:Sets, RC Rb and Lf, TF sword and Star Wars mix stuff

Good places to go:

Target: Good
K-Mart: very good
Walmart: the best place to go for TF

Herban Lejund wrote:

buddhaquest wrote:Sounds like you live in my area of town, Herban Lejund. I'm sure I'll see you around when I start hunting again.

for sure! I'll be the one using my kids as an excuse to pick through all the toys...lol

My kid is almost 3... I can almost use him as an excuse.

2 MP Thundercrackers found at the Clackamas Toys R Us. September 28th and 2pm. Bought one, left one.

I;m not sure if any one else gets the weekly red plum sales papers in the mail, however, for those of you who like Kreon minifigs, there are buy one get one free coupons this week, along with 5 dollars off any set.

Is there anyone here in the Portland area? I'm new on the site, just wanted to see if there was anyone nearby so we could hang out/figure hunt/whatever.

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Is there anyone here in the Portland area? I'm new on the site, just wanted to see if there was anyone nearby so we could hang out/figure hunt/whatever.

Yo

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Is there anyone here in the Portland area? I'm new on the site, just wanted to see if there was anyone nearby so we could hang out/figure hunt/whatever.

Yo

Hey! Sorry I took so long to reply. What area of Portland are you in? I'm in the Southwest area.

Autobot Roadburn wrote:

SW's SilverHammer wrote:

Autobot Roadburn wrote:Is there anyone here in the Portland area? I'm new on the site, just wanted to see if there was anyone nearby so we could hang out/figure hunt/whatever.

Yo

Hey! Sorry I took so long to reply. What area of Portland are you in? I'm in the Southwest area.

Downtown Portland, like not a few blocks away from the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, downtown Portland. I live a few blocks away from PSU.

Hey! Is anyone somewhere in Klamath County? If you are, have you seen any at least semi-good figures in your area? It is SO hard to find anything more than one-steps from Rescue Bots around here. Thanks in advance.

I'm in the Beaverton/Hillsboro area; TRU has a lot of TLK (still no Cogman though!), Target is running dry, Walgreens has the clone pack, and Walmart has wave6 deluxes!

But where is wave5's deluxes?

ROSS store in CLACKAMAS yesterday had
SIEGE Springer and Starscream @ $13
SIEGE Cog and Impactor @ $8

I was tempted to clear 'em out at those prices, but decided to be kind and post here instead