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I like Kohl's very much, but their toy section is just plain sad. I went there yesterday (one in my area), and all they had were Helmet Primes, and 1 Scorpunok.

JSTATION3 wrote:But geeks beware. You're not at Botcon anymore. You're in the land hot-chickie-babes and coupon clipping soccer Moms. I'd say if you're in the 27 ~ 38 or so age range ("too old" to be buying toys and "too young" to have kids you're buying them for) then be prepared to be scowled, snubbed, and otherwise treated like some kind of pervert for buying toys in "their" store.

You have been warned.

You should extend that age range to the early 20s. And that's precisely why I haven't asked anyone for toys help there.

Meh, whenever I buy toys from there I just walk as if I'm trying to find something cool for my imaginary nephew. No one bothers me then.

With all of the luck everyone is having at Kohl's I'd look there but there is some building and shoping center being built in my area right now that has a Kohl's sign but no store.

Seriously there is no Kohl's in my area but one is currently being built. SO I'm stuck relying on TRU, Walmart & Target.

twee wrote:You should extend that age range to the early 20s. And that's precisely why I haven't asked anyone for toys help there.

Meh, whenever I buy toys from there I just walk as if I'm trying to find something cool for my imaginary nephew. No one bothers me then.

Fair enough. I should say it's more a matter of how old you LOOK/dress/act etc. My little brother for instance is a married 24 year old high school English teacher. But he looks so young he could easily monkey around that Kohls toy section and not get any stares. Me, I'm 33 and I have a 13 yr. old kid. I *could* have been buying toys for her (I wasn't, but those snotty ho'z don't know dat!) Grrr... I'm not a guy who gets embarrassed or ashamed about anything, but I swear every female in that Kohls had one hand on her cell phone and the other on a can of mace!!

lol, that's how the local Targets are. Kohl's, on the other hand, is more like a Mervyn's here, where it's just a bunch of tired looking moms buying cheapass clothes for their kids.

Kohl's in my area has had MUCH more than Target recently. Yesterday they had plenty of deluxe Arcee, Dreadwing and '08 BB. PLENTY! If I weren't too lazy to mail them out I may have nabbed them for some people.

The only thing with Kohl's. Kids run rampant through the toy section and destroy everything. Every time I'm there during lunch time it's like watching a scene from the movie "Hook."

I can't believe the employees let them get away with that. The area is always trashed, toys opened ... etc. This is at both Kohl's that I visit.

Ultra Prime wrote:With all of the luck everyone is having at Kohl's I'd look there but there is some building and shoping center being built in my area right now that has a Kohl's sign but no store.

Seriously there is no Kohl's in my area but one is currently being built. SO I'm stuck relying on TRU, Walmart & Target.

*Sniff* Thats How I feel...The Bumblebee I got Was one of those Ones Where if you even touch it the racingstripes come off. And the Silverdale Kohls Wont be finished till november.
So till Then I have to Check TRU and target every weekend.

lanzajr26 wrote:I swung by there during lunch and they literally have every single Movie Deluxe figure except for Dropkick.

Did they have Longarm and Payload then? I hadn't heard any sightings of those two at Kohl's.

JSTATION3 wrote:But geeks beware. You're not at Botcon anymore. You're in the land hot-chickie-babes and coupon clipping soccer Moms. I'd say if you're in the 27 ~ 38 or so age range ("too old" to be buying toys and "too young" to have kids you're buying them for) then be prepared to be scowled, snubbed, and otherwise treated like some kind of pervert for buying toys in "their" store.

You have been warned.

Yep, I picked up '09 BB and Arcee earlier this week at Kohl's and the cashier was literally laughing at me, to my face! She said, "enjoy your toys, hehehe", I just looked her in the eye and said, "I will. Enjoy your job." Lol!

Sorry to hear that, nice come back though. Luckily the kohls I went to had really awesome employees. I called on the phone and this lady answered and knew exactly what I was looking for and even put one on hold for me. I didn't even have to explain the differences between new bumblebee and old one, she knew what the concept one was and even agreed that it was cool with me.

Needless to say I'm going to call someone up at kohls corporate and tell them how much I liked that certain store. Maybe someone will get a raise.

. . .except the Kohl's in Holland, OH; all they have are Wave 1 deluxes

So, my Kohl's story.

I got there at around 10 and made a beeline to the toys section. Initially, I was let down, since it looked the same. Actually, not the same; someone had actually gone in and organized the whole section, but there weren't any new toys present. Seeing as how anyone would think, "if they tidied up the section and there's no new toys. surely they didn't get a shipment in", I went to walk out of the store.

As I'm walking out, I see this large metal cart with a bunch of preschool toys carefully stacked on it. I deduce that this is the new shipment, get my hopes up, and try to search through the cart without messing up the whole thing. Finally, under some Dora the Explorer picture books, I spot some TF packaging. My heart jumps, and I look to see which one it is. WTFOMGBBQ, it's Arcee! Unfortunately, I already have Arcee, but right next to it is a Dreadwing, and stacked on top of that is 08 BB!

There were only about six TFs on that cart, 2 BBs, 1 Arcee, 1 Dreadwing, 1 Wreckage, and 1 Swindle. So yeah, I swiped those 2 BBs, one for me, one for my best friend, and now I don't have to waste time and gas making my rounds before work.

stopped at Kohl's before work today and picked up Arcee, Dreadwing, and 2 '09 BB's (one is for my girlfriend). few more BB's still there. needless to say it was a good morning.

I'm drooling over those pics, FordGT!

All I want is to pick up one '08 BB and one Frenzy FAB - that's all. I have yet to even SEE either one with my own eyes.

Might have to sacrifice driving for hours to visit a Kohl's... but it will be worth it. (hopefully)

Just went to my Kohl's, and they had like eight or nine 08 BB's! But thats not even the best part. When i went to buy them, the cashier told me the final price i had to pay was $25.00 so i told them something wasnt right, especially with the sale going on. They she hit some buttons on the register, and I ended up paying 16 bucks for both of them! Thats like 8 bucks each! oooo today is a good day!

Should i post up pics?

Dude, I saw an FAB Frenzy a while back at Wal-mart. Perhaps you could check there if you can't find anything at Kohl's.

However seeing that there's NOTHING on the pegs (at least until Monday this week), maybe you could try back later.

just got back from kohls and they had nothing, i asked and they told me they just ordered more transformers, just need to wait for the truch to get there

DvDqNoC wrote:Just went to my Kohl's, and they had like eight or nine 08 BB's! But thats not even the best part. When i went to buy them, the cashier told me the final price i had to pay was $25.00 so i told them something wasnt right, especially with the sale going on. They she hit some buttons on the register, and I ended up paying 16 bucks for both of them! Thats like 8 bucks each! oooo today is a good day!

Should i post up pics?

I think i will! Dont worry, your Kohls will get them eventually, I never thought this day would come for me but it did

Oh, and fyi, the sale's one of those "participating locations only" deal; I didn't get that BOGO Half Off deal for my TFs. They were, however, 11.69 instead of 12.99, but that's probably due to the fact that they're having a 10% off all action figures sale here instead.

Kohls? around here they just sell clothes and housewares. They stopped selling toys and Video games years ago! Still the best place to buy shoes though

Yeah same here... the Kohls around St. Louis don't even SELL toys anymore. Weak.
Makes sense that it's the ONE place that's getting 08' BB's right now. My luck.

Ploptimus Prime wrote:Yeah same here... the Kohls around St. Louis don't even SELL toys anymore. Weak.
Makes sense that it's the ONE place that's getting 08' BB's right now. My luck.

That's like all the Sears reports I was hearing. None of the Sears here in town have toys anymore... so it was off to Kohl's for me.

I work at Sears and we have no toys. Only during X-mas will we get toys in.

I wish my car wasn't broken, I so want to go to the Kohls here.

Well damn...are all of you guys/gals on the west coast?? The Kohls around here(upstate NY) still only have the first 2 waves and helmets all over the place. Guess I'll just keep looking then.

blkbitcloud1

Ultra Prime wrote:With all of the luck everyone is having at Kohl's I'd look there but there is some building and shoping center being built in my area right now that has a Kohl's sign but no store.

Seriously there is no Kohl's in my area but one is currently being built. SO I'm stuck relying on TRU, Walmart & Target.

It would appear that my patience with relying on Walmart/Target/TRU is paying off. I just picked up Recon Barricade, Dropkick and Payload today from Walmart in Federal Way, WA.

blkbitcloud1 wrote:Well damn...are all of you guys/gals on the west coast?? The Kohls around here(upstate NY) still only have the first 2 waves and helmets all over the place. Guess I'll just keep looking then.

blkbitcloud1

No i am texas.

DONT GIVE UP!!!! thats how i felt, i only had hurricane-wrecked toy aisles at my kohls, and only wave 1... i thought we would never get new waves. but today they had a new stock of BB's, and it was the best day of my life. (i was about to jump and scream, but luckily i was able to control myself)