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News Credits: 194 · Sun Jun 19, 2016 8:33 am

Chad and I are set up at Xtravacon in Livonia today! It opens at 10am. Knights of Columbus hall on Farmington Road between 7 and 8 Mile. We've got lots of Transformers! Come on out and look for the tall white shelves!

Fri Jul 01, 2016 4:03 pm

Procured the singular and final TR Blurr and Skullcruncher@ the A2 TRU after my shift today, none remain. No Voyagers to be had. They did have 1ea RID Deluxe Quillfire and Thunderhoof, and that new something-Burst Prime.

Good Independence Day, gents. Happy Hunting! [And eating, and drinking...etc.]

News Credits: 146 · Fri Jul 08, 2016 7:58 am

Picked up TR Blurr, Hardhead, Skullsmasher and Scourge at the Toys R Us in Okemos. They only had one of each at the time so I am not sure if they have restocked since yesterday.

News Credits: 194 · Tue Jul 19, 2016 1:01 pm

Saw a lone RiD Warrior Thunderhoof at the Ann Arbor TRU. Nothing else of note. Really bummed with the lack of Titans Return in the Ann Arbor area.

News Credits: 194 · Mon Jul 25, 2016 2:41 pm

Ann Arbor TRU had a case of the Titans Return Deluxes as of 12:30 today. I grabbed 1 Scourge and 1 Blurr. Still 1 of each of them and 2 Skullsmashers and 2 Hardheads left. $16.99 each.

They are awesome! Especially Blurr!

Happy Hunting!

News Credits: 146 · Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:58 am

Found Power Surge Optimus prime along with a box full of the new Alt-Mode little figures at the Toys R Us in Jackson Crossing (Jackson, MI)

Power Surge Prime is surprisingly a really fun figure - probably the best from the RID line!

News Credits: 194 · Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:32 pm

Ann Arbor/Saline Road Target has Wave 1 Titan Masters. According to this inventory check website, so does Carpenter Rd.

http://brickseek.com/target-inventory-checker

AA/Saline Rd was in the middle of a reset.

News Credits: 194 · Wed Jul 27, 2016 2:39 pm

Ann Arbor TRU still had 1 Scourge, 1 Blurr, 2 Hardheads, and 2 Skullsmashers as of lunch today. They also had 1 Fortress Maximus.

Deluxes are 16.99 regardless of what the peg tag says.

Wed Aug 10, 2016 11:09 am

Procured a Hasbro Computron Box Set at Big Ben's in Allen Park today@lunch. It's priced@114.95. I had $10.00 off in accumulated points, so I essentially got him for $105+tax. They had several cases, so he should be available there for some time.

Oh, they also had G2 Bruticus(same price), and at least 1 Fort Max.

Happy Hunting.

News Credits: 194 · Tue Aug 16, 2016 2:43 pm

Here's some sightings from around the Area.

Carpenter Rd Meijer in Ypsi had the TR Deluxes and Wave 2 Titan Masters.

Ann Arbor had 1 Blaster, 1 PM Prime, 2 Galvatrons, 4 Sentinel Primes, some deluxes, 3 Stripes, 2 Wheelies, and 2 Rewinds.(I grabbed one each of those two guys.)

They also had the new RiD warrior Starscream and the dude that looks like a purple Scorponok. They had the big RiD Starscream and they had the two pack with Bee, the Wolf dude and the container capsules.

Good day to go to TRU!

Mon Aug 29, 2016 5:39 am

Procured 1ea of WV2 TR Deluxe@the Belleville WM this morning en route to work. 1ea Highbrow, Mindwipe, and Wolfwire remain (as of approximately 6am), along with remnants of WV1. They also had 1ea Sentinel and Galvatron, and 1ea Generations Leaders Armada Megatron and Skywarp. Still no Legends or TMs.

Propitious beginning of the week. Happy Hunting.

News Credits: 194 · Tue Sep 06, 2016 6:45 pm

There's 2 Highbrows and 1 Mindwipe at the AA/Saline Rd target as of lunch time today. Grabbed both Chromedomes and Weirdwolfs for me and tfpredaking.

News Credits: 194 · Thu Sep 15, 2016 1:13 pm

Ann Arbor TRU had a full case of TR Legends Wave 2 and 1 Blaster and 1 PM Prime as of lunch today. They were still in the cases. Hadn't been unboxed.

News Credits: 194 · Thu Sep 29, 2016 1:01 pm

Ann Arbor TRU had 4 Powermaster Primes and 4 Blasters at lunch today. They also had one RiD purple scorponok.
Carpenter Road Meijer and 1 each of RiD Windblade and Scorponok.

News Credits: 194 · Mon Oct 24, 2016 12:39 pm

Ann Arbor/Saline Rd Meijer had a case of Wave 2 Titans Return Deluxes. I grabbed a Mindwipe. They also had some wave 1.

There was 1 Star Wars Black Series 6" Deathtrooper there too if anyone is looking for those.

Checked the Walgreens at Stadium and Jackson Rd. No Brainstorms. Just 2 Weirdwolfs and a Highbrow.

Wed Nov 02, 2016 4:46 pm

I am an employee at Walgreens on West Main and Drake in Kalamazoo and I was able to get my manager to order some TR deluxe sized figures. Great news for those looking for Brainstorm, we got six today from our truck delivery. :DANCE:

I, of course, bought one for myself, so there are now five left. I left them in our stockroom in case any of you were wanting to grab one or two. If you come by tomorrow (Thursday), ask for an employee named Clark and I'll grab 'em for you.

News Credits: 194 · Fri Nov 18, 2016 8:49 am

Been seeing TR Wave 2 deluxes at Walmart for 9.88. Snagged an Astrotrain at AA/Saline Rd Target yesterday. Still two Alpha Trions. Also, Saline Walmart on State street had a crap ton of the Star Wars Black Series 3 3/4" Royal Guards if anyone is looking for those. Also a Jyn Erso in that same line. Saw a few Black Series 6" K-2SO figures there too.

News Credits: 194 · Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:56 pm

Found Wave 3 TR Deluxes at Ann Arbor/Saline Rd Target today. Grabbed Hot Rod for me and Getaway for tfpredaking. They still had 1 Hot Rod, 1 Triggerhappy and 2 Twinfernos left. They also had 2 Titan Master Overkills, 1 Fangry, and 1 Sawback.

Tue Dec 06, 2016 12:01 pm

Greetings sojourners. Procured 1ea of the TR WV3 Deluxe@the Allen Park Target. Left 2 Hot Rod and 1 Doublecross as of 11:20am. Price $9.99. A Wave 3 Titan Master or two remain.

Best of luck. Happy Holidays.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Feb 08, 2017 8:45 pm

Just got me a $40 G2 Bruticus at the Burlington Coat Factory on Telegraph!

It was the only one left, and I got lucky on my first call so I don't know about the one by Westland mall, but tis' proof that the Dudicus abides within the great lakes!

Sun Feb 26, 2017 1:01 pm

At last, a palpable, respectable sighting to post. I procured 2 TR Sixshot and 1 Soundwave@ the Willow Run/Canton Target on Michigan Ave today in approximation of 11:30am. No Leaders remain, but there was a Voyager Prime left, no Megatron. Nothing else of note.

So, the big guy has arrived in the locality. Happy Hunting.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 02, 2017 10:25 pm

Has there been much news about which Minicons are hitting bargain stores? I know some of the same individual minis indigenous to Marshaxx have also been at 5-Below for months, but yesterday, I found the (3rd?) RID Minicon 4-pack at the 5-below on Ford between Marshall's and Ikea!

It's the one with red Hammer (the dragon, not the actual hammer guy), purple Anvil, white ROM Undertone, and Binoculars-Slipstream. I'd previously only seen this in a few Kmarts, but given what's happening to so many of their stores, including #1, any relevant distribution channels may have diverted to unlikely outlets. Or has this happened before? The previous one with Lancelon and other weapony-minicons would be tempting to army-build with at $5.00.

There were at least 4 more on the shelf after I bought mine.

Oh, and the Wixom Meijer had 3 Gnaws last night...but not for long. I also bought a Kickback, leaving one of him and a swarm of Bees-hind me.

News Credits: 194 · Fri Mar 03, 2017 1:52 pm

Ann Arbor TRU actually got something new! They had a case of TR Wave 3 Deluxes. I grabbed the only Getaway. There's still 3 Hot Rods, 2 Triggerhappys and two Twinfernos. Nothing else to note.

Hit 3 Walgreens. Nothing new there. Carpenter Rd Meijer had TR Wave 3 Legends yesterday.

Neither Walmart in the Ann Arbor area has the Chromedome's with the Takara Head.

Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:54 am

Has anyone checked the Wall Mart in the Eastwood town center for the Chromedome variant?
Last time I was there they had a ton of him.
I just didn't know the variant existed so I didn't take a close look to see if they had one.

News Credits: 194 · Fri Mar 24, 2017 12:58 pm

As of lunchtime today, Ann Arbor TRU had two Six Shots and 3 Chaos on Velocitron Box Sets. Nice to see new stuff. Wish it as stuff I wanted. Really would like to find Repugnus and Shuffler.