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Wed Dec 01, 2010 11:04 am

Picked up tracks, jazz and the repaint(fallback is it?)at Kmart in Grand Blanc. The experienced reiterated that you have to check all aisles...I was walking around, ready to leave, having found nothing, and saw this boy talking to his mother about buzz light year...and something caught my eye way in back on top of the box..lo and behold, 3 new deluxes!!

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 01, 2010 1:54 pm

no luck in roseville today.the best i found was tomahawk,terradive and elctrostatic jolt EVERYWHERE! (even aldi's for some strange reason) as well as darkmount, red alert and WFC megs and soundwave at Walmart and Kohls.

News Credits: 194 · Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:34 pm

I found Jazz at the Ypsi KMart. A comic customer let tfpredaking know that they had that wave yesterday. When he got there he only found Tracks. I stopped this evening and they must have put out another case. They had 1 Jazz, no Tracks. They also had 3 Hailstorm repaints and 2 Brawn repaints. There were also two voyager High Brows and 2 Battle Blade Primes. Jazz is awesome! :grin:

News Credits: 194 · Wed Dec 01, 2010 5:34 pm

oh yeah, a belated Happy Birthday to you Rijie!

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:32 am

has anyone seen the 2.5 pound reese cups? $10 for a sugar coma.

Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:06 am

ionacus wrote:has anyone seen the 2.5 pound reese cups? $10 for a sugar coma.

Oh man.....and the fat from the peanut...you'd get a sugat coma.

Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:33 pm

If anyone's still after Animated Voyagers, the TRU Express in Oakland Mall has several Grimlocks, Blitzwings, Lugnuts, and a few of some version of Optimus Prime (I didn't really look too carefully, just saw the name on some boxes behind some of the others. They have them set up in two different spots in the store, and a few of each in each spot other than the OPs which were just in one of the spots. They're $14 something each. Not anything I'm interested in, and I don't know if anyone's looking for any of this stuff anymore, but just thought I'd let others know.

They also had some deluxes, but all I recall is Ratchet.

News Credits: 1 · Fri Dec 03, 2010 12:28 pm

finally found my jazz and tracks last night at the absolute LAST walgreens in the area i tried. none left though, sorry. i also saw a Voyager Highbrow at the frazho/gratiot Kmart last night.

Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:28 pm

left one cliff jumper and one thunderwing at target in flint...on miller road across from best buy. I got one of each and a hailstorm...skullgrin I mean.

News Credits: 194 · Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:50 pm

The Aldi in Ann Arbor over on Maple road had a bunch of Electrostatic Jolt's and Terrdives. Ann Arbor/Saline road target had 2 cliffjumpers, 3 red alerts, 2 dirges and 2 thunderwings.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Dec 05, 2010 12:59 am

found a KO of sky garry friday. and the roseville tru stock the terrordive/tomahawk wave.

News Credits: 3646 · Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:53 am

I just literally arrived back from Mackinaw City in Chicago. The normally 7 hour trip took 11 hours today thanks to lake effect white out conditions along 94 in Southwest Michigan and Indiana. Ugh. We're back safe and sound.

Lots of sightings to report in Michigan. Never let your fellow Michiganders tell you that my original home state never gets new toys.

Walmart: Gaylord - Last Wednesday, they had 1 each of Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons. I bought the Dinobot set.

Kmart: Cheboygan - Had two cases of Reveal The Shield wave 1. I couldn't leave them there in the great up north with the buy 2 get 1 free sale. I didn't think there were that many collectors up in Mackinaw and Cheboygan, particularly at this time of the year. I bought 3 sets of Jazz and Tracks, 2 Mindsets and 1 Fallback which I posted on eBay to get into collector's hands. There was one full set remaining as of Sunday night around closing time. Also many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Walmart: Cheboygan - nothing really new in the world of Transformers, but they had a bunch of new Marvel Universe figures such as Mystique, Spider-Woman, Doc Samson, Havok, and more.

Kmart: Petoskey - I didn't stop here, but I would imagine they had/have the RTS toys if Cheboygan did.

Walmart: Petoskey - Last Friday, they had the black Human Alliance Sideswipe and 2 each of PCC Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons.

Meijer: Petoskey - Nothing new as of last Friday. All wave 1 Generations, PCC, HFTD stuff. Boo! Beautiful produce section at this new store. Best looking produce I've seen at a store in ages. Man I miss Meijer! We don't have many of them around Chicago.

Kmart: West Branch - nothing new except for new SpeedStars RPM cars (Lockdown, white Barricade, and Bluestreak ... left 'em there for you guys). Many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Kmart: Grayling - I was going to stop here but we ended up not. Someone should check this Kmart as well as the other up north Kmarts for those of you looking for RTS.

Target: Jackson - 3 Cliffjumpers, 1 Skullgrin, 1 Banzaitron, and 1 Battle Blades Optimus Prime as of 9PM Monday night.

I thought of all of you as I drove down 75 to 23 to 94 back to Chicago. We went the long route to avoid the lake effect snow for as long as possible.

Happy hunting my Michigan friends!

Tue Dec 07, 2010 7:39 am

Seibertron wrote:I just literally arrived back from Mackinaw City in Chicago. The normally 7 hour trip took 11 hours today thanks to lake effect white out conditions along 94 in Southwest Michigan and Indiana. Ugh. We're back safe and sound.

Lots of sightings to report in Michigan. Never let your fellow Michiganders tell you that my original home state never gets new toys.

Walmart: Gaylord - Last Wednesday, they had 1 each of Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons. I bought the Dinobot set.

Kmart: Cheboygan - Had two cases of Reveal The Shield wave 1. I couldn't leave them there in the great up north with the buy 2 get 1 free sale. I didn't think there were that many collectors up in Mackinaw and Cheboygan, particularly at this time of the year. I bought 3 sets of Jazz and Tracks, 2 Mindsets and 1 Fallback which I posted on eBay to get into collector's hands. There was one full set remaining as of Sunday night around closing time. Also many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Walmart: Cheboygan - nothing really new in the world of Transformers, but they had a bunch of new Marvel Universe figures such as Mystique, Spider-Woman, Doc Samson, Havok, and more.

Kmart: Petoskey - I didn't stop here, but I would imagine they had/have the RTS toys if Cheboygan did.

Walmart: Petoskey - Last Friday, they had the black Human Alliance Sideswipe and 2 each of PCC Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons.

Meijer: Petoskey - Nothing new as of last Friday. All wave 1 Generations, PCC, HFTD stuff. Boo! Beautiful produce section at this new store. Best looking produce I've seen at a store in ages. Man I miss Meijer! We don't have many of them around Chicago.

Kmart: West Branch - nothing new except for new SpeedStars RPM cars (Lockdown, white Barricade, and Bluestreak ... left 'em there for you guys). Many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Kmart: Grayling - I was going to stop here but we ended up not. Someone should check this Kmart as well as the other up north Kmarts for those of you looking for RTS.

Target: Jackson - 3 Cliffjumpers, 1 Skullgrin, 1 Banzaitron, and 1 Battle Blades Optimus Prime as of 9PM Monday night.

I thought of all of you as I drove down 75 to 23 to 94 back to Chicago. We went the long route to avoid the lake effect snow for as long as possible.

Happy hunting my Michigan friends!

You sure it was the snow...or all those stops you made :-?

Transformer wise I have been doing pretty good, so glad I found that single Soundwave in Southfield...haven't seen another one since... wish I could find mystique and the new wave of MU though(not sure I want to travel all the way up to Cheboygan)...she's the only one I need from that wave and the new one seems to be evading me(along with Thanos and constrictor from the previous wave) Anyway, I hope everyone else is doing well fighting the crazy lines and people! I haven't been seeing much except picked thru empty shelves...

News Credits: 1 · Tue Dec 07, 2010 10:34 am

Seibertron wrote:I just literally arrived back from Mackinaw City in Chicago. The normally 7 hour trip took 11 hours today thanks to lake effect white out conditions along 94 in Southwest Michigan and Indiana. Ugh. We're back safe and sound.

Lots of sightings to report in Michigan. Never let your fellow Michiganders tell you that my original home state never gets new toys.

Walmart: Gaylord - Last Wednesday, they had 1 each of Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons. I bought the Dinobot set.

Kmart: Cheboygan - Had two cases of Reveal The Shield wave 1. I couldn't leave them there in the great up north with the buy 2 get 1 free sale. I didn't think there were that many collectors up in Mackinaw and Cheboygan, particularly at this time of the year. I bought 3 sets of Jazz and Tracks, 2 Mindsets and 1 Fallback which I posted on eBay to get into collector's hands. There was one full set remaining as of Sunday night around closing time. Also many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Walmart: Cheboygan - nothing really new in the world of Transformers, but they had a bunch of new Marvel Universe figures such as Mystique, Spider-Woman, Doc Samson, Havok, and more.

Kmart: Petoskey - I didn't stop here, but I would imagine they had/have the RTS toys if Cheboygan did.

Walmart: Petoskey - Last Friday, they had the black Human Alliance Sideswipe and 2 each of PCC Grimstone with Dinobots and Steamhammer with Constructicons.

Meijer: Petoskey - Nothing new as of last Friday. All wave 1 Generations, PCC, HFTD stuff. Boo! Beautiful produce section at this new store. Best looking produce I've seen at a store in ages. Man I miss Meijer! We don't have many of them around Chicago.

Kmart: West Branch - nothing new except for new SpeedStars RPM cars (Lockdown, white Barricade, and Bluestreak ... left 'em there for you guys). Many Victory of the Fallen Legends class sets.

Kmart: Grayling - I was going to stop here but we ended up not. Someone should check this Kmart as well as the other up north Kmarts for those of you looking for RTS.

Target: Jackson - 3 Cliffjumpers, 1 Skullgrin, 1 Banzaitron, and 1 Battle Blades Optimus Prime as of 9PM Monday night.

I thought of all of you as I drove down 75 to 23 to 94 back to Chicago. We went the long route to avoid the lake effect snow for as long as possible.

Happy hunting my Michigan friends!

yea try hunting in the lower east thumb area. MU figures are a bit harder to find. all spideys and iron man. new TF take forever to get stocked. though sometimes when they do get stocked, they are everywhere.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 10:44 am

found the PCC dinobots and constructicons at the 12/gratiot walmart. picked up the dinos for myself. they also had the W3 pcc 2packs and the sandstorm legends wave.

News Credits: 194 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:25 pm

Woo hoo! My girlfriend just found a Turbo Tracks for me in Mt. Clemens at Walgreens. She is the best :grin:

Also, a big congratulations to JTKranix who is a father for a second time today. Another boy!

News Credits: 3 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:14 pm

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Also, a big congratulations to JTKranix who is a father for a second time today. Another boy!

Congrats! Have a cigar! :DANCE:

In citing news:

Today I went to the Target on Southfield Rd in Southfield 8-}

and finally caved into purchasing Terradive. They had a few, and some Tomahawks, and some Thunderwings, and some Skullgrins and an Electrostatic Jolt. I might cave on Skullgrin soon. He looks terrific in person, the mold seems to suit him far better than Darkmount/Straxus, and his clips match his weapons. Yeah, I may cave tomorrow. :-?

I found a lone Generations Dirge at the Target on Coolidge in Troy last Friday and was hoping to see more as well as a Blurr at the Southfield store today, but no luck. :BANG_HEAD:

I stopped by A.J. Wright on Greenfield Rd in Oak Park (Lincoln Center) and saw 9 Nebular Starscreams for $14.99. So if anyone is looking for army builders, that's a good price. Wish I had waited to get mine. #-o

I'd pick up another if I had the money, do another arm and backpack fix on the mold, and wipe off the tattoos because I do like the mold but the other releases have a terrible primary color. :SICK:

I also saw at least 3 each of Nest Lockdown and Brawn. I don't care for the former and already have the latter.

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Wed Dec 08, 2010 3:43 pm

I don't know how the rest of you guys feel, but I'm not very impressed with the dinobots.

News Credits: 3646 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:21 pm

moneycon wrote:You sure it was the snow...or all those stops you made

LOL

Definitely the snow! We only stopped at the West Branch Kmart and Jackson Target on the way back home. Timed those stops with bathroom pitstops and/or food. Love that my wife doesn't mind doing rest stops at places that just happen to sell Transformer toys.

News Credits: 3 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 5:46 pm

moneycon wrote:I don't know how the rest of you guys feel, but I'm not very impressed with the dinobots.

I'll let you know what I think when I finally get my hands on them...

Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:30 pm

Went to Woodhaven Target and nabbed a Skullgrin, Dirge and Thunderwing. Still searching for that elusive Blurr!

News Credits: 3 · Wed Dec 08, 2010 8:57 pm

Still searching daily for Generations Blurr, Jazz and Tracks...*sigh* I've had horrible luck getting toys in the past few months, grr...

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:57 am

i liked the dinobots. anyway i picked up skullgrim and thunderwing last night. and on thunderwings insturctions show a different head and chest. are we getting a thunderwing remold?

Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:05 am

ionacus wrote:i liked the dinobots. anyway i picked up skullgrim and thunderwing last night. and on thunderwings insturctions show a different head and chest. are we getting a thunderwing remold?

You know what...I took another look and I'm not sure what disappointed me at first, but compared to the other PCC's I guess the dinobots size up. Wish I could find blurr too....

News Credits: 3 · Thu Dec 09, 2010 1:02 pm

ionacus wrote:anyway i picked up skullgrim and thunderwing last night. and on thunderwings insturctions show a different head and chest. are we getting a thunderwing remold?

Can we see a pick of the instructions? :???:

I gave into Skullgrin. That bone gray and bone white with pink highlights, the superior head sculpt, the perfect underling for Bludgeon, I could go on... =P~

I was able to have my pick out of about 5 at Target on Coolidge in Royal Oak. Lots of Thunderwings there. I also saw WFC Cliffjumper, some WFC Megatrons, and 2 Darkmounts. Holding both Skullgrin and Darkmount in hand made the choice easy. If I was attached to the Marvel comics I'd probably have gone with Darkmount and also picked up Thunderwing, but I've only seen the shows...

I also saw quite a few Arcee/Tailwhip packs. I wish they would halve the price. I want the Arcee, not the Tailwhip. Oh well. :sad:

The nearby Walmart on Maple in Troy had their exclusives in stock. The lighter shade on Starscream looks better than the original, but I still recommend Nebular Starscream over both. ;)^