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Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:07 am

There are still nothing new up here in Toledo. No new Transformers, yet. I'll be up in Michigan later today and see if there are any new Transformers.

Sun Mar 13, 2011 6:41 pm

I was up at the Toy's R Us at Southgate and they had some new DOTM promo. They also got Kup and Scourge, but I got the last ones. They also had a few Generation Blurr and a couple Cliffjumpers. I'm still looking for Wreck-Gar, Perceptor, Thundercracker, and Wheeljack.

I wish I lived around Columbus to get those toys.

Also, I went to the K-Mart, Wal-Mart, Target and Kohl's in that general area (Southgate, Taylor) and still no luck finding those 4 that I named. K-Mart doesn't have anything; Both Wal-Mart and Target felt like it got raided; and Kohl's had (2) Jazz and (1) Tracks. Hopefully, Toledo will get some new shipments.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Mar 13, 2011 8:41 pm

Scored a great find today. Actually nothing new but found a G1 Scattershot at a flea market for $5. Nothing broken on him and his stickers are actually in good condition. Looks like i am going to be on ebay looking for weapons for him tonight.

News Credits: 2 · Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:56 pm

Het guys sorry for the late reply but i wanted to share what awesome scores i got over the weekend!!!!

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News Credits: 2 · Sun Mar 13, 2011 10:18 pm

Nice, Stock. Where'd you get the TF United stuff from?

Sun Mar 13, 2011 11:32 pm

Those are awesome findings or did you get it online? If you got it at the brick and mortar stores, where did you get them? Man, and I thought I did great finding Kup and Scourge today. I'm anxious to get Grapple, Wheeljack, Warpath, Bumblebee, Thundercracker, well, you get the point.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:47 am

Doctor Reggae wrote:Nice, Stock. Where'd you get the TF United stuff from?

The United Stuff i got at Toy Arena, they're a few dollars cheaper than BBTS, and TFSource is out of everything.

RTS Jazz i got a my local Kohls for around $11.99 plus tax (Sale!)

The 2 Scourges and Kup was at middletown Walmart thanks to someone at TFW2005 for the heads up.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:49 am

Jimimus Prime wrote:Those are awesome findings or did you get it online? If you got it at the brick and mortar stores, where did you get them? Man, and I thought I did great finding Kup and Scourge today. I'm anxious to get Grapple, Wheeljack, Warpath, Bumblebee, Thundercracker, well, you get the point.

United figs i grabbed at Toy Arena, Jazz at Kohls and the other 3 was at a walmart thanks to a friend looking at for me.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 14, 2011 6:57 am

Stockade wrote:
Jimimus Prime wrote:Those are awesome findings or did you get it online? If you got it at the brick and mortar stores, where did you get them? Man, and I thought I did great finding Kup and Scourge today. I'm anxious to get Grapple, Wheeljack, Warpath, Bumblebee, Thundercracker, well, you get the point.

United figs i grabbed at Toy Arena, Jazz at Kohls and the other 3 was at a walmart thanks to a friend looking out for me.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:02 pm

Hey guys i need some help, i finally got around to opening everything, both Scourges are good, but Kup has 1 flaw, the plastic pop up shield in front of his face isnt there on mine!!! so now i have to find another one. help please!!

Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:32 pm

Are you talking about the clear bit of plastic above the autobot shield on his chest? There is a Kup at my local WalMart here in Holmes County.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Mar 15, 2011 6:16 am

Beericade wrote:Are you talking about the clear bit of plastic above the autobot shield on his chest? There is a Kup at my local WalMart here in Holmes County.

Thats the piece im talking about, just not there! Thanks for the offer bud, but your walmart might be a little far for me, unless your heading to Dayton anytime soon.

Wed Mar 16, 2011 5:29 pm

The Wal-mart and Target in West Chester had a few Kups and Scourges in anyone is interested!

Wed Mar 16, 2011 10:13 pm

What is up... my long lost homies!? Just wanted to let you know that I picked up an Ultimate Bumblebee with the income tax money... That's the only way I could afford him! LOL I also grabbed the Optimus preview figure for DOTM... If they keep the quality of that figure with the rest of the line, this is gonna be one good lookin set of figures! Oh, and today I finally found a Kup at Target! YAY ME! Still lookin for Wreck Gar, Bumblebee, and then the legends. Nice stoppin in! Computer was down and then life got busy... So, HI!

News Credits: 2 · Thu Mar 17, 2011 8:36 am

curry5150 wrote:The Wal-mart and Target in West Chester had a few Kups and Scourges in anyone is interested!

Wheres this walmart in west chester? The only one i know of is down the road from Target and its been closed for awhile now. So which one are you talking about? and when did you see them? PM ME

Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:46 pm

I went to the Walmart in Montrose/Akron today to find...
Tuner Mudflap, Hailstorm, and Brimstone.
Yay.

It was so bad, I bought a Lego Hero Factory figure. No slag.

Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:35 am

Why does it ta

Sun Mar 20, 2011 9:35 am

Why does it take so long to get new stuff? It feels as though, looking through other states' posts, that the west coast gets shipments several weeks to more than a month that this part of the country. Absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. On top of that, when new stuff does start to arrive, it's so limited. Nothing but mass quantities of the crap that's going to collect dust on the shelf. It's no wonder that stores are slow to get more good stuff in. Sounds like Hasbro needs people in the field to do some market research. Another idea is to open Hasbro Shops as a chain. The brand is large enough to stand alone and would make alot of collectors, kids, and parents happy.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:19 am

truedecepticon wrote:Why does it take so long to get new stuff? It feels as though, looking through other states' posts, that the west coast gets shipments several weeks to more than a month that this part of the country. Absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. On top of that, when new stuff does start to arrive, it's so limited. Nothing but mass quantities of the crap that's going to collect dust on the shelf. It's no wonder that stores are slow to get more good stuff in. Sounds like Hasbro needs people in the field to do some market research. Another idea is to open Hasbro Shops as a chain. The brand is large enough to stand alone and would make alot of collectors, kids, and parents happy.

From what im hearing is that all Walmarts, and maybe Targets and TRU's unsure about the last two i mentioned, but Walmarts is gearing up for a toy isle reset from now through mid April! That in April Walmarts is changing some product or bar codes for the new upcoming items, like new Transformers, New GI Joe and I assume StarWars stuff as well. And I'm sure all 3 stores are gearing up for Transformers DOTM figures for Mid-May too! Well i hope this information helps everyone.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 21, 2011 4:17 pm

I'm in Atlanta this week for a conference, so I took the liberty of stopping by a couple of Walmarts, Targets, and one TRU on the way down here--and the ONLY new item I saw was an RTS Bumblebee somewhere in Tennessee. It's getting ridiculous, the lack of new stuff.

News Credits: 1 · Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:55 pm

Stockade wrote:
truedecepticon wrote:Why does it take so long to get new stuff? It feels as though, looking through other states' posts, that the west coast gets shipments several weeks to more than a month that this part of the country. Absolutely ridiculous if you ask me. On top of that, when new stuff does start to arrive, it's so limited. Nothing but mass quantities of the crap that's going to collect dust on the shelf. It's no wonder that stores are slow to get more good stuff in. Sounds like Hasbro needs people in the field to do some market research. Another idea is to open Hasbro Shops as a chain. The brand is large enough to stand alone and would make alot of collectors, kids, and parents happy.

From what im hearing is that all Walmarts, and maybe Targets and TRU's unsure about the last two i mentioned, but Walmarts is gearing up for a toy isle reset from now through mid April! That in April Walmarts is changing some product or bar codes for the new upcoming items, like new Transformers, New GI Joe and I assume StarWars stuff as well. And I'm sure all 3 stores are gearing up for Transformers DOTM figures for Mid-May too! Well i hope this information helps everyone.

I have also seen plan-o-grams in many of the stores around the area getting ready to reset for the summer. I also worked in retail back when i was in college and alot of companies have inventory counts from March until early May. They usuall don't really start stocking non essential items until late April due to the Christmas rush that just happened. You should start seeing product really hitting shelves in the next month, imo. I know alot of collectors are ordering online which is what i am doing right now due to the low stock and the gas prices. Hope this helps.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:04 pm

Doctor Reggae wrote:I'm in Atlanta this week for a conference, so I took the liberty of stopping by a couple of Walmarts, Targets, and one TRU on the way down here--and the ONLY new item I saw was an RTS Bumblebee somewhere in Tennessee. It's getting ridiculous, the lack of new stuff.

Hey Doc I hope you can find other stuff items while your down there man! looking for RST Perceptor and Wreck-Gar if you can find them man!

News Credits: 2 · Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:38 pm

Lol--those are the two I've been hoping to find. I probably will eventually...in 2014...

Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:07 pm

Only changes I've seen in our WalMart is the general merchandise sheets. They recently redid our toy section. The changes included less transformers and the addition of Pirates of the Caribbean and Thor merchandise. The Wooster area WalMart made the same changes. Other than Kup and Scourge nothing else new.

News Credits: 2 · Tue Mar 22, 2011 7:12 am

Beericade wrote:Only changes I've seen in our WalMart is the general merchandise sheets. They recently redid our toy section. The changes included less transformers and the addition of Pirates of the Caribbean and Thor merchandise. The Wooster area WalMart made the same changes. Other than Kup and Scourge nothing else new.

i would take the extra Scourge, i need 4 hasbro trackers and 1 United for leader Scourge.