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by **Fruitmech1** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:25 pm

Can You still find Alternators in store? and if so where. I only have two ( Laserwave and Swindle) But they are so cool I just cant afford the secondary market prices at this time. Any tipd for finding them in store?

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:26 pm

Of course not, you can sometimes find them when they like selling they're leftovers....

But most likely you won't find them anymore..

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:27 pm

sorry bad choice of words, I can't think of the word I was looking for haha.

by **Fruitmech1** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:31 pm

Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:33 pm

Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

What?

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:37 pm

bran10 wrote:
Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

What?

I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!

News Credits: 6 · by **bran10** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:41 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
bran10 wrote:
Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

What?

I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!

Lol ok.

by **Fruitmech1** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:03 pm

No i Simply meant that laughing at others misfortune isn't very nice and used a liitle bit of the movie humor to say thanks.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:06 pm

Fruitmech1 wrote:No i Simply meant that laughing at others misfortune isn't very nice and used a liitle bit of the movie humor to say thanks.

He wasn't laughing at you!
He meant that he couldn't find the words he was looking for, he missed putting a , between word and haha!

Read his post again and you'll see he wasn't laughing at you.

by **toxicity** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:10 pm

i think some stores still carry a few...like ricochet and rollbar and the scion...but if you're looking for the more popular ones, you'll probably have to resort to forums/ebay.

good luck!

by **Fruitmech1** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:17 pm

O I apologize then I just woke up recently and am a bit cranky still. Again I apologize for the misunderstanding.

by **Bumblebee-otch** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:20 pm

Dead Metal wrote:
bran10 wrote:
Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

What?

I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!

are you referring to moi??

i have been seeing alternators at only wal-marts, but only ricochet, skids, and rollbar.

News Credits: 767 · by **Dead Metal** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:21 pm

Bumblebee-otch wrote:
Dead Metal wrote:
bran10 wrote:
Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

What?

I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!

are you referring to moi??

i have been seeing alternators at only wal-marts, but only ricochet, skids, and rollbar.

No there was one guy ore girl caling him ore herself Bee-otch, havn't seen him latly do.

by **Deceptiwho?** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:24 pm

Sometimes youll find some stragglers a walmart and also your local collectible store..

News Credits: 4 · by **tom brokaw** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:22 pm

i saw a ricocheat at wal mart simi valley this past weekend.

News Credits: 1 · by **sto_vo_kor_2000** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:04 pm

tom brokaw wrote:i saw a ricocheat at wal mart simi valley this past weekend.

So did I in upstate NY.I found 15 Alternaters at that store.

News Credits: 3 · by **muswp1** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:25 pm

I've seen Rumble and Ravage a couple of times at Wal-
Marts, usually in the clearance section in Lawn & Garden.

by **AlienQuiksilver** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:01 am

The only Alternators that anyone has a prayer of finding at Walmart these days ...

- Ricochet
- Skids
- Rollbar
- Sunstreaker
- Ravage 2.0
- Rumble

I'd sure be surprised to see anything else. As far as Target, TRU, Kohl's or any other popular store like that ... it's a waste of time looking for Alternators there, you won't find any at all.

Oh, and since you say you have Laserwave ... he's a Binaltech. NO ... you won't see any of those for sale in the USA. (Unless you happen to stroll into some ridiculously rare Mom & Pop owned hobby store.)

If your "Laserwave" is all plastic, he's more accurately referred to as Shockblast or Shockwave.

by **carabuser** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:08 am

I had to go to ebay, but I got "tracks" for $22 shipped, not the best alternator, but not the worst either.

by **AlienQuiksilver** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:04 am

$22 shipped isn't bad at all. Check out Yellow tracks, he can be had on ebay for close to $40 shipped. MISB

Yellow Tracks is one of the cheapest Binaltechs out there to be had right now. Swindle and Battle Ravage are usually cheaper than the other BT's, too.

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com has BT's Lambor/Hound/Dead End for $56 each. The rest are sold out.

I prefer the yellow tracks to blue tracks, even though the blue is more G1 accurate ... the yellow binaltech version is freakin sweet!

Also, look for lots on ebay. If you can afford it ... it's the best way to get your collection going. Knocking these off 1 at a time could take a while since the good ones are getting scarce.

Trust me, I only need 1 more. I will own every character after obtaining alts. decepticharge, but would still like to get a few more Binaltechs to round out the collection.

Prepare to spend a LOT of money if you plan to complete this line. If there's any alts you're looking for, PM me. I'm always looking and can be very resourceful.

by **Mandamus** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:32 am

Fruitmech1 wrote:Can You still find Alternators in store? and if so where. I only have two ( Laserwave and Swindle) But they are so cool I just cant afford the secondary market prices at this time. Any tipd for finding them in store?

If you have a Fry's store anywhere near you they will most likely have Skids, Riccochet, Sunstreaker and Rollbar for $25. I went in the one near me about a month ago and there were dozens of them.

Also, try the Carbomya forum on this site.

by **carabuser** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:47 am

No sunstreakers at Fry's in Anaheim CA, I would by that one, they only have Rollbar and riccochet, I don't really want those.

by **Wes Crayon** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:48 am

Wow, some of you guys are still finding Rumble? Sweet. I had the good fortune of coming across a Ricochet last month for $7 at Walmart. They also had Sunstreaker and Skids, but for some reason they were priced differently at the normal $20 apiece.