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News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:05 pm

I've been to multiple TRU's and Walmarts in the past week and i've yet to see Blackjack, Viper or Devs.

I'm hoping it's a staggered release as the TRUs have received the newer RID "blue line" releases. Package art looks great but the actual figures just don't do it for me.

That said I got my Adventures TAVVS-03 Strongarm vs ShadowJaw and Legends LG-EX G2 Black Convoy to tide me over. A3U should still have them both in stock.

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:14 pm

I tapped and bought a retail Devastator. I had a $50 coupon at TRU so it only came to $165.00 Still a hard pill to swallow and I'm not 100% sure I like it yet.

Picked it up at the Oakville TRU

News Credits: 4850 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:42 pm

Down_Shift wrote:I tapped and bought a retail Devastator. I had a $50 coupon at TRU so it only came to $165.00 Still a hard pill to swallow and I'm not 100% sure I like it yet.

Picked it up at the Oakville TRU

WOW, thats a hell of a coupon, how did you come across it?

News Credits: 6 · by **Jones** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 7:14 pm

Today was the day it happened to me...

TRU in Barrie, ON had two as of 5pm, but only ONE as of 5:01pm. :grin:

So much fun! :DANCE:

News Credits: 4 · by **TRozok21** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 10:46 pm

No pics yet, but according to the guy that works the TF section at my work, Devastator is in our loading bay, but yet to be put out

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:10 am

Two more Devastators sitting on the shelf @ Appleby TRU. I'm sure they won't last long. :lol:

D'oh! I meant gift card, not coupon. ha ha ha. It was a Christmas gift from a friend.

News Credits: 4850 · by **william-james88** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:23 am

Down_Shift wrote:
D'oh! I meant gift card, not coupon. ha ha ha. It was a Christmas gift from a friend.

HAHA! that makes way more sense!

News Credits: 335 · by **Down_Shift** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:47 am

william-james88 wrote:
Down_Shift wrote:
D'oh! I meant gift card, not coupon. ha ha ha. It was a Christmas gift from a friend.

HAHA! that makes way more sense!

I wish they had coupons like that!

For anyone who has the Constructicons, does your Bonecrushers hip/crotch snap together okay? I needed to put a DEATH grip on it to get it to snap together. Bonecrusher and Scavenger are the best of the six for sure, just sucks he has that tiny issue.

News Credits: 6 · by **Jones** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 10:58 am

Down_Shift wrote:For anyone who has the Constructicons, does your Bonecrushers hip/crotch snap together okay? I needed to put a DEATH grip on it to get it to snap together. Bonecrusher and Scavenger are the best of the six for sure, just sucks he has that tiny issue.

Bonecrushers crotch is my only main complaint. (Man, that sounded.....weird.) Pops out all the time. (Ok, now THAT sounded even weirder.) And it's really loose. (Oh man, what am I doing?)

My favs of the team are Scrapper and Hook, in spite of their elbow issues. Proportionally they just look perfect, and their headsculpts are the best.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jul 31, 2015 11:25 am

Same here. My Bonecrucher got his boner crushed as well.

Annoying, but not the end of the world.

News Credits: 1 · by **stevo** » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:17 pm

2 on the shelf for release date at whitby TRU.

News Credits: 4850 · by **william-james88** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 1:01 pm

Hey Kanrabat, TRU and Walmart at Decarie (namur metro) still have Hotspot.

News Credits: 3 · by **Samsonator** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:13 pm

Langley TRU, Willowbrook Mall. Devastator.
He's in the electronics area in the "collectors" section, rather than with the other Transformers toys.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:24 pm

Samsonator wrote:Langley TRU, Willowbrook Mall. Devastator.
He's in the electronics area in the "collectors" section, rather than with the other Transformers toys.

Obviously. It's a 150$US / 190$CAN set afterall.

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:35 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:
Samsonator wrote:Langley TRU, Willowbrook Mall. Devastator.
He's in the electronics area in the "collectors" section, rather than with the other Transformers toys.

Obviously. It's a 150$US / 190$CAN set afterall.

You say that but at TRU Whalley they have the $100.00 Insecticons and Prime in the electronics section, but the $219.00 Soundwave on the regular shelf beside CW Motormaster and shelfwarming AOE large figures.
:HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:38 pm

Editor wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:
Samsonator wrote:Langley TRU, Willowbrook Mall. Devastator.
He's in the electronics area in the "collectors" section, rather than with the other Transformers toys.

Obviously. It's a 150$US / 190$CAN set afterall.

You say that but at TRU Whalley they have the $100.00 Insecticons and Prime in the electronics section, but the $219.00 Soundwave on the regular shelf beside CW Motormaster and shelfwarming AOE large figures.

Which remind me, my TrU have the Insecticon and Soundwave sets on the regular shelves too. They too, shelfwarm becaus they are fokking ugly-ass sets that are overpriced as fok. No one is dumb enough to buy them. Not even on "sale".

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:49 pm

I look at the Prime set tagged at over $100.00 and just think how happy I was buying that second hand RID Scourge years back for $40.00, so I have that mold with a much better decoration.

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:03 pm

Editor wrote:I look at the Prime set tagged at over $100.00 and just think how happy I was buying that second hand RID Scourge years back for $40.00, so I have that mold with a much better decoration.

I have G2 Lazer Optimus that I bought 60$US almost brand new, with box and all. I also was lucky enough to get a 100% complete RID Scourge at just 35$CAN. You could understand the double-take I did when i saw Butterscotch Prime at a whopping 200$CAN. #-o

News Credits: 9 · by **Editor** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:32 pm

What is really bad, is that Butterscotch Soundwave has grown on me, but not enough to even consider that price however.

And why the hell did my TRU (as far as I can tell) get a dozen of Scotchwave when they only had 3 or 4 of the actual Soundwaves at best

News Credits: 101 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:40 pm

Editor wrote:What is really bad, is that Butterscotch Soundwave has grown on me, but not enough to even consider that price however.

And why the hell did my TRU (as far as I can tell) get a dozen of Scotchwave when they only had 3 or 4 of the actual Soundwaves at best

The difference is that the REAL Soundwave actually sold. At 120$, it was a pretty reasonable price. butterscotchwave is 220$, with a ugly deco to match... No need to do the maths.

News Credits: 12 · by **nycPrime** » Tue Aug 11, 2015 8:54 pm

I was visiting Montreal and happened to stop by TRU in Laval yesterday. I was amazed that the selection was so much better than the ones in NYC. From what I can remember, they had the following CW in stock: Devestator, Motormaster, Cyclonus, Rook, Streetwise, Thundercracker, Megatron, Prime (and maybe more). They also had YOTG Prime and Soundwave, and a whole bunch of RiD figures. Unfortunately, was hunting for CW deluxe wave 4 =(