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I feel like here I am again, sweating to find another transformer. MP Starscream will I ever find you?? YES!! Of course I will! Why oh why do I not seem to have learned my lessons?

Let's list the ones I've sweated since the movie came out in early July. SWEATED FOR NO REASON THAT IS!!!

1) Classics Jetfire. Found five in total bought two. One on line due to NOT being patient and one I bought this morning.

2) Scout Armorhide, Airraid and Elita-one. Remember seeing these on line in late August when all the first wave scouts were out? I thought at the time Armorhide was so rare and amazing....maybe even thought at the time it was exclusive to Asia or something. Duh, NO! I even saw a guy pay 45 bucks for it one ebay. Saw all three today.

3) Recon Barricade, Longarm and Payload. Same story as the Scouts. I thought that these ones would never show up in my area. Saw a few of each today.

4) Ultimate Bumblebee. Remember all the preorder hype on this one? Now we are drowning in them. A ton of people have to be kicking themselves on this one.

5) Deluxe Concept Bumblebee. Now this was a tougher one but what's important is that if you haven't yet found one in your area at least the price has come down on ebay. Not all that hard to find anymore. Bought one this weekend.

6) Another big one for me was Rescue Ratchet and Thundercracker. I wanted these two for over two months. At 8am I received a text from a local forum member alerting me that they had finally showed at our local walmart. I jumped out of bed so quick!! Now I see them all the time.

7) G1 Starscream voyager repaint. Once I got the DCPI number it was a cinch.

Anyway, I've decided not to sweat MP Starscream. He will come?

Right??? Yes, see there I go again. Second guessing.

What other TFs have you guys stressed on for no reason??

Ah, glad you have seen the light!

I used to sweat figures a long time ago. No more! Just relax and it will be in stoc. It'll be in stock even faster if we did not feed the sharks on ebay!

I still get nervous lol, but I keep the faith.

good to hear that...my patience went up a bit

good things will come to those who wait

patience does have its rewards.

I have rarely paid for a TF more than its retail price. It helps me control my spending and my collection better.

I impulse bought the G1 movie Jazz, only to find stacks of him a week or 2 later (gone now, though).

I only paid $15 with shipping, so it wasn't a total rip.

(insert cheesey "patience" saying here)

yeah but i work @ va walmart so everymorning before i clock in i look in toys for him...
during lunch i go to toys and look for him...
after i clock out to go home i look for him...

knowing my luck we will get him and it will be the one time i dont look...

I paid about $75 shipped for Starscream. I figured it would cost me $55 in the store if I found it, so I paid that plus shipping to get it for sure. I can live with it.

The only reason I did is because it was a fairly low price, I paid more for Skywarp and Thundercracker (old Starscream) anyway, and my 4 Walmarts did not stock any of the exclusive Alts or devaastator sets.

Any sightings in southern Cali?

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I paid about $75 shipped for Starscream. I figured it would cost me $55 in the store if I found it, so I paid that plus shipping to get it for sure. I can live with it.

The only reason I did is because it was a fairly low price, I paid more for Skywarp and Thundercracker (old Starscream) anyway, and my 4 Walmarts did not stock any of the exclusive Alts or devaastator sets.

Do you think you could let me know via pm where you got yours? Thanks!

ThunderZap wrote:good things will come to those who wait

Very true, well most of the time

rpetras wrote:I impulse bought the G1 movie Jazz, only to find stacks of him a week or 2 later (gone now, though).

I only paid $15 with shipping, so it wasn't a total rip.

I have done things like that before. Alt Grimlock had been out for a long time and I gave up. I spent like $40 on him or something, It arrived like a week later and the next day I went to TRu and there one was sitting. Man was I pissed! So now I have a rule of thumb: if it is released in the US, I hunt them down and get them in stores, it's part of the hunt/fun/stress.

It took me like 4 months to finally find Cybertron Wing Saber and Alt Mirage because I refused to get them off Ebay. I was determined to find them in the stores.

JEDI ALCHEMIST wrote:

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I paid about $75 shipped for Starscream. I figured it would cost me $55 in the store if I found it, so I paid that plus shipping to get it for sure. I can live with it.

The only reason I did is because it was a fairly low price, I paid more for Skywarp and Thundercracker (old Starscream) anyway, and my 4 Walmarts did not stock any of the exclusive Alts or devaastator sets.

Do you think you could let me know via pm where you got yours? Thanks!

eBay

Lapse Of Reason wrote:

JEDI ALCHEMIST wrote:

Lapse Of Reason wrote:I paid about $75 shipped for Starscream. I figured it would cost me $55 in the store if I found it, so I paid that plus shipping to get it for sure. I can live with it.

The only reason I did is because it was a fairly low price, I paid more for Skywarp and Thundercracker (old Starscream) anyway, and my 4 Walmarts did not stock any of the exclusive Alts or devaastator sets.

Do you think you could let me know via pm where you got yours? Thanks!

eBay

Just as I feared , thanks any way very very much appreciated!

Armada Unicron, and G1 Ultra Magnus.

JEDI ALCHEMIST wrote:Just as I feared , thanks any way very very much appreciated!

Snipe with patience.

I'd give you advise for eBay, but I still want this. Once I do, I will.

I just can't take a risk with this toy. I don't think I've wanted a transformer so badly since masterpiece Prime.

Should we make this the new MP SS out at retail thread/sightings thread?? or is there a new one? or should we start a new one? I wanna know the minute it hits socal

I want a thread of some form also. I really want this damn Starscream fig!

On a side note, I wrote help@walmart.com asking if it would be available online in the near future and got back a stupid form letter.

Here's the reply they sent me back. It doesn't tell anything useful:
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opportunity to assist you today.

We carry a wide assortment of products that online customers want most,
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us again.

Items shown as "Out of Stock" are currently unavailable but are usually
on order. Please visit the site often to see if an item is back in
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Thank you,

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BRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!

If only Mall*Wart was more helpful and competent with their telezone system. Why can't it be like fedex, where I know the day some are coming in?

Patience... yes, it's always good. I live in New Port Richey, FL. Yeah, I'm sure no one here has ever heard of it... Anyway, I just went into my local Wal-mart at about 10 PM, and I didn't think I'd find anything. It's usually hit or miss at this one. Well, wouldn't you know, I walk up and there were, I think, about 6 MP Starscreams sitting on the shelf. Naturally, I grabbed one, for $48.88, no less!! What a deal! And this figure is awesome! On top of that, I looked at some palettes in the toy area, and there were about 3 or 4 boxes marked "MP Starscream". So I think that's another 6 to 10 figures... He'll show up, don't you worry.

Shin Optimus Prime wrote:Patience... yes, it's always good. I live in New Port Richey, FL. Yeah, I'm sure no one here has ever heard of it... Anyway, I just went into my local Wal-mart at about 10 PM, and I didn't think I'd find anything. It's usually hit or miss at this one. Well, wouldn't you know, I walk up and there were, I think, about 6 MP Starscreams sitting on the shelf. Naturally, I grabbed one, for $48.88, no less!! What a deal! And this figure is awesome! On top of that, I looked at some palettes in the toy area, and there were about 3 or 4 boxes marked "MP Starscream". So I think that's another 6 to 10 figures... He'll show up, don't you worry.

Thanks man, I appreciate it!! I'm starting to feel better as someone in Oregon (I'm in WA) just picked one up. I can almost taste him now. Mooohahahahah

Shin Optimus Prime wrote:Patience... yes, it's always good. I live in New Port Richey, FL. Yeah, I'm sure no one here has ever heard of it... Anyway, I just went into my local Wal-mart at about 10 PM, and I didn't think I'd find anything. It's usually hit or miss at this one. Well, wouldn't you know, I walk up and there were, I think, about 6 MP Starscreams sitting on the shelf. Naturally, I grabbed one, for $48.88, no less!! What a deal! And this figure is awesome! On top of that, I looked at some palettes in the toy area, and there were about 3 or 4 boxes marked "MP Starscream". So I think that's another 6 to 10 figures... He'll show up, don't you worry.

He did show up and a ton of it to be exact in my area at least

i feel ya on the tax Sonny - 8.25% for CA --- I hate tax!!!
btw- nice score

Man, I went to a Walmart yesterday and saw like 20 of him(starscream) on the very top shelf.
It was like they didn't want anyone to see/buy him.

Air Commander Starscream wrote:

ThunderZap wrote:good things will come to those who wait

Very true, well most of the time

rpetras wrote:I impulse bought the G1 movie Jazz, only to find stacks of him a week or 2 later (gone now, though).

I only paid $15 with shipping, so it wasn't a total rip.

I have done things like that before. Alt Grimlock had been out for a long time and I gave up. I spent like $40 on him or something, It arrived like a week later and the next day I went to TRu and there one was sitting. Man was I pissed! So now I have a rule of thumb: if it is released in the US, I hunt them down and get them in stores, it's part of the hunt/fun/stress.

It took me like 4 months to finally find Cybertron Wing Saber and Alt Mirage because I refused to get them off Ebay. I was determined to find them in the stores.

same here alt mirage was the hardst to find tf for me besides 09 bb