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I hope these hit the Northeast soon. New York & New Jersey has definitely not been getting Transformers Prime love

Even though I got Optimus at 30 bux, i can't pass him up cause living in a border town sucks! we rarely get good stuff out here so i had to get him.

I just went to TRU and all they had where Bumblebee and Cliffjumper. I got Cliffjumper, but I'm glad they're coming to Walmart now. No more over priced crap.

If you want to do a search for these by UPC, they must be in this format:

0 65356 97065 5 (Take the original UPC, add a 0 to the beginning and remove the last number, otherwise it won't register in the system.)

The UPC set up works with any Deluxe or Voyager, just make sure you add a 0 before it and remove the last from it.

Hope this helps!

One more note, in case you're new to this: One Deluxe UPC will work for ALL Deluxes since they are part of an assortment. The same thing applies to all TFs, all size classes. If you have one Voyager UPC, it'll cover all Voyagers. If you have one Deluxe UPC, it'll cover all Deluxes, so on and so on.

Man, now that they're popping up in the East Coast, now I'm torn to whether buying a Powerizer Megatron/Prime or a Marine Corps belt buckle and accompanying belt.

worldsgreatest wrote:Peaugh suggested that you can use a red Sharpie to color in the forearms if it bugs you that much.

Yeah, I saw the video. From comparing the different forearms, the red-sharpie idea definitely does him justice.

What's the point of the translucent forearms anyway? Do they light up with the weapon or are they just there for absolutely no reason whatsoever?

notlikly here. We still have DOTM and even ROTF toys on wal-mart shelves

Dr. Heavy B wrote:notlikly here. We still have DOTM and even ROTF toys on wal-mart shelves

They'll be removed to the clearance aisle, shortly. March 1st is the official date for PRID and the planogram has space for them.

I'd say by the second week of March, we'll be seeing sightings all over the place.

All the dorm price tags at my walmart were changed from the normal yellow to the red clearance tags, but the price wasn't even lowered. Checked the clearance and there was a big area open.

PRID...at Target??? ........ROFL!!!!! Haven't seen them in my neck of the woods YET...Damn I hate living in upstate California sometimes...

No figures at my Walmert yet, despite the gaping hole in the TF section that's been there for at least 2 weeks now >__<

my Target's stock hasn't changed since they put out about a dozen deluxe figures out about a week and a half ago. Unsurprisingly, Bee and Cliff are warming the shelves. Wheeljack is completely sold out. Never saw Soundwave. No sign of the other classes

Kmart had 3 Voyager Optimus ($19.99), but no other PRID figures.

TRU didn't have much either. One highly overpriced voyager Optimus, a few Bot Shots and one lonely deluxe Bee.

I bought Optimus and Megatron for $30 each and Wheeljack and Cliffjumper for $17 (tax not included!!) each at Toys R Us here in New York. I thought the prices were outrageous but I didn't want to risk not seeing these figures again for a long time. I don't live near Walmart but I do have a couple TRU's, Kmarts and Targets don't have any Prime figures yet.

bumblehide wrote:I bought Optimus and Megatron for $30 each and Wheeljack and Cliffjumper for $17 (tax not included!!) each at Toys R Us here in New York. I thought the prices were outrageous but I didn't want to risk not seeing these figures again for a long time. I don't live near Walmart but I do have a couple TRU's, Kmarts and Targets don't have any Prime figures yet.

Was that the Times Square branch O_o??

Yes, I got them from Times Square and Megs from Metropolitan Ave in Queens. I was lucky to get Megatron coz he's pretty much sold out everywhere else.

Ouch! There goes my plan to skulk about Times Square. Guess I shouldn't be surprised. I knew they ran at TRU express prices which are $2-4 more than normal :/

Grants on the finds. All that's important is you're happy to have gotten them!

I'm just a little bummed out because I'm in the city all the time. Guess I'll just stick to my local branch and hope their stock improves. No more Naked Cowboy for me...

Might be a good time to look into the Japanese toy stores scattered across NYC. Been meaning to hit up the likes of Toy Tokyo.

I don't know about finding TFs at Toy Tokyo; they don't have a very good selection. I'd try St. Mark's Comics if you're in the area... and might as well drop by KMart since you're already there.

If you can afford to fork over a couple of bucks more, I'd say do it. Besides, if they do come out cheaper in other stores, you can always return your figures to TRU. Either way, you still got the goods in your hands.

Nothing makes you feel more like kicking yourself in the ass than saying to yourself you could have owned when you had the chance.

bumblehide wrote:I don't know about finding TFs at Toy Tokyo; they don't have a very good selection. I'd try St. Mark's Comics if you're in the area... and might as well drop by KMart since you're already there.

If you can afford to fork over a couple of bucks more, I'd say do it. Besides, if they do come out cheaper in other stores, you can always return your figures to TRU. Either way, you still got the goods in your hands.

Nothing makes you feel more like kicking yourself in the ass than saying to yourself you could have owned when you had the chance.

Never hurts to look, especially since they have a few on their website. In general I just like wandering through Asian toy stores, even if I don't buy anything xD They tend to have more unique and fun things to see.

I'll have to look into St. Mark's Comics, thanks There was some place I jotted down over on the West Side I wanted to check out (Image Anime? Can't remember at the moment). One of these days I'll have a little extra time to head over to these places. Haha.

At this point I can't really afford toys though... or rather I can but I'm attempting to discipline myself as far as budgeting goes. It's a losing battle at the moment >.< I can save like a demon, until Transformers comes into the picture. Must. Break. Habit *twitches*

So me evading Time Square might be a healthy thing xP Playing the receipt game would otherwise be a good idea

Erailea wrote:

bumblehide wrote:I don't know about finding TFs at Toy Tokyo; they don't have a very good selection. I'd try St. Mark's Comics if you're in the area... and might as well drop by KMart since you're already there.

If you can afford to fork over a couple of bucks more, I'd say do it. Besides, if they do come out cheaper in other stores, you can always return your figures to TRU. Either way, you still got the goods in your hands.

Nothing makes you feel more like kicking yourself in the ass than saying to yourself you could have owned when you had the chance.

Never hurts to look, especially since they have a few on their website. In general I just like wandering through Asian toy stores, even if I don't buy anything xD They tend to have more unique and fun things to see.

I'll have to look into St. Mark's Comics, thanks There was some place I jotted down over on the West Side I wanted to check out (Image Anime? Can't remember at the moment). One of these days I'll have a little extra time to head over to these places. Haha.

At this point I can't really afford toys though... or rather I can but I'm attempting to discipline myself as far as budgeting goes. It's a losing battle at the moment >.< I can save like a demon, until Transformers comes into the picture. Must. Break. Habit *twitches*

So me evading Time Square might be a healthy thing xP Playing the receipt game would otherwise be a good idea

As a rule I generally stay away from Times Square to get my TFs unless absolutely necessary.

Recently, St. Mark's Comics has had loose TFs for sale at the back and some carded ones going back to G2!

Erailea wrote:No figures at my Walmert yet, despite the gaping hole in the TF section that's been there for at least 2 weeks now >__<

my Target's stock hasn't changed since they put out about a dozen deluxe figures out about a week and a half ago. Unsurprisingly, Bee and Cliff are warming the shelves. Wheeljack is completely sold out. Never saw Soundwave. No sign of the other classes

Kmart had 3 Voyager Optimus ($19.99), but no other PRID figures.

TRU didn't have much either. One highly overpriced voyager Optimus, a few Bot Shots and one lonely deluxe Bee.

I've no luck at Wal-Mart, I went to target the other day and found 2 cyberverse tfprime bumblebees, there was no display or places on the selves for them though.

I went to K-mart yesterday and found 2 RID bee's, 3 wheeljacks, one soundwave and 2 cliffjumpers as well as all wave 1 bot shots

I bought, Cliffjumper, Wheeljack, Soundwave. An Optimus Bot Shot and the Chase clear Sentinel Prime Bot Shot

I hate I saw no voyagers but I'm going back at the end of the week for more. just thought I would spread the word that K-mart of all places had almost all wave 1 items.

bumblehide wrote:As a rule I generally stay away from Times Square to get my TFs unless absolutely necessary.

Recently, St. Mark's Comics has had loose TFs for sale at the back and some carded ones going back to G2!

Generally that is a good idea, but Times Square is, more or less, on my regular walk to Port Authority. So stopping in ultimately means there's less wear and tear on my car and I save on gas. I might actually use Walmart for get Voyagers though (if they ever come in) due to the wicked price increase at TRU. At least the up in deluxes is justified by the fact Walmarts was reported to be $13 now... I just hate my Walmart :/ I never feel safe there after dark, which is generally the only time I have to stop in *sigh* I might just break down at hit up the TRU's. For now though, I'm trying not to tempt myself.

I think once the Prime craziness dulls down I'll hit up St Mark's :3 Thanks again for the info! Now if I could discipline myself better I'd be able to go there sooner. Bah! Mustn't tempt thy self with more stores >.<

Prime has finally arrived in North Carolina. There were several Bumblebees accompanied by a couple of Wheeljacks. There was a Soundwave, but I bought the last one, knowing that if I didn't get him now, I'd never see him again until Hell freezes over.

Wal-Mart near where I live had three prongs set out with prime prices/stickers, had to of been put out within the past couple days. only one bot was left - bee.......