The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **iheartarcee** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:21 pm

I dont go there very often because its dirty and all the employees are angry (do you blame them?) But I went today while I was out and looked at the tf section. My god... That whole isle looks like a tornado hit it and they arent going to clean it up. Its actually looked like that since the movie started with an exception to the movie replicas. Is k-mart giving up as a whole to restock? Are they just waiting to die?

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:27 pm

The Kmart nearest me looks like a dump also

I have no clue how they restock the toys are literally all over the place

Not to mention the place is more expensive then the other stores

News Credits: 972 · by **i_amtrunks** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:34 pm

It must be a global thing, every Kmart that I have visited in Australia could be mistaken for a natural disaster area.

by **Vegitron** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:45 pm

iheartarcee wrote:I dont go there very often because its dirty and all the employees are angry (do you blame them?) But I went today while I was out and looked at the tf section. My god... That whole isle looks like a tornado hit it and they arent going to clean it up. Its actually looked like that since the movie started with an exception to the movie replicas. Is k-mart giving up as a whole to restock? Are they just waiting to die?

Wow, that sounds like the Kmart down my street too! It's a MESS! And it stinks too!

by **AUTOBOT STITH** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 11:50 pm

I know it is not K-Mart but every were I go to any store with TF's the isle is like hurricane katrina hit and noone is gunna pick it up.There is nothing there at all NOTHING.*Run and hides in dumes day bunker*

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:10 am

K-Mart might be light on Transformers right now but it was the first place I found the 25th anniversary G.I. Joes.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:13 am

i_amtrunks wrote:It must be a global thing, every Kmart that I have visited in Australia could be mistaken for a natural disaster area.

Same here in Chicago except for one of those Kmart / Sears hybrid stores. That one store is pretty nice usually, but the last time I went in there, the toy area had suffered the wrath of the Tazmanian Devil as well. The other weird thing about Kmarts is that it seems like the employees don't care about where they put stock on the shelves. Sometimes, I'll find lone Transformers hidden behind other toy lines such as Joe, Marvel or Star Wars stuff. And vice versa.

The craziest part about Kmart is that I clearly remember it being like that when I was a kid as well. There's a Big K in Fenton, MI that used to be kept pretty nice but I have no idea what that's like now.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:14 am

AUTOBOT STITH wrote:I know it is not K-Mart but every were I go to any store with TF's the isle is like hurricane katrina hit and noone is gunna pick it up.There is nothing there at all NOTHING.*Run and hides in dumes day bunker*

LOL! Ah, that was good. :grin:

by **Isabelle** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:20 am

The Kmarts I shopped at when I lived in Los Angeles were so nasty, sometimes entire aisles were blocked off by merchandise and garbage all piled up.

The ones I've been to in the Pacific Northwest are often the nicest, cleanest, and easiest to get around departments stores. They're also the ones where I've found the most TF stuff.

I guess it depends on where you're at.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumbled** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:43 am

I don't know about you guys but Brisbane's K-mart rules. Though they don't have anything there, hey take a look at the stores around you. Big W is the **** one at the moment they only have the damn helmets and Cyber Slammers and other junk. Transformer toys are over until Christmas. Stop blaming the stores if they don't have it then they are restocking for Christmas. Geez TF can't last forever in stores you know...

by **Kanyon** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 2:54 am

Bumbled wrote:Geez TF can't last forever in stores you know...

After reading that..I want to crawl into a corner and cry. They should be! -sniffles-

The k-mart thats on my way to work is also so run down aswell atm. Don't know if I went at revamping the toy section (had pegs missing from a section and new ones laying near it) But I didnt see a single TF shelf tag.

At my Meijer (I work there sadly) Only TFs they still have are the lame movie toys like roleplay, tech gear, real gear and 2 tfs in the alternator line.

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:03 am

K-Mart is a dive. However, there have been times when they even beat Wal-Mart to the punch. Hell, I found Classics Grimlock and Mirage all in one trip, after weeks of looking for the two of them. Even my girlfriend checked stores in her neck of the woods....nada, zip, zilch.

I walked in and was absolutely floored, I about fainted after that whole ordeal.

And yes. It's a nasty, dirty, stink stank stunk store, and the employees are even less than desirable. I don't blame them though...K-Mart sucks.

Hell, this should give you a clue about their employees...a guy walked into Wal-Mart (yeah, I kid you not) dressed in his full employee outfit, nametag included.

It's a shame. I remember Big Wheel, I remember Hills, I remember when K-Mart was a nice place (they were the shiznit when it came to TFs being in stock.)

It's all gone to Hell in a handbasket. -_-

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:31 am

Seibertron wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:It must be a global thing, every Kmart that I have visited in Australia could be mistaken for a natural disaster area.

Same here in Chicago except for one of those Kmart / Sears hybrid stores.

Ah, Sears Grand.

I work for Sears, but I don't remember if its that format or "The Great Indoors" that's going to be shut down and turned into regular KMart/Sears stores.

News Credits: 7 · by **shortround** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:37 am

I think it has something due with fact that kmart and Sears have merged and there getting ready to close alot the kmarts around the united states as well as the world.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumbled** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:39 am

It seems that people still think K-Mart is the only store to have no TF?

by **Cyber-Kun** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 3:43 am

They got rid of all the K-Marts in Canada a few years ago... lol.

by **Auto Bot** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 5:35 am

Isn't K-mart in the Simpsons?

News Credits: 198 · by **DevastaTTor** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:53 am

Kmarts in the Atlanta area are crap. I'd be embarrassed to the their CEO, or even a store manager.

by **Jestermon** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:20 am

Yes DevastaTTor, they are crap here but I got back into Zoids a few months ago and they did magically still have Zoid figures from 1999-2001 that they were not supposed to have anymore due to their excellent inventory control piles.

It saved me from having to get them offline, also they randomly have Beast Machines here as well had some Obsidian the other day, they get odd new old stuff from time to time.

Also had some Pteradon from Beast Machines or something the other day as well. It is the one in Jonesboro in the classy part of town.

by **god_convoy_2005** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 8:44 am

the k-mart were im from still has a optimal optimus from the beast wars era. that was 8 years ago. but now the only tf movie figs they have are deluxe autobot jazz and decepticon brawl.

by **a7x666** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:20 pm

looks like the kmart around here was hit by a tornado aswell. you cant find anything in the toy section

by **Prowl86** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:34 pm

T just went to a Sears Grand the other day and they Had all the Energon Voyagers and Most of the Classics deluxes (sans Starscream :sad:

), so I picked up Shockblast and Grimlock!!! :DANCE:

by **Starscream227** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:34 pm

Got a K-mart nearby, the dumpiest of the three in the area (2 Big K's and a Sears Essentials). It's over-priced and pretty dirty, but I've had the best luck with hard-to-find TFs (Classics Grimlock, Classics Screamer, Movie Blackout and Voyager Movie Megs). One of the managers there collects, too. Nice to come across him when I'm browsing.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 1:55 am

Almost every day a k-mart goes under. I wonder why?

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 2:56 am

supreme_god_convoy_2005 wrote:the k-mart were im from still has a optimal optimus from the beast wars era. that was 8 years ago.

That's funny! I haven't been to a K mart in years cause most of the ones around my area closed. However When I first started collecting around 93'/94' I found a Breetai from the 85' robotech line.