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News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:57 pm

william-james88 wrote:Very odd, I see all the deluxes (and leaders, voyagers, cores) at all my walmarts

The Laval Curse I bet.

Ay least I found leader SS86 Sludge at Geek Stuff.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:47 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Very odd, I see all the deluxes (and leaders, voyagers, cores) at all my walmarts

The Laval Curse I bet.

Ay least I found leader SS86 Sludge at Geek Stuff.

That is pretty cool

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jul 08, 2022 11:30 am

If you still haven't got your Kingdom Tigatron, Amazon.ca have it on sale for CHEAPER than DELUXE price!

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/Hasbro-Trans ... 182&sr=1-8

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Fri Jul 22, 2022 3:31 pm

Some preorders for the Velocitron line are up at Walmart.ca.

https://www.walmart.ca/search?q=transfo ... est%3ADESC

There's also BW Vintage Retrax who will be sold at normal deluxe price while while BW vintage Terrausaur will be a whopping 66$.

Also, an oddity, Top Gun Maverick will be available at... DELUXE price!

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Aug 15, 2022 8:27 am

The X-Over Megatron-Cobra Hiss with Baroness set is at 28% off at Amazon.ca.

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/dp/B000OZW7M ... etailsToDp

So I canceled my previous pre-order then pre-ordered again.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:24 pm

With Toysrus Canada having fallen from grace with very little Transformers product available, being late with releases and charging higher than any other direct retailer (winning strategy right there), the only two Canada wide brick and mortar locations left for new Transformers is Walmart and Gamestop. And Gamestop happens to be where Transformers are found first and that is why these new Canadian sightings are from Gamestop and why that will be the case for most new sightings of mainline toys in Canada. Jhiaxus has been found there, as was deluxe Sidesways from the third wave of 2022 Studio Series deluxes.

Unlike Walmart and Toysrus, Gamestop is just as likely to get solid cases of new figures than assorted cases. So while Sideways and Jhiaxus were found there, you may not see their fellow wave mates. The image below is from a Montreal location.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Sat Sep 03, 2022 10:28 pm

william-james88 wrote:With Toysrus Canada having fallen from grace

That's putting it very lightly.

And I feel salty at having paid around 15$CAN MORE for D-K Guard at TrU. I should have waited a wee bit more and bought it at Gamestop.

:BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Tue Sep 13, 2022 11:31 am

Remember when Toys R Us used to mail coupons to their Club R members?

Pepperidge Farms remember.

The irony is even if TrU did it again, it would only turn back the prices of the Toys to the same REGULAR one that everybody else sell for.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Sep 15, 2022 6:11 pm

-Kanrabat- wrote:Remember when Toys R Us used to mail coupons to their Club R members?

Pepperidge Farms remember.

The irony is even if TrU did it again, it would only turn back the prices of the Toys to the same REGULAR one that everybody else sell for.

Man those were some crazy times. I once combined coupons with a promotion to the point that I would get a free TF for each TF I buy.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:23 am

Alright, so Canada is catching up to the US and even getting past them in one instant.

The entire Velocitron line was found at around the same time as the US but the wave 2 deluxes have also been found now, in an Alberta Walmart. The only 2 new toys in that wave are Crasher and Shadowstrip. The image below is provided by Phtcndn who posted it on Cybertron.ca.

RED Galvatron and Shockwave have been found in Walmarts in Ontario, you can see them in the image below.

The wave 2 Legacy core class toys have been found at a Walmart in Quebec.

EB Games were fulfilling their preorders for Blitzwing the past weeks but they seem to now have some on the shelves as well.

by **alphatron10** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:18 am

Good lord, these poor guys still have that Arcee/Elita/Chromia three pack shelfwarming? That suckssss

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:52 pm

So will the full G2 Stunticon set be velocitron? I can see it now, G2 Motormaster Robot sold as a Voyager class, and his trailer sold as a Leaderclass. :-D

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:10 pm

Rodimus Knight wrote:So will the full G2 Stunticon set be velocitron? I can see it now, G2 Motormaster Robot sold as a Voyager class, and his trailer sold as a Leaderclass.

It won't all be Velocitron

News Credits: 2 · by **Rodimus Knight** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:57 am

william-james88 wrote:
Rodimus Knight wrote:So will the full G2 Stunticon set be velocitron? I can see it now, G2 Motormaster Robot sold as a Voyager class, and his trailer sold as a Leaderclass.

It won't all be Velocitron

You know, I was making a joke, however doesn't that make it even better, that now in order to get the G2 Menasor you'll need to pick them up possible as separate exclusives.

A couple will be Walmart exclusives, another will be Amazon exclusive, a third will be w a target exclusive and maybe the final will be a pulse exclusive.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 8:20 am

Question, who all is in Wave 2 of Velocitron? Did Cosmos and Clampdown get repacked? Or are there less of others? Or is Wave 2 just 4 each Crasher and Shadowstrip?

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:10 pm

--B-- wrote:Question, who all is in Wave 2 of Velocitron? Did Cosmos and Clampdown get repacked? Or are there less of others? Or is Wave 2 just 4 each Crasher and Shadowstrip?

Clampdown is repacked, Cosmos is not. The other repack is burnout

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:58 pm

Technically, this is our first Rise of the Beasts toy in North American stores. However, as you can see when comparing to the original packaging below, the toy has been rebranded. This Energon Igniter 2 pack with Bumblebee and Optimus sporting their alt modes from the Rise of the Beasts film no longer has "Rise of the Beasts" on their packaging but instead "Transformers Bumblebee" which is the toyline where these toys first appeared, even though that alt mode for Optimus was not the one seen in the Bumblebee movie. This 2 pack is $49.99 CAD. This was found in an Ontario Toysrus, as is another new sighting: the Creatures Collide 4 pack.

The 4 pack is $129.99 CAD which comes out to $36 per deluxe, which is almost $10 less than what Toysrus currently charges for deluxe figures, like SS86 Arcee and her wavemates which were also found at the same location. This particular sighting comes from Collectingtoys who posted on cybertron.ca.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:38 am

I'm not sure if I'll ever buy that 4 pack.

BTW, the Velocitron preorders finally started to ship from Walmart.ca. My Clampdown and Cosmos are on their way.

by **cloudballoon** » Thu Sep 22, 2022 8:52 pm

The price for the 4 packs is not bad really for an exclusive. The few extra heads are great bonuses. I want Goldbug & Ransack, but not the other 2 (I decided not to collect BW due to space constraint). Otherwise, I'd get it on sight.

But my local Walmarts & TRU (Richmond Hill & Markham area in Ontario) are total crap for TFs. I missed the preorders (not for lack of trying) for Cosmos.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Wed Oct 05, 2022 9:45 pm

This is random, but Kingdom Leader T-Wrecks is in stock at Walmart.ca.

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... FD91R3PHQR

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Thu Oct 06, 2022 7:03 am

Yeah, very random

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Oct 10, 2022 8:27 am

Toys R Us is the WORST place to shop for Transformers because they are around 15 to 25% more expensive than the competition for reasons.

But sometime, TrU throw some unexpected sale our way.

It's the case for Red Cog, who is CHEAPER than regular deluxe price at 33$!
The catch is it's local pick up only so you must have a TrU in your area that have one in stock. I managed to catch one. Will you?

https://www.toysrus.ca/en/Transformers- ... 658A5.html

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:13 am

Canada was lagging behind for months but now they are catching up for Transformers toys. Toysrus got the exclusive Terrorsaur in toy colours as well as the Red Cog weapons pack and they had a surprising deal for that last one. Red Cog is on sale for 32.87 (which is $24 USD), an excellent price for any fan who was looking forward to one. It's far cheaper than any other deluxe at Toysrus (Terrorsaur is $45) AND you get all these extra guns and accessories. They also got Jhiaxus, who had been found at Gamestop before. In general, the shelves now look more up to date than ever before this year.

Gamestops in Canada got Minerva. She is selling at the MSRP of $35 CAD. All images below come from the Montreal region.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:17 am

Dat Cyberverse deluxe 3 pack at 120$....

Also, they have the "world collide" deluxes 5 pack at 130$,(if I remember) that is at least the "right" price.

News Credits: 4836 · by **william-james88** » Mon Oct 17, 2022 10:30 am

-Kanrabat- wrote:Dat Cyberverse deluxe 3 pack at 120$....

Also, they have the "world collide" deluxes 5 pack at 130$,(if I remember) that is at least the "right" price.

Worlds Collide and Creatures collide are both 4 packs. And yeah, both are the right price for when they came out (slight discount too, especially if you count the extra heads which end up being free).