The Energon Pub

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 7:58 pm

sorry I am just tired of going from walmart to walmart to find nothing. Has anyone even seen them in philly yet?

News Credits: 2 · by **Kronos** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:03 pm

I haven't even looked as of yet. I usually go to Target for my TF fix, but they haven't been carrying anything new as of late. For some reason, the SW line has taken up most of the isle that used to be half TF and half SW. (with some attacktix thrown in)

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:45 pm

Sorry I have been such a bother to everyone but this is really starting to annoy me. It is like the Wal-mart Marvel Legends Exclusive Line and Energon Megatron. The rest of the world gets them in and then they don't show up over here until like 3 months later. It is frustrating.

On a side note classics Devastator is also no where to be seen in philadelphia.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:14 am

Dude, where are you looking? The Walmart in Glenolden had an ass load of the Alts for the past month (gone now back to just 2 Skids) and still has more than 5 Devs on the shelf just sitting there collecting dust.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Tue May 01, 2007 12:42 pm

I've noticed a month to two month lapse between the first sightings in the Sightings Section and what I find in the Philly area. I used to work in Horsham but live out by West Chester, so I would TF hunt the whole drive back and forth, and everything seems to take 6 weeeks-ish to make it to the shelves around here.

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:32 am

zodconvoy wrote:Dude, where are you looking? The Walmart in Glenolden had an ass load of the Alts for the past month (gone now back to just 2 Skids) and still has more than 5 Devs on the shelf just sitting there collecting dust.

Never been to that one. Looks like I will have to add that one to the list now. But I have been to all the major ones in the city and I have not found anything yet. I am just starting to worry that I will not find these figures and have to resort to the inflation of ebay.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Wed May 02, 2007 12:43 am

I'm going there before work tomorrow and I'll let you know what they have after I get home (and read the last 52!!)

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:32 am

thanks man. I will check this post all day during work. If you find them can you hide them for me somewhere?

by **Jestermon** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:38 am

My theory is that they only sent the Alts to the "good" part of towns, the North side here in and around Atlanta is the more affluent area, and the Southside where I live had Dev, but no new Alts, I think if you have not seen them yet they will not be at that particular Wal-Mart.

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:44 am

I hear you Jestermon, but I live in a major city and to not see a trace of them here in the city(the good and bad parts), in the close suburbs, and in south jersey is a little bit fishy to me.

The same thing happened with the Walmart marvel legends wave, energon megatron, and universe bruticus. I don't know why but philly walmarts are hard pressed for their own store exclusives.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Wed May 02, 2007 11:22 pm

Still 6 Dev's unmoved and half buried under crap in Glenolden. And to think I hunted that guy. Stilol just the 2 Skids Alts.

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:55 am

ok thanks for your help zodconvoy. Looks like I will be back to hunting them at the walmarts close to me. They should be here soon, hopefully.

I am just tired of waiting for them. :sad:

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:55 am

It seems that it depends on the Wal-Mart.

The Exton store hasn't carried Alts (since Battle Ravage), nor 20th DVD Prime but the Parksburg Super Wal-Mart has carried everything.

My brother lives in the MD/Del/PA border area and has found that half of the Wal-Marts (he has 8 or 9 with 45 mins of the house) have a ton, and the other half never got them.

So, chances are, if your Wal-Mart hasn't put them out yet, they are not going to.

News Credits: 1 · by **Exodiatron** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:59 am

I hope this is not the case. But then again it will not surprise me. But honestly how can you not distribute to one of the top 5 cities in the United States? I dunno, but walmart has never made sense to me in how they distribute things.

News Credits: 5 · by **--B--** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:28 am

Wal-Mart hates Philly.

News Credits: 2 · by **TFBuyer** » Thu May 03, 2007 10:50 am

Really, if anyone is still looking for Alts Ravage and Rumble or even Classics Devastator and wouldn't mind paying shipping + cost (combined for more than one), I'd be happy to pick any of them up--my local Wal-Mart has a whole 2 shelves of an endcap of the Alts and @ 10 Devastators. They've been there for around 3 weeks now.

Just shoot me a PM.

News Credits: 5 · by **zodconvoy** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:35 am

I used to work at Toys R Us just under management level in RZone and I still work in retail so I can tell you it's not necessarilly WalMarts notoriously bad distribution. That don't get them if they don't order them. If whoevers in charge of toys passes on them, you'll never see them there. some Alts are shelfwarmers. I don't know a store (aside from KB they not had any new TFs since Christmas and they're not getting anymore until the Movie) that isn't choking with at least one endcap full of Ramjet, Cliffjumpers, Mirages, Optimi and enough Minicons to fill a small swimming pool. If they don't think it'll sell, they just don't want it. So of course the things they choose not to carry are the things that they would have. Ah, corporate thinking... Happy Hunting!