The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5 · by **dahpadre** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 10:19 am

First-Aid wrote:Out of the blue, stopped by the Delevan WI WalMart yesterday and found the Cyberverse Ultra Magnus.

Just an FYI, wife and I are moving north of the border- she accepted a research nursing position in Milwaukee- and will be hopping over to the Wisconsin sightings forum. Don't worry...I won't let any of that mental illness called "Packerfan" get into me...I will continue my steady diet of the Navy and Orange. Is there anyone I should watch out for up there on the Wis boards?

Good luck future CHEESE HEAD! JK! :grin:

Really good luck for you and the family up north. From my personal experience WI people have been most helpful. Just don't forget to drop us a line from time to time.

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 7:22 pm

Walmart in Addison had one each of TFP Cyberverse Tailgate and Fallback, which I bought. Also had a couple of the single-packed Knockout.

I didn't buy him because I want the Energon Driller set with Knockout anyway. I heard that set is on clearance at some WMs but I haven't seen it yet, anybody seen it clearanced?

by **Dinomask** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:12 pm

Just saw 2 MP Thundercrackers at the Toys R Us near the York town mall. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to order on-line so I didn't bother getting one.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:06 pm

First-Aid wrote:Out of the blue, stopped by the Delevan WI WalMart yesterday and found the Cyberverse Ultra Magnus.

Just an FYI, wife and I are moving north of the border- she accepted a research nursing position in Milwaukee- and will be hopping over to the Wisconsin sightings forum. Don't worry...I won't let any of that mental illness called "Packerfan" get into me...I will continue my steady diet of the Navy and Orange. Is there anyone I should watch out for up there on the Wis boards?

LOL ...

I've been to that Walmart several times. My family and I go up to Lake Lawn in Delevan just a mile or two away from that Walmart for weekend getaways. Nice area. Nice Walmart.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:07 pm

Dinomask wrote:Just saw 2 MP Thundercrackers at the Toys R Us near the York town mall. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to order on-line so I didn't bother getting one.

Congrats and welcome to Seibertron.com, Dinomask!

by **Dinomask** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 9:11 pm

Seibertron wrote:
Dinomask wrote:Just saw 2 MP Thundercrackers at the Toys R Us near the York town mall. I was one of the lucky ones to be able to order on-line so I didn't bother getting one.

Congrats and welcome to Seibertron.com, Dinomask!

Thanks Seibertron!

by **Dinomask** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:19 pm

Got my MP Thundercracker in the mail today!!!!!! It's sitting on my desk still unopened. I'll open it when I'll have the time to enjoy it. Now I'm debating whether or not to get the MP Optimus.

Like Questworld12 on Facebook · by **Questworld12** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 10:55 pm

It seems to me the pickings are slim to none in the Orland Park area.
I just seen the kre-o microchangers at Toysrus but all they had was Sunstorm.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:11 pm

Found Dreadwing at the Palatine Target yesterday.

Earlier this evening, I found the Transformers Generations Legends that were previously Dollar General exclusives at a Big Lots tonight in Wood Dale (I grabbed the last ones at that location). Optimus Prime and Starscream both had the GDO weapon accessories, which the ones at the Dollar Generals around Chicago do not seem to have yet.

The Big Lots in Niles didn't have these yet as of tonight. I was actually on a hunt for a Boltflash from the Transformers Universe Legends line that these stores used to have but I didn't end up with one unfortunately.

I also found the Kreon Micro-Changers at a Walgreens around Villa Park yesterday afternoon. Nice that they're the same price as they are at Target.

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:14 pm

Dinomask wrote:Got my MP Thundercracker in the mail today!!!!!! It's sitting on my desk still unopened. I'll open it when I'll have the time to enjoy it. Now I'm debating whether or not to get the MP Optimus.

Congrats. Let us know what you think of it. I love the changes they made to this mold from the previous version. I wish Hasbro didn't cheap out on the box but oh well!

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:17 pm

Seibertron wrote:Found Dreadwing at the Palatine Target yesterday.

Was that Cyberverse or Voyager?

News Credits: 3600 · by **Seibertron** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:20 pm

First-Aid wrote:
Seibertron wrote:Found Dreadwing at the Palatine Target yesterday.

Was that Cyberverse or Voyager?

Voyager Class!

It's one to a case so if you see Bulkhead, Megatron, and Optimus Prime you already missed him. If you don't see any of them, you might want to have them do a check by the DPCI to see if they have any cases in the back.

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Tue Sep 18, 2012 8:24 am

Yeah, I keep seeing Dreadwing's casemates, arg. KMart in Des Plaines had nothing new last night.

Walmart in Glen Ellyn this morning did have a single Bot Shots clear-blue Optimus Prime, if anyone else is collecting those. I'm not doing the clear ones, but this one does look really cool.

If anyone sees the new Rescue Bots Hoist and Medix, or ideally, Blades, please post it, gotta have them for my boy!

News Credits: 9 · by **Hip-Hoptimus Rime** » Sun Sep 23, 2012 9:07 pm

SUCCESS!!!! I found one Rescue Bots Blades at KMart in Des Plaines, the last place I expected to find him. My little boy's face literally lit up when I sprang Blades on him tonight. All is forgiven, Hasbro.

Also found the Kreon microchangers, first time I've seen them. I bought the ones with the 7, 8, and 9 last digits- Spinister, Galvatron, and Sunstorm respectively. $2.99, I thought they were more. Super fun. EDIT- Sunstorm was missing his head, apparently.

by **Dagon** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 12:39 pm

I think this story will sound odd, or at least, I find it odd.
I just got the whole first wave of the Kreons minifigs. I'm an adjunct professor at a couple of colleges, so part of my job is driving all over the place for classes. One of my schools is College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, and there's a TRU on Butterfield Rd and approximately Highland. I stopped in there to see if they had the GDO figures that were reportedly found in Naperville last week. They didn't, and I didn't see any MPs of anyone or anything else that was of interest. Just for laughs I checked the Kreo section and they had two boxes of the minifigs. I couldn't pull up the number breakdown on my phone so I just bought one of each last single digit and opened them in the parking lot, sitting in my car. I ended up with the whole set.
When I got to CoD about twenty minutes ago I again sat in my car and built Galvatron. He is surprisingly better looking in person than he looks in the picutres. He's in the pocket of my shirt right now, and it makes me chuckle, like it's a dirty little secret I have.
Perhaps the best part of this adventure is that TRU had the Kreons for BOGO, so I got all six of them for just over nine bucks.
Looking forward to putting the rest of them together.

by **Dinomask** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:37 am

Picked up a Battle Tactics Bulkhead and Skyquake at a Target a couple of days ago. I was surprised, and happy, to see them. Also picked up a few of the Chinese imports at Toys R us near the Yorktown mall yesterday. I got the Thundercracker, Motormouth, Bluestreak and Hoist.

Like Questworld12 on Facebook · by **Questworld12** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 11:11 am

Dinomask wrote:Also picked up a few of the Chinese imports at Toys R us near the Yorktown mall yesterday. I got the Thundercracker, Motormouth, Bluestreak and Hoist.

You mean to tell me they have imports at TRU?
Where?
How long have they been there?

News Credits: 2 · by **First-Aid** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 6:27 pm

Out of pure luck a friend of mind found the Asian exclusive Generations deluxes at TRU...Springer, Wheelie, and Cliffjumper...Looks like there has been a major mixup in the distribution network. Again.

by **Dinomask** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:55 pm

Questworld12 wrote:
Dinomask wrote:Also picked up a few of the Chinese imports at Toys R us near the Yorktown mall yesterday. I got the Thundercracker, Motormouth, Bluestreak and Hoist.

You mean to tell me they have imports at TRU?
Where?
How long have they been there?

I found them in 2 places, the Toys R us on Butterfield Rd in Yorktown and the Toys R Us on 75th street. Can't remember the name of the town. I'll look it up and get back to you. The only had the small figures.

News Credits: 5 · by **dahpadre** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 11:15 am

Where are the sightings at? I've been looking all around the Chicago area, and it just seems like the scalpers have been winning lately. Lots of eBay auctions up from Chicago area sellers. Guys if you see anything new post about it.

Like Questworld12 on Facebook · by **Questworld12** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:29 pm

dahpadre wrote:Where are the sightings at? I've been looking all around the Chicago area, and it just seems like the scalpers have been winning lately. Lots of eBay auctions up from Chicago area sellers. Guys if you see anything new post about it.

I have been updating the stores for my area for the toy sightings.
Let's see if my area will ever get Optimus Prime(masterpiece). I doubt it.
The TRU has been displaying tons of old items.
That is the thrill of the hunt.

News Credits: 5 · by **dahpadre** » Mon Oct 01, 2012 4:53 pm

There have been some postings, but man things have slown way down. It used to be at least 2 posts a day, now it's goin weeks. I have to check sometimes to make sure my notifications are working.

by **Gorechyld** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:11 pm

Found Kup, Rumble and two Vehicons at the E.State Walmart in Rockford. Picked up the two Vehicons {sorry guys :grin:

} but there's three more Walmarts and two Targets in this town, so I'm sure they'll be floating around.

News Credits: 5 · by **dahpadre** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 3:25 pm

Saw the GDO deluxe and legends at the matteson TRU! Score one more for the good guys. Scalpers zero!

Like Questworld12 on Facebook · by **Questworld12** » Tue Oct 02, 2012 10:53 pm

Target in Orland park has 5 FoC Optimus Prime but not too much else on shelf.
SuperTarget in Tinley Park has more Prime items and there was one FoC Swindle.