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hehe, I almost had a heart attack on the first day of the toy release. I ran into my Wal-Mart about an hour after opening, and made a bee-line for the toy aisle. They had all the pegs set up just for the new movie toys, but the entire aisle was barren. No Movie toys to speak of.

I asked the very first employee I saw, and his reply was, and I'm quoting now, "Oh yeah. I forgot to put those out."

Then he goes into the back, about an hour goes by, and he wheels this big pre-set display of the deluxe toys up to the front of the store. It had to have been staring him in the face everytime he went back to get product.

Now, I know that I worked at a Toys 'R' Us, and not a Wal-Mart, and I only worked there for five months, but every single person who worked in or around the boys section at least knew what Transformers were, where they were, and how to run the sapphire to see if they had any in the back.

I've lost hope with the people who run backstock at Wal-Mart, the pain is just too great.

i'm thinking about getting a job at TRU, target or walmart right around when Transformer 2 comes out, and i wont hide any or keep some for my friends or nothing, just reserve one of each, buy them and if i get fired or something screw it, the only reason i would have gotten the job is for the toys, so wouldnt care once i get them

I'll just keep threatening employees of different stores with bodily harm to get what I want. It's worked so far.

flame_leopard wrote:hehe, I almost had a heart attack on the first day of the toy release. I ran into my Wal-Mart about an hour after opening, and made a bee-line for the toy aisle. They had all the pegs set up just for the new movie toys, but the entire aisle was barren. No Movie toys to speak of.

I asked the very first employee I saw, and his reply was, and I'm quoting now, "Oh yeah. I forgot to put those out."

Then he goes into the back, about an hour goes by, and he wheels this big pre-set display of the deluxe toys up to the front of the store. It had to have been staring him in the face everytime he went back to get product.

Now, I know that I worked at a Toys 'R' Us, and not a Wal-Mart, and I only worked there for five months, but every single person who worked in or around the boys section at least knew what Transformers were, where they were, and how to run the sapphire to see if they had any in the back.

I've lost hope with the people who run backstock at Wal-Mart, the pain is just too great.

You, and many others, assume that anyone else gives a damn about these figures. Compare that to some kind of new spring loaded-hair toss blonde Barbie that's all the rage with 5-12 year old girls and 35+ year old wive's trying to relive their girlhood fantasies of being hot and attractive and loving on a hottie like Ken and not the beer belly husband they actually have. Would you care?

G1Blaster wrote:I'll just keep threatening employees of different stores with bodily harm to get what I want. It's worked so far.

Damnit, I just spit water everywhere. Don't do that to me. lol

Autobot032 wrote:

G1Blaster wrote:I'll just keep threatening employees of different stores with bodily harm to get what I want. It's worked so far.

Damnit, I just spit water everywhere. Don't do that to me. lol

Hell, it could have been worse. Soda through your nose.

Xgamer wrote:

Wheeljack35 wrote:

Dispensor wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Yes, they do get shipments in every single night, even if it's only one box or ten pallets.

For the OH, PA, NY, WV region: Wal-Mart's reset for TransFormers is due by or before August 6th.

Target's is nationwide for the week of August 5th, said to be completed (at least in my neck of the woods) around August 12th for toys.

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly is a "pallet"?

A pallet is a wooden platform about 4ft in lenth and 3ft in width When you see them stocking in stores like Walmart you can't miss them

There are plastic and steel pallets also. I use to work in a warehouse in high school. The plastic ones are worth $100 bucks- and there are a number of people that buy and sell them. Usually you never sell your plastic ones, just the broken wooden ones- a buyer usually comes in and buys the broken ones cheap and repairs them and resells them for more.

http://www.uline.com/Group_147.asp?sear ... rds=pallet

I have seen the plastic kind but I have never in my 23 years in retail seen steel

I'm not saying they don't exist I'm saying I have never seen them

flame_leopard wrote:hehe, I almost had a heart attack on the first day of the toy release. I ran into my Wal-Mart about an hour after opening, and made a bee-line for the toy aisle. They had all the pegs set up just for the new movie toys, but the entire aisle was barren. No Movie toys to speak of.

I asked the very first employee I saw, and his reply was, and I'm quoting now, "Oh yeah. I forgot to put those out."

Then he goes into the back, about an hour goes by, and he wheels this big pre-set display of the deluxe toys up to the front of the store. It had to have been staring him in the face everytime he went back to get product.

Now, I know that I worked at a Toys 'R' Us, and not a Wal-Mart, and I only worked there for five months, but every single person who worked in or around the boys section at least knew what Transformers were, where they were, and how to run the sapphire to see if they had any in the back.

I've lost hope with the people who run backstock at Wal-Mart, the pain is just too great.

There is an old man who works the toy dept in my local Walmart

He puts out what he wants and gets real snooty when you ask him about other things like why aren't the Transformers out?

I Cant Belive What you guys are saying about target. in my local Target There were no Deluxes, So I asked Some guy and he said come back saturday afternoon. And bam more deluxes.