The Energon Pub

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 9:55 am

The interval is 'long'. :-x

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:48 am

germismith wrote:Hey folks!

I'm new to the MN area (specifically, Plymouth), and I've been busting my chops to find some of the new figures. It seems like all of the Targets are just fat with previous waves. Any idea what's holding us up from getting some of the fabu new guys?

Welcome. I'm in Plymouth, too. Maybe we can meet sometimes......

Anyway, which one are you particular hunting for? I recently got Kup, Scourge, Perceptor, and Wreck-Gar but they are all from HTS. So you know how it goes around here.

by **germismith** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:11 pm

Heh. Pretty much all of the above. I'm willing to wait it out since the Hasbro site appears to be sold out and is generally more expensive. However, if it looks like I'm gonna miss out altogether, I'll totally go that route. With as many shelf-warmers as I see around here, though, I hope that won't be an issue. =-).

by **Razama** » Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:42 am

i think its mostly a midwest thing. i happen to live in the quad state corner of minnesota, iowa, nebraska and south dakota. there is no sight of anything new yet anyway either that or they are selling too quick that i miss them and i have been checking every week if not twice.

by **Prime Riblet** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 10:01 pm

Iron Prime wrote:Welcome to MN!

typical dry spell after Christmas. Eventually they'll move enough to re-order. Right now only a little bit is being ordered so you have to be fast or it's gone!

Example: I have bought every Dirge I have found. I have one.

Man, I feel like a total schmuck at this point. I could have gotten a 2nd Dirge when I bought mine, but I thought he would be as available as Thrust was..........mistake. Wish I would have picked up a second. It has been abyssmal here in Rochester, but I actually found 1 Kup figure today at the North WM, so I picked him up. Other than that, yuck.

by **germismith** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:46 am

-perks up- You say you found a Kup, mmm? I've seen Dirge in a couple of places around here. I'll keep an eye peeled if ya like. :grin:

That said, the Ridgedale Target in Minnetonka recently restocked a bunch of Scout figures like Sunspot, Firetrap, Breacher etc. On one hand, I needed me a Sunspot, so that was nice. On the other, they restocked with a bunch of old figures. haha :BOOM:

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:06 am

Plymouth Target has couple Dirge, too, with correct insignia. They also have BOBB on clearance at $29.99.

by **STINGRAY749** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:56 pm

I found a wrek-gar, g2 prime, and proceptor at the target next to the miller hill mall in duluth. My mom would not let me get any of them because im looking for rts lugnut and mom thought that once i bought him i would find lugnut. So tommarow im getting ether wrek-gar and another deluxe class fig, which one should i get the prime or the proceptor?

by **germismith** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 12:42 am

Personally, I'd go with Perceptor. I'm not all that into the G2 Prime. :-)

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News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 3:36 pm

t$money$49 wrote:So tommarow im getting ether wrek-gar and another deluxe class fig, which one should i get the prime or the proceptor?

Perceptor. Hands down. You are already lucky finding them and should just grab on sight.

by **STINGRAY749** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:49 pm

paul053 wrote:
t$money$49 wrote:So tommarow im getting ether wrek-gar and another deluxe class fig, which one should i get the prime or the proceptor?

Perceptor. Hands down. You are already lucky finding them and should just grab on sight.

well im not getting wrek-gar for a long time now. every rts at the target was gone. a guy bought them all and said he was going to sell them online.

by **germismith** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 1:54 am

Wow. What a db.

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:56 am

t$money$49 wrote:well im not getting wrek-gar for a long time now. every rts at the target was gone. a guy bought them all and said he was going to sell them online.

Sorry to hear that. :-(

As I told you, you are lucky enough finding them and you should just grab them on sight.

by **germismith** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:30 am

That brings me to another question, actually. Have any of you ever experienced a situation in which a wave was essentially skipped? For example, let's say the retail stores don't sell enough Deluxes right now to order a new batch until the next wave is being sent. Know what I mean?

by **Iron Prime** » Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:38 am

I think we've skipped a few waves over the years actually....

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 10:30 am

I think so. Especially toward to the end of a line. And the first wave is always over stocked and then the second wave has to suffer (I think this is happening everywhere).

by **germismith** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 1:07 pm

heh. My partner brought up an interesting point. With all of the Targets around here, it's probably difficult for them to run out of stock. That is, if we were talking about one Target within more than 10 miles, they might run out more quickly. As it is, the Target at Ridgedale is just starting to thin out on Deluxes, but the Super Target just down the road is packed with 'em. I dunno.

So whatev. It looks like I may be ordering online. haha #-o

by **germismith** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 4:04 pm

Good news and bad news:

I found a Kup and a Scourge at the TRU at Southtown Ctr. in Minneapolis, so they're coming in.

They were the only ones. :-/.

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:04 pm

Saw Kup and Scourge, no Wreck-Gar, at Walmart in Brooklyn park (Hwy 81). Wierd though, I tried to buy the one package of Power Core Constructicons, but they wouldn't let me buy them. I really didn't care that much since I really only buy the PCC for my son, but it did bug me.

by **germismith** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 5:48 pm

er - why on earth wouldn't they let you buy them?

by **Iron Prime** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:06 pm

Agamemnon wrote:Saw Kup and Scourge

YES! Let the hunt begin!

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 9:25 pm

germismith wrote:er - why on earth wouldn't they let you buy them?

No idea, and I really don't care enough about the PCC to argue. My best guess is that there is a release schedule and that particular toy shouldn't have been on the shelf yet.

Because of that. I'm optimistic of the shelves filling with new stuff one more time before the DotM toys hit in May.

Iron Prime wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Saw Kup and Scourge

YES! Let the hunt begin!

Yeah, I left them there. I already got my stuff from BBTS (I'm under the gun in the upcoming months and didn't want to fret hunting for Wheeljack and Kup in particular.) This particular Walmart is where I usually see the first stuff hit before they hit the Targets in the area. Happy hunting!

(By the way, Kup and Scourge are pretty sweet. I think I still like the Titanium Scourge for my classics shelf, but B2 Flying Wing Scourge's robot mode rocks pretty hard.

)

News Credits: 2 · by **paul053** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 4:17 pm

Kup and Scourge are still there at the Brooklyn Park Walmart. The 5 pack PCC Constructicon is still there. If you missed one, they still have one Blurr, with good paint apps. Like Agamemnon, I totally don't care about PCC and if I do, that's for my son and he got two 5 pack and one 2 pack already.

Not really doing any hunting now. As you all know, the gas price is so high and I now order them from either BBTS or HTS. Just preordered Wheeljack, Thundercracker, Warpath set last week from BBTS. Maybe until summer time when we don't have those pile of snows outside and if gas price is lower.

by **STINGRAY749** » Mon Mar 14, 2011 4:59 pm

Agamemnon wrote:
germismith wrote:er - why on earth wouldn't they let you buy them?

No idea, and I really don't care enough about the PCC to argue. My best guess is that there is a release schedule and that particular toy shouldn't have been on the shelf yet.

Because of that. I'm optimistic of the shelves filling with new stuff one more time before the DotM toys hit in May.

Iron Prime wrote:
Agamemnon wrote:Saw Kup and Scourge

YES! Let the hunt begin!

Yeah, I left them there. I already got my stuff from BBTS (I'm under the gun in the upcoming months and didn't want to fret hunting for Wheeljack and Kup in particular.) This particular Walmart is where I usually see the first stuff hit before they hit the Targets in the area. Happy hunting!

(By the way, Kup and Scourge are pretty sweet. I think I still like the Titanium Scourge for my classics shelf, but B2 Flying Wing Scourge's robot mode rocks pretty hard. )

you should try to buy it again. i got them in november from a walmart.

i already said this but i found a wrek-gar a while ago but forgot my money at home. now that same target only has rts G2 prime and about 5 battle in space.

just got rts lugnut in the mail from ebay. $20 for purchase and $10 shipping i think that was a good buy. i've got him with his animated and cybertron counter parts

News Credits: 10 · by **Agamemnon** » Thu Mar 17, 2011 9:51 am

Constructicons keep showing up on the shelf. Cashier took pity on me and let me purchase them. Also, if you haven't yet gotten the last waves of Generations (Darkmount, Cliffjumper, Thunderwing, Blurr, maybe others) there's a buttload now at the Brooklyn Park Walmart. There's a new endcap of the Preview DotM OP figure with all the Generations. Only red cards, so no more RtS in the endcap.

Now we just need that last wave of scouts with hopefully Windcharger and Rumble.