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hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

I was able to get DOTM Shockwave and Skyhammer from Target, but i had to return Skyhammer cause he was junk!! all loose joints and the MECH weapon was crap! Shockwave is very much Awesome!!

Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

i'm not trying to be rude but just informing you that you are way ahead of yourself and completely jumping the gun. those figures are just starting to show up at retail on the west coast. you can see that by looking at the sightings on the main page. we won't be seeing those guys just yet...unless you were lucky and ordered them from hasbro when they were in stock. but my wal-mart is decent at getting the new stuff, so i'm confident i'll be seeing them soon and will get to forgo the shipping charges and get my emp. discount!!

Still needing Wreck-gar and Perceptor! any help would be great.

lucas maximus wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

i'm not trying to be rude but just informing you that you are way ahead of yourself and completely jumping the gun. those figures are just starting to show up at retail on the west coast. you can see that by looking at the sightings on the main page. we won't be seeing those guys just yet...unless you were lucky and ordered them from hasbro when they were in stock. but my wal-mart is decent at getting the new stuff, so i'm confident i'll be seeing them soon and will get to forgo the shipping charges and get my emp. discount!!

ok thank you. i found this out earlier today while browsing the forums. but anyway, has anyone seen grapple?? i have not seen him any where! and was he in the first or second wave of RTS?

Doubledealer25 wrote:

lucas maximus wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

i'm not trying to be rude but just informing you that you are way ahead of yourself and completely jumping the gun. those figures are just starting to show up at retail on the west coast. you can see that by looking at the sightings on the main page. we won't be seeing those guys just yet...unless you were lucky and ordered them from hasbro when they were in stock. but my wal-mart is decent at getting the new stuff, so i'm confident i'll be seeing them soon and will get to forgo the shipping charges and get my emp. discount!!

ok thank you. i found this out earlier today while browsing the forums. but anyway, has anyone seen grapple?? i have not seen him any where! and was he in the first or second wave of RTS?

All I can say is good luck with Grapple! and I'm including both versions, United and RTS. Sold out everywhere, unless Hasbro is planning to re-package the RTS line in with the DOTM line, which that is our only hope.

Touching base about DOTM stuff possibly hitting early in my area--so far, the only possibility seems to be at the Meijer stores in Lima and Findlay. All of their shelf and peg tags are up for the line, but everything's pretty much empty. A friend of mine from Wapak talked to the dept. manager at the Lima store, and he apparently said something about them possibly being on the shelves tomorrow...gonna swing by there in the morning and afternoon to check on that.

None of the Walmarts that I've called are breaking street dates--they're saying that the new displays/stock will go up overnight on the 15th.

Doctor Reggae wrote:Touching base about DOTM stuff possibly hitting early in my area--so far, the only possibility seems to be at the Meijer stores in Lima and Findlay. All of their shelf and peg tags are up for the line, but everything's pretty much empty. A friend of mine from Wapak talked to the dept. manager at the Lima store, and he apparently said something about them possibly being on the shelves tomorrow...gonna swing by there in the morning and afternoon to check on that.

None of the Walmarts that I've called are breaking street dates--they're saying that the new displays/stock will go up overnight on the 15th.

I've heard that local walmarts in my area has already broken street dates! supposedly ive heard they have put out all leaders and voyagers figure, no word on deluxes. So far i highly recommended Shockwave, Skyhammer is nice, but that freagin MECH crap weapon is too BIG for his arm! So, ill just still with Shockwave and Megatron and thats it for me.

PS if anyone is needing a Scourge, PM me for location.

Wow--your luck's finally changing, Stock. I'll start checking some of the other Walmarts around here, but Tiffin's and the Walmart on Tiffin Avenue in Findlay are the same old, same old. I might hit a couple of different ones on the way home, though. Now you've got me salivating at the mouth again...

Doctor Reggae wrote:Wow--your luck's finally changing, Stock. I'll start checking some of the other Walmarts around here, but Tiffin's and the Walmart on Tiffin Avenue in Findlay are the same old, same old. I might hit a couple of different ones on the way home, though. Now you've got me salivating at the mouth again...

Your first DOTM should be Shockwave! awesome bot mode, alt mode is ok, but definitely a winner. Skyhammer, I'll get him, but much much later, next is Taliban Megatron and i hope he doesn't disappoints me.

Looks like I have to wait, still...I called all of the stores in Findlay, Tiffin, Upper Sandusky, Ottawa, and Wapakoneta, and none of them are breaking the street date.

Stockade wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:

lucas maximus wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

i'm not trying to be rude but just informing you that you are way ahead of yourself and completely jumping the gun. those figures are just starting to show up at retail on the west coast. you can see that by looking at the sightings on the main page. we won't be seeing those guys just yet...unless you were lucky and ordered them from hasbro when they were in stock. but my wal-mart is decent at getting the new stuff, so i'm confident i'll be seeing them soon and will get to forgo the shipping charges and get my emp. discount!!

ok thank you. i found this out earlier today while browsing the forums. but anyway, has anyone seen grapple?? i have not seen him any where! and was he in the first or second wave of RTS?

All I can say is good luck with Grapple! and I'm including both versions, United and RTS. Sold out everywhere, unless Hasbro is planning to re-package the RTS line in with the DOTM line, which that is our only hope.

I just got Grapple from some guy in Indiana for 27.95 off of ebay. He only had 16 though and sold them all in mere hours. Hasbro is only planning on repacking four deluxes from RTS. They are Bumblebee, Optimus, Jazz, and Tracks. They chose these presumably because three of the four are/have been in the movies. Be diligent in getting Grappel. I was on the edge ready to pay the $40+ for him when I stumbled on him on ebay. I would get him by the end of May though by all means, becuae he will skyrocket in price along with Windcharger.

gambit020480 wrote:

Stockade wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:

lucas maximus wrote:

Doubledealer25 wrote:hey im in the ravenna area and im looking for generations wheeljack and warpath, has anyone seen them thats near by?

i'm not trying to be rude but just informing you that you are way ahead of yourself and completely jumping the gun. those figures are just starting to show up at retail on the west coast. you can see that by looking at the sightings on the main page. we won't be seeing those guys just yet...unless you were lucky and ordered them from hasbro when they were in stock. but my wal-mart is decent at getting the new stuff, so i'm confident i'll be seeing them soon and will get to forgo the shipping charges and get my emp. discount!!

ok thank you. i found this out earlier today while browsing the forums. but anyway, has anyone seen grapple?? i have not seen him any where! and was he in the first or second wave of RTS?

All I can say is good luck with Grapple! and I'm including both versions, United and RTS. Sold out everywhere, unless Hasbro is planning to re-package the RTS line in with the DOTM line, which that is our only hope.

I just got Grapple from some guy in Indiana for 27.95 off of ebay. He only had 16 though and sold them all in mere hours. Hasbro is only planning on repacking four deluxes from RTS. They are Bumblebee, Optimus, Jazz, and Tracks. They chose these presumably because three of the four are/have been in the movies. Be diligent in getting Grappel. I was on the edge ready to pay the $40+ for him when I stumbled on him on ebay. I would get him by the end of May though by all means, becuae he will skyrocket in price along with Windcharger.

I don't know dude, i have a funny feeling that Hasbro will re-package most of the RTS line in the DOTM line. Like with Grapple, Wreck-gar, Lugnut, and Perceptor along with the ones we know about, because if you looks at the sightings on any Transformer forums, most of them are only in double digits if people are actually posting the sighting at all, but like Grapple and Lugnut they're not even in the double digits!! So my take on it is, either Hasbro will re-package the RTS line or this line is not really dead, but on a Hiatus until the DOTM figure is close to done. Kind of like what Takara is doing with the United line, they'll be back after the movie junk gets more flooded to retailers. And Windcharger, well you might as well say he is a lost cause, cause theres no way im, paying $40 to $60 for a scout figure! He better be gold plated!

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I don't know dude, i have a funny feeling that Hasbro will re-package most of the RTS line in the DOTM line. Like with Grapple, Wreck-gar, Lugnut, and Perceptor along with the ones we know about, because if you looks at the sightings on any Transformer forums, most of them are only in double digits if people are actually posting the sighting at all, but like Grapple and Lugnut they're not even in the double digits!! So my take on it is, either Hasbro will re-package the RTS line or this line is not really dead, but on a Hiatus until the DOTM figure is close to done. Kind of like what Takara is doing with the United line, they'll be back after the movie junk gets more flooded to retailers. And Windcharger, well you might as well say he is a lost cause, cause theres no way im, paying $40 to $60 for a scout figure! He better be gold plated![/quote]


Grapple and Lugnut were mainly released overseas. It seems everywhere but here got them. Now, Lugnut has a preorder on HTS so he will be available here online and Hasbro has incentive to sell because he is a new mold, but Grappel was just a repaint. They did not have to invest in a new mold, so they really have no incentive to re-release. I 'm not saying it won't happen, but I can't remember in recent years when Hasbro has done this any other time. Perceptor and Wreck-Gar were released everywhere. Places just did not stock them heavily. I have ran across all the RTS deluxes in multiple places, except Wreck-Gar, but he was shortpacked, so he was just popular and went quick. Why wait anyhow? You can get all for decent prices online. I got Perceptor for $14 on amazon before seeing him at retail, and Grappel for $28. The DOTM reissues do not have rub signs either, which I like! And they will be worth more in the long run because of their rarity.

Windcharger is definately worth the cash. Are you kidding? He has not had a proper figure of himself since the 80's. Are you really willing to wait another 20 years for them to make another? Not me, he is mine today!!

The only mystery to me is Rumble, Frenzy, and the repaints to Hubcap and Breacher. I see these being released in some form soon. I'm not sure how though as it seems Hasbro has scrapped Scout Class. Who knows, but they better not rip us out of Rumble and Frenzy. Can't see that happening though, since they invested in the mold.

So--finally, some surprising good news. I checked the Meijer stores in Lima and Findlay--Lima had nothing out, and Findlay's store only had those Cyberverse battle scene packs/whatever out. So I stopped at Walmart in Tiffin...and lo and behold, they had the new GEN deluxes (one each of Wheeljack, Warpath, and Thundercracker) and all of the DOTM deluxes out. I made myself only get Crankcase (although I might go back and get Roadbuster), but it was good to see new stuff at long last.

gambit020480 wrote:[stockade=quote]

Grapple and Lugnut were mainly released overseas. It seems everywhere but here got them. Now, Lugnut has a preorder on HTS so he will be available here online and Hasbro has incentive to sell because he is a new mold, but Grappel was just a repaint. They did not have to invest in a new mold, so they really have no incentive to re-release. I 'm not saying it won't happen, but I can't remember in recent years when Hasbro has done this any other time. Perceptor and Wreck-Gar were released everywhere. Places just did not stock them heavily. I have ran across all the RTS deluxes in multiple places, except Wreck-Gar, but he was shortpacked, so he was just popular and went quick. Why wait anyhow? You can get all for decent prices online. I got Perceptor for $14 on amazon before seeing him at retail, and Grappel for $28. The DOTM reissues do not have rub signs either, which I like! And they will be worth more in the long run because of their rarity.

Windcharger is definately worth the cash. Are you kidding? He has not had a proper figure of himself since the 80's. Are you really willing to wait another 20 years for them to make another? Not me, he is mine today!!

The only mystery to me is Rumble, Frenzy, and the repaints to Hubcap and Breacher. I see these being released in some form soon. I'm not sure how though as it seems Hasbro has scrapped Scout Class. Who knows, but they better not rip us out of Rumble and Frenzy. Can't see that happening though, since they invested in the mold.[/quote]

Well the cheapest ive seen Perceptor is $16.99 and wreck-gar for $24.99 on some online stores, but Grapple is expensive!! $40 to $60 bucks! might as well get the United version, which i have him, but wanted the hasbro version as well, and wanting both versions of Lugnut too.
The only i can say is, during the month of July have a trip planned overseas to Asia, so maybe i can find Grapple and Lugnut there, but as for Wreck-gar and Perceptor i have to get them fast!!! Oh and about Windcharger, sorry maybe i can swing it if he was a deluxe for that kind of money, but not for a scout. Who knows, maybe Fans project will do a Windcharger since Hasbro is screwing us on him. See that Hasbro, yep i said it, your screwing us!!

Ok Dayton area hunters. The Wal Mart in Moraine has 2x Thundercrackers, 2x Wheeljack and DOTM Cyberverse figures. They had a Warpath but I snagged him along with a Wheeljack. I was there around 1pm. If you want the Cyberverse guys, they are down by the Thor and Iron Man figures. At least they are out now! Good hunting!

curry5150 wrote:Ok Dayton area hunters. The Wal Mart in Moraine has 2x Thundercrackers, 2x Wheeljack and DOTM Cyberverse figures. They had a Warpath but I snagged him along with a Wheeljack. I was there around 1pm. If you want the Cyberverse guys, they are down by the Thor and Iron Man figures. At least they are out now! Good hunting!

What a difference a few hours makes. Just got back from there and the Wheeljacks were gone. As of a little while ago they had 1 Thundercracker, 1 Kup, 1 Scouge, a few Blurrs and a couple of Dirges along with all of the usual stuff. The Cyberverse figures were there too.

OMG! I found... I found... I found... a Thundercracker!!! (screams with delight) The Walmart in Oregon has new figures if anyone on this side of NW Ohio is interested. There was a Kup, Wheeljak, Warpath, Thundercracker, and even a Scourge! Yay! Check your local stores, people!

Devastron wrote:

curry5150 wrote:Ok Dayton area hunters. The Wal Mart in Moraine has 2x Thundercrackers, 2x Wheeljack and DOTM Cyberverse figures. They had a Warpath but I snagged him along with a Wheeljack. I was there around 1pm. If you want the Cyberverse guys, they are down by the Thor and Iron Man figures. At least they are out now! Good hunting!

What a difference a few hours makes. Just got back from there and the Wheeljacks were gone. As of a little while ago they had 1 Thundercracker, 1 Kup, 1 Scouge, a few Blurrs and a couple of Dirges along with all of the usual stuff. The Cyberverse figures were there too.

You're right about a few hours, Dev. I checked the Walmart in Tiffin again on the way out of town, and Thundercracker, Warpath, and Wheeljack were all gone. Tiffin's small enough that I'm surprised there's another collector in town...

Well guys finally broke down and bought RTS Perceptor and Wreck-gar online $40 shipped from Cali! I really didnt wanna pay that much, but i wanted to wrap up the RTS line quickly as possible so i can focus on more Transformers stuff, most of it will be 3rd party like Fans Project and Personal Effect and Crazy Devy. I only seeing myself getting Skyhammer and Megatron from DOTM line, the rest of the molds are junk too me, unless the HA line impresses me somehow, but i doubt it, these molds looks cheap and not much thought is making the character or the mold, so once i acquire the rest of the RTS and the United ill be taking a long break from Transformers.

Hopefully I'm not stealing his thunder a bit, but I was talking to a fellow Transfan/board member on the phone earlier, and he mentioned that the DOTM Human Alliance figs (Bumblebee and Skids) were out at the Wapakoneta Walmart.

As for Lima--nothing that I've seen yet. Ditto the two Walmarts and Meijer in Findlay.

Scored me a Thundercracker and Wheeljack in Frankfort Indiana!!!! Sweet! Just need Warpath and Lugnut now and I will have all the RTS and GEN figures!!

BTW, for anyone looking for Lugnut he can be ordered now in stock on HTS for $20!!

Stockade wrote:Well guys finally broke down and bought RTS Perceptor and Wreck-gar online $40 shipped from Cali! I really didnt wanna pay that much, but i wanted to wrap up the RTS line quickly as possible so i can focus on more Transformers stuff, most of it will be 3rd party like Fans Project and Personal Effect and Crazy Devy. I only seeing myself getting Skyhammer and Megatron from DOTM line, the rest of the molds are junk too me, unless the HA line impresses me somehow, but i doubt it, these molds looks cheap and not much thought is making the character or the mold, so once i acquire the rest of the RTS and the United ill be taking a long break from Transformers.

What about Shockwave? He is the only Bayformer worth buying thru the entire line, except Blackout. What is with all the hype over Skyhammer? Everyone seems to want him and Shockwave.

So I got back from the Lima TRU earlier, and they had DOTM stuff out already. Leader Bumblebee and Sentinel Prime, plenty of Voyagers Ironhide, Optimus, and Megatron, the smaller-size HA figs, and a couple each of the deluxes.

When does Leader Ironhide come out? Is he part of the first two waves?

I picked up Megs--I want Sentinel Prime badly, but didn't want my wife giving me the old stinkeye if I came in with too many toys.