The Energon Pub

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:02 am

I didn't think I would buy these, but the collector/toyhunter inside me couldn't resist. Note the bonus movie poster sticker on the bubble. I haven't opened them yet but Probably will soon. I don't know if anyone else got the movie poster with theirs. I didn't see on in the gallery here. Please note I got these off a case on the pallet. They had about 4 cases, 12 figures in each I think and they look like endcap display boxes. Also, the box says on shelf date no earlier than May 1st, 07.
I went ahead and took them out and had no problems at the register.
Here's the proof.
Clickable thumbnails:

News Credits: 5 · by **God Magnus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:14 am

I guess Steve Hardin isn't taking his management duties very seriously. It's not the first time I've heard of these cases being spotted lying around.

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:26 am

We need these in the sightings section.
Here is the poster, though I think we've seen it before.
Front and Back. Click thumbnails for larger image.

News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:26 am

Front paged and credited!

News Credits: 349 · by **Bed Bugs** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:27 am

Collector Maximus wrote:We need these in the sightings section.

Point taken, I'll talk to Ryan about that.

News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:31 am

Fender Bender wrote:
Collector Maximus wrote:We need these in the sightings section.

Point taken, I'll talk to Ryan about that.

No need I can get them in there :grin:

News Credits: 2024 · by **Hotrod** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:32 am

Hotrod wrote:
Fender Bender wrote:
Collector Maximus wrote:We need these in the sightings section.

Point taken, I'll talk to Ryan about that.

No need I can get them in there

Actually they are already up. Check under the movie toys. :grin:

by **Jestermon** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:35 am

I had no pics, and posted a few seconds later lol. Im in Atlanta Ga, but was at a Wal-Mart I do not usually frequent.

I saw them at 2 though.

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:44 am

Jestermon wrote:I had no pics, and posted a few seconds later lol. Im in Atlanta Ga, but was at a Wal-Mart I do not usually frequent.

I saw them at 2 though.

I saw that, I barely beat ya. Are you near Roswell?

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:47 am

Hotrod wrote:
Hotrod wrote:
Fender Bender wrote:
Collector Maximus wrote:We need these in the sightings section.

Point taken, I'll talk to Ryan about that.

No need I can get them in there

Actually they are already up. Check under the movie toys.

If you click those images and try to add they are nowhere to be found. Oddly though Movie Bonecrusher is in the universe section.

by **Jestermon** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 2:55 am

The case I opened and stocked was in the Duluth Walmart on Pleasant Hill Rd, I too could not post sightings, once you go past the main page, to the section the movie toy options dissapear.

by **Noisemaze** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:24 am

I wouldn't exactly say "they're out at retail" just because a couple stores can't follow directions. I know my area will stick to the May 1st street date stamped on the boxes. Don't get everybody's hopes up. Instead of saying "they're out at retail", say "a few stores screwed up can't follow directions" (or can't read!)

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:28 am

Mine got 'em in as well. Refused to sell, and I didn't have the guts to break the case open. (plus it's just rude as hell)

12 each of Optimus and Starscream.

by **transfan67** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:42 am

i might just look into wallmart today and check.

Like Exulted Unicron on Facebook · by **Exulted Unicron** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:58 am

the top two images don't work.

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:03 am

Frac I hope my Walmart doesn't screw this up also they allready have three cases of the new alternators that they haven't put out yet

by **Jestermon** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:08 am

Well, in Georgia, if there is a date on the box, frankly most Wal-Mart employees here can not read, so the item is out at retail, here they stock what is on the palette, they do not even read where the normal items correctly go on the shelves let alone street dates, so the street date is not even applicable to them.

Even Targets here are horrible for it, my gf found a season of Full House that some employee had stocked in the section without a tag, and that was a week ahead of street date.

Also they probably will not even use the displays here, and probably will just junk them out on the pegs and bail the display carton.

News Credits: 3599 · by **Seibertron** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 10:32 am

I have fixed the toy sightings section. You can now report toy sightings for the movie toys.

Ryan

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 11:36 am

Lucky, I'm going on months now with pretty much nothing.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:29 pm

I think most stores will be stocking these out early. If they run out of classic figures on the shelves im sure they'd rather put this out and make money than wait for the street date and have no TFs to sell.

News Credits: 3 · by **Collector Maximus** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 7:39 pm

Just to update these figures have been put out at the Store here in Roswell where I got them. They are on a 4-way display in the main aisle in front of the toy aisle.