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by **Starseeker** » Sat Sep 02, 2023 7:42 pm

Oh great. I still haven't been able to find Sideswipe or Dead End and I've been searching 4 Walmarts regularly. Not sure why they never got them in. If it's all going on clearance with no hope of anything new coming, I guess I'm not getting them. Ugh!

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sat Sep 02, 2023 8:29 pm

o.supreme wrote:Ok so I've been to a few more Walmarts this week. I don't know if it's because Walmart feels they took a loss on the Velocitron line or what, but the couple employees I spoke to said the line is going on clearance. The pic from a few pages ago is not an exaggeration. So that's it. What they have now is it apparently, at least in the United States. Man Walmart sucks....and Hasbro not caring dosen't help.

They can barely keep any of them on the shelves aside from Mirage and Laser Cycle at my local stores, but even then I wouldn't call them peg warmers yet, just lagging behind the rest. I guess that explains why Grimlock is so rare.

Emerje

News Credits: 56 · by **o.supreme** » Sun Sep 03, 2023 9:46 am

It has nothing to do with how well they sell or not. Yeah the deluxe are selling very well. But Walmart is idiotic when it comes these items. They'll agree to take something then change their minds for "reasons" and just clearance it out to get rid of it ( Siege Jetfire as just one example) was placed on clearance a little over a month after it's release, despite selling very well.

I guess after the Legacy Beast wave, and Velocitron sitting for months they thought Toxitron might do the same? To be fair it probably would eventually. If each store got in 3 or 4 more cases of deluxes....Sure all the Dead End and Sideswipes would sell right away, but after the initial excitement died down...pegs would probably be clogged with Nacho Jazz, Mirage, and Laser Cycle.

In my area at least, yeah the deluxes are selling well, but cloudcover, Grimlock and Toxitron are all very easy to find.

Oddly enough with Velocitron. The 2 voyagers went on clearance as did the deluxes. But I only ever saw Black Convoy... maybe twice? Stores in my area didn't get much. Now it's the opposite. Tons of leaders everywhere and very little deluxes.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:12 pm

At a walmart near my workplace, I finally saw more of the line, they had both leaders, Cloudcover, and all but Sideswipe and Dead End.

News Credits: 456 · by **Sabrblade** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:14 pm

I just walked out of my nearest Walmart with a G2 Dead End. They had every G2 Deluxe. One Dead End, one Sideswipe, one Mirage, two of Jazz, and two Laser Cycles.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Sat Sep 09, 2023 6:52 pm

During my shelf retooling today, I made a new shelf of all (well, most) of my Generations G2 updates. I like how it came out

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:04 am

Walmart.com has G2 Grimlock in stock and ready to ship.

Emerje

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Sun Sep 10, 2023 11:18 am

I nabbed G2 Sideswipe on a whim. The Wallmart in my area just had all the deluxes, but he was the only one I really wanted if I ever saw him in person. The colors are just so gloriously loud!

The last one I want is Toxitron. Haven't seen him in the wild yet.

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 5:33 am

I got some upgrade parts for Toxitron and they're fantastic. My only gripe is the truk-roof-shield have a big

molded in instead of a :G2CON:

.

Now, I'm waiting for the inevitable Reprolabels to come out.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 11:46 am

Gauntlet101010 wrote:I nabbed G2 Sideswipe on a whim. The Wallmart in my area just had all the deluxes, but he was the only one I really wanted if I ever saw him in person. The colors are just so gloriously loud!

That's one I somewhat had my eye, along with Gator Mirage and Laser Cycle Jazz. I wonder if in G2 he was actually meant as Sidewipe, the colors and the detailing point to Sunstreaker instead. Had they lost the mold already back then?

News Credits: 2 · by **Nemesis Destron** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:15 pm

That's great stuff Kanrabat....thanks for sharing! ;)^

News Credits: 100 · by **-Kanrabat-** » Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:41 pm

Nemesis Destron wrote:That's great stuff Kanrabat....thanks for sharing!

Thanks.
All from AliExpress and not too expensive.

I'll show the truck mode tonight.

News Credits: 12 · by **Razorbeast88** » Mon Feb 05, 2024 1:56 pm

For anyone that wanted g2 Grimlock and couldn't find one, it's available on amazon for $55 USD

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:25 pm

Toxitron looks so much better with the DNA upgrade kit. Glad I got it for him, he deserved some extra beef

News Credits: 149 · by **Big Grim** » Wed Apr 03, 2024 6:18 am

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Toxitron looks so much better with the DNA upgrade kit. Glad I got it for him, he deserved some extra beef

He looks aces with the upgrade. I find it insane that the Scourge one is not out yet. I ordered that last year and we're still waiting on it in the UK.

~ Grim

MyFigureCollection.net collection · by **Emerje** » Mon May 06, 2024 8:24 pm

Weird, one of my local Walmarts JUST stocked the Toxitron line for the first time. I still haven't seen Leaders at retail. This store never had tags up before so I wonder if these are being brought back to stores to fill space until the Star Raider line comes in. My other local store still has a bunch of these in stock, they never put them on clearance.

Emerje

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Mon Feb 17, 2025 11:40 am

Cloudcover was a figure that was sort of lost in the shuffle of the line, but looking back on him with fresh eyes, I adore this paint scheme. He and Sandstorm are both really nice figures. I adore the color schemes