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sweet! i just placed my order too. now i just hope the boxes won't be all jacked up by the time the get here

cant wait for the tru exclusives to arrive too, should be here tomorrow (crosses fingers)

Woodinville Target has not put up their endcap this morning and there TF space is still clogged with old merchandise.

Rod. Titan - let us know what you think of the TRU exclusives when you get them. I'm still on fence about those.

I didn't think I would get a chance to, but a quick trip up north found nothing. Lynnwood Walmart, Target, and TRU (still no Halo 3) had nothing. Everett TRU and Target were also a waste. Could be a crummy weekend.

I had quite the hunt today! Got up at 8:40 and hit the northern end.

Everett Wal-Mart: had 2 Premium Primes and 2 Megatrons, now they have 1 Prime. I am going to wait on Megatron for now but Premium Prime looks pretty cool, haven't opened him up yet though.

Everett Lynnwood: I was able to finish off my Force Unleashed figures with the pick up of Battle Damaged Vader, Shadow Guard, Maris Brood, Evo Trooper and the Jump Trooper. They also have quite a few Order 66 figures so I picked up a Extra Anakin and Blue Arc for my Clone Army and a extra set with the Barc Trooper. They also had 2 each of the Target All Spark Jazz and Brawl so I picked up one of each.

Everett TRU: Got there at Opening and there wasn't too much going on. Still a lot of Saga and 07 30th Anni Star Wars figures and the usual Transformers, no TRU exclusive Transformers yet sadly. I was able to pick up the TRU G.I. Joe 3 pack of the Crimson Guard and another SA 501st legion Trooper.

Well, good news, I spotted Stealth BB and Premium Barricade today. bad news, it was at a local comic shop and the Premium BBs were already gone, and he had them tagged at $19 each. I would have considered Premium BB and Stealth if he had had em both cause he said he would do a buy 1 get one at 1/2. I guess they just arrived, so be on the lookout at retail in the very near future.

Edit:

Didnt take a good look at Barricade, but the Police symbol on the spoiler is silverish, and the front window has some kind of tint. Looked pretty sharp, I will probably pick it up. Also the Red repaint of dropkick looked alright, but I hate dropkick so much, that I can't handle buying another. Probably would have if I didn't have this one with the crappy color scheme.

Hunt today:

Lynnwood Target: Hasbro endcap out. Lots of SW, but only Jazz and Brawl for TF.
Lynnwood Walmart: LOTS of various deluxes. Classic BB x3, movie Jazz x3.
Lynnwood Fred Meyers: nothing good. Halo Master Chief and Jackal x1

***Lynnwood TRU: had one premium Prime and Megs. I took the Prime. They also had one of the Cap. of BB scene pack - hadn't seen that one in awhile.

Last night I did hit the Everett Walmart that Air Com SS mentioned had Megs x2 and Prime. I bought one Megs and left the other set as they weren't in that great of condition. This was last night around 6:00, so the other two may be there still.

Everett Target also a big zip on TF exclusives unless you are after the Scout Class. SW exclusive tubes on one register endcap but otherwise nothing. Have not hit the other Everett stores yet (TRU, Walmart) but will try to catch them in a little while. Good luck today to the rest of you out hunting.
Oh yeah, I did pick up FS Prime (for the final time. I am NOT returning this one for gas money) which will balance out my 'Bot to 'Con ratio since I picked up Stockade and Stormsurge last week.
Time to go...TFA just started.

T

Woodinville Target, still no endcap. I'm wondering if they'll even get one. They never put out the recent exclusive Aayla Starfighter on time; it showed up two weeks after they took the SW endcap down.

Everyone having luck with their Target TF sets?

^I had to draw the line on the Target exclusives. Got two of them, but i just can't keep buying these. Went by target on sunday, and either they had already taken down the display or sold them all out, cause they had something else there. Haven't seen the TRU exclusives, but the TRU 5-pack and 3-pack of Joes are in down here. Unfortunately the 3-packs were sold out by the time I went there. Probably make my midnight runs to Walmart tonight.

Cyberjet #7 wrote:
Rod. Titan - let us know what you think of the TRU exclusives when you get them. I'm still on fence about those.

Got my TRU exclusives delivered today. To my surprise, they came in 'almost' perfect condition Jetstorm's box is perfect but Wingblade's box has a little tear at the bottom and I also noticed it's missing the TRU sticker. I know, I know... plastic prisons! Sorry but, I like the way they are displayed in their original packaging... I think some of you can agree

I'm so glad I get these, the size of the figures are amazing.. IMO this is the size Starscream should have been. I've attached a couple of pics (hope it works).. 2nd pic is a comparison of ULTRA class vs VOYAGER class.

enjoy!

Woodinville Target had one Premium Megs last night.

If anyone is interested, I have an extra set of the TRU exclusives. The 2nd set just came in today. I accidentally ordered 2 sets because my computer froze on me while completing the first transaction. The total with shipping and tax comes out to $64.39. I'm willing to sell for $60. PM me if interested.

RT

Just so that some of you don't get your hopes up when you see it, the Everett Wal-Mart has an endcap set up with deluxe class figures but they are not the exclusives. They are overstock of the already maxed out restock they just did and there is nothing spectacular in the mix.
I did, however, pick up the last RH exclusive set they had which means that, with the exception of the Best Buy figures released with the DVD, I have the whole RH collection thus far. 1 set of legends and 2 of the Target Scout exclusives and I will have those sets completed as well. And I opened my FS Prime on Sunday so there's no returning that. It was a good week for me for TF's. My wallet is making this annoying vacuous, sucking noise but I am blissfully ignoring it since my hours have picked up and recovering will not be an issue. Anybody in need of a runner/hunter tomorrow I have a down day while my boss runs down south to pick up materials and take care of odds & ends, thus making me available. I'll be checking the site out by 8:00 a.m. so post or PM if you need anything. I still have a few bucks to pick up items in advance and then get reimbursed.

T

The crap-shoot that is Woodinville Target finally put out their Hasbro endcap last night. They had:

BB x2 (both were not minty, though)
Barricade x5 or 6
Brawl x5 or 6

Is everyone caught up on these? If anyone needs some let me know, I'll be out this week and the weekend.

T-Mack - if you spot the Voyager Premiums, can you hit me with a PM?

Got my Premium Leaders from Hasbro today. Packaging for Megatron is fine but Optimus took a hit. If anyone is looking for a Premium Optimus and don't care of the condition of the box, let me know. To recap, I have the following for sale:

Premium Optimus Prime - $40
Wingblade - $30 (covers tax and shipping)
Jetstorm - $30 (covers tax and shipping)

If no takers for Wingblade and Jetstorm, I'll be shipping them back to TRU next week (Monday). If no takers for Prime, I'll wait till I find him in the stores then return the damaged one.

RT

Has anyone found any animated yet? I should be out this weekend and will PM if I find anything in terms of premiums/stealth BB/salvage.

I also got my Premium Leaders from Hasbro and they arrived fine. I must have gotten really lucky, since I've heard bad stories.

No Animated yet, K-mart seems to be the only place that slips up and puts them out early.

I should also be out this weekend, too (in the north end). If anyone wants to meet up, I'm game.

Well, my hunting got cut short by a frantic call from the ex-wife with a transportation/child care dilemma but I was able to do a little sniffing around which yielde me a Jungle Bonecrusher. (like i really needed to spend more on TF's for myself this week) I did not find any Voyager Class Premium figures but I did find 1 Premium Leader Class Megatron. OMG that thing is sweet looking! I will not divulge it's location unless I'm PM'ed by an interested party due to the scalper risk. However, if you are a scalper and are interested I will be more than happy to pick it up and then meet you behind, oh let's see...Everett Wal-Mart?

I don't know guy's, do you think I'll get any takers?

I'm heading further north for work tomorrow so I'll be hitting a few stores while I'm waiting for parts to dry in the shop.

T

Cyberjet #7 wrote:The crap-shoot that is Woodinville Target finally put out their Hasbro endcap last night. They had:

BB x2 (both were not minty, though)
Barricade x5 or 6
Brawl x5 or 6

Is everyone caught up on these? If anyone needs some let me know, I'll be out this week and the weekend.

I still need a Target BB and Barricade but I am going to hunt tomarrow... if I dont find them then, I might need some help.

^Well, if for some reason you get shut out on the Bumblebee, i have an extra. Im sure I will make it up north at some point in time, and Im not planning on doing anything with it, so I will have it for a while.

Lynnwood Walmart, TRU, and Target were dead. Target only had TF Brawl and Jazz on the endcap.

Woodinville still had a BB and lots of the others on their endcap, though the BB is not minty.

I am a weak, weak man. I decided to buy Premium Barricade and Stealth BB at that comic shop for a total of $27. I justify this because I only get about 11 mpg and could be hunting for a while for them. Once there are some sightings of Premium BB, I will probably make a midnight run, but I am done for now. I was also able to find Torpedo for my cousin, so I have all the Joes that are out, which makes it easier to call it quits.

Edit: They still had 1 Stealth BB ($19), Salvage ($16), and Premium Jazz ($16). But they are buy 1 get one 1/2 off for the rest of the month. I wasn't too impressed by Jazz, and have always hated the salvage mode, but if you are a completionist who needs stuff now, $24 for those two isn't that much above retail. Of course no one is really in the south sound, so the drive may really hurt.

Wow, 11 mpg. As much as I don't like to make long jaunts with my 6 cylinider battle wagon unless I can make the trips dual purpose, I will totally snag something in the North End for ya if it shows up in these parts first and find the best way to get it down that direction.
(You don't, by any chance, drive an older Suburban do you? Just curious )

Speaking of long jaunts, my northward search was cut short due to a severe case of Work, but what little I did yielded nothing.
ACS, I am having a heck of a time finding your Steel Spartan. The Platinum spartan, I can get my hands on but the other is proving difficult and for everyone else, I don't know where the Voyager Premiums are hiding but they don't seem to be up North. Since some of the stores do restocking on Saturday night for the weekend shopping rush, I will be checking again on Sunday since I will be working that day (hanging with my kids tomorrow so I won't be online or checking PM's till late tomorrow night) Good luck to everyone this weekend and for those venturing north, at the time of this posting there is at least 5 inches of snow in the yard here in Everett so be cautious coming into the convergence zone for those unacustomed to this weather.

T.

Hunt today:

Woodinville Target: nothing
Lynnwood Target: some wave 2 AS deluxe
Lynnwood Walmart: nothing
Lynnwood TRU: nothing. Partial SW wave 4 SL. I got all of them, but the pilot, who may still be there. Air Com SS, I'm still loooking for another set; I'll let you know if I find any.

***Renton TRU: 2 sets of the exclusive Jetstorm and Wingblade remain. I bought one set that I normally would have passed on since the condition was pretty bad. The other two sets are also just good for openers or if you really don't mind them being not minty. I normally would have passed on these based on condition, but they may be like the Walmart exclusives and plus I could swap them out for better ones later.

Issy Target: Premium Prime and Megs

TRU's have taken down their Halo sections in some cases and the Gamestops are still dry.

T-Mack, what "platinum spartan" do you mean? The only silverish one should be the Gamestop exclusive "Steel Spartan".

I live in Everett and work in Kirkland. Can anyone recommend a location where I can find Jetstorm/Wingblade?

I'm also looking for Wally Mart Big Daddy and Grindcore still.

Also, Premium Leaders Megatron and Prime would be nice...

So yeah, a total of 6 figures from the current lines I'm looking for, if anyone can help or leave a tip. Be in Everett most of the weekend.