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Cyberjet #7 wrote:None of the Target's in the north seem to have gone through their resets yet. Supposedly, when they do we may see the Movie scene packs and Allspark legends 2-pks.

Hopefully, this weekend may be best.

On a side note, I'll throw out the idea of a TF Meet-up group again - it may help those who feel the forums are too fickle.

Just keep your eyes out, Puyallup moved all their transformers/GI Joes around a bit and got a few in (2-pk legends and Movie scenes). But it may be slow for the month since both Walmart and Target end their fiscal year at the end of the month. Most of these companies tend to lower inventory levels at the end of the fiscal year (don't know how much this really affects their ordering of toys). On the bright side, we may see some deals this month as they try to get the inventory off the books.

Redmond Target finished their reset yesterday and have alot of space devoted to TF, too bad they had none in stock. It was encouraging to see they had a number of pegs for the deluxe and scout class - it may mean that scout class will continue past wave 4.

Fred Meyers in Redmond was dead.

Tukwila TRU has a boatload of real gear, and some OP helmets.

This weekend half the Targets were good and half of them had nothing. I picked up the Movie Screen pack "First Encounter" - which is great, except for the incorrect BB pictured in the background. They show the Con BB, when it should be the classic Camaro that fought Baricade.

Masterpiece Starscream isn't completely gone from Washington State!

I found an entire case of Masterpiece Starscreams at the Bonney Lake Walmart today. It took me two weeks of searching, but it was worth it. Three come in a case, and I bought all three. Yesterday, they said they had 6 of them. So, three more might still be available for anyone who wants check it out.

Ask for Jessica in Toys, and tell her to check the back room. The case of Masterpiece Starscreams was in the back and not on the shelves.

I paid $30 a piece, so, $90 or so for all three.

reyngel wrote:Masterpiece Starscream isn't completely gone from Washington State!

I found an entire case of Masterpiece Starscreams at the Bonney Lake Walmart today. It took me two weeks of searching, but it was worth it. Three come in a case, and I bought all three. Yesterday, they said they had 6 of them. So, three more might still be available for anyone who wants check it out.

Ask for Jessica in Toys, and tell her to check the back room. The case of Masterpiece Starscreams was in the back and not on the shelves.

I paid $30 a piece, so, $90 or so for all three.

Why three? That figure is so scarce. Give other people a chance to get one.

I got three because I wanted one for myself to display on my desk, one to repaint, and one to keep MISB(or, if I mess up on doing a repaint). I would have bought three on Ebay if I didn't happen across the case.

Also, I didn't purchase the other three reportedly still left at the store. I'm not out to sell them or anything, so it didn't make sense to take more than I needed. So, three lucky people could potentially make it down to Bonney Lake today and snatch them up.

Good luck!

Nice score. Haven't seen any yet myself...

I'm still just going to have to wait for the Materpiece USA version rumored to come out. Which is fine; I like the packaging on the MPs too much anyway.

reyngel wrote:Masterpiece Starscream isn't completely gone from Washington State!

I found an entire case of Masterpiece Starscreams at the Bonney Lake Walmart today. It took me two weeks of searching, but it was worth it. Three come in a case, and I bought all three. Yesterday, they said they had 6 of them. So, three more might still be available for anyone who wants check it out.

Ask for Jessica in Toys, and tell her to check the back room. The case of Masterpiece Starscreams was in the back and not on the shelves.

Yeah, I gotta agree with spaceram on this one. You have to know that you are just begging to piss other forum members off. Dude, you literally joined late last night...then you come on here to brag that you bought 3 Masterpiece Starscreams (with pics)? DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THAT ONE?.....let me tell you, more than three.

Bragging? How am I bragging? I only joined last night to post this info so that others could head to the Bonney Lake Walmart and pick up the other three. Geez. I thought you all would appreciate the info. After checking about 15 Walmarts, I found one with two cases full of them, and thought I'd help others get their hands on one. If I wanted to hoard all of them, I'd have bought all six. I posted the pics so that people could trust that I was telling the truth, seeing as how a newbie posting that he found 6 Masterpiece Starscreams at one Walmart seems sketchy. I thought it'd be reassuring so that people could safely make the drive out(it took me 45 minutes one-way).

I thought this was a thread for sightings. Should I keep my mouth shut next time?

reyngel wrote:Bragging? How am I bragging? I only joined last night to post this info so that others could head to the Bonney Lake Walmart and pick up the other three. Geez. I thought you all would appreciate the info. After checking about 15 Walmarts, I found one with two cases full of them, and thought I'd help others get their hands on one. If I wanted to hoard all of them, I'd have bought all six. I posted the pics so that people could trust that I was telling the truth, seeing as how a newbie posting that he found 6 Masterpiece Starscreams at one Walmart seems sketchy. I thought it'd be reassuring so that people could safely make the drive out(it took me 45 minutes one-way).

I thought this was a thread for sightings. Should I keep my mouth shut next time?

I think some people are just a bit jealous, the post is appreciated. Many troll the boards saying nothing, (look at the people who came out of the woodwork when MP SS was first released), it is great when someone new posts. I will roll there tonight since it is in my neck of the woods, I already have one (more hoping that somehow they have the 20th DVD Prime stashed away), but I am picking up a Starscream for my cousin. Since there are members that still need them, I will grab the three if they are there and keep you posted as I should be up in Seattle one of the next two weekends moving my sister. If they have them, reyngel's posting is win-win-win for atleast two other members.

Puyallup Walmart had Concept BB tonight if anyone still needed it.

Barrelass wrote:

reyngel wrote:Bragging? How am I bragging? I only joined last night to post this info so that others could head to the Bonney Lake Walmart and pick up the other three. Geez. I thought you all would appreciate the info. After checking about 15 Walmarts, I found one with two cases full of them, and thought I'd help others get their hands on one. If I wanted to hoard all of them, I'd have bought all six. I posted the pics so that people could trust that I was telling the truth, seeing as how a newbie posting that he found 6 Masterpiece Starscreams at one Walmart seems sketchy. I thought it'd be reassuring so that people could safely make the drive out(it took me 45 minutes one-way).

I thought this was a thread for sightings. Should I keep my mouth shut next time?

I think some people are just a bit jealous, the post is appreciated. Many troll the boards saying nothing, (look at the people who came out of the woodwork when MP SS was first released), it is great when someone new posts. I will roll there tonight since it is in my neck of the woods, I already have one (more hoping that somehow they have the 20th DVD Prime stashed away), but I am picking up a Starscream for my cousin. Since there are members that still need them, I will grab the three if they are there and keep you posted as I should be up in Seattle one of the next two weekends moving my sister. If they have them, reyngel's posting is win-win-win for atleast two other members.

Puyallup Walmart had Concept BB tonight if anyone still needed it.

Dude! At $30 I'll take one . I live in Seattle so if they still have any, could you please pick one up for me? Shoot me an IM and I'll give you my info..

Thanks!

Barrelass wrote:

reyngel wrote:Bragging? How am I bragging? I only joined last night to post this info so that others could head to the Bonney Lake Walmart and pick up the other three. Geez. I thought you all would appreciate the info. After checking about 15 Walmarts, I found one with two cases full of them, and thought I'd help others get their hands on one. If I wanted to hoard all of them, I'd have bought all six. I posted the pics so that people could trust that I was telling the truth, seeing as how a newbie posting that he found 6 Masterpiece Starscreams at one Walmart seems sketchy. I thought it'd be reassuring so that people could safely make the drive out(it took me 45 minutes one-way).

I thought this was a thread for sightings. Should I keep my mouth shut next time?

I think some people are just a bit jealous, the post is appreciated. Many troll the boards saying nothing, (look at the people who came out of the woodwork when MP SS was first released), it is great when someone new posts. I will roll there tonight since it is in my neck of the woods, I already have one (more hoping that somehow they have the 20th DVD Prime stashed away), but I am picking up a Starscream for my cousin. Since there are members that still need them, I will grab the three if they are there and keep you posted as I should be up in Seattle one of the next two weekends moving my sister. If they have them, reyngel's posting is win-win-win for atleast two other members.

Puyallup Walmart had Concept BB tonight if anyone still needed it.

Barrelass what would you have thought if he had purchased four? Also it's not about being jealous.. I do already have one. It's about opportunities for others. Yes, newbie was trying to create an opportunity however half that opportunity was eliminated in one swoop.



Look, for example I'll admit I have a few Concept Bumblebees but they are no longer a hot commodity and can be fairly easy to find these days (see above). If anyone wants one I'd be happy to meet and sell you one at cost. I've done it before. Is there anyone who is still desperately looking for one? MPS on the other hand is a very limited edition figure and can only be found on ebay, unless you are lucky enough to find one at walmart.

Anyway guys, no big deal. I just thought it was an interesting way to appear on a forum for the first time.

Hey Rodimus great to see that you are broadening outside of the Movie line. Moohaa, now your collection can really grow. If you manage to get your hands on an MPS you won't be disappointed.

Well, I checked, but the people in the toy area, and surrounding areas and no one seemed to have any scan guns and wern't really interested in looking it up. The girl in Electronics looked in the computer, but she said that it doesn't really give an accurate count on them, and it said none available. I have never really had to deal with their service, and it was a bit late there, so there wern't many people. If anyone is really interested, and can find someone on the phone to check (I didn't have time to hassle with them tonight), I will pick em up if they can somehow reserve two (One for my cousin, one for you). Hit me with a PM if someone does that.

Barrel

Barrelass wrote:Well, I checked, but the people in the toy area, and surrounding areas and no one seemed to have any scan guns and wern't really interested in looking it up. The girl in Electronics looked in the computer, but she said that it doesn't really give an accurate count on them, and it said none available. I have never really had to deal with their service, and it was a bit late there, so there wern't many people. If anyone is really interested, and can find someone on the phone to check (I didn't have time to hassle with them tonight), I will pick em up if they can somehow reserve two (One for my cousin, one for you). Hit me with a PM if someone does that.

Barrel

No worries if you aren't able to pick them up. MP SS wasn't part of my budget but at $30 I couldn't pass it up! At this point, I'm still waiting for the new Allspark line to come out and I'm still debating on collecting the new animated series. The animated Megatron fig looks really tempting

T-Mack, if you still look at this forum, please check your PMs.

super walmart in federal way HAD the new allspark voyagers. there are 2 first strike primes left if anyone is interested. i scored on evac, offroad ironhide and first strike prime. There are also TONS of older deluxe figs, including 08 bumblebee , at both renton and federal way walmarts. many targets in the area have also restocked on the older deluxe and scout figures. if anyone knows how to get intouch with T-Mack (Tony), looks like scout class strong arm is back in circulation.

still no sign of the deluxe and leader allsparks. anyone else see them around?

happy hunting!

if anyone is interested.. i've located more allspark voyagers:

offroad ironhide x 2
evac x 2
first strike prime x 4
plus more older deluxe figs including 08 BB.

T-Mack-

Targets at Lynnwood, Redmond, Everett, and Woodinville all have at least one Scout Class Strongarm. Good luck!

received my allspark deluxe cliffjumper, landmine and camshaft from hasbro.com today. to my surprise, the packaging was perfect! even the bubbles were clean with very little scratches.
i ordered dropkick from hasbro.com a while back and when i received it, the packaging looked as if the packers played a round of hacky sack with dropkick before putting him in his shipping box

this forum has been quiet lately. has everyone given up because of the issues on this site? seems like i have to re-enter my user name and password whenever the site goes down. page load seems to take a little longer too..

RodimusTitan wrote::grin: received my allspark deluxe cliffjumper, landmine and camshaft from hasbro.com today. to my surprise, the packaging was perfect! even the bubbles were clean with very little scratches.
i ordered dropkick from hasbro.com a while back and when i received it, the packaging looked as if the packers played a round of hacky sack with dropkick before putting him in his shipping box

this forum has been quiet lately. has everyone given up because of the issues on this site? seems like i have to re-enter my user name and password whenever the site goes down. page load seems to take a little longer too..

I mainly stopped coming here because the site looks very unorganized to me now. Looks like someone threw it together during their 15 minute break. That's just my opinion though.

I'd say there are a few reasons it's been quiet:

- No new product (we haven't seen a new figure really since last Fall, just alot of repaints)
- Stores not stocking (I hit 12 stores this past weekend and found nothing of note, just old stock. Wave 2 deluxes came out in early Fall and we still have not seen anything newer)
- Some site problems (I had to check and recheck adn recheck my password repeatedly)
- Hasbro's not keeping up (there should be new product every other month - the movie was huge and they probably lost alot of money by having so many dry spells.

Just some thoughts...

The reason why I haven't been here in a while is that I have a new internship that takes up a lot of time. Also the figures that I really want have not come out yet. I haven't picked up anything since Cliffjumper and Landmine.

If I find First Strike Optimus and/or Nightwatch Prime I might pick them up.

I only need Stealth Bumblebee, Premium Bumblebee, and the Capture of Bumblebee.

Picked up First Strike Prime last night, I haven't opened it(probably won't), but I'd say he's definantly worth it. He looks much better in person than online.

Passed on Off-Road Ironhide, just not enough of a difference in paint-job on him; from black to navy blue...

Well, if anyone sees any of the new waves in the southsound, please let me know, I have been in a dry spell for a while, looking at some encore figs, and still havent pulled the trigger on MP Megatron, although that will probably change tonight. On another note, found Wave 5 of the GI Joe singles at Target, however the UPC didn't come up in the computer, and the manager decided that he was gonna put a clearance price on it for me even though I told him that they were $5.99, so lets just say that I got a nice deal on them.