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Sabrblade wrote:Well, mine was Canadian.megatronus wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I spent about that much on my Voyager Optimus, but I do not regret it because I refused to go after that horrid 2012 rerelease. Paying $60 was the only way I could guarantee that I get the vastly superior 2011 version.Megatron Wolf wrote:I bet everyone who spent $60 on these guys feels pretty stupid now. Ill be up near one friday think ill stop in & see if i can find an arcee.
I sold my 2011 version for $60 just so I could makes some bucks and pick up the cheaper 2012 version. The brown sides don't bother me none, as I display him in robot mode only. Who knows, maybe you bought mine.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, I made sure to buy a Canadian one since Canada only ever got the 2011 versions, with no rereleases there in 2012. The way I could tell was by the trilingual packaging, whereas the US packaging only had English.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exactly, like the GDO series they were Toys 'R Us exclusives. But liquidator stores buy up old stock for cheap, from any main chain.
Point of order - I'm fairly certain the discounters like T.J Maxx buy product directly from the manufacturers. Liquidators are something different.
amtm wrote:megatronus wrote:JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Exactly, like the GDO series they were Toys 'R Us exclusives. But liquidator stores buy up old stock for cheap, from any main chain.
Point of order - I'm fairly certain the discounters like T.J Maxx buy product directly from the manufacturers. Liquidators are something different.
That's not quite accurate. TJX company ads (for Ross, Marshalls, and TJ Maxx) say they buy from manufacturers OR stores that bought too much of something. And that is also explicitly stated in their annual report filed each year with the SEC. See page 4 of the latest below, which states, "Our expansive vendor universe is in excess of 16,000, consists primarily of manufacturers along with retailers and others, and provides us substantial and diversified access to merchandise." (emphasis added).
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/109198/000119312513138497/d472940d10k.htm
I regularly see stuff that would normally be carried at Kohl's (their house brands and other brands they carry) end up at a TJX store, leading me to believe they probably buy Kohl's leftovers every season.
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
Rated X wrote:I might have to pick up one of those Bumblebees if I can find that custom class add on kit with the bucket head. What was that from, TFcon ?
Cobotron wrote:Hey! You seemed to have attracted a wild Megatronus. They're hard to find, but boy are they fun when you catch one!
megatronus wrote:Thanks for the detailed info!
Clothes are somewhat different, though, being their bread and butter. I'm still under the impression that the transformers stock TJX receives comes from Hasbro directly - this is coming from my experience dealing with the TJX kids buyers. But, I will admit that's not 100% confirmed on my end, and I could be wrong.
Wow. Reading that back to myself, I can see why my girlfriend complains about my nitpicking.
rdrunr89 wrote:I'm shocked that TJMaxx and Marshalls sells toys let alone Transformers. I stopped at a Marshalls today and saw Tomy Takara stuff (non-TF). I guess I have to hit more of them.
@Metrosuplex - I'm in IL too. West Burbs. I'll let you know if I find anything and where if you are up this way. I hit the Marshalls in Woodridge today but struck out.
I love that store. They had some great stock. Just too bad I'm not up there any more!burningpage wrote:Also in Colorado, Westminister, Tj Maxx had two Starscreams and one Arcee.
rdrunr89 wrote:I was at a Toys R Us in IL yesterday and saw a the Generations (Japan) version of Cliffjumper and Swerve.
rdrunr89 wrote:Man there are a lot of abbreviations in there. Reminds me of "Good Morning Vietnam" - "If the VP is such a VIP, shouldn't we keep the PC on the QT because if it leaks to the VC he could end up MIA and then we'd all be put on KP"
GuyIncognito wrote:Regarding where TJMaxx gets their Transformers: there have many cases in recent years of late waves of figures showing up at TJMaxx and Marshall's without ever having been released at "normal" retail. Clearly this was not leftover stock the other stores couldn't sell; these were figures that were ONLY showing up at the discount stores.
amtm wrote:But I'd bet that even with toys it's a mix--some direct from Hasbro, some from other stores. In the past couple of weeks I've been seeing TF Prime and DOTM Deluxes show up in spades at Five Below--considering how long it's been since DOTM, I'd suspect some of that is from retailers (especially Toys R Us, which always orders too much of everything fans never wanted), not Hasbro, but there's no way to tell for sure on any specific item.
amtm wrote:Oh yeah--here's another fun fact. In my research on TJX--from some articles or something I read a while back--I found that they even have stuff (usually lower-grade versions of brand names) made specifically for them by manufacturers. So even the idea that all they do is buy overstock and whatnot is false. They have a clever marketing scheme, but you really gotta pay attention--labels there always claim you're saving money (just like at any department store) but often they're based on MSRP, not actual retail prices you'll find at other stores. So I've seen stuff selling just as high as or higher than at a regular store.
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