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I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Oh yeah, Target had the Firestarter Predaking on clearance last year too. I want to say for the same amount. I walked away from that guy a few times. I regret it now, but at the time I had no room.

Walmart clearance is amature hour compared to Target. I've gotten so many outrageous deals there. I also got a little crazy on those construct bots last year. I just found the box I stashed them all in. About to start setting them all up.

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Oh yeah, Target had the Firestarter Predaking on clearance last year too. I want to say for the same amount. I walked away from that guy a few times. I regret it now, but at the time I had no room.

Walmart clearance is amature hour compared to Target. I've gotten so many outrageous deals there. I also got a little crazy on those construct bots last year. I just found the box I stashed them all in. About to start setting them all up.

Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Well, My Laval Walmart is stuck with wave one of CW and the 10$ AOE deluxe leftovers. So I bought a My Little Pony Equestria Girls doll, DJ-Pon3 "gradma edition" who was 5$ instead of the regular 25. So there.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Well, My Laval Walmart is stuck with wave one of CW and the 10$ AOE deluxe leftovers. So I bought a My Little Pony Equestria Girls doll, DJ-Pon3 "gradma edition" who was 5$ instead of the regular 25. So there.

Your funny, you took the same advantage as me on the 80$US Platinum Pradaking

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Well, My Laval Walmart is stuck with wave one of CW and the 10$ AOE deluxe leftovers. So I bought a My Little Pony Equestria Girls doll, DJ-Pon3 "gradma edition" who was 5$ instead of the regular 25. So there.

Your funny, you took the same advantage as me on the 80$US Platinum Pradaking

I was just talking about the latest purchase. My Walmart is very late to renew it's TF stock compared to Montreal, the city just a few meters away.

Also, what about my funny?

Howdy fellow Seibertronians! Thanks to the Target Cartwheel app, you can now save 20% on the 1-step Robots in Disguise 6 pack. This pack includes Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Sideswipe, Underbite and Steeljaw figures. The listing is a little confusing. The picture is of the AoE 6-pack, but the listing names characters from the current RID15 line.



You can also save 20% on Robots in Disguise 3-step (Hyperchange) changers.



Both deals are in-store only. For a quick refresher, you can check out the galleries for both here.

As always stay tuned to seibertron and keep pressing F5 for the best Transformer news, galleries and deals.

maybe Target is doing this because they've realized that the one-step/three-step junk doesn't sell? perhaps this is a desperate effort to make room on shelves for the Generations figures that people actually want?

SG Roadbuster wrote:maybe Target is doing this because they've realized that the one-step/three-step junk doesn't sell? perhaps this is a desperate effort to make room on shelves for the Generations figures that people actually want?

It's just a sale. They have them for all kinds of Transformers at different times. If this were a sale for combiner wars or generations figures (which they have had before) would you say the same thing? And yes, the one step and three steps sell or else they wouldn't keep designing them.

This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

SG Roadbuster wrote:maybe Target is doing this because they've realized that the one-step/three-step junk doesn't sell? perhaps this is a desperate effort to make room on shelves for the Generations figures that people actually want?

You're progecting. Because no matter the stores I go, the Generations and 1steps stock sell as much. The one steps sell a lot and I often see Generations stuff pegwarm. Face it, the one-steps are marvelous toys that sell like hotcakes and they are here to stay.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I often see Generations stuff pegwarm.

I've seen Tankor and Rattrap at various Walmarts many times. While one step changers came and went.

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.

That would be my guess. I see that AoE 6 pack quite often.

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.

The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.

BlueBefore wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.

The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.

Meanwhile, Grimlock's description speaks of "high-performance vehicles racing down the highway".

...yeah.

Sabrblade wrote:

BlueBefore wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line

Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.

The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.

Meanwhile, Grimlock's description speaks of "high-performance vehicles racing down the highway".

...yeah.

That's not Grimlock's description, dear. It's the description for the 3 step changer series.

With all the talk lately about folks missing out on Generations Arcee/Chromia, I thought id toss this in here:





I feel when these are gone, they'll be gone. Granted there's still shipping to consider, but BBTS's ladies are essentially retail price. Amiami still has the Reissue Arcee on pre-order as well, and do the math: 2110 Yen = $16.81 USD = $20.90 CAD ect. That's amazing for such a high quality deco, not to mention being imported. So get em while you can folks!

Great!

Cobotron wrote:

carytheone wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.

I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.

The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.

Oh yeah, Target had the Firestarter Predaking on clearance last year too. I want to say for the same amount. I walked away from that guy a few times. I regret it now, but at the time I had no room.

Walmart clearance is amature hour compared to Target. I've gotten so many outrageous deals there. I also got a little crazy on those construct bots last year. I just found the box I stashed them all in. About to start setting them all up.

Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.

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That's amazing!

I must start checking my local Target from time to time if things like that can happen, lol.

jay5 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.

That's amazing!

I must start checking my local Target from time to time if things like that can happen, lol.

Don't get too excited. That had consequences - here's the short version of what happened:

1) Walmart carries a US release of MP Starscream (the first version), it sells like hotcakes
2) Walmart then decides to carry MP Skywarp, ordering a massive ton of them since Starscream did so well
3) Skywarp sits at Walmart for a year or so en masse
4) Walmart marks them down to insanely low prices to get rid of them
5) A lot of the unsold Skywarps ended up at discount retailers (TJ Maxx et. al.) for even lower, sometimes as low as $6 iirc
6) Masterpiece toys were never carried at US retail by anyone besides Toys R Us ever again

ScottyP wrote:

jay5 wrote:

Cobotron wrote:Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.

That's amazing!

I must start checking my local Target from time to time if things like that can happen, lol.

Don't get too excited. That had consequences - here's the short version of what happened:

1) Walmart carries a US release of MP Starscream (the first version), it sells like hotcakes
2) Walmart then decides to carry MP Skywarp, ordering a massive ton of them since Starscream did so well
3) Skywarp sits at Walmart for a year or so en masse
4) Walmart marks them down to insanely low prices to get rid of them
5) A lot of the unsold Skywarps ended up at discount retailers (TJ Maxx et. al.) for even lower, sometimes as low as $6 iirc
6) Masterpiece toys were never carried at US retail by anyone besides Toys R Us ever again

He's right ya know.

Here's another side effect of ScottyP's a fore mentioned fall out.
1) Cobotron sees MP Thundercracker at TRU for $79.99.
2) Cobotron thinks, oh that will totaly go on sale just like MP Skywarp.
3) Cobotron waits..........no sale. Then gone.
4) Cobotron now has no Thundercracker.


But other than Masterpieces, the Clearance isles, from time to time, can yield some nice treasures.

Our Seibertron.com board admin and wonder from down under Burn has pointed us in the direction of one of the big toy sales coming up soon across Australia. Specifically, this one will take place at the Myers chain stores, and sees Hasbro Generations Combiner Wars Voyagers and Deluxes reduced by AUS 10 and 5 respectively, plus an almost halved Platinum Edition Year of the Goat G2 Laser Prime - check out the mirrored image below, and head here for the full catalogue!

Not liking that colour scheme and use of transparent plastic on G2 Prime there.