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william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I havent paid more than $30 USD for a TR leader yet

ok Mr. Extreme Coupon...you want to let me in on your secret?... I mean

I didnt mean to brag, but sure, here is my secret...

It's not bragging if its true. Well Done. . I'm not sure about rainchecks at TRU in the United States. I've been able to take advantage of sales in terms of smaller figures, but I don't seem to recall to many with the larger ones. I'll also have to look into the price-matching, not sure if theyn will do that either, but it wouldn't hurt to try. Thank You wj88.

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

william-james88 wrote:I havent paid more than $30 USD for a TR leader yet

ok Mr. Extreme Coupon...you want to let me in on your secret?... I mean

I didnt mean to brag, but sure, here is my secret...

It's not bragging if its true. Well Done. . I'm not sure about rainchecks at TRU in the United States. I've been able to take advantage of sales in terms of smaller figures, but I don't seem to recall to many with the larger ones. I'll also have to look into the price-matching, not sure if theyn will do that either, but it wouldn't hurt to try. Thank You wj88.

No problem, and they really should price match, its written pretty clearly in their policy, they even tell you which retailers they will price match with, which includes Amazon when Amazin is itself the seller. Thats good news for you guys since Amazon is where you can get good deals sometimes (Canada's amazon doesnt sell much in terms of TFs and the prices are rarely decent).

TRU in the States price matches, but it has to be an ad from a major retailer. i.e. Target, Walmart, etc.
they won't price match online only retailers. They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Cobotron wrote:They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Agreed. I'm not sure of all the intricate details. I tried to ask them how they could have items in stock on their website, but not at a particular store, and the guy just said "the stores and the website have nothing to do with each other..." ...

I guess other than the fact that they are both named Toys R Us, and that you can have items shipped to store from the website...yup totally unrelated whatsoever...

o.supreme wrote:

Cobotron wrote:They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Agreed. I'm not sure of all the intricate details. I tried to ask them how they could have items in stock on their website, but not at a particular store, and the guy just said "the stores and the website have nothing to do with each other..." ...

I guess other than the fact that they are both named Toys R Us, and that you can have items shipped to store from the website...yup totally unrelated whatsoever...

Yup, had that happen with the combaticons. I wanted to get the limb bots at TRU cause that's where I saw them first, but they were $24 and they would not price match Walmart's deluxe price tag. To price match, they told me I had to find the exact same item in another store and then bring proof of it like an add. Which is absurd

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Cobotron wrote:They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Agreed. I'm not sure of all the intricate details. I tried to ask them how they could have items in stock on their website, but not at a particular store, and the guy just said "the stores and the website have nothing to do with each other..." ...

I guess other than the fact that they are both named Toys R Us, and that you can have items shipped to store from the website...yup totally unrelated whatsoever...

Yup, had that happen with the combaticons. I wanted to get the limb bots at TRU cause that's where I saw them first, but they were $24 and they would not price match Walmart's deluxe price tag. To price match, they told me I had to find the exact same item in another store and then bring proof of it like an add. Which is absurd

But by that point, you may as well just buy it at the other place.

Cobotron wrote:TRU in the States price matches, but it has to be an ad from a major retailer. i.e. Target, Walmart, etc.
they won't price match online only retailers. They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Many places dont price match their own site, its some kind of loophole since they arent a competitor. happens in canada too. A Walmart stafer told me its because the site will have sales based on items taking up too much space in the warehouse, which is independent of what the actual stores have in stock. And so the price on walmart.ca is not indicative of the price at a walmart store.

However, Toysrus in the US HAS to pricematch their own website. It says so below.

Also I do want to confirm that Toysrus in the States WILL price match online only retailers. They say so in their policy page. here is the info:

The original, complete competitor ad, with valid dates, must be presented at time of purchase. Advertisements presented via smartphone must be displayed on competitor's website or app. Online prices must be verifiable via competitor website.
A price match will be granted at the time of purchase or within 7 days of purchase date with a valid receipt
When two or more of the same item are purchased, price match will be limited to two of those items.
Prices are matched after deducting any Toys"R"Us and/or Babies"R"Us coupon savings and other offers from our price.

We do match:

Identical items in local retail competitors' print advertisements - same brand, same size, same style and function, although variances in color will be accepted.
Pricing of an exact item at a competitor location that is the result of a single item percentage (%) off discount or coupon, such as a competitor coupon for 20% off a single item.
Toysrus.com and Babiesrus.com online pricing.
These competitors and their websites:
Amazon
Baby Depot
Barnes & Noble
Best Buy
buybuy BABY
diapers.com
Fred Meyer
GameStop
Hobby Lobby
JCPenney
Kmart
Kohl's
LEGO
Macy's
Meijer
Michael's
Sears
Target
Walmart
YoYo.com

I suggest you guys keep this link handy when you go shopping: http://www.toysrus.com/shop/index.jsp?c ... d=11949070

Insurgent wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Cobotron wrote:They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

Agreed. I'm not sure of all the intricate details. I tried to ask them how they could have items in stock on their website, but not at a particular store, and the guy just said "the stores and the website have nothing to do with each other..." ...

I guess other than the fact that they are both named Toys R Us, and that you can have items shipped to store from the website...yup totally unrelated whatsoever...

Yup, had that happen with the combaticons. I wanted to get the limb bots at TRU cause that's where I saw them first, but they were $24 and they would not price match Walmart's deluxe price tag. To price match, they told me I had to find the exact same item in another store and then bring proof of it like an add. Which is absurd

But by that point, you may as well just buy it at the other place.

That's actually what I meant to say at the end of that post. must've stopped typing my thoughts a bit too early!

william-james88 wrote:Stuff

I wish you would tell them that, cause they won't listen to me. Target did that for me, which his how I got the RiD Sideswipe battle pack for $10, but TRU wouldn't. They are very stingy about their stock and prices. It may say so in that policy, but you bring it up to the price matchers and they will refuse. They will (or at least mine will) only price match a competitors advertised price, not a general size class, not an online store. When i price matched those combaticons, it was basically "we won't match online, we won't match online only stores, and we will only match another store's price if you have proof of the exact same item being there at that cost"

TRU Canada may be good for you guys, but for the US it is not very good. Inflated prices and crappy service most of the time.

TRU isn't my favorite either, D-Max.

Both of mine never saw the CW boxsets, so I was shocked when they got in Chaos on Velocitron. I'm imaging they won't get too many more shipments though, thanks to the movie products coming soon.

But yeah, mine never have the latest deluxes or Legends, but the exclusives (where available) are appreciated-- if you don't mind paying at least full MSRP.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:I wish you would tell them that, cause they won't listen to me.

Sorry about that. It might be because our consumer protection laws are a big deal in Canada and TRU doesnt want to get in trouble.

I understand that they wont match a class though, that makes sense, since the UPC codes are unique to the character. But they should match a character you find on amazon sold by amazon. Have you tried showing the policy to the store manager?

I personally am not a big fan of price matching because usually, if its available elsehwere for a better price, I just buy it there. And, as I said, the competitors kinda suck in Canada. Amazon has nothing. So instead I just go with my raincheck thing.

Cobotron wrote:TRU in the States price matches, but it has to be an ad from a major retailer. i.e. Target, Walmart, etc.
they won't price match online only retailers. They also won't price match there own website, which is just absurd!

I'm not sure this is 100% correct as I have priced matched TRU's own website in sore. However, this was just before Christmas, so I'm not sure if they loosen the rules for the holidays and then tighten them up again.

Edit: Whoops, replied before I realized a whole bunch of others did.

I also think it has to do with the individual. Just before the holiday, I went to TRU and tried to use one of my $10 rewards I got online. The cashier was having difficulty scanning the barcode on my phone, and eventually she just told me I could only use the code for "online purchases"...which was total baloney, but I figured she was a temp worker. I could have gone to the manager, but the store was so busy and I just didn't want to deal with it at the time so I left.

A couple weeks later I came back with he same coupon (and another), both of which I actually printed out. TRU was also having a sale on Legends Figures (BOGO 50% off). This time they accepted the coupons with no issue, so I ended up getting 4 legends figures having only to pay for $10 out of pocket.

TRU is usually not ever busy except during the holidays, so if I think something is off I'll usually ask to talk to a manager. If its too busy I just leave without purchasing and come back another time.

I tend to go to TRU on a Sunday morning - pretty quiet then. Saturday is nuts - full of screaming kids riding bicycles up the isles at full pelt.

At least they finally turned those damn audio displays off - thank the matrix they did my head in.

I got UK TRU to price match themselves late last year no problem with the Voyager Wave 3 Optimus & Megatron.

I suspect they might have been awkward if they were out of stock online though.

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P.s did you guys (and other genders) know that Wei Jiang is doing Ko overscale Titan Returns toys soon ?
Specifically Skullsmasher, Hardhead, Highbrow, Wolfwire & Highbrow.

If the test shots they showed off are accurate there is some subtle changes - like Skullsmasher has his beast legs inside his robot legs in robot mode. and they may not all have transparent cabins.
But overall they look interesting.

I thought it worth a mention.

RAR wrote:P.s did you guys (and other genders) know that Wei Jiang is doing Ko overscale Titan Returns toys soon ?
Specifically Skullsmasher, Hardhead, Highbrow, Wolfwire & Highbrow.

If the test shots they showed off are accurate there is some subtle changes - like Skullsmasher has his beast legs inside his robot legs in robot mode. and they may not all have transparent cabins.
But overall they look interesting.

I thought it worth a mention.

Any pics?

RAR, I did just see those KOs. You should go start a thread in the KO forums for them. Especially if you have pics you can post.

Sigma Magnus wrote:Any pics?

Just this one I found on TFW :

unlicensed-products-news-thread-p1873481.php#p1873481

RAR wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:Any pics?

Just this one I found on TFW :

unlicensed-products-news-thread-p1873481.php#p1873481

Seems to just be the original Headmasters then...interesting.

Speaking of the original Headmasters, a certain someone will be arriving this Sunday...

Sigma Magnus wrote:

RAR wrote:

Sigma Magnus wrote:Any pics?

Just this one I found on TFW :

unlicensed-products-news-thread-p1873481.php#p1873481

Seems to just be the original Headmasters then...interesting.

Speaking of the original Headmasters, a certain someone will be arriving this Sunday...

with improvements

linky to smythes.ie in ireland.

http://www.smythstoys.com/ie/en-ie/toys/action-figures-playsets/c-344/transformers/?pageSize=180&page=1&viewAll=False

just seen today that besides a cut in the prices for stuff like voyager megs and prime (and big cuts on the remaining combiner wars stock). theyre down from €31 to €25.50.

but the REAL news is theyve listed wave four which aint on the shelves here yet PLUS leader sky shadow and voyager broadside.

considering we never got six shot here from that store im kinda shocked at that. price point is €59.99 and €31 respectively.

dunno when itll hit the shelves but if its anything like the computron gift set it'll be the next two weeks or so.

Yeah it's been there a while the date on it's arrival is later this month supposedly - As I've said before I think the newer items of the other lines are being held back to the same street date in the UK especially as the Movie toys. Many sites had them listed then pulled the listings - so I expect the end of this month they will show up everywhere at once as they likely have it all already - they just can't sell it.

Perhaps TRU / The Entertainer might be planning an event on Transformers when that happens - and saving the non-Movie toys for that time makes a certain amount of sense as it bumps up their potential offerings a bit.

I just hope that I can find a Six Shot sometime (for a sensible price -
like £35.00ish) since they are now promising Skyshadow for soon and he's not shown up yet either. I refuse to pay £50 for a leader unless it's a premium deco or an import.

Skyhammer is listed as 10-14th April so they should have him soon and he's cheaper too & I just bought Bushfire on Sunday so I know he's out here too. Also the listing they have had up for week for Activator Combiner Sideswipe & TR Sixshot have disappeared - which is sometimes a sign of imminent arrival at smyths.

Just started a new thread right here: https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/tr-fort-max-fan-modes-t108991.php

Go there to share cool, fun, or silly fan modes for Fort Max!
Hopefully this hasn't been done already...

Sigma Magnus wrote:Just started a new thread right here: https://www.seibertron.com/energonpub/tr-fort-max-fan-modes-t108991.php

Go there to share cool, fun, or silly fan modes for Fort Max!
Hopefully this hasn't been done already...

Hahah, now that's perfect timing! I'll pop this over there soon as well (along with some of my other old Fort Max pics), but I figured why not share it in this thread too!

So I've been on a bit of a Gurren Lagann binge lately (first time watching it and I'm up to Episode 17, but somehow that's the one episode I managed not to download so I'm stuck there until further notice I guess, but that's beside the point) and I suddenly realized that what other line could possibly be a better fit for that than Titans Return? Little dudes with faces on them that turn into heads for other bigger dudes, come on! My first thought was to 3D-model and print a TR-compatible Lagann, and that's still in the back of my head, but I decided that'd be way too hard why not go bigger? So with the help of Cerebros and some Lego, I present to you the very first Transformer-based Gunman!


Not too shabby if I do say so myself.


I discovered you can actually fit a single TM inside Cerebros' forehead if you contort them right, but it's also possible to prop them up so they're popping out to say hello! (Or to ask you who the hell you think they are.)


Light-up eyes! Nothing more to say here, except that my Cerebros has some awfully botched circuitry which means that he can very rarely make sounds properly, but it does mean that sometimes his eyes will light up and stay on which makes it easier to take these kinds of pictures!


I even made a """drill""" out of other Lego pieces, not that it's the most convincing (or sturdy) but I guess it'll do. It just sort of uses a Lego pin to sit in that screw-hole in the side of the leg - or the arm here, I guess.

He's even probably still compatible with Fort Max! Maybe. I haven't actually checked, but I don't see how those Lego feet would really get in the way aside from maybe having to bend the arms weirdly.

So, yeah. That's that. Here's some bonus pictures of Cerebros on (and falling off of) Devastator too. "Constructicon Maximus", anyone?

Qwan - I hope your titan masters can generate enough spiral energy to effectively pilot a gunman like cerebros

Story kinda fits too if we go by Marvel, considering why Spike has to take over from Galen

that is hillarious