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As far as my local retailers, I know my closest Walmart, which is oddly normally pretty decent about stock decided at Christmas shopping season to stock up on literally 100s of Wave 2 Deluxes. Not Mindwipe and Weirdwolf either, it was the revision run. So I believe it had Highbrow, Chromedome, and Hardhead. And lots. Their entire section of Transformers was overflowing with just them until about March. They have yet to restock since November.

Humorously this same Walmart got a single shipment of the Voyager OP and Megs in March, which I bought. The next shipments, loaded with Alpha Trion and Astrotrain.

As far as shipments go I think that particular Walmart is now suffering "burnout" (self-inflicted though) from the Generations line and will likely avoid ordering some shipments. I wonder if that is the case across other retailers.

On the flip side, all of the other retailers around here, have empty (or nearly empty) shelves, and has been that way since mid-January. Practically zero restocking of Deluxe, a few Legends and Titan Masters restocks here and there, and no Voyager/Leader restocks.

The worst offender is my local TRUs (both of them have identical issues), as they downsized the TF section again, they are down to 2 pegs for Legends and Deluxes each, and 1 spot each for Voyager and Leader. Voyagers are gone, Leaders I think still has a single Optimus. Deluxes, you guessed it, a couple Wave 1/2 bots, but nothing else. Heck their Voltron section is now bigger than the total size allotted for the entirety of the Transformers section (RID and Generations).

This has been the worst I have seen local stock get in quite a while, and reminds me why I hate hunting at brick and mortar stores. The gas savings alone is worth the $2-3 extra per figure I might pay.

All that said, what william says has me at least hopeful that I didn't miss the Chaos on Velocitron set due to the terrible stocking practices of individual stores.

I won't be surprised if we start seeing wave4 Voyagers and Leaders at places like Ross....is Walgreens going to be my only option for the Deluxes?

Last night's score of 'Shadow at Walmart only happened because of our TFDB app telling me where to look! Got the last one, too....

bodrock i love your memes.

does anyone think godbomber is the wave 6 leader

Bumblebee21 wrote:bodrock i love your memes.

does anyone think godbomber is the wave 6 leader

He's taller than the standard Hasbro TR Leader class size and can't combine with Powermaster OP, so I doubt we'd see Godbomber in this line outside of one of those exclusive boxed sets.

bodrock wrote:I won't be surprised if we start seeing wave4 Voyagers and Leaders at places like Ross....is Walgreens going to be my only option for the Deluxes?

Last night's score of 'Shadow at Walmart only happened because of our TFDB app telling me where to look! Got the last one, too....

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There's an App for that??

Flashwave wrote:

bodrock wrote:I won't be surprised if we start seeing wave4 Voyagers and Leaders at places like Ross....is Walgreens going to be my only option for the Deluxes?

Last night's score of 'Shadow at Walmart only happened because of our TFDB app telling me where to look! Got the last one, too....

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There's an App for that??

Oh yeah!! The TFDB app - I add updates as often as possible to help fellow hunters!
And thank you, Bee -- it makes the pics even more fun for me....combining my passion for TFs and memes is great.

We have the same function in our Sightings Database, which we plug with each new sighting story on the front page, too.

Va'al wrote:We have the same function in our Sightings Database, which we plug with each new sighting story on the front page, too.

I have that page readily available to refresh on my phone as well, Va'al!

Gonna bring this up again cause I now have some money and I'd really like this ghost: are there any TRU's around any of you that have the Chaos on Velocitron set? still nothing here and eBay has gone pretty much dry on them save for the ridiculously priced ones. Anyone wanna help a bot out?
yes this is shameful begging. No I don't care if it is. Yes I really want Nautica

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Gonna bring this up again cause I now have some money and I'd really like this ghost: are there any TRU's around any of you that have the Chaos on Velocitron set? still nothing here and eBay has gone pretty much dry on them save for the ridiculously priced ones. Anyone wanna help a bot out?
yes this is shameful begging. No I don't care if it is. Yes I really want Nautica

I'll keep an eye out, man. I didn't see one last time (the only box set they've had here is G2 Superion who basically redefined shelfwarming even when on clearance and he's finally gone. I doubt TRU is jumping at the chance to repeat that again.

Hey so, I'm pretty sure this is a new sighting? It might not be but I don't recall hearing anything about it before. Anyways, I was just doing my regular toy rounds today and who should I see in a Kmart but Legends Brawn and Roadburn! TR Legends Wave 4 has definitively hit Australia, and personally I was super psyched to grab me a Brawn! I know I'm gonna cave and get Roadburn eventually, but I left him for now because it makes me feel like I'm control of myself.

I'm still out and on mobile so I'm having a bit of trouble with images, but I'll share them as soon as I get home (in about a half hour or so). At the least, I hope this gave someone hope of finding them at retail - the land of Oz isn't getting left behind quite yet!

EDIT: Well I guess there's not much need for me to add the images now, since they're literally right below this post. Great that my find was useful!

Fellow Seibertronian Qwan, from Australia, has reported a new sighting for the Titans Return wave 4 Legend class figures Brawn and Roadburn - in Port Macquarie's Kmart, for 19 AUSD! While Wave 4 was spotted previously, as seen here, this is the first Legends sighting in Australia we have from our community.

As always, makes sure to use our Sightings Database to locate figures as you go, and help out other collectors in your area!

Qwan wrote:Anyways, I was just doing my regular toy rounds today and who should I see in a Kmart but Legends Brawn and Roadburn! TR Legends Wave 4 has definitively hit Australia, and personally I was super psyched to grab me a Brawn! I know I'm gonna cave and get Roadburn eventually, but I left him for now because it makes me feel like I'm control of myself.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Gonna bring this up again cause I now have some money and I'd really like this ghost: are there any TRU's around any of you that have the Chaos on Velocitron set? still nothing here and eBay has gone pretty much dry on them save for the ridiculously priced ones. Anyone wanna help a bot out?
yes this is shameful begging. No I don't care if it is. Yes I really want Nautica

I'll check my local TRUs today for you.

Va'al wrote:this is the first Legends sighting we have from our community.

Incorrect, scroll down to may 4th,

louisiana-transformers-sightings-t45066s1975.php

Crap I should have mentioned that Wave 4 Legends, Titanmasters, and Leader class are out in my area.

Local Target has 3 Sky Shadows, local Meijer has 2 Roadburns left (I bought 1, but they had no Brawns), and the local TRU has several of both Shuffler and Repugnus.

I should note that the Walmarts around here (NW Ohio/SE Michigan) are doing inventory (as of Thursday at least) so it is highly likely they are restocking very soon, so it sounds like Wave 4 deluxes will be sighted around here as well.

mordhelm wrote:Crap I should have mentioned that Wave 4 Legends, Titanmasters, and Leader class are out in my area.

Local Target has 3 Sky Shadows, local Meijer has 2 Roadburns left (I bought 1, but they had no Brawns), and the local TRU has several of both Shuffler and Repugnus.

I should note that the Walmarts around here (NW Ohio/SE Michigan) are doing inventory (as of Thursday at least) so it is highly likely they are restocking very soon, so it sounds like Wave 4 deluxes will be sighted around here as well.

Where exactly are you located? If you find stuff in Michigan, you should post it in our sightings thread. It's pretty quiet in that thread. I'm in the Ann Arbor area, so that's why I'm asking.

Cyber Bishop wrote:

Va'al wrote:this is the first Legends sighting we have from our community.

Incorrect, scroll down to may 4th,

louisiana-transformers-sightings-t45066s1975.php

Louisiana ain't Australia.

Went to a TRU this weekend. I should specify that it's not the best TRU in the city, but it's the closest, and I was supremely disappointed. They had maybe a two or three movie figures, and even less Titans Returns stuff.
It's really sad when Wal-Mart has a better selection of all Transformers toys right now than TRU does.

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Where exactly are you located? If you find stuff in Michigan, you should post it in our sightings thread. It's pretty quiet in that thread. I'm in the Ann Arbor area, so that's why I'm asking.

Well I work in AA, and the Walmart I was referencing that is inventorying was the one in Saline (State St/Michigan Ave). However I live in the Toledo area, so those are the ones with stock, I can make a note of which ones in the sightings area.

mordhelm wrote:

RodimusConvoy13 wrote:Where exactly are you located? If you find stuff in Michigan, you should post it in our sightings thread. It's pretty quiet in that thread. I'm in the Ann Arbor area, so that's why I'm asking.

Well I work in AA, and the Walmart I was referencing that is inventorying was the one in Saline (State St/Michigan Ave). However I live in the Toledo area, so those are the ones with stock, I can make a note of which ones in the sightings area.

Cool. I also noticed Saline was doing inventory the other day when I was there.

Did someone really find Brawn at Dollar General? That seems like a mistake, but i could be wrong.

It looks like Hasbro has a revision for the wave 4 Legends with Bee removed and replaced with Kickback and Gnaw. I found this on Entertainment Earth.

http://www.entertainmentearth.com/prodi ... HSB7771D11

My son found and bought blitzwing at Target In Texas.

As the hunt for Titans Return's Wave 4 figures continue, fellow board member TF-fan kev777 dropped by to let us know that as far as the Legends-class figures are concerned, there's already a revision wave! Originally containing Brawn, Roadburn (Chase) and Bumblebee; Entertainment Earth is now stocking a revision wave that replaces Bumblebee with Kickback and Gnaw for all your army-building purposes. Interestingly, as you can see below; each figure in this revision wave is evenly-packed - which was not the case before, as the original wave had 3 each of Roadburn and Brawn but 2 of Bumblebee.

Check out Entertainment Earth for the revision wave at $39.99 if you're interested and tell us if you find this in the wild!



1x TRA GEN LEGENDS GNAW
1x TRA GEN LEGENDS KICKBACK
1x TRA GEN LEGENDS ROADBURN
1x TRA GEN LEGENDS BRAWN

Y'know, Roadburn is really starting to stand out for me purely for that plastic red colour. It just shines so brilliantly, has a really different feel to it. Kinda want him now...