So with all the talk of the Velocitron set becoming scarce I decided to make the 75 mile road trip to the nearest TRU in Portland, ME to see if I could find one for myself. Made a few stops along the way with some hits and misses.
First stop was Five Below because I heard someone here had spotted some Transformers stuff there, but I didn't find anything.
Second stop was Target, managed to get TR Bumblebee and almost picked up Brawn and Roadburn, but passed when I finally found a Voltron Yellow Lion with acceptable paint (I've passed up a good half dozen of them). So yeah, lots of yellow plastic on this stop. They also had a Skullsmasher which surprised me, I haven't seen one since the fall.
Next was TRU, my reason for going on this trip. The Transformers section in the aisle was sparse to say the least. They still have a Fort Max, a couple Blasters and Soundwave, and the entire first wave of TR Deluxe class. Again, weird, haven't seen those since last year in my area. Anyway the Velocitron set wasn't here, not even a spot for them, so I wandered around the action figure aisles to see if maybe one was misplaced, but still no luck. Returned to the Transformers section, which is only about three feet wide total and noticed there weren't any TLK Premier Deluxe figures there. So I decided to investigate the rest of the store for a TLK display. The front of the store had big displays for all of the other big summer movies, but no Transformers. Went past the dolls, went past the Legos, and went past the board games and that's where I finally found a TLK movie display hidden away where nobody would think to look for it. And that's where I finally found two Velocitron sets. They probably wouldn't have been there if they were easy to find. So I bought one and they tried to sell me a two year warranty for it which made me laugh. And what, they would repair them if they broke.
Next I hit the mall and found Alt Modes for $1.97 at Game Stop. Got Megatron and what I thought was Optimus, but turned out to be Ultra Magnus. Isn't that always the way?
Also grabbed the new Digimon movie BD at Best Buy.
The Walmart down there had nothing of interest. In fact they still had a beat up CW Scattershot on the shelf for full price.
Overall it was a worthwhile trip. I had hoped to find TR Deluxe wave 4 or Sky Shadow, but no luck there.
Emerje
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