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News Credits: 905 · Mon May 17, 2010 4:29 am

Hasbro version of Transformers Universe Masterpiece Grimlock has listed as "In Stock" at Toys R Us online store (http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.js ... Id=3870072) and available for online purchase.

If you have any sighting on this Leader of Dinobots at your area, kindly share with the fellow Transformers collectors here at our sighting page: toy-sightings-forum-f57.html

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 17, 2010 4:54 am

I just went to the page, it mentions the following...

Out Of Stock
Temporarily Not Available

Not that I could have bought it anyway, Toys R' Us (the american store anyway) doesn't ship overseas!

News Credits: 905 · Mon May 17, 2010 5:07 am

Yeah, TRU has changed it....
Maybe is premature listing or only 2 available and sold out.... :grin:

News Credits: 251 · Mon May 17, 2010 5:10 am

Again, will it come out before July? My birthday is coming up, and he'd make a great Autobot counterpart against my Masterpiece Skywarp. Other than that, like the mini pics there :APPLAUSE:

Mon May 17, 2010 5:16 am

Cant wait till he hits the stores !!!

News Credits: 16 · Mon May 17, 2010 5:18 am

Where's Arcee, TRU? Where's Arcee?

News Credits: 198 · Mon May 17, 2010 6:58 am

Wow, the price at TRU is actually reasonable. I expected something north of $80. I may have to pick this up to display in dino mode or keep boxed.

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 17, 2010 7:11 am

The same thing happened when they released the Insecticon. I was at TRU this weekend and they had 5 of them sitting there.

Mon May 17, 2010 7:16 am

WHAT THE FRAGGIN' SLAG?! are they sold out, or just pulled the plug early? SOMEONE TALK TO ME HERE!

News Credits: 241 · Mon May 17, 2010 7:42 am

SLUGSLINGER81 wrote:WHAT THE FRAGGIN' SLAG?! are they sold out, or just pulled the plug early? SOMEONE TALK TO ME HERE!

Not available yet. Just have patience, it's common practice to put up the listing first as Out of Stock, as a placeholder, you know?

News Credits: 2 · Mon May 17, 2010 8:35 am

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Not available yet. Just have patience, it's common practice to put up the listing first as Out of Stock, as a placeholder, you know?

Well, they did that to Animated Arcee, too. A while ago found they put her on the website as out-of-stock, couple days later she was gone for good, never appear again on the website.

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 17, 2010 9:14 am

Are these TRU exclusive or general release?

I just got a spare Skywarp on super-sale at Wally-World, and I'm hoping they will carry this, as all the MPs have gotten down to at least 1/2 price there.

News Credits: 3 · Mon May 17, 2010 10:04 am

rpetras wrote:Are these TRU exclusive or general release?

I just got a spare Skywarp on super-sale at Wally-World, and I'm hoping they will carry this, as all the MPs have gotten down to at least 1/2 price there.

TRU exclusive...so don't expect to see it for less than retail as TRU pretty much never clearances their exclusives. But that is a pretty nice retail price.

However, it kinda begs the question...if Hasbro can manage to release it for only $60, WTF was the TT retail $145 or whatever it was? I suppose the only legitimate answer for that is: because people were still more than willing to buy it... I gotta say, if the Hasbro version actually keeps the sharp teeth and claws, I regret getting the TT version. Hell, for almost $100 less and having the crown instead of the stupid tray & apron, I kinda regret it either way.

News Credits: 3 · Mon May 17, 2010 12:10 pm

It Is Him wrote:Where's Arcee, TRU? Where's Arcee?

Gotta figure it's not even making it's way to the shelves, plenty of ratchets though.

This thing looks nice, can't wait to get one.

News Credits: 1 · Mon May 17, 2010 1:24 pm

Out of stock as usual. Original price was $99.99 now $59.99. I called my toys r us and had them check 5 other toys r us stores around my area and they don't have it yet. Any idea when these will hit stores? Will they be $99.99 or $59.99? Toys r us exclusives are so elusive.

Me DaiShanPrime want masterpiece Grimlock. Want Grimlock now! :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 104 · Mon May 17, 2010 2:10 pm

I am guessing it was a mistake listing on their part..

Your search for "3870072" returned 0 results.
Did You Mean: 3870070

Mon May 17, 2010 3:41 pm

I'll wait untill clearance.

News Credits: 1235 · Mon May 17, 2010 4:13 pm

Kibble wrote:
rpetras wrote:Are these TRU exclusive or general release?

I just got a spare Skywarp on super-sale at Wally-World, and I'm hoping they will carry this, as all the MPs have gotten down to at least 1/2 price there.

TRU exclusive...so don't expect to see it for less than retail as TRU pretty much never clearances their exclusives. But that is a pretty nice retail price.

However, it kinda begs the question...if Hasbro can manage to release it for only $60, WTF was the TT retail $145 or whatever it was? I suppose the only legitimate answer for that is: because people were still more than willing to buy it... I gotta say, if the Hasbro version actually keeps the sharp teeth and claws, I regret getting the TT version. Hell, for almost $100 less and having the crown instead of the stupid tray & apron, I kinda regret it either way.

I don't know what japanese retail was, but the TT release was higher because you have to pay for importing and the companies that do that also mark up the price so they can make a profit.

Mon May 17, 2010 5:33 pm

Cyber Bishop wrote:I am guessing it was a mistake listing on their part..

Your search for "3870072" returned 0 results.
Did You Mean: 3870070

Not sure, but I'm getting the same message, it seems that is no longer in their site... :-?

News Credits: 5 · Tue May 18, 2010 9:14 am

BattleRoller23 wrote:I'll wait untill clearance.

Good luck with that. I hardly ever see TRU exclusives go onto clearance. And honestly, if I see MP Grimlock on clearance at TRU, I'm buying all of them. There are too many people who got to TRU several times a week looking for just this type of thing.

When I see this, I'm picking it up ASAP.

News Credits: 217 · Tue May 18, 2010 9:20 am

Unicronic wrote:
Kibble wrote:
rpetras wrote:Are these TRU exclusive or general release?

I just got a spare Skywarp on super-sale at Wally-World, and I'm hoping they will carry this, as all the MPs have gotten down to at least 1/2 price there.

TRU exclusive...so don't expect to see it for less than retail as TRU pretty much never clearances their exclusives. But that is a pretty nice retail price.

However, it kinda begs the question...if Hasbro can manage to release it for only $60, WTF was the TT retail $145 or whatever it was? I suppose the only legitimate answer for that is: because people were still more than willing to buy it... I gotta say, if the Hasbro version actually keeps the sharp teeth and claws, I regret getting the TT version. Hell, for almost $100 less and having the crown instead of the stupid tray & apron, I kinda regret it either way.

I don't know what japanese retail was, but the TT release was higher because you have to pay for importing and the companies that do that also mark up the price so they can make a profit.

The Takara release was 10,000 to 13,000 yen on shelves here in Japan. I don't know how Hasbro can release it so cheap even if they skimp on the fancy packaging and the die-cast.

Are the apron, drinks tray, bow tie and intelligence transfer helmet included with the Hasbro release?