by sol magnus » Tue May 12, 2020 9:22 pm
- Motto: "This is the most beautiful thing in the entire universe. Ok, give me the bomb."
- Weapon: Laser Rifle
I've seen everything except the Battlemasters, which isn't really a surprise - and Astrotrain.
When I posted on here I was going to pick up a Grapple, when I got to the store I totally intended to get him. However, there were only two Starscreams and like 5 Grapples. There was a bit of a debate about how many and what mix of figures in a Voyager case, but it turns out it's two - one of each. So, people were buying the Starscreams and passing on Grapple. Grapple has since dried up, too - but the only place I've ever seen any Voyager was that Walmart. Which I've never seen Earthrise Deluxes or Leaders at.
I got Optimus Prime from Best Buy - that I gave to my boy. I don't own one myself. I got Astrotrain from "pot luck" Best Buy curbside. It wasn't a gamble for me, because I didn't personally own either one. I was kind of hoping for Astrotrain just to have a copy of everything in the house, but I would have been fine with Prime, too. Now that the odds are 50/50, I don't feel like I want ANOTHER Astrotrain, and I'm not giving my kid TWO 50.00 figures just yet - he's seven. I almost wish I ordered two Leaders and hoped someone had enough sense to give me one of each, but - it is what it is. I never saw a retail Siege Astrotrain, btw.
As for the Deluxes, I've seen them at Best Buy (when I got Prime) and Walmart. My local Walmart - I saw a Ironworks at Target, and I've seen the Micromasters at Target many, many times. They put out at least three shipments of Deluxes at my Walmart. I bought the entire first run except Ironworks as I wasn't sold on getting him at the onset. Then, they got another shipment and when I got there what was left was a Cliffjumper and three Ironworks - I got the second Cliff for my kid. Still passed on Ironworks. I didn't get him until I bought all the Netflix guys except Chromia because she wasn't there. I got her on another trip to the same Walmart, where she was the only figure there at the time - period.
So, disregarding the Netflix guys, that is what I've experienced regarding Earthrise guys to date, but I have all of Wave One except Soundbarrier because not one store in my area carries Battlemasters. I already have Smashdown, so that's a non-issue.
'Til All Are One.