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Mon Oct 28, 2019 1:15 pm

Got lucky on lunch and found Ratchet at the Walgreens near work in Hilliard, OH. They had 4 on the shelf 3 left.

News Credits: 65 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:34 pm

Yay! Found my Ratchet this afternoon! There were three to chose from on the shelf. It was a good thing too, since two of them had some noticeable paint flaws. One had a big brown splotch on the top right-hand corner of the chest. The other had what looked like a lot of plastic flash left over along the top of the chest window, leaving the red painted section in the middle looking gouged out and jagged in spots. The one I got looked pretty clean (except for the muddy boots/battle damage paint apps, of course). The number of Classics/Universe 2008/early Generations molds in my neo G1 collection is quickly diminishing. I think I'll be able to sell off the few remaining stragglers if Hasbro announces a new Tracks for Earthrise and the inevitable retools of Grapple into Inferno and Hoist into Trailbreaker.

News Credits: 56 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:37 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

I have 3 Walgreens that form a triangle in about a 5 mile area near my home, the 2nd one had Ratchet (4 of them). I didn't want one for myself, but got one as a gift for a friend of mine who is an EMT

. I've heard rumors that occasionally these will appear in other areas, since during holiday time they have toys kind of spread out everywhere, but I've always found them in the regular TF section.

News Credits: 65 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:49 pm

o.supreme wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:0 for 4 so far here in the Twin Cities.

I've got a question for anyone who has found Siege Ratchet at Walgreens. Are you finding them in the regular "Toys + Games" aisle along with the rest of the Siege Deluxe Class figures, or in the "Seasonal" aisle, where there are also a bunch of random toys?

I have 3 Walgreens that form a triangle in about a 5 mile area near my home, the 2nd one had Ratchet (4 of them). I didn't want one for myself, but got one as a gift for a friend of mine who is an EMT . I've heard rumors that occasionally these will appear in other areas, since during holiday time they have toys kind of spread out everywhere, but I've always found them in the regular TF section.

Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above.

He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

News Credits: 56 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 3:57 pm

Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above. He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

Cool. Yeah I found out from his kids. He wanted an original series Ratchet, but I don't think he knows that either 1) A Reasonably priced one will probably be in terrible condition or, 2) it will be immensely expensive (not counting reissues etc...)

This was just good timing for what he wanted. He said he wanted it on the dash of his Ambulance when driving. I'll see if I can get pics

News Credits: 4877 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:03 pm

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o.supreme wrote:
Wolfman Jake wrote:Thanks for thinking of me! I just got my Ratchet at last earlier this afternoon, as you can see from my post above. He was indeed in the regular toy section too, and not the seasonal stuff.

That's cute of you to pick one up for your EMT friend. I hope they like it!

Cool. Yeah I found out from his kids. He wanted an original series Ratchet, but I don't think he knows that either 1) A Reasonably priced one will probably be in terrible condition or, 2) it will be immensely expensive (not counting reissues etc...)

This was just good timing for what he wanted. He said he wanted it on the dash of his Ambulance when driving. I'll see if I can get pics

Does he alao know that the original Ratchet does not have a head?

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 6:10 pm

Nemesis Primal wrote:It looks like you just left his waist skirt bits flipped up and in the way of the joint.

wow, I feel really dumb for missing that...

OK, he has a waist, but he definitely still feels a bit weak for the class

News Credits: 2 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 7:18 pm

Ratchet found in Sunnyvale/Santa Clara CA

Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:35 pm

Haven't located Ratchet in Central New York as of yet.

News Credits: 41 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 8:42 pm

I hit 5 Walgreens this past Saturday here in Omaha, and as is the nature of the Hunt, I found 1 Ratchet at the last stop. Had I driven the loop in the opposite direction, I would have only made the one stop! :lol:

Today I hit a 6th Walgreens off my beaten path and found 6 Ratchets on the shelf. I grabbed one for my Brother who lives in a Walgreensless city.

News Credits: 25 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:10 pm

As a reward for helping with yardwork over the weekend, I took my boys to the store after school so they could each pick out a toy. They picked Seige Mirage and Barricade, so I got to mess with them a little after they went to bed.

Barricade has a very nice paint job, but I hate that mold. Same with Mirage. God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

News Credits: 54 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:23 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:As a reward for helping with yardwork over the weekend, I took my boys to the store after school so they could each pick out a toy. They picked Seige Mirage and Barricade, so I got to mess with them a little after they went to bed.

Barricade has a very nice paint job, but I hate that mold. Same with Mirage. God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Strange, for me Siege is the most "solid" bunch of figures since the ROTF days.

Most of them just feel better and more "heavy/solid" then the Generations figures from the past few years, I was just fiddling with some Combiner Wars figures and it's really made me notice the difference.

Prowl's probably on the weaker end of the pool out of the Siege figures in quality though, I still like the figure though.

Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

News Credits: 25 · Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:39 pm

Deadput wrote:Not saying your wrong sorry, it's just funny to read about Siege figures feeling cheap.

Oh, I know I'm defiantly in the minority on this. In all honesty, It could be a bias thing. I've pretty much hated siege since the first images started to arrive, and that could very well cloud my perceptions of these things.

My kids love it though, even if these figures break under play faster than any other transformer I've given them.

Mon Oct 28, 2019 11:02 pm

Ironhidensh wrote:God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

News Credits: 1350 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:12 am

emlit wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:God, I hope Earthrise has better quality figures. Every siege figure just feels "cheap".

Cyberverse. anyone? I love Siege and couldn’t disagree with you more about this line.

To be fair I think they are starting to turn a corner with Cyberverse, if the recent Deluxe Class reveals are anything to go by, and I've heard a lot of good things about the Spark Armour figures to boot.

News Credits: 18 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:40 pm

Walgreens exclusive ratchet is finally live on their website store... however it errors out when you add it to cart and wont let you check out. at least not yet anyway

https://www.walgreens.com/store/c/transformers-deluxe-ratchet-figure/ID=300393692-product

News Credits: 18 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 1:44 pm

says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

News Credits: 388 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 2:34 pm

Now that War for Cybertron Siege Ratchet has started showing up at U.S. retail, it was only a matter of time before he showed up on their website, as well. Thanks to Seibertronians Mangamike and Immortal Starscream, we have word that Ratchet's listing is now live! There is a catch at the moment, however. As shown to us by Immortal Starscream, you can add Ratchet to your cart, but can't yet check out; doing so will get you the following error message:

Hopefully this will be sorted out soon, and those of you who haven't found the Autobot Doc in the wild will be able to have him shipped to your door. Good luck to all those hunting for Ratchet or hitting the refresh button on your devices!

Tue Oct 29, 2019 3:07 pm

Grabbed one this morning. Our closest Walgreens has about 4 Transformers, luckily 2 of them were ratchet. I'm not big on the vehicle mode but the robot mode makes me think of G1.

News Credits: 131 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 4:27 pm

Immortal Starscream wrote:says not available in stores. because its walgreens and they're never very good at this

I came to say the same thing.

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You sure about that? Picked one up at lunch time.

Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right ;)^

News Credits: 65 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:03 pm

carytheone wrote:Ratchets a really cool figure. The retooling and deco makes him seem like a fresh new toy. The accessories are great, especially the wrench. I did get a chuckle out of the mudhole stompin not battle damage paint. The best part is probably how spot on the head sculpt is. It looks just right

Ratchet definitely wore his **** kickin' boots, lol! :lol:

Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:11 pm

ordered

News Credits: 23 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 5:18 pm

Ultra Markus wrote:ordered

It was not working about 20 minutes ago but my order just went through!

News Credits: 131 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:00 pm

Found a handy place to store Ratchet's wrench when his hands are full.

News Credits: 25 · Tue Oct 29, 2019 6:34 pm

Ratchet has been found in Alexandria MN! I am not sure how many are left since I had my brother pick him up for me (I don't have any Walgreens near me, but he does!). I can not wait to get him this weekend!

Also, I picked up the cell shaded OP and Megs and they very interesting. The lighter gray on Megs is nice, but OP is just not doing it for me. If they did not have all the wavy lines on them, they would be much better.