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I was finally able to get a kickback to complete my Insecticons, and a gnaw from my local ASDA. They had about 5 Hot Rods as well, but I already have him.

The Asda near my work in Docklands had restocked with Wave 3 Legends (only saw Gnaw's & Bee's) & all the Wave 3 Deluxes, but also all the Wave 1 Titan Masters.
They've not had anything except the odd RiD deluxe on the shelves for weeks and weeks, then a pretty huge re-stock (for them anyway) over the weekend.

Thanks for the information on UK retailers, I've been able to buy from TF Express and found it to be great. On payday, I have a few more items I'll be getting from them.

Also thank you to everyone who contacted me via PM about my recent purchasing issues. Just as an update, Kapow has missed out on about £400 worth of sales from me so far which have gone to Ebay/TF express, and as of yet(3 days short of 1 month), I'm still waiting for them to complete my order. I've sent out no less than 10 emails to both Mat and Andy to resolve, and even though they have stated they will ship out the missing item, I have yet to receive anything. So for all of you who have had great service, I hope this continues, but please be aware that if something goes wrong, you could be in for a long wait to get it resolved (if it gets resolved). Very close to taking it higher if nothing is done soon.

Just to keep in the spirit of toy sightings, My local Smiths (Teesside)have the TR Soundwave, Generations Skywarp, and Starscream Leaders in stock. They don't scale well with my current collection, but good to know they are still being stocked for those who do like them. My local Tesco's have the combiner force figures in stock, but none of the new wave of Titans yet. they do have about 10 wheelies though.

InfiniteSD wrote:Thanks for the information on UK retailers, I've been able to buy from TF Express and found it to be great. On payday, I have a few more items I'll be getting from them.

Also thank you to everyone who contacted me via PM about my recent purchasing issues. Just as an update, Kapow has missed out on about £400 worth of sales from me so far which have gone to Ebay/TF express, and as of yet(3 days short of 1 month), I'm still waiting for them to complete my order. I've sent out no less than 10 emails to both Mat and Andy to resolve, and even though they have stated they will ship out the missing item, I have yet to receive anything. So for all of you who have had great service, I hope this continues, but please be aware that if something goes wrong, you could be in for a long wait to get it resolved (if it gets resolved). Very close to taking it higher if nothing is done soon.

Just to keep in the spirit of toy sightings, My local Smiths (Teesside)have the TR Soundwave, Generations Skywarp, and Starscream Leaders in stock. They don't scale well with my current collection, but good to know they are still being stocked for those who do like them. My local Tesco's have the combiner force figures in stock, but none of the new wave of Titans yet. they do have about 10 wheelies though.

Leader class starscream in Smyth's?? Might have to check my local one. Hes one of the last few i need to 100% complete my combiner wars collection

Plenty of Starscream, skywarp, soundwave, onslaught and scattershot in Milton Keynes Smyths.

Sweet naff all else apart from endless Chromedomes.

All the local Toys R Us have stopped stocking Titans Returns and just have pegs full of RID at stupidly high prices.

It really looks like the major toy retailers are dropping Titans Return lines in favour of RID and maybe clearing space for movie lines in the near future. No hope of seeing Wave 4 or 5 properly in the east of england

eltawater wrote:Plenty of Starscream, skywarp, soundwave, onslaught and scattershot in Milton Keynes Smyths.

Sweet naff all else apart from endless Chromedomes.

All the local Toys R Us have stopped stocking Titans Returns and just have pegs full of RID at stupidly high prices.

It really looks like the major toy retailers are dropping Titans Return lines in favour of RID and maybe clearing space for movie lines in the near future. No hope of seeing Wave 4 or 5 properly in the east of england

I agree, the local TRU only has an end isle with 90% RID. I hope Hasbro can sort out some suppliers, or it may be online only retailers going forward.

eltawater wrote:Plenty of Starscream, skywarp, soundwave, onslaught and scattershot in Milton Keynes Smyths.

Sweet naff all else apart from endless Chromedomes.

All the local Toys R Us have stopped stocking Titans Returns and just have pegs full of RID at stupidly high prices.

It really looks like the major toy retailers are dropping Titans Return lines in favour of RID and maybe clearing space for movie lines in the near future. No hope of seeing Wave 4 or 5 properly in the east of england

Are they still £20? Back upto the crazy £35? They have removed them from the website otherwise I wouldn't ask

The skywarp / starscream were about £30, not really making much effort to clear them in Smyths

Quick Q: I'm dropping into Norwich this weekend, from Italy - have wave 4 Titan Masters (Shuffler specifically) shown up yet?

Va'al wrote:Quick Q: I'm dropping into Norwich this weekend, from Italy - have wave 4 Titan Masters (Shuffler specifically) shown up yet?

I don't think we've had anything from wave 4 yet, except for stuff at Orbital comics, and those were grey imports, London only.

MemphisR56 wrote:

Va'al wrote:Quick Q: I'm dropping into Norwich this weekend, from Italy - have wave 4 Titan Masters (Shuffler specifically) shown up yet?

I don't think we've had anything from wave 4 yet, except for stuff at Orbital comics, and those were grey imports, London only.

Thought as much - it was the RID stuff that surprised everyone, not TR. May still look for a Soundwave...

My local asda has reduced their titans return figures, legends down to £9 and deluxes down to £15. Picked up a gnaw as he was the last one and I've been waiting to get him.

Hey everyone, I'm going to be in London (and Paris) later this year. Out of curiosity, are there any cool shops that carry TFs in these cities? Wondering if there are any stores worth a visit, either to hunt or just peruse.

nycPrime wrote:Hey everyone, I'm going to be in London (and Paris) later this year. Out of curiosity, are there any cool shops that carry TFs in these cities? Wondering if there are any stores worth a visit, either to hunt or just peruse.

Orbital Comics and Forbidden planet in London. Both are great. There should be a whole bunch of TRU's and Smyths toy shops as well. I couldn't say for Paris, sorry.

My local Entertainer, in Lichfield got the Combaticons back in from Combiner Wars

http://www.idtoys.co.uk/transformers-ti ... n-box-set/

Chaos on Velocitron set up for pre-order at IDT

Exulted Unicron wrote:http://www.idtoys.co.uk/transformers-titans-return-chaos-on-velocitron-box-set/

Chaos on Velocitron set up for pre-order at IDT

Ha! If that's what these boxsets are going for, massive pass.

Insurgent wrote:

Exulted Unicron wrote:http://www.idtoys.co.uk/transformers-titans-return-chaos-on-velocitron-box-set/

Chaos on Velocitron set up for pre-order at IDT

Ha! If that's what these boxsets are going for, massive pass.

What the ****

I expected like, 120 or 130 for RRP at most; and granted IDT does dabble in a bit of scalping, but... this is utterly ridiculous. I get there's MTMTE and Laser Prime fans out there but I don't think any of us want to pay that much, bloody hell...

Kurona wrote:

Insurgent wrote:

Exulted Unicron wrote:http://www.idtoys.co.uk/transformers-titans-return-chaos-on-velocitron-box-set/

Chaos on Velocitron set up for pre-order at IDT

Ha! If that's what these boxsets are going for, massive pass.

What the ****

I expected like, 120 or 130 for RRP at most; and granted IDT does dabble in a bit of scalping, but... this is utterly ridiculous. I get there's MTMTE and Laser Prime fans out there but I don't think any of us want to pay that much, bloody hell...

I'm interested in the set as well, but I'll wait to get it elsewhere. I believe it's cheaper at Robot Kingdom.

a quick conversion at the current Rate of Exchange puts the US RRP at £130. Then also add on the shipping costs and import fees

InfiniteSD wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Insurgent wrote:

Exulted Unicron wrote:http://www.idtoys.co.uk/transformers-titans-return-chaos-on-velocitron-box-set/

Chaos on Velocitron set up for pre-order at IDT

Ha! If that's what these boxsets are going for, massive pass.

What the ****

I expected like, 120 or 130 for RRP at most; and granted IDT does dabble in a bit of scalping, but... this is utterly ridiculous. I get there's MTMTE and Laser Prime fans out there but I don't think any of us want to pay that much, bloody hell...

I'm interested in the set as well, but I'll wait to get it elsewhere. I believe it's cheaper at Robot Kingdom.

but eve then, you'll still be paying for import fees once it hits the UK and also shipping fees

Hey guys,

Not sure if any of the older members here remember me but I used to be extremely active a few years back until having children scuppered things lol.

Good to see there is still a uk contingent keeping seibertron active.

Now when I used to collect it was either tru smyths or kapow. I've done some business with I'd recently but is there anywhere else new around? Not a fan of importing from the USA though

Pot Bot wrote:Hey guys,

Not sure if any of the older members here remember me but I used to be extremely active a few years back until having children scuppered things lol.

Good to see there is still a uk contingent keeping seibertron active.

Now when I used to collect it was either tru smyths or kapow. I've done some business with I'd recently but is there anywhere else new around? Not a fan of importing from the USA though

I'm loving TFS express at the moment. Great customer service, and have yet to mess up an order.

TFs-Express, IDT, Kapow, Entertainer and Smyths seem to be the biggest people in the UK. I dunno what happenned to some of the older people, like XyberToys

Pot Bot wrote:Hey guys,

Not sure if any of the older members here remember me but I used to be extremely active a few years back until having children scuppered things lol.

Good to see there is still a uk contingent keeping seibertron active.

Now when I used to collect it was either tru smyths or kapow. I've done some business with I'd recently but is there anywhere else new around? Not a fan of importing from the USA though

Welcome back Pot! I think I must have started coming into the thread around the time you left but I recall having seen you around.
For toy sources those seem to still be the main ones, along with TFS-Express, who I've never dealt with personally but have heard nowt but praise for. It's also worth noting that recent stuff seems to have a habit of showing up in discount stores often as grey-imports, there were apparently a bunch of Thrilling 30 Voyagers in B&M a few years back and more recently the odd Combiner Wars wave I believe?
Never came across any myself and have largely retreated to the world of hunting ebay bargains for my pickups these days, but perhaps worth bearing in mind anyway!