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Pot Bot wrote:

Mr O wrote:I've just been told by a Smyth's employee that the CW stuff was put on shelves by mistake and shouldn't be available until 2015. Get them now because there may not be any more for at least a few weeks, not in Cardiff anyway.

similar thing was said in telford too, the guy who served me is another tf fan who was stunned when i took it to the till. They are in the system though so i cant see them taking them off the shelves if every store has them in like they seem to. Possibly one of those 'mistake' toy shops like to make to give their sales a bit of a boost

It's working too, apparently the deluxes sold out in about an hour yesterday and I was the fifth person to ask today.

Mr O wrote:

Pot Bot wrote:

Mr O wrote:I've just been told by a Smyth's employee that the CW stuff was put on shelves by mistake and shouldn't be available until 2015. Get them now because there may not be any more for at least a few weeks, not in Cardiff anyway.

similar thing was said in telford too, the guy who served me is another tf fan who was stunned when i took it to the till. They are in the system though so i cant see them taking them off the shelves if every store has them in like they seem to. Possibly one of those 'mistake' toy shops like to make to give their sales a bit of a boost

It's working too, apparently the deluxes sold out in about an hour yesterday and I was the fifth person to ask today.

CW deluxes????

Ah well I'll probably wait now till after new year to get my hands on them. I there has been a few interested parties at the symths near me in Stockton

Charlton had the CW Voyagers and the RID deluxes. No CW deluxes though. Am going back today as my work mate was not taking my subtle hints.

I have now made it very clear that is what I want. We are headed back at lunchtime.

Did I mention my workmate is awesome?

I'll wait till the new year or AA to pick them up. And a mistake? Sorry but no. I can accept that for one, maybe 2 shops, but not the entire chain in one go. It's a marketing ploy.

Insurgent wrote:I'll wait till the new year or AA to pick them up. And a mistake? Sorry but no. I can accept that for one, maybe 2 shops, but not the entire chain in one go. It's a marketing ploy.

its entirely plausable that 1 or 2 shops made an error and saw how they flew off the shelves so the rest joined in.

Which would imply the other shops know it's not meant to be on the shelves and thus put them out early. But that would take a few weeks to trickle out and see how well they are selling. All shops put them out at the exact same time.


Unless the admin folks wanted to keep them till 2015 and an error was made on the shipping notes in the computers saying put them out now, thus meaning every shop put them out at once.

I only care if it's a mistake and they have taken them off the shelves when I get back there in half an hour!

Insurgent wrote:Which would imply the other shops know it's not meant to be on the shelves and thus put them out early. But that would take a few weeks to trickle out and see how well they are selling. All shops put them out at the exact same time.


Unless the admin folks wanted to keep them till 2015 and an error was made on the shipping notes in the computers saying put them out now, thus meaning every shop put them out at once.

But that implies that all shops put out the same stock at the same times. Either way, i dont care how or why but they are out now, lets just enjoy it while it lasts.

I see potential for disgruntlement.

All is good with the world again.



This is what one of the biggest toy shops in the Florence area has in terms of TFs, by the way:

they have the new power rangers megazord at least va'al

Pot Bot wrote:they have the new power rangers megazord at least va'al

say what you like about power rangers toys, they know how to make a combiner lol

Va'al wrote:I see potential for disgruntlement.

All is good with the world again.



This is what one of the biggest toy shops in the Florence area has in terms of TFs, by the way:

Better than some places in Italy! My family are from the backend of nowhere Sicily and there's probably not a toy shop until you hit Palermo, which is almost 100km away! Whenever I go visit family I don't even bother leaving space for toys in the suitcase as I know I won't be coming back with anything! Now if you like cheap knock-off toys from market stalls, then your spoilt for choice.

Syn_13 wrote:

Va'al wrote:This is what one of the biggest toy shops in the Florence area has in terms of TFs, by the way.

Better than some places in Italy! My family are from the backend of nowhere Sicily and there's probably not a toy shop until you hit Palermo, which is almost 100km away! Whenever I go visit family I don't even bother leaving space for toys in the suitcase as I know I won't be coming back with anything! Now if you like cheap knock-off toys from market stalls, then your spoilt for choice.

Same, to be honest. The only things I bought in Italy at retail were Generations Drift, Leader Movie Starscream, HFTD Seaspray and PCC Bombshock. All shops seem to have closed other than the Toys Center in that picture.

ThunderThruster wrote:

Pot Bot wrote:say what you like about power rangers toys, they know how to make a combiner lol

Until you factor in the huge lack of articulation they all have

And lack of transformation, really, in these recent ones.

Was in Liverpool today to watch a band, went to Forbidden Planet during the day and oh my lord.

Get ready for this, they had tonnes of IDW and other Generations in.

Voyager: Sky Byte, Blitzwing, Sandstorm (all £22.99)

Deluxes: Rattrap, Waspinator, Tankor, Dreadwing, Skywarp, Goldfire, Crosscut, Jhiaxus, Nightbeat (All various prices but all under £20)

Leader: Jetfire (£50)

They had two of Jetfire on the shelf, would have probably caved and bought him, but I didn't fancy carrying him around at the show I was going. Could not believe the amount they had!

I ended up buying Blitzwing as I broke the one I bought last year foolishly trying to mod him. I asked if they had any Skids (Also to replace the one that I broke, this time not my fault) but they said it was just what was out (though the guy was surrounded by unopened boxes, some of them possibly had more transformers in but he most likely couldn't be bothered to look)

true what you say about the megazords.

Damn wish the 2 FP's near me stocked things that well. Sandstorm was my first ever G1 transformer, id kill to get my hands on another one

Lockdown91 wrote:Was in Liverpool today to watch a band, went to Forbidden Planet during the day and oh my lord.

Get ready for this, they had tonnes of IDW and other Generations in.

Voyager: Sky Byte, Blitzwing, Sandstorm (all £22.99)

Deluxes: Rattrap, Waspinator, Tankor, Dreadwing, Skywarp, Goldfire, Crosscut, Jhiaxus, Nightbeat (All various prices but all under £20)

Leader: Jetfire (£50)

They had two of Jetfire on the shelf, would have probably caved and bought him, but I didn't fancy carrying him around at the show I was going. Could not believe the amount they had!

I ended up buying Blitzwing as I broke the one I bought last year foolishly trying to mod him. I asked if they had any Skids (Also to replace the one that I broke, this time not my fault) but they said it was just what was out (though the guy was surrounded by unopened boxes, some of them possibly had more transformers in but he most likely couldn't be bothered to look)

>Sandstorm
>Crosscut
>Nightbeat
>Jhiaxus

Please be there come payday. Please be there come payday. Please be there come payday. Please be there come payday. Please be there come payday. Please be there come payday.

They had about 4 Nightbeat's, 3 Crosscut's, 1 Jhiaxus, and they had 2 Sandstorms but another guy stood next to me had 1 of them in his hand which I'm guessing he bought. Good Luck!

Insurgent wrote:Which would imply the other shops know it's not meant to be on the shelves and thus put them out early. But that would take a few weeks to trickle out and see how well they are selling. All shops put them out at the exact same time.


Unless the admin folks wanted to keep them till 2015 and an error was made on the shipping notes in the computers saying put them out now, thus meaning every shop put them out at once.

Update time. I've been in touch with the manager of the Cardiff store, they've had a delivery today and are expecting two tomorrow. He said they had Skydive and Fireflight. Assuming that all four deluxes are packaged together that must mean that they are on the pegs (didn't ask ) and the others have sold out, I think. He's put aside those two for me and will put aside the others if they come in (long story but suffice to say, a favour is the least they owed us ). So, I'll find out what's there Saturday morning when I go to pick stuff up. I'm telling you this because I don't believe for a second that this is the only Smyth's getting all these deliveries so, without wanting to give false hope, it may be worth staying in touch with your local store if you want CW for Christmas.

Just took a quick look at the Toys R Us website and the Transformers AoE Evolution 2 pack Optimus Prime is now down to a scalp-tastic £19.99!

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-4-Optimus-Prime-Voyager-Evolution-2-Pack%280129582%29



Platinum Edition Starscream is currently at £49.99 too.

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Platinum-Edition-Supreme-Starscream%280110208%29

well if the deluxes are out now or coming very soon i best hope they are still there when i get paid in the new year. Done some major catching up in the last 10 days (got about 10 tf's in that time and 2 graphic novels) so im spent up and out of brownie points for a few weeks

robotmel wrote::shock:
Just took a quick look at the Toys R Us website and the Transformers AoE Evolution 2 pack Optimus Prime is now down to a scalp-tastic £19.99!

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-4-Optimus-Prime-Voyager-Evolution-2-Pack%280129582%29



Platinum Edition Starscream is currently at £49.99 too.

http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Toys-R-Us/Toys/Action-Figures-and-Playsets/Transformers-Platinum-Edition-Supreme-Starscream%280110208%29

Im a sucker for a nice discount but I have previous versions of these moulds so I'm tempted but I think I can resist.