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Out of curiosity: who's selling like hotcakes around your area? Who's gathering dust on the shelves? I'm curious. Here's what's going on around me for what's been released so far in Montreal AFAIK:

Arcee: As far as I know, not out here yet.

Bumblebee: Going, going, gone. I'm glad I picked him up when I did.

Bumblebee '08: Hunting like a madman, but does not seem to be here formally as of yet.

Jazz: I see lots of him everywhere I go. No shortage of him.

Ratchet: Same boat. He's pretty well readily available.

Ironhide: Don't see him quite as much as I do the last two, but he's hardly rare.

Leader Prime: More than likely because stores only tend to get a few of him, but I have not seen the big guy since before the movie came out.

Wreckage: I see the odd one here and there, but rarely.

Swindle: Haven't seen him anywhere since I picked up Bonecrusher last week.

Skorponok: I think he's winning the award for official shelf-warmer, maybe competing with Jazz for the title.

Brawl: Pretty common.

Barricade: Noticing him slightly less these days, but not exactly rare.

Bonecrusher: About the same as Wreckage. Not insanely hard to find, but some hunting may be necessary.

Blackout: Gone. Poof. Nada. Zip, zilch, vanished, absent, bye-bye.

Starscream: Was once a pain in the ass to find, now he's everywhere.

Voyager Megatron: I'm including him because I was able to pick one up, despite the fact I've heard he's not officially everywhere yet. Anyway, the one I got is the only one I've ever seen.

Leader Megatron: My friend got him (Ironically, from the same Wal-Mart I later got my Voyager at), but apart from that, I've never seen him in stores at all.

How's it like by you?

Everything leaves the shelves quickly.

Except for Swindle and Bonecrusher. They're a bunch of turds.

Helicopter theory holds water, still.

It depends more by the store for me. There are always Arcee at Target, always Swindle at Toy R Us, and alway Bonecrusher and Brawl at the Targets. The Voyagers are much harder to find in my area than anything. I don't plan on getting anymore as I have Ratchet already.

Oh and absoulutely no Deluxe Bumblebee or Prime anywhere.

Before the movie came out, lots of wave 1 always hanging around, especially bumbelbee. No wave 2's

After the movie came out, I couldn't even see wave 1 bumblebee anywhre, he was gone gone gone, not that i wanted him. Now swindle and bonecrusher are everywhere.

One of the walmarts even sold out of Wave 1 stuff, after the movie hit!

At one point it was rare to find an ironhide or starscream around here, now walmart and TRU have alot.

Wreckage is still hanging around too alot.. haha

I can't find any Bumblebees here. And I want him. My boyfriend has him cause he got the 2 pack that came with Barricade. Megatron and Prime are getting rare. See one or two of them, but not alot at one time. Wreckage is easy to find.

i was just at my local target today picking up leader megatron, voyager screams, voyager blackout, deluxe barricade, bones, scorp, jazz and they seemed to have a pretty healthy stock of pretty much every wave one figure. They had everything I wanted at least and thats saying something considering i was buying 7 figures. Now I just need 08 bumblebee and my collection of movie characters will be complete, =p.

Counterpunch wrote:Everything leaves the shelves quickly.

Except for Swindle and Bonecrusher. They're a bunch of turds.

QFT. Tennessee's a good distance away from Delaware, but its the same down here. I know some people like Swindle and Bonecrusher, and they are selling decently in certain parts of the US, but overall I think the average movie-goer that likes the movie and wants some of the toys just takes one look at Swindle and BC and says, "No thanks."

There's movie ugly, and then there's MOVIE UGLY! Swindle's not even in the movie, so there's no real desire to buy him.

Of course, Wreckage isn't in the movie either, but he's rare. I don't know, maybe because he's the best looking non-movie movie toy out yet?

-J-

Swindle may not be in the movie, but he's in the game.

Starscream's Girl wrote:Swindle may not be in the movie, but he's in the game.

isn't he that annoying spinning drone in the game? God I hate that game, it was the most repetitive thing ever. Throw object at opponent, beat him up for a bit, rinse, repeat.

Sellers:
Deluxe Barricade (He and Bumblebee seem to be the biggest sellers in my area. Not a single one of him around. Nor the two pack...)

Deluxe Bumblebee (Can't keep a single one on the shelves. Looks like the hit of the line, and rightfully so. He kicks ass.)

Deluxe Scorponok (Hard to find in the beginning, not too bad in the middle, and impossible now.)

Voyager Blackout (Once he sold out, he hasn't been restocked. Glad I got one when I did, but I'm worried about replacing him if he ever breaks. =\ )

Voyager Ironhide (Still restocked, but not in stores long.)

Voyager Starscream (Same as Ironhide.)

Leader Class Optimus Prime (Didn't move at first, but now I see maybe one per store, and some stores...not at all.)

Leader Class Megatron (Movie helped here, once it came out, he flew off the shelves.)

Warmers:
Deluxe Bonecrusher (Warms quite a few shelves, but not in great numbers. 1 to 2 per store. Which is still quite good, considering how much Wal-Mart likes to overstock.)

Deluxe Wreckage (At first, couldn't find him anywhere, now, he's all over the place.)

Deluxe Swindle (Clogged the shelves and pegs when initially released and continues to do so. If anyone wants to build an army out of them, should be quite easy to do.)

Voyager Ratchet (While not a clogger, he's easily (and I emphasize easily) available at every store. Which is a shame, because he's one of the best figures of the line. I think it's the color that ruins him for some people, but not me. I think he's fantastic as is.)

Anything Cyberslammer, Cyber Stompin', Fast Action Battler (Clog, clog, clog. Drano wouldn't cut this crap with a laser.)

sandmunky wrote:isn't he that annoying spinning drone in the game? God I hate that game, it was the most repetitive thing ever. Throw object at opponent, beat him up for a bit, rinse, repeat.

That's Longarm, the tow truck Drone.

Letsee... Im in Australia, and we have had the 08 Bumblebee, Arcee, Dreadwing, Bonecrusher wave for about 10 days now.

And I'll be buggered if you can find Bumblebee or Arcee anywhere.

Otherwise almost all the figures have been selling extremely well, even the non-movie figures Wreckage and Swindle are doing fairly well.

Bonecrusher is about the only figure that still holds alot of space on the shelves, but he has featured in 2 waves, Jazz and Scorponok were the weakest sellers of the first wave, but they too are now all gone, there were plenty of them around while Barricade, Bumblebee and brawl flew off the shelves, Swindle was also a slow seller, but has recently flown off the shelves with Wreckage.

Starscream seems to sell fairly slowly, especially in comparison to Ironhide who is getting slightly hard to find in some stores, Ratchet and Blackout sell well, but not as well as Ironhide.

It's almost as if every figures goes through a short "not selling" period before all of a sudden they are all gone.

The only figures I would feel comfortable in saying warm the shelves anywhere near as good as Cybertron Crumplezone, would be the Cyber Stomping Prime, and perhaps real Gear Longview

I think I'm the only person buying these in Japan. The shelves haven't been touched.

Well not disappearing here in Brisbane is Swindle you see him everywhere. Unleashed Bumblebee is like average selling out making its money but is not sold out everywhere, though it some places it is extremely hard to find. Ultimate Bumblebee and Leader Classes are going off like hot cakes. Barricade, Brawl and some other Deluxes are flowing off the shelves. The Voyagers are sort of too, but not as much. Scouts are the easiest to find, they don't seem to popular as what most people have seen in the movie inspires them to buy only movie characters. I'd say the toys are doing quite well.

Everything in my are goes fast. Hardest figures to find are Starscream and the first Bumblebee. Scorponok seems to be the last figure left on the shelves.

On the Irish Market we have had very little released, so far we have Europe Deluxe Wave1, Voyager Wav2 1 and the Leaders-thats it!

Both the Voyagers and Leaders are common, although different stores have different deals on them so u gotta shop around.
The deluxes are arranged in order of most common-

-Bumblebee
-Barricade
-Scorpinoc
-Brawl and Wreckage
-Jazz, Impossible to find, i know he is in this case, but i haven't seen a single one yet, He is the only movie toy i am missing(thats available here)! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHH!

Swindle & Bonecrusher, millions of them - on pegs! everywhere I go.

Oh yeah! I forgot about Jazz.

He's not selling too well either.

I'd say in general though, if the figure was part of the movie, it's sold well to some extent. Others fare well than some of them of course, but to say this line is a failure or a dud is completely untrue.

I'll be honest, I thought it would go one of two ways:

1.) Complete sell out, nothing left.

2.) Complete shelfwarmer, just add your own shelf.

It's been rather successful for all intents and purposes. That one threw me. A mix of both.

Anyone fancy picking up a Swindle and Bonecrusher (not available here) and a jazz (just bloody gone)and shipping them to ireland for me.

Of course the movie hasn't been shown here yet, so id say bumblebee will sell better next month

At my country both bumblebee are hard to find.
The same goes to Barricade,leader Class Optimus and Megatron,Starscream,voyager Optimus,arcee,bumblebee and barricade two pack,blackout and scorponok two pack..
Wreckage is selling fast and harder to find


Swindle and the cyber slammers are almost everywhere...