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Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 4:21 am
by Ironhidensh
Here you go, Burn, your idea realized.

Do what the title says. Are your shelves well stocked or barren? Post the pics and let us know.

Walmart #1378 in Goshen, IN.
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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:08 am
by Burn
Ironhidensh wrote:Here you go, WillyJ88, your idea realized.

Never EVER give a member of the News Crew credit publicly. They already take too much credit for doing nothing.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 5:19 am
by Ironhidensh
Whoops. I totally recalled that wrong. We'll just chalk that up to old age. Edited for correct credit. My bad.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 8:41 am
by Dagon
I don't have any pictures to share, but pretty much all the stores I regularly go to have been barren for a while now. One Target near me just now got a restock with CW Combaticons and the Leader Skywarp. There is generally an assortment of the RID figures but I don't collect those, so I can't say much about those; however, I doubt they are selling that well, at like $16 for some thin plastic.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 12:46 pm
by Ironhidensh
Target #1446 Goshen, IN



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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2016 4:22 pm
by SureShot18
My closest Target has a terrible selection. Two full pegs of Wave 4 bots, 1 Scattershot, and a bunch of CW legends Skywarps and Rodimuses with a few Grooves, Blackjacks, and Wreck Gars. Two CW leaders (Skywarp and Megatron I think) and a lone Roadbuster. Last time I was at my Walmart it still(which was not long ago) had a CW Breakdown! :shock:

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 8:15 am
by Ironhidensh
Walmart #1566 Goshen, IN



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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:01 am
by Va'al
I need to pop out to an Italian shop to show you all what bad distribution means. :-?

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 5:17 pm
by Ironhidensh
Toys R Us #6013 Mishawaka, IN

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Super Target, Mishawaka, IN


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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 6:23 pm
by Burn
My local K-Mart. Very small section.
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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Thu May 19, 2016 9:54 pm
by Optimum Supreme
Burn wrote:My local K-Mart. Very small section.
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Bigger than the section at my K-Mart was at any point between AOE and them closing down the store (which they started doing a few months ago).


TRU's the only place I've seen Combaticon limbs. I did see Onslaught at Target this week, but the only limbs were the first Autobot wave (same as have been hanging on those pegs since before Christmas). And the section was about the size of that K-mart picture.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:11 am
by Ironhidensh
Walmart #2679. Goshen, IN


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Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 11:58 am
by no-one
Glad this thread is up, I'll be posting some pics from my next "hunt". I dare them to try and spite me with new stock. I'll just teach them a lesson by giving them my moneys.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 2:58 pm
by Burn
carytheone wrote:Glad this thread is up, I'll be posting some pics from my next "hunt". I dare them to try and spite me with new stock. I'll just teach them a lesson by giving them my moneys.

Never stop fighting the system Cary, you teach those retailers who the real boss is!

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 3:58 pm
by no-one
Burn wrote:
carytheone wrote:Glad this thread is up, I'll be posting some pics from my next "hunt". I dare them to try and spite me with new stock. I'll just teach them a lesson by giving them my moneys.

Never stop fighting the system Cary, you teach those retailers who the real boss is!
I'm just trying to be a good lil consumer cog like mommy and daddy taught me to be.

Now back to browsing amazon like how normal people buy transformers ;) :lol:

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 5:32 pm
by william-james88
Check the selection AND price!

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And its Canadien dollars, so scratch an extra 25% off to see the US value.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 6:21 pm
by Burn
<insert string of profanity so bad even I'd have to fix the swear filter>

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 7:08 pm
by Ironhidensh
Burn wrote:<insert string of profanity so bad even I'd have to fix the swear filter>

Dont bother, I'd break it again.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 7:21 pm
by william-james88
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:<insert string of profanity so bad even I'd have to fix the swear filter>

Dont bother, I'd break it again.

But you don't even like these toys.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 8:27 pm
by Ironhidensh
william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:<insert string of profanity so bad even I'd have to fix the swear filter>

Dont bother, I'd break it again.

But you don't even like these toys.

I don't like them at full price.



I think repaints should be cheaper.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:00 pm
by william-james88
Ironhidensh wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Ironhidensh wrote:
Burn wrote:<insert string of profanity so bad even I'd have to fix the swear filter>

Dont bother, I'd break it again.

But you don't even like these toys.

I don't like them at full price.
I think repaints should be cheaper.

:lol: We do think alike since I agree. In my head I associate a value to everything and yes I do give less to repaints. And these prices definitely answered what that treshold price would be. Also, the only version of the classics Mirage mold I owned was Dragstrip. So now owning Mirage I have both formula 1 vehicle tfs in different molds, albeit eachother's redeco :)

At that price, I dont care if Skylynx feels cheap because I paid what I feel is his rightful value.

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:04 pm
by Hellscream9999
Man, with selections like that, you'd think Hasbro was based in Canada :BANG_HEAD:

That takes me back to the golden days of tfs, back in Cybertron, where the figures were plentiful (albeit of a higher quality) and the prices weren't outrageous, now I'm sad inside :(

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:07 pm
by william-james88
Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, with selections like that, you'd think Hasbro was based in Canada :BANG_HEAD:

DO you have a recent tf box lying around or a backing card? Look in the back at the legal writing and tell me which adress is given in bold for Hasbro ;)

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:12 pm
by Hellscream9999
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, with selections like that, you'd think Hasbro was based in Canada :BANG_HEAD:

DO you have a recent tf box lying around or a backing card? Look in the back at the legal writing and tell me which adress is given in bold for Hasbro ;)

Nope, last I checked it was Rhode Island or something >:oP

Re: Brag or cry about your retail Transformers section

PostPosted: Fri May 20, 2016 9:17 pm
by william-james88
Hellscream9999 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:Man, with selections like that, you'd think Hasbro was based in Canada :BANG_HEAD:

DO you have a recent tf box lying around or a backing card? Look in the back at the legal writing and tell me which adress is given in bold for Hasbro ;)

Nope, last I checked it was Rhode Island or something >:oP

Check again!

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