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Because everywhere I go, they always have Arcees and Dreadwings, but no 08 Bumblebees. I have a feeling that Habsro shipped only Arcees and Dreadwings and no Bumblebees.

PS: The past couple of days, I've been checking the stores in the morning, so it shouldnt be that it just sold out quick.

They are in the same case. Perhaps store employees are keeping them for themselves.

yes bumble is out wit arcee and dreadwing but he gets bought quick just go when they open and u should find one

Lapse Of Reason wrote:They are in the same case. Perhaps store employees are keeping them for themselves.

most possibly this is what's happening because they need bb 08 so bad... this situation happens to my area as well..

Okay... then, what am I supposed to do to get a hold of one?

DvDqNoC wrote:Okay... then, what am I supposed to do to get a hold of one?

as the old saying goes give it two more damn weeks and he will be everywhere i got my bb 08 as reservation status and after the shipments arrived at the toy store bb 08 didn't got the chance to be displayed and the orders are not enough to support those who got their piece reserved. good thing im a valued customer...

I havent seen any of these guys yet at all in my area.

Air Commander Starscream wrote:I havent seen any of these guys yet at all in my area.

Same here up in Northeast Kansas/Kansas City area. That includes 3 Wal-Marts, 2 Targets and a Toys R Us, all with no signs of the new wave.

I had no idea that BB'08 was such a "rarity"...the first time I went looking for movie toys, there were 10 of them on the racks at the local Wal-Mart (one of which I bought). Sure enough, I take a peek today just for kicks, and not a one. Guess it's a pretty hot commodity seeing as he's the one you see the most of in the movie. I'd like to find an older BB, myself.

I got mine right when the Walmart lady pulled it out of the box to put on the shelf. there seriously was only like, one or two in the box, with a few arcees so i got one too, and dreadwing, which I passed.

Tactic: Wait till they are restocking the shelves during buisness hours.

softimus_prime wrote:

DvDqNoC wrote:Okay... then, what am I supposed to do to get a hold of one?

as the old saying goes give it two more damn weeks and he will be everywhere i got my bb 08 as reservation status and after the shipments arrived at the toy store bb 08 didn't got the chance to be displayed and the orders are not enough to support those who got their piece reserved. good thing im a valued customer...

reserved? i didnt know walmarts/targets/TRU's do reservations, or heck - i woulda reserved myself one a long time ago

no matter where I go its extremely hard to find, I doubt i will get one until it becomes a shelf warmer since the people that will get em now are the losers who waste their time to go to the store every day right at the opening to look.

one situation i hate was when there wasa repeat order of bb 08 bb and barricade which is our most hard to find figures a freaking stupid scalpel bought all the stock not leaving a single piece atleast for collector's to buy or for the poor children who likes bb as a fan favorite character...

sandmunky wrote:no matter where I go its extremely hard to find, I doubt i will get one until it becomes a shelf warmer since the people that will get em now are the losers who waste their time to go to the store every day right at the opening to look.

No, those are people trying to buy a Wii (no, I'm not bitter...). I think alot of BB's are disappearing just because people happen to come across them the day (or hours) that they're put on the shelf.

What also pisses me off is that the stupid employees at target never give a clear cut answer on when/will they get their shipments. They always fog things up making it harder to find.

employees's favorite line or more of an excuse "i'm sorry sir but we are not sure if it's coming the shipments come in a very undetermined date you just need to visit us frequently..." oh yeah give me like a thousand buck and i'll visit you store 24/7...

what really angers me is the total careless attitude these stupid people take. This employee completely lied to me one day that he was gonna order in some tfs from his target's offsite warehouse, that they would arrive in two hours, so when I went to customer service to check if it was there yet, they said the order was never placed and this was 45 mins after he said he placed it. Then I attempt to file a complaint and they just completely brush me off by sounding all muttery and inaudible.

softimus_prime wrote:employees's favorite line or more of an excuse "i'm sorry sir but we are not sure if it's coming the shipments come in a very undetermined date you just need to visit us frequently..." oh yeah give me like a thousand buck and i'll visit you store 24/7...

btw the day after this was said to me the event where the stupid scalpel bought all the stocks happened...

Retail monkeys will say anything to get what they perceive as mouth-breathing knuckledraggers off their collective backs and onto someone else.

And it's scalper. Scalpels are really sharp knives used in hospitals.

Hunh, some rough stories here.

A pretty girl working at Wal-Mart (yes, I'm just as surprised as you are) went and found me an 08 Bumblebee in the back room.

Charming, to a fault.

So what times to Walmarts etc actually stock toys out of boxes? Is there a certain time? Or just random? I thought they restocked at like 2am, so I've been checking every morning... still none :/

my local toy stor toykingdom (philippine's toys r us but we do have a single mall that has toys r us) doesn't give a crap if you ask them questions they'll just say they are not sure...

sandmunky wrote:What also pisses me off is that the stupid employees at target never give a clear cut answer on when/will they get their shipments. They always fog things up making it harder to find.

Well, not all the time we do know when shipments are coming. normaly it's monday, wednesday, friday, and now saturday. one time we got one on tuesday, and the one saturday was cancled. when I first started it was every other saturday...

I do believe that Dreadwings and Arcees are shipping in the same case as Bumblebee 08. I was out hunting for an 08 yesterday and noticed that the Super Walmart I usually frequent had two (butt-ugly, mind you)Dreadwings. At that point I knew that the newest TF Wave was definately in my area.

So I go out today to the same Wal-Mart where I landed my $25 leader Prime just last week and same story---that is, until I looked up and down the aisles a bit and low and behold--an 08 Bumblebee sitting in a cart the next aisle over, piled to the top with assorted pool toys and slightly buried underneath.

Just goes to show it can happen. I was starting to think that I wouldn't see one anytime real soon. Just be patient, your time will come.

sandmunky wrote:what really angers me is the total careless attitude these stupid people take. This employee completely lied to me one day that he was gonna order in some tfs from his target's offsite warehouse, that they would arrive in two hours, so when I went to customer service to check if it was there yet, they said the order was never placed and this was 45 mins after he said he placed it. Then I attempt to file a complaint and they just completely brush me off by sounding all muttery and inaudible.

Thats retarded. I work backroom for Target. We cant place orders like that. Shipment is nearly everynight and it's random whats on the truck. And yeah, 08 bb is two to a box along with one dreadwing and one or 2 arcee. And be nice to the employees, because some will go fine that figure for you if its there. Be a prick and you get nothing.