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Can You still find Alternators in store?

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:25 pm
by Fruitmech1
Can You still find Alternators in store? and if so where. I only have two ( Laserwave and Swindle) But they are so cool I just cant afford the secondary market prices at this time. Any tipd for finding them in store?

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:26 pm
by bran10
Of course not, you can sometimes find them when they like selling they're leftovers....
But most likely you won't find them anymore..

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:27 pm
by bran10
sorry bad choice of words, I can't think of the word I was looking for haha.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:31 pm
by Fruitmech1
Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:33 pm
by bran10
Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH
What?

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:37 pm
by Dead Metal
bran10 wrote:Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH
What?
I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 3:41 pm
by bran10
Dead Metal wrote:bran10 wrote:Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH
What?
I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!
Lol ok.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:03 pm
by Fruitmech1
No i Simply meant that laughing at others misfortune isn't very nice and used a liitle bit of the movie humor to say thanks.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:06 pm
by Dead Metal
Fruitmech1 wrote:No i Simply meant that laughing at others misfortune isn't very nice and used a liitle bit of the movie humor to say thanks.
He wasn't laughing at you!
He meant that he couldn't find the words he was looking for, he missed putting a , between word and haha!
Read his post again and you'll see he wasn't laughing at you.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:10 pm
by toxicity
i think some stores still carry a few...like ricochet and rollbar and the scion...but if you're looking for the more popular ones, you'll probably have to resort to forums/ebay.
good luck!

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:17 pm
by Fruitmech1
O I apologize then I just woke up recently and am a bit cranky still. Again I apologize for the misunderstanding.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:20 pm
by Bumblebee-otch
Dead Metal wrote:bran10 wrote:Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH
What?
I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!
are you referring to moi??
i have been seeing alternators at only wal-marts, but only ricochet, skids, and rollbar.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:21 pm
by Dead Metal
Bumblebee-otch wrote:Dead Metal wrote:bran10 wrote:Fruitmech1 wrote:Thanks for the encouragement BEE-OTCH
What?
I think he means you since the user with that name hasn't posted in this thread, mod him!
are you referring to moi??
i have been seeing alternators at only wal-marts, but only ricochet, skids, and rollbar.
No there was one guy ore girl caling him ore herself Bee-otch, havn't seen him latly do.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 5:24 pm
by Deceptiwho?
Sometimes youll find some stragglers a walmart and also your local collectible store..


Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 6:22 pm
by tom brokaw
i saw a ricocheat at wal mart simi valley this past weekend.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:04 pm
by sto_vo_kor_2000
tom brokaw wrote:i saw a ricocheat at wal mart simi valley this past weekend.
So did I in upstate NY.I found 15 Alternaters at that store.

Posted:
Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:25 pm
by muswp1
I've seen Rumble and Ravage a couple of times at Wal-
Marts, usually in the clearance section in Lawn & Garden.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 12:01 am
by AlienQuiksilver
The only Alternators that anyone has a prayer of finding at Walmart these days ...
- Ricochet
- Skids
- Rollbar
- Sunstreaker
- Ravage 2.0
- Rumble
I'd sure be surprised to see anything else. As far as Target, TRU, Kohl's or any other popular store like that ... it's a waste of time looking for Alternators there, you won't find any at all.
Oh, and since you say you have Laserwave ... he's a Binaltech. NO ... you won't see any of those for sale in the USA. (Unless you happen to stroll into some ridiculously rare Mom & Pop owned hobby store.)
If your "Laserwave" is all plastic, he's more accurately referred to as Shockblast or Shockwave.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 1:08 am
by carabuser
I had to go to ebay, but I got "tracks" for $22 shipped, not the best alternator, but not the worst either.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 7:04 am
by AlienQuiksilver
$22 shipped isn't bad at all. Check out Yellow tracks, he can be had on ebay for close to $40 shipped. MISB
Yellow Tracks is one of the cheapest Binaltechs out there to be had right now. Swindle and Battle Ravage are usually cheaper than the other BT's, too.
http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com has BT's Lambor/Hound/Dead End for $56 each. The rest are sold out.
I prefer the yellow tracks to blue tracks, even though the blue is more G1 accurate ... the yellow binaltech version is freakin sweet!
Also, look for lots on ebay. If you can afford it ... it's the best way to get your collection going. Knocking these off 1 at a time could take a while since the good ones are getting scarce.
Trust me, I only need 1 more. I will own every character after obtaining alts. decepticharge, but would still like to get a few more Binaltechs to round out the collection.
Prepare to spend a LOT of money if you plan to complete this line. If there's any alts you're looking for, PM me. I'm always looking and can be very resourceful.
Re: Can You still find Alternators in store?

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 8:32 am
by Mandamus
Fruitmech1 wrote:Can You still find Alternators in store? and if so where. I only have two ( Laserwave and Swindle) But they are so cool I just cant afford the secondary market prices at this time. Any tipd for finding them in store?
If you have a Fry's store anywhere near you they will most likely have Skids, Riccochet, Sunstreaker and Rollbar for $25. I went in the one near me about a month ago and there were dozens of them.
Also, try the Carbomya forum on this site.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:47 am
by carabuser
No sunstreakers at Fry's in Anaheim CA, I would by that one, they only have Rollbar and riccochet, I don't really want those.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 10:48 am
by Wes Crayon
Wow, some of you guys are still finding Rumble? Sweet. I had the good fortune of coming across a Ricochet last month for $7 at Walmart. They also had Sunstreaker and Skids, but for some reason they were priced differently at the normal $20 apiece.

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:14 am
by DeathNoble
muswp1 wrote:I've seen Rumble and Ravage a couple of times at Wal-
Marts, usually in the clearance section in Lawn & Garden.
Can I spend my vacation with you?

Posted:
Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:17 pm
by Cascadia
I got all of my Alternators & Binaltech from Amazon. I have not seen the line in stores at least in my area.