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by **Onyx Prime** » Fri Apr 06, 2007 12:54 pm

I finally found Alt. Ravage and Rumble at a local Wal-mart yesterday after MANY TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS!

To help everyone find these two rather than having to settle for secondary market prices do the following:

1. Go to ANY Wal-mart and grab ANY alternator they have on the shelf.

2. From there find someone with a scan gun to scan the amount they are showing onhand. If they have less than ten, they probably did not recieve a shipment of the Ravage/Rumble casepacks. If their gun says they have 20+ onhand, they recieved the shipment of them and they are either on an endcap or in the backroom.

3. If the Wal-mart you are at does not have 20+ onhand, ask them to use their gun to check other store's inventory. I found that only 2 stores in my area (of about 15 Wal-marts) had 20+ alternators in stock. Most had 5 or fewer, which is what they have always had as long as Ive collected the line.

4. After you find a store with 20+ alternators onhand visit that store and check endcaps first (as this is supposedly a 'Featured' endcap that they are required to make if they have the product) then ask someone to check the back room for them. If they cannot find them (as they could not in my case) insist that they find a dept. manager or Asst. manager and they can find them.

I hope this helps a few of you guys find them. It took me forever to find someone motivated enough to even check backstock let alone to check another store's inventory. Evidently most people trained on the scanners know how to do these things but they usually do not offer. Go figure!

Good luck guys!

News Credits: 3 · by **MagnusPrimal** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 7:06 pm

Also, you may find them somewhere other than with the rest of the TFs. I them today on one side of a four-sided display in the middle of an aisle near the toys section.
Didn't buy them, but I found them.

News Credits: 2 · by **CyberTooth** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:12 pm

That's odd. Given the nature of the boxes, I would suspect a walkway island display would be prone to spilling out over the floor.

Also look at the tops of the shelves. That's where I found the Majority of the ones I've seen.

News Credits: 337 · by **Air Commander Starscream** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:16 pm

I've been looking, but alas no luck.

by **Maldroth** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:31 pm

my walmart won't be getting them in they don't get exclusives. I could get them shipped site to store though.

News Credits: 2 · by **CyberTooth** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:33 pm

Maldroth wrote:my walmart won't be getting them in they don't get exclusives. I could get them shipped site to store though.

That's a lame Wal-Mart. Sam Walton would disapprove.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Sat Apr 07, 2007 8:56 pm

I finally found them at the Wal-Mart in Antioch,IL.
They also had some Devastators. They were running low though, so if you are looking for them and are anywhere north of Chicago should take a run out there.
Good thing I stopped on my way to Oak Lawn.