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Has Leader Ironhide even come out yet? I swear I heard reports of him before DOTM even came out, but I have still yet to see a single trace of him. I went to every store I could think of and all I saw where Sentinels and Bumblebees. Am I missing something; or does my area just suck?

I've had mine for nearly two months.

I'm in the middle of a rural hicktown, and I'm waiste deep in Leader Ironhides. gotta be the area.

Burn wrote:I've had mine for nearly two months.

As I suspected. My area sucks. I JUST found Generations Kup and Wheeljack the other day.

We've just started getting sightings at Target in my area. There were sightings at Walmart and TRU a couple months ago, but they dried up pretty quick and haven't been restocked. Ironhide seems to be getting the ROTF Jetfire treatment...not necessarily rare, but not well stocked by any means.

I live in England. I doubt he'll show up before Christmas.

Mykltron wrote:I live in England. I doubt he'll show up before Christmas.

Odd, he just showed up within the last 2 weeks in the Netherlands. What are the odds? The price is a doozy though: €70, which translates to $100 or £60, give or take.

Mykltron wrote:I live in England. I doubt he'll show up before Christmas.

He's in the Entertainer for £45. Got my Son one for his Birthday 2 weeks ago, however this is the only 1 I've seen,(Wimbledon Broadway) and He isn't in the Wandsworth counterpart branch, so I'm guessing small quantities. He is on their website though.

I've had mine since the middle of June. It's definitely your area. Though it is scarce even here. I haven't seen it since I bought mine, which was the only one in the store.

Try Kmart, that's the only place I've seen leader Ironhide since June.

SlyTF1 wrote:

Burn wrote:I've had mine for nearly two months.

As I suspected. My area sucks. I JUST found Generations Kup and Wheeljack the other day.

That doesn't even remotely suck.

Mykltron wrote:I live in England. I doubt he'll show up before Christmas.

I found one in Forbidden Planet in Leeds, if you're interested.

And pretty sure there were a few in Toys'R'Us in Norwich, last time I popped in (about a month ago).

I still have an extra for sale. Just looking for what I spent plus shipping on it.

If anyone wants it, PM me.

Never seen one in store or in person at all. Still got waves 1 and 2 clogging shelves here.

BeastProwl wrote:I'm in the middle of a rural hicktown, and I'm waiste deep in Leader Ironhides. gotta be the area.

Burn wrote:I've had mine for nearly two months.

I think it also depends on the different stores you visit & how much travels miles your willing to drive to find the newer TF toys.

KMART is where I bought my DOTM Leader Ironhide toy nearly 2 months ago. the kmart store had a huge display & their were easily dozens of leader sized ironhide on display along with voyager sized sentinel prime.

I think some of us realize that we need to go to all the majot retail stores in america & travel out of our neighberhood to get the newest/rare TF toys. while some of the fans just go to one particular store & stay locally when doing toy hunts.

FWIW,TRU.com had DOTM Leader sized ironhide on their site a few times & the toy stayed on their for a long time before selling out.

I still have yet to see one at any retail around my location. Doesn't mean he hasn't been here and swiped up with a quickness, though.

Va'al wrote:

Mykltron wrote:I live in England. I doubt he'll show up before Christmas.

I found one in Forbidden Planet in Leeds, if you're interested.

And pretty sure there were a few in Toys'R'Us in Norwich, last time I popped in (about a month ago).

Thanks New Guy! (and welcome to Seibertron) I don't really want him unless I happen to see him on clearance but maybe not then! He isn't on the TRU website.

deathy wrote:I think it also depends on the different stores you visit & how much travels miles your willing to drive to find the newer TF toys.

I walked ten minutes down the road to the nearest K-Mart. Waited until it was on sale as well.

In fact I don't waste time driving around to all the different stores. If the stores that are 10-20mins away don't have them, oh well, more money to waste on hookers.

Burn wrote:

deathy wrote:I think it also depends on the different stores you visit & how much travels miles your willing to drive to find the newer TF toys.

I walked ten minutes down the road to the nearest K-Mart. Waited until it was on sale as well.

In fact I don't waste time driving around to all the different stores. If the stores that are 10-20mins away don't have them, oh well, more money to waste on hookers.

Why am I not surprised?

robofreak wrote:

Burn wrote:

deathy wrote:I think it also depends on the different stores you visit & how much travels miles your willing to drive to find the newer TF toys.

I walked ten minutes down the road to the nearest K-Mart. Waited until it was on sale as well.

In fact I don't waste time driving around to all the different stores. If the stores that are 10-20mins away don't have them, oh well, more money to waste on hookers.

Why am I not surprised?

'cause i'm following your lead.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:Try Kmart, that's the only place I've seen leader Ironhide since June.

Concur'd.

Burn wrote:

deathy wrote:I think it also depends on the different stores you visit & how much travels miles your willing to drive to find the newer TF toys.

I walked ten minutes down the road to the nearest K-Mart. Waited until it was on sale as well.

In fact I don't waste time driving around to all the different stores. If the stores that are 10-20mins away don't have them, oh well, more money to waste on hookers.

Burn,your profile says your from Austrailia.

I didn't know that they had Kmart stores in austrailia.

Well now you do.

Keep searching it took me 2 months and I finally found him at kmart the other day.

There was a "Buy one, get the other at 50% off" promo at TrU last August 2011 for a few days. I felt like Leader Ironhide was kinda rare. Because I already had Leader Sentinel Prime and Leader Bumblebee don't interest me, I bought their (maybe) last two Leader Ironhide. No regrets, really. I leave one sealed in hope he'll be worth something. I open the other and played with it. I'm amazed at how much that toy is GOOD!