The Energon Pub

[-Kanrabat-]

Of course, maybe this post will be completely ignored, but I'll share it anyway.
First, I'm not talking about what I bought online. That's not true finding. Any idiot with money can buy a Fortmax online. But it take a extremely lucky idiot to find one cheap in some store.

Faery tales aside, were you browsing a random store, toy hunting or not, only to find some great and rare Transformers at a good price?

Lemme share my incredible findings first. A few months ago I found a Universe voyager Dropshot for only 20$CAN+taxes at Rossy's. I remember seeing it way back at that store for around 35$. The same one was at last at a reasonable price so I snached it up. No regrets. That toy is great!

Some months ago, I found a Universe ultra Onslaught sitting in a dark corner at Sears. They had two, but because it was 35$+tax, I only took one. No regrets then again. Appart his lame woop sound, this guy is a lot of fun and great to transform.

3 weeks ago, I went to a lost toy clearance store. You know, the kind of store that is only in a far out place where you have no choices but to take a cab to go there? At least, the cab fare was not lost beacuse I could have bought a dishwasher at the next store over, and I found 3 out of 4 2007 Movie Screen Battle sets. First Encounter (with Barricade), Desert Attack (with scorponock), and Final Battle (with Longarm). Unfortunately, they did not had Capture of Bumblebee. Oh well, at 15$+tax each, it's not too shabby. That also had Animated Supreme Optimus Prime, but even at 30$+tax, I passed on this abobination.

Today's haul... MAN, TODAY'S HAUL!

I finally found the HFTD scout Hubcap that I missed at my local Walmart. They put back a bunch of HFTD scouts back on shelves. Unfortunately, Hubcap was at full price, meaning 10$CAN+tax. Of course I bought him anyway. No way I'm gonna miss him again. He's much better in person than in pictures lemme tell you.

But the real finding is at a "not so" dollar store, Magiprix. They have all the usual cheap dollar store crap. They have also a lot more bizare and more expensive items. Shopping there is like treasure hunting. You'll never know what you're gonna find. I went there to find and buy a "collector" lolita porcelain doll for my mom. I found the doll. It was a little pricey, but she is beautiful and it was the only store around to carry the thing. While I'm there, I went BOOTLEG TF HUNTING. I found a knock-off G1 Seeker and a knock-off dragonfly TF. Both at 3$+tax each, and both of a surprisingly good quality!
THEN SUDDENLY SOME WILD M.I.B. VOYAGER ANIMATED TRANSFORMERS APPEAR!
I found one TF Animated voyager wreckgar and TWO TF Animated voyager Atomic Lugnut! all at 23$+tax each! I'll keep one Animated Lugnut sealed and I'll open the others.

Ouf!

Okay the, I'll repeat.
POST YOUR UNEXPECTED STORE FINDINGS HERE! (NOT online, duh...)

[Mykltron]

In England we get wave 1 of new lines fairly promptly (except for TFP) but later waves often don't show up. Long after Universe had died down suddenly I found myself staring at Cheetor, Dinobot and Inferno ON HALF PRICE!

[Hip-Hoptimus Rime]

After the 2007 Movie toys had been out for a few months, and there was a lull where there was nothing new, I found a sealed Energon Overcast. I had just gotten a used Energon Jetfire, so it was a cool find.

[dinogeist]

I went & got the #125 comic of the TF G-1 On-going today. on the way home I went to a TJ Maxx store. I saw+bought 2 RTS Wrekgars for $6.99 each.

[Erailea]

Not that I bought it, but I found Atomic Lugnut in TJ Maxx the other day. I haven't seen TFA toys in their store since spring.

Wish it had been Starscream xP


About a week or two ago I found RTS legion class Starcream and Optimus in TJ Maxx too. I'd never seen them and never expected to see them, so I quite happily snatched them up for $4 and then went about hunting for Megatron and grabed Prowl while I was at it. Haha