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by **Jazz Reborn** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:15 am

i went to target expecting allspark figs. but all there was were 3 realgears and other toys have taken over the transformers section!

by **Mandamus** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:26 am

Same here. My Target was re-doing the toy section and there were no TFs to be found anywhere. TRU and Wal-Mart were also stripped bare. I was anxious to use my giftcards on some Allspark figs but oh well.

News Credits: 5 · by **skywarp-2** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:43 am

Apparantly the post X-mas shopping for kids has begun.. plus all the newer deals and the anticipation of Animated hitting stores has put a damper on the Movie line stock.. we should see more stuff coming soon... but I think it's slow going for now.. until the mid part of January.. that's my guess anyway.. :grin:

by **LeoDude** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 10:47 am

My local wal-mart was hit hard by last minute Christmas shopping. The toy and clearance aisles are mostly empty. The employees said that they do not have any more toys in their stock room and that they have yet to receive a shipment for some reason or another.

Looks like things will be rather dry for awhile.

Of course, I'm really only buying Universe stuff right now, so I've really only been looking at pharmacies and discount stores.

by **Jazz Reborn** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:05 am

so no tfs till jan?

News Credits: 3 · by **muswp1** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 11:20 am

This happens every year after Christmas. I'd say wait until mid January or so until the stores start re-stocking.

by **Jazz Reborn** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:22 pm

muswp1 wrote:This happens every year after Christmas. I'd say wait until mid January or so until the stores start re-stocking.

damn it! i can't wait that long!

News Credits: 26 · by **Wheeljack35** » Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:58 pm

The Target I work ran out of Transformers last week

Hell the last time I put any out they only sent us one case

by **0ptimus__Prime** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:07 pm

I think the stores should just save like five cases for AFTER Christmas shopping. Then would have more to sell.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:11 pm

This happens everytime around this year :cry:

Hasbro will leak out a bot here and there, but basicly they wont do much till the middle end of May which'll run heavy till the begining of October, then we'll be right back here again :roll:

by **toxicity** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:12 pm

Yeah, the target near me had a bunch of pirates of the carribean figures on clearance in place of where the transformers used to be. The tfs are probably all gone due to christmas shopping, and i think only a select few stores have started getting allspark figures.

News Credits: 1 · by **Pontimax 01** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:02 pm

Wheeljack35 wrote:The Target I work ran out of Transformers last week

Hell the last time I put any out they only sent us one case

Target I work for doesn't have anything as well. We didn't have much leading up to Christmas either, just real gear and that crap. Local Walmarts have been empty as well, stocking robot replicas in place of deluxe figures. Drought never ended here.

News Credits: 3 · by **DISCHARGE** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:18 pm

The movie stuff is cleared out of the Walmart near me but they
did have a Classics Prime, a Jetfire and a couple Prime/Megatron 2 packs(w/ minicons). !3 bucks each.
But everywhere else, yeah nothing. :BOOM:

by **MaP_Prime** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:28 pm

I've been looking for the Dropkick I didn't get for Christmas and so far I cannot find a single Deluxe or Voyager TF anywhere in town.

by **Jazz Reborn** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:55 pm

toxicity wrote:Yeah, the target near me had a bunch of pirates of the carribean figures on clearance in place of where the transformers used to be. The tfs are probably all gone due to christmas shopping, and i think only a select few stores have started getting allspark figures.

that's the same as me! maybe you go to the same target as me :-?

by **Defcon!** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:37 pm

The target where i live is pretty bare also. There's maybe 3 or 4 figures total. It's pretty much the same at most stores. After christmas giftcards and sales, and probably clearing everything out for the animated series figures i would imagine.

News Credits: 1 · by **jacksonspade** » Sun Dec 30, 2007 4:53 pm

Our Target and Wal Marts are so Transformer free that they even took down the Autobot logo that was in the toy isle. Ya know, those dividers to let ya know where the spidey, Star Wars toys are? Yup, the Transformer one is gone and Pirates of the Carribean toys are where TF's should have been...good thing I'm stocked up for a while.

by **autobot_aza** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:28 am

it used to be so easy to get transformers figures until the movie came out. such an effort to get anything but real gears or fast action battlers. i was lucky enough to find a thundercracker at target and that was all they had haha

by **Aerrow** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:06 am

Stores are still pretty whipped out of Transformers toys in my area. Some toys are being stocked/restocked such as Storm Hawks and Star Wars at TRU, but the Wal-Marts and Targets are pretty empty of all toys. Hope it changes soon but I guess giving my wallet a break isn't a terrible thing.

-Aerrow

News Credits: 1 · by **doomboy536** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 7:23 am

Now you Yanks know what it's like to live in the UK when it comes to TFs

by **Aerrow** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:11 am

doomboy536 wrote:Now you Yanks know what it's like to live in the UK when it comes to TFs

No. Now we know what it's like after Christmas and inbetween TF series of toys. :-P

but yeah it sucks

-Aerrow

News Credits: 2 · by **TFBuyer** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:50 am

I was told by my local TRU that the only Transformer item they had was a "voice helmet" and they were only showing one of them in the computer.

I didn't buy it.

by **OptitronPrime** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:22 pm

DISCHARGE wrote:The movie stuff is cleared out of the Walmart near me but they
did have a Classics Prime, a Jetfire and a couple Prime/Megatron 2 packs(w/ minicons). !3 bucks each.
But everywhere else, yeah nothing.

Prime,Jetfire,2pack with mnicons, dude you have more than everyoe else dose. My Target only had a Tf keychain of Prime, thats all I'm scared to see how little they have at Walmart

News Credits: 10 · by **Lapse Of Reason** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:30 pm

My local TRU (SW FL) stocked up on the new Allspark figs - plenty of Landmines, Camshafts, and Cliffjumpers.

They sold out of all the new Legends figures, but not before I snagged one of each two-pack.

These all need to be added to the sightings section. I tried to help the site by adding my sightings, but the figures are not available as an option.