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[o.supreme]

What was that about Siege Astrotrain being rare?

Never said he was rare, just never saw one in a store until a few days ago. Missing standard retail and showing up at market 6 stores (in the US at least) is a failure of the system. How nice of you to show your store thousands of miles away has tons of them. Hasbro sucks at didtribution blah blah blah weve beaten this horse to death.

[william-james88]

What was that about Siege Astrotrain being rare?

Never said he was rare, just never saw one in a store until a few days ago. Missing standard retail and showing up at market 6 stores (in the US at least) is a failure of the system. How nice of you to show your store thousands of miles away has tons of them. Hasbro sucks at didtribution blah blah blah weve beaten this horse to death.

You said he might be:

Not now, and certainly not out of package, but 10 years down the road, maybe more, it will probably go up in value. I didn't purchase it, but so many wildly variant blister cards of toys on eBay sometimes sell for crazy prices if they are considered "rare" variants.

I am confirming he is not.

Also, just a nugget of info, a multitude of Toysrus stores are just 30 miles from the US. So if anything was worth the trouble, US people on e-bay could hop over the boarder and buy out the stock to resell it, augmenting supply and reducing rarity.

[optimeow]

These logistic issues are benefiting scalpers living in those areas.
How easy to buy discounted items and ship them off to those of us who can't even find this wave on store shelves

[o.supreme]

Also, just a nugget of info, a multitude of Toysrus stores are just 30 miles from the US. So if anything was worth the trouble, US people on e-bay could hop over the boarder and buy out the stock to resell scalp it,.

Fixed for ya.

Just like all those Rid2015 Kre-o sets, not at general retail in the U.S. Looks like the only ones going across the border to get those were scalpers. I begged Canadian fans for help but that didn't happen. Thankfully I did eventually get them at places like Ross/ Marshalls, but they were still heavily scalped.

[Gundown113]

I was one of the people that notified the admin about this! I deserve some credit!

[Wolfman Jake]

This Aldi find reminds me of way back when I was collecting MOTU 200X. I had never been in an Aldi before that point, but when word got out on the internet that Aldi was going to be the ONLY place in the U.S. to find the first wave of "MOTU vs. Snake Men" figures, I had no other choice. Ended up getting a full-sized stand-up carboard display branded with the Master of the Universe logo. I had some of my unopened chase figures displayed in that for quite a while.

[Adimus Prime]

Thank you for sharing this. I finally found an Allicon today at Aldi.

[sol magnus]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

[Rodimus Knight]

I got my wave 2 online but now that I think about it, I've never seen any wave 2 figures in stores.

[william-james88]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

[sol magnus]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

In my area, they are few and far in between. I found an Arcee and an Airwave in a month's time. I also found a Smokescreen box with an old insecticon figure in it.

I know people hate scalpers, but I hate cheaters far more.

[Hellscream9999]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

In so far as I have seen wave 2 has largely not shown up anywhere in the US in any meaningful way until now I guess

[TF-fan kev777]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

In so far as I have seen wave 2 has largely not shown up anywhere in the US in any meaningful way until now I guess

I've seen them in the Chicago area for about a month and a half now, but they were a really slow trickle until the last 2 weeks.

[chuckdawg1999]

Just a thought, the easiest way to get new stock is to clear the old stock off shelves. With the holidays around the corner, I know there are toy drives like Toys for Tots that really need donations this year.

[Slashercon]

Just a thought, the easiest way to get new stock is to clear the old stock off shelves. With the holidays around the corner, I know there are toy drives like Toys for Tots that really need donations this year.

I've been doing exactly this at my local Walgreens. Bought the last POTP Wreck-Gar almost a year ago and right after that Siege Ratchet popped up.

[Emerje]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

Only wave 2 I've seen in stores is Snapdragon and Doubledealer. There are no Aldis in Maine (even though there are 8 in New Hampshire ) so that doesn't exactly help. Not that I need the help, I have all of wave 2 and most of wave 3 from Target.com, but I feel bad for other local collectors.

And Bluestreak continues to not be in my area. Checked two Walgreens Friday and still haven't found anything. One of the two removed their section for Marvel exclusives already (never saw anything on those pegs either) so I'm probably SOL finding these in person and will have to ask for help like I did last year.

Emerje

[chuckdawg1999]

[Rodimus Prime]

I missed out on preordering Runabout on Target.com so hopefully he'll show up in stores in abundance. Same with Thrust.

[Nuclearxpotato]

I missed out on preordering Runabout on Target.com so hopefully he'll show up in stores in abundance. Same with Thrust.

Don't worry, even if you did get to preorder in time, Target may have just lied to you and not made the preorder anyways.

I'm really hoping Kingdom doesn't have as many exclusives because I'm just... sick of it. After Amazon and now Target, exclusives have become even more of a hassle than before. Ironically the exclusive that gave me the least trouble was Bluestreak.

[Nemesis Primal]

I missed out on preordering Runabout on Target.com so hopefully he'll show up in stores in abundance. Same with Thrust.

I saw some TFW users have already found Runabouts in brick-and-mortar locations in supply comparable to that of SS Leadfoot, but Target is being Target and enforcing the fact that he's apparently street-dated for December 1st.

[aronjlove]

Just like I posted some other thread, how can Walmart and Target **** up regularly what BBTS and Entertainment Earth seem to have no problem with. While they may get delayed, I have not heard of any independent stores straight canceling orders like Walmart and Target. These national chains have either poopy inventory systems or poopy people running those systems. And as long as Hasbro keeps giving them poop, this will continue to happen.

Edit: Lmao at the profanity filter

[King Kuuga]

After scouring every Walgreens near me (and not so near me) on a broken toe for several weeks, I checked one by my local Kroger after a routine grocery run yesterday. I've checked here several times because, again, it's right there, with no luck, but my fortunes changed today and they had two Bluestreaks in stock, so I got one for me and one as a gift for a friend. Now I can never go into Walgreens again until we find out next year's exclusive. And at last after.... I dunno, maybe a month, my Datsuns are complete. (Except I need to replace Smokescreen because he has two left hands and some paint scratches). I also swapped Prowl's head with the Siege mold. The peg is larger and should probably be shaved a tad but it fits. (The reverse, not so much)

Anyway here they all are!

I call this one "Nissan's Angels"

[sol magnus]

After scouring every Walgreens near me (and not so near me) on a broken toe for several weeks, I checked one by my local Kroger after a routine grocery run yesterday. I've checked here several times because, again, it's right there, with no luck, but my fortunes changed today and they had two Bluestreaks in stock, so I got one for me and one as a gift for a friend. Now I can never go into Walgreens again until we find out next year's exclusive. And at last after.... I dunno, maybe a month, my Datsuns are complete. (Except I need to replace Smokescreen because he has two left hands and some paint scratches). I also swapped Prowl's head with the Siege mold. The peg is larger and should probably be shaved a tad but it fits. (The reverse, not so much)

Anyway here they all are!

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I call this one "Nissan's Angels"

Glad everyone is getting their Bluestreaks and swapping that Prowl head (as I did and showed last month). It just looks correct.

[o.supreme]

Aldi is indeed the ticket. I just got the entire wave minus Airwave (because I was never getting Airwave).

By contrast, Airwave is the only one from that wave I got (and wanted). By the way, I am a bit curious, why is this news so hot? Hasn't wave 2 been found for over a month now?

Same here. But I think Wave 2 is just now hitting saturation in some parts of the US despite first being sighted a few weeks ago. Aldi, while only accessible to a small group seems to be a guarantee as opposed to Walmart which is only a possible chance of finding them even now.

Unfortunately in California as big as we are, all we have is Walmart or Target, no smaller retailers that occasionally carry new toys. I've seen wave 2 at both chains now, btu it's only been n the last couple of weeks. I already have Fasttrack from Amazon (the only wave 3 deluxe I wanted), so I have no idea when wave 3 will show up in my area, despite it showing up in some other places already.

[King Kuuga]

Made it to an Aldi close to me and after looking all over the store (which is not very big) I found them near the front with the Christmas stuff, directly across from some underwear. What a strange store. Food prices are legit, though, I should come here more often.

Anyway I nabbed two more Alicons, bringing me to 3, and a replacement for my southpaw Smokescreen. I think I'm good on Earthrise until wave 3 shows up.