The Energon Pub

I've only seen leftovers from Generations twice at TRU, once was a single Prime and BB which I picked up, and then at another just one BB. And as far as I know, there hasn't been any restock, as I am trying to pick up another Prime for a friend. So it looks like this line is doing fairly well, which is great because I am more interested in it that HFTD.

Hopefully if there is some kind of launch at Targets/Walmarts to coincide with the GI Joe:POC line (which I think is still just a rumor now) that maybe Generations Wave 2 is included for release with Wave 1. (I want Megatron and Soundwave bad.) I'm thinking back to when the Iron Man 2 line came out back in March and Wave 1, which was found before the "release date" wasn't stocked as heavily as Wave 2 when they were official released. This is just my speculation.

I'll be saving money? I thought these deluxes retailed for $12.99. Even if they're the same price as BBTS at $14.99 I still have to pay for shipping by ordering online.

Autobot032 wrote:

retrothomas wrote:I went to a KMart today but it had closed. Target just had a bunch of Tuner Mudflap and other movie stuff. I will continue the quest tomorrow!

You.
Are.
Wasting.
Your.
Time.

As far as I know, K-Mart had one sighting. I don't think I've heard of any more. Scratch them off the list.

Wal-Mart? None of the new product is on the current planogram (Summer reset)
Target? Same as Wal-Mart.

They will be getting their's in the Fall reset. It's on the planogram.

TRU? Only retail, brick & mortar store in which you'll find these.
BBTS, and places like Digital-Toys, plus TRU.com are the only places you'll find these online.

Kohl's is releasing them, but only in small doses as evidenced by the sightings. Kohl's won't bring them out in full force, they haven't for a while now.

You're wasting your gas, your time, and wracking up miles on your car only to come home empty handed and a little lighter in the tank.

You'll save time, money, and peace of mind just ordering them over the internet.

By the way: I was checking stores on the way to other places. I'm not exhausting resources in a massive toy hunt or anything. Your tone comes across as a bit confrontational and I'd appreciate it if you could try and make things sound a bit more friendly. Text can be ambiguous. That said, I do appreciate the info

I went to Kohl's after work today and there were three to four FULL pegs of WFC Bumblebee, WFC Optimus Prime, Drift, and Thrust along with the other HFTD stuff. As an added bonus, right now their toys are buy one get one 50% off!

my Kohl's has ONLY HFTD deluxes, no scouts or voyagers.

Kmart had both HFTD and PCC 2 and 5-packs. No voyagers, no leader Scream, no Gens at all.

still seeking Drift, but at least now I have Searchlight.

retrothomas wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

retrothomas wrote:I went to a KMart today but it had closed. Target just had a bunch of Tuner Mudflap and other movie stuff. I will continue the quest tomorrow!

You.
Are.
Wasting.
Your.
Time.

As far as I know, K-Mart had one sighting. I don't think I've heard of any more. Scratch them off the list.

Wal-Mart? None of the new product is on the current planogram (Summer reset)
Target? Same as Wal-Mart.

They will be getting their's in the Fall reset. It's on the planogram.

TRU? Only retail, brick & mortar store in which you'll find these.
BBTS, and places like Digital-Toys, plus TRU.com are the only places you'll find these online.

Kohl's is releasing them, but only in small doses as evidenced by the sightings. Kohl's won't bring them out in full force, they haven't for a while now.

You're wasting your gas, your time, and wracking up miles on your car only to come home empty handed and a little lighter in the tank.

You'll save time, money, and peace of mind just ordering them over the internet.

By the way: I was checking stores on the way to other places. I'm not exhausting resources in a massive toy hunt or anything. Your tone comes across as a bit confrontational and I'd appreciate it if you could try and make things sound a bit more friendly. Text can be ambiguous. That said, I do appreciate the info

He's incorrect too, the first Drift/Thrust sighting in my state was at a Target.

And according to a (competent) Target employee I spoke to, Target's toy stock is supposed to be going through their transitional period soon.

Guess you can never be sure when and where stuff will show up.
As far as I know, it's supposed to be up to the district manager anyway.

As mentioned in another thread, Walmart.com has Generations, HFTD, PCC, and Leader Starscream for $30 plus free site to store shipping.

Kmart does have HFTD deluxes and PCC 2 packs. They came in Friday. Target does have the toys in their stockroom but it all depends on whether they want to put them out or not. There is no sale date for Generations/HFTD but some Targets follow when the plan-o-gram is due to ensure they have enough stock. The Target in Cary NC had nothing but Mudflaps on clearance. At Wally all they had was Dirge, Mudflap, Payload, and one Bludgeon (get him) in Garner NC. Cary TRU had HFTD Voyagers and Leaders but Seaspray was gone by 10AM yesterday. Not a sign of Gens or WFC figures either.

Walmart.com is out-of-stock of Drift. I suggest the HasbroToyShop right now and use code 'Thanks10' (just the letters) to save 10% or if there are other codes I'm assed out.

UnknownTrans4mingBot wrote:As mentioned in another thread, Walmart.com has Generations, HFTD, PCC, and Leader Starscream for $30 plus free site to store shipping.

What?!? WHAT!?!! WHAAAT!!!?!?!?

I searched that site just the other day and they didn't have anything!

And why are they already sold out of Drift!?!?

Vicalliose wrote:

UnknownTrans4mingBot wrote:As mentioned in another thread, Walmart.com has Generations, HFTD, PCC, and Leader Starscream for $30 plus free site to store shipping.

What?!? WHAT!?!! WHAAAT!!!?!?!?

I searched that site just the other day and they didn't have anything!

And why are they already sold out of Drift!?!?

That would be because Drift is slightly popular.

UnknownTrans4mingBot wrote:

Vicalliose wrote:

UnknownTrans4mingBot wrote:As mentioned in another thread, Walmart.com has Generations, HFTD, PCC, and Leader Starscream for $30 plus free site to store shipping.

What?!? WHAT!?!! WHAAAT!!!?!?!?

I searched that site just the other day and they didn't have anything!

And why are they already sold out of Drift!?!?

That would be because Drift is slightly popular.

Which befuddles me. He's...a'ight. But his casemates blow him out of the water. He doesn't even compare to a Seeker redeco/remold, and the WFC bots. That's not to say that Drift is a bad figure, but he's not great. He's definitely middle of the road, but with great posability.

Autobot032 wrote:Which befuddles me. He's...a'ight. But his casemates blow him out of the water. He doesn't even compare to a Seeker redeco/remold, and the WFC bots. That's not to say that Drift is a bad figure, but he's not great. He's definitely middle of the road, but with great posability.

To me, It's fairly logical that he is the most popular. He has not been released in another format(i.e. botcon/henkai...the kit doesn't count.), and Prime and Bumblebee have a case asst all to themselves so there seems to be far more of them out there.

That's one thing I find so interesting about toy collecting. Some people are all over Thrust and think Drift isn't interesting at all. Me, I can't wait to find Drift. To each his own

Gutter Bunny wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Which befuddles me. He's...a'ight. But his casemates blow him out of the water. He doesn't even compare to a Seeker redeco/remold, and the WFC bots. That's not to say that Drift is a bad figure, but he's not great. He's definitely middle of the road, but with great posability.

To me, It's fairly logical that he is the most popular. He has not been released in another format(i.e. botcon/henkai...the kit doesn't count.), and Prime and Bumblebee have a case asst all to themselves so there seems to be far more of them out there.

Well what I think is. Regardless of whether he's a good toy, or the fact he hasn't been released in a different format (yet). His character isn't that popular. It's probably about 50/50 for the people who do like him, and the people who hate him.

Thrust however, is a different story. There are allot of people who wanted a mainline release of Thrust. Even the aggravated people who got the Botcon and Gentei versions will probably get this, just so they have a version they're not afraid to take out of the box.

I think I just ordered that last Thrust from walmart.com because after my order, it went from in-stock to out-of-stock. Hope I will get that figure as they promised. Now just need to wait or hunt for Drift.

As we are evaluating about Drift, I like him in AHM. Then he started declining after reading his spotlight. I think I will never try to read his mini-series.

The generations figures and all the other HFTD stuff was on walmart.com since saturday morning and drift/thrust just sold out. HA Jazz sold out within a couple hours(hoping I actually get mine since i ordered like 5 mins before i rechecked if they still had it)

Ordred my Drift from Hasbro Toy Shop. use THANKS10 to save another 10% off the price.

Doesn't it come close to $20 with shipping added on? I'm planning to just wait to pick Drift up at a nearby store for cheaper.

retrothomas wrote:Doesn't it come close to $20 with shipping added on? I'm planning to just wait to pick Drift up at a nearby store for cheaper.

Probably, So I ordered Thrust to go along with it.I just felt site-to-store would have taken too long. So I went ahead and ordered.

bvzxa wrote:

retrothomas wrote:Doesn't it come close to $20 with shipping added on? I'm planning to just wait to pick Drift up at a nearby store for cheaper.

Probably, So I ordered Thrust to go along with it.I just felt site-to-store would have taken too long. So I went ahead and ordered.

I've used Site To Store before. Took 4 days. Does it normally take longer than that? Because a CSM told me that their list of days for the shipment is just a basic guide but not guaranteed and most items come long before the expected due date.

Gotcha. I understand. I mean, I ordered Optimus and Bumblebee (WFC versions) from Amazon a long time ago as soon as I spotted 'em. It's hard waiting on all the great figures in the new Generations line to hit the stores.

Between Generations and the new GI Joe Pursuit of Cobra line I'm having a hard time waiting. All this great new stuff is, like, ALMOST here!

Autobot032 wrote:

bvzxa wrote:

retrothomas wrote:Doesn't it come close to $20 with shipping added on? I'm planning to just wait to pick Drift up at a nearby store for cheaper.

Probably, So I ordered Thrust to go along with it.I just felt site-to-store would have taken too long. So I went ahead and ordered.

I've used Site To Store before. Took 4 days. Does it normally take longer than that? Because a CSM told me that their list of days for the shipment is just a basic guide but not guaranteed and most items come long before the expected due date.

The only time I have ever used site to store, it took nearly two months. Not a joke or an exaggeration.

Gutter Bunny wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

bvzxa wrote:

retrothomas wrote:Doesn't it come close to $20 with shipping added on? I'm planning to just wait to pick Drift up at a nearby store for cheaper.

Probably, So I ordered Thrust to go along with it.I just felt site-to-store would have taken too long. So I went ahead and ordered.

I've used Site To Store before. Took 4 days. Does it normally take longer than that? Because a CSM told me that their list of days for the shipment is just a basic guide but not guaranteed and most items come long before the expected due date.

The only time I have ever used site to store, it took nearly two months. Not a joke or an exaggeration.

It took them two months to ship it, or two months in transit? O_o

For some reason processing the order took majority of the time. Transit only took a week. It was for Cybertron Vector Prime, in case you're curious.

Gutter Bunny wrote:For some reason processing the order took majority of the time. Transit only took a week. It was for Cybertron Vector Prime, in case you're curious.

Wait. Wal-Mart had STS during Cybertron, back in 2005? I thought the service was newer than that?

Still, that's ridiculous. You shouldn't have had to wait that long.