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Or maybe the Botcon card was right, and will be out in November. So ofcourse walmart won't have it on file as it isn't sent out yet and is most likely still sitting in the Hasbro DC or hasn't been shipped from the DC in Japan as where most stuff comes from first then sent to the DC here in the states and is sent out to the store DCs then sent to our happy fun places.

If that's the case, 1 extra month to save up money for a most desired TF figure again.

I don't want to get involved in all this, so I'm gonna try not to.

I live in North NJ, and my job has me travel all over it.

Alt Ravage, Rumble, and Classic Devastor never arrived here. Outside of online listings, local store searches availed nothing. This is upsetting me about the GOOD MP StarScream, being a Wal-Mart exclusive.

In my hunt for the three figures I mentioned though, keeping in mind I didn't have bar codes handy, not one clerk in any of the stores I tried could bring up a listing for them

So basicly, I don't know if this story is legit or not, but I can say reguarding exclusives, Wal-Mart is F___ED!

As for them being scalper friendly, I've heard enough over the years to believe it, but thats all, I've never seen it first hand.

Kanyon wrote:Or maybe the Botcon card was right, and will be out in November. So ofcourse walmart won't have it on file as it isn't sent out yet and is most likely still sitting in the Hasbro DC or hasn't been shipped from the DC in Japan as where most stuff comes from first then sent to the DC here in the states and is sent out to the store DCs then sent to our happy fun places.

If that's the case, 1 extra month to save up money for a most desired TF figure again.

Actually, they don't come from Japan. They come from China. Japan might get a shipment, but it won't be coming from there. (That's how HK, Singapore, Shanghai, etc get the items first, long before we do.)

And you might very well be right about it not being in their system 'til November.

But, you'd think it would show up somewhere by now, considering we're only a little over a month from the start of November.

Not to mention, people who work for Wal-Mart were able to pull up information for other TF items long before they came out. (Powered Convoy of The ALLSpark was one of them, still might be. I have no idea.)

So I'm not sure what the Starscream issue is, all I know is, I hope it's easily accessible to those of us who want to own it. =\

EDIT: One more thing. TransFormers.com said September. That's why so many people are looking for him.

Plus Action-H-Q said mid-October. (Though since they're in China, they'll get the items 2-4 weeks before we will) so yeah...looks like November is the month for this guy. (which is good. More time to save up my money or have him be a Christmas present.)

Just got back from my Walmart Mp Starscream search...Guess what I found...Not a damn Thing!!! Its not in any of there systems..The main manager and Toy Mangager different Walmart never even heard of the item..Guess Ill wait for Corporate to call me back..

Autobot032 wrote:

Kanyon wrote:Or maybe the Botcon card was right, and will be out in November. So ofcourse walmart won't have it on file as it isn't sent out yet and is most likely still sitting in the Hasbro DC or hasn't been shipped from the DC in Japan as where most stuff comes from first then sent to the DC here in the states and is sent out to the store DCs then sent to our happy fun places.

If that's the case, 1 extra month to save up money for a most desired TF figure again.

Actually, they don't come from Japan. They come from China. Japan might get a shipment, but it won't be coming from there. (That's how HK, Singapore, Shanghai, etc get the items first, long before we do.)

And you might very well be right about it not being in their system 'til November.

But, you'd think it would show up somewhere by now, considering we're only a little over a month from the start of November.

Not to mention, people who work for Wal-Mart were able to pull up information for other TF items long before they came out. (Powered Convoy of The ALLSpark was one of them, still might be. I have no idea.)

So I'm not sure what the Starscream issue is, all I know is, I hope it's easily accessible to those of us who want to own it. =\

EDIT: One more thing. TransFormers.com said September. That's why so many people are looking for him.

Plus Action-H-Q said mid-October. (Though since they're in China, they'll get the items 2-4 weeks before we will) so yeah...looks like November is the month for this guy. (which is good. More time to save up my money or have him be a Christmas present.)

Ah well I thought they came from japan from the DC somewhere over there or something. I knew I was going to be slightly wrong but meh.

Sometimes it's a hit and miss on this stuff. If Liege Hamstermus (wrawr) is right and most exclusives don't reach certain Wal-Marts..then some or most of us are screwed.

I actually prefer Target exclusives as Target seems a much nicer looking store along with the "scenery" =P. Go in Wally world.. -shudders-

Hopefully we'll get some news or info on Mp Screamer over the next couple weeks..If we're lucky

I know that there are people that completely lie about things sometimes, but come on, who thinks when they call Wal-Mart they can get a real answer, no one knows jack, so what if it is corporate or a manager at store level, Wal-Mart knows jack about their own items, and when robot heroes would not ring up the local warm bodies did not even understand why.

Not getting behind the rumor but come on no one should use their “official” inquiries to Wal-Mart to disprove anything for certain.

You can ask a Wal-Mart employee for an item then walk right past it on the shelf after they tell you they do not carry it, that is if you can get them to talk to you at all from their little social circles, or complete lack of common sense and a grasp of the English language.

Jestermon wrote:I know that there are people that completely lie about things sometimes, but come on, who thinks when they call Wal-Mart they can get a real answer, no one knows jack, so what if it is corporate or a manager at store level, Wal-Mart knows jack about their own items, and when robot heroes would not ring up the local warm bodies did not even understand why.

Not getting behind the rumor but come on no one should use their “official” inquiries to Wal-Mart to disprove anything for certain.

You can ask a Wal-Mart employee for an item then walk right past it on the shelf after they tell you they do not carry it, that is if you can get them to talk to you at all from their little social circles, or complete lack of common sense and a grasp of the English language.

I realize that Wal-Mart is absolutely worthless in general, but come on...

The corporate number was called twice (no record of the item).

Loki asked his sister in law to check the system about it, she came up with nothing. (BTW...when you go off on little tangents about the Wal-Mart workers like this, you're getting personal with Loki's own family. You might want to consider that the next time you decide to post.)

I called one store, physically visited two of them and none of them could come up with squat.

I know the overnight toy stocker, I showed him the UPC, he even went in the back and checked. Heck, he's even taken me (and a few others) back to the stockroom to help him look for things (Leader Class Megatron, and Concept Camaro Bumblebee for example) he knows where the figures are stored, he knows where the info's stored for what's in the current shipment, what came before it and what is to come (within the next week or so)

Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch.

If Wal-Mart doesn't have it, they don't have it. Simple as that. It's not in corporate's computers, it's not in the store's computers.

It's not on file.

It's being made in Hasbro's factories in China, as we speak. It'll be here, it's just a matter of when and how.

And I'd hope Hasbro will stick with Wal-Mart...because I'm not willing to spend over $60.00 for that mold. No thanks.

Kanyon wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

Kanyon wrote:Or maybe the Botcon card was right, and will be out in November. So ofcourse walmart won't have it on file as it isn't sent out yet and is most likely still sitting in the Hasbro DC or hasn't been shipped from the DC in Japan as where most stuff comes from first then sent to the DC here in the states and is sent out to the store DCs then sent to our happy fun places.

If that's the case, 1 extra month to save up money for a most desired TF figure again.

Actually, they don't come from Japan. They come from China. Japan might get a shipment, but it won't be coming from there. (That's how HK, Singapore, Shanghai, etc get the items first, long before we do.)

And you might very well be right about it not being in their system 'til November.

But, you'd think it would show up somewhere by now, considering we're only a little over a month from the start of November.

Not to mention, people who work for Wal-Mart were able to pull up information for other TF items long before they came out. (Powered Convoy of The ALLSpark was one of them, still might be. I have no idea.)

So I'm not sure what the Starscream issue is, all I know is, I hope it's easily accessible to those of us who want to own it. =\

EDIT: One more thing. TransFormers.com said September. That's why so many people are looking for him.

Plus Action-H-Q said mid-October. (Though since they're in China, they'll get the items 2-4 weeks before we will) so yeah...looks like November is the month for this guy. (which is good. More time to save up my money or have him be a Christmas present.)

Ah well I thought they came from japan from the DC somewhere over there or something. I knew I was going to be slightly wrong but meh.

Sometimes it's a hit and miss on this stuff. If Liege Hamstermus (wrawr) is right and most exclusives don't reach certain Wal-Marts..then some or most of us are screwed.

I actually prefer Target exclusives as Target seems a much nicer looking store along with the "scenery" =P. Go in Wally world.. -shudders-

Hopefully we'll get some news or info on Mp Screamer over the next couple weeks..If we're lucky

dang i shoud have named myself that

I called Corporate yesterday..They told me that Starscream Mp was an online walmart.com exclusive.. They then transfered me to them. I asked them when exactly is Starcream going to be availalbe online..they never heard of it and couldnt find it in their system..Weird

the one sure fire way we know there is no way any local Wal-Marts have gotten the item is that they are not on EBAY yet.

if they were even limetedly available there would be some on ebay, currently the only ones showing up are preorders or "prototypes" that fell out the back door.

Liege Evilmus wrote:I don't want to get involved in all this, so I'm gonna try not to.

I live in North NJ, and my job has me travel all over it.

Alt Ravage, Rumble, and Classic Devastor never arrived here. Outside of online listings, local store searches availed nothing. This is upsetting me about the GOOD MP StarScream, being a Wal-Mart exclusive.

In my hunt for the three figures I mentioned though, keeping in mind I didn't have bar codes handy, not one clerk in any of the stores I tried could bring up a listing for them

So basicly, I don't know if this story is legit or not, but I can say reguarding exclusives, Wal-Mart is F___ED!

As for them being scalper friendly, I've heard enough over the years to believe it, but thats all, I've never seen it first hand.

Hmm, I got all 3 of those mentioned figs from the Walmart in Berlin, NJ all on the same day. This was about 2 mos ago, but they were there. Check the NJ sightings forum, SmokescreenGT is the one who spotted the stuff for me or anyone else who read it.

I guess we're not considered north jersey here, but you did say that you traveled all over the state.

Also, I don't find it strange that you had trouble finding those figs, because I didn't see them anywhere else but Berlin WM.

If you're ever in the area Berlin and Marlton WM's have the best stocking in the area. I got most of my stuff from those 2 places. They may even still have a few Devastators there. I might make a run down there this week.

Well, I have an update.

I called corporate the other day (as I mentioned in a previous post) and the woman sent the information to the local store.

They called this morning.

"We do not have any at this time. If we are going to carry it, we'll have to order it in bulk. We cannot do that for one customer. We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Keep checking back with us though, we might receive a shipment if it's a store exclusive. I stress "if" because we have a list of this and part of next year's store exclusives. This Masterpiece Starscream is not part of that list. We have several TransFormer items on the list and it's definitely not on there."

I said thank you, and we hung up.

So...what the heck? Now I'm getting a tad worried.

suggestion to hasbro: NO MORE STORE EXCLUSIVES!! then we wouldn't have to go through this crap.

Autobot032 wrote:Well, I have an update.

I called corporate the other day (as I mentioned in a previous post) and the woman sent the information to the local store.

They called this morning.

"We do not have any at this time. If we are going to carry it, we'll have to order it in bulk. We cannot do that for one customer. We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Keep checking back with us though, we might receive a shipment if it's a store exclusive. I stress "if" because we have a list of this and part of next year's store exclusives. This Masterpiece Starscream is not part of that list. We have several TransFormer items on the list and it's definitely not on there."

I said thank you, and we hung up.

So...what the heck? Now I'm getting a tad worried.

don't.. the release date is still technically, at the very least, a month from now.
you've seen the ass-in-head syndrome with all the movie toys and when they are supposed to be somewhere and why aren't they there..
let's not get our panties in a bunchwhen notone sighting has revealed him yet.
botcon did.
and on his stand it said nov '07
so let's all wait it out like good little proles and we will get our toys.
it's not like they are only making 200 of them, and furthermore, even the robot heroes sneak attack set (which was exclusive) was available to order on walmart.com
'nuff said
next topic please

I emailed HASBRO on this and gave them a UPS along with pics to help resolve this issue. They always get back to me with a day or two when I email them questions. So wait and see.

Well, well, well, this story may not be BS afterall

I got one hella quick response from HASBRO. It is as follows:

Hi Steven,

Thank you for contacting Hasbro, Inc. We appreciate your interest in our company and products!

This product has just recently begun shipping to Walmart stores. Please keep in mind that depending on time of year, retailer distribution systems, store inventory and sales patterns, it may take from several weeks up to several months for some products to show up on store shelves!

We ask that you continue checking your local Walmart and their website for availability of this product.

Again, thank you for your interest.

Veronica, Consumer Affairs

decepticonjon wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:Well, I have an update.

I called corporate the other day (as I mentioned in a previous post) and the woman sent the information to the local store.

They called this morning.

"We do not have any at this time. If we are going to carry it, we'll have to order it in bulk. We cannot do that for one customer. We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause. Keep checking back with us though, we might receive a shipment if it's a store exclusive. I stress "if" because we have a list of this and part of next year's store exclusives. This Masterpiece Starscream is not part of that list. We have several TransFormer items on the list and it's definitely not on there."

I said thank you, and we hung up.

So...what the heck? Now I'm getting a tad worried.

don't.. the release date is still technically, at the very least, a month from now.
you've seen the ass-in-head syndrome with all the movie toys and when they are supposed to be somewhere and why aren't they there..
let's not get our panties in a bunchwhen notone sighting has revealed him yet.
botcon did.
and on his stand it said nov '07
so let's all wait it out like good little proles and we will get our toys.
it's not like they are only making 200 of them, and furthermore, even the robot heroes sneak attack set (which was exclusive) was available to order on walmart.com
'nuff said
next topic please

Hey, I'm not the only one concerned here.
TransFormers.com (a Hasbro site) said September. Action-H-Q said mid-October, and BotCon said November.

We're only going by info we heard from legitimate sources.

We've called and emailed places and they've no record of the item.

So, yeah, we had reason to be concerned when no one had any record of it.

...you know, it was nice when you weren't posting (least I hadn't seen any posts of your's in a while) guess all good things must come to an end.

if it is "scalped, and God knows I hate it when you refer to it as that" then why arn't there 3 case's of them on Ebay?? The best way to turn a buck is to sell them as quick as possible. 90% of my COMPLETE movie line was purchased with profits form Bumblebee sales

fnlrun wrote:if it is "scalped, and God knows I hate it when you refer to it as that" then why arn't there 3 case's of them on Ebay?? The best way to turn a buck is to sell them as quick as possible. 90% of my COMPLETE movie line was purchased with profits form Bumblebee sales

Well, lets see, the greater the number of a particular item there is for sale, the less the demand is. For one seller to put that many on ebay at once is a sales downfall. Case in point, the seller I got my DVD Prime from was a mass seller or "scalper" and I got him for 40 bucks. Up to 30 bucks below retail.

Also, I can understand the business side of scalping, but when you can't find something you should be able to find at a local store, and are searching ebay for ridiculous inflated prices, it sucks.

You can got to a store and buy a few of the same TF if you want, but if you're going and buying whole cases, you're a scalper.

First Gen wrote:

fnlrun wrote:if it is "scalped, and God knows I hate it when you refer to it as that" then why arn't there 3 case's of them on Ebay?? The best way to turn a buck is to sell them as quick as possible. 90% of my COMPLETE movie line was purchased with profits form Bumblebee sales

Well, lets see, the greater the number of a particular item there is for sale, the less the demands.

Wow, that sounds just like supply and demand , now look at Ebay and see how few there are, meaning NOBODY BOUGHT 3 CASES of them. The dude who started this thread is just enticing an argument. B-)

Autobot032 wrote:...you know, it was nice when you weren't posting (least I hadn't seen any posts of your's in a while) guess all good things must come to an end.

oh no, the toy will never come out ever.
come on'. use your head.
furthermore,
dude, none of what i said was meant to be mean, just a realization.
and certainly none of it was directed at you, unless, you think all things in the world revolve around you.
i hope you choke on your bible and die.

the biggest flaw in your story is that hasbro responded to ur email that fast. i have emailed them 2 times, and never got a relpys back in less than 3 weeks.. you say they emailed you back the same day?? LOL. nice try

Maybe he had a cool email address and you have a sucky one. I'm sure Hasbro takes such things into account when replying to consumer emails.

WolfDawg wrote:Maybe he had a cool email address and you have a sucky one. I'm sure Hasbro takes such things into account when replying to consumer emails.

Quick!!! Someone make "Optimus_SamWaltonRULEZ_Prime@gmail.com!"

Now first off, i work at a walmart and would have to say that insulting the employees really wont get you anywhere. I understand that they do hire some idiots but the majority of us are reasonably well educated and have a fair understanding of the english language at worst. On to pressing matters, most walmarts have a fairly large stockroom, not a 100,000 sq ft warehouse that we use to keep the product from you. Ive dealt with hot wheels, star wars, as well as tf fans before and they all seem to think that what they want is in the back in some dark corner that we were too stupid to notice...its not. I see the stuff that comes in and until about a week ago we were getting a case of deluxes about every 2 weeks, which literally flew off the shelves. Nobody is gonna let and item that hot sit in the back and collect dust. Every pallet back there gets gone through about once a week at the most and thats only if its back stock. Any item that they have or will have in the next month or so will show up as on order on the telzone. So how about everyone gets over there "walmart employees must be dumb because they never have what i want" attitude. I have personally helped several people find tfs that were in the back. Sure there are people there who would rather tell you to bug off, but guess what, REPORT THEM! we are there to help the customers ,and by not doing so satisfactorily, we are therefore not doing our job, and will be punished for it.