Animated Rodimus Minor and Ironhide to be TRU Exclusives
Wednesday, March 31st, 2010 7:52PM CDT
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TFW2005: What is Hasbro's strategy for the release of the remaining, announced Transformers Animated figures such as Rodimus, Ironhide, Blackout, Thundercracker, etc.?
Hasbro: The current plan for the release of the current Animated figures is this: Toys R' Us will be carrying two waves of Animated Deluxe. The first wave will be released this Spring and will include Arcee and Cybertronian Ratchet. The second wave will be released this fall and will include Rodimus Minor and Cybertronian Ironhide. While we cannot promise that any other figures will be released, we continue to examine all of our options to make those figures that were completed available to you.
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Posted by Starscream6 on March 31st, 2010 @ 7:59pm CDT
that rodimus is a MUST HAVE for my collection
im somewhat of a Hot Rod slut lol
Posted by Razorclaw0000 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:00pm CDT
So happy. Although it was stressful to find Arcee and Ratchet at TRU, at least there's a chance.
Posted by Kibble on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:01pm CDT
Posted by icenemesis on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:12pm CDT
Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.
TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.
Posted by Gauntlet101010 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:13pm CDT
Posted by nilocomic on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:14pm CDT
Posted by muswp1 on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:16pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:22pm CDT
muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.
No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.
Posted by Kibble on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:23pm CDT
icenemesis wrote:TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.
If they put out enough of the damn things the scalpers wouldn't have a reason to be assholes about it because it wouldn't be worth their time.
Posted by Forgotten on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:24pm CDT
And I agree that this line needed more Decepticons, like Blackout! Peaugh has a Hasbro & a Takara one and I still don't have either. Also Spittor, Cyclonus, & Strika would have been very nice. Or even a remolded Voyager Starscream into Ramjet with his Swindle hat would have been cool.
Posted by It Is Him on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:26pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.
No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.
At least you got Rachet. My store has yet to get those.
Posted by Black Bumblebee on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:31pm CDT
*sigh*
Why don't these people realize that all us Transformer fans have WIVES who want GRLL robots?
Posted by Vicalliose on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:40pm CDT
Posted by Blurrz on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:41pm CDT
Vicalliose wrote:Seriously why couldn't they have moved the mouth a quarter of a centimeter up.
Pro-to-type. Not the final product buddy.
Posted by Jenus on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:52pm CDT
Also, what is with Hot Rod's left foot??????????
Posted by --B-- on March 31st, 2010 @ 8:58pm CDT
Not to pick on anyone, but at least these are going to mass market at all. Many folks on here don't have a TRU within HOURS of them.
My TRU had 2 Ratchets for a couple of weeks, and then had 3 Arcees one day. I bought one for me, and one for a co-worker, and left the other one there. It sat for a week until it was gone. It's all about timing!
Posted by Nekoman on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:02pm CDT
Posted by Lord Onixprime on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:03pm CDT
Posted by TFBuyer on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:09pm CDT
Posted by ang3l3s on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:13pm CDT
Posted by Geekee1 on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:18pm CDT
Posted by sabrigami on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:25pm CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on March 31st, 2010 @ 9:49pm CDT
It's a long time to wait, but I guess I don't mind waiting. Now I just need to find Arcee.
Posted by Autobot032 on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:02pm CDT
YAY: Rodimus and Ironhide will see the light of day.
NAY: TRU exclusives. I got Arcee and Ratchet by pure, dumb luck. I'm not sure I'm willing to bank on it happening a second time.
Hmm.
Posted by mechabooks on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:10pm CDT
On the other hand it is going to suck staking out my local TRU to get my hands on these puppies. I'm going back...and I'm gonna drive them nuts again!
Posted by fenrir72 on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:26pm CDT
Posted by El Duque on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:35pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:muswp1 wrote:Great, more figures for the stores in my area not to carry.
No kidding. My TRU got 4 Animated Cyb Ratchets. No Arcees yet. DOubt I'll see either of these.
Then they had to have had 4 Arcees at some point, they came 1 to 1. Arcee is just the far more popular character. Last time I was in a TRU they had at least 8 Ratchets but no Arcees.
Posted by El Duque on March 31st, 2010 @ 10:38pm CDT
fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?
You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.
Posted by fenrir72 on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:58am CDT
Posted by Droptested Thrice on April 1st, 2010 @ 5:38am CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:39am CDT
Posted by dragons on April 1st, 2010 @ 7:18am CDT
Posted by heltskelt on April 1st, 2010 @ 7:54am CDT
Posted by RiddlerJ on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:20am CDT
heltskelt wrote:I hope finding Rodimus will be easier than finding Arcee. It took me over ten visits to 3 different TRU stores before finding Arcee.
I kept calling TRU ahead of time until they told me for sure there were one's one the shelves. Even then I got there just in time before they were gone.
Posted by paul053 on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:51am CDT
Posted by heltskelt on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:09am CDT
RiddlerJ wrote:heltskelt wrote:I hope finding Rodimus will be easier than finding Arcee. It took me over ten visits to 3 different TRU stores before finding Arcee.
I kept calling TRU ahead of time until they told me for sure there were one's one the shelves. Even then I got there just in time before they were gone.
The TRU employees i spoke were either inept or lazy (probably more lazy) and would take forever to check anything, if they did at all. The TRUs i visited were near places i was going or a little off of the way. With Arcee, i found that timing was everything. One of the TRUs was reported on a Florida sightings board to have Arcees one evening (i had been there the day before), i was there the next day as they opened the doors, and they were already gone. Ironically, i found Arcee in the closest TRU to my house on a day that i was demoralized and going in just for the hell of it. It was a nice surprise. I reported the sighting here. I hope that helped someone.
Posted by Cyber Bishop on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:26am CDT
icenemesis wrote:Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.
TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.
Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.
Rodimus is BOSS!!!
Posted by TFBuyer on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:45am CDT
Cyber Bishop wrote:icenemesis wrote:Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.
TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.
Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.
Rodimus is BOSS!!!
Yeah, I had no problems, either. My TRU even set Arcee aside for me at the Service Desk when I called and they had her in stock. I'd think other stores would be willing to do the same, thus removing all the "luck" people seem to need to find the figure, even when they know it's in stock.
Posted by Firebird on April 1st, 2010 @ 10:58am CDT
Posted by Julie85 on April 1st, 2010 @ 1:55pm CDT
Posted by Kibble on April 1st, 2010 @ 4:49pm CDT
Cyber Bishop wrote:icenemesis wrote:Kibble wrote:In other words, don't expect to find Rodimus unless it's on eBay... TRU sucks.
TRU does not suck( at least the one near me doesn't) its the scalpers who get them before they even hit the shelves who suck.
Agreed, I snagged my Arcee from TRU with no problems and last time I was there they had a couple hanging on the pegs.
Rodimus is BOSS!!!
Once more than a small handful of people can say the same, I'll take it back. Until then, they suck. Meanwhile you have other TRU exclusives that have been sitting there for the last year that they refuse to put on clearance... Guess they found the solution to that!
Target remains the best exclusive store. They always seem to be well distributed and you never have too hard of a time finding them. Nor do they mark up the figures for being exclusives and they will actually put them on clearance.
Posted by Jenus on April 1st, 2010 @ 6:21pm CDT
El Duque wrote:fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?
You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.
Wow! I can't believe I didn't notice that Jetfire was hiding that part of his foot don't I feel stupid now.
Posted by El Duque on April 1st, 2010 @ 8:09pm CDT
Jenus wrote:El Duque wrote:fenrir72 wrote:What happenned to his left foot?
You're only seeing the top part of his left foot, the bottom part is being block by another figure in the foreground. Check out the right foot, the top is orange and bottom is red.
Wow! I can't believe I didn't notice that Jetfire was hiding that part of his foot don't I feel stupid now.
Don't feel bad, I thought the same thing when I first saw the picture
Posted by Flux Convoy on April 2nd, 2010 @ 2:05am CDT