necr0blivion wrote:I've seen quite a few Arcees back when they came out. Even saw 2nd and 3rd shipments. Although it probably helps that I can easily pass by two different TRUs during the week.
Most probably there were others in your area buying up the stock when they saw it. Hopefully a majority were by people who actually wanted it for their own collection. But overall, it seems TRU did a decent job getting this "wave" and the 2nd exclusive "wave" of Rodimus and C. Ratchet (or was it Ironhide?) in. I even saw a restock of Roddy recently.
However, I did have to e-bay my 2nd Animated Arcee once I thought I would get a custom head and plop her in my Classics collection. Thankfully, I only paid a few $ on that bid with shipping versus buying in the store that I previously passed. Still haven't order that custom head...
The second wave was actually Rodimus and Ironhide. They stocked this wave incredibly well, as sometimes they would sell out very quickly and replenish in no time. They were easy to find, unlike the first wave, for me at least (maybe being in Canada has something to do with this). I also have 2 TRUs pretty close by and checked them both quite a few times to no avail. Even Ratchet was scarce back when the wave was first released (although oddly he's popping up quite often all of a sudden, maybe I'll be lucky and see an Arcee among them one day). With her ridiculous prices online, it doesn't really seem viable to purchase her through there.
As for MP Rodimus, as long as he's stocked properly there shouldn't be a problem. With MP Grimlock, of the 2 TRUs nearby, one of them had them constantly sold out, while the other had something like 12 of them in stock (during a 40% off sale no less) and continued to have a good number of them for a few weeks. Maybe it has to do with the location I guess. It would be nice if all the TRU's were consistent.
