Hasbro Toys"R"Us Exclusive Masterpiece Thundercracker Review
Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 9:41AM CDT
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Posted by mattwhite924 on September 4th, 2012 @ 10:04am CDT
Posted by Gorechyld on September 4th, 2012 @ 10:39am CDT
Seriously tho, with my luck, they're gone already...guess I'll find out today.
Posted by krenger99 on September 4th, 2012 @ 10:51am CDT
mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
VENTING RAGE ALERT
NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.
Posted by Wheeljack35 on September 4th, 2012 @ 10:56am CDT
mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
Geez I hate scalpers
So far mine hasn't gotten them in because they haven't set a spot for them on the shelf yet
Posted by ZenPrime on September 4th, 2012 @ 11:04am CDT
For those that live in NYC and is still looking for this, the Toys R Us in Time Square have them in stock. When I left there tonight 9/3/2012 they still have about 5 of them on the shelves. And they seem to be running some kind of deal/discount because mine only came to about $64.00 after tax. Good luck!
Posted by griftimus prime on September 4th, 2012 @ 11:49am CDT
Posted by kirbenvost on September 4th, 2012 @ 12:18pm CDT
Posted by xyl360 on September 4th, 2012 @ 1:49pm CDT
Posted by Bubbah on September 4th, 2012 @ 2:20pm CDT
Posted by Megatronsdemise666 on September 4th, 2012 @ 2:23pm CDT
krenger99 wrote:mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
VENTING RAGE ALERT
NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.
I know what you mean. I went to five for grimmy and none of them had him in stock.(couple of thise toysrus stores were two hours away).
Its complete bull..
and about starscream and skywarp. I found them quit easily.
My walmart even had like 6 skywarps all 30$ in the clearance aisle. And gots one
Posted by funeralthirst7 on September 4th, 2012 @ 4:19pm CDT
krenger99 wrote:mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
VENTING RAGE ALERT
NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.
I hate scalpers as well. I've had too many items that needed to be purchased via Ebay due to them. Just remember that these have only been out for 2 weeks max. Grimlock and Rodimus were never a problem to find on shelves and Skywarp was on clearance when I found him. Toys R Us actually does a decent job stocking their exclusives.
Posted by Bubbah on September 4th, 2012 @ 4:34pm CDT
funeralthirst7 wrote:krenger99 wrote:mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
VENTING RAGE ALERT
NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.
I hate scalpers as well. I've had too many items that needed to be purchased via Ebay due to them. Just remember that these have only been out for 2 weeks max. Grimlock and Rodimus were never a problem to find on shelves and Skywarp was on clearance when I found him. Toys R Us actually does a decent job stocking their exclusives.
While normally I agree that patience is key, I can understand some people's reasoning on panic this time. There's rumors coming from some TRU stores that this is a one time order, and that once sold out, that's it. Also, Roddy & Grimlock in some areas were nearly impossible to find. The stores here all got scalped heavily on the 2 shipments we got (3 stores in town) and I never saw them on the shelf. Grimlock I got on their site, and Roddy a friend helped me pick up luckily. Plus there's rumors that Thundecracker isn't going to be on the TRU site at all, it's in store only. So with all of this, I can see why people are upset and panicing (hell I'm getting worried I may not get this guy either).
Posted by XDMan on September 4th, 2012 @ 4:51pm CDT
I see what you mean. Ratchet "said" that we have caught the "Scalper Hater" Syndrome. It makes us feel too upset that toys like DOTM Leader Sentinel, Prime Vehicons and maybe Airachnid are so hard to find unlike the pathetic excuse of a "kid's character", Bumblebee (the link is: tfwiki.net/wiki/Ruined_FOREVER). Hasblow, you should get your ears pulled by Takara.krenger99 wrote:mattwhite924 wrote:Looks great. Now if only I could find one. My Toys R Us is already sold out. They told me that one guy came in and bought all of them. Hopefully they get in another shipment.
VENTING RAGE ALERT
NO F^CKING SH!T. They're here in California too and the same crap is happening here. Secondary sellers/vendors are being allowed to buy out complete stock at every TRU I've checked (4 so far) and longtime collectors that are actually fans like us are getting screwed. I got screwed like this with Starscream, Grimlock, and Skywarp. It's so frustrating. I'm hoping TRU and Hasbro flood the market with them so the re-seller's get stuck with all the loads they're buying up. I know it won't happen though. They'd rather stock up on Bumblebee garbage than quality items. It's straight f^cking bullsh!t.
Posted by Ravage XK on September 4th, 2012 @ 5:59pm CDT
I didn't realise that the null rays were on ball joints like that.
Posted by megatronus on September 4th, 2012 @ 10:47pm CDT
ZenPrime wrote:Repost of from my comment in another thread...
For those that live in NYC and is still looking for this, the Toys R Us in Time Square have them in stock. When I left there tonight 9/3/2012 they still have about 5 of them on the shelves. And they seem to be running some kind of deal/discount because mine only came to about $64.00 after tax. Good luck!
Thanks for this tip! Right after I saw this post, I called in and had them put 2 on hold for me. Good thing they did - all the staff made a point about how I lucky I was, because within 5 minutes of them putting my holds aside, the 4 or 5 remaining Thundercrackers were gone.
Gone!
Had to pay the full 69.99 for each, but who gives a crap? Today was a total victory for me.
Posted by SG hailstorm on September 5th, 2012 @ 1:02am CDT
Posted by joevill on September 5th, 2012 @ 8:56am CDT
Posted by TJ Duckett on September 5th, 2012 @ 10:29am CDT
Posted by Unobtainitron on September 7th, 2012 @ 12:43pm CDT
Guy there said they had 3 left in inventory, but none on the floor 'his exact quote was...that seems strange, I wonder if they're still in the back...'
they got them yesterday afternoon apparently.
Posted by mattj972 on September 7th, 2012 @ 6:07pm CDT
Posted by Tobota on September 8th, 2012 @ 7:06pm CDT
*Update* Second time posting and don't know how to include picture attachment. If someone can show me that would be great. Thanks!
Posted by mattj972 on September 9th, 2012 @ 8:59am CDT
Posted by Bubbah on September 9th, 2012 @ 1:30pm CDT
mattj972 wrote:Yah, even though I did buy two, they should put a limit of 1 per person just so people (collecters) get an equal chance of getting one. There's 50 or more listed on ebay right now. This one is the first masterpiece exclusive toy I've actually got. Missed out on the Hot Rod/Rodimus and Grimlock when they came out.
Most stores have started limiting them to 1 per person. I got mine a few days ago. I called as soon as the store was open to check on stock. I was told they did have them in but could only hold one and only for an hour. When I got down there, I inquired about picking up a second one (none were on the shelf) and the manager told me that they were being told by the District Manager that this was now required to be a 1 per person item because of heavy scalping issues. He also mentioned that this had come down from coorporate and the manufacturer. Now that could be a misundering of information through the chain of command, but if true, bravo to TRU & to Hasbro! I checked with the other 2 stores in town and they confirmed 1 per person was being put into place by the higher ups.
Another interesting bit of news is that all the stores here in town are not putting them on the shelves. They're keeping them all at the customer service desk and are being handed out only by the manager. This makes it a lot harder to buy one, and come back to pick up a second one from another cashier.