Titans Return Deluxe Brainstorm Walgreen's Exclusive

Autobot N wrote:I never doubted that he would get a single release. I mean, this is the same company that said last year: "We have no plans for Computron", yet look where we are now.

jamesbenjamin wrote:I tweeted at the Walgreens guy and he cheekily confirmed its their exclusive.

jamesbenjamin wrote:I tweeted at the Walgreens guy and he cheekily confirmed its their exclusive.

jamesbenjamin wrote:I tweeted at the Walgreens guy and he cheekily confirmed its their exclusive.

Sabrblade wrote:

Gearslide wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Gearslide wrote:Do we still not know what Scrounge's tiny shuttle friend in the Computron set is called?

It's still just Payload. No one new.

Aww. They couldn't come up with a new name? Even something like Laypoad or Loadpay?

It's just the same character. I don't think the toy itself even has a name in the packaging or instructions. The identity of it still being Payload was given at BotCon this year.

But, hey, it's one more new modern day toy for an obscure G1 Micromaster. Not many other Micromasters can brag about having more than one new modern day toy release. Lucky ol' Blast Master.

peaces wrote:the guy that found it in a computer was a walgreens worker?

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Deadput wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Walgreens is like non existent here in Canada (at least for Alberta) and I'm sure it's one of those USA exclusive stores so most people will not be getting a Brainstorm.



Exclusivity is a slagging plague and I wish it was not a thing.

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

Bumblebee21 wrote:

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

Not really maybe this one

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

Not really maybe this one

I didn't know they sold actual toys, they don't really at any of mine, I may be in trouble

Deadput wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Walgreens is like non existent here in Canada (at least for Alberta) and I'm sure it's one of those USA exclusive stores so most people will not be getting a Brainstorm.
Exclusivity is a slagging plague and I wish it was not a thing.

SillySpringer wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Bumblebee21 wrote:

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

Not really maybe this one

I didn't know they sold actual toys, they don't really at any of mine, I may be in trouble

Yeah I remember back when I was in Louisiana and I saw Beast Hunters deluxes and commanders at Walgreens. My parents didn't let me get any though.

william-james88 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another <a target="_blank" href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?toolid=11600&pub=5574891718&campid=5574891718&customid=transformers&icep_ff3=9&icep_uq=transformers%20hasbro&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg class=epn-link target=_blank id=epn8>Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Walgreens is like non existent here in Canada (at least for Alberta) and I'm sure it's one of those USA exclusive stores so most people will not be getting a Brainstorm.
Exclusivity is a slagging plague and I wish it was not a thing.

Its a wallgreens exclusive in the states, could be picked up by another company in canada. TRU picked up all the slack from the target exclusive as soon as target left. And Walmart picked up the a Kmart exclusive. So it could very well be that any of those picks up this brainstorm figure in Canada. Dont lose hope guys.

Randomus wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Deadput wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another <a target="_blank" href="http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?toolid=11600&pub=5574891718&campid=5574891718&customid=transformers&icep_ff3=9&icep_uq=transformers%20hasbro&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg class=epn-link target=_blank id=epn8>Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Walgreens is like non existent here in Canada (at least for Alberta) and I'm sure it's one of those USA exclusive stores so most people will not be getting a Brainstorm.
Exclusivity is a slagging plague and I wish it was not a thing.

Its a wallgreens exclusive in the states, could be picked up by another company in canada. TRU picked up all the slack from the target exclusive as soon as target left. And Walmart picked up the a Kmart exclusive. So it could very well be that any of those picks up this brainstorm figure in Canada. Dont lose hope guys.

Also, if worse comes to worst, the online stores will surely get their hands on some too. I know that will probably cost more that brick-and-mortar, but surely that's better than yesterday when the apparent choices were 1/4 of a convention box set or not at all.

Hellscream9999 wrote:It was 1/3... it makes a BIG difference

Besides, if you want to talk individual figures, isn't it technically 1/5?

Wolfman Jake wrote:All I want to know at this point is how the individual release of Brainstorm will differ in deco from the SDCC "exclusive" version coming next month.

Randomus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:It was 1/3... it makes a BIG difference

I get what you mean; I was accounting for Sentinel being a Voyager: this makes Brainstorm closer to 1/4 of the set's value. Besides, if you want to talk individual figures, isn't it technically 1/5?

Agamemnon wrote:

Randomus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:It was 1/3... it makes a BIG difference

I get what you mean; I was accounting for Sentinel being a Voyager: this makes Brainstorm closer to 1/4 of the set's value. Besides, if you want to talk individual figures, isn't it technically 1/5?

You mean 2/5?

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:All I want to know at this point is how the individual release of Brainstorm will differ in deco from the SDCC "exclusive" version coming next month.

Dunno, but if you need yours to have a mouthplate, hasbro's your only option, and unless you're willing to pay secondary market prices for sdcc brainstorm, I'd say the walgreens one is really your only option, irregardless

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:All I want to know at this point is how the individual release of Brainstorm will differ in deco from the SDCC "exclusive" version coming next month.

Dunno, but if you need yours to have a mouthplate, hasbro's your only option, and unless you're willing to pay secondary market prices for sdcc brainstorm, I'd say the walgreens one is really your only option, irregardless

Oh, I am willing to pay secondary market prices for SDCC Brainstorm, though I think there is a good shot at the set being available on HTS after the convention. The SDCC version looks very IDW faithful in its deco, so I wonder if the Walgreens release will be more G1 toy or screen accurate, which would be preferable to me.

Agamemnon wrote:

Randomus wrote:

Hellscream9999 wrote:It was 1/3... it makes a BIG difference

I get what you mean; I was accounting for Sentinel being a Voyager: this makes Brainstorm closer to 1/4 of the set's value. Besides, if you want to talk individual figures, isn't it technically 1/5?

You mean 2/5?

Sabrblade wrote:From what we can tell from the photo, and the previous fully body artwork, the standalone figure looks to be colored toy-accurately.

Bumblebee21 wrote:

SureShot18 wrote:Neat. I wonder if this will become an ongoing thing for the Transformers brand since Walgreens has 2-3 Marvel Legends (another Hasbro line) exclusives per year. This could work for Transformers as well.

Like the ant man nobody wants

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

YoungPrime wrote:

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

This!

As ridiculous as the regular big 3 retail stores are in the US when it comes to supplying figures (Sky Lynx) the toy sections in Pharmacy's have never been a walk in the park.

I don't expect this hunt being a grand ol experience.

Hellscream9999 wrote:

YoungPrime wrote:

peaces wrote:walgreens exclusives are impossible to get

This!

As ridiculous as the regular big 3 retail stores are in the US when it comes to supplying figures (Sky Lynx) the toy sections in Pharmacy's have never been a walk in the park.

I don't expect this hunt being a grand ol experience.

Indeed, I foresee this being a mind-numbing ball-ache to get him, shame it had to be him - as he looks rather nice - and not hasbro's p.o.s. blurr, it's not like whole bunches of people are going to be seeking him out...

peaces wrote:they will get one shipment and some scalper will get them all. we'll be buying these on ebay.

peaces wrote:so put me on ignore cause it won't let me ignore you

Autobot N wrote:Have an actual ray of sunshine instead:

Brainstorm.jpg

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MetalicGrunt wrote:Went to Walgreens and spoke to a manager He looked up Brainstrom and said it possibly should be out late August/Early Sept - take with grain of salt. Said he has a number of people asking about the Marvel/SW figs so he kinda knew what I was talking about.

Kurona wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Have an actual ray of sunshine instead:

Brainstorm.jpg

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Very good. It's irritating to think how much of a problem scalping has become for steps like this to be taken, mind

Hellscream9999 wrote:

Kurona wrote:

Autobot N wrote:Have an actual ray of sunshine instead:

Brainstorm.jpg

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Very good. It's irritating to think how much of a problem scalping has become for steps like this to be taken, mind

Yeah, they're cancer, they need to go