SG Roadbuster wrote:maybe Target is doing this because they've realized that the one-step/three-step junk doesn't sell? perhaps this is a desperate effort to make room on shelves for the Generations figures that people actually want?
SG Roadbuster wrote:maybe Target is doing this because they've realized that the one-step/three-step junk doesn't sell? perhaps this is a desperate effort to make room on shelves for the Generations figures that people actually want?
-Kanrabat- wrote:I often see Generations stuff pegwarm.
Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line
Sabrblade wrote:Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line
The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.Sabrblade wrote:Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line
Meanwhile, Grimlock's description speaks of "high-performance vehicles racing down the highway".BlueBefore wrote:The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.Sabrblade wrote:Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line
That's not Grimlock's description, dear. It's the description for the 3 step changer series.Sabrblade wrote:Meanwhile, Grimlock's description speaks of "high-performance vehicles racing down the highway".BlueBefore wrote:The AOE 6 Pack did have some figures that didn't come out yet in it like Slug. The description cannot be an error on Target's part due to what it describes. Not only did the AOE one steps not have scannable stickers it's more likely considering Target doesn't know these characters that they simply used the wrong image for the coupon. The one step Optimus Prime has been teased to us via the RiD app.Sabrblade wrote:Looks like someone on Target.com got confused since the image is clearly the AOE 1-Step 6-pack with the special edition Silver Knight Optimus Prime figure while the others are Bumblebee, Grimlock, Lockdown, Drift, and Slug. I'm guessing someone mistook Lockdown, Drift, and Slug for Sideswipe, Steeljaw, and Underbite.chuckdawg1999 wrote:This is the first I've heard of a One-Step Optimus in the RID line
...yeah.
Cobotron wrote:carytheone wrote:william-james88 wrote:carytheone wrote:I find that WM's "clearance" is completely random at best. I've found CW wave 1 deluxe on the clearance aisle with clearance stickers but marked at full price.
I think the comment about stock with no home going there is pretty accurate.
The best walmart clearance ever for me was at the tail end of last year where Both Predakings were on clearance. The Big Beast fire one from Prime for 25$US and the Platinum G1 reissue for 80$US.
Oh yeah, Target had the Firestarter Predaking on clearance last year too. I want to say for the same amount. I walked away from that guy a few times. I regret it now, but at the time I had no room.
Walmart clearance is amature hour compared to Target. I've gotten so many outrageous deals there. I also got a little crazy on those construct bots last year. I just found the box I stashed them all in. About to start setting them all up.
Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.
jay5 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.
That's amazing!
I must start checking my local Target from time to time if things like that can happen, lol.
He's right ya know.ScottyP wrote:jay5 wrote:Cobotron wrote:Masterpiece Skywarp for $19.99, thank you very much.
That's amazing!
I must start checking my local Target from time to time if things like that can happen, lol.
Don't get too excited. That had consequences - here's the short version of what happened:
1) Walmart carries a US release of MP Starscream (the first version), it sells like hotcakes
2) Walmart then decides to carry MP Skywarp, ordering a massive ton of them since Starscream did so well
3) Skywarp sits at Walmart for a year or so en masse
4) Walmart marks them down to insanely low prices to get rid of them
5) A lot of the unsold Skywarps ended up at discount retailers (TJ Maxx et. al.) for even lower, sometimes as low as $6 iirc
6) Masterpiece toys were never carried at US retail by anyone besides Toys R Us ever again
Don't forget about conversion rates. $25 AUS is less than $20 USD (which isn't that much higher than the $17 most stores have them for.) Plus the extra shipping to that country compared to the US. Doesn't sound that over the top.Rated X wrote:$40 for a voyager? $25 for a deluxe ? Thats a sale ? How much is a pack of gum in Australia? 5 bucks ? Or is this crazy price gouging only done with toys ?
Lucky Logician wrote:Don't forget about conversion rates. $25 AUS is less than $20 USD (which isn't that much higher than the $17 most stores have them for.) Plus the extra shipping to that country compared to the US. Doesn't sound that over the top.Rated X wrote:$40 for a voyager? $25 for a deluxe ? Thats a sale ? How much is a pack of gum in Australia? 5 bucks ? Or is this crazy price gouging only done with toys ?
I want to know why the $100 difference on YotG Prime. $199 AUS is about $154 USD. (He normally sells for like $140 in the US) Why does it normally cost $100 extra?!?!
