Generations Brainstorm Found at TJ Maxx

thats a cool price

Nice find! I love Brainstorm.

Is it the one with the fixed head, or the one that breaks?

Hell yea! Totally getting out of bed to check out my local TJ Maxx in the morning!

I've had a feeling that's where those elusive fembots are destined to show up after their absence from TRU and the big-boxes in my neck of Michigan, and now THIS equally unfindable Generations fellow shows up. I'll have to canvas them toMarshall's--er, I mean tomorrow.

He's got to teach a cer10 Cerebrocrustacean just who's worthy of the name...

Wow, I posted finding brainstorm today in the Louisiana thread and was completely ignored. I even posted on the transformers addicts facebook page with photos (uploading photos here is difficult due to size).

https://m.facebook.com/groups/241629393 ... 1186142746

Cyber Bishop wrote:Wow, I posted finding brainstorm today in the Louisiana thread and was completely ignored. I even posted on the transformers addicts facebook page with photos (uploading photos here is difficult due to size).

https://m.facebook.com/groups/241629393 ... 1186142746

But did you send it to sightings@seibertron.com? To be fair, Bounti76 sent his in before your post in the sightings forum and Transformers Addicts is a closed FB group so only members can see the posts.

Nemesis Primal wrote:Is it the one with the fixed head, or the one that breaks?

Probably the one that breaks since there are no elastics on his head in the package.

Does anyone know if the Takara version has the fixed head. I have been waiting for botcon to try and get that version.

My understanding is there's no "fixed" or "broken" head - it's just that the first run had the headmaster inserted too far into the figure. A bit of TLC will get it out.

megatronus wrote:Hell yea! Totally getting out of bed to check out my local TJ Maxx in the morning!

There aren't many better reasons for getting out of bed

Arctorro wrote:

megatronus wrote:Hell yea! Totally getting out of bed to check out my local TJ Maxx in the morning!

There aren't many better reasons for getting out of bed

Of course there aren't... Especially on a Saturday!

And I just bought one two days ago for $25.99 on Amazon :C

Guess where I'm going tomorrow!!!

Curious how some figures seem to bypass regular stores completely and wind up only findable in TJ Maxx or Ross. I remember you couldn't find Solar Storm Grapple anywhere for love or money, until I stumbled across FOUR of them in Ross.

How exactly does that work, anyway? I'm beginning to think I'll never find generations Arcee in stores, and that it's another of the figures (like Brainstorm) that for whatever reason just didn't make it onto regular store shelves....

Shockwave7 wrote:Curious how some figures seem to bypass regular stores completely and wind up only findable in TJ Maxx or Ross. I remember you couldn't find Solar Storm Grapple anywhere for love or money, until I stumbled across FOUR of them in Ross.

How exactly does that work, anyway? I'm beginning to think I'll never find generations Arcee in stores, and that it's another of the figures (like Brainstorm) that for whatever reason just didn't make it onto regular store shelves....

Distribution. Company A, be it Walmart/Target/Meijer/whomever orders product from Hasbro, including the wave that had Brainstorm in it. This product goes to their primary distrbution and then trickles down like a water fountain. Oh, but the storefronts are not/can't take product right now, they have too much other stuff or no "capital" (I want to say that each department can "spend" so much on product at a time, their not actually buying from their own warehouse so much as balancing how much value of a product you bring in vs. send out. Even though the Generations pegs were empty, since the AOE deluxes were still sitting, the books were showing an excess of capital on shelves and the stores couldn't bring in MORE until that went away. Or I could be compelteley looney) to aquire from the warehousing, so stuff has to wait. This is why 90% of us didn't get Whirl or Roadbuster until SIX MONTHS+ after Hasbro released them. Sadly, Poor Brainstorm got to the distribution warehouses and discovered the stores were not taking product due to the AOE stuff on shelves. Some of it clogging (Grimlock), some of it the new stuff (Drift-Copter). I suspect the Fembots ran into the same issue. So he (and the girls) sat in a warehouse, racking up an actual debt because the company bought him from Hasbro, but could not sell him because the storefronts couldn't take him. He was soon being joined by more product, that also needed to get on shelves, So the warehouses cut their losses on "old stock", and sold the excess stock to a liquidator store that was interested to make room for "new" stock. Even though a lot of stores hadn't seen Either, or never saw more than a single case or two. In the olden days, this might've been KBToys taking him instead.

This happens a LOT to the ends of series, and is partly why the last wave or two are typically loaded down with repaints over new molds.

Flashwave wrote:

Shockwave7 wrote:Curious how some figures seem to bypass regular stores completely and wind up only findable in TJ Maxx or Ross. I remember you couldn't find Solar Storm Grapple anywhere for love or money, until I stumbled across FOUR of them in Ross.

How exactly does that work, anyway? I'm beginning to think I'll never find generations Arcee in stores, and that it's another of the figures (like Brainstorm) that for whatever reason just didn't make it onto regular store shelves....

Distribution. Company A, be it Walmart/Target/Meijer/whomever orders product from Hasbro, including the wave that had Brainstorm in it. This product goes to their primary distrbution and then trickles down like a water fountain. Oh, but the storefronts are not/can't take product right now, they have too much other stuff or no "capital" (I want to say that each department can "spend" so much on product at a time, their not actually buying from their own warehouse so much as balancing how much value of a product you bring in vs. send out. Even though the Generations pegs were empty, since the AOE deluxes were still sitting, the books were showing an excess of capital on shelves and the stores couldn't bring in MORE until that went away. Or I could be compelteley looney) to aquire from the warehousing, so stuff has to wait. This is why 90% of us didn't get Whirl or Roadbuster until SIX MONTHS+ after Hasbro released them. Sadly, Poor Brainstorm got to the distribution warehouses and discovered the stores were not taking product due to the AOE stuff on shelves. Some of it clogging (Grimlock), some of it the new stuff (Drift-Copter). I suspect the Fembots ran into the same issue. So he (and the girls) sat in a warehouse, racking up an actual debt because the company bought him from Hasbro, but could not sell him because the storefronts couldn't take him. He was soon being joined by more product, that also needed to get on shelves, So the warehouses cut their losses on "old stock", and sold the excess stock to a liquidator store that was interested to make room for "new" stock. Even though a lot of stores hadn't seen Either, or never saw more than a single case or two. In the olden days, this might've been KBToys taking him instead.

This happens a LOT to the ends of series, and is partly why the last wave or two are typically loaded down with repaints over new molds.

I work in retail, and this is damn near spot on. The AOE figures, and Beast Hunters before that, were absolute stinkers. That crap kept shelves warm for months, at least in my region. It'll have some negative long term effects. I know for a fact that both Meijer and Walmart are scaling back the amount of transformers items they stock for this coming year.

Goddamn, I want Brainstorm. I haven't seen him once in person. I woulda grabbed that in a nanosecond.

Well, no Brainstorms at my TJ Maxx. Oh well. At least I know it's time to start visiting regularly again. The hunt begins!

I submitted a news story about DoubleDealer being spotted at a discount chain and suggested to keep an eye out for them in such places as this, but was told it should be posted in "sightings"

I didn't have a photo, was this why it wasn't considered for a news post?

I'd just like to know so I can do it right next time. Not seeing the difference here.

Optimizzy wrote:I submitted a news story about DoubleDealer being spotted at a discount chain and suggested to keep an eye out for them in such places as this, but was told it should be posted in "sightings"

I didn't have a photo, was this why it wasn't considered for a news post?

I'd just like to know so I can do it right next time. Not seeing the difference here.

Well there's a pretty big difference. Doubledealer was found all across toysrus across north america while Brainstorm was rarely ever spotted (and probably never spotted at tru, someone correct me if I am wrong). Brainstorm had a very limited run at the big retail stores and few people got him. Hence him showing up at a discount chain is big news because that means he's available somewhere, thats the main news here. And it will be big news if we see chromia or arcee there too simply because these were sparsely found at retail initially, unlike doubledealer and a bunch fo others who end up being found in retail.

I work in retail, and this is damn near spot on. The AOE figures, and Beast Hunters before that, were absolute stinkers. That crap kept shelves warm for months, at least in my region. It'll have some negative long term effects. I know for a fact that both Meijer and Walmart are scaling back the amount of transformers items they stock for this coming year.

Which is a pity, because it means they won't be getting lots of the Combiner War figures - which people really DO want. The CW figures are really hard to find because they're not making it onto shelves very fast, and when they do turn up, they get snapped up right quickly. And this, you say is because the AoE and Beast Hunter garbage clotted the shelves for so long that the stores think people don't 'want' Transformers anymore? (I remember the Beast Hunter stuff was such a dud that Wal-mart wound up duct-taping two deluxes together and selling 2 for the price of 1)

How short-sighted. It's only half right. We don't want CRAPPY Transformers anymore. The good ones, like the CW line? Yeah - we want those. And they're being short-shrifted because of the garbage.

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:I submitted a news story about DoubleDealer being spotted at a discount chain and suggested to keep an eye out for them in such places as this, but was told it should be posted in "sightings"

I didn't have a photo, was this why it wasn't considered for a news post?

I'd just like to know so I can do it right next time. Not seeing the difference here.

Well there's a pretty big difference. Doubledealer was found all across toysrus across north america while Brainstorm was rarely ever spotted (and probably never spotted at tru, someone correct me if I am wrong). Brainstorm had a very limited run at the big retail stores and few people got him. Hence him showing up at a discount chain is big news because that means he's available somewhere, thats the main news here. And it will be big news if we see chromia or arcee there too simply because these were sparsely found at retail initially, unlike doubledealer and a bunch fo others who end up being found in retail.

So, this to me seems like one of those really US specific things. Like, in Canada i don't personally know what kind of discount chain would carry legit TF products and not just KOs. I can be easily proven wrong, I bet, because I come from Quebec and only recently moved to Ontario... but still, I would love to know.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:I submitted a news story about DoubleDealer being spotted at a discount chain and suggested to keep an eye out for them in such places as this, but was told it should be posted in "sightings"

I didn't have a photo, was this why it wasn't considered for a news post?

I'd just like to know so I can do it right next time. Not seeing the difference here.

Well there's a pretty big difference. Doubledealer was found all across toysrus across north america while Brainstorm was rarely ever spotted (and probably never spotted at tru, someone correct me if I am wrong). Brainstorm had a very limited run at the big retail stores and few people got him. Hence him showing up at a discount chain is big news because that means he's available somewhere, thats the main news here. And it will be big news if we see chromia or arcee there too simply because these were sparsely found at retail initially, unlike doubledealer and a bunch fo others who end up being found in retail.

So, this to me seems like one of those really US specific things. Like, in Canada i don't personally know what kind of discount chain would carry legit TF products and not just KOs. I can be easily proven wrong, I bet, because I come from Quebec and only recently moved to Ontario... but still, I would love to know.

Canada has the same thing in the form of Winners. That's the place we get the TFs we couldnt find in other retail places like the Beast Hunters Construct Bot sets that never made it to TRU, Walmart or Target. They also have the generations figures that have yet to be sold in stores at Target or TRU right now and selling at a discount (its from the sighting page, you can click the pic to go there):

william-james88 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Optimizzy wrote:I submitted a news story about DoubleDealer being spotted at a discount chain and suggested to keep an eye out for them in such places as this, but was told it should be posted in "sightings"

I didn't have a photo, was this why it wasn't considered for a news post?

I'd just like to know so I can do it right next time. Not seeing the difference here.

Well there's a pretty big difference. Doubledealer was found all across toysrus across north america while Brainstorm was rarely ever spotted (and probably never spotted at tru, someone correct me if I am wrong). Brainstorm had a very limited run at the big retail stores and few people got him. Hence him showing up at a discount chain is big news because that means he's available somewhere, thats the main news here. And it will be big news if we see chromia or arcee there too simply because these were sparsely found at retail initially, unlike doubledealer and a bunch fo others who end up being found in retail.

So, this to me seems like one of those really US specific things. Like, in Canada i don't personally know what kind of discount chain would carry legit TF products and not just KOs. I can be easily proven wrong, I bet, because I come from Quebec and only recently moved to Ontario... but still, I would love to know.

Canada has the same thing in the form of Winners. That's the place we get the TFs we couldnt find in other retail places like the Beast Hunters Construct Bot sets that never made it to TRU, Walmart or Target. They also have the generations figures that have yet to be sold in stores at Target or TRU right now and selling at a discount (its from the sighting page, you can click the pic to go there):

Shit, I thought Winners was just for crappy clothes no one actually wants.

Nothing at my TJ Maxx. But now I'm curious at the gourmet food that was also purchased. Mmmmm...

I read this post this morning here in Carlsbad California and headed over to the local TJ Maxx in Encinitas (5 minutes down the street). There was one buried on the shelf in pristine condition. Just yesterday I was on the verge of dropping about $26 on BBTS for one. I don't know whether to be angry at the little ankle biters that messed up the toy section and almost caused me to miss out on finding this hidden treasure or thank them for inadvertently hiding it for me to find. Am I the only collector that gets irritated when kids are in MY action figure isle? LOL

Not sure if we already got a review of this guy, figured I'd post it.

I just found a single Brainstorm at the TJ Maxx near me. I was hoping to maybe see Arcee or Gears there as well, but the only other TF merchandise they had were those large, cheap looking non-transforming AoE figures and a hand full of Beast Hunters cyberverse figures. I am surprised they haven't been flooded with AoE stuff yet like they were after the last couple of movies. They had DotM stuff on the shelves for nearly a year here.

KnightStrike wrote:I just found a single Brainstorm at the TJ Maxx near me. I was hoping to maybe see Arcee or Gears there as well, but the only other TF merchandise they had were those large, cheap looking non-transforming AoE figures and a hand full of Beast Hunters cyberverse figures. I am surprised they haven't been flooded with AoE stuff yet like they were after the last couple of movies. They had DotM stuff on the shelves for nearly a year here.

I checked my TJ Maxx again today, and Saw nothing but BH Cyberverse figures. Ugh.

I've been to TJMaxx, Marshall's AND Ross. Nothing, nada, zip. And zilch.

I'm not even interested in Brainstorm, I just want to see rare/new figures on the shelves. (How sad is that?)

megatronus wrote:

KnightStrike wrote:I just found a single Brainstorm at the TJ Maxx near me. I was hoping to maybe see Arcee or Gears there as well, but the only other TF merchandise they had were those large, cheap looking non-transforming AoE figures and a hand full of Beast Hunters cyberverse figures. I am surprised they haven't been flooded with AoE stuff yet like they were after the last couple of movies. They had DotM stuff on the shelves for nearly a year here.

I checked my TJ Maxx again today, and Saw nothing but BH Cyberverse figures. Ugh.

I wish you luck. Keep checking, I get the feeling these are just starting to get distributed to the stores and here they get trucks in 3 days a week. Hopefully they pop up in larger numbers soon and maybe we will see some Gears, Arcee, and Chromia sightings as well.

Autobot032 wrote:I've been to TJMaxx, Marshall's AND Ross. Nothing, nada, zip. And zilch.

I'm not even interested in Brainstorm, I just want to see rare/new figures on the shelves. (How sad is that?)

I can actually relate to that. Its been so long since I made a cool new find at the stores around that I did a double take when I found Brainstorm. I wish the Walmarts here kept Hasbro lines stocked as well as they do the TMNT and Power Rangers stuff.

KnightStrike wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:I've been to TJMaxx, Marshall's AND Ross. Nothing, nada, zip. And zilch.

I'm not even interested in Brainstorm, I just want to see rare/new figures on the shelves. (How sad is that?)

I can actually relate to that. Its been so long since I made a cool new find at the stores around that I did a double take when I found Brainstorm. I wish the Walmarts here kept Hasbro lines stocked as well as they do the TMNT and Power Rangers stuff.

I could go for some new Power Rangers mecha. The Dino Charge Megazord and the aux Zords are nice, but not enough to cut it for me. I needs my plastic crack fix, stat!

KnightStrike wrote:

megatronus wrote:

KnightStrike wrote:I just found a single Brainstorm at the TJ Maxx near me. I was hoping to maybe see Arcee or Gears there as well, but the only other TF merchandise they had were those large, cheap looking non-transforming AoE figures and a hand full of Beast Hunters cyberverse figures. I am surprised they haven't been flooded with AoE stuff yet like they were after the last couple of movies. They had DotM stuff on the shelves for nearly a year here.

I checked my TJ Maxx again today, and Saw nothing but BH Cyberverse figures. Ugh.

I wish you luck. Keep checking, I get the feeling these are just starting to get distributed to the stores and here they get trucks in 3 days a week. Hopefully they pop up in larger numbers soon and maybe we will see some Gears, Arcee, and Chromia sightings as well.

My TJ gets a truck everyday, so worry not! I'll be watching...

man i was tripping balls when i got mine, cuz i had no idea how to tell, till i saw this on a post of face book today.

well im glad to say mine is the fixed version! i bought 2 cuz i had no idea if it would break on me, but both are the good version.

too bad hasbro didnt notice that before........they make a billion dollars a year and they cant get better qc then that. oh well at least they fixed the damn thing

Great news for UK fans. Several Generations Voyagers dating as far back as wave 2 have finally been spotted in the UK. For those unaware, FOC Grimlock and Soundwave were the only Generations voyagers ever found locally in the UK, and those were Toysrus exclusives.

However, several fellow Seibertronians have found them at B&M stores in the UK at £12.99. These include Whirl, Roadbuster, Blitzwing, Rhinox, Springer, Doubledealer, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Blaster. These will also be available at UK online retailer The Enterainer at £23. Good luck with the hunt!

If anyone wants to check our galleries first if they want to check these figures out before finally purchasing them, feel free to click the picture below.

About time too.

whoah, there's a B&M in my town, but it's 10 minutes in the other direction so I never pop in! Happy hunting on Monday for me

william-james88 wrote:Great news for UK fans. Several Generations Voyagers dating as far back as wave 2 have finally been spotted in the UK. For those unaware, FOC Grimlock and Soundwave were the only Generations voyagers ever found locally in the UK, and those were Toysrus exclusives.

However, several fellow Seibertronians have found them at B&M stores in the UK at £12.99. These include Whirl, Roadbuster, Blitzwing, Rhinox, Springer, Doubledealer, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Blaster. These will also be available at UK online retailer The Enterainer at £23. Good luck with the hunt!

If anyone wants to check our galleries first if they want to check these figures out before finally purchasing them, feel free to click the picture below.

So do we not count Forbidden Planet then? Because they've had these for ages. Granted, not always in stock, but I've certainly seen all 3 over the year or so in their London store.

Syn_13 wrote:

william-james88 wrote:Great news for UK fans. Several Generations Voyagers dating as far back as wave 2 have finally been spotted in the UK. For those unaware, FOC Grimlock and Soundwave were the only Generations voyagers ever found locally in the UK, and those were Toysrus exclusives.

However, several fellow Seibertronians have found them at B&M stores in the UK at £12.99. These include Whirl, Roadbuster, Blitzwing, Rhinox, Springer, Doubledealer, Grimlock, Soundwave, and Blaster. These will also be available at UK online retailer The Enterainer at £23. Good luck with the hunt!

If anyone wants to check our galleries first if they want to check these figures out before finally purchasing them, feel free to click the picture below.

So do we not count Forbidden Planet then? Because they've had these for ages. Granted, not always in stock, but I've certainly seen all 3 over the year or so in their London store.

Those are most likely imports. This news here means that these toys are actually getting a proper UK domestic retail release.

they knocked springer and sandstorm so far out of the park its unreal. very good molds. blitzwing looks good too but not as good as the others.

griftimus prime wrote:they knocked springer and sandstorm so far out of the park its unreal. very good molds. blitzwing looks good too but not as good as the others.

In my humble opinion, Whirl and Sandstorm are BOTH a must buy. The greatness of that mold is too great to pass up. Avoid the Blitzwing mold like the plague. It's bad. really bad. It's not fun at all and it's full of design issues. Soundwave and Blaster are great but Rhinox is just OK.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:they knocked springer and sandstorm so far out of the park its unreal. very good molds. blitzwing looks good too but not as good as the others.

In my humble opinion, Whirl and Sandstorm are BOTH a must buy. The greatness of that mold is too great to pass up. Avoid the Blitzwing mold like the plague. It's bad. really bad. It's not fun at all and it's full of design issues. Soundwave and Blaster are great but Rhinox is just OK.

While I agree that the musts here is the Sandstorm and Springer mold, the rest are really dependent on taste. Whirl and Soundwave is an quired taste. I guess Rhinox is too but I love him to death (and I really like the takara version of Skybyte)

They are available now in Ireland in SMYTHS, for €30.99 I've seen Whirl, Rhinox, Springer, Roadbuster and Skybyte.

Blitzwing has issues but I wouldn't ignore him, for £12.99 you'd be getting a great looking figure.

Good for the folks in the UK, but again my country, The Netherlands, strikes out. Thanks Hasbro for leaving us in the cold since like forever.

Whenever we do get something it is always double the price of the US, absolutely revolting.

Ravage XK wrote:Blitzwing has issues but I wouldn't ignore him, for £12.99 you'd be getting a great looking figure.

For the price of a deluxe, even me would be tempted just for the hell of it.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Blitzwing has issues but I wouldn't ignore him, for £12.99 you'd be getting a great looking figure.

For the price of a deluxe, even me would be tempted just for the hell of it.

£12.99 = 24.49$ canadian

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Ravage XK wrote:Blitzwing has issues but I wouldn't ignore him, for £12.99 you'd be getting a great looking figure.

For the price of a deluxe, even me would be tempted just for the hell of it.

£12.99 = 24.49$ canadian

That's kinda irrelevant. Arent deluxes in Europe usually way more expensive thn the US and Canada? Beside, deluxes are now 20$ here so...