Transformers Combiner Wars G2 Menasor spotted at brick-and-mortar retail
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Oct 9, 2017 at 10:09pm CDT
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Comment by Prime Target
Oct 9, 2017
Eh Him, Victorion, Computron , G2 Superion and G2 Bruticus have been shelfwarming at my local Toys R Us for ages now along with a few MPs yes Takara non KO MPs 
#Oldnews
#Oldnews
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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Oct 9, 2017
Hopefully the high price will deter would-be scalpers. The Cartwheel discount... I need to get my fluffy rear over there and see if other sets will be available there. Me wants Computron!
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Comment by WreckerJack
Oct 9, 2017
I always did like the horns on that figure. Though I tend to wait for sales on combiners.
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What part of the world do you live in?
This was newsworthy because of the randomness of the sighting, years after the set's release, at a place it'd never been available before, and where, it just happens, is one of the largest retailers of toys in the U.S.
Comment by Bounti76
Oct 9, 2017
Prime Target wrote:Eh Him, Victorion, Computron , G2 Superion and G2 Bruticus have been shelfwarming at my local Toys R Us for ages now along with a few MPs yes Takara non KO MPs
What part of the world do you live in?
This was newsworthy because of the randomness of the sighting, years after the set's release, at a place it'd never been available before, and where, it just happens, is one of the largest retailers of toys in the U.S.
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Australia. They've really been shelf warming at TRU AU for a bloody long time. Probably because of how TRU AU jacks the prices up on their crap.
Comment by Burn
Oct 10, 2017
Bounti76 wrote:Prime Target wrote:Eh Him, Victorion, Computron , G2 Superion and G2 Bruticus have been shelfwarming at my local Toys R Us for ages now along with a few MPs yes Takara non KO MPs
What part of the world do you live in?
Australia. They've really been shelf warming at TRU AU for a bloody long time. Probably because of how TRU AU jacks the prices up on their crap.
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They been shelfwarming the Forbidden Planet shop in Cambridge UK for ages too.
Comment by Carnivius_Prime
Oct 10, 2017
Prime Target wrote:Eh Him, Victorion, Computron , G2 Superion and G2 Bruticus have been shelfwarming at my local Toys R Us for ages now along with a few MPs yes Takara non KO MPs
They been shelfwarming the Forbidden Planet shop in Cambridge UK for ages too.
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Comment by TimothyR
Oct 10, 2017
I assume someone decided to return this.
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Could be, but I did check Target.com for store availability. Sadly, that info is unavailable, but people have been looking for the other sets, plus the Bruticus one is one of the first to appear in the total list.
Comment by Jelze Bunnycat
Oct 10, 2017
TimothyR wrote:I assume someone decided to return this.
Could be, but I did check Target.com for store availability. Sadly, that info is unavailable, but people have been looking for the other sets, plus the Bruticus one is one of the first to appear in the total list.
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Comment by Rainmaker
Oct 10, 2017
What? G2 Menasor was at my local Toys R Us a few months ago.
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Comment by DeathReviews
Oct 10, 2017
And should you get one? Revisit the reviews and see!
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Comment by Rodimus Knight
Oct 10, 2017
The G2 Bruticus and Superion both ended up at Marshalls and whatever the other named Mashalls store is called last year between Halloween and Christmas and then they were only $40.
I would like to find a good deal on a Computron though. I got the Takara version, but I'd like to Hasbro one s well.
I would like to find a good deal on a Computron though. I got the Takara version, but I'd like to Hasbro one s well.
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He was on clearance at one point too....
Comment by DeathReviews
Oct 10, 2017
Rodimus Knight wrote:The G2 Bruticus and Superion both ended up at Marshalls and whatever the other named Mashalls store is called last year between Halloween and Christmas and then they were only $40.
I would like to find a good deal on a Computron though. I got the Takara version, but I'd like to Hasbro one s well.
He was on clearance at one point too....
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Comment by o.supreme
Oct 10, 2017
Any Box Set sighting at a retail store in the United States is significant, because they are generally only available online. All you fans in the rest of the world don't realize how good you have it...feel fortunate.
Still I feel this may have been a fluke. Probably someone returned the set, perhaps once purchased at Target.com
I actually had G2 Superion & Menasor at one time, but when it became apparent that no G2 Defensor was in the works I sold them both, thankfully before HTS 66% sale so I got full price back for each... However there are still plenty of them at BBTS. They are currently $70. If they ever dip below $50 each I may reacquire them, along with Fruiticus just for CW Completion sake.
Still I feel this may have been a fluke. Probably someone returned the set, perhaps once purchased at Target.com
I actually had G2 Superion & Menasor at one time, but when it became apparent that no G2 Defensor was in the works I sold them both, thankfully before HTS 66% sale so I got full price back for each... However there are still plenty of them at BBTS. They are currently $70. If they ever dip below $50 each I may reacquire them, along with Fruiticus just for CW Completion sake.
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So many of the toys I actually want don't get released here at all and these things do.
Comment by Carnivius_Prime
Oct 10, 2017
o.supreme wrote:Any Box Set sighting at a retail store in the United States is significant, because they are generally only available online. All you fans in the rest of the world don't realize how good you have it...feel fortunate.
So many of the toys I actually want don't get released here at all and these things do.
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I feel the same way. So many figures I don't want/need, probably some of the ones you are wanting too, but I cant easily access the ones I want. Too bad we as fans have to act as redistributors/ambassadors of the product.
Is it too much just to ask for TR Ramhorn at Target Walmart or TRU?
Comment by o.supreme
Oct 10, 2017
Carnivius_Prime wrote:o.supreme wrote:Any Box Set sighting at a retail store in the United States is significant, because they are generally only available online. All you fans in the rest of the world don't realize how good you have it...feel fortunate.
So many of the toys I actually want don't get released here at all and these things do.
I feel the same way. So many figures I don't want/need, probably some of the ones you are wanting too, but I cant easily access the ones I want. Too bad we as fans have to act as redistributors/ambassadors of the product.
Is it too much just to ask for TR Ramhorn at Target Walmart or TRU?
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Comment by Evil Eye
Oct 10, 2017
I really wish Motormaster wasn't such an awful torso, because otherwise I'd get the G2 Stunticons. As is I'm waiting for an enterprising 3rd party company to make a non-terrible MM (yes I know of the Bold Forms one, that thing sucked though). A shame as MM makes for a cool truck and an imposing robot but that torso mode suuuuuuuuuuuuucks.
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Comment by shajaki
Oct 10, 2017
These sets never came to US regular brick and mortar? Huh. In Canada we got them in store at TRU's, but Walmart was online only.
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All the G2 sets are shelf-warming even on ebay at 70$. There's never been scalping on those.
On the contrary, they may rise their price if they sell at 99$ (which is far from being the case currently. Biggest shelf-warmer ever).
Comment by ExciKaiser
Oct 10, 2017
JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:Hopefully the high price will deter would-be scalpers.
All the G2 sets are shelf-warming even on ebay at 70$. There's never been scalping on those.
On the contrary, they may rise their price if they sell at 99$ (which is far from being the case currently. Biggest shelf-warmer ever).
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Well I hear tales that supposedly CW Dev was available at TRU in the U.S...., but I personally never saw one. Other than that, no. Why do you think WJ takes so much sadistic pleasure in taunting me with his photos
. Anyway...It's not so much as they are impossible to get (online shopping is not fun, but it is, what it is)...so much as reliving that feeling I had as a kid, when you could walk into any toy store and see practically any transformer toy available at that time.
Comment by o.supreme
Oct 10, 2017
shajaki wrote:These sets never came to US regular brick and mortar? Huh. In Canada we got them in store at TRU's, but Walmart was online only.
Well I hear tales that supposedly CW Dev was available at TRU in the U.S...., but I personally never saw one. Other than that, no. Why do you think WJ takes so much sadistic pleasure in taunting me with his photos
. Anyway...It's not so much as they are impossible to get (online shopping is not fun, but it is, what it is)...so much as reliving that feeling I had as a kid, when you could walk into any toy store and see practically any transformer toy available at that time.
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Comment by Sabrblade
Oct 10, 2017
It doesn't solve every issue with that torso, but turning its legs backwards (instead of the sideways position that they're officially supposed to be in) can make it just a little less awful (and slightly taller a bit).Black Hat wrote:I really wish Motormaster wasn't such an awful torso, because otherwise I'd get the G2 Stunticons. As is I'm waiting for an enterprising 3rd party company to make a non-terrible MM (yes I know of the Bold Forms one, that thing sucked though). A shame as MM makes for a cool truck and an imposing robot but that torso mode suuuuuuuuuuuuucks.
