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Transformers Legacy Scraphook, Needlenose, Deadend, Skullgrin and More at 40% Off on Walmart.ca

Posted by william-james88 Dec 22, 2022 at 11:02am CST 36,880 views
We can all agree Black Friday was a real dud this year for Transformers toys. Boxing week is looking a lot better already, if you're Canadian. Not only are the wave 3 Legacy deluxes on sale but so are the Legacy Evolution wave 1 toys. And it's a whopping 40% off sale, bringing deluxes down to $21 CAD, which is around $15 USD. These are all preorders though with the wave 3 deluxes shipping Jan 1 and the Legacy Evolution Wave 1 deluxes shipping March 1. FYI, to get the sale price, you have to order the toy from the search page rather than the actual individual product's page as this seems to be an early boxing week sale that is materializing.

We thank Onslaught from the Cybertron.ca boards for the news and screenshots.

Transformers Legacy Scraphook, Needlenose, Deadend, Skullgrin and More at 40% Off on Walmart.ca
Transformers Legacy Scraphook, Needlenose, Deadend, Skullgrin and More at 40% Off on Walmart.ca

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 22, 2022
I had to create a new account on the fly to make sure I don't miss out on some of these deals. Classic deluxe prices are hard to resist, even on some that I planned to skip like Needlenose.

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Comment by william-james88 Dec 22, 2022
Man, getting 3 deluxes for less than 75 shipped sure is sweet
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Dec 22, 2022
william-james88 wrote:Man, getting 3 deluxes for less than 75 shipped sure is sweet


It's like we went 10 years back in time. 8-}
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Comment by cloudballoon Dec 22, 2022
Ordered Hot Shot, Needlenose & Scrapehook. I'm just trying to complete G1 S1-S3 toon appearanced figures. Any figures outside of those seasons, it's case-by-case and must be the "Want!" category. Pointblank & Skullgrin are not.
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Comment by william-james88 Jan 27, 2023
We have two new sightings for Canadian Transformers fans. The Toysrus exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series 44 leader class Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime (is that the longest name a Transformers release ever had?) has been spotted at multiple Toysrus stores across the country. The SKU is 652660 if you want to call ahead of time to check if it's there and not waste a trip.

We also have news that Generations Selects Magnificus has been found at Gamestops, also widespread amongst various provinces.

The various sightings were posted on the Cybertron.ca message boards.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jan 27, 2023
william-james88 wrote:We have two new sightings for Canadian Transformers fans. The Toysrus exclusive Buzzworthy Bumblebee Studio Series 44 leader class Dark of the Moon Optimus Prime (is that the longest name a Transformers release ever had?) has been spotted at multiple Toysrus stores across the country. The SKU is 652660 if you want to call ahead of time to check if it's there and not waste a trip.

We also have news that Generations Selects Magnificus has been found at Gamestops, also widespread amongst various provinces.

The various sightings were posted on the Cybertron.ca message boards.


AT LAST!
I bet he's 90$CAN plus taxes?
Regardless, I'll hunt him down.

...

Not at my local TrU. I'll just have to wait.
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Comment by william-james88 Feb 24, 2023
Retail distribution for Transformers toys (and action figures in general) can be a little screwy at times. That's why online collectible retailers exist and many fans have since gravitated towards them. What is sad to see is situation like the one below where we see merchandise destined for either Walmart or Toys R Us in Canada that was never put on shelves and was instead dumped to a liquidator after rotting in a warehouse. This is of course dependent on retailer and geographic location but the final wave of Kingdom was never found on Walmart shelves in Canada. And believe it or not, Studio Series Junkheap was scarce as well and no voyager wave beyond wave 1 for the Legacy line was ever stocked in Walmarts either. Well low and behold, liquidator store locations in Canada (specifically Quebec in the example below) are now getting an influx of all those toys skipped by Walmart.

It used to be just one wave was skipped and we'd see some toys at liquidators but this is taking it to a whole other level. This is further aggravating because it shows that retailers did have new stock, which fans surely could have purchased, but never replenished shelves with it, either moving on to the next line or just leaving the shelves with the same stock all year round. The specific location below is Boom Liquidation but there are province specific liquidators all across Canada (like Treasure Hunt in Ontario) so if there is any Canadian who has missed out on the toys shown below, it could be time to visit your local liquidator chain/store as this influx shows Walmart has dumped all their old stock to make room for a lot of incoming toys like the movie line, Earthspark, ect.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Feb 24, 2023
This is beyond *****. Seriously. My local Walmart had their TF shelves that consist of 33% same sh!t over and over again, and 66% of EMPTY, BARE SPACE. Why is it so hard to stock up those damn shelves?

I hate Walmart for having the Velocitron line exclusive to themselves and I hate Toys R Us for having the Buzzworthy line exclusive to them. This make getting those toys in store nearly IMPOSSIBLE.

At least so far, there's my local geek store, even if I have to pay a few bucks more. Plus Amazon is reliable most of the time.
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Comment by MeGrimlock78 Feb 24, 2023
Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.
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Comment by DeathReviews Feb 24, 2023
That's a lot of stock to just leave in a warehouse for months at a stretch and then farm out to liquidation stores. Did it even occur to them to at least TRY to sell these at retail and get some profit?
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Comment by william-james88 Feb 24, 2023
MeGrimlock78 wrote:Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.


That's interesting, I thought TRU would buy directly from Hasbro. Or is Hasbro the vendor in your scenario?
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Comment by MeGrimlock78 Feb 24, 2023
william-james88 wrote:
MeGrimlock78 wrote:Is it the retailer dumping it to liquidators or vendors?

When I was a buyer at TRU, I never remember us selling product out of our warehouse to liquidators.

On the other hand, cancelling our orders to vendors, perhaps too late for them to do anything but dump the product, THAT I remember.


That's interesting, I thought TRU would buy directly from Hasbro. Or is Hasbro the vendor in your scenario?


Sorry, yes, TRU would buy direct from Hasbro. We called all suppliers and manufacturers Vendors, so it wouldn't be confusing.

I have the feeling either this is stock retailers ordered from Hasbro, and then backed out on, or stock that Hasbro thought retailers would want but then didn't. Usually when the vendor is stuck with stock like that, they'll offer it around to vendors at a reduced cost. If no one bites, they'll drop the price further and offer to their next tier of customers, and so on until Hasbro can finally sell it.

Since these are showing up in Canadian discounters, it's stock that Hasbro Canada had excess of in their warehouse.
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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Feb 24, 2023
Heh, the article seems a bit different than what I first read this morning. The bottom line is something is going on with Hasbro distribution, period. There were no Earthspark toys on US shelves for the holiday season, that's just odd. Amazon has canceled orders for the first wave of flip changers while having NO listings at all for the Tacticon figures. Evolution wave 2 voyagers and Leaders were available from independent online retailers and Canadian B&M before they were even announced and before many retailers got stock of the Wave 1 Voyagers. Don't even get me started on the distribution of ROTB Studio Series line. Nothing is going to change and we're not going to get answers if we don't start making noise and asking questions, all the time. Instead of losing our minds over Commander Armada Prime, we should be talking about bare shelves and out-of-order distribution. This has to happen at EVERY live stream and with every post someone from Hasbro makes. Enough with falling postrate in front of our Hasbro masters grateful for any morsel we get. It took us 30 years to learn about the Mysterions, it shouldn't take us another 30 to learn about why whole waves were showing up at some discount store or not at all.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 10, 2023
Red Kog is back at normal deluxe price at TrU:

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 658A5.html

Blue Silverstreak is 31.47$:

https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 22A11.html

And that's it.
It's better than nothing.
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 10, 2023
The cheapest place to get the big Select Guardian Robot is at TFTOYS.CA
The preorder is 270$. Unfortunately, shipping is not free but it's not too expensive. Be warned that you MUST pay the TOTAL amount of the preorder upfront.

My previous cheapest option was at GameStop, live in store (not guaranteed) with the Edge Platinum card. Ignoring the fact that I'll have to pay this year's fee, even with the Edge discount, it's 6$ more expensive.

So despite the 20$ shipping fee, the fact that I pay just the federal tax AND that my preorder is secured makes TFTOY.CA the clear winner.

I'm glad I discovered that place!
Now, to wait until May...

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Comment by william-james88 Mar 10, 2023
Canada has been lagging behind releases as of late in their big box stores. While it is still not caught up, Walmart has had a reset which finally brought new figures to give some variety to shelves which saw no change for a year. That includes:

- The exclusive G1 retro Hot Rod and Starscream
- Studio Series Core Rumble, Laserbeak and Wheelie
- Studio Series Voyager Ironhide and Galvatron wave
- Studio Series Deluxe ROTB Airazor and Bumblebee
- Legacy Voyagers Inferno and Armada Starscream

Also, the same collectible store which got Metalhawk early also got Generation select Guardian Robot in stock now, which can be picked up locally or be shipped.

While that option is $299.99 CAD, there is a cheaper option at TFtoys.ca but that toy won't ship until May.

Also, Toysrus has a sale on two of their exclusives, Red Cog and Silverstreak

Red Cog: https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 658A5.html

Blue Silverstreak: https://www.toysrus.ca/fr/Transformers- ... 22A11.html

Also, the Leo Prime seen in the image below is a return.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 10, 2023
My local Laval Walmart is BAREBONE.

But there's that Cyberverse deluxe Arcee for only 9$ if anyone is in the area and still haven't gotten her.

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Also, Toys R Us Laval have 2 remaining Origin Bees at 18.50$.

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Comment by Cheetron Mar 11, 2023
That store has more toys than my Walmart has. And guys I've never seen out yet!
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Comment by -Kanrabat- Mar 13, 2023
OMFG, 48$ OFF on SS10 JAZZ!

HURRY TO NOT MISS OUT ON THAT INCREDIBLE SAVINGS! :michaelbay: :michaelbay:

https://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/transforme ... 0197590694
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Comment by MeGrimlock78 Mar 14, 2023
Rumble is still listed as a rollback ($12.97) on Walmart.ca.

Any chance they'll price match their own site, even though they stopped doing price matches?
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