Walmart's Galaxy Shuttle Listing Appears On and Off as In Stock

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje

As someone who actually owns Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle, he feels almost like a KO with how loose and floppy he is. I understand were the situation reversed, I'd still be wanting to add him to my collection though. Kind of sucks all around.

My Galaxy Shuttle isn't floppy. It has tight joints, and can even balance on one of either of its legs.

Emerje wrote:I put a request in with Buyee, we'll see what the fee for that looks like.

Got a reply, $60-something for the figure and $5-something for fees, total of $65.99 before shipping, about $10 more than the Hasbro price I can deal with that. Sucks having to go this rout because Walmart failed us, but it sure is beating the eBay totals, I suspect I'll be ending around $90.

Emerje

Rise of the Beasts voyager Optimus Prime is in stock as well! Great figure!

Sabrblade wrote:

o.supreme wrote:

Emerje wrote:Sounds like the bots beat everyone to it. I thought stores were supposed to fix that.

(edit) Looks like KOs are starting to show up on eBay. Yuck.

Emerje

As someone who actually owns Velocitron Galaxy Shuttle, he feels almost like a KO with how loose and floppy he is. I understand were the situation reversed, I'd still be wanting to add him to my collection though. Kind of sucks all around.

My Galaxy Shuttle isn't floppy. It has tight joints, and can even balance on one of either of its legs.

Mine is good and tight too. It's a better use of the mold than Astrotrain funny enough

Cheetron wrote:I swear, the way hasbro has been distribution transformers, if I ever get my hands on this guy, he's getting cataloged right away. The difference between shelf warmer and rare as heck is getting worse.

In this particular case, it's all Walmart's fault.

So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

You can also try this:

https://www.ebay.ca/itm/204230045719?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336631220&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1

Thanks for weighing in on this Kanrabat. I assume you have used this product and were happy with results?

Nemesis Destron wrote:So I did a search for "floor polish" and this thread popped up. I had always used glue when it came to tightening loose ball joints and thought I would give some floor polish a dance. I recently went to a local Home Depot they only had large size not so cheap bottles of floor polish so I passed up that day.

Now I'd like to know some brands from you fans that you went with and that worked, my thanks!

There is a very cheap temporary fix that you can try if it is on a ball joint that you can easily get to. Just put a tiny bit of paper towel, like a 2mm x 2mm square, into the socket and pop the ball back in. The paper should tighten things up, but will eventually wear down or even wiggle itself loose and need to be redone. I've used this to fix the loose ankles on Kingdom Terrorsaur and BW Skywarp along with SS Sideways.

This is unfortunate. As anyone could guess, there wasn't really a shortage of Velocitron toys, at least not at the manufacturing/distribution level. Instead, Walmart botched their stocking of this line and eventually dumped it on liquidators. We know this because these Walmart exclusives, including Cosmos, are now showing up at Ross. Also unfortunately, it took a while for this news to be far reaching, so odds are your local Ross is already depleted of that stock which has been scooped up in voracious fashion. The entire first wave of the line was spotted at Ross, that includes the deluxes, voyagers and leader class. Sightings have been sporadic, but we have confirmed sightings in Daytona and Vegas. The photo below comes from Ultra Reverb.

The prices are $7.99 for deluxes, $8.99 for voyagers and $16.99 for leader Scourge.

That really sucks, I looked for these a lot and now see I never truly had a fair shot at finding them at Wal-Mart. I never have a problem getting exclusives for any other retailers.