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AlkalinePunk posted:I usually cover The wal-marts and targets in Golf Mill target has tons of Swindels  Dont bother with the Target on Toughy Ave...they have Scorponoc and nothing else. Let me know if you happen to find a 08 bumblebee anywhere in the area. 
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| # ? Jul 20, 2007 22:52 |
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Hey, 404GoonNotFound, in your travels, have you seen a voyager-class Blackout? I got in a little extra cash and I want to make him my first movie figure purchase.
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| # ? Jul 20, 2007 22:58 |
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DarkPrime posted:Hey, 404, in your travels, have you seen a voyager-class Blackout? I got in a little extra cash and I want to make him my first movie figure purchase. The Ambassador Walmart has like 2 or 3 of him, and TRU got in a new shipment of Voyagers today (sadly, Deluxes won't be in until "Maybe Thursday?"). And one of us really has to start a MechaCon thread or something 
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| # ? Jul 20, 2007 23:19 |
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I just checked my Wal Mart and saw nothing of the new Movie stuff. Found the Robot Heroes 5 pack, and they had about 9 boxes of the Constructicon repaint Devastator. 
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| # ? Jul 20, 2007 23:57 |
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I hate you USPS. Drove by our mail boxes today, saw that one of the package boxes had a key gone, and figured my figures from Rhyno had arrived today, no such luck. The waiting game sucks almost as bad as the "thrill of the hunt" game.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:14 |
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Someone sell me an 08 Bumblebee and I will personally track down an eBay scalper, slit his throat and carve your initials in his neckbeard.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:30 |
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zVxTeflon posted:Someone sell me an 08 Bumblebee and I will personally track down an eBay scalper, slit his throat and carve your initials in his neckbeard. drat, if only I had one... What if I had to resort on getting said Bumblebee off of eBay?
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:36 |
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Did you guys ever consider maybe the toys are just really popular and kids are buying them?
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:40 |
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Hagetaka posted:Did you guys ever consider maybe the toys are just really popular and kids are buying them? None of my stores locally have restocked. I've checked multiple days in a row. At least, thats my experience so far.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:43 |
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Hagetaka posted:Did you guys ever consider maybe the toys are just really popular and kids are buying them? More than likely locally - hell, we don't even have shelf warmers at either of the local K-Marts, either Wal*mart, or our single Target here. I actually couldn't find Swindle and Scorponok.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:44 |
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Waryn posted:I just checked my Wal Mart and saw nothing of the new Movie stuff. Found the Robot Heroes 5 pack, and they had about 9 boxes of the Constructicon repaint Devastator. I need to check if my local Walmart still has the Constructicon packs but if they don't would you mind maybe picking one up for me? 
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:51 |
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Hagetaka posted:Did you guys ever consider maybe the toys are just really popular and kids are buying them? I've never seen a child anywhere near the TF section at any store in my area unless they got lost on the way to Spiderman. I don't see what that changes, anyway. Either way, we aren't getting them and someone else is and thus we are frustrated by our bad luck. And the ones on eBay/being sold for twice their retail on Amazon aren't being sold by little kids. They're being sold by scalpers.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 00:52 |
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Pharaoh Dust posted:I've never seen a child anywhere near the TF section at any store in my area unless they got lost on the way to Spiderman. I don't see what that changes, anyway. Either way, we aren't getting them and someone else is and thus we are frustrated by our bad luck. And the ones on eBay/being sold for twice their retail on Amazon aren't being sold by little kids. They're being sold by scalpers. I've seen a number of kids. I've seen just as many adults, though.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 01:17 |
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snortpocket posted:Well, in a way he is: And it's the very same Bugbite that became the recent Botcon exclusive, a recolor of Classics Deluxe Bumblebee as we all know. As an interesting sidenote: That version of Bugbite along with a few other Minibot recolors, all e-Hobby exclusives, are supposed to come from the Gobots universe originally(But the bios were removed for some reason shortly before release, so all that's left is names)
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 03:03 |
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DarkPrime posted:Hey, 404GoonNotFound, in your travels, have you seen a voyager-class Blackout? I got in a little extra cash and I want to make him my first movie figure purchase. I don't think anyone's bought mine yet. He's brand new out of the box w/instructions. Also glad to hear the packages are starting to arrive.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 03:07 |
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Just came from seeing 'Transformers' with my father (he hadn't seen it). It's even better the 3rd time!  I also checked Target and saw that they had 2 empty pegs, and only about 7 of Wreckage left. I found an employee near the toy section and asked if they were going to restock the $10 Transformers, and he went in the back and checked to see if they had any more, and they didn't, but he told me that they have shipment trucks with random stuff showing up every night, and the night crews unload the trucks and put stuff on the shelves between 9:30PM and 6:30AM, so I could check back tomorrow morning and they might have more stuff. Frankly, he was the single most helpful Target employee I've encountered to date, and I actually walked out of Target feeling good, even though I hadn't actually scored any new toys. 
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 03:08 |
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Xenomrph posted:Just came from seeing 'Transformers' with my father (he hadn't seen it). It's even better the 3rd time! A Wal-Mart employee told me the same thing once. But she said it so she wouldn't have to check the back for me. So I kind of smell bullshit when I hear that particular line.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 03:22 |
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GojiraYoda posted:A Wal-Mart employee told me the same thing once. But she said it so she wouldn't have to check the back for me. So I kind of smell bullshit when I hear that particular line.  v
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 03:39 |
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He was also right about the trucks nearly every night and the stocking. Or that's atleast true at my store.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 04:12 |
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Well, I got Blackout. He rocks. I'm happy. My sister dragged me out to Books-A-Million for the midnight Harry Potter release. They had a stack of 20th DVD Optimus Primes.  All priced at $100. 404, If you want him and got the cash, now you know where he is.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 05:45 |
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Or if you're fast enough http://cgi.ebay.com/Transformers-20...1QQcmdZViewItem 49.99 buyout with 15 bucks shipping
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 06:21 |
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DarkPrime posted:Well, I got Blackout. He rocks. I'm happy. Already got the die-cast 20th anniversary one. You know, the one without the bad Gary Chalk impersonator.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 06:43 |
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DarkPrime posted:Well, I got Blackout. He rocks. I'm happy. I am so glad I got mine for $35 at Target. Last one in the clearance aisle too, hiding behind a Spider-Man backpack right after Christmas. Umm, if it was a BR goon who hid it back there, I'm sorry... I'm expecting that stack will go on clearance soon enough, because at $100 a pop, those things won't sell.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 06:57 |
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GojiraYoda posted:I am so glad I got mine for $35 at Target. Last one in the clearance aisle too, hiding behind a Spider-Man backpack right after Christmas. Umm, if it was a BR goon who hid it back there, I'm sorry... They'll sell.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 07:00 |
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Good news for BR/LA goons, the second wave has hit! Managed to snag a concept camaro Bumblebee this morning!!!  Saw Arcee, Dreadwing, and a few new others I didn't recognize. Also, huge amounts of Leader class Primes all around. There is hope!
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 14:15 |
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Yeah the dye ratio is 4 to 1 : water to acetone. It's not critical, just make sure you have enough acetone that it won't all evaporate before you finish dyeing.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 15:12 |
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DarkPrime posted:Well, I got Blackout. He rocks. I'm happy. Why there? Hasbrotoyshop.com has him for $70... and still in stock.... Edit: Thanks for the ratio on the dyes.. Now I can try to do that one night this week.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 15:29 |
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I went looking for Wave 2 stuff today. Found out Target must have restocked yesterday at some time, because they had a pile of the Scouts, but no Elita 1. No place had anything from Wave 2 deluxe. I did find the three Robot Replica guys at Walmart, though. Barricade is sweet, I wanted Megatron for my Optimus Prime/Megatron battle on my desk at work, and I figured I might as well buy Bumblebee if I'm getting the other two
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 15:31 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Good news for BR/LA goons, the second wave has hit! WHERE?! TELL ME NOW! poo poo, I jumped out of my chair when I read that!
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 17:22 |
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Goddamnit Target. Despite what I was told yesterday, they didn't restock. In fact, all they did was sort of spread the remaining 7 Wreckages around on the empty pegs to make it look like there's more toys than there actually were.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 17:41 |
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Oh man, I just saw the movie (first day out in the UK). It was AWESOME  I mean, far far more awesome than I even dared hope for. I am a happy bunny, and feel justified in my purchase of an insane amount of toys
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 17:46 |
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Blueshift posted:Oh man, I just saw the movie (first day out in the UK). It was AWESOME 
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 17:48 |
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Xenomrph posted:And remember kids, the more Transformers toys you buy, the better the sequels will be! It's a direct correlation! It's sad to say, but that's most likely true... More toys = more interest... more interest = studio willing to front more money... more money = way more awesome movie with tons of transformers kicking rear end.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:01 |
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I was at a Walmart a couple of days ago and they had wave two stuff. '08 Bumblebee, Arcee (what does everyone think of this figure? I thought it looked pretty sleek), and some deformed looking seeker. I didn't have the money for any of them, though:(
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:02 |
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Trypticon posted:I was at a Walmart a couple of days ago and they had wave two stuff. '08 Bumblebee, Arcee (what does everyone think of this figure? I thought it looked pretty sleek), and some deformed looking seeker. I didn't have the money for any of them, though:( I happen to like Arcee. In fact, the more I play with the toy, the more I like it. I posted a review of both Dreadwing and Arcee a couple pages back.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:04 |
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Xenomrph posted:Goddamnit Target. And I went to Target this afternoon, thinking maybe that's where the BR goon found his stuff, and it's the same sad story as yours. Actually, worse. They had THREE, count them, THREE Deluxes on the main toy aisle (Wreckage, Brawl, and Scorponok), and the rest of the section was filled with Skyblast, Hardtop, and that Maser scout classes and the Real Gears. I go to the front of the store, and see a rack of more deluxes by the checkout, look through them, and it's like eight more Wreckages, three Jazzes, a Bonecrusher, a Hardtop Scout, and the Target Exclusive Legends 4-pack. I might hit Toys R Us later. RIght now I'm too bummed out.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:46 |
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Checking back in on the thread. I got lucky in Gonzales. The wal mart there has a new assortment of stuff. They only had 1 bumblebee though. I looked for a few extra to help out on here, but didn't see anything. I am going to try the one in Prairieville later on today or tomorrow.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:53 |
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:Checking back in on the thread. I got lucky in Gonzales. The wal mart there has a new assortment of stuff. They only had 1 bumblebee though. I looked for a few extra to help out on here, but didn't see anything. Okay, now is my time to cry. Damnit, I hate you all with your Bumblebees and your whatnots, especially you Louisiana Goons. Grr. Why'd I choose Siegin Target as the one place I'd look today?
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 18:56 |
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Dunno if it will make you feel better or not, but 08 Bumblebee is on par with Ironhide when it comes to "How the gently caress do I make him a vehicle again?". I have some shopping to do later today (gotta find a cheap bookcase), so I am going to keep an eye out on the toy aisle. If I see another 'bee I will grab him and we can have a mini goon meet and you can have him for cost If I see any others, I will grab em for the semi local goons as I hate going to ebay for anything.
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| # ? Jul 21, 2007 19:01 |
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I got reeeaaaaal lucky Thursday night; On a hunch I went out lookin for an 08 Bumblebee, and happened across a walmart stocker just setting boxes out. We BS'ed and he opened a box for me, asking me what I wanted. I asked for Bumblebee, and he pulled 2 out of the box. I took ONE (and snagged an Arcee), and he smiled and said, "Ah, good. Usually people try to snatch them all up. I HATE E-bay scalpers!" He filled me in on his stocking schedule, so hopefully I can just go shoppin when he's restocking to finish my collection. *IF* I happen across any more 'Bees I'll grab one or two and update here in case there are any goons left that can't find one anywhere.
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