Valvoline "Valvotron" figure will be free gift with purchase of oil.

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Driftx3, Apr 19, 2017.

  1. AndroidAnchovy

    AndroidAnchovy Dorque Extraordinaire

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    Yes, the way I see it, the industry won't crumble if someone gets a free toy, and honestly if there is the ability to loophole the promo and get it without needing the oil, that's the corporations' fault for not taking the precaution. Maybe it is there, I haven't studied any fine print, but if you can get the figure without keeping the oil, than you should be able to if you want to bother with all the effort.

    That said, I love cool little figures like this, but I wish they would design them to be 'compatible' with something else from whatever thing it is promoting. Like a place to set this guy on a larger figure or being able to be held by other robots would be neat. I hope it has SOME functionality beyond being a cute little dude.
     
  2. Nevermore

    Nevermore It's self-perpetuating a parahumanoidarianised!

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    I'm not claiming all Americans are like this.

    I'm saying that whenever I see someone display this sort of mentality, that person tends to be American.
     
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  3. Markdelg

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    And I'm saying that that observation is completely irrelevant to the discussion of this toy.
     
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  4. BenjaminXavier

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    There are more of us than almost every other country out there (at least English speaking ones that would post on an English board). if 10% of Americans are assholes and 10% of Germans are assholes, then you're 4 times more likely to see an American asshole than a German one *if* Germans all spoke English and posted on English message boards (considering that the USA's population is about 4x that of Germany).

    If you then take into account that most Germans don't post on English message boards, the ratio will skew considerably.
     
  5. Diecast G2

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    Plus he's on a website for collecting toys. There's a considerably higher chance of running into an asshole if you're only associating with a fandom based around a kid show/product.
     
  6. dCon

    dCon mecha-former

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    I have those figures. But if you read my post I said EXCEPT for Optimus Prime and known characters that already have a back story ;) 
     
  7. MegaMoonMan

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    How cheap do you have to be to return a bottle of oil?
     
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  8. G1 Evac

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    All sorts of people in the world, live and let live /shrug

    Somebody in the US show us the toy already! The rest of the world is eager to see it, and buy it on eBay lol
     
  9. dirtweed

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    Not sure that will work, you will need to enter a code from the receipt into the website or you have to send in the original receipt.
     
  10. ron8675309

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    It can work; the website just asks for a picture of your receipt.
     
  11. LizardbotHero

    LizardbotHero I am a warrior

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    You could just buy some motor oil and use it on your vehicle's next oil change.

    :confused2 
     
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  12. dirtweed

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    I looked into it a little more and I now do believe you are correct.

    I'm going to get two for free and sell one. Ah, America capitalism that's why we are the best.
     
  13. BenjaminXavier

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    I filed mine on the website on 4/27 and today I logged in and it said it was received on 5/1 and is now "processing." I think I'm one of the first people to file so I'll update when it changes to "shipped" and we'll see what arrives.
     
  14. savage dragon

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    I submitted mine on the 26th but it says it was received on the 1st like yours so I wouldn't be surprised if a bunch of us get them on the same day.
     
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  15. Crowquil

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    As someone who used to work a service desk (at TRU), I don't understand why so many people think return fraud isn't theft. I used to blame these kids and their internet-taught morals, but I guess there's more to it than that.

    I want one of these, but I think it's ironic I can't buy a 5-quart jug when it looks like that's what he might transform into.
     
  16. stad

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    Why can't you buy a 5-quart jug? That's some of the options when it asks what you purchased...
     
  17. stad

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    Mine says that too, with no changes. I submitted a second one several days ago, and received acknowledgment, but there's nothing when I check the status on it.
     
  18. grimprime221

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    I submitted one and there is nothing on the tracker so I called and they said it's being processed just might not show on the tracker. Interesting system, wa it and see I guess.
     
  19. BenjaminXavier

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    Yeah, mine took like 3-4 days to update with each step. Its very strange. Mine was "accepted" on 5/18 but still hasn't "shipped" according to the system.
     
  20. Swoop Dogg

    Swoop Dogg Hi Yukio!

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    How are you checking the status?