Studio Series Wave 1 Leaders at Retail?

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Johntimus Prime, Mar 29, 2018.

  1. Hoptimus

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    Which Meijer was that please?
     
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    Why's it always gotta be some chain that doesn't exist in my state?
     
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    Mokena all that was left was the deluxes minus crowbar.
     
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    I've been noticing that I never see deluxe restocked anymore. I see voyager & leader restocked a lot. Those are pretty easy to find. With POTP leaders are always being restocked but never deluxe.
     
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    Not in the past it wasn’t. We used to have preorders months in advance.
     
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    Both both last night from Meijer. Initial impressions are I like Grimlock better.
     
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    Looking at pictures and uncasing, I think these are not actually street dated.
     
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    That was before Walmart blackmailed Hasbro with threats of not ordering from them anymore.

    Then why are online retailers not offering them for preorder? Are all online retailers that incompetent? For years straigt at this point?
     
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    Which is crazy to think about because it shows Walmart cares enough about selling the figures to block other retailers from doing so, but also doesn't bother to actually order product more than twice a year.
     
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    Basically, Walmart is simply being the biggest bully on the block. He doesn't bother to actually date the girl or anything, he just wants to make sure nobody else does either.
     
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    dang, i was gonna hit that up on my drive to tinley park today.
     
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    I'm experiencing the opposite in my area. Leaders have gotten like 2-3 cases in each store over the past 3-4 months and disappeared immediately.

    Deluxes seem to have a little more rotation.
     
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    That's good news, it means we'll be seeing reviews from the usual suspects soon. I've already watched a couple for Grimlock and they made some big sacrifices for the bot mode at the expense of the dino mode but it is worth it! He looks amazing, I can't wait to get my hands on one. Even with all of it's flaws the dino mode for the studio series figure absolutely blows the other versions out of the water, though personally I still really like the voyager's dino mode the best even if it isn't the most accurate. The standard leader is just hot garbage though.
     
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    I cannot believe that some jerks have these 2 figures listed for $150 each on Ebay claiming "rare". Yes, it seems Meijer is the only store to get them but tripling the price is brutality, wait a few weeks they might be everywhere, do not support these scalpers.

    Here's how I found mine: stopped on a whim, both on shelf, bought on sight, finished driving home. No going out of my way. Even if I had found an extra set, I would never raise the price for a fellow collector. The only extra $$ they would pay me is shipping.
     
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    Even though it's not likely, but I'm going Blackout hunting tomorrow. Hoping that a Walmart will break release date. If not, I'm thinking about picking up a Studio Series Bumblebee so I don't come home empty handed.
     
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    Well technically Kroger is the other store that are selling Studio Series. I am hoping that it will start selling the Leader classes soon.
     
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    I been in the past all the way through (I'm 40). It was never that different on a new line, the only difference is we get ALOT more new lines now! ;)  We still get preorders months in advance, just not from every company on figures that have street dates.
     
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    Come to Norman, guys!
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    Looks like a Target find there... I know the reset is coming soon.
     
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    Indeed it is. My store is in the middle of redesign.

    Also, Deluxes too.