Animated Activators Cliffjumper and Dirge found at retail - Target

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  1. C Spray

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    Nice Grab!

    Yeh. I have these and found them a few months ago in my local Toys R Us in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. I saw they where going on sale and got mine before the sale hit, and then on sale day I went back and got the difference back..sweet!
     
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    Really? These weren't even released in the US before now? Canada has been getting everything a month or more behind the US and we've had this wave for months and months.
     
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    They were released, just in very, very limited quantities for some reason. Oddly, America is the country that had a shortage of them.
     
  4. Bgrngod

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    Again, where did you see that these were released at retail in the U.S. before now?
     
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    um.....in plenty of threads around this site.....it was common knowledge that they had been released in small quantity, and people had been searching for them....
     
  6. Bgrngod

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    Uh hu... well try finding one. I did a search and there were no threads indicating they were found at retail in the U.S. If there were "plenty of threads" about it, then they would have come up.

    They were on HTS and BBTS for U.S. buyers to get them, but nothing at retail.
     
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    the activator cliffjumper and dirge thread in toyark, the many many sightings threads, specifically the arizona one (i specifically remember a sighting from arizona....or was it new mexico....it was that region). and the review thread would be great starters to see what people have found
     
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    Ahh the Cliffjumper thread that was started in February? http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/trans...ivators-cliffjumper-review-2.html#post3293208 Where the thread creator indicates that he got it at a Toys R Us in Canada in the 4th post? And, where nobody else in the states seems to be able to find it except for the one guy that says he bought it off HTS? A German poster added their review...

    How about that Arizona thread? http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-sightings/86562-arizona-transformers-sightings.html Where the earliest retail sightings of Cliffjumper were in the last few days. One buyer mentions his HTS purchase from February....

    And New Mexico? http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-sightings/86603-new-mexico-transformers-sightings.html No dice their either. Lots of talk of wanting one, and of the CJ Upgrade kit, but no sightings.

    Oh, but wait! There's always the http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-toy-discussion/229212-activators-cliffjumper-dirge-7.html thread on Toyark (I believe this is the same thread since Toyark and TFW2005 are linked forums right?). The thread that was started on 4/19? The thread where everyone that bought one before this week indicates they are not in the U.S. or they got it from HTS or BBTS? Hell, you YOURSELF even say the following in that thread in the 10th post on 4/19:

    That article could easily be wrong. Considering the same people that edit it are the same people that front paged this thread as news, whom you called ******ed a few posts below....

    So again I ask.. where oh where have you seen posts about these Activators figs popping up at U.S. retail all the way back in December? Backing up your claims is an excellent way to make a good argument beyond "I saw it!".
     
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    Ok today I was at target and got Cliffjumper. I had to ask for them to get him for me out of the backroom so they brought out 2 boxes the 1st one had dirge and cliffjumper. He was about to open the second one and the opening side was on the bottom it was dated DO NOT OPEN until may 20th a week earlier than we thought he took a peek inside but he couldn't sell them. It had a bunch of ROTF figures
     
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    Ok today I was at target and got Cliffjumper. I had to ask for them to get him for me out of the backroom so they brought out 2 boxes the 1st one had dirge and cliffjumper. He was about to open the second one and the opening side was on the bottom it was dated DO NOT OPEN until may 20th a week earlier than we thought he took a peek inside but he couldn't sell them. It had a bunch of ROTF figures
     
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    how cool is that that? these've been available in SVK for months... and yes, the toy store I check regularly has tons of these. If you check the display you can say "hmmm, activators dirge and cliffjumper, ok i see Grim and Megs as well, and wooooowwwww FAB and replicas from the first movie".
    It seems like the latest/rare stuff is overstocked in my country