Ridgedale TRU did NOT have the Velocitron set today, nor was there a shelf spot for it. Lots of clearance so they are probably getting ready for a reset. Ridgedale Target HAD Cyclops and Colossus, but they went home with me. Score!
Earlier this evening Savage Target had a Jim Lee Cyclops and a bunch of target exclusive abc drivers for the 6" star wars.
Was at the Edina Target yesterday, the one between France Xerxes, and they had a full wave 3 restock, lots of leaders and voyagers from various waves as well. Legends were gone. Definitely many titan masters. Haven't seen a transformers display that well stocked since last December.
Interesting that all the restock is wave 3, though. We've already seen wave 4 in the wild, so wouldn't it make more sense if this restock were wave 4?
Seeing as we haven't even seen online preorders, I'm still thinking there's some sort of production problem on wave 4.
Seems like some places skipped the preorder. TCP had Broadside in-stock for a hot second last week (albeit for $33). I ended up getting repugnus and shuffler off amazon. A little extra ($12 and $10), but I had gift cards from Christmas, so screw it. XD I've got a feeling this'll be a tricky wave with the movie looming. I'm just hoping the BBTS TR exclusive isn't the low-stock nightmare Chaos on Velocitron is.
Apparently there's an April 24th street date. Likely due to the movie. Wouldn't shock me if Hasbro is starving shelves so the wave of toys that hits becomes all the more refreshing.
I think the assumption that Hasbro is not putting out product is kinda like... the opposite of what they want to do. Since they want people to buy stuff. That said, I could see stores saying 'hold off until the movie line drops in less than a month 'cuz you're just gonna have to restock everything anyhow'". Wait, wasn't there just a news article about Broadside showing up in stores?
Can't remember how much voyagers go for in the wild so I just preordered Broadside from bbts. 26.99 didn't seem like a bad price, like I said, I don't remember what they go for in the store. If I find one, can always cancel my preorder.
$26.99 is about right. They're normally $24 if you can find them in the wild but after shipping/gas at this point is it really worth it? Especially if there's a price hike coming with TLK.
I have the last member of Poseidon preordered at TCP ... who has Broadside but wants $32.99 for him. Was hoping once he was available I could just add him to my order and put it towards the free shipping limit. Kinda ridiculous TCP bumped up the price on him considering he's the only figure in the case. It's not like Wave 5 or 6 Voyagers during CW where you had people who wanted to part out the case so they had to adjust prices to make up the loss.
Man, I wish BBTS would jump on the 'free shipping after X' bandwagon. That's one of the reasons I moved most of my stuff to TCP. BBTS is still great for finding stuff other people don't carry (and for basically getting overnight shipping since they're next door to us), but Free Shipping + rewards program has my vote. It is way easier to cancel preorders at BBTS, tho. I dunno, I think it was smart. No one else had him at that moment. I'm kinda bummed I lost that $6, but since I'd prolly pay that in shipping on BBTS, it's kind of a wash to me. Either way, I'll just be happy to get Broadside soon! (holding mine in POL until MP Megs shows up next month)
I thought TCP put out a FB post about them importing their own stock from overseas resellers and having to price a bit higher for any kind of return.
Okay, so BBTS pulled down the Broadside listing. Anyone who pre-order know what's going on? Can we expect him to pop back up at $32.99 by the end of the week?
It's still there: Transformers Generations Voyager Titans Return Wave 04 - Broadside - Transformers Titans Return Voyager
Whole bunch of Gnaws, Kickbacks, and Bumblebees at the Target at Quarry. Leader Optimus, and some wave 2 titan masters too. Oh, and wave 3 deluxes. Odd restock.
The Blaine SuperTarget on 109th has Hot Rod X 3, Triggerhappy and Twinferno X 2 and Breakaway X 1. Also still holding on to two leader OPs and Soundwaves.
