UK news - yet more treats in Argos!

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Fort Max, Jan 19, 2007.

  1. Llama G0d

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    Well, having just staggered back in from the pub, I thought I was hallucinating - this seems too good to be true. (For the UK, anyway.) Then I noticed that "colours and styles may vary", and reality was restored... ;-)
     
  2. Rodentus prime

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    I expect the voyager classic op and megs that were turning up before xmas were to prepare for this and we'll have to wait a few months more before jetfire turns up. I hope I'm wrong though.
     
  3. Denyer

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    I think it was fifty. Don't know if it's the repackaged version or stock of the old one, though, and I wasn't really paying much attention. I don't like the head on it.

    Probably £50 and the previous one:

    http://www.toysrus.co.uk/Product.aspx/TruOrFindUsing/TruAZOfBrands/TruToysActionFiguresTransformers/261750

    The web store's sold out, but TRU keep old stock around in-store for ages because they very rarely mark any prices down.
     
  4. Sledgehammer

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    Quite a few Primes in my local TRU, and yep, forty-nine ninety-nine.

    As for everything at Argos - gimme! :D 
     
  5. payres

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    Remind me - didn't argos illustrate Armada dlx at one pt with Wheeljack ? And did that ever see the light of day in the UK ? No.
     
  6. Sol Fury

    Sol Fury The British Butcher Veteran

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    Yeah, spot on. I place very little stock in Argos' choice of images. IIRC Littlewoods Extra once pictured Sonic Attack Jet for their Beast Machines assortment, and he never made it out over here either.
     
  7. Tycho

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    So Ravage Alternator will still be available at Wal-Mart and Target in the USA, right?

    When? And wasn't Rumble supposed to come out first?
     
  8. REDLINE

    REDLINE longer days, plz? Veteran

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    they're in the same case.
     
  9. uzi_the_klown

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    i ve yet to find a jetfire at retail
     
  10. Nerroth

    Nerroth Alea iacta est.

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    Typical - just after I leave Ireland (haveing waited fruitlessly for one of the import stores to get Jetfire), the damned things lands in Argos!

    (We get the same Argos stuff in Ireland that the UK gets, by the way...)

    And I can't find him here in the GTA.


    Damn.


    Gary
     
  11. Dirge121

    Dirge121 I'll be your end of days

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    Awesome, Im going hunting for Classics Roddy + Ultimate Battle pack.
     
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    prime is a legend Hooch is crazy.

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    Hopefully I can grab a jetfire voyager while I'm in Newcastle!!
     
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    god dammit argos extra! the one near me is just a normal argos and i want more voyagers, i'll get deluxes and ravage from that but ultimate battle sounds like ass.


    hang on, i thought i heard titaniums were going to be less than that over here.
     
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    They were earlier this week, I believe someone mentioned that £11.24 was the Staff Discount price, and £14.99 is the General Public price.
     
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    Hey just a quick update, just got back from Argos in Windsor and you can get either Voyager, Evac and nemesis breaker so I couldn’t get Jetfire :banghead: . I did pick up a few others though from the reduced part, Soundwave and Rodimus Prime they also had Optimus prime but i just got mine of off eBay.

    If you go into Argos go to the customer service part and ask them to view before you buy then you can see the others you can get.

    Woolworths also have some alternators in as well mainly Shockblast, but they did have Silver Streak.
     
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    yay working for Argos i get ten percent discount and can call the stores pricate numbers and get them to tell me all about which figures they possess. and ten percent discount. ill definatley be getting wwi prime and soundwave even though i hate his nappy.
     
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    they have finally gotten rid of the subaru mold, it's only taken about 5 cat rotations to do it
     
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    Everyone goes ape the moment Argos show a picture. Experience says however to be careful....... In fact you only have to look as far as the last Argos catalogue to see the dlx size illustarted with Crosswise - MIA in the UK. Wasn't Dark Crumplezone in the one before that ?

    I do have to add that it's possible Jetfire might show up ....

    Sonic Attack Jet at least shipped to the Euro market - was in a case with Beast Changer, Night Slash Cheetor & Strika all on European multi language cards. Aforementioned case showed up at TK Maxx and other discounters over here and din't last very long.

    Didn't Index have a pic up with Battle Unicorn, Tank Drone and Spystreak to illustrate something once ?

    Despite being shown in Package with Toy Catalogue pictures I find no evidence that Armada Wheeljack was released in the UK or Europe either. The last UK series was Terrorsaur, Rhinox & Hoist followed by the PL Hot Shot, PL Cyclonus, Red PL Thrust and Armada Airazor case The Entertainer had exclusively being cleared mid last year.
     
  19. Astro-Furby

    Astro-Furby Life is strange

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    is that the cyberton Soundwave or the classics/reissue?
     
  20. godsenddeath

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    Neither.