Wal-Mart exclusive movie deluxe figures

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by e3nine, Jun 17, 2008.

  1. e3nine

    e3nine I have a large MISB collection.

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    (Grindcore, Jolt, Big Daddy, ugly jet guy thing)

    I saw one case, one time, at one store.

    How about everyone else?
     
  2. Th0r4z1n3

    Th0r4z1n3 PlastiqueBoutique.com Veteran

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    They had quite a few cases at my Wal*Mart, they even had an endcap dedicated to them but they sold out rather quickly and never restocked again. I snagged Big Daddy (I hate that name) and Grindcore after passing on them once or twice.
     
  3. BlitzFire

    BlitzFire Herald of Unicron

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    one of two walmarts in my area was stocked full of them....probably had a 6-10 cases of them with a aisle end full of them.

    since im a completist of the movie deluxes, i had to snag all four :D 
     
  4. Tim Formas

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    I saw the full set-up at one store, then scraps at another store. There were 8 Wal*Marts I visited in the area around then, so a quarter of them seemed to get the exclusives in.
     
  5. Soundblaster1

    Soundblaster1 The Heisenberg of Toys

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    I saw Grindcore once. Big Daddy twice. I can still occasionally find Jolts and Divebombs.
     
  6. Kingplay

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    they any good? or just avg
     
  7. Obvious Prime

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    Big Daddy is jawsome. Best off-screen movie fig, IMO.
     
  8. Grimlock_13

    Grimlock_13 Currently facepalming at your post

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    At the beginning of the year two of my local Walmarts had plenty of them on endcaps, the other two I only saw maybe one or two Jolts and Divebombs.

    They're all decent, but the best mold is Grindcore.
     
  9. e3nine

    e3nine I have a large MISB collection.

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    I'm a huge fan of Cybertron toys. Jolt and Grindcore were no brainers for me.
     
  10. Darkspeed

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    The Landmine mold is nice, but the Grindcore colours really were a bit much for me. I ended up buying a Big Daddy of eBay due to the fact I couldn't see any in the stores when I was over in Canada.
     
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    I can't justify having them again.. since they are just repaints.. and repaints from
    GalaxyForce /aka Cybertron series 's Wheeljack(big daddy), Landmine(Grindcore), Crosswire(Jolt), and Thundercracker(Divebomb).

    I recalled..most people don't like Thundercracker ; while Landmine was one of the 3in1 toyrus holiday gift set.. while Crosswise has been repainted to Smokescreen once; now Jolt and botcon exclusive as well, while Wheeljack (or another name) wasn't even a show character .. (was it?)
     
  12. knook

    knook Let the Virus Consume You

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    Are Hasbro on crack?
     
  13. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    I only saw Jolt and divebomb.

    Passed on Divebomb and got Jolt cause he's a Crosswise repaint.
     
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    Big Daddy is a homage to the micromaster. The resemblence to the Cybertron mold is uncanny.

    Walmart had the worse packing job though. Each box had 3 divebombs (ugly jet), 3 Jolt (bi-atch to transform), 2 Big Daddy, 1 Grindcore. A couple of Walmarts near me had 4-6 cases. The ones on the endcaps didn't sell out as quick but all the Grindcores were gone in two weeks. Some Walmarts took longer to get them out then others.
     
  15. bhaalistik

    bhaalistik Shockwave's Love-child

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    I still to this day have never seen Grindcore on a peg. Found Jolt and Divebomb no prob...got lucky and snagged the last Big Daddy buried last in line on a peg.

    Grindcore I ended up FINALLY finding online at WM...of course he comes shipped all smashed as usual :rolleyes2  , but at least I got the set now.
     
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    I don't get to browse wal-mart very often, but the one time I was looking for them, I found all 4 of them with no problem. Only bought Big Daddy and Jolt, though.
     
  17. Metal Chaos

    Metal Chaos The Spark of Chaos

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    I want the Big Daddy, he looks awesome and I love his shoulder cannons.
     
  18. benzo

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    the 6 walmarts in my area had lots of the exclusive but too bad Bid Daddy was the only one I was really interested in.
     
  19. flywheels

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    My local Wal-Mart had tons and tons of Jolt and Divebomb, but like others I only saw maybe 2 of Big Daddy and Grindcore. Wonder how hard it'll be to find these upcoming exclusives?
     
  20. G1Wheeljack

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    I would have gotten all but Divebomb but i already have all 4 molds. Nice figures though, almost picked up Jolt.