Obtaining movie toys on day one experiences...

Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by Liege Prime, Jun 2, 2007.

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  1. bw_rhinox, Jun 3, 2007
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    I bought everything! I think that I may have a problem.
     
  2. Grimlocks Pretender Shell, Jun 3, 2007
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    my wife works in the toy department at walmort so I can egt whatever I want. I got Optimash Prime and the Robot HEros. yay!
     
  3. Moroni Prime, Jun 3, 2007
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    does the "toy truck" transform at all? even slightly?
     
  4. Hollywood Hoist, Jun 3, 2007
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    I pretty much bought every figure that I wasn't able to pick up early. I found Leader Megs, Leader Prime, all 6 of the robot heroes, Wreckage, Scorponok, Bumblebee unleashed, Cyberslammer Bumblebee, bumblebee keychain, Bumblebee deluxe all of which I got on sale at 10% off at Target. I then found Cyberstomper Bumblebee for $8.76 because they had him on a center display marked that, so when I mentioned that, they gave it to me for that price. I'm sure the quickly changed that as soon as I left. I picked up all of the other deluxes and real gear, plush figures a few weeks ago. My wife enjoyed watching me be happy.
     
  5. NeilJam, Jun 3, 2007
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    No, it does not transform at all, the wheels don't even move.
     
  6. Jedi2016, Jun 3, 2007
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    I stopped by Wal-Mart today to pick up Bumblebee.

    Nothing. Absolutely nothing. They had a few Alternators, some Cybertron figures, couple o' the regular Deluxe figures. The only movie-related figures they had were the two Protoforms. Same ones they've had for weeks.

    I'm wondering what the purpose of the HUGE TRANSFORMERS SIGN that they had hanging up was, since they didn't actually have any of them.
     
  7. Kickback, Jun 3, 2007
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    I went to WalMart and called Jux to joke about how his ex girlfriend (from many years ago, pre-blurr) ran in to me at a club last night and wanted to hook up with me. Then we laughed about movie toys.

    I bought all 6 of the REAL GEAR figures, and the 4 pieces of Robot Heroes that were there. I believe that's the second wave that I'm missing? Dunno.

    Passed on the bigger figures, only need Wreckerhook(?) and Scorponok to finish deluxes.
     
  8. flamingunicron, Jun 3, 2007
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    i only got one thing today which was Robo Vision Prime (Way better than leader class). There were like 5 left and i grabbed one to keep while i was strolling down the isle. Then this guy (Think he was a scalpper) goes and grabs all of them and then asks me if I'm going to buy mine that i was clutching in my hand. Of course i wanted to say something rude to him becuase i hate scalppers but i just said yes and walked away since he had a kid with him.
     
  9. Jedi2016, Jun 3, 2007
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    A scalper? That's pretty stupid, seeing as how the TF toys overall aren't hard to come by.
     
  10. Sidecutter, Jun 3, 2007
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    Well, yesterday my haul was: Ironhide, Starscream, Blackout, Ratchet, Leader Prime, Leader Megatron, all six real gears, Legends Ratchet, Legends Barricade, Legends Bumblebee, Legends Jazz, Voice Changer Helmet, 2 of the Robot Heroes packs for my desk at work, Arcee, Signal Flare, Hardtop, two Robo-Vision Primes, the KB Toys display header graphics, and one of each length of the Wal-Mart shelf-edge graphics. Already had all the deluxes since they were released early.
     
  11. Phorpus, Jun 4, 2007
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    Went to Borders to see if they had the Wild Trees then stopped by Wal Mart, which is usually empty to the point of echoes, and saw it packed to the smallest nooks with everything except Leader Prime.

    I didn't have much cash on me so I just bought Jazz, who is awesome except for the lack of waist and forearm solidity, and I'm planning to head to my ToysRUs tomorrow, which is usually more well supplied.

    But it's nice that the Transformers toys finally get to have their day after years of being understocked and underdistributed.
     
  12. SharkyMcShark, Jun 4, 2007
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    Went to nearest Toys R Us. Passed on Jazz and Wreckage because theyre in the mail from BBTS. Bought Brawl even though he's on the way too. Also bought Barricade and Blackout. Unfortunately no 'wave 2' stuff out here, so no Swindle, Boncrusher love, or SS and Ironhide.
     
  13. Liege Prime, Jun 4, 2007
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    I can't agree more- I feel bad for the few unfortunate people who came up empty handed, but finally places that I never see stock anything had tons of great stuff. I bought a lot, but not everything. I will probably slowly buy more after my initial haul.
     
  14. jdre_124, Jun 4, 2007
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    I got up at 7:30 morning(mind you I stayed up until 3 the night before and im 15 so thats huge for me) and I get my mom up. We drive over to Toys R Us. Turns out the place isnt open until 10. We head over to Target and all they have left of the mainline is Blackout. I didnt pick him up after hearing a couple of bad things with his automorphing and I didnt really want him anyway.

    Next we head over to Walmart. I turn into the toy aisle. BOOM. A massive wall of Movie figures looking me dead in the eye. I head into a frenzy. Throwing Jazz, Barricade, and Bonecrusher in the cart and hurling Ironhide and SS in there too. Sadly now I kinda regret not picking up Blackout. Thought I was already short on cash because I also bought a 360 that day.
     
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