Toys R Us Exclusive Masterpiece Thundercracker Sighted in Kansas

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by TheGame2K5, Aug 15, 2012.

  1. Blitz.

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    just need to watch out for that VAT sting still £20ish on top of around £45ish is still a good deal.
     
  2. jtscribe

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    Yeesh.
     
  3. Autovolt 127

    Autovolt 127 Get In The Titan, Prime!

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    SOON.
     
  4. HnH

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    how soon...........
     
  5. Cal

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    Been a while since I heard about this. Have there been any pictures of TC yet? Do we even know which mold it is?
     
  6. Avengers

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    Hopefully TRU.com has these MP TF toys on their site. Because TRU stores do a horrible job in teaching their employees to not be scalpers. Most TRU employees & managers hide stuff in the back stock room. they wait till pay day,then sell the stuff on ebay.

    I kinda wish this was a Walmart or Target store exclusive. because these stores always have clearance sales.
     
  7. Deceptigtar

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    from what i remember a tru employee told me is that green sticker over the price tag with that date, 8/13, means that when it was set there was no stock to fill yet. sometime you will then find a new sticker over it or a new one with a new date meaning that since a new replenish there has been no product to place.

    or something along those lines.
     
  8. Lbsammills51

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    Ha, go figure. Hopefully he's easier to find than MP Rodimus or Grimlock around here.
     
  9. TacomaPrime

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    What TRU in IL was this at?
     
  10. Tirade

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    I am gonna try not to take offense to this. I am a TRU employee and have NEVER done this. Heck, I have never even heard of this happening in my neck of the woods. Most employees don't even know enough to even think of profitting from exclusives. TRU just has too many that end up rotting on the shelf as it is. Besides, it is explicitly stated in the rules that TRU employees are to NOT do this.

    As for the shelf tag, a label was probably printed to usher in the new release. The question for me is the green sticker. That means an order was placed for the item or needs to be. That shelf label isn't there to just take up space. Retail space is at a premium. The only reserved space is for "*******" highlighted tags.
     
  11. LamboTwinLove

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    Can't wait to hear that TC is on their website. It's easier for me to go the online route then go to TRU in my area because I'm usually disappointed when I get there lol.
     
  12. Grimmjow

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    Checked, but nothing yet...hopefully it will be soon.
     
  13. barrelks

    barrelks Captain Funtastic

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    Had the TRU near me run the stock number, and there are none of them on order yet (or anywhere down the west coast for that matter).
     
  14. Shockwave9227

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    Surprise surprise.
     
  15. Raiju

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    Interesting. Will have to stalk my local TRU though they usually have crap for TF selection. Plenty of PlaySkool and baby stuff though.
     
  16. OMEGAPRIME1983

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    So the tag for tcracker is up, but nothing on prime at yall yet... Odd
     
  17. Grimmjow

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    Shouldn't the guy who posted this get a news credit?
     
  18. Cyber-Scream

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    And... I'm broke right now. Looks like I'll have to pass on this guy for the time being.
     
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    The tag doesn't really mean it will be in stock soon. MP TC is just part of the planogram for the current reset at TRU. TRU stores usually do not get shelf labels for new items until that item is actually in stock except for times like this when the new product is on a planogram.
     
  20. 03Mach1

    03Mach1 Logic has been replaced with blind ignorance.

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    I posted in the original MP Thundercracker thread almost 3 weeks ago that the local TRU showed 260 Thundercrackers on order to the DC (Georgia, I believe) and 0 Primes. I checkd again last week and the number had jumped to over 900 on order. Still 0 for Prime. It would not surprise me in the least to see Thundercracker before Prime.