Florida Transformers Sightings

Last night (Friday) at about 11:30 the CLW Walmart had 15 MP Skywarps boxed up. 3 per case - 5 cases. I didnt expect to see this figure last night, and I wasnt prepared to buy him. I went back this afternoon around 5:30 ish and they were all gone. All of them. I'm thinking some kind of scalping action. I ended up going to the Oldsmar super Walmart where they had 2. Now they have one. I talked with a familiar toy-section employee that I see on the regular, and he told me that he and another guy opened 8 boxes of Skywarp. 24 in total. They had 2 left when I got there around 6pm. Wow. I never saw MP Starscream at retail, and I now know why. I hope whoever wants one is able to get one w/out having to pay scalped up prices. Scalpers are douchebags.

MP Skywarp in Jax area. Got mine from Monument. 1 left. .Someone was there the same time as me and bought 6. I got 1 and hid the last one. PM me and I can tell you where he is hiden

Man, all the scalpers really bum me out. I went out this morning to the Crawfordville Walmart looking for MP Skywarp and found nothing. The bright side to this is I don't think they have been put out yet (no empty shelves marked for Skywarp or pallets), so I will keep looking. Has anyone found one in Tallahassee?

Just in case anyone wants to know, there are no RotF leaders left on the shelf, no human alliance, plenty of voyagers, very few deluxes (mainly Jolt), and some newish scouts. There is an animated Megatron marked with a red clearance sticker...but is still retail price.

Went to the Big Top flea market yesterday off of Fowler Ave. in Tampa. No TFs there, except one guy selling reissue Perceptor for $50.

But, there were a couple of guys selling Guitar Hero and Rock Band stuff- they took up a hug area in one of the buildings, and had piles and piles of crushed Rock Band/ Guitar hero boxes stacked up. Microphones were $5, drum sets, $10, and don't know about guitars. PS2/3, Wii, and X-Box stuff were all present. The mic I bought works, so I may go back for a drum set next week. Seriously, if you're looking for any of that stuff, you may want to check them out.

Damn, that's some serious scalping. I would've accosted the guy about that.

Found MP Skywarp at the Boynton Beach Super Wal-Mart late last night/early this morning (~1 AM). There were 5 boxes on the pallet and no room on the shelves anywhere. Got someone to open one of the boxes for me. He checked the markings on the box thoroughly before opening it (which makes me believe that one in the news/rumors section about the other street-dated figs is true).

I only took one and left, which unfortunately left that poor stock person trying to figure out where to put the other two from the box (there was apparently labeling on the box saying what aisle it should go in, but like I said, no space).

Originally Posted by fosterlager Omnus, thank you. You've just blinded me with science.

went back to Auburndale walmart today and got another MP Skywarp to keep MISB. There were about eleven more left when i left

I'll probably be heading out Auburndale way tomorrow, unless I can get one closer. Thanks, MadMex.

No sign of MPSW at Alafaya & 50 WM or Casselberry WM yet.

I did notice ROTF Devs was marked down to $60, but I think $25 will be the magic number for me.

Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues. ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved. seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection? ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH?

MPSW acquired at Casselberry Walmart this afternoon. VERY helpful young woman working in toys looked up the number for me and pulled one from the back. There were none out on display, and as of this writing, they should still have all the rest (like 20, I believe).

Originally Posted by Yet another WTH moment with a fellow collector seth: Man, I can't believe you buy reissues. ams: Well, I also have the G1 originals, and since the reissues are made by Takara, they're official... and sometimes significantly improved. seth: Don't you feel like it takes away from the authenticity of your collection? ams: Dude, you own three different unlicensed City Commander toys and a half dozen fake third-party Prime trailers. WTH?

yeah not much at big top. There is 1 guy (if i remember right, he is aisle "E". he mainly sells Yugi-Oh stuff, but he has a glass case towards the back with a couple TFs in it. i know he had a G1 Thundercracker and Screamer there a couple weeks ago.

He's a cool dude, but there are always droves of kids just sitting in there watching anime or takin up all the space.