Pipes and Slammer were at the Dayton Mall Target at 6:00pm last night.

 

Nothing new at Beechmont Ave Target (Transformers-wise).

They did put out what looks like a brand new case of Star Wars Black Series but I don't collect them so I don't now if they are new or not. I think it might have been wave 40? I know the Zero guy was there for sure.

They also had a bunch of He-Man Classics - Stratos, the Sorceress, Jitsu, Buzz-Off etc. Again, not sure if they are new or not.

 

I'm gonna post this here since I'm sure I'm not the only one. As eager as I am for Blaster, I have to remind myself that he is a Kingdom release but was originally made for and is in Legacy wave 1. So give it a few months and we will be SICK of seeing Blaster in stores. So I'm 100% not going to go nuts trying to find the Kingdom release.

Also, seems like most Walmarts are getting Soundwave so that's actually a pretty good surprise. Can't imagine it'll be too long before we see Brawn, Wheeljack, Ratchet, and SS86 Perceptor. That's a heck of a new wave of deluxes.

 

I keep telling myself that. As hype as I am for him, he DOES have a release date of 01/01 so me not seeing him is not indicative of availability or shipping as much as FOMO.

But gosh darn, I'm just so sick of Titans Return Blaster being so ugly and taking up all that shelf space.

 

While yes, Blaster cases are being seen in stores, it's obvious once January rolls around retailers will start getting him in moreso, but I totally understand. I never got that Blaster but man does it not look in scale or good at all from what I've seen.

 

It ain't. He's the size of Combiner Wars Ultra Magnus and just boxy as all hell. Not a great figure at the time, and even less so now even before Kingdom Blaster was revealed. He just did not stand up to the test of time and aesthetic differences that came around just after he did.

 

I must have missed the BATs and Alley Vipers at Colerain Target, found only a Gung Ho again.

The do have a masterpiece BB Movie Prime if anyone still needs him.

 

Hit up Beavercreek And Huber Heights Target.

Nothing new TF wise. Both had a BB Origins Bumblebee restock.

 

Found Blaster and Tigatron at Cin-Day Walmart just now. Blaster did not want to ring up properly (unknown item) so the cashier messed around on the scanner a bit to make it so I could finally leave the store with him. Nothing else of note there, sorry.

 

Were there more of him?

 

Nope, sorry, it was just the one Tigatron and one Blaster. But this may mean that local Walmarts may be getting these guys in now. Maybe check both Hamilton Walmarts this week. Main Street and Bridgewater Falls Walmarts.

 

Do you know if he has his own dpci? Or is he just have the same number as the general voyagers?

 

That I don't know, sorry.

 

DPCI is just target. He's under the Walmart kingdom voyager sku, but likely the UPC itself hasn't been input into Walmarts system. So that's the issue

 

I'm aware the DPCI is Target only. I worked there.

The problem is that the only DPCIs I have found have not been exclusive to him as an individual figure, but for the Voyager class in general. I'm just trying to figure if anyone else has more intel than I do.

 

Mason WM/VOA Target was stuffed with Rhinox/Tigatron, Eastgate WM/Milford Target had nothing

 

You're good, I was just saying that because he said Walmart and you mentioned DPCI so I wasn't sure. Seems blaster is the same across the board for kingdom voyager sku/DPCI's.

 

He is indeed under the assortment DPCI.

 

Nothing at Bridgewater Target or Oxford Walmart.

 

Thanks . I hate making that drive to Oxford for nothing