toys where you only seen once in a store

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by transfan681, Mar 8, 2012.

  1. TrueNomadSkies

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    I might've passed by this guy twice, but it was the same one that randomly showed up in my Wal-Mart at $50, and then sold shortly after.

    Well, the only time I saw him was when I was really excited about Specialist Ratchet & Cyberfire Bee, AND was already spending a bunch on other stuff, so he was simply overlooked. I'll pick him up if I ever find him on sale, but yeah. The kids must have liked him too. :) 
     
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    ROTF Skystalker. I didn't get him at the time then never saw him again! I was lucky enough to get him from a kind soul on these very forums eventually but damn was I kicking myself, he's now one of my favorite figures!
     
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    JackHammer Me, no, I would never

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    Classics Ramjet and Classics Mirage. Thank god I managed to get them the first time I saw 'em.
     
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    Spot a new MISB Fortress Maximus back in '97 for $400- at an old antique toy shop! Yeah I shot my self in the leg for not getting it or putting it on layaway. $400- was a lot when you're 19yrs old
     
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    There was an actual store called Grace Brothers? *lol* That was the name of the store in Are You Being Served?

    Universe Legends Rodimus, It was the only one from that wave I ever saw and I passed figuring I'd get the whole wave all at once

    Alternators Swerve, Decepticharge, and teh Walmart Exclusives Ravage and Rumble

    Cyberverse Shockwave and the Ratchet lunar rover

    Alot of the Heroes of Cybertron pvcs

    The first TRU reissue Optimus Prime
     
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    MP Grimlock, bought him and never saw it again. PCC Spast...I mean Over Run, saw about five on black Friday, and that was it ever. Classics Ironhide, I left it on the peg one night at a Target, and never saw it again. RotF leader Jetfire, saw him and bought on sight. It may have been the only one in town because I never saw him a gain anywhere...

    Need to add classics ramjet, Grimlock, Jetfire, and mirage too...

    OK last addition, RID Scourge. Saw one at a TRU and had it at the register, only to put it back because it rang up more than what the price tag said...
     
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    Oh, and Classics Astrotrain, who I also bought on my first and only sight.
     
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    UTF Manifestation of /toy/

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    Classics Inferno. Also, funny story about that. Goes a little something like this:

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    HA Mudflap. I saw one in a Walmart back when they first came out. Didn't get him. A month later I got HA Skids and wanted Mudflap and I had to have a Canadian member help me out...
     
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    BEST RAGE COMIC EVER! Thanks for that! lol
     
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    Lol

    Welcome to my life.
     
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    Ruination04 8 Years Old Since 1984!

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    Bumblebee....seriously. Back in the 80s I once found G1 Bumblebee and begged my mom to get him but she said no. I never saw him again.
     
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    FE prime arcee. Just got back in the game not realizing their worth and passed her up since I was looking for an FE prime bumblebee.
     
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    Kaymac I'M REALLY FEELIN' IT!

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    Universe Cyclonus, Universe Octane.
     
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    Autobot Burnout ...and I'll whisper "No."

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    Universe 2.0 Inferno. Box was beat to hell and all signs pointed to it being a return (the figure flopping all over the place inside and scotch tape barely holding the box together being a big clue), but upon purchase and later opening, the thing was damn near mint, the only problem being a popped off part and a slight paint app error on the face. To this day I don't know what events conspired to have somebody return this awesome figure to that Target so I could get it, but frankly I don't care.

    ROTF Bludgeon - oddly, I saw a whole slew of them on a Target endcap, and I got mine. Never saw the figure at retail again, even when I went back a week later.

    HFTD Highbrow - got the only one I ever saw. Six months after his wave was supposed to have hit, too.

    Prime Soundwave - I'm sure in time this will no longer apply, but I managed to find one lone SW at a K-Mart.

    DOTM Specialist Ratchet - only ever saw one of these, but this is a bit of an oddity because I've seen this exact same toy multiple times. He was burried under Cyberfire Bumblebees for god knows how long at a local K-Mart (same place I got the Soundwave), and I finally got around to getting him today. No regrets.
     
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    BlueAngel_Bolt I'M REALLY FEELING IT

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    ROTF Red Rampage and Evac. Bought them both at a Kmart around the time Generations launched, never seen hide nor hair of them since.
     
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    samurai prowl and 25th anniversary optimus
     
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    RID Mega Octane back in... 2001?

    Just the once in a speciality shop, bought it and never EVER saw another one again.