Rejoice, Transformers Animated fans! The first of the “will they be released or won’t they” toys from the tail end of the Animated line has been sighted at retail! Animated Activators Fireblast Grimlock has been found in a Stop&Shop in Hope Valley, RI.
Update – 2005 Boards member clubninja has now sighted Animated Activators Soundwave, the other new toy in this wave, at a Stop&Shop in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Happy hunting everyone!
wikkiddavis
Awesome! The more major stores getting them increases my chance of gettin these.
Lody666
2-3 Wally Worlds
wikkiddavis
what store did you see soundwave and fire grim in?
Lody666
Saw a bunch of these this weekend. Saw Cliffjumper and Dirge too. Does that mean we will see the animated Hot Rod and Arcee too?
wikkiddavis
im glad these are coming out to the Major Stores. I thought this was goona be another Find a needle in the hay stack kinda search and I love animated and I would be pissed if i couldnt get that soundwave.
Miss Frost
Oh goody! I've been waiting for this Grimlock!
DinobotNny
I got Fireblast Grimlock at Walmart. They had a few Soundwaves there too. I only got the Grimlock since I'm not that big into the activators, but for this one I made an exception.
Scantron
I don't collect the Activators subline, but it is good to hear that more Animated stuff is starting to come out at the major chains.
Kenucme
I picked these up at my local Target today:
Keep a watch out for these, because it looks like they will be more generally released in coming days.
Bgrngod
Not sure if any West Coast sightings have happened in this thread yet, but I did find them at a Fred Meyer in Beaverton Oregon today. That's a Kroger brand store for those of you that have never been to the Pacific NW.
Lazeric
Grabbed the lone Soundwave at the Pawtucket Stop & Shop this morning. No Grimlock in sight.
rbailen
I picked Fireblast Grimlock up today. He's all over the Giant supermarkets here in Maryland. The $10 price point and yellow hands were the only strikes. Otherwise he's a smoking repaint. Now to custom a fireblast sword for him!! No sighting of Activator Soundwave yet. I only ever saw Activator Cliffjumper in one spot- a Walmart- so I hope Soundwave isn't as tough of a hunt.
Mirage232
Stop & Shop? Really? Lol, I have one right where I live, and it is one of the last places I would have started to look for new Animated figures, (though then again, they did carry the first Transformers movie line for a while). Guess I'll be making a trip down there tomorrow.
MekaGojira3k
I want that Grimlock
netkid
Because I'm not that big into the Animated toys but I LOVE the show.
And I love the look of Wingblade Optimus. So if he comes out, I will buy him and the voyager Prime to place the Wingblade's armor onto.
Digilaut
Why not? He's awesome in his own right…
netkid
Yeah! I'm still waiting to pull the trigger and buy a Voyager Optimus at my local ToysRus.
If we don't get Wingblade then I wont even bother with buying the voyager Prime.
ladywreck
I saw a TFA Grimlock at my local grocery store Friday evening…
And I saw a TFA Shockwave at my local Target just this last week sometime.
A few months ago my husband picked up a TFA Bulkhead for my son at said grocery store. They've been stocking them at grocery stores for a while. Any place is game…
JacobPGalvatron
Forget the activators!
Where's mah Wingblade Optimus!?
frilly toothpick
i want that soundwave.