Masterpiece Optimus Prime Sighted at U.S. Retail

Coolness.
Hopefully we'll have similar luck.

I still haven't seen a Thundercracker.

Pics?

pics or BAN!

LMAO

what a way to psych people up....lets see if it holds though without pics...dont these usually show up in the west coast

Also found in Canada, I went downstairs this morning and noticed my MP-10 was still there.

I will post a pic when I get home. I am not great on this iPhone thing yet.

You people act like you haven't seen pics of him before... If I ever found something new, I sure wouldn't post pics of the receipt. If you don't believe me, it's your problem, not mine. I would still have the figure.

There's only one TRU in Springfield, Mo. Someone should call them and ask if they have it in stock.

well, if this is true hopefully they'll get online stock in soon too and start sending out orders before 10/15

Well, the reason we ask is that ANY yahoo can come in here and make a claim and send people on a wild goose chase. ESPECIALLY when someone says he's been sighted stateside 15 days before the TRU ship date.

Don't items usually appear in store long before they appear on the site?

No, they usually appear in store first.

Uh. I am not any yahoo, and I am working on the pic thing. Try to have a little faith, I have been a member since 2003!

Could you type in the UPC codes or SKU number from the bottom of the box?

Can someone please tell me how to add pics this thing!!!

And so it begins....

If you want to see the pictures that I took, will someone please help me to add them.

Seriously, when was the last time someone reported a fake sighting?

Yeah, but I wouldn't. I didn't even have to. I did it because I was excited and I thought others might be, but all I get is grief.

still waiting for someone to tell me how to add pictures to the message board......

This is exciting!

Gee, is that a picture in your post. I wish I COULD DO THAT! I have a receipt pic!

when you hit reply and down below the text box is an option "manage attachments"

If you aren't linking the image to a website you need "Go Advanced" when you post. Then choose to "Add Attachment" (the paper clip icon). Then select the image file to upload it. I'm not sure how well it works on IOS, but that is what you would do from a computer

Sloppy but done. Pics added to original post! Thanks for thez elp. It was a lot better than people accusing me of making the whole thing up like a crazy person

Here is a video that tells you how to do it!
Posting Images - YouTube

TRU probably already has their stock. It's very likely that Hasbro told them not to put the figure on shelves until a certain date and this TRU just didn't comply with that request.

I was at a local TRU a couple weeks back and they were restocking their shelves. I happened to notice a box of Hobbit figures that was lying on the floor that said not to be put out until sometime in October. Most stores get their stock well before the street date.

And you got the GDO's??? Wow you hit the jackpot on that visit

Perhaps NOW a news credit in in order!

I think that is quite likely. Great find!

Nice work signals3! Just out of curiosity, how many did they have?

i think i just let one loose in my pants....ill be back....

I got mine out of the box. They were stocking when I went in. There are 2 to a case. I did the whole lay away thing because this is a Christmas present for myself, plus I bought 4 deluxes yesterday, and I am tapped out of toy money for a while. I can wait.

Congrats! Now I need to check my TRU daily... I don't think I've really WANTED a TF this bad in a while.

I think most people would say the same thing, which worries me (but I do have one on preorder through TRU.com). I just don't see MP Prime sitting around as much as Thundercracker.

I had a feeling yesterday that today I was gonna find something. I was just looking for the Asia-Bots, since I found Swerve on Wednesday, I knew TRU got a truck on Friday, but I wasnt' expecting this, and I was freaking out.....calmly. I am glad that they kept the long stacks!!! I am just glad I found the dumb thing and got it over with, now I don't have to keep going in there all the time and seeing an empty shelf. Although the Voyager Asia-Bots should be next.......hmmm.

I'm hoping next week in ca

I'm hanging onto hope that being Prime and all, they made a butt-ton of him. Fingers crossed.

AWESOME dude!!!....Release the hounds!!!....lol...

Im on a mission now....

Here is his SKU# in case it's hard to see. 653569776314.

BIZARRE!

Ok so I called my Toys R Us in Exton PA - gave them the sku # to look up and see when they expected any. The guy on the phone was the manager - he said they HAD two of them LAST WEEK and they sold immediately. I never saw them on a shelf.

So it might not just be Missouri - apparently, according to this manager at TRU - he had two here in PA last week. Whoever got them must not be on TFW or didn't care to report it if they are. Call your local Toys R Us - you might get a surprise like I did.

just called mine...nadda.

Oh wow - this is crazy.

Most TRU's probably won't sell the figures for awhile since Hasbro probably told them to wait until October to put them on shelves. They don't have to do what Hasbro asks, but a majority of stores do.

Blue roller, hooray!

My TRU just got the GDOs in, so hopefully they'll get this in as well.

South Cal always be the last place to see new toys. sigh....

Can you get me an Armada Cyclonus when your TRU gets one.