The grand new Transformers Prime line keeps on rolling out with new releases! Less than a month after wave 1 hit the US, wave 2 – which adds Autobot Ratchet and Arcee into the mix – have arrived on US pegs as well. They have previously been available online at Hasbro Toy Shop, but now they are turning up in good old fashioned brick and mortar retail! 2005 Boards member SALI spotted this dynamic Autobot duo in a Target in California.
Don’t forget you can also catch the next new episode of Transformers Prime, Orion Pax Part 2, this weekend at 8:30 ET / 5:30 PT on The Hub.
solarstorm
I saw them at Clifton Park, NY on Saturday night. That morning, I sent the money to an Allspark member who found a Ratchet for me.
That's just the way things go. You always find it when you stop hunting.
Robogeek28
seekerblackout
Well, I sure posted at a bad time.
Robogeek28
Yep I found them today at Wal-mart as well.
Not the guy
Funny you should mention that. I just came back from Walmart and saw both Ratchet and Arcee in stock. Didn't pick em up because I'm going after the cyberverse stuff but yeah.
seekerblackout
I'm surprised these aren't at Walmart or TRU yet. My Target is pretty far away, so I'm waiting for them to get to Walmart.
jazzgirl84
My son was at a Taraget last week with my sister and bought me Arcee………but there was no Ratchet!!! I really want him!
So now I've got Arcee, Cliffy, and Jackie!!! Got to find another Soundwave, didn't have enough when I got the other two! Guess I've got some driving to do~!
Exodus
That's what I did this past weekend! Behind a BB and yes no Arcee…
Thundershot
And there was much rejoicing. Knockout shouldn't be hard to find.
I'm only getting the show characters, but I'm worried that some like Hot Shot or Kup will appear on the show LATER after the toys are off the shelves, and people have to scramble to get them…
Of course, if TT puts a toy out, chances are they'll be in the show.
seekerblackout
Knockout and Hot Shot are 2 to a case in Wave 3.
Thundershot
I was at Target on Sunday and saw the full pegs of bees with a couple Cliffs and Jacks. I was about to walk away until I saw on the base shelf a lone Ratchet sitting there on some other toys. I snatched him up and frantically searched for Arcee, to no avail. But I have Ratchet!! And he's pretty cool! I was very glad to see his blades can store under his vehicle mode.
xion14
Every character after the first wave it short packed 1x per case, except for Bumblebee. At least in the case assortments i've checked. I wonder how future cases will turn out.
[Wing_Saber-X]
^short-packed?!
Nooooo!
Kylehudson14
AH W? Thats sucks, The Vehicon should at least have 2 spots! I only plan on getting 2, but still shouldn't be short-packed
Enigma2K2
Thankfully I didn't have to do that. Wal-mart actually had some. I got the last two in stock, Bumblebee and Wheeljack for $13 a piece. I can live with that.
Robogeek28
Exactly.
Grimlockimus
The Vehicon is going to be a paaaaain, in wave 3.
He's the coolest looking army builder and is currently 1 to a case. Most stores will be getting 1 case for now. 1 Vehicon per store.
And my goal is to have 5 of them for my display………
DAMN YOU BUMBLEBEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Well, not his fault really, just Hasbro's for jamming Bumblebee down our throats. Hey, hey Hasbro? Remember DOTM? Remember how many Bumblebee's you didn't sell? Yeeeeah, we like Bumblebee, but we aren't hording them.
seekerblackout
At least he's shortpacked, but without him there could have been an extra Vehicon slot. Grrrrrrrrrrr.
Robogeek28
Bumblebee is in wave 3, that's part of the problem.
TrueNomadSkies
Errr, you're right, and I guess it's not all that different from stuff I've done for people & what others have done for me. I've just always preferred to buy or sell things straight up because in my mind anyway, the shipping costs are just part of getting something you want. When you trade, even if both ends are equal in value, each person is getting less than what they paid for in a sense (which becomes painfully relevant for large things), which is why I said that both sides can come out getting screwed. Along with that, sending at the same time is always risky (even if both people are trusted 100%, one of them can always get lost in the mail after the other's already been sent, which is why I'm surprised the site even allows people to do this), and taking the safe road of having the person with less refs send afterward takes longer than most people will want.
I guess it's the case either way haha, but yeah.