Question ref PotP Dinobots

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by Carnage73, Mar 9, 2018.

  1. JazzIsBack

    JazzIsBack Well-Known Member

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    See now I'm normally ok with that, heck I'd prefer to go to the store and buy the old fashioned way. But everytime I go to WalMart I'm lucky to find something not one step or one them dumbed down figures. Maybe this is a good sign they'll actually get the shelves stocked.
     
  2. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    It's entirely possible that the online retailers get a partial shipment to fulfill some of their preorders which has happened in the past, but the trend for a while has been that brick and mortar retailers get higher priority in the pecking order.
     
  3. Carnage73

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    There's a small chain in southern New England called The Toy Vault. They had Slog/Slag, Strafe/Swoop and Slash a couple of weeks ago (I picked up Slog/Slag for $16.99 pre-tax) on the pegs. I can't remember if they had Grimlock; however, if they did, it was probably double retail because when I tell you the price that I paid for TR Soundwave, you'll say I way overpaid for it.
     
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  4. Electro Rush

    Electro Rush Just a guy waiting for the perfect Whirl

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    Aaaaaaand 24 hours after posting this my preorder comes in at BBTS.
     
  5. kaotic504

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    if a store gets certain wave 2 figures like Hun-Garr and Rippersnapper, does that mean they get Snarl and Sludge too? i see Rippersnapper a lot, but i never see Snarl and Sludge around here. picked up another Hun-Garr yesterday at Walmart. there were also 2 Elita-1's
     
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    Hun-Gurrr is a different size class than Rippersnapper/Snarl/Sludge. Just look at the packaging and you should be able to tell by whether it is in a box or on a card (and the size of the packaging) what size class it is. Stores don't necessarily get items from different sizes on the same day. But Hun-Gurrr and Elita are considered the same size and ship in the same wave, so if a store has one on the shelf they probably had the other. Other sizes are the same, Rippersnapper is in the same assortment as Blackwing, Sludge, Snarl, and Moonracer, so if one of those is on the peg the others were there at some point. Unless you are dealing with stores with less shelf space, like Walgreens (who tend to split a case among several of their locations in an area). The listings of what figures are in a particular size and wave/assortment can usually be found online, just google the toyline's name along with the character's name.

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  7. Wheeljackie

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    Bits I saw just got them in. I got mine from toydojo but I'm sure they will be in supply at retail stores soon.
     
  8. WarInTheFloor

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    I see a few people luck up and find them there buy our pegs have been empty, completely empty of all 5 size classes, the only empty pegs in the whole store for 5 or 6 stores I frequent since NOVEMBER.
     
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    WarInTheFloor Well-Known Member

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    ill end up with two, picked up extra Swoop and Slug to complete Volcanicus since my stores wont stock wave 2... ordered wave two last night, picked up an extra Grimlock cause he needs to also be on my Autobot leaders shelf... So soon ill be just tnarl and sludge short of having two complete sets, will get5 them if I see them just to leave one set combined and one separated.
     
  11. Carnage73

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    So I am 0 for 3 visiting Walmarts and 0 for 1 visiting Targets in my search for Snarl and Sludge. Anyone got any ideas what I am doing wrong?
     
  12. Jtprime17

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    Nothing you just have unlucky distribution or you just missed them and need to wait for a restock.
     
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    You'll have to wait until the stores reach full saturation. The stores around me just started getting Wave 2 Deluxes. The Voyagers have been in stock for the last month on and off.
     
  14. Aldo

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    Yeah. I got really lucky when I visited my Walmart and a case they just opened had one of each of the Wave 2 deluxes. I also got lucky with a Hun-grr when I visited a random Target I don’t normally go too.

    Some stores still haven’t fully saturated and I haven’t seen any Prime masters around my area either.

    When is Wave 3 supposed to be “officially” released? I want to make a rough guess to when they will start popping up in Walmart and targets again.
     
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    I have the whole Team (Swoop, Slag, Sludge and Snarl where picked up at my neighborhood Collectible Store up the street, Grimlock I got at NJCC/ SJCC, and Slash from a Walmart)........They showed up where I work, but Deluxe Wave 2 Sold Out within a week , and Grimlock was bought when we first got Voyager Wave 1 (just saying........again, I have the whole team )
     
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    Actually, I've started finding a bunch of them at Target. It's where I got my second Sludge. :) 
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    Yeah...Target is likely your best bet at the moment...wave 2 deluxes are popping up at a lot of them around me.

    I've only seen the wave 2 voyagers once, though.
     
  18. Carnage73

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    What day is truck day at Target?
     
  19. Aldo

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    You have to ask a store associate. Each store has a different schedule.
     
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    Made a quick run into the Target in Seekonk, MA earlier today. They had 1 Swoop & 1 Slug/Slag.