Gotta say I noticed my Sideswipe has a loose knee, that makes it tough to pose. I may take it back. I’m all in on Siege, but I still not sure I will collect Studio series...it bugs me that I hate the media for it so bad(outside of the Bumblebee movie).

 

You know what though after seeing all the Michael Bay movies the one figure I truly like is the leader class Grimlock its very show accurate, and quality on him is really good I would love to get one of the upgrade kits for him since he just looks menacing

 

Impactor at the Maryville Target today. I was trying to remember, when does the Walgreens' exclusive usually hit the shelves?

 

If you go back through this thread below - there's a person that works as a manager at a Walgreens and he mentioned that the earliest it would be in a warehouse was the 11th. However, it appears Ratchet is part of the general sea of Siege toys they are getting so it's going to be tough for him to figure it out. Best guess is towards the end of the month it sounds like?

The Walgreens New/Restocked/Shipped/Preorder Items Thread

 

Ordered Smokescreen on Saturday last weekend and it showed up unexpectedly this afternoon. No shipping notice or anything. Pleasure to finally have it. But damn.... that face sculpt!! WOOF

 

Grabbed the Hightower SS wave finally, though it took both Northshore and Downtown West to get all 3. Also nabbed a Thundercracker at Northshore Target. Didn't see anything else of interest there or at Walker Springs Walmart.

 

Checked Turkey Creek this morning, found one off road set at Target...still no mirage or barricade

 

Get some Pledge Floor Care-Finish (formerly called Future) dip a tooth pick and for a ball joint-apply a layer to the ball, pinned-put a drop on the metal, it'll wick in, mushroom peg-drop on shroom head, friction joint-drop in the crease, wicks in. Work the joint around, let dry work again, and reapply if necessary.

If you were already aware, cool...but I just about have to do this on at least one joint, or weapons peg, per figure now a days...On some of the studio series i've also had to boil water and heat/boil joints at 20-30 sec intervals to loosen joints and relieve stress marks so they are less likely to crack (jetfire's waist)

Sidenote-Future also seems to work well to polish car headlights after wet sanding to remove yellowing.

 

Thanks for the help, I knew about the hot water trick, but not about the rest. So you have that many figure that need treatment? Wow, I guess I am just really lucky with ones I get, or I just take them back, but I only ever had to do that once(Titans Return Perceptor with a wickedly loose knee).

I was lucky enough to find a Seige Barricade today at Target in Cleveland. They had Two, but 1 went with me. No Mirage or Impactor, sadly.

 

I probably dont "have to" on that many. But if a joint feels a little looser than others, I'll put a drop on it. Just did it on Silverstreak. Left Hip joint held fine, but was looser than right so I gave it a little.

I use it liberally now....big ol bottle that barely get used.

 

My bottle is so old it still says Future on it...Lol...had it at least 12 years...

 

Yeah, a big bottle will last a long time. I bought mine at a Kmart years ago too.  

 

Toyhax has tempted me again with stickers for Omega. They had a 1 penny deal (2 weekends ago) for their first set of Omega " Countdown Base" stickers. Nice Fan mode and nice stickers. I'm hooked and on the line for the full set now. Got this set on today.

 

It’s nice to see people with an appreciation for stickers. Lots of the kids these days never got to experience the joy of stickering up their new TFs like we did in the G1 days. I got their TR Trypticon set a while back and am really impressed by it.

 

Gallatin Kroger Marketplace has the new Cyberverse Tiny Turbo blind bags... quite a few Soundwaves, no more Blackarachnias.

 

Found Siege Mirage at Cleveland Target, there were 2 of them, but one went with me. Hid the other one on the bottom shelf behind the Big plastic Spider-Man figures. Still no Impactor or Thundercracker. Bought the rain makers set as well since they had the buy $100 get 25% off deal at Target. Good day 

 

Forgot to post earlier. Target in Franklin had one Impactor (bought the other) and several mirages and barricades left. Nothing really of note at Walmart and Target in Cool Springs.

 

Found Barricade and Mirage at the Powell Target. 1 Impactor remains.

 

Agreed. I've been buying Toyhax stickers for a while now. I never considered the nostalgia aspect of them, but it does remind me of being a kid with my G1s.  

 

Maryville Walmart put out a case of the new deluxe Seige figures this morning. There is at least two of each figure as of right now.