Earthrise Bluestreak Found At US Retail

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by NotoriousBSG82, Oct 10, 2020.

  1. Morty Prime

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    Thank you so much for sharing this!! I was able to order 2 as of 2:30pm CT.

    Also, note that the web listing now says that it's NOT sold in stores...
     
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  3. IronSites

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    I decided to hit up the four Walgreens nearby today and lucked out with 4 at my first try! Only bought one of course but I'm sure happy the hunt didn't take much effort. I rescind my negative comments about Walgreens exclusives from the beginning of the thread. I guess they only suck from Funko after all!
     
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    Yea, the Hasbro exclusives at Walgreens are usually pretty plentiful, at least for awhile
     
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    Mine has closed knees and it works fine. Don't let the whole knee thing freak you out - it's not a deal-breaking issue.

    Overall, the figure is fine. The only imperfections are:

    1. Some scuffing on the hood.
    2. Some stress marks on the peg for putting the feet together. This is not knee related - it was like that when I opened him. Will probably eventually break with repetitive transformations but he'll probably only see a few transformations in his overall life span so it's fine. Even if it does, I doubt it'll really cause any issues as there are other things holding the back of the car together.

    In other words, typical Generations QC.
     
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    wheeljack01 Happiness is a warm gun

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    Ordered four on the site earlier today and they have already shipped! No more stalking the local store.
     
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    I'm late to the party-Walgreens site and app won't let me add it to my cart :-(
     
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    I just noticed that the stock images on Walgreens' site show Bluestreak with Smokscreen's head, even the on the back of the box.
     
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    Sigh. Out of stock.
    No Blue for you.
     
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    Believe it or not, it turned out the manager of my Walgreens had no idea where to look in the store for the package on Tuesday. Since FedEx delivered the ship-to-store item, he looked in the store's FedEx locker. Another manager on tonight's visit told him that those orders aren't kept there, but behind the counter, where he found my package. Which was actually delivered on Monday, but FedEx's site didn't say that and I had to run a trace to even find that out. But, in the end, I have Bluestreak. Glad to hear some more people were able to get him today when Walgreens.com relisted him. At least they haven't pulled the listing down again after sellout, so he should be back at some point soon.
     
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    wow thats alot must be gifts for the holidays
     
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    Yay. Missed it a 2nd time. I hate exclusives
     
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    Would you rather miss an exclusive thats had decent availability so far, or just not get the figure at all?

    Because those are the options.

    Exclusives mean we actually get the figures at all.
     
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    Well, it does suck that a main cast member is a an exclusive. But like "all are dead" said, the alternative is no Bluestreak at all. :/
     
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    I’ve learned to order duplicates when buying sight unseen. Half of them always have poor paint applications, misaligned logos, etc. I only need two good ones, one for me and one for my son. The other two will be traded or sold.
     
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    Selects aren't exclusives though, Amazon and Target both paid Hasbro a chunk of production cost for the coneheads because they were exclusives, if they were Selects than Hasbro would be paying all of the production costs for those figures.
     
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    I see. Thanks for the clarification.
     
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    For those that missed out, won't TakaraTomy release their version? Yeah, the higher price won't be ideal. It should be less the scalper prices, hopefully.