Missouri Transformers Sightings

Discussion in 'Transformers Sightings' started by Terradive, Apr 10, 2003.

  1. Grey Mallion

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    Stopped in about 7:30 last night and snagged that Wreck-Gar! Thanks for the heads up!
     
  2. Fenris447

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    Plenty of Kingdom Tracks, Scorponok, Wingfinger, and Wheeljacks in the wild. Saw all of them at the Gravois Bluffs Walmart and Target. The Walmart also had two Thrusts, while the Target had a couple SS Grimlocks and one Worlds Collide pack.

    EDIT: Arnold Walmart has them all too, at least 2 Wreck-Gars, and one Cyberverse Cheetor (was 2 but I grabbed one)
     
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  3. Wildrider696

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    Awesome! Glad you finally got one!
     
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    Per a Facebook group I follow, Belleville IL Wal-Mart had a Sweep, Wreck-Gar, and the Wave 3 Deluxes as of this morning.
     
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    Wave 3 deluxes are at all the Walmart’s and target in como
     
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    Did you happen to notice if they had any Origin Bumblebees or wave 3 cores?
     
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    No problem. I also went by South Belt Walmart earlier, but unless you're still after wave one Kingdom deluxes that store is a sad and lonely place for Transformers at the moment.
     
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    Man I wish I had t expended the effort! He's an utter dog turd! Worst WFC fig by a long shot.
     
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    Thanks for the post. I haven’t been out there in quite some time, but it’s an easy drive if there is anything else new. Fortunately(?) Amazon delivered my Kingdom Scorponok today, but I did pay a couple of bucks more. Oh well, I’m sure it evened out in gas money.
     
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    It is so impossible to know which figures will be easily found in stores (with the general exception of first waves of new lines) that it's usually best to order online if you can get it at a good price (sometimes even if you can't).

    I still have yet to see Leader Galvatron. Despite liking my Mania King better, i figured I'd pick him up when I saw him, except I haven't.
     
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  11. quantumhawk

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    Bridgeton Walmart is getting studio series deluxes on the 19th. Didn’t see anything new today.
     
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    How did you come to know this? Teach me your ways.
     
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    Yeah, i agree. His legs are a mess and the proportions are off. Major disappointment. On to the next...
     
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  14. quantumhawk

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    Ok, but you won’t like it. You have to find a Walmart employee. But not just any Walmart employee. They have to be:

    1) near the toy aisle (happens a few times a day)
    2) willing to make eye contact (can be forced if you are quick and flexible)
    3) capable of understanding and speaking comprehensible English (might need Google translate)
    4) willing to help a customer (rare)

    and here’s the kicker…

    5) have a PDA and know how to use it to scan a tag and look up useful information


    Finding a candidate who meets all of these conditions, at Walmart in particular, is next to impossible. It’s slightly easier if you can find a manager, team lead or department head. They have more skill and natural ability but they tend to hide in strategic locations to avoid having to help people. Assuming you can find someone like this, you can ask them to scan a shelf tag and let you know if it says when additional cases will come in.

    Good luck! The way is perilous, but the rewards are mediocre.
     
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    I know other threads are talking about this, but it really is crazy wave 4 Kingdom hasn’t even been acknowledged by Hasbro and it’s showing up in stores. I just got Waspinator from CMD (sold out now), they still have Shadow Panther btw.

    - Not sure why anyone would want Shadow Panther considering Kingdom Ravage is coming out, but the more Beast Wars the better IMO.
     
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    The question isn’t why anyone would want both, the question is why Hasbro would want to sell both. And the reasons for that are numerous and pretty easy to guess.
     
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    Cause he's OG Beast Wars just like Skywarp and Grimlock, and he originally beat Ravage to the punch on the black repaint front.
     
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  18. quantumhawk

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    Bridgeton Target had 1x T-Wrecks, 1x Wheeljack and Wingfinger, and I took the 1x Scorponok for a friend.
     
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    Do Galvatrons just not exist anymore? The wave distributions have been terrible this year in Missouri. I haven’t seen any leader class figures in Springfield since SS Grimlock started popping up.
     
  20. Starscream229

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    I haven't seen him in the wild either, but I have seen lone Ultra Mags, which makes me think I missed him. He was packaged with Magnus in a case wasn't he?