ROTF Scouts found at Retail - Wallys

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by jimmynguyen41, May 9, 2009.

  1. FuRiOus_StyLZe

    FuRiOus_StyLZe Hasbro can suck my nuts..

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    why does everyone call it cheating? you're paying for it, right? the end justifies the means I say...hahahahahahaha ;)  nice find kusanagi....
     
  2. jeff0514

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    I found scout class depthcharge at Des Moines, IA Walmart. Only ROTF toy on shelves. Not sure if someone else bought rest or what. I got lucky at checkout. Came up "do not sell" but employee overrode that and sold it to me for a random price of $4.00. She asked me how much it was and I said there was no price on shelves.
     
  3. QmTablit

    QmTablit BotBot in the what, I said BotBot in the what

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    What cheating thing? This was on the shelf. Whether it was supposed to be or not, it was out. And I bought it.
     
  4. Bgrngod

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    He's talking about the method that has been brought up to get around Wallys not selling them once they get to checkout.

    People are suggesting using the self checkout and scanning an animated fig in it's place.
     
  5. jimmynguyen41

    jimmynguyen41 aka Special Agent JiMMeRz

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    you are correct my mistake...its 12 per a case not what i said before....sorry i got too excited
     
  6. aey103

    aey103 Well-Known Member

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    So there is the possibility that Depthcharge will be available on May 30.
     
  7. Glitch

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    I found the Voyager wave a few days ago. I took them to the register in the video department, along an Animated Voyager Shockwave, and when the three movie pieces didn't scan, she just scanned the Animated Voyager three times to account for them.

    Anyway, I picked up Starscream, Demolisher and Ironhide for, I think, $21 each.

    The same thing happened when I bought the Robot Replicas Starscream, Ratchet and Ironhide a few weeks ago at Toys R Us. The new toys didn't scan so they just used one of the older figures in the line - in this case, Frenzy.

    Whatever works....

    :) 

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  8. Glitch

    Glitch Well-Known Member

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    Please tell me you're joking. If not you may be the only one that doesn't get/didn't hear the four year old joke.

    YouTube - Rumors on the internets



    P.S. "WalMarts" is like nails on the chalkboard to me as well...and I live in California. Don't EVEN get me going on that store.


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  9. FuRiOus_StyLZe

    FuRiOus_StyLZe Hasbro can suck my nuts..

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    exactly..i rest my case. if it's out...it's fair game. who cares about protocol... ;) 
     
  10. Bgrngod

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    I don't need the youtubes to see that clip. I saw the debate on TV.

    I know darn well where it's from. I'm just pointing out his contradiction. Complaining about saying "Walmarts" when he is using "Internets" as his location is kind of silly.
     
  11. soundwave86

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    When exactly is the release date for these figures? Everyone seems to be finding them on the shelves alot . Why put something on the shelves if its constantly gonna come up do not sell?
     
  12. Bgrngod

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    May 30th

    Stuff makes it to the shelves because there is a huge disconnect between the people that handle the computers and the people that open boxes.

    The "Do not sell" is put into the computers because they know darn well the stock people are going to put them out and stuff will end up getting to the checkout stations.
     
  13. jimmynguyen41

    jimmynguyen41 aka Special Agent JiMMeRz

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    forealz that why they shouldnt hire people if they dont pass the literacy test. lol...
     
  14. Yobuster

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    Damn! I was at the Burlington/Mt Vernon and Bellingham Walfarts on saturday but i didn't see any ROTF stuff. =(

    I did see ROTF Robot Heroes at the Target at Mount Vernon though.
     
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    if the "do not sell" does not work as expected; then maybe Wally's should try "No one touch" !! Then assuming all the ROTF toys eventually left at the cashier 's checkout until May 30th when the code is finally cleared...
     
  16. jimmynguyen41

    jimmynguyen41 aka Special Agent JiMMeRz

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    or they should be marked as "touch and die"