bad news for may 15 and 20th

Discussion in 'Transformers Toy Discussion' started by HAILTHEFALLEN, May 14, 2009.

  1. TIE Bomber

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    Is there a way to prove that Bumblebee & Soundwave are supposed to be sold on the 15th? I mean something official from Hasbro that can be printed out & shown to store employees or managers?

    I remember for the 1st movie Hasbro moved the street date for deluxes up a week or 2. But all the cases had the original street date stamped on them. I printed out official word from Hasbro's site to prove that the deluxes could be sold. The employees had no clue.

    So if I were to come across a case of preview figures before the 30th, is there any way to prove to the employees that it's okay to sell them now?
     
  2. butz

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    I don't know, but I did a little running around this morning and there's no sign of them. Even TRU has them listed as coming out the 30th on their website.
     
  3. bumblebee79

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    .....seems like its nothing till the 30th in my area....damn hasblow! They need to make these dumb stores aware of stufff they should know.
     
  4. Grimwing

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    -At least it won't be a case of the protoform meterors where they start selling well for a bit. And then retailers spazed over those sales and ordered way to many.

    -Its a case assortment of two different figures. Instead of four. Which means the consumers who want them are'nt buying that many per case as a regular case.

    -If I had them in my hands right now. I'd be upset that I don't have the rest of the may 30th stuff. Its not that much of a preview. This may be soundwave's only figure: in which case that should be a solid mainline purchase over something like the meteors.

    -I like the preview bumblebee aesthetic more than cannon bumblebee in robot mode. Preview bumblebee is serious business. And Cannon bumblebee has this odd gummy bear look that the Fast Action Battlers went for.

    -Those japanese toy magazine pictures from last week show that preview bumblebee looks great with the new leader prime. Happy about that.
     
  5. butz

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    It'll just be more stuff to get on the 30th. The only trick is to not spend the money I have for them now in the mean time.
     
  6. Grimwing

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    Bumble spud is also supposed to be out Today.

    My problem with any of this on the 15th is that the shelf tickets hav'ent had their mod yet. So there is'nt a proper tag for rotf stuff.
     
  7. HAILTHEFALLEN

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    the only proof is the preview wave box dose say may 30th. seen it with my own 2 eyes today.
     
  8. TIE Bomber

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    Well if it says May 30th on the box then that means there's no such thing as a preview wave.
     
  9. Gingerchris

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    Quite a few UKers seem to be able to find the preview figures in stores and buy them. :) 
     
  10. butz

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    Yup. Thats the idea I'm getting.
     
  11. Takara_destron

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    Well today is the 15th and I have a Soundwave standing on my desk right next to me :) 
     
  12. HAILTHEFALLEN

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    The box dosent actually say preview wave. More to the effect of ..TRA MOV2WAV 0 RV1 AND the regular wave 1 says TRA MOV2 WAV 1
     
  13. enkidoamark

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    Yeah, struck out at target this morning. They looked at me like I was an insane person they were trying to appease and get out the door. I'm just about convinced I could have gotten these people to sell me anything they had in the stockroom just to get rid of me.
     
  14. kylash327

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    gonna go to a few places today with the upc etc numbers and see what they can find...
     
  15. Optimus Prime

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    Well crap. Target has no ROTF toys at all in the stockroom, and the two local Wal-Marts said they won't be putting any new Transformers out until May 30th, and they've "never heard of the preview toys."
    Looks like another two week wait...
     
  16. thenatureboywoo

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    I am a little discouraged by the fact that most of us won't see a preview wave. But now I have a couple more weeks to find Starscream's Mighty Mugg figure.
     
  17. G1Wheeljack

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    Same thing happened to me today at Wal-Mart. It was hardy a preview wave to begin with compared to last movie, this just solidifys it.
     
  18. SectorStar

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    That was the problem, there was no official thing to begin with saying that they were preview waves, I don't know why everyone decided they were. When they showed the toy pics everyone was all "LIEK OMG PREVIEW WAVE" I had my doubts when I saw them on Wal-Marts site saying they wouldnt be in stores till on or after may 30th, and the thing on hasbros site with pictures of them and countdown timer right underneath them counting down to may 30th was a big indication too.
     
  19. Dirge121

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    Actually, it might surprise you to learn that a vast majority of places dont have the ROTF figures. Especially deluxes. Unless you count the preview wave as 1, and the Wave 1 as a wave 2, nobody has wave 2 either.

    Just chill people. 15 days and you can buy all the toys you want
     
  20. Opticron Primal

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    Hasbro said at TFcon that the Preview Wave would go on sale on May 15th with the first wave following on the 30th.

    So no, it wasn't a fan-made rumor.