Scout Sunspot and Firetrap at retail.

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Lumpy, Oct 8, 2010.

  1. pscoop

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    Skystalker was hard to find? maybe I should be nicer to mine lol
     
  2. CinemaShow

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    I had the same though! I bought the original Skystalker and Scattorshot just two weeks ago in a small store here in Sweden, and there were MANY of them left when I got mine.
     
  3. MegaHavok

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    But hasbro doesn't distribute toys to individual stores.

    When one target has a bajillion of something and another has nothing it has nada to do with hasbro.

    The issues that we encountered with skystalker, rampage, and evac are the results of stores under ordering the last waves of ROTF. This happens with every single toy line when it ends or goes through a refresh

    Blame hasbro for case ratios

    Blame them for placing strong figures in the last wave

    Blame them for the crap figures (tuner mudflap, wideload) that clogged pegs in earlier waves.

    But blaming them for distribution is silly.
     
  4. marvoflg

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    Interesting, I still have not seen the last wave here in AZ yet. I will get them when they arrive in the desert...
     
  5. Mixmaster

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    The Skystalker / Sunspot mould is easily worth more than $5. Your loss.
     
  6. Lumpy

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    and Colorado...

    yes, it is... i passed on it cuz it was 9 bucks... i prefer scouts at TRU where they're only 8... but then again, hopefully i can find more later...
     
  7. Anguirus

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    Have basic/Scout sized figures ever been reliably $5? Cause that's not gonna happen again without a deep discount. TFs will always cost more than other action figures of the same size.
     
  8. Stryker055

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    Nice. Skystalker never showed up in my area, so Sunspot's an instant buy for me.

    I might wait a while on Firetrap, since I already have Scattorshot. The colors look very nice, though.

    Of course, nothing past the first wave has been released around here...
     
  9. Beastbot X

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    They haven't been $5 since Beast Wars.

    Well, and RiD, if you want to count Spychanger 2-packs and G1 Combiner limb repaints "scouts". Those were way simpler, though.
     
  10. NCStarscream

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    The Scouts are some of the most wintastic figures in the line. I'd pay up to $8 for one I wanted.

    I doubt I'll get Sunspot, though, unless some crazy awesome Mindwipe repaint comes along to go with it. Firetrap doesn't interest me.
     
  11. Sky St0rm

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    This SUCKS!!! I live in Atlanta, GA, and I've yet to see wave two or three in person. All the shelves at Wal Mart, Target, and Toys R Us are cluttered with wave ones. I never EVER saw Skystalker in person, and when I did see him online he was $30. I'll just continue to buy from Hasbro Toyshop.
     
  12. bellpeppers

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    Stockton? Why can Stockton get new stuff but not my town?
     
  13. G1_Cindersaur

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    crap here in lower AZ...all the targets still have just wave 1...
     
  14. TornadoQuakeX

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    I never saw a Skystalker in stores. Hopefully I'll be able to find Sunspot. Also, I know it's been said before, but Firetrap looks more like Brawn than ROTF Brawn does. :p 
     
  15. ersico

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    got these at TRU for 7.99 in south caolina :) 
     
  16. Shelfwarmercon

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    You could probably buy the rest of the Skystalker stock for resale to the TFW forum.