those things make me glad I only give a shit about retros anymore.

no offense padre    

 

Went to the Walmart on Butterfield and 53 looking for Mousers, They had a full set of FOC Ruination. Looks like they had 2 at one point, since there were two of a few of them.

 

It wasn't that much more than the regular MP Grimlock...

 

It was at least $80 more for less accessories and an extra clear coat.

 

That $80 triples when compared to the Hasbro TRU price.

 

Of course if you just care about the paint job, you could get the Comic Edition WST Dinobots for significantly less.

 

Just a heads up, I work for Walgreens and today we got in the series 3 kreons. The box had 2 complete sets in it and priced at $2.99 down here at least. Most store should put them out when they come in where the series 1 tag is but if they dont, there is a toy reset coming soon and should be in there afterwards.

 

are there any good natural resorts around Chicago within 2 or 3 hour drive?

 

nice, I'll have to check there. all I need left out of that set is a #52 nemesis.

 

...which would be a completely unfair comparison, so I wouldn't do that.

 

Found Hoist (last one, sorry) at Chicago Wilson Target last night. No Thundercracker, but they had all the other guys. Also plenty of the current Beast Hunters/Predacons Rising stuff. No Kreons, though.  

 

Possible AOE backdrop on the abandoned grain silo near Damen & I-55?

 

Unless some giant Asian vandals have been in the area, I'd say you're right! Is that your pic? Nice catch!

 

I was just by that last week and those symbols were not there and knowing that silo from the early graf days getting on those silo's is next to impossible.

 

Yep, I took the photo as I drove by. It didn't click until I got to the office.

 

Cool, thanks for that pic.

If you go on Street View, you can see other graffiti that has been painted over, visible in your pic as patches of new paint at the tops of the silos and under the sunlit windows. Odd because there's still old graffiti on the side of the rectangular building.

 

Did it have Bumbebee's name on the windshield written in Cybertronian?

MP-08x was $250 when it came out. Was hoping he went on clearance but had to pull the trigger and get him before he sold out. I got first run Takara MP-08 at Toynk for $125 believe it or not. I think most places at the time wanted $160 or more. Now MP-08x is the highest price MP 

No more newbies posting after they got their MP's 

 

Hoffman Estates Target has a fresh case of wave 3 Kreons. Got Nosecone, so I'm finally done looking for those. Now we just need the wave 2 Kreon combiners to show up around here!

 

I actually picked up the 3 of them at a Meijers last week. I think it was the one on Boughton.

 

I was out in South St. Louis County again yesterday, & checked TRU & the Telegraph Walmart. I saw Trailcutter at Walmart, but that was the only IDW I saw. Didn't pay much attention to anything else there; was kinda rushed. Unfortunately, I was looking for Hoist.   So close...

At TRU, it looked like they had everything except the IDW Delexes.   To name a few, I saw Weaponizer UM, the Grimlock/ Bruticus set, a few Acid Storms & Contructabots Blitzwing.